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NCTraveler

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62. Good looking trebuchet.

Reply to beam me up scottie (Reply #13)

Fri May 12, 2017, 06:17 AM

May 2017

One of my first thoughts when reading the headline.

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Words fail me. krispos42 May 2017 #2

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God help us. smirkymonkey May 2017 #4

Egads Best_man23 May 2017 #5

Trump is, as usual, proudly displaying his ignorance. Solly Mack May 2017 #6

And his standard bully-boy ways gratuitous May 2017 #9

Yes. He really is needy. That's not snark either. Solly Mack May 2017 #14

Truer words have rarely been spoken. FuzzyRabbit May 2017 #24

That's an excellent article for explaining it all! Thank you! Solly Mack May 2017 #25

From my past experience DeminPennswoods May 2017 #40

Here's a vid of an EMALS launch of a C2 MindPilot May 2017 #79

We'll see DeminPennswoods May 2017 #80

I read this earlier and thought it was a joke, satire, silly snark at trump. HE REALLY SAID THAT? lunasun May 2017 #8

A well known dictator wanted superior jet fighters to be fighter bombers. gordianot May 2017 #10

Gerald Ford class aircraft carriers? central scrutinizer May 2017 #11

Sounds like it but the Navy usually names the new class of ships after... brush May 2017 #20

No angrychair May 2017 #22

They're the aircraft carriers that stumble when leaving port. TheBlackAdder May 2017 #59

And sails. Why aren't we using sails? ThoughtCriminal May 2017 #12

When my hubby told me about it... WePurrsevere May 2017 #28

Time to build more trebuchets! beam me up scottie May 2017 #13

LOL! I thought about trebuchets too! Solly Mack May 2017 #18

LMAO! Think of the money we could save, Solly! beam me up scottie May 2017 #21

You know they groan each time they know he's coming. Solly Mack May 2017 #23

I know exactly how they feel. beam me up scottie May 2017 #33

Good looking trebuchet. NCTraveler May 2017 #62

You laugh, but my huge stack of trebuchets once managed to repel ... dawg May 2017 #78

I cannot stress this enough angrychair May 2017 #15

and less wear and tear on aircraft allowing them to be used longer - means less money spent. Solly Mack May 2017 #17

The thrust and acceleration also allow wider launch capabilities jberryhill May 2017 #76

Here's an article from Foxtrot Alpha on this tammywammy May 2017 #16

No. He knows what He is doing. He is a traitor. This makes us more vulnerable to Russia AgadorSparticus May 2017 #19

Putin put a loose cannon in the White House. Girard442 May 2017 #30

Cheetolini should amuse himself in the tub with his rubber duckies oasis May 2017 #26

Not only that, our Navy is smaller now than at any time since 1917! BeyondGeography May 2017 #27

I fucking swear to god - I thought this was an Onion story when I read the headline! bullwinkle428 May 2017 #29

So did I! NastyRiffraff May 2017 #73

Ahhh, jeez. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #31

trump advisor technotwit May 2017 #32

His goddamned Twitter is digital dalton99a May 2017 #34

He's going to get to the bottom of what happened Warren DeMontague May 2017 #35

This!! Docreed2003 May 2017 #38

Cutlasses! That's what real men use, more cutlasses, and maybe some hardtack. nt procon May 2017 #36

Clearly we have a "Fucktard in Chief" Docreed2003 May 2017 #37

Just when you think he couldn't look any stupider. Goodheart May 2017 #39

Trump has a plan to make steam SCVDem May 2017 #41

Never mind all the many times those things off-gassed and burned the shit out of someone, or Still In Wisconsin May 2017 #42

Next he'll want Mendocino May 2017 #43

See, if we'd only stop using those new fangled iron clads and went back to wood and sails Mountain Mule May 2017 #44

He probably also thinks... jmowreader May 2017 #45

No doubt trying to launch those Sopwith Camels. kairos12 May 2017 #46

He's heavily leveraged........ SergeStorms May 2017 #47

Thank you for posting. I knew a navy pilot who died because the cat Ilsa May 2017 #48

OMG DesertRat May 2017 #49

WTF does the draft dodger-in-chief know about military equipment and systems anyway? workinclasszero May 2017 #50

! stopbush May 2017 #51

If he gets his way, could it lead to lots of Navy pilots being killed trying to take off? Ken Burch May 2017 #52

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Doesn't surprise me DeminPennswoods May 2017 #65

It sounds like someone tried... Barack_America May 2017 #81

I just realized how he is going to get coal workers back to work. Doreen May 2017 #53

"Where are the goddamned horses? Time to rebuild the cavalry!" TeamPooka May 2017 #54

Captain Queeg, is that you? Hekate May 2017 #55

I don't know whether to laugh or cry watching this guy. icymist May 2017 #56

not coal powered? pansypoo53219 May 2017 #57

Remember this is the same person duncang May 2017 #58

Who wins this argument: Trump or the generals? no_hypocrisy May 2017 #61

Congress does Lee-Lee May 2017 #63

this is what happens when a republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief pretends... Achilleaze May 2017 #64

"Goddamned coal" furnaces in federal buildings!!! (nt) ehrnst May 2017 #66

Next: crossbows and axes The Blue Flower May 2017 #67

Please tell me this is a joke Botany May 2017 #68

OMG? This isn't satire? Bettie May 2017 #69

" ... you have to be Albert Einstein to figure it out." lpbk2713 May 2017 #70

dear Goddess, PLEASE tell me this is really from the Onion!!!! niyad May 2017 #71

We all wish it were. WePurrsevere May 2017 #72

I am beginning to think that nothing palpatine lite does is going to bring him down. niyad May 2017 #74

If the mighty Palpatine could be taken down by Vadar... WePurrsevere May 2017 #75

but the longer he is there, the more damage he does. 16 weeks, four days, and. . . niyad May 2017 #82

True, it feels like so much longer... WePurrsevere May 2017 #85

OMG! gademocrat7 May 2017 #77

Likely they will get the bugs worked out of the new digital system eventually. jmg257 May 2017 #83

Which would cost billions of dollars for goddamned retrofitting. Paladin May 2017 #84