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Taiwan cut China off from its more advanced/sophisticated chips. At least temporarily. TSMC Pauses Chip Shipments to Chinese Customers The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com › business › tsmc-ai-chips-china

Another dumbass comparison to WWII. Seriously? Even if your comparison was valid, none of our plans/thoughts could be worse than fdr’s. He completely had his head buried deep on pretty much any and all important policy positions (except got to extend and strengthen a depression). We didn’t do anything for years during WWII. If I remember correctly after Dec 7, 1941 we declared war on Japan but not Germany. Germany ended up declaring war on us!

Self loathing?? Where do you see self loathing in anything written by people here who’d like to see an end to the war?? Im advocating for an acknowledgement that both Russia’s leadership and our’s should take a minute and see if peace can’t be arranged.

I’m just amazed at how leadership is so happy/eager to get back into a Cold War (or worse) type relationship with Russia. We’ll never trust each other totally, but there really is no need to be actual enemies. We’re like the dumb ass tourists you see at Yellowstone walking up to a Bison or a Grizzly just for shits and grins. Negotiate peace and stability!

Are you a fifth grader?

Ukraines taken over Trumps cabinet.

Interesting summary presented. https://x.com/LionelMedia/status/1858588723488678073 i still say we should help negotiate a ceasefire immediately and treat Russia with a little more respect. Putin was wrong to invade, but in my opinion we are also more than a little bit culpable in how all of this has evolved.

To hear Senator Pocahontas Warren calling Tulsi Gabbard a Russian Asset and Spy pisses me off beyond recognition. Unless she can actually prove it isn't that slanderous and legally actionable (even towards a public figure)? I'd love to see her charged and tried.

I think Tulsi was a great pick. Gaetz might be entertaining at times, but he ain't right. I wouldn't select him as dog catcher. I hope he steps up and does his job appropriately, but that appointment might bite trump in the butt.

Yeah because McNamara's resume was so stellar. I can guarantee Hegseth won't dick things up as much as ole Robert or Lloyd did (I might be missing some other turds in the line too).

I'm tempted to send him a hat with "All Hail the Mango Mussolini" on the front.

Ted Cruz as Supreme Court justice when Judge Alito or Judge Thomas decides to retire. Both of them are mid 70's. And, Sonia S. is having health issues, so he might end up making 3 more appointments this term. I know Nikki is a bit of a neocon but as ClearedHot said she's stable and level headed. I could see her doing well as Sec of State (she showed her backbone and commitment to the US while serving as UN ambassador).

I too always use my scope when I'm 10 to 15 feet away from my target.

The KC-135s also had 2 A/R pumps. Each would offload approximately 3,000lbs per minute. So if both were activated (which we almost always did for large offloads) it was flowing at 6,000lbs per minute (only through the boom). The drogue gave a slight penalty (maybe 10% reduced flow rate). Big Sexy might have had an even better transfer rate though.

Was told by a couple of buddies that the 10 had a way bigger slot (or envelop if you prefer) for receivers so it was much easier to refuel behind than the 135.

When the Harris/Biden administration diverts over a billion dollars to illegal migrant coddling congress had to emergency fund another 2 billion to prop up FEMA.

What the hell are they thinking? We need that black lesbian non-binary general to lead us where no man has gone before. Now we're really screwed.

Another Bee classic

https://babylonbee.com/news/media-worried-that-trump-assassination-story-might-detract-from-plight-of-illegal-immigrants

I was super glad that 1 in 3 alert died. There's always good and bad with any major change.

During Desert Shield, the lead up to the "Storm", my whole squadron (380th AREFS) was based out of Riyadh with the 1703rd ARW (deployed). I was just finishing upgrade so was still in the 'Burgh (got there right as the war kicked off). But, my former crew was there and told me about an early launch in the deployment where the local tower controller was seeing his first wet thrust takeoff (black smoke everywhere) and warned the crew that there was smoke and they were on fire. It was always "fun" to be # 6 or later in a full MITO launch gaggle. I was able to do 2 of these mass MITO launches as a Co- and then one final one as an AC after returning from Desert Storm, before SAC died.

Yes, but ...

Tucker's interviewing. Jeffrey Sachs offers analysis on the whole system surrounding our constant desire to be in a war type stance. Mr Sachs speaks to our pretty constant interference in foreign affairs even when it really doesn't benefit us. The fact we have no coherent foreign policy due to our constant turnover in leadership and so obviously the non-elected bureaucrats end up having significantly more decision making power then our system was designed for. Speaks to what some on here will definitely disagree with in our commitments to Russia on Ukraine and NATO. Our (USA) failure to abide by many commitments we've made to both our allies and to potential threat countries over the years. He draws on his 35 plus years of foreign policy reporting. You might not agree with everything but he knows his stuff even if he also has his own biases. The coverage includes speaking about Cuba, Taiwan, China, Russia, Venezuela, NATO, Iran, Israel ... I watched on 1.25 speed and it was worth the watch if you're interested in our foreign policy and implications to our actions (most of the time) and inaction (very occasionally). Again, nobody is perfectly rational without any bias, but Mr Sachs presents a pretty balanced review/summary of the past 50 years or so.

https://rumble.com/v5czylo-jeffrey-sachs-trumps-plan-to-stop-wwiii-cia-coups-and-warning-of-the-next-f.html