“The Puerto Rico trash problem has been growing for decades,” explained John Tarrantino on Wednesday, at The Environmental Blog. “With a population of around 3.2 million, the island generates about 3.7 million tons of waste yearly. Despite being small, the island’s landfills are full and there’s no proper recycling infrastructure. This trash crisis affects everything from health to the economy so solutions are crucial for Puerto Rico’s future.”
This, some have suggested, accounts for Tony Hinchcliffe’s infamous joke written about by Paul yesterday.
Does it make the “floating island of garbage” comment funny?
Puerto Ricans don’t seem to be laughing. But if Mr. Hinchcliffe gets invited to the island territory of the United States for a gig, we’ll reconsider.
NOTE: Puerto Rican resident and infamous investment advisor Peter Schiff has advice for voting next week:
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The joke was a perfectly execution of the standard premise/turn joke formula.
In any venue other than a presidential campaign rally, it would have killed.
Hinchcliffe did his job and he did it well. If there’s blame to be dished out, the blame goes to whichever campaign planner said “hey, why don’t we have a comedian with a ‘roast’ reputation warm up the crowd for Trump?”