What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Berkut]

Aircraft Carrier sailing in the wrong direction to deter NK

It's a new naval doctrine, I guess, fight with your back to the ennemy. 

WASHINGTON — As worries deepened last week about whether North Korea would conduct a missile test, the White House declared that ordering an American aircraft carrier into the Sea of Japan would send a powerful deterrent signal and give President Trump more options in responding to the North's provocative behavior.

The problem was, the carrier, the Carl Vinson, and the four other warships in its strike force were at that very moment sailing in the opposite direction, to take part in joint exercises with the Australian Navy in the Indian Ocean, 3,500 miles southwest of the Korean Peninsula.

White House officials said on Tuesday they were relying on guidance from the Defense Department. Officials there described a glitch-ridden sequence of events, from a premature announcement of the deployment by the military's Pacific Command to an erroneous explanation by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis — all of which perpetuated the false narrative that an American armada was racing toward the waters off North Korea.

Miscommunication. It happens.  The Captain thought he'd receive his orders via the official channels while he was supposed to listened to Fox News instead.

Just imagine how bad this would be if those orders were being sent on Hillarys email server.


Dodged a bullet there!

[CountDeMoney]

"Carrier" with a lower case "c"? ZOMG TEH ENEMY HAS OUR PLAYBOOK

[grumbler]

Boeing had $4.9B profit on $95B sales in 2016
Airbus had had €2.3B profit on €66B sales in 2016
Which seems likelier to be engaging in a "good approach?" 

Depends on the investments required to make suh profits.

Neither issued stock last year.

[grumbler]

"Carrier" with a lower case "c"? ZOMG TEH ENEMY HAS OUR PLAYBOOK

Lower case is correct.  However, "the Carl Vinson" is incorrect.  It is "the USS Carl Vinson."

Incidentally, one of the reasons I opposed naming a ship after Carl Vinson was that there was no good nickname for "Carl Vinson" like there is for the Ike, the Big John, the Shitty Kitty, Mighty Mo, etc.

[CountDeMoney]

Lower case "w" for "woosh"

[viper37]

Boeing had $4.9B profit on $95B sales in 2016
Airbus had had €2.3B profit on €66B sales in 2016
Which seems likelier to be engaging in a "good approach?" 

Depends on the investments required to make suh profits.

Neither issued stock last year.

I'm talking about economic value added.  Profits and sales are insufficient to analyse a company's performance.

[viper37]

Just imagine how bad this would be if those orders were being sent on Hillarys email server.


Dodged a bullet there!

you guys are so lucky!

[DGuller]

Boeing had $4.9B profit on $95B sales in 2016
Airbus had had €2.3B profit on €66B sales in 2016
Which seems likelier to be engaging in a "good approach?" 

Depends on the investments required to make suh profits.

Neither issued stock last year.

So neither one made any investments last year then?

[Jacob]

So neither one made any investments last year then?

I don't know... potentially big corporations have cash on hand or can take on debt to make investments? Just a thought...

[CountDeMoney]

Boeing bought $14 billion of its own stock in a buyback in December.  Thankfully, they had the employees to lay off in order to afford it. 

[DGuller]

So neither one made any investments last year then?

I don't know... potentially big corporations have cash on hand or can take on debt to make investments? Just a thought...

[grumbler]

Lower case "w" for "woosh"

You didn't see the whole "nickname" thing as playing along?  Sad!

[grumbler]

Boeing had $4.9B profit on $95B sales in 2016
Airbus had had €2.3B profit on €66B sales in 2016
Which seems likelier to be engaging in a "good approach?" 

Depends on the investments required to make suh profits.

Neither issued stock last year.

I'm talking about economic value added.  Profits and sales are insufficient to analyse a company's performance.

Feel free to make a point with evidence when you have one.

[grumbler]

Boeing had $4.9B profit on $95B sales in 2016
Airbus had had €2.3B profit on €66B sales in 2016
Which seems likelier to be engaging in a "good approach?" 

Depends on the investments required to make suh profits.

Neither issued stock last year.

So neither one made any investments last year then?

Feel free to make a point with evidence when you have one.

[CountDeMoney]

You didn't see the whole "nickname" thing as playing along?  Sad!

Nicknames?  Like Crooked Hillary?