Do they still?

I have no idea. None of the churches here have bells.

the brief ringing of church bells.

I used to live next to a church and sometimes the bells would ring for a half hour.

the call to prayer is nothing but church bells is purely a false equivalency.

Is it not the same idea?

Aren't they named after DEAD presidents?

In theory. CVN-82 is lined up to be USS William J. Clinton, CVN-83 is to be USS George W. Bush. Both of those are decades away.

The next one after Kennedy will be CVN-80, USS Enterprise.

The deal with CVN-81 is not who to name it after, it's who not to name it after. A black guy. I've seen this coming for years.

that presumes there actually is a strategic purpose

There is zero evidence of that.

that presumes there actually is a strategic purpose

There is zero evidence of that.

our military is most powerful.

They are very good at blowing stuff up. Can't argue with that.

The Strait of Hormuz is not, as Pres Trump has asserted, open.

I thought he decreed it to be a US territory. How can it not be open?

Taco Tuesday is only 4 days away.

She's attracted the Paparazzi now... that's never good.

Ask those buckaroos finally coming home on that carrier

I'm sure Hegseth is force feeding them NDAs as we speak.

before becoming a more common standard for later nuclear-powered Nimitz and Ford-class carriers (like the USS Nimitz or USS Abraham Lincoln)

Apparently AI doesn't know Chester Nimitz was not a president. But then neither was Carl Vinson or John Stennis. But they were all white.

reported that it remains unclear what the Navy intends to call it.

USS Racist Bigot would be appropriate.

"refurbished (with 1950's era steam catapults) and brought to you by Donald J Trump"

Isn't that now USS President Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy?

almost 90% of the state is forest.

3% of which has not been logged.

Melbourne Airport is only 10,000 miles from Dearborn, so I can see the "slippery slope" argument.

Nutsplitter will deny this.

The Silent Gen was honored for saving the World from Fascism

I think they were before that?

But are they bringing better restaurants?

No, but they're eating the pets.

This is a city that is no longer up under American laws; we are up under Sharia law.

How is that even possible?

I find it very likely that Trumps ego has always wanted to use a nuke somewhere.

I agree. Just because others have been smart enough not to. Much like starting a war with Iran.

What Trump cannot do is own a gun.

I doubt he's ever touched a real gun anyway.

Let's see a link for that statement.

The Googles doesn't find anything.

Who else deserves credit/blame for Triump's tariffs and the inflation it caused?

Obviously, Iran. :-)