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2018-09-12 Caribbean-Latin America
Massive stockpile of bottled water found in Puerto Rico a year after Maria
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Posted by Frank G 2018-09-12 10:33|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 "Unexpectedly"™
Posted by DarthVader 2018-09-12 10:59||   2018-09-12 10:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Send them to the Carolinas - problem solved.
Posted by Raj 2018-09-12 11:14||   2018-09-12 11:14|| Front Page Top

#3 It is unclear where the breakdown that caused the bottles to never be distributed was caused.

Since Democrats are in charge there, I'm going with incompetence.
Posted by Raj 2018-09-12 11:15||   2018-09-12 11:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Add some malice; starving your own population is quite totalitarian; exempli gratia, African Liberation Theory.
Posted by swksvolFF 2018-09-12 11:26||   2018-09-12 11:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Unexpectedly™... Indeed. Corrupt officials discover that no one will buy their government bonds. They have to stop paying for anything that doesn't bring in the graft that keeps them in power.
...So power lines don't get repaired, infrastructure crumbles, and Disaster Relief Supplies rot in a warehouse. Unless somebody hid them their hoping to sell them later...
Posted by magpie 2018-09-12 14:10||   2018-09-12 14:10|| Front Page Top

#6 If I recall correctly, it was more important for the mayor of San Juan to get in front of the cameras to say nasty things about Trump than to supervise distribution of the water bottles.

Do I have the priorities right?
Posted by Tom 2018-09-12 14:13||   2018-09-12 14:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Has that mayor gone up for reelection since? It'll say a lot about Puerto Rico one way or the other when that happens.
Posted by rjschwarz 2018-09-12 14:35||   2018-09-12 14:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Who said "Loggies don't need no RFID"?
Posted by Skidmark 2018-09-12 15:42||   2018-09-12 15:42|| Front Page Top

#9 If I recall correctly, it was more important for the mayor of San Juan to get in front of the cameras to say nasty things about Trump than to supervise distribution of the water bottles.

She had time in a hurricane to get a professionally silk-screened t-shirt and baseball cap trashing Trump
Posted by Frank G 2018-09-12 15:58||   2018-09-12 15:58|| Front Page Top

#10 ...in English.
Posted by swksvolFF 2018-09-12 16:07||   2018-09-12 16:07|| Front Page Top

#11 Puerto Ricans don't drink water.
Posted by Jeasing Jeaque5937 2018-09-12 16:37||   2018-09-12 16:37|| Front Page Top

#12 They do drink coffee.
Posted by Fred 2018-09-12 18:29||   2018-09-12 18:29|| Front Page Top

#13 They saw what Katrina did to W, so they tried to Katrina Trump.
Posted by NoMoreBS 2018-09-12 18:54||   2018-09-12 18:54|| Front Page Top

#14 Nobody steals free stuff. Put a sign on boxes “water $10 per box” and they will be gone in a few days.
Posted by Airandee 2018-09-12 20:19||   2018-09-12 20:19|| Front Page Top

#15 Since Democrats are in charge there, I'm going with incompetence.

You get two more guesses, Raj. All three together would probably be a complete answer.
Posted by gorb 2018-09-12 22:45||   2018-09-12 22:45|| Front Page Top

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