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WePurrsevere

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85. True, it feels like so much longer...

Mon May 15, 2017, 01:01 PM

May 2017

I have to keep reminding myself that it hasn't been that long. Logically I know investigations, etc can take a lot of time to do correctly but time is running out for too many. We have to reach Americans through the RW noise and b.s. so we can stop these greedy jerks from getting their way.

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Trump wants 'goddamned steam catapults on new aircraft carriers [View all] WePurrsevere May 2017 OP

K&R Cha May 2017 #1

Words fail me. krispos42 May 2017 #2

... eShirl May 2017 #3

.... Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2017 #7

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

Message deleted by DU the Administrators EL34x4 May 2017 #60

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