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To: Honey_Bee who wrote (41899)	8/20/2017 11:57:37 PM
From: Drygulch Dan	1 Recommendation Recommended By Honey_Bee Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 458013

This is not terribly surprising. Singapore is a huge point of freight exchange moving cargo between East and West. The many times I have been there, I have seen hundreds or more cargo ships laying at anchor in the surrounding waters waiting for cargo offload/ onload activity at the many gantry ways that surround the island. Through the Malacca Straits ships gain access to the Indian Ocean and all the countries that front to it. This is one of those natural choke points for international shipments and why the British took control of it in the old days of its Empire. To the East lies the South China Sea and access to Vietnam, China, Korea Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, and of course eventually the US and Panama, Central and South America and to the SE Australia & NZ. It would be difficult to maneuver a large ship through this gauntlet if one is experienced to do it. But a young military crew may not have that experience under their belt.

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8/21/2017 7:43:40 AM

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Americans don´t trust the media, and for good reason
The Hill, by Sharyl Attkisson

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Posted By: Tianne, 8/21/2017 4:52:47 AM

Trust in the mass media is at an all-time low. Two-thirds of Americans believe the mainstream press publishes fake news. Yes, there’s still much good journalism to be found, if you know where to look. Yet, ask reporters who’ve been around a while, and many will tell you that a lot of good journalism is being left unpublished. Good journalists hate what’s happening to the news. We have only ourselves to blame. Firewalls that once strictly separated news from opinion have been replaced by hopelessly blurred lines. Once-forbidden practices such as editorializing within straight news reports, and the inclusion of opinions as if ...