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Sure as shit I was wrong. The vote requiring Senate approval to pardon treason failed at the Constitution Convention. However, the point is still moot. The retard in question wasnt charged with treason. Plenty of Americans don't agree with the president's power to pardon. Luckily those ppl didn't have a hand in forming the Constitution.

Believe it or not sedition and treason are two separate words. Also, words mean things. If I recall the president can pardon the former but not the latter. So, the point seems moot.

Fucking ppl other than their wife/the help seems to be the only way a general can get fired these days. George Marshall continues to roll in his grave.

Well we all know the chicoms are too proud to steal intellectual property..

This is the spatial-d in vmc lag roll buffoonery I think you're referring to: https://youtu.be/JdkmZrPta48?feature=shared

Most recently there have been several articles claiming that 1 in 10 of their new 1.8nm chips are failing quality control inspection.

One reason is Intel held off on employing EUV lithography while TSMC embraced it. EUVs cost $300-700mil. There are several other reasons as well, that's just one. Source: Chip War and google

Idk if I agree or disagree with the proposed policy yet. With that being said, do you realize how much a chip fab costs? They're upwards of $20 billion and like most building projects in the US take several years to construct. Idk that there is going to be anything fast about this. The high end chips we use for AI, military applications, etc. are made by TSMC. They're made by TSMC because Intel is several years behind TSMC technologically. They bet wrong awhile back and have a lot of catching up to do. I get the point about using taxes to incentivize companies to move production to the US, but it was the CHIPS Act that helped TSMC begin construction on 3 high end fabs in the US. It'll be interesting to see how TSMC reacts.

No, it doesn't. Welcome to military aviation, you're new and your opinion doesn't matter. You're probably a previous troll who got butthurt and left the forum and now dropped a new username to continue being a choad.

You're the reason we have moderators you 30min on the forum choad. Sorry, did I get your name wrong, vertigo, pawnman, negatory etc. The adults are having a discussion.

It's cool. We can just EO whatever we want and not worry about trying to work together for legislation. Treating the other half of America as an enemy worked well for Democrats so it'll work for us.

Copy. We disagree.

Ah yes, playing mental gymnastics always works out well. That's like using hope as a tactic.. There is no reason to create more political turmoil with something like this. Why give the media more BS to cling to, it's unproductive.

Copy, we disagree and will probably never agree. I think getting a conservative agenda passed and actually executed will require bipartisanship. If the GOP had a super majority that wouldn't necessarily be the case, but they don't. I don't know if he is a neo-nazi. Yes, I do believe he's created an unneeded distraction for Democrats to rally against. They're going to use this to rally more support to fight against the policies Trump is going to push. Do you really believe more support for Democrats to fight against Trump policies is helpful to the administration? "They're already going to fight it" is true, but democrats that lean to the center don't need pressure from constituents to stand against these policies in Congress or the Senate.

Half of the country is not made up of progressives. I'd venture to guess a large number of ppl that voted democrat don't see themselves as progressives and don't believe in a far left progressive ideology. There are a lot of ppl in the middle of the political spectrum, some voted dem and some voted GOP. We as a country need to continue the pendulum swing back from the last 4 years, and we need to find common ground to do that. A dude that is apparently going to be a significant part of the administration throwing up two Nazi salutes does not help that. At best he's a social ra-tard and should hire a better speech coach, worse is that he's trying to troll and is too arrogant to realize this isn't going to help the administration, and at worst he's actually a racist and thinks this is a power move because no one can touch him. The administration is already going to have an uphill battle enacting conservative policies, especially policies pushed by a polarizing figure like Trump. This kind of distraction, regardless of the reason behind it, isnt going to help this process.

I love watching the meltdown

A new member for less than an hour with 6 posts, and 3 of them back-to-back. If only there was an edit function where you could add to your last post without creating a new one that says basically the same thing as the last two...

I agree 100% that pressure from on high is a factor. However, I've seen FAIPs of all ppl refuse to fold to this pressure and uphold the standard. If an Lt hoping for a fighter has the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing then I have little sympathy for O3-5s worried about their next assignment. These are officers we're talking about, not jr enlisted, they need to act like it. I agree UPT line IPs are younger/less experienced than ever. Which is why PIT has a large share of blame as well. PIT won't wash out IPs coming to their sq that have no business instructing young IPs, much less hold the line on UIPs they're sending to UPT. I have zero issue blaming leadership/congress/etc. for terrible priorities on retention and procurement. With that being said, how many times have I read dudes on here bitching about all these senior leaders that refuse to fall on their swords to make a point to leadership for the sake of their service, Wg, Sq, etc. Yet here we are making excuses for officers folding to pressure on grading standards. Hard to expect the Bobs to suddenly grow a backbone if it's never been required they have one in the first place.

Oh yes, because the FTUs haven't been doing more with less, to include less experienced IPs/studs, just like PIT/UPT. I guess whining about the can being kicked from UPT/IFF to the FTUs is somehow unwarranted. UPT/IFF IPs aren't responsible for the retention/iron situation, but they're directly responsible for letting studs pass that shouldn't. Or, at the very least, not holding to the CTS. Those UPT IPs that don't hold the line, where do they get their training again..? The system and it's leaders bear plenty of blame, but that doesn't give the lowly line IPs acting as the quality control experts the right to allow a subpar product and then claim absolution.

You don't say.. Here I was thinking you just like to crack open a thesaurus when you started typing a post.

These guys are standard AF generals. I've yet to meet a single general in the AF that the bros actually claim as part of their community. Usually said general takes command and the bros are like, "he flew X back in the day so hopefully he'll be good." Fast-forward to his first speech/memo/CC call...the bros: "were fucked.."

Item number 69 on the list of reasons I tell the youngins to go guard at all costs.

How A Fighter Pilot Became the First Active Duty Service Member to Win Miss America They giving out fighter slots before UPT now or foxnews proving how icompetent they are..