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US edits National Stockpile website after Kushner claims it’s not for states
- ceejayoz 7y ago"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
- NikolaeVarius 7y agowe have always been at war with Eastasia
- rtkwe 7y agoJust replace Eastasia with Centralasia and it feels about right by now.
- dstroot 7y ago“ The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. His heart sank as he thought of the enormous power arrayed against him, the ease with which any Party intellectual would overthrow him in debate, the subtle arguments which he would not be able to understand, much less answer. And yet he was in the right! They were wrong and he was right.“ - George Orwell, 1984
- atomi 7y agoThere are four lights.
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- matthewaveryusa 7y agoWow, what's most striking to me is the paragraph's writing has gone from simple and well written to something a middle-school student would produce: ", as well" -- unnecessary "stop-gap buffer" -- redundant "immediate supply...immediately available" -- redundant. If you really want to use "immediate" twice in a sentence for some unknown reason, use a synonym. These three things are objectively bad writing, and this is coming from an engineer that isn't exactly Shakespeare.
- rdiddly 7y agoThe messy debris of a mind fighting itself.
- Krasnol 7y agoMaybe Trump wrote it himself.
- Balgair 7y agoThe Elements of Style would implode. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style Though not the best book on writing in English, not by a long shot, it is a fantastic intro/solution to the question of 'How do I write better?'.
- jupp0r 7y agoI’d be really interested in who the stockpile is meant for if it’s not for people living in states.
- irrational 7y agoI imagine they might say it is for helping other nations. The reality is it probably really is for the states. The conspiracy theory is probably that it is for the 1% and for those in power.
- colmvp 7y ago> I imagine they might say it is for helping other nations. Given that the administration is halting exports of masks to Canada and Latin America from 3M, I somehow doubt that the reserves are for helping other nations.
- irrational 7y agoBut haven't the reserves been built up over many decades? The reasoning behind the reserve probably long predates the current administration.
- ceejayoz 7y agoThere's some truth to the idea that the Feds do need some reserved for things like embassies, warships, FEMA, etc. The current meme going around local news Facebook comments seems to be that the Feds are just a backup with no direct responsibilities for disaster management, though, and that it's all on the states for being unprepared. Which, well, is bullshit.
- _iyig 7y agoIs it? I'm honestly asking. As an American, I understand there's a division of responsibility between the federal state governments for disaster preparedness, but I don't know exactly what that agreement entails (or even if it's clearly written down somewhere). Without a clear understanding of who's responsible for what, it seems easy to point fingers depending on political preference. If anyone has more knowledge and is willing to share, I'd appreciate it.
- codeddesign 7y agoI really don’t see the overarching issue here. This is the “United States”. States govern themselves and have their own stock piles. The government stockpile isn’t a Walmart for each state to go shopping at. While it’s the federal governments job to assist in crisis, the reality is that many states (primarily NY) haven’t properly maintained their own stockpiles and are now wanting to point fingers at someone else. It’s political BS at a time when we need it the least, and the media is just exasperating the situation for the sake of entertainment and fear. ...sad, very sad.
- thawaway1837 7y agoYou’re right. It’s clearly for all those Americans who are not in states. So it’s for DC right? And Puerto Rico? So we have a federal stockpile for DC and Puerto Rico.
- codeddesign 7y agoYou obviously read it wrong or didn’t read my comment at all. The press conference clearly stated that the federal stockpile is meant to be mobile and distributed based on where federal agencies feel its needed. This really isn’t an argument of federal vs people, it’s more about an argument with NY state vs federal.
- sachdevap 7y agoI guess it is meant to be used by federal agencies where they "feel it's needed" for better chance of re-election, yes? Case in point, Florida [0]. [0] https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/4/3/21206170/us-emergency-stockpile-jared-kushner-almost-empty-coronavirus-medical-supplies-ventilators https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/4/3/21206170/us-emergency-st...
- wbl 7y agoNY is getting hit really hard right now. What's the prioritization here?
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- rconti 7y agoWorse, in medical equipment purchases, the Federal Government is spitefully outbidding Governors whose names are followed by a little letter they don't like. https://wfpl.org/federal-government-outbids-kentucky-for-medical-equipment-amid-shortage/ https://wfpl.org/federal-government-outbids-kentucky-for-med...
- harmmonica 7y agoThe residents of Kentucky, as a voting bloc, have voted for the republican presidential candidate for at least a generation (and probably longer than that). I understand the governor is a democrat, but it seems like a more simple explanation exists rather than Trump's administration intentionally harming a solidly-red electorate out of spite for their governor. A more simple explanation may be that Trump's administration, and therefore the federal government, has been flat-footed almost every step of the way (if you need a source on that, check the "front page" of every major, left or right-leaning news service in the US) and is now doing everything in their power to address their shortcomings which includes getting their hands on as much PPE, medical devices, etc. as possible. It does further speak to their inability to rise to the moment by not better-coordinating their purchases with the needs of the states. The administration deserves massive blame here for their initial and likely ongoing response to this and should be held accountable, but let's hold them accountable where the facts are nearly-indisputable (there are plenty of those facts to go around).
- ARandomerDude 7y agoCan someone explain why this is HN-worthy? I don't get it. - startup-related: no - involves hacking: no - of general technical interest: no HN is (usually) a refuge from the otherwise saturated world of political mud slinging.
- ceejayoz 7y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it."
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- williesleg 7y agoHOLY SHIT WE GOT HIM NOW!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE BIGGEST THING TO WORRY ABOUT!!!!! HE'S A CROOK!!!!! Gotta love Ars Technica, the tech web site. Oh, and Hacker News. Big story here!
- TomMckenny 7y agoI wonder how long it will take for this thread to be buried by people as eager to cover for the regime's ineptitude as Kushner is.
- ceejayoz 7y ago57 minutes, apparently.