Because they don’t deserve scorn? They are congratulating themselves for their supposed concern and “empathy” about a place they did not care about until something really really bad happened, which they only knew about because it dominated news coverage. Read the article again (or, more likely, for the first time.)

Which does not change anything. I never claimed that Puerto Rico does not have immediate problems. My point, which is still correct, is your sudden concern is not about other people, but about yourself. You want to be seen as compassionate and caring for sending them $20 (and posting your receipt on twitter so…

I did not even imply that. My point is that you and others did not care about Puerto Rico or anyone else until you saw some sad pictures on the news and can trot out tired lines about how much “empathy” you have. Sure, you will forget about Puerto Rico in two weeks when some chemical factory explodes in Africa, but…

Puerto Rico’s poverty rate is estimated to be 45%. More that half of the children of PR live in poverty. The unemployment rate is over 10% and is about twice that of the US. The median income is half of the poorest US state (do you know that state that is?)

At least I read. Can you read anything other than comic books?

That is so crazy that I hope you are a child or not medicated for your mental illness at this point.

My ire is not directed at people in Puerto Rico, though they are at least partly to blame for the state of the territory. My complaint was clearly direct at people who pretend to care about Puerto Rico now that a disaster has it on the front page. Everything I mentioned occurred long before the storms and would…

>Supposedly, he would use his credentials to get the attention of young women hoping to become actors, and he’d allegedly invite them to private interviews or auditions where things “quickly turned sexual” with him asking “humiliating personal questions” about their sex lives.

The solution is anti-chemical hysteria! Chemicals! Bad! Scary!

Quarantine does not take individual desire into account. It is a technique for stopping disease flow to maintain public health. Nothing more. Nothing less. It temporarily ignores individual rights and wants to manage a disease epidemic.

Am I wrong, child? What concern did you show for Puerto Rico as it built up debt for decades? What concern did you show when the country lost almost 10% of its population following the 2008 financial crisis? What concern did you show as the island’s infrastructure crumbled? Oh, you did not care because “Big Bang…

>Nope. No one is “technically” an American. You’re either an American or you’re not. They are Americans, just like you are. Stay mad about it.

How is it “ominous”? Do you not understand how retroviruses work? HIV has a very high mutation rate. Adherence to treatment reduces viral load, which means less RNA to mutate. Poor compliance to treatment protocol increases likelihood of development of drug resistance, which means harder to treat and more likely to…

Even when the item is not “found” by the producers, everything is discussed ahead of time. The “seller”, who may not even own the item, is coached on the interaction and they come to a price. They are aware of whether or not any deal is made before they talk to the show “employees” (who only go to shoot the show).…

It is all fake. The “deals” are done before the people appear on camera. Others are friends or actors offering up goods the shop already owns. Stuff like this is prepared well in advance. The offer for sale may be there, but it is probably just a way to get an interesting item on the show.

How does a writer for a what was supposedly a tech site have no knowledge of drones? Drones can’t carry much weight. Even if they can carry a very heavy load (20 pounds), they can’t carry it very far. The run time is 10-20 minutes. You have to be so close that the plan is deadly obvious. Drones make for terrible drug…

Maybe I should be more like you, huh? Ignorant of problems until I can exploit them to show how great I am on facebook?

How does this idiocy get posted? Taxpayer money does not exist because you lose all rights to the money and anything it is spent on when the government takes it from you. If the government builds a giant hotel in the capital, you don’t own part of that hotel nor does the government have to let you use it. Taxes are…

It is nice to see good people, like this Dan idiot, who cared so much about Puerto Rico before the storms hit. Because Puerto Rican persons were living the good life then, right? No debt. No brain drain. No poverty. No unemployment. The power company was doing great and not owed hundreds of millions for unpaid…

Not everyone who reads this stuff is a conspiracy nut. Some people are interested in historical events and people. I don’t get the appeal of JFK, but some people like him.