General Atomics, the company that builds the electromagnetic aircraft launch system for the Ford-class carriers, said Trump’s decision to revert to steam “warrants careful reconsideration”. The company told the Journal its work on the new ship is nearly 50% complete and “changing course now would introduce significant cost, schedule, and integration risks”.

Senator Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and a former astronaut, was more blunt in his reaction to the news.

“I’ve launched off the front of aircraft carriers hundreds of times, have a Master’s degree in aeronautical engineering, and am a test pilot and even I wouldn’t suggest to the Navy how to engineer specific systems on its ships,” Kelly wrote on social media. “Donald Trump should stick to what he knows best – ballrooms, bankruptcy, and bullshit.”

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          Are y’all still going on about this? The (to oversimplify) racists voted for their racist candidate; the decent people didn’t get a decent candidate to vote for so they voted less. The idea that either of them being women had anything to do with it is unmitigated bullshit.

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    They could just show him an AI generated video of an aircraft carrier with huge steam plumes every time a jet launches. They could get away with it.

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        That would be enough. He’s also a proud Zionist, which should be enough to exclude anyone from polite society, but that’s half the fucking population that needs their moral compass replaced.

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    I can already see the malicious compliance gears in motion:

    “Yes, sir!”
    The Naval CNO creates a project, codename “Ouroboros”. With the stated goal of replacing EMALS with steam. The project is assigned to whichever Colonel is on the shit list who is tasked with the feasibility study and creating the RFI.

    3 years later

    The whole thing is shit-canned by the next President.

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    Remember, this president suggested injecting bleach to cure COVID…he should have been severely punished for encouraging ppl to kill themselves.

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      I can’t say for certain that he’s a Russian agent, but it is concerning how many things he does coincide with what a Russian agent would do.

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      He’s not trying to bankrupt the country. He’s trying to rob it blind. Bankruptcy is just a by-product. It’s how he does business.

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      Oh nah, if this is anything, it’s another push to expand the military budget in ANOTHER bid to privatize the military, something he and his have been on for years.

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    So remind me why a retard with no knowledge about anything, has any say about anything? Let experts be experts, and pedo retards die in their piss.

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        unfortunately, one of his brain dead sons, I forget which, actually said something to that effect, that “the president is the smartest person in the room” (regarding hiring/appointing advisors, as I recall. He basically said no one could contradict the president–about anything).

        I’m sure we all remember Deborah Birx’s pained expression when he was spouting that bullshit about bleach during the pandemic. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/26/birx-trump-disinfectant-coronavirus-00027776

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          That’s actually a very telling statement: If nobody can tell you you’re wrong, that means you’re right - which means if you tell me I’m wrong and I force you to shut up, it means I become right.

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      Reminds me of my boomer boss that still uses pencil and calculator because Excel is too complicated.

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    This timeline is so fucking stupid that I wish we could bring back the r-word to refer to this administration, those that support it, and most importantly, their god-emperor that they all worship.

    FFS. This stupid dipshit keeps “ordering” stuff and people just comply. Even asshole conservatives that should know better when it comes to reality.

    When our modern Caligula orders that they do battle against Neptune, will they also comply?

    https://lairofmythics.com/blogs/ancient-medieval-legends/caligula-vs-neptune

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      Retarded is the perfect way to discribe everything about this. I don’t care that some may find it offensive on behalf of some other people. The people who voted for the criminal rapist, fraudster and pedophile are fucking retarded.

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        The fight against that word has always been stupid. Calling someone stupid or a moron or an idiot is literally the same as calling someone retarded, but we’re okay with all those words. “OH but saying retarded is worse”, by what metric? You’re still saying the person is mentally deficient. That they’re incapable of performing basic thought processes and tasks.

        I have never once heard someone with those problems say that they felt any of those words hurt less.

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    Next step of agent Krasnov: Cripple US naval capabilites it used to project military power around the world.

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    Elect idiots, get idiotic decisions. Elections matter, who you elect matters, handing executive authority to an idiot matters. The American right just gave up thinking and votes their feelings, which is how you elect conmen.

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      Whole lotta people feel they have to fall in love with the Democratic option or else they check out, though.

      Which I just find infuriating, but people select their “leadership” by some of the stupidest monkey-level criteria, like how tall they are, or how handsome they are.

      Sigh.

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        Dave Barry had a theory that Americans always elect the candidate with the best hair. He made that observation when Clinton was president, though. Not sure if that still holds up.

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          best hair

          Hm, interesting theory and sounds just like something he’d say, LOL.

          Between Gore and W - not really sure there? Probably Gore, but then he did win the popular vote (and probably the election, too).

          W and Kerry - Kerry definitely had the better hair. Maybe the election was rigged?

          Obama and McCain - okay, I guess the theory holds.

          Obama and Romney - hm, Romney probably had an edge there.

          Hillary vs. Trump - LOL, Donvict’s combover vs. Hillary? Pretty obvious there. I don’t think people are matching up men/women on things like hair anyway. But she did win the popular vote, so…?

          Trump vs. Biden - heh, well Biden had plugs or something done way back when and he didn’t have much to work with. As ridiculous as Trump’s hair is as a general rule, I could see how most people would come down on Trump’s side. Maybe this is why Donvict thinks it is rigged? 🤣

          Kamala vs. Trump - well Kamala definitely has the better hair.

          Yeah, I’m not sure it holds up all that well. The height thing seems to work a bit better…with recent outliers being Kerry v. Bush.

          I have to LOL at Wikipedia listing Donvict as 6’ 3", BTW There is no fucking way that guy is that tall. How many men go from 6’ 2" to 6’ 3" later in life? I don’t even believe the 6’ 2", in fact I’m quite sure he is exactly the kind of man that would wear elevator shoes.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heights_of_presidents_and_presidential_candidates_of_the_United_States

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            I appreciate you doing the research. Clearly, everything is all topsy-turvey and the rules don’t apply any more.