Andrew Moser

Shipping is such a shady industry, I guess dirty fuel gets sold every now and then and is a known issue… this article notes that typically the charterer (Maeresk) is responsible for fuel. Maritime executive link

What odds could you have gotten in a Deadpool for Prizgoven(sp?) before today? In case people haven’t seen he was listed among the dead in a private plane crash in Russia today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xlq4WSpUH8 Corporate espionage Chinese Style

Just to add on demographics, no one has really been able to solve the declining birthrates in the developed world problem. Normal pronatalist policies probably help a tiny bit but not enough to stop developed countries from eventually having declining populations (ex migration)...Romania under Ceaușescu increased the birth rate under draconian policies but there was also this... APA.org

Yeah and in the war game the US/ Taiwan side wins but loses lives and materials. Unless the US doesn’t come in fighting and tries to supply Taiwan Ukraine style, then Taiwan loses easily which,IMO, is why they let’s not kill each other just provide material support is a CCP talking point in the Dailo article.

Agree. A lot of the article seem like Chinese talking points. Not to say some criticisms aren’t fair, we are choosing to block Chinas access to advanced tech which is a pretty belligerent move…but the “hey guiz let’s not shoot each other when we invade Taiwan, feel free to provide as many arms to them as you need to…” line seems like str8 central committee propaganda