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Navy destroyer collides with building in downtown Houston [satire]
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| 29 Aug 2017
Posted on 08/29/2017 8:47:31 PM PDT by rey
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To: rey
Glad it wasn't it wasn't a submarine.
(sarc).
To: rey
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posted on
08/29/2017 9:07:35 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
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To: rey
Satire, obviously. But if it weren’t, there be folks posting that the building intentionally rammed the destroyer.
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posted on
08/29/2017 9:07:54 PM PDT
by
House Atreides
(Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
To: rey
Funny stuff. Beware the humor impaired will land here demanding the mods put “satire” in the title.
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posted on
08/29/2017 9:09:31 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Tyranny can hide within decorum.)
To: rey
Nobody’s talking but the scuttlebutt is that McCain was rammed astern by USS Graham.
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posted on
08/29/2017 9:10:25 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
To: rey
"Military satire website Duffel Blog posted
an article titled "Navy destroyer collides with building in downtown Houston" which opened:
HOUSTON -- As if the city of Houston hasn't seen enough tragedy due to catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Harvey, things took a turn for the worse today after a U.S. Navy ship collided with a building in the downtown area.
The ship was identified as an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer belonging to the Navy's 7th Fleet.
It was unclear why the destroyer was not able to see the building and take evasive action, or why it was over 20 miles inland and trying to navigate through a major metropolitan area.
The story is clearly not true since the photo that went with the story is obviously photoshopped:
![mustin.jpg](http://leadstories.com/assets_c/2017/08/xmustin-thumb-900xauto-3058312.jpg.pagespeed.ic.4tEDGk-cHx.jpg)
- The name of the ship is mirrored. It reads "Mustin" if you hold a mirror next to it. The USS Mustin is an actual Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
- It looks like the ship was cropped out of this photo on Wikipedia, including the bird.
- The "reflection" of the ship in the water covers part of the trees.
- The skies are clear and it is not raining, so the cityscape was obviously not photographed today.
That, and the disclaimer of Duffel Blog reads:
We are in no way, shape, or form, a real news outlet. Everything on this website is satirical and the content of this site is a parody of a news organization. No composition should be regarded as truthful, and no reference of an individual, company, or military unit seeks to inflict malice or emotional harm.
All characters, groups, and military units appearing in these works are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or actual military units and companies is purely coincidental.
http://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3468738-fake-news-navy-destroyer-did-not-collide-with-building-in-downtown-houston.html
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posted on
08/29/2017 9:11:07 PM PDT
by
ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: rey
Dang; I laughed, hard.
But I felt guilty.
Keep sending your help to the souls in Houston.
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posted on
08/29/2017 9:12:04 PM PDT
by
budj
(Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!)
To: clyde260
For the Navy to be right I guess it would need to be a plumb and level just to get square
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posted on
08/29/2017 9:14:45 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Vendome
I says to myself Oh LawdyAnother insenstive article written by a white racist male, trying to insult a widely recognized English dialect just as legitimate as the home county lock-jaw spoken by the Queen and her ilk.
A little more diversity training and maybe the Navy wouldn't have these kinds of embarrassments.
To: clintonh8r
Heaven help us if any progeny are born of that union!
"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense." |
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posted on
08/29/2017 9:16:49 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: All
"It looks like the ship was cropped out of this photo on Wikipedia, including the bird [flying near the rear of the ship]."
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posted on
08/29/2017 9:17:13 PM PDT
by
ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: ETL
I don’t believe you. The article is real.
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posted on
08/29/2017 9:19:43 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Tyranny can hide within decorum.)
To: Rebelbase
To: GOPJ
Funny... Spend some time inside the Beltway and you will discover that it is, sadly, deadly serious.
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
08/29/2017 9:24:11 PM PDT
by
ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: Rebelbase
They were on a search and recover mission. Something about strawberries missing from the wardroom....
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posted on
08/29/2017 9:24:34 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
To: rey
Wait, some FReeper will be along to post evidence the building targeted the ship and rammed it.
To: Rebelbase; AndyJackson
As obvious as it is, we do always get some who fall for stuff like this. Then, even worse, they pass it on to their friends and relatives, who then pass it on. E-mail inboxes are full of nonsense stories like this.
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posted on
08/29/2017 9:27:44 PM PDT
by
ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: rey
Is this “The Onion?” Really? Another “freak” accident??
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posted on
08/29/2017 9:28:47 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: rey
<<>> ... after dragging bottom for 52 miles of I-45 and ripping up the HOV.
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posted on
08/29/2017 9:30:14 PM PDT
by
Oscar in Batangas
(12:01 PM 1/20/2017,,,The end of an error.)
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