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Yahoo Finance in typo tweet: 'Trump wants a much n----r navy'
Daily News ^ | 1/6/17 | CHRIS SOMMERFELDT

Posted on 01/07/2017 10:29:08 PM PST by Timpanagos1

A social media administrator at Yahoo Finance needs a copy editor — badly.

The news site's Twitter account shared an inconspicuous news story Thursday evening about President-elect Donald Trump wanting to expand the U.S. navy — but a misplaced "n" in the tweet's caption turned the whole thing on its head in a disastrous manner.

(Excerpt) Read more at google.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: internet; media; navy; slur; yahoo
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To: Timpanagos1

Sounds way more like 0bama’d say that.


41 posted on 01/08/2017 2:19:17 AM PST by W. (A funny thing happened on the way to the forum...)
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To: CyberAnt; WMarshal; GreyHoundSailor; kabar; Windflier; Hieronymus; xrmusn
"Well .. actually, all some Aircraft Carriers are named after former Presidents .. so the USS Trump will certainly be a great name for a commanding ship like a carrier."

Careful about that word "all", FRiend. ;-)

If you're as interested as I am in this, here's where you can see all large US aircraft carriers lined up in sequential order, from oldest to newest -- from CV-1 Langley through CVN-80 Enterprise.

CV-1 Langley is named after "Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22, 1834 – February 27, 1906)... an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation".

Samuel Langley, circa 1900, CV-1 Langley, 1927:

CVN-80 Enterprise is the ninth US Navy ship of that name, all of which date back to Gene Roddenberry's star-ship, James T. Kirk commanding. ;-)

CV-45 USS Roosevelt was the first carrier named after a president:

CV-65 USS Kennedy was the second:

From Nimitz (CVN-69) through Enterprise (CVN-80) only Vincen (CVN-70) & Stennis (CVN-74) and are not named after US Presidents.

Bottom line: 11 large carriers were named for US Presidents, 69 were not.
WWII PT boat commander, John F. Kennedy is the only president to have two carriers with his name.

42 posted on 01/08/2017 2:34:36 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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To: CyberAnt

USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

43 posted on 01/08/2017 2:35:35 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Hillary Clinton: the official candidate of the National Sleep Foundation)
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To: cynwoody

Wow. That’s different :)


44 posted on 01/08/2017 2:36:26 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Timpanagos1

Obviously for the Black Sea fleet.


45 posted on 01/08/2017 2:37:40 AM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: Timpanagos1

I’m never typing ‘bigger’ again after this.


46 posted on 01/08/2017 2:44:19 AM PST by Bullish
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To: CyberAnt; WMarshal; GreyHoundSailor; kabar; Windflier; Hieronymus; xrmusn
"Well .. actually, all some Aircraft Carriers are named after former Presidents .. so the USS Trump will certainly be a great name for a commanding ship like a carrier."

Careful about that word "all", FRiend. ;-)

If you're as interested as I am in this, here's where you can see all large US aircraft carriers lined up in sequential order, from oldest to newest -- from CV-1 Langley through CVN-80 Enterprise.

CV-1 Langley is named after "Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22, 1834 – February 27, 1906)... an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation".

Samuel Langley, circa 1900, CV-1 Langley, 1927:

CVN-80 Enterprise is the ninth US Navy ship of that name, all of which date back to Gene Roddenberry's star-ship, James T. Kirk commanding. ;-)

CV-45 USS Roosevelt was the first carrier named after a president:

CV-65 USS Kennedy was the second:

From Nimitz (CVN-69) through Enterprise (CVN-80) only Vincen (CVN-70) & Stennis (CVN-74) and are not named after US Presidents.

Bottom line: 11 large carriers were named for US Presidents, 69 were not.
WWII PT boat commander, John F. Kennedy is the only president to have two carriers with his name.

Yes, there is a USS Jimma Carta SSN-23:

As for USS Clinton or Obama... well, here's what's proposed so far:
USS Clinton & USS Obama:

47 posted on 01/08/2017 2:50:23 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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To: BroJoeK

sorry for the duplicate post!


48 posted on 01/08/2017 2:52:54 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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To: CyberAnt

They will bring back the name ENTERPRISE on the 3rd FORD Class Carrier.


49 posted on 01/08/2017 3:09:59 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: CyberAnt

“...so the USS Trump will certainly be a great name for a commanding ship like a carrier.”

If the Thump’n Trump comes on line, she will join company with The Big Stick, CVN-71 - USS Theodore Roosevelt.


50 posted on 01/08/2017 3:10:11 AM PST by Huaynero
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To: Timpanagos1

what kind of naming scheme is used for the clittoral ships?


51 posted on 01/08/2017 3:29:27 AM PST by beaware
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To: Windflier

The ship would need to lead from behind, so the crew would need to be LGBT.

The ship would need to be powered by solar and/or wind energy.

The ship would be a gun-free zone, but it would have community organizers.

The ship would need to have special accommodations for celebrities and refugees.

There would need to be special markings that will always point toward Mecca.

There needs to be a special room that holds $400 million in cash in case they are ever deployed to a hostile area for a rescue mission.


52 posted on 01/08/2017 3:31:28 AM PST by Tai_Chung
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To: Grampa Dave

53 posted on 01/08/2017 4:11:21 AM PST by Liz (The Clintons' embracing humanitarian relief is like the Sopranos' embracing waste mgmt.)
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To: cynwoody
How much better my childhood, had the internet existed!

I'm not sure about that. You wouldn't have been able to impress your friends with a trip to Dad's law library to show your ability to look stuff up. Right?

54 posted on 01/08/2017 4:40:48 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Timpanagos1

Don’t forget the first boat named after a vice-president - “dingy”


55 posted on 01/08/2017 4:48:24 AM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: CyberAnt

So, there will be one named after BHO? NO!!


56 posted on 01/08/2017 4:55:44 AM PST by jch10 (President Trump, President Trump, President Trump! I just love saying that!)
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To: CyberAnt

Like the Vinson and the Stennis?


57 posted on 01/08/2017 5:29:02 AM PST by skepsel (Apres moi, le deluge.)
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To: cynwoody

Yes, I know.

Liberal media just can’t seem to help itself.

;)


58 posted on 01/08/2017 5:54:30 AM PST by Salamander (We're pain, we're steel, a plot of knives...)
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To: Timpanagos1

(Off topic: Two things I LOVE about Gab is 300 words so you can get out a coherent thought and the ability to EDIT your post!)


59 posted on 01/08/2017 5:57:44 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
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To: Timpanagos1

“naughtier”?


60 posted on 01/08/2017 6:50:45 AM PST by moovova
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