I want a poll of Burgerlanders on whether they have any idea their country is doing this. Surely it’s less than 5%.

This report is for public consumption, so it’s largely going to align with the standard propaganda. What the people on the inside really believe is hard for me to know.

If you’re going to intentionally sabotage your trip then why bother going at all?

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There are only 2½ non- instances, and lemmy.ml is the ½.

No wonder many capitalists are backing Trump, if only to jettison the neocons’ perpetual blowback machine.

Oh darn, the clickbait is about transponders rather than the spectre of communism. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s made-up narrative flourish.

While satellite imagery shows steady activity at Najin, the vessels docking there appear to have turned off international maritime transponders that give their location, effectively turning them into ghost ships as they make the relatively short trip between Najin and Dunay — also written as Dunai — about 180 kilometers (110 miles) away.

The waning empire has replaced the waned empire, so this is Radio Free Asia’s job now.

I keep getting second-hand embarrassment from Europe’s whining to China. It’s like there are no adults in the room there anymore.

Your motte & bailey malarkey ain’t gonna fly here.

Must be time to resurrect the Homeland Security Advisory System.