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Trump calls China’s seizure of US drone ‘unpresidented’
NY Post ^ | December 17, 2017 | By Kathianne Boniello

Posted on 12/17/2016 7:28:19 AM PST by COUNTrecount

The seizing of an unmanned US Navy drone by the Chinese is an “unpresidented [sic] act,” President-elect Donald Trump tweeted early Saturday.

The USNS Bowditch, which has a civilian crew, was about to retrieve the underwater device Thursday when it was snapped up by a Chinese warship in the South China Sea.

“China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters – rips it out of water and takes it to China in unpresidented [sic] act,” Trump wrote on Twitter. He’s since deleted the misspelled tweet.

The $150,000, 10-foot drone was part of a scientific mission collecting oceanographic data. It’s the first time in recent history China has taken a US naval vessel, a Navy spokesman said.

Bonnie Glaser, senior adviser for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the seizure of the drone occurred inside the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines and appeared to be a violation of international law.

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KEYWORDS: bho44; bhochina; drone; trumpchina; trumptransition; usnavy
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To: Steve_Seattle

So your calling me archaic?

I was taught that it could be spelled both ways, the same for tomatoe. So was the better half of my partnership. She was raised in SoCal and I was raised in NoVa.

Either way Quail went they would have said he was wrong.


61 posted on 12/17/2016 9:44:30 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

Aisle quayle at the thought!


62 posted on 12/17/2016 9:51:36 AM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: COUNTrecount

Looks like a deliberate statement of fact to me.

We’ve been unpresidented for eight years.


63 posted on 12/17/2016 9:52:45 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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To: Steve_Seattle
I spelled country as "cuntry" on purpose; fyi, to make a point and because the Chinese are a bunch of, well you know... 😊. I get into trouble posting from my phone sometimes though. It's very easy to screw things up with the touchscreen keyboard.
64 posted on 12/17/2016 10:18:14 AM PST by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: fella

Aisle quayle at the thought!


65 posted on 12/17/2016 11:12:59 AM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: Flaming Conservative

That thar has me double buffle-headed.


66 posted on 12/17/2016 1:04:55 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: dp0622

And I don’t give a #### what you think.


67 posted on 12/17/2016 1:52:44 PM PST by CommieCutter ("Trump is god emperor and he will win." -- some hacker)
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To: dp0622
He didn't misspell it. That wouldn't make sense. This is a well-educated and very intelligent man:

Trump was born and raised in the Queens borough of New York City and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968.
In 1971, he became president of his family's real estate and construction firm, Elizabeth Trump & Son, which was later renamed The Trump Organization. During his business career, Trump has built, renovated or managed numerous office towers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses.
He owned the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants from 1996 to 2015, and has lent the use of his name to brand various products. Trump has hosted The Apprentice, a reality television series on NBC, from 2004 to 2015.
As of 2016, Forbes listed Trump as the 324th wealthiest person in the world (113th in the United States) with a net worth of $4.5 billion.

Wikipedia

68 posted on 12/17/2016 2:00:22 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Steve_Seattle
Quayle's "potatoe" gaffe came from a cue-card prepared by a teacher, and he assumed it was correct. Actually, I think "potatoe" is a correct albeit archaic spelling for "potato."

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I agree with you about the cue-card mistake. Quayle was very likely simply attempting to be polite. However, I don't believe that "potatoe" is an archaic spelling for "potato". My understanding is that "potatoes" is plural for "potato". I may be wrong.

69 posted on 12/17/2016 2:11:10 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Blue Jays

To be honest I thought it was an intentional play on words that has backfired.


70 posted on 12/17/2016 2:14:57 PM PST by CommieCutter ("Trump is god emperor and he will win." -- some hacker)
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To: CommieCutter

I agree 100% with you.
I thought it was intentional, too.

71 posted on 12/17/2016 9:14:41 PM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: fella

:=)


72 posted on 12/17/2016 11:24:00 PM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: COUNTrecount
OK. So I read the tweet to my phone's memo app (Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge). It came out as

China steals United States Navy research drone international waters rips it out of the water and takes it to China an unprecedented Act.

So, let's see ...

Obviously, we have a ways to go before computers can be considered intelligent.

But, for the present, it's gotten to the point that talking is easier than keying, at least on phones.

73 posted on 12/17/2016 11:52:21 PM PST by cynwoody
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