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VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

While millions face cuts, superyacht sales are somehow exploding

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While millions face cuts, superyacht sales are somehow exploding

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VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 days ago
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Heading into midterm season, voters are experiencing Trump’s economic illiteracy first hand, even as Trump, embarrassingly, keeps blaming Biden. If he hadn’t elevated personal loyalty over professional competence when choosing his cabinet, staff would advise him that blaming a long gone predecessor ...
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    We don’t need to ban them. They just need to be made to sink through a series of unfortunate events that are nobody’s fault at all.

    And if the owners are aboard and are unable to escape the sinking, I’m sure that would be a tragedy, and absolutely nobody would be dancing in the streets over such an event.

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      Is there a yacht tracking site like the ones people have used to track private planes?

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        There are a number of sites that do this with naval transponders (an example of one). Generally, I believe it’s expected that civilian vessels have their transponders engaged (especially in national waters), though I’m not sure there are any strict requirements (or even realistic enforcement mechanisms) once one reaches international waters.

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      Release the Orcas!

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