Minnesota Left In Ruins

[webbo3]

It looks like Minnesota will be left in ruins after the feds refuse funds to rebuild it after the peaceful protests left $500M worth of damage.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/12/george-floyd-feds-deny-minnesota-request-aid-rebuild/5423569002/

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/minnesota/articles/2020-07-11/feds-deny-minnesota-request-for-aid-to-rebuild-after-unrest

[ToraToraTora]

excellent, divide the bill by the vandals.

[derek-33]

the black riots are just like the ones in WATTS decades ago, that was left in ruins, they will have to live with the wreckage they caused,

[Mozz71]

Webbo, I'm not pouring shade on the story, as it's shameful to abandon Minnesota like this, but those two stories are identical. Word for word identical. Clearly the same news corporation.

[bednobs]

not really sure why I should care about Minnesota and how they are going to rebuild after internal protests?

[ummmm]

What about the innocent people who now have to live with the wreckage?

[bednobs]

in all honesty, it will get repaired, this is just an internal conversation about who's going to pay?

[Mozz71]

A case of "I'm alright Jack" eh Bednobs?

[Bobbisox1]

My friends daughter lives there ( husband is on business) with their kids, every day sees another tearful phone call ,” Mum, I’m so scared, I want to come home” but there’s no planes for her to get here , so sad

[bednobs]

not really - i'm not alright. I would be much more concerned with something that happened closer to home rather than thousands of miles away. I can't care too much about how one of the richest countries in the world are going to pay for something. As I said - it seems very unlikely the state is going to be "left in ruins" as stated. They are just arguing about whose budget it's going to come out of

[Deskdiary]

"... but there’s no planes for her to get here..."

There's loads of flights arriving from America everyday, so she can't be trying very hard.

From Minneapolis airport both Delta and United are providing daily flights to Heathrow.

[Bobbisox1]

DD, I can only relay to you what my friend ( West Sussex) tells me , it would be rather harsh me saying “ Well she can’t be trying very hard” ??

[shoota]

Let Soros pay.

[Peter Pedant]

// excellent, divide the bill by the vandals.//
foo ! yeah alla dem!

but find them first - anyway arent these things covered by insurance?
Riot damage - does anyone know - may not be but then the local authority pays by operation of Law

usual thing - you pay people to undertake a risk and when it matures and a claim is made they all run darn the corridor saying oh no not us - someone else pays

[Peter Pedant]

stop barracking Bobbi
it isnt fair

$500m bucks doesnt buy much - one hospital;w worf
so I dont think the Ruins of Minnesota is appropriate
( Oh the Ruins of Athen by Beethoven is wortha listen)

[youngmafbog]

Oh well, you reap what you sow.

[Bobbisox1]

PP, I don’t give a toss, let them and you barrack away :0)

[Gromit]

The business owners who had their property damaged are innocent victims.

267 Restaurants
207 Retail Stores
85 Grocery stores
60 Car Dealerships
53 Homes
52 Salon/barber Shops

They pay their local taxes for policing and yet their businesses have been ruined through no fault of their own.
But Minnesota is a Democrat State, so Trump won’t help anyone there, there would be not votes in it for him.

[Denton]

Mozz,what does "pouring shade" mean? not in my vocabulary.

[Mozz71]

Denton, I should have written "throwing shade", which means to detract from or disrespect.