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Because the US is run by a clique of brutal imperialists who think they can.

that the USS Roosevelt would make the port call in Danang, Vietnam, on March 6.  

UPDATED: 8 Sailors on USS Theodore Roosevelt Have COVID-19; Port Calls Canceled as Navy Investigates Outbreak
By: Megan Eckstein
March 24, 2020 4:23 PM • Updated: March 26, 2020 8:30 AM

“…“In the case of the carrier, she was last in port 15 days ago, but I…

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I write a lot and post a lot about Korean affairs for my own edification. I’ll look any at any international news concerning East Asian countries. I follow VOA Korea and 38North.org. That doesn’t mean I agree with any of these sources necessarily. I like to stay informed and make my own judgement. TK of Ask A Korean and Tim Shorrock are…[Read more]

It’s almost all propaganda. My area of interest is primarily Korea. I observe things about Japan and China incidentally through that lens. I came across these two characters on youtube when I made a relatively brief detour into Chinese studies about two years ago. And what I have noticed is that these two guys with their cultural…[Read more]

This is on the level of “Poland has attacked Germany for the last time.”

Caught up in the Lawrence syndrome.  Thank god anglo’s never pull any shit like this to take advantage of a situation for profit.   Right, we’re out of medical supplies because of “China.”   Thank god no one in the US gouges the public for medical supplies.   Last i heard a vial of insulin costs $1500.00.

Yes, that’s the problem, isn’t it? This decision process is what needs to be investigated and publicized.

I don’t see any reason for the Supreme Court to consider the case.

https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2020/04/2020-04-02-Order-on-Motion-for-Preliminary-Injunction.pdf

How convenient to have these recriminations over the sequelae while ignoring the fundamental incompetence of the port call during an epidemic in Asia. Crozier even recognizes in his letter that a cruise ship like Diamond Princess is less vulnerable to a virus, relatively speaking, than the Roosevelt. Yet knowing this, they pulled into an Asian…[Read more]

…no comments anywhere on the risk of port calls in southeast Asia, the fact that southeast ports were already closed to cruise ships, or the foreseeability of the situation on the Roosevelt before it pulled into Danang. This is the elephant in the room with respect to the decision to make the port call anyway.

The port call of the Theodore…

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There used to be a threat of felony prosecution if any info furnished on your application turned out to be false. Like let’s suppose you apply, get your measely little check, and a few days later a tax refund arrives in your mailbox or account, or the government 1200 dollar check. What if you take a distribution from your IRA? Or if your 401k…[Read more]

…in the continuing US campaign to overthrow the government chosen by Venezuelans.

@ The Red Menace   I’d seen some sensible opinions on this on twitter from the regular US Korean watchers, like T.K. from Ask A Korean, and Tim Shorrock from the Nation and some of their like minded observers, but the US establishment media has resorted to Asian stereotypes to discount the efficacy of the Korean public health response.   You kno…[Read more]

I follow the Asian news every day, and have been for years, mostly through South Korean broadcast sources. Even so, i have a better window into what was going on in China and around it. I also follow other expert sources. By the lunar new year when travel from hubei was cut off there is no way i would have pulled into an Asian port. And if i…[Read more]

i know what i’m talking about. and i’ve seen the pressure first hand coming down from the strike force commander, to the captain, to the airwing commander and it cost the lives of people I worked with for your information. And i missed plenty of port calls. how about you?

You would think that these shortage items that are useful generically in just about any epidemic setting would have been proposed as budget planning items.