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chainsaw

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  1. Probably won't stop the lawsuits.
  2. The camp was private right? not sure how deep those pockets are, probably not deep enough, but everything I've seen screams big fat lawsuit
  3. Even 8th graders have their standards
  4. They didn't let her stay in the dorms? Was it a nice tree at least?
  5. lots of room for "luggage" no doubt
  6. I think these are blasted out from towers to everything in range, based on alerts I've received in other states
  7. That part of Texas and most of South Texas is completely dependent on oilfield and law enforcement jobs. Very low percentage of people with college education
  8. They won't settle for just half a mil. Not even close, imo they already picked the black fire chief from the big scary city
  9. at least two counselors were Mexican nationals
  10. And, look, I love EMT and firefighters and all first responders as much as everyone else. These brave public servants are heroes, but five nerds sitting in a shitty office in New Braunfels with supercomputers who have probably saved hundreds more lives deserve just as much celebration.
  11. Eventually we will learn that most of the dead were not people who would have survived if the rescue operations had been better staffed. These deaths were 99% drownings or blunt force injuries, not starvation or dehydrations caused by delayed rescues. If I'm wrong, I'll admit it. However, when we say someone was "swept away" they are pretty much guaranteed not to survive that even when it's a small urban stream. This was a huge river of dirty water full of trees and debris flowing at highway speeds.
  12. Looks like the facebook crowd has found their black villain
  13. cheap shot monday morning quarterbacking. i'd expect this from police unions but firefighters? I'm sure most of the usual "don't bring up politics" facebook people are gonna show up en masse any moment now.
  14. I'm supposed to be mad about a non-deployment decision from June 2 that might have improved rescue operations on June 4? How long does it actually take to bring out swift boats from Austin to Kerr County? Wouldn't Baker needed to have known, ahead of time, exactly where along the Guadalupe to send those boats? Is that even possible? And if he'd done that and the rain bomb had landed in the City of Austin how would Baker explain that the swift boats were several counties away? I'm sorry I just don't understand the accusation here.
  15. It's not that they're white, although it doesn't hurt. It's that they're wealthy, they're influential, and they have on speed dial everyone who matters in Austin and DC. I don't think there will even be a need for lawsuits, they'll just fastforward to Abbott convening a special session to cut each of those families a $10M check courtesy of John Q Taxpayer.
  16. https://www.quora.com/Who-do-I-give-evidence-to-that-Jeff-Epstein-was-framed-by-corrupt-DOJ-employees-between-2001-and-2008 You really can find all kinds of people on the internet
  17. Brisket draws a lot of water in this community. You don't draw shit.
  18. Spanish language media quietly doing a great job interviewing counselors who moved children to safety For the Peggy Hills of the world, YouTube closed captions has a half-decent (emphasis on half) automatic translation feature.
  19. Nothing is weird about young people making friends and staying in touch over the years. Some people, it would seem, have a hard time understanding how a summer camp would be a place where that sort of thing would happen.
  20. When they said "could've been worse" at the first presser, Ted being there is the "worse" we all had in mind.
  21. It's been tried and hasn't made a shit
  22. I'm not MAGA but the ethos of "traditional values" is that the man is the provider and the protector of the entire family, and the family members in greatest need of protection are his daughters. So they're gonna be pretty torn up about it and want their pounds of flesh. I ain't MAGA but I wouldn't blame 'em.
  23. https://www.zocalo.com.mx/silvana-y-maria-paula-lograron-salvar-a-20-ninas-durante-la-inundacion-en-un-campamento-de-texas/ I hadn't heard these two details: The storm was too loud for them to sleep (1 AM) The power went out at 3AM prompting these two counselors to move smaller campers somewhere more safe, presumably with lanterns and flashlights Can't help but wonder how and why the rest of the guardians hadn't taken advantage of these crucial hours.
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