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I'm not sure what this is, neither is TPM sure: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/military-vehicles-flying-trump-flag-kentucky
Could just be weekend warriors buying surplus. Or, something else
http://indivisibleky.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/So-this-just-happened.mp4
C_U_L8R
(44,896 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)who bought surplus and are getting ready to destroy those anti trumpers.........proud ameriKKKans I am sure.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)right now.
A Round Tuit
(88 posts)As a former re-utilization contractor, I handled a hell of a lot of this stuff.
If you had the money, you could buy it...and buyer beware.
There are some restrictions on re-use, having to do with insignia, etc...but for the most part, once the DRMO sells it, the buyer can do as they please, except for maybe shipping it overseas to another country.
Anything that can be demilled, is, and a lot of the stuff can be de-de-milled, but until it is used for unlawful purposes, there is no prohibition on flying any flag one pleases on it or putting any sign whatsoever on it...unless it is unlawful.
And a Trump flag may be distasteful, but it's not unlawful.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)I can't imagine the (real) military is happy with this asshole spouting off, creating domestic & worldwide tensions and instituting this muslim ban while many are over there on the ground.
xor
(1,204 posts)I've seen government auctions where they were selling old humvees for about $5,000 each. They were older than the ones this Trump flag convoy though.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)What else is there to come?
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)braddy
(3,585 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)spanone
(135,636 posts)yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,216 posts)I do it to make a profit.
But how can you make a profit? You lose two cents an egg.
But I make a profit of three and a quarter cents an egg by selling them for four and a quarter cents an egg to the people in Malta I buy them from for seven cents an egg. Of course, I dont make the profit. The syndicate makes the profit. And everybody has a share.
Yossarian felt he was beginning to understand. And the people you sell the eggs to at four and a quarter cents apiece make a profit of two and three quarter cents apiece when they sell them back to you at seven cents apiece. Is that right? Why dont you sell the eggs directly to you and eliminate the people you buy them from?
Because Im the people I buy them from, Milo explained. I make a profit of three and a quarter cents apiece when I sell them to me and a profit of two and three quarter cents apiece when I buy them back from me. Thats a total profit of six cents an egg. I lose only two cents an egg when I sell them to the mess halls at five cents apiece, and thats how I can make a profit buying eggs for seven cents apiece and selling them for five cents apiece. I pay only one cent apiece at the hen when I buy them in Sicily.
In Malta, Yossarian corrected. You buy your eggs in Malta, not Sicily.
Milo chortled proudly. I dont buy eggs in Malta, he confessed
I buy them in Sicily for one cent apiece and transfer them to Malta secretly at four and a half cents apiece in order to get the price of eggs up to seven cents apiece when people come to Malta looking for them.
Why do people come to Malta for eggs when theyre so expensive there?
Because theyve always done it that way.
Why dont they look for eggs in Sicily?
Because theyve never done it that way.
Now I really dont understand. Why dont you sell your mess halls the eggs for seven cents apiece instead of for five cents apiece?
Because my mess halls would have no need for me then. Anyone can buy seven-cents-apiece eggs for seven cents apiece.
Why dont they bypass you and buy the eggs directly from you in Malta at four and a quarter cents apiece?
Because I wouldnt sell it to them.
Why wouldnt you sell it to them?
Because then there wouldnt be as much room for profit. At least this way I can make a bit for myself as a middleman.
Then you do make a profit for yourself, Yossarian declared.
Of course I do. But it all goes to the syndicate. And everybody has a share
VOX
(22,976 posts)Joseph Heller penned a masterwork of satire.
Yossarian: "The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on..."