Low personal B.M.E.P.
All we'll have to do is wait a few weeks. Puerto Rico is still a bloody mess - and will stay that way for years.Originally Posted by jasonu
Lets see how the relief effort in the Carolinas plays out. Trump's promised the moon, let's see how much gets delivered.
Geriatric hoon
Try reading credible news sources. 'Credible" just got a bit easier, yer old favourite Infowars seems to have struck a head wind. Breitbart is still there, any credible source would be better though.
Seriously, critical thinking is in short supply. Remarkable considering the number of podcasts and other sources trying to correct the shortfall.
The USA, and this country, sure seem to need them.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Just faidin away!
Appears there are/have been others of good value but they simply seem to disappear just when the country needs them most?
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Hardcore Biker
If you want to answer your own question, "Google is your friend" (so I'm told).
Just enter "fema response to US hurricane" into Google, and select the hurricane
of your choice (starting say Katrina in 2005). If you want a few suggestions,
try hurricanes:
-Katrina in 2005 (New Orleans)
-Harvey in 2017 (Texas)
-Maria in 2017 (Puerto Rico)
Or you could search the following articles (found in 5 minutes) for mention of FEMA
and the reported adequacy of its response.
Hurricane Katrina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critic...ricane_Katrina
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/14/fema.ig/
Hurricane Harvey
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/02...aster-respons/
Hurricane Maria
https://abcnews.go.com/US/year-hurri...ry?id=57960340
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...04-story.html#
It's not that hurricanes are a new phenomenon, and that they have never occurred
before in the Gulf of Mexico or along the eastern seaboard of the US. Though their
more recent intensity may be.
Given the money recently allocated in tax breaks and for military purposes ($1.5 Tr),
it's not :
1. that money is in short supply, or
2. that more investment in preventative measures and recovery wouldn't help reduce
death toll or overall cost to the US economy.
In the case of the following article about hurricane Maria, it highlighted a possible
difference in priority for response:
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...esponse-480557
It will be interesting to see if the same will be said about recent hurricane Florence.
Anorak
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
Hardcore Biker
Grumph, please excuse me while I "steal your quote" as it seemed to be on the
money (so to speak).
Earlier in the week, there was a post relating to US FEMA and its response to
hurricanes within the US and its dependencies, and hurricane Maria (which hit
Puerto Rico) was one mentioned.
But there is a wider problem that should probably be noted as well. Labelled
as "disaster capitalism". or "Where there is a disaster, there's money to be
made".
Puerto Rico
Acknowledge that the following articles are all left leaning, but I'm sure that
readers can adjust accordingly. The facts on the ground will be the same
however it is spun.
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/n...ter-ever-trump
It appears that for some, every cloud has a silver lining:
http://cepr.net/publications/op-eds-...nomic-troubles
http://cepr.net/blogs/the-americas-b...nd-s-residents
And a similar problem is shared by another Caribbean neighbour.
Haiti
Back in 2010, Haiti suffered a magnitude 7 earthquake that caused wide-spread
death and destruction. International military forces were quickly deployed to
keep law and order.
And while there were many international pledges of assistance, the country was
soon in lockdown mode and it became difficult to get visibility of what recovery
effort was actually being undertaken (let alone progress and how successful).
After 5 years (2015), even the BBC queried an apparent "lack of progress", and
questioned where and how funds for recovery were being spent.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-33802203
With a US election due in 2016, there were political rumours that some US funds
(possibly being directed via the Clinton Foundation) might not be reaching Haiti,
or not being spent wisely. And it all got very political very quickly.
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37826098
https://www.mondialisation.ca/hurric...-funds/5550029
While the UN Stabilisation mission started being wound down in 2017:
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/...y-but-for-whom
the question was still being asked in 2018: Where did the reconstruction money
end up being spent? And did it lead to reinstatement of housing and other basic
services for the Haitian people:
http://cepr.net/blogs/haiti-relief-a...nding-in-haiti
Low personal B.M.E.P.
Well, shit, those of us living in and around Christchurch know all about promises - and missing money.
Why should the US be any different - or better ?
Hardcore Biker
I think that I've tracked down some of the "missing money" re Christchurch.
Watching TV3 news tonight while having dinner, I can see some went into
that new restaurant and cinema complex that is just about to open.
Low personal B.M.E.P.
The reality of central ChCh is that cafes and restaurants are closing because people don't want to go into the central city....
I saw that item too - and all of us here just looked at each other and asked "will anyone go there ?"
Bored Room
I realise its not from whacko.com, comspiracy.co.ru or other reliable sites but its an interesting read about how to set up a transitional administration when you surprisingly win an election.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/201...ransition-team
DeMyer's Laws - an argument that consists primarily of rambling quotes isn't worth bothering with.
Geriatric hoon
This photo is from this morning's Senate hearing. Judge Kavanaugh, candidate for the highest court in the land, would have us believe he has the respect of all the women he has known. He has a letter signed by over sixty of them to say so, although some have since stated they no longer wish to be associated with it.
I have no idea what he was saying when the pic was taken, but look at the faces of the women.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Forum whore
That is some bizarre reading. Cheers.
Manopausal.
Geriatric hoon
Not much that's new though. Some of the detail I hadn't seen before, but the events described have all been in the news. Nearly two years in though, Trump still knows nothing and he still doesn't give a shit.
Interesting comments about Trump considering that any money raised was his. It was the same with the lawyers, he regarded all government lawyers as being on his team. His comment when he was told that nothing he told the Whitehouse Counsel was subject to legal privilege and that the special prosecutor could call McGahn as a witness was to the effect, "Jesus! I've talked to him a lot."
The book could be interesting but it doesn't feel very rewarding to spend money on a book that mainly just provides a sense of deja vu. Of course if that article was news to anyone, for them the book would be worth the money.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Just faidin away!
Goy really are that stupid? - https://twitter.com/cursedsalad/stat...rymakow.com%2F That could only be true if the Goy allow it to happen - don't blame the Jews.
John Wayne once said:- Life is hard it's even harder if you are stupid!
Geriatric hoon
Nah, that was Scummy said that.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
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