American greed at it's finest.

Dave007inVegas · Mar 27, 2020

President Trump said Friday the federal government bought ventilators from “some wonderful companies”
even as he threatened to wield war-production powers against General Motors, saying he’s unhappy with
automaker’s efforts and demands amid the coronavirus crisis.

The New York Times reported the administration pulled back from purchasing tens of thousands of the
machines after the price tag came in at $1 billion. The paper said the deal might still happen but the
Federal Emergency Management Agency wanted to shop around.

Meanwhile Israeli Pharmaceutical Company Teva is donating 6 million doses of chloroquine to the United
States to treat the coronavirus.

rolltide · Mar 27, 2020

Chinese greed at it's finest...pimping test kits that are 30% accurate. truly some sick communist fuckers

There's a lesson in Spain's discovery that at least 9,000 coronavirus test kits it bought from China as part of a deal worth several hundred million dollars are defective. Testing kits are desperately needed in Spain, which has the second-highest death rate in Europe. More than 4,000 Spaniards have perished from the coronavirus thus far. Unfortunately, these test kits had just a 30% accuracy rate when 80% is the minimum expected standard. China is predictably playing down its culpability here. The Chinese embassy in Madrid is claiming that Spain's health ministry is to blame for buying goods from an unapproved vendor. But the excuse doesn't add up. Because it's not just Spain, and it's not just one Chinese vendor.

the lesson is that China's quality and regulatory standards are nowhere close to those in the Western world. Moreover, they are specifically designed not to be of high standard. After all, higher standards require higher quality workmanship and input costs. And what communist China really wants is to dominate the global economy by undercutting all its external competitors. If that involves cutting standards and risking lives, no problem.

Top line: We need to stop buying into Beijing's claim that it seeks a mutually beneficially global order. It doesn't.

roadreeler57 · Mar 27, 2020

rolltide · Mar 27, 2020

roadreeler57 said:

certainly has nothing to do with who sits on their board of trustees

Jan 17, 2017 · Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President, photographed last year, was appointed to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. With three days to go in his tenure, President Obama named Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice as trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts