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It is the locals responsibility. FEMA is not going to rebuild the government and infrastructure. The government is. and it is the duty and responsibility o' fema to assist. goes w/o saying that the character and quality o' assistance demanded will depend, in large part, on the local government's capabilities following a disaster. drop off water at an airport, which is quite possible remote and complete inaccessible due to the kinda flooding one would expect from a cat 5 hurricane, is not meaningful assistance. pickups can't reach 'cause is no drivable roads? so why not use helicopter? maybe 'cause fuel is often more precious than water in such circumstances. spend limited time and fuel moving water when could be transporting people to the few functional hospitals, or rescuing people from imminent drowning? is a disaster for chrissakes. private contractors fulfilling half, or less, o' their food/meal deliveries is gonna result in obvious shortfalls, shortfalls which gifted is dismissing as the responsibility o' puerto rico to supplement? is a freaking island, devastated by a historic hurricane. the local government were not capable o' rebuild infrastructure w/o assistance. coordinate the assistance is the rasion detre o' fema. https://www.google.com/search?q=maria+puerto+rico+devastation&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjumcbNtbbdAhVPHDQIHSFOBrkQ_AUICygC&biw=1280&bih=642 following the hurricane, many roads and bridges is submerged or is utter destroyed. assume some runway is gonna be accessible to vehicles is suspect following the linked devastation. but heck, is puerto rico's responsibility. fema got the water delivered, and it were pr's responsibility to drain flood waters and rebuild roads so they could get to the water. no doubt those ten "dudes" and their pickup trucks were sufficient to handling the job o' infrastructure rebuild. is mindboggling this is proving problematic to comprehend. HA! Good Fun! ps update: 'ccording to multiple articles, the water were deemed unpalatable by locals-- literal could not give it away. in any event, am not gonna blame this one on fema or feds as they seemed utter clueless as to the existence o' a problem. water were delivered. water were received. water were not delivered to people in need. as far as we can tell, fema were never informed that the water were unpalatable. "bad water" is a thing, but when you is desperate, water is either potable or not. have personal consumed some pretty foul smelling/looking water once or twice in our life, and we were glad to have it. get somebody to make a determination as to whether is safe or not, then if folks would rather suffer w/o, is all on the people refusing, or so is our opinion. regardless, am gonna concede that this seems most like a near complete local fail. even if fema delivered so-called bad water, they were not informed o' a problem so they could fix.

historical, the russia/soviet suspicion has been less party affiliation than it might seem. no doubt before gd time, but Kennedy were not running primarily on a platform o' social reform. Kennedy were the hawk responding to Eisenhower/Nixon dove policies-- were almost the totality o' his platform. am also doubtful any but the true wackadoodle storm trumpers exhibiting the worst aspects o' dunning-kruger effect (we got one or two regular trump-fan posters who is textbook d-k) has forgotten Russian behaviors. again, worth viewing (McMaster starts at 'bout 1:11:05) the Russian sanction votes by house and senate has been getting passed almost unanimous, so is not as if guys such as Mitch McConnelll and Paul Ryan has forgotten what the Russians is 'bout. am knowing you were partial kidding, but a picture o' less than gifted trumpers at a rally is hardly indicative o' the republican party as a whole... though am admitting there is increasing cause for concern given the President's seeming unassailable popularity with his base. HA! Good Fun!

will do. am suspecting we will, as with most gifted related searches, find little worth the time spent, but we will try. HA! Good Fun!

Were they? I haven't read that but I would be interested in a link. am not certain 'bout participation-trophy mentality as a factor in the current education dilemma, but am gonna concede the new generation o' parents has us embracing our inner curmudgeon. "back in my day," nonsense is, as often as not, nonsense. am nevertheless saddened by the shift away from personal responsibility we has witnessed occur in past decades. 1/4 o' our cases involve schools in some way and we has been involved in coaching either high school football or mock trial/moot court/forensics on a yearly basis during the past couple decades. even so, our experience is limited and anecdotal. that said, we has spent much time in schools and interacted with more than a few parents and teachers since the late 90s. feel free to dismiss... or not. regardless, the most obvious and disturbing educational change we has seen develop is the manner in which parents respond to news o' student troubles in class. is not a school funding issue. is not a methodology or teaching modality issue. is not even a "what is wrong with kids these days," issue. heck, ain't an affluent v. poor issue neither as we has observed the change as much (if not more so) at affluent schools compared to low-income. nope, the change which disturbs us most is parental response. parent-teacher conferences is not as we recall from even the late 90s. nowadays a parent-teacher conference often (not always) involves the teacher defending his or her actions rather than there being a meaningful discussion 'bout how to improve amy or billy's grades and/or classroom behavior. the parent wants to know why the teacher has amy doing so much homework given all the extra-curricular activities she is current taking. and if billy has been disruptive in class, then what is the teacher doing to antagonize the poor child? maybe is part o' gifted's notion o' participation trophy? honest not know. we have seen an ever-increasing trend o' parents knee-jerk defense o' their child's actions and behavior regardless o' how indefensible. is it coddling? is it lack o' respect for the teaching profession as a whole? dunno. regardless, rather than working cooperative to improve amy and billy's grades, parents is defending their children from the one person in the room who seems genuine concerned 'bout the child: the teacher. however, am gonna also observe how amentep observation jibes with our understanding o' the current local-state-fed dynamic insofar as education is concerned. states is reducing their higher education footprint at an alarming rate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/06/how-quickly-will-states-get-to-zero-in-funding-for-higher-education/?utm_term=.5ab49d2f0805 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/economy-rebounds-state-funding-higher-education-isnt-bouncing-back http://www.acenet.edu/the-presidency/columns-and-features/Pages/state-funding-a-race-to-the-bottom.aspx decrease state funding, with increase in secondary services deemed essential for a higher education institution, has led to a tuition crisis. is not an ideal situation and solutions is not political appealing. am not expecting in near future a positive change to funding dynamic. HA! Good Fun!

odd. we wouldn't equate hand shaking with bowing/saluting. to us, bow and salute is similar as is typical signs o' respect and/or difference. fail to hand shake when proffered makes one a schmuck. fail to salute or bow when is appropriate is possible insubordinate. 'course our interpretation ruins gifted's zinger, so... HA! Good Fun!

am neither shocked nor surprised by gifted's reaction... which is kinda why we needed make the post. memphis takes legal action to circumvent what they see as a wrong. scumbags indeed.

... gifted is no doubt also shocked people would consider oskar schindler's actions to be heroic. scumbag repeated circumvented laws which were specific written to protect the heritage o' his nation. nathan bedford forrest were the first grand wizard o' the kkk and his only other noteworthy accomplishment were his military prowess in a war to defend slavery. tennessee legislature is the reason we do not visit the south unless necessary.

I'm brand new to this forum, so maybe i'm missing something... but is it commonplace for a "moderator" to be trolling? gifted has unique and amusing reading skills. don't let it bother you. also, is admitted difficult to troll us in the sense we tend to be equal dismissive o' shennanigans regardless o' wacky perceived social status which can develop on such boards. am gonna react same to developers as to moderators and to so-called noobs and to longtime posters. HA! Good Fun!

what, so we is ignoring inherent bonuses from abilities? naughty. the thing is, only some serious fallout apologists is thinking gifted ain't broken. am recalling josh has mentioned this a few times, so if you really wanna slog through with gifted, give it a shot with him. he is the developer of poe after all, and his opinion is gonna have more relevance to poe. and small frame... you is joking, right? assume you is building a sniper character, or virtual any character. how important is a decrease in carry weight compared to a stat increase you can functional use on anything? between your pack mules (sorry, companions) and the car and other options, carry weight is a minimal important aspect. is not just str that impacts FUNCTIONAL carry capacity of your party. fallout guys is the only ones who can't see how woeful unbalanced it is. weird. HA! Good Fun!

am suspecting gifted is using a recent baby name list as 'posed to overall most popular names. https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/decades/century.html https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/whats-the-most-common-name-in-america/ HA! Good Fun!

Its going to be ok Gromnir, I see your words and I validate your feelings. *patpat* Now you have created an entire narrative that exists only in your head. Please try to address what I actually say, and not what you imagine in my posts. but you don't like having what you say addressed... not that am surprised. *chuckle* the real victim here is not the homeless, but is gifted? what a tragedy. HA! Good Fun!

you would be wrong. we had a recent reunion with our college teammates, and we played football with a number o' guys who went on to the pros. (actual, as hard as it is to believe, we played high school with 2 guys who eventual played nfl.) this is news, and is increasingly discussed by those who played. the guys on the team who hit so hard they broke helmets were heroes back in the 80s. today, most o' us look back and say, "how could we have been so stupid?" think 'bout it; the guys we played college football were already representing the top .05% athletic gifted people in the US. in general, these were some o' the healthiest guys you would ever meet, and they exercised strenuous and regular for most o' their lives. our reunions is disturbing for the myriad health problems we display as a group. beyond the expected orthopedic stuff, our reunion were marred by more than a couple missing suicides. folks with mental health problems and persistent/terrible headaches who showed at reunion told us o' the numerous folks who did not make it to the reunion and how the absent folks were often far worse off than any o' us present. and yeah, we is honest to admit how if we were 20 years old today, chances are if we thought we had a real chance to play pro ball (we didn't btw), we would take the risks even knowing the future consequences... consequences we didn't fully realize at the time. the thing is, at 48, such a choice has far different calculus. most o' the guys we played with were the best-o'-the-best athletes in the nation. no joke. they woulda' excelled at soccer or lacrosse or baseball or whatever. chances is good most o' the guys we played with woulda' been able to get a scholarship to play any number o' sports if they coulda' gone back in time and started _______ when they instead started playing football. at 48, the notion o' receiving a scholarship to Cal for soccer instead o' football has appeal we couldn't possible have comprehended at 20. even so, the new brain study stuff is news, and it is discussed. is a constant fear for any guy who played college or pro football and can't find the tv remote or his car keys a bit too frequent these days. is craig's emerging temper issues a personality/character problem, or is he gonna end up like mike webster in 10 years? this stuff scares the p00p outta many nfl players, and more than a few college players, and is not something which were discussed much even back in the 90s. is not particular funny.

not the star wars historian some others may be, but am recollecting ewoks preparing to roast han solo, alive, over an open flame. ewok intent to burn alive, and presumably eat other sentient beings were overlooked rather quickly by the band o' heroes.... racism aside. 'course most offensive were the culinary preparation o' han solo which had him being cooked, fully clothed, w/o any pre-seasoning, and absent any kinda wine as far as we could tell. what sort of animal cooks w/o, at the very least, salt and wine? still, the initial joke, when we saw it a week or so ago, were worth a small chuckle. was onboard with gifted 'til the "moronic masses" bit. HA! Good Fun!

graph shows we ain't even back to pre-housing bubble burst. use 2008 as your benchmark is kinda wacky. from wod source: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-is-the-real-unemployment-rate/ kinda funny, but were trump who were claiming the real unemployment rate in early 2016 were +40%. can do all kinda fun things with numbers. no doubt will confuse the hell outta gifted. HA! Good Fun!

is bad logic, but comforting, to see all "fear reports" as somehow identical in value. a positive and a negative cancel each other out, or some such nonsense. you not like the content o' the report and chances are you can find a report condemning the exact opposite danger. sure, such ain't actual what happened above with your linked article as you misidentified the danger, but even so, you ain't alone in finding illusory comfort in conflicting "fear reports." could be worse, gifted could subscribe to the inevitability o' doom. why worry if we is all doomed anyways, yes? HA! Good Fun!

outrage at robots would be curious as the article linked observes how "costs remain too high for robots to replace most farm work for low-value crops." perhaps outrage should be directed at stephen miller and donald trump who eschewed facts in favor o' a "common sense approach" to arrive at the conclusion lower-income and low-skill american workers would benefit from the void left by absent foreign labor. is gifted shocked that american workers don't wanna fill those open farm labor jobs? doubt it. *shrug* has been our opinion that immigration reform is needed, but our conclusion were diametric opposite o' the wh. need more legal immigration as 'posed to less. fearmongering has the wh advocating the exact opposite kinda reform we need. regardless, if you got concerns 'bout farm labour, your outrage likely should be directed at trump as 'posed to robots. sure, we all know our evil robot overlords is simple biding their time until skynet is activated, but am doubtful the ai apocalypse will come at you in the form of automated lettuce weeders. HA! Good Fun!

I do not agree. Nobody really knows it because nobody really watched much of the 49ers last year, but Kaepernick performed pretty well in a bad situation. He's been growing as a player, but the general fanbase hasn't noticed much. He's a legit starter in the NFL. Probably an above-average one. disagree. kaepernick is a significant below-average qb with above average athleticism. his accuracy is nowhere near starter levels. kaepernick did well in one particular system with one particular coach. kaepernick has proven he is incapable o' grasping the intricacies o' complex nfl offenses and he has never learned how to throw the ball with touch when necessary. kaepernick is the proverbial coach killer. 'cause o' his athleticism and arm strength, he will succeed on occasion in spite o' bad decision making and poor accuracy-- he is a less polished version o' jay cutler. he is a tim tebow, without the in-your-face christianity. tim tebow ain't playing football either. even so, am thinking kaepernick has value as a third-string guy. he is not the player you want to build a team 'round, but his physical ability is unquestionable and particular for a defense likely prepared for qb1 or qb 2, kaepernick presents unique challenges... as a backup. from a football standpoint, we can't see kaepernick as a starter anywhere in the league. we don't even see kaepernick as a great backup option, but is not a good football reason he ain't been signed yet as most teams carry 3 qbs. HA! Good Fun! ps is a bit dated, but kaepernick skills and mental preparations ain't improved since the following: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy-stats/wp/2015/11/03/colin-kaepernick-doesnt-deserve-a-second-chance-as-an-nfl-starter/?utm_term=.5ba1294d7d9a he is a round peg for square-hole qb opportunities. he ain't a starter. he ain't the qb o' the future. he ain't the ideal mentor for the franchise qb o' the future. he is an athletically gifted backup for a team who wants to win now rather than take a risk on young/cheap talent.

true, but not necessarily for the correct reason. am getting the humor o' gifted response, but am certain the irs would be shocked to realize paizo is a billion dollar publisher. got ~50 employees at a single location in washington. generate a bit better than $10 million a year. so unless their office happens to be resting on the richest unobtanium deposit within 200 klicks in any direction, am not seeing how they is a billion dollar publisher. HA! Good Fun!

am aware some people see numbers as colors. synesthesia? am not knowing much 'bout the "condition." in any event, one s'poses is possible to see letters as colors as well, and regardless, letters may be expressed as numbers, so the question is not the kinda cheshire cat query gifted might have expected. HA! Good Fun!

am knowing gifted would likely prefer if the drone were dropping cybernetic sharks into the ocean, sharks with freakin' lasers on their heads, to attack something sinister. a raft full o' hippies? perhaps evil border crossers, stymied by trump's wall, forced to try a seaward violation o' american sovereignty? conspicuous consumption ny giants fans on a party boat? *shrug* regardless, am occasional impressed enough with such video footage to share in spite o' fact the liberal science geeks is clearly using the drones wrong. HA! Good Fun!

well, the XXII amendment weren't added to the Constitution until 1947, so am guessing even if are limiting to US history, one can find some basis for figuring out how such a thing might work. HA! Good Fun! ps our snarkiness is high today 'cause am not sure if we is being punk'd by gifted and am having needs deal with others we know is doing the brainfreeze bit unintentional.

gonna keep doing this 'til am certain. you need to subtract, not add. you subtract from the estimated reduction, 'cause you do not know what is the estimated increase. 'cause gifted hasn't bothered to check, all you know is: A) amount of global warming due to US if they exit the Paris Agreement. B) the amount global warming will be lessened by the Paris Agreement. from A and B you do not know the projected amount of global warming anticipated with or w/o the Paris Agreement. HA! Good Fun!

again, you have revered 'cause such should be our line. HA! Good Fun! Slurring speech too. if in the present disagreement with wod, Gromnir suggests, "clearly The Media is nothing more than the propaganda arm of the Democratic National Committee," folks is clear understanding it is used as humorous exaggeration. maybe we add an *insert eye-roll here* for folks. is sardonic. this is the way intended hyperbolic metaphor is 'posed to be utilized. were wod attempting to poke fun at the notion o' the dnc and The Media being aligned? no. wod trying to have both ways. makes an initial ridiculous observation which he attempts to defend. when defense proves untenable, then he wants to claim exaggeration... for dramatic effect? attempts to validate with poorly understood literary technique. as to gifted characterization, am indeed glad municipalities and states and corporate entities is stepping up to fill the void. even so, the paris agreement were asking individual nations to make voluntary reductions o' carbon emissions. if the tea tax (which ironic lowered the cost o' tea) were left entirely up to the 13 colonies to set whatever amount they felt appropriate, am doubting folks woulda' seen Georgie as being in anybody's face. is what Paris Agreement does. HA! Good Fun! ps edited out a rather tame twilight zone reference after seeing amentep remarks. apologies nonetheless.

current scheme doesn't strike us as particular enlightened. sure, anti-icbm tech were considered counter-productive for much o' the cold war era, but the "hitting a bullet with a bullet" approach seems inherent flawed. heck, to make gifted glow, we suggest deploying swarms o' drones, carried in high altitude balloons, which could be released as needed to intercept icbms. one o' the more interesting approaches we recollect from the star wars defense era were small nukes studded with powerful x-ray lasers. the limits 'pon power o' lasers is the power source, and a fission reaction offers a considerable kick. high altitude explosion o' smallish nukes literal covered with x-ray lasers could intercept numerous incoming icbms. 'course limits 'pon atmospheric nuke testing understandable prevented meaningful development. drones. swarms o' kamikaze drones. HA! Good Fun!

eh? who are you talking to? what book burnings do you see paralleling the placing o' statues into a museum rather than having 'em public displayed? go ahead and try to take Gromnir's books, or gifted's books? Constitution protects. at the same time, your link includes burnings of books by private citizens. such burnings is Protected here in the US, in case you were unaware. wanna make a political statement by burning the right stuff? go for it. at the same time, "hide" away books in a government building where folks can voluntarily visit (or not) and still see 'em and read 'em. one wonders what might we call such a building to house books? am knowing you think there is a parallel, but you ain't actual making one. HA! Good Fun!