Comments on: The Official Death Toll From Hurricane Maria Has Been Massively Upgraded

By: Draxiar

Draxiar — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 19:19:00 +0000

In reply to Goldie. I'd wager they see three heads- one for reason, one for facts, and one for empathy. None of which they actually understand the language of.

By: Goldie

Goldie — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:59:00 +0000

This is very simple. Democrats run disaster response well, and Republicans run it into the ground! When I hear people say “Both parties are the same,” I bring up this particular problem first, and they still look at me like I have three heads.

By: muselet

muselet — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:53:00 +0000

Tellingly, it is the government of Puerto Rico and not the federal government that is reporting this to Congress. The Secretary of the Public Safety Department, Hector Pesquera, is being justifiably careful about the conclusions—

The figure of more than 1,400, Pesquera said, “is simple math” based on the number of excess deaths. “This is not the official number of deaths attributable to Hurricane Maria,” he said.

—but it is implausible that the number of deaths from Hurricane Maria is very much lower.

That Puerto Rico is having to beg Congress for reconstruction funding should be a national embarrassment.

–alopecia

By: Ipecac

Ipecac — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:19:00 +0000

Uh, paper towels, people. That death toll cannot be right because Trump tossed paper towels at people. How could that many people have died after the paper towels? Don’t you know science? Duh. Fake news.

By: katanahamon

katanahamon — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:12:00 +0000

Ironic they’re announcing the formation of a sixth military branch, a “Space Force” today. We don’t even have an “Air Force” that can mobilize and dump water on fires, a “Sea Force” to deliver hurricane relief…oh..wait..yes we do have those things, but they don’t actually do those things through outright incompetence of the current administration or we are too busy waging wars the people have forgotten about, funding the president’s tariffs and bribes to farmers, his golf trips and private family businesses, his propaganda rallies, the list is endless. I’m still waiting for someone to raise the questions about the ethics, morality, and the who’s funding of the rallies Rump goes to to lie and spread propaganda at.