Coronavirus:

[HONDO74]

Smithfield buys pigs from US growers. Then cuts those pigs in half. Freezes them and ships over seas. I got i a small argument with a lady about this. When se saw my ham before easter. She said to me. “Your ham is from china. They grow them here. Then ship them overseas for processing. Your ham has Chinese chemicals in it . Chinese labor can butcher them cheaper then in America.” She had no clue about ocean going freight priced. 5 grand each way. Maybe more for reffer service. I could not get her to understand no food company would save money with an extra cost of $10,000. On 2500 cubic feet of meat

From the BBC. The article points out the company is in a red state but nowhere do they say Smithfield is owned by a Chinese company. Wonder how they got infected so fast in South Dakota. South Dakota presently has 1100 cases with 7 deaths.

Coronavirus at Smithfield pork plant: The untold story of America's biggest outbreak
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52311877

[Rufus T. Firefly]

From the BBC. The article points out the company is in a red state but nowhere do they say Smithfield is owned by a Chinese company. Wonder how they got infected so fast in South Dakota. South Dakota presently has 1100 cases with 7 deaths.

Smithfield is in many states and a huge operation beyond just pork (just ~5% of pork in the US....). Several of their plants have reported coronavirus outbreaks and deaths. 4 dead associated with the plant in GA; 2 in NC.

[HONDO74]

From the BBC. The article points out the company is in a red state but nowhere do they say Smithfield is owned by a Chinese company. Wonder how they got infected so fast in South Dakota. South Dakota presently has 1100 cases with 7 deaths.

Smithfield is in many states and a huge operation beyond just pork (just ~5% of pork in the US....). Several of their plants have reported coronavirus outbreaks and deaths. 4 dead associated with the plant in GA; 2 in NC.

The article if from the BBC. I don't know why they chose to single out South Dakota and omit that the Chinese own the company.

Interesting.
British Steel: Takeover by Chinese firm completed
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51795414

[Rufus T. Firefly]

From the BBC. The article points out the company is in a red state but nowhere do they say Smithfield is owned by a Chinese company. Wonder how they got infected so fast in South Dakota. South Dakota presently has 1100 cases with 7 deaths.

Smithfield is in many states and a huge operation beyond just pork (just ~5% of pork in the US....). Several of their plants have reported coronavirus outbreaks and deaths. 4 dead associated with the plant in GA; 2 in NC.

The article if from the BBC. I don't know why they chose to single out South Dakota and omit that the Chinese own the company.

Interesting.
British Steel: Takeover by Chinese firm completed
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51795414

I was not exaggerating when I wrote a while back that the Chinese already own us and our debt.

[HONDO74]

I was not exaggerating when I wrote a while back that the Chinese already own us and our debt.

They won't have to fire one shot to take us over complete. Just buy us out with all the money we spent buying cheap Chinese junk.

This is where Hitler made a mistake back in the 30s. Today Germany owns Europe. They have all the money

[HONDO74]

An infamous WHO tweet saying there was 'no clear evidence' COVID-19 could spread between humans was posted for 'balance' to reflect findings from China
https://news.yahoo.com/infamous-tweet-c ... 36964.html

On January 14, the World Health Organization (WHO) tweeted that there was "no clear evidence" that the coronavirus could spread between people.

The tweet — soon proved wrong — is a symbol for WHO critics of how it mishandled and downplayed the pandemic.

A new report by the Guardian says that the tweet was posted because an official worried that a WHO expert was issuing strong warnings that deviated from China's messaging.

A WHO source told Business Insider the message was posted to "balance the science out," rather than for political reasons.

The WHO has been accused of being too deferential to China.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I was not exaggerating when I wrote a while back that the Chinese already own us and our debt.

They won't have to fire one shot to take us over complete. Just buy us out with all the money we spent buying cheap Chinese junk.

They don't have to buy us out; they already own us through our debt.

This is where Hitler made a mistake back in the 30s. Today Germany owns Europe. They have all the money

Right......

[HONDO74]

With many of the food processing facilities shutting down, like Smithfield and Tyson it looks like we have the making for a food shortage coming up once the media catches on to it,

[robert.]

With many of the food processing facilities shutting down, like Smithfield and Tyson it looks like we have the making for a food shortage coming up once the media catches on to it,

If and when smithfield has a shutdown. There will be an abundance of live hogs for sale. Simply buy one 400 pound hog and take care of business yourself. Might prove to be a good idea to buy a 10lbs baby and raise it till July.

[rogruth]

I was not exaggerating when I wrote a while back that the Chinese already own us and our debt.

They won't have to fire one shot to take us over complete. Just buy us out with all the money we spent buying cheap Chinese junk.

They don't have to buy us out; they already own us through our debt.

This is where Hitler made a mistake back in the 30s. Today Germany owns Europe. They have all the money

Right......

Hasn't it been this way for sometime now?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

They won't have to fire one shot to take us over complete. Just buy us out with all the money we spent buying cheap Chinese junk.

They don't have to buy us out; they already own us through our debt.

This is where Hitler made a mistake back in the 30s. Today Germany owns Europe. They have all the money

Right......

Hasn't it been this way for sometime now?

There are many people standing in a river in Egypt looking at the pyramids.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

More history:
Perhaps worth some reflection...
Something most of you are likely already aware:

The Black Death started in Asia ; that's a fact. The disease was so contagious that even touching the clothes of someone contaminate was enough to contract it yourself. It was so efficient it could kill a perfectly healthy person overnight.

It was tranitted both by air and the bite of infected fleas and rats.

By the time it had run its course, by the early 1350's , it had wiped out 1/3 of the entire European population.

Some cities were hit harder, like Florence which lost 75% of its population.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Well, "a perfectly healthy person" then is not a perfectly healthy person of today. Health was pretty terrible then and you'd be very lucky to make to 40.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[chuck]

They won't have to fire one shot to take us over complete. Just buy us out with all the money we spent buying cheap Chinese junk.

China is not the largest holder of US debt. Japan is, approx. 1.25T. China, approx. 1T. The largest holder of US debt is us, aka we owe the money to ourselves.