So basically invalidating what Starr wrote about aircraft carriers not being for the “Wars of Today” (asymmetrical warfare) and “Easy to Sink” (none have been sunk, DUH! asymmetrical).

Those Navy/Marine pilots who flew over Vietnam must be surprised.

Your definition of “used in battle” is fairly exclusionary of the last 70+ years of carrier history, and their air-wing’s contributions to the Korean, Vietnam, Cold, and Gulf wars... not to mention GWOT. But don’t let that get in the way of your narrative.

Standard Trump bashing procedure. I dare you to write an article where you don’t talk shit about Trump. Everything on Jalopnik is just one long Trump joke. Didn’t see the same for Obama. You guys are still kissing his fucking ass. Please ditch your obvious political bias, as commentary, some of us like actual stories…

Because it implies personal responsibility for your achievements in life, and that hurts people’s feelings.

Why is meritocracy a dirty word?

Flying is so unbelievably cheap at this point, it’s hard for me to take these kinds of complaints seriously. What sucks about flying is the airport experience, which the airlines aren’t in control of anyways.

Well, in 1990s, to fly for about 1 hour (around 500 miles) it cost me about IDR 1.800.000 or USD 1,300 per flight at a time when normal salary for middle management employee was about IDR 500.000 or USD 360 per month. For that you get: plastic paper air ticket that you can’t lose, because the reissuance cost is almost…

Your writing ability is excellent, but your knowledge of business and law are lacking.

I think he was being sarcastic.

Satirical post is satirical!

I’m pretty sure it was a joke.

just go down to your local bank and show them your white privilge card. you’ll instantly be granted a 60k/year salary

I think I missed the vast majority of wealth line, where do I get in on that?

The real reason he was recreating dinosaurs -- he wanted bigger Buffalo wings!

Good. Are people supposed to feel sorry for Lockheed? Tough shit. They’ve been scamming american tax payers on this white elephant for 20 years.

As proof that the camera had nothing to do with how bad that particular pass was, NBC replayed footage of every other throw Carr made last night.

It took 30 years of working at Burger King for you to feel ashamed?

Believe me, the sensationalist reporting on storms down here is hilarious.

Well the guy does appear to be an idiot. But I take your point, he doesn’t strike me as a particularly dangerous idiot, and her reaction seems to be a touch over the top.