Really, NDCC?
Apparently, the National Disaster Coordinating Council has decided to suspend all flights, and all sea traffic, down to the lowly mamang mangingisda, in the general eastern area of the Philippines. This was in anticipation of North Korea's attempted (and aborted) launch of a civilian satellite today. Really, NDCC? Do you even know how small an artificial satellite is compared to the vastness of that general area? Your suspending of all air and sea traffic in that area is like my wife telling me to stop working for the day because she had bought a lotto ticket. This is not even close to an exaggeration. You are that dumb. Look, even if North Korea is not launching a civilian satellite into outer space without any intention of hitting civilian traffic, and in fact, wants to intentionally hit a bangka off the shores of the Babuyan Islands -- for the heck of it, without any smart guidance system specifically designed to do that task, they won't hit it. Tell you what NDCC, i...