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If there's one thing the coronavirus experience has taught us, it's that bureaucracies don't function as well as they're supposed to. In New York, the bureaucracy opted to spend $500 million on illegal aliens instead of on ventilators. Likewise, during the Obama administration, after the 2009 H1N1 epidemic, the Obama administration, despite warnings, never bothered to replenish stockpiles of N95. It turns out now that the NIH was also doing the bureaucratic equivalent of twiddling its thumbs when it should have been acting to prepare America for the next pandemic. It's sheer luck — mixed in with Trump's foresight about...

From 1/18/2020: There are a total of six (6) videos of the Puerto Rican citizen who calls himself "El Leon Fiscalizador de Ponce" -- "The Fiscal (Inspector) Lion of Ponce" which he took yesterday as he and Ponce citizens broke into a huge warehouse. The videos are long and detailed. I have linked the first in the series of six videos. He will post more today, 1/19/2020.

Charlie Kirk ✔ @charliekirk11 The self serving, lying, despicable politicians in Puerto Rico spent weeks bashing Trump while hiding aid from their citizens They should all go to prison quickly for this unforgivable crime against citizens who desperately needed help Embedded video 68.1K 2:03 AM - Jan 19, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 36.8K people are talking about this ______________________________________________________________________ VIDEO AT LINK Puerto Rico mob finds unused disaster supplies Politicians in Puerto Rico spent weeks bashing President Trump while hiding aid from their citizens. An angry crowd in earthquake-rattled Puerto Rico stormed a warehouse Saturday after learning that...

Carlos Acevedo, director of Puerto Rico’s Office of Emergency Management, was dismissed Saturday. The governor appointed Maj. Gen. José J. Reyes, the adjutant general of the Puerto Rico National Guard, to replace him. Acevedo has denied allegations of mishandling, saying the agency has been actively distributing supplies, according to a statement released through the office of emergency management. No residents have been denied any supplies in the warehouse, including food, diapers, baby formula and cots, Acevedo said. He said about 600 pallets of water were distributed when Hurricane Dorian and Hurricane Karen threatened Puerto Rico and during a drought that...

If you are just getting started preparing your family survival kit, it probably seems like a huge, daunting task. You are not alone, and I was in the same boat just a few months ago. So I decided to get started and make my first purchase. The difficult task for most people will be how to balance the cost of long term emergency supplies and food for your family, while still balancing the monthly budget. The only advice I can give is the way things are going, money doesn’t appear to be worth anything in the future. And in fact...

Things could go bad like Iran sinking boats in the Strait of Hormuz and oils goes up to 200 dollars a barrel. A severe storm sweeps across the Country bringing us to our knees. The Government has to implement Martial Law. The more we can take care of ourselves the less we need outside help.

WELLINGTON (AFP) - A New Zealand Air Force Hercules carrying emergency supplies and two air ambulances arrived in cyclone-torn Niue as more details of the devastation, death and injury on the tiny Pacific island emerged. Niue government secretary Cecelia Talagi said the 1,500 islanders were reeling from the ferocity of Cyclone Heta which ripped through on Tuesday night, killing one woman, and seriously injuring her baby and a foreign volunteer worker, and there were reports of several other injuries. "Yesterday morning we woke up to a scene of so much devastation, it was just unbelievable. Cyclone Heta was just so...

Olmert: Israel has Sufficient Food for Emergency Minister of Industry and Trade, Ehud Olmert says that Israel has enough food to supply public need in an emergency. The ministry’s director general, Amir Hiyak has told Olmert that in the last two months, the ministry has made all the necessary preparations to rapidly respond to any emergency occurrence. The director also reported that Israel maintains a sufficent supply of basic food stuffs to supply the needs of the population in the event of an emergency. Mr Hiyak reported that the ministry has set up special teams in every region (Jerusalem, Haifa,...