Puerto Rico

[Red]

The mayor of San Juan hits back at Elaine Duke: "This is not a good news story. This is a people are dying story".

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/...-rico-response-trump-carmen-yulin-cruz-243294

"The mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, lashed out at acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke's comment that the Hurricane Maria relief efforts are a "good news story," saying that in reality, it's a "people are dying story."

Speaking outside the White House on Thursday, Duke said that she was “very satisfied” with efforts to aid Puerto Rico in the wake of Maria, which devastated the island and has created a humanitarian crisis. Duke said “it is really a good news story,” an assessment that San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz scoffed at.


“Well, maybe from where she's standing it's a good news story. When you’re drinking from a creek, it's not a good news story. When you don't have food for a baby, it's not a good news story,” Cruz told CNN’s “New Day,” referring to the plight of Puerto Ricans, many of whom have received little or no aid thus far. “When you have to pull people down from their buildings — I'm sorry, but that really upsets me and frustrates me. You know, I would ask her to come down here and visit the towns, and then make a statement like that which frankly it is an irresponsible statement.”

“Damn it, this is not a good news story. This is a people are dying story. This is a life-or-death story. This is a there's a truck load of stuff that cannot be taken to people story. This is a story of a devastation that continues to worsen because people are not getting food and water,” she continued. “it is not a good news story when people are dying, when they don't have dialysis, when their generators aren't working and their oxygen isn’t providing for them. Where is there good news here?... I’m really sorry, but you know when you have people out there dying, literally, scraping for food, where is the good news?”

 

[LogGrad98]

One of the toughest issues now in PR is getting supplies into the interior. They are making supply flights to more remote locations but a lot of roadways are still impassable and they have a shortage of trucks and truck drivers, so much of the supplies that are already in the country are stuck in port cities or places where large planes can land, and not in the hands of the bulk of the populace.

 

[LogGrad98]

Might be a harsh point of discussion, but is this a form of natural selection? I mean the human race really doesn't have any natural selection forces at play, we are so dominant on the planet. It would take a huge natural catastrophe to really generate some kind of natural selection event. Just a thought I had recently. Maybe a morbid one but I found it interesting to discuss with my friends the other night at a barbecue.

 

[franklin]

Seriously though the prepper thing is pretty stupid. A few days worth of food and water is all that you should spend your money on. If you spend a couple thousand dollars on "preparation" supplies you've really just shot yourself in the foot.

1. Wealth will serve you better and yummier and comfortableier. Spend a couple thousand dollars on goods that are ageing in your basement or invest the money in a rainy day fund and let it grow until it is needed? 99.9% of the time any catastrophe you may face caN in short order be escaped from and waited out in opulence have you the cash.

2. Leaving is the best plan. No running water means you will be pooping in your backyard. Taking an e-vacation means that you will not be pooping in your backyard.

3. Your home gets flooded or knocked down or whatever and your supplies are worthless. Man I really wish I had that money back about now.

4. Let's assume the emergency is so catastrophic that money is worthless, you can stay where you're at, and your supplies survived, then you have got bigger problems than rationing powdered potatoes. Namely me and anyone else you told(perhaps in your ward) that you have a 2 year supply of food. While you are comfortable and thinking about how to rebuild the world I have already committed to violent plans that will interupt yours. You would have been better served by steeling your resolve and preparing your conscience for the truth of what type of world you would be living in.

Is it just me or are ♪alt13/BluesRocker posts getting dumber by the minute?

Preppers, or, food storage, has been a human thing for millennia, and for damn good reason. You're waxing strong in the comforts of your modern way of life recliner chair, thinking nothing will ever go wrong.

Fun fact: Do you know that the world has only 2-3 months of food supply? If an Irish Potato Blight like event hits America then the world will be utterly decimated in a matter of months. Or, America could realistically engage in modern siege warfare against the rest of the world by banning exports of any food.

You are dumb to listen to that advice, and you're even dumber if you think cash on hand is all that will matter, especially in a zone prone to hurricanes. Of course you should prepare for disaster.

 

[LogGrad98]

Seriously though the prepper thing is pretty stupid. A few days worth of food and water is all that you should spend your money on. If you spend a couple thousand dollars on "preparation" supplies you've really just shot yourself in the foot.

1. Wealth will serve you better and yummier and comfortableier. Spend a couple thousand dollars on goods that are ageing in your basement or invest the money in a rainy day fund and let it grow until it is needed? 99.9% of the time any catastrophe you may face caN in short order be escaped from and waited out in opulence have you the cash.

2. Leaving is the best plan. No running water means you will be pooping in your backyard. Taking an e-vacation means that you will not be pooping in your backyard.

3. Your home gets flooded or knocked down or whatever and your supplies are worthless. Man I really wish I had that money back about now.

4. Let's assume the emergency is so catastrophic that money is worthless, you can stay where you're at, and your supplies survived, then you have got bigger problems than rationing powdered potatoes. Namely me and anyone else you told(perhaps in your ward) that you have a 2 year supply of food. While you are comfortable and thinking about how to rebuild the world I have already committed to violent plans that will interupt yours. You would have been better served by steeling your resolve and preparing your conscience for the truth of what type of world you would be living in.

Is it just me or are ♪alt13/BluesRocker posts getting dumber by the minute?

Preppers, or, food storage, has been a human thing for millennia, and for damn good reason. You're waxing strong in the comforts of your modern way of life recliner chair, thinking nothing will ever go wrong.

Fun fact: Do you know that the world has only 2-3 months of food supply? If an Irish Potato Blight like event hits America then the world will be utterly decimated in a matter of months. Or, America could realistically engage in modern siege warfare against the rest of the world by banning exports of any food.

You are dumb to listen to that advice, and you're even dumber if you think cash on hand is all that will matter, especially in a zone prone to hurricanes. Of course you should prepare for disaster.

I bet a lot of people in puerto rico are sitting on some savings, maybe even under their mattress, wishing they had spent some of it on extra water or food right about now, hmm?

 

[DutchJazzer]

Might be a harsh point of discussion, but is this a form of natural selection? I mean the human race really doesn't have any natural selection forces at play, we are so dominant on the planet. It would take a huge natural catastrophe to really generate some kind of natural selection event. Just a thought I had recently. Maybe a morbid one but I found it interesting to discuss with my friends the other night at a barbecue.

after all natural selection and evolution are science right.

the smart strong people will survive

 

[DutchJazzer]

Of course you should prepare for disaster.

no big daddy government does not want that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DutchJazzer]

also hoarding food is illegal in Venezuela!

so start hoarding food before it comes illegal in blue states

 

[DutchJazzer]

 

[Red]

The President is on Twitter this Saturday morning criticizing the mayor of San Juan and the people of Puerto Rico. A shame this guy has to have such thin skin.

The mayor had taken exception to the statement from the administration that the federal response to PR was "a good news story." On Friday, she angrily complained and begged for more help, and said "people are dying here". Obviously, it's a stressful time in PR, and obviously she is stressed.

So Trump took to Twitter Saturday to claim Democrats have told the mayor that she must be "nasty" toward him. And that the mayor displayed "poor leadership". And that the people of PR are not doing enough to help themselves, implying that they are lazy. And concluding his tweet storm by claiming the "fake news media" are directing the criticism of the response.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/salvadorhe...-begs-for-help?utm_term=.binpya75O#.tg8NOqm3M

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/tr...orkers-of-being-lazy-in-vicious-tweet-frenzy/

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/30/trump-attacks-mayor-san-juan-puerto-rico-hurricane-243329

Typical Trump I guess. You really can't blame the mayor of San Juan for being frustrated and angry by statements like "this is a good news story". Unless you're Trump, then you can blame her. And the Democrats. And the media.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/30/us/puerto-rico-hurricane-recovery/index.html

 

[The Thriller]

Another weekend and another petty and pathetic twitter attack by the twitter in chief. Blaming the mayor of San Juan for this. Claiming that democrats are purposely trying to make this situation appear bad. No dude, the situation is desperate because an American commonwealth was destroyed by a hurricane and you haven't done anything about it.

It takes a big man to insult the mayor of a destroyed city All from the comforts of your golf resort. Almost like insulting a Vietnam war hero after you took 5 deferments to play tennis and date playboy models. Yawn

When will the GOP finally speak out against this nonsense? Once they ramrod their precious tax cuts through?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Might be a harsh point of discussion, but is this a form of natural selection? I mean the human race really doesn't have any natural selection forces at play, we are so dominant on the planet. It would take a huge natural catastrophe to really generate some kind of natural selection event. Just a thought I had recently. Maybe a morbid one but I found it interesting to discuss with my friends the other night at a barbecue.

Wouldn't this be more like economic selection? Natural selection is based on genetics that improve your ability to survive and reproduce. This is just people being born into poverty in an area with a struggling economy.

 

[NAOS]

Might be a harsh point of discussion, but is this a form of natural selection? I mean the human race really doesn't have any natural selection forces at play, we are so dominant on the planet. It would take a huge natural catastrophe to really generate some kind of natural selection event. Just a thought I had recently. Maybe a morbid one but I found it interesting to discuss with my friends the other night at a barbecue.

lol

 

[Zombie]

I know by now I shouldn't be surprised by anything Trump does, but this morning's tweetstorm was just insane. How anyone can continue to defend this pile of human filth is beyond me.

I guess the silver lining here is this proves I haven't lost my ability to be shocked yet.

Yay.

 

[The Thriller]

I know by now I shouldn't be surprised by anything Trump does, but this morning's tweetstorm was just insane. How anyone can continue to defend this pile of human filth is beyond me.

I guess the silver lining here is this proves I haven't lost my ability to be shocked yet.

Yay.

Trumpetiers don’t give a ****. They really don’t. Some are merely using his carcass to pass tax cuts and slash environmental regulations (McConnell, Ryan, Munchin), some are using him to roll back decades of progress and promote white evangelical dominance, and some are just crazy anarchists who just love chaos. Trumpetiers live in their own little world. They’ll continue to defend him because so many just flat out don’t live in reality. Their whole lives are dominated with crazy evangelicalism and online memes.

Look at Dutch and babe. They’ll defend him forever because they’re crazy.

 

[The Thriller]

I’m curious about moderates who gave Donald a chance because they knew what they were getting with Hillary.

What has Donald accomplished for the positive? Has there been a single issue that Hillary wouldn’t have vastly outperformed Donald in?

 

[DutchJazzer]

Look at Dutch and babe. They’ll defend him forever because they’re crazy.

lol trump has his faults.

but i want liberty!

laws and regulations and big governemnt grows corporations!
their are only few airlines, few big banks, few car corportaitons.

they all got bailed out by big government!

then we get jon oliver complaining that their are big corporations. no ****. just let the banks fail. remove regulations adn let the small banks grow!


as for enviromnetal ****. whatever the government does today it will not matter, scientific progress comes natuarlly. before their where govenrment reuglations car companies made their car cleaner and cleaner!


trump has his faults. but with the media going crazy with supposed faults why bother with his real faults.

ZOMG melania is wearing high heals whne she boards a plane, i jsut sit back and enjoy the show

 

[DutchJazzer]

I’m curious about moderates who gave Donald a chance because they knew what they were getting with Hillary.

What has Donald accomplished for the positive? Has there been a single issue that Hillary wouldn’t have vastly outperformed Donald in?

I made money because of trump!






yes i literally made money! the dow jones, and all companies grew.

if 8 november you did a strategy of dog of dow. taking the best 10 of 30 preforming companies in the dow jones index. put some leverage(not much) on it.

lolz keep complaining brother.

and i know it might be a bubble that will come crahsing down soon. or their might just be a correction. but risk management might save me from it!

 

[LogGrad98]

I’m curious about moderates who gave Donald a chance because they knew what they were getting with Hillary.

What has Donald accomplished for the positive? Has there been a single issue that Hillary wouldn’t have vastly outperformed Donald in?

Most moderates I know voted independent, myself included. So essentially we allowed the fanatics to decide and it turns out Trump has more fanatics than Hillary.

 

[Stoked]

I’m curious about moderates who gave Donald a chance because they knew what they were getting with Hillary.

What has Donald accomplished for the positive? Has there been a single issue that Hillary wouldn’t have vastly outperformed Donald in?

Syria and job growth.

Keep in mind you didn't set the bar very high. It was merely "vastly outperform". Not even saying Trump is doing a better job than she would have. Just don't believe she'd vastly outperform him in these two areas.

Yes, he sucks. Horribly bad.