Setting sarcasm aside, these Century-21 Court-inspired derailments -- starting with Scalia installing Dubya and extending through all manner of social and economic injustice to anointing a career criminal as Above-All-Laws -- come at such nightmarishly crucial moments for humanity and the environment that you'd have start believing in right-wing conspiracies. So. Where would we be had Gore been given two terms? Followed by Obama and then Hillary Clinton being given two terms? Not here. Not in this swill. Not in this heat. Not up to our necks in flood water or desiccated by drought or burning alive. None of that. None.
Libertarians feel that any help from the government was somehow earned by their sheer existence. Once a wealthy person stops paying taxes (becomes a libertarian) they should be shown to Liberty island where they can live with other libertarians and enjoy a government free life aka Lord of the Flies spoiled adult version.
"when Donald Trump was asked what, if anything, he would do about climate change besides his already announced plans to roll back everything Joe Biden has done"
The Fulvous Flatulence's beliefs can be paraphrased by a quote from Libertarian economist Bryan Caplan:
1 The left is anti-[climate change].
2 The right is anti-left. [the original referred to "anti-market"]
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"Trump lied — as he had when he abandoned it — that the Paris agreement was a “ripoff of the United States” because supposedly no other countries were “paying into it.”"
Oh, come on Dok. Saying that the Mango Malignancy lied is totally unnecessary, he wouldn't know the Truth if it bit a chunk out of his ass. To him, everything is transactional, even when it isn't. "Trump was deliberately confusing the entire agreement with one of its components, an agreement that wealthy nations pledge $100 billion a year[,]" which is the same use of disinformation as his complaints about NATO and its member states 2% commitment which is not 2% paid into NATO coffers:
"Defence [sic and throughout] expenditure is defined by NATO as payments made by a national government (excluding regional, local and municipal authorities) specifically to meet the needs of its armed forces, those of Allies or of the Alliance.... Expenditure on other forces financed through the budgets of ministries other than the Ministry of Defence is also included in defence expenditure.
...
A major component of defence expenditure is payments for Armed Forces financed from within the Ministry of Defence budget. [IOW, its own armed forces and not NATO]
...
Retirement pensions made directly by the government to retired military and civilian employees of military departments and for active personnel is included in the NATO defence expenditure definition.
Expenditures for stockpiling of war reserves of finished military equipment or supplies for use directly by the armed forces are included.
If expenditures for operations, missions, engagements, and other activities are appropriated under the defence budget, they are included in the NATO definition. Expenditure for peacekeeping and humanitarian operations, paid by the Ministry of Defence or other ministries, the destruction of weapons, equipment and ammunition, and the costs associated with inspection and control of equipment destruction are included in defence expenditure.
...
Expenditure for the military component of mixed civilian-military activities is included, but only when the military component can be specifically accounted for or estimated. For example, these include airfields, meteorological services, aids to navigation, joint procurement services, research and development.
Research and development (R&D) costs are included in defence expenditure. R&D costs also include expenditure for those projects that do not successfully lead to production of equipment.
...
Expenditure on NATO common infrastructure is included in the *total* [emphasis added] defence expenditure of each Ally only to the extent of that country’s net contribution." [NB: not the entire 2% goes directly to NATO.] https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49198.htm
NATO also notes that the 2% figure is a guideline and not cast in stone. Furthermore, no matter what the Goldenrod Grotesqueness claims, the US isn't even the top donor by GDP: Poland is with a 3.92% contribution compared to the US' 3.24% (which is a decrease since 2014) [see graph 3]. https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2024/3/pdf/240314-def-exp-2023-en.pdf
(Please forgive me for jumping from climate change to NATO, but it is the best way I can think of to show just how much bovine scat the Cadmium Orange Cancer spreads.)
"As for the key goal of reducing greenhouse emissions, climate modelers predict that the IRA all on its own should get the US as much as 42 percent of the way to our target of cutting carbon emissions in half by 2030."
This is absolutely stunning. A historic accomplishment by itself.
But sleepy Joe Biden should step down because sucky debate and groceries cost more.
Yes the earth will be fine. It’s busy burning or drowning or blowing people away. If THAT’s not an indicator of Mother Earth having enough of us then I don’t know what would be.
Now that the president has unlimited power, he can override anything the Supreme Court decides needs to be cancelled.
Ta, Dok. Not only Nice Times; more and more reasons to vote Biden-Harris.
Setting sarcasm aside, these Century-21 Court-inspired derailments -- starting with Scalia installing Dubya and extending through all manner of social and economic injustice to anointing a career criminal as Above-All-Laws -- come at such nightmarishly crucial moments for humanity and the environment that you'd have start believing in right-wing conspiracies. So. Where would we be had Gore been given two terms? Followed by Obama and then Hillary Clinton being given two terms? Not here. Not in this swill. Not in this heat. Not up to our necks in flood water or desiccated by drought or burning alive. None of that. None.
It's great work and we need to keep it going. All of this is on the line this fall.
Take no prisoners!
Tesla would not exist without that $7500 subsidy. You'd think at least it would realize that but no...
Libertarians feel that any help from the government was somehow earned by their sheer existence. Once a wealthy person stops paying taxes (becomes a libertarian) they should be shown to Liberty island where they can live with other libertarians and enjoy a government free life aka Lord of the Flies spoiled adult version.
yes
Thanks for this Doc. Clearly written!
"when Donald Trump was asked what, if anything, he would do about climate change besides his already announced plans to roll back everything Joe Biden has done"
The Fulvous Flatulence's beliefs can be paraphrased by a quote from Libertarian economist Bryan Caplan:
1 The left is anti-[climate change].
2 The right is anti-left. [the original referred to "anti-market"]
-----
"Trump lied — as he had when he abandoned it — that the Paris agreement was a “ripoff of the United States” because supposedly no other countries were “paying into it.”"
Oh, come on Dok. Saying that the Mango Malignancy lied is totally unnecessary, he wouldn't know the Truth if it bit a chunk out of his ass. To him, everything is transactional, even when it isn't. "Trump was deliberately confusing the entire agreement with one of its components, an agreement that wealthy nations pledge $100 billion a year[,]" which is the same use of disinformation as his complaints about NATO and its member states 2% commitment which is not 2% paid into NATO coffers:
"Defence [sic and throughout] expenditure is defined by NATO as payments made by a national government (excluding regional, local and municipal authorities) specifically to meet the needs of its armed forces, those of Allies or of the Alliance.... Expenditure on other forces financed through the budgets of ministries other than the Ministry of Defence is also included in defence expenditure.
...
A major component of defence expenditure is payments for Armed Forces financed from within the Ministry of Defence budget. [IOW, its own armed forces and not NATO]
...
Retirement pensions made directly by the government to retired military and civilian employees of military departments and for active personnel is included in the NATO defence expenditure definition.
Expenditures for stockpiling of war reserves of finished military equipment or supplies for use directly by the armed forces are included.
If expenditures for operations, missions, engagements, and other activities are appropriated under the defence budget, they are included in the NATO definition. Expenditure for peacekeeping and humanitarian operations, paid by the Ministry of Defence or other ministries, the destruction of weapons, equipment and ammunition, and the costs associated with inspection and control of equipment destruction are included in defence expenditure.
...
Expenditure for the military component of mixed civilian-military activities is included, but only when the military component can be specifically accounted for or estimated. For example, these include airfields, meteorological services, aids to navigation, joint procurement services, research and development.
Research and development (R&D) costs are included in defence expenditure. R&D costs also include expenditure for those projects that do not successfully lead to production of equipment.
...
Expenditure on NATO common infrastructure is included in the *total* [emphasis added] defence expenditure of each Ally only to the extent of that country’s net contribution." [NB: not the entire 2% goes directly to NATO.] https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49198.htm
NATO also notes that the 2% figure is a guideline and not cast in stone. Furthermore, no matter what the Goldenrod Grotesqueness claims, the US isn't even the top donor by GDP: Poland is with a 3.92% contribution compared to the US' 3.24% (which is a decrease since 2014) [see graph 3]. https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2024/3/pdf/240314-def-exp-2023-en.pdf
(Please forgive me for jumping from climate change to NATO, but it is the best way I can think of to show just how much bovine scat the Cadmium Orange Cancer spreads.)
fnord
OT but ITV football commentary is still this
https://youtu.be/DsQpWBSjVzI?t=26
not that anywonk has been observing, but yr
smoking lamp is very lit
Dok, a NICE TIME, and thank you!!!!!
OT: Austria 0-2 Turkiye, 59th minute.
w00t!
Turkey's stuffing Austria.
And Jan Sobieski isn't coming to their rescue....
(history reference)
""Shoulda just named it The Big Fucking Climate Act."
Previous Presinents had the New Deal, The Fair Deal, The Raw Deal (PAB). Biden has the BFD.
hey happy belated birthday, monsigneur!
despite the news, I hope you had an excellent day and will have an excellent year!
"As for the key goal of reducing greenhouse emissions, climate modelers predict that the IRA all on its own should get the US as much as 42 percent of the way to our target of cutting carbon emissions in half by 2030."
This is absolutely stunning. A historic accomplishment by itself.
But sleepy Joe Biden should step down because sucky debate and groceries cost more.
"For fuck's sake, quit bitching and get out and vote for Biden!"
- Planet Earth
Ah, the Earth will be fine.
The people will be fucked.
Yes the earth will be fine. It’s busy burning or drowning or blowing people away. If THAT’s not an indicator of Mother Earth having enough of us then I don’t know what would be.
And many of the Earth's creatures will become extinct...
Innocent animals. We deserve what's coming to us.
We sounds like a lot of people Linda!
: )
At the rate we're going, all the animals left will be factory farmed.
Oh, and puppy mills, cause JFK Jr's got a hankering for barbeque.
"the goalkeeper's made himself massive"
Goalkeepers will do this in order to seem bigger than they really are and deter potential attackers.
Their increased gravitational attraction also draws the ball/puck/whatever towards them.