Cyclone Wreaks Deadly Havoc in India and Bangladesh (bbc.com) 25
Cyclone Amphan has made violent landfall in eastern India and Bangladesh, lashing communities along the coast with ferocious wind and rain. From a report: It uprooted trees and toppled dwellings in both countries, including in the Indian city of Kolkata in West Bengal. Nearly three million people were evacuated -- most of them in Bangladesh -- before the severe storm hit. At least five deaths have been reported. Coronavirus restrictions have been hampering emergency and relief efforts. Covid-19 and social-distancing measures have made mass evacuations more difficult for authorities, with shelters unable to be used to full capacity. The storm, which was the first super cyclone to form in the Bay of Bengal since 1999, is expected to have caused deadly storm surges. Its winds have now weakened but it is still classified as a very severe cyclone.
Where is Sir Pupkin when you need him? (Score:2)
Re:Where is Sir Pupkin when you need him? (Score:5, Insightful)
We need a good Cyclone in the South China Sea. All those little ChiCom islands would be washed away along with all their toys.
Re: Shitty smelly parasites hindu-chimps (Score:1)
This is actually a Buddhist wishing good luck who happened to draw the swastika the wrong way.
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If you're truly as open-minded as you say, you wouldn't try to shame these fascist bootlickers. They are entitled to their opinions.
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Fascist bootlickers are entitled to their opinion, and everyone else is free to criticize those opinions even if that means shaming them.
You know, free speech and all that. If the fascist bootlickers don't like being shamed or criticized or their feelings are being hurt they can change their ways.
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Would it help if they became fascist dicksuckers instead?
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It might be more entertaining to be around them. Watching people lick boots is boring.
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Did you hallucinate or imagine what I said? I neither claimed to be open-minded nor tried to shame them. I just provided some information about why good-thinking people, many of whom are progressive, absolutely despise Hindus right now. I've seen the hate modded up on this very website, haven't you?
For example, "their culture revolves around cheating, bribery, and stealing to get ahead." https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... [slashdot.org]
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I try to mentally block all the cross-cultural hate, and that includes a lot that comes from the USA.
Even as a Canadian, I miss the Obama era.
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Obama brought so much hope back to America that America voted for a Republican outsider to undo everything he did.
Obama has killed more children with drones than all other Nobel peace prize winners combined.
Slashdot worships Obama as a hero of progressivism and a savior of the left, and will vehemently defend him as a success no matter what. The reality is that has lead the left to a truly stunning decline. His stewardship has resulted in the Democratic party being decimated, having lost 900+ state legisla
Re: Shitty smelly parasites hindu-chimps (Score:1)
Trump wasn't exactly the shining knight coming to the rescue either.
What good Obama did, Trump did his very best to undo. :\
Re: Shitty smelly parasites hindu-chimps (Score:1)
"their culture revolves around cheating, bribery, and stealing to get ahead."
This often starts at the top, but I doubt those are the ones who are suffering. :\
Where is the world leader? (Score:1)
Where is the world leader on this crisis? They should be in there with aid double-fast. Honestly they should have seen it coming and prepositioned humanitarian aid stocks in coordination with the UN. Why this delay while people are dying? What is the world leader doing twiddling their thumbs while this crisis continues unabated?
What is Angela Merkel's plan for dealing with the cyclone relief?
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Didn't you get the memo already ?
Poor people don't matter.
Re: Where is the world leader? (Score:1)
I'm sure the rulers are still fat and happy. :\
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Our insect overlords do not really care about it one way or the other.
This is actually very Sad (Score:2)
Most of us cannot appreciate the poverty in Bangladesh. Most do not drown, but many will starve after their farms are destroyed.
Thank God it did not hit the Rohinga refugee camp in Coxes Bazaar. That would have been horrendous.