TRUE..... but all it takes is a steady onshore breeze to blow that "shit" into our waters (or anyone elses) regardless of that, it still spreads / contaminates..... we do eat fish from the open ocean ya know

Well, all cruise ships out of the states (and most other places) highly treat their sewage and don't discharge the solid wastes at all, even when they are outside territorial waters. I wouldn't drink the stuff they discharge, but they treat it pretty thoroughly. It's not like dump raw sewage anywhere anymore. Very bad for the image. If they do it in our waters, it is very bad for their pocket book as well.

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There are no pump stations in the port, for the cruise industry anyway. And the ships in Alaska treat their sewage, many out of southern ports do not. Three miles is nothing, the slightest onshore wind puts it right back on our doorstep.

Carnival, the one you invested in, is one of the worst.

http://www.businessinsider.com...to-ocean-report-2019-4

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I was right.

Cruise Lines should not be bailed out.

None of their ships are even flagged under the US. Because they don't want to pay US fees or taxes or be required to follow US maritime regulations.

So, you flag your ship under Belize? Then ask Belize for a fuc*ing handout.

Hell, ANY company that doesn't pay taxes, shouldn't get a damned dime of taxpayer money. Not one cent. They all got a huge taxpayer handout from Trump's tax break, which they used to buy back their stock instead of saving for emergencies or giving their employees a raise.

We don't owe them a goddamn thing.

Let the billionaire CEOs and the stockholders bail them out.

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Not to mention that they pay their foreign workers like shit. I agree, fuck them.

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I was right.

Roger that Cap'n

third outbreak this week affecting cruise ships operated by Carnival and Royal Caribbean departing Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Happy Holidays!