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Krugman’s op-ed about why he, as a Nobel-winning macroeconomist, isn’t worried about the debt includes these arguments: 1) America’s debt/gdp today is ok bc it’s lower than Britain’s was at the end of WWII 2) The debt can be stabilized by cutting deficit by $600 bln/year even though he acknowledges that’s politically impossible 3) Republicans are fiscally irresponsible so therefore he, as a Democrat, shouldn’t have to worry.
Well, that's very reassuring.
Slavery still exists in Mauritania, despite the country officially abolishing it in 1981 and criminalizing it in 2007. Very progressive. Estimates of the number of people enslaved in Mauritania range from 1% to 20% of the population, and some say that thousands of people are born into slavery. Enslaved people face forced labor and abuse for their entire lives.
Mendacity in a Noble Cause
The arrogance of the righteous knows no bounds. You do not care who knows your agenda when you know the greater truth. And, as always, those eager to appoint themselves our leaders have great disdain for those they feel are nothing but an audience to their great performance.
Here are some quotes from "climate leaders" who have glory on their minds.
Ottmar Edenhofer, lead author of the IPCC's fourth summary report released in 2007, speaking in 2010 advised: "One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. Instead, climate change policy is about how we redistribute de facto the world's wealth."
U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres said that the true aim of the U.N.'s 2014 Paris climate conference was "to change the (capitalist) economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the Industrial Revolution."
Christine Stewart, Canada's former Minister of the Environment said: "No matter if the science is all phony, there are collateral environmental benefits. ... Climate change (provides) the greatest chance to bring about justice and equality in the world."
Tim Wirth, former U.S. Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs and the person most responsible for setting up the Kyoto Protocol said: "We've got to ride the global warming issue. Even if the theory of global warming is wrong, we will be doing the right thing in terms of economic policy and environmental policy."
Such disclaimers under ordinary circumstances would be incendiary in the minds of an informed, aware people. So maybe the lack of response to the insincerity is more disturbing than the insincerity itself.
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Slavery still exists in Mauritania, despite the country officially abolishing it in 1981 and criminalizing it in 2007. Very progressive. Estimates of the number of people enslaved in Mauritania range from 1% to 20% of the population, and some say that thousands of people are born into slavery. Enslaved people face forced labor and abuse for their entire lives.
They became independent (from France) in 1961.
So, the UN does what, exactly?
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Mendacity in a Noble Cause
The arrogance of the righteous knows no bounds. You do not care who knows your agenda when you know the greater truth. And, as always, those eager to appoint themselves our leaders have great disdain for those they feel are nothing but an audience to their great performance.
Here are some quotes from "climate leaders" who have glory on their minds.
Ottmar Edenhofer, lead author of the IPCC's fourth summary report released in 2007, speaking in 2010 advised: "One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. Instead, climate change policy is about how we redistribute de facto the world's wealth."
U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres said that the true aim of the U.N.'s 2014 Paris climate conference was "to change the (capitalist) economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the Industrial Revolution."
Christine Stewart, Canada's former Minister of the Environment said: "No matter if the science is all phony, there are collateral environmental benefits. ... Climate change (provides) the greatest chance to bring about justice and equality in the world."
Tim Wirth, former U.S. Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs and the person most responsible for setting up the Kyoto Protocol said: "We've got to ride the global warming issue. Even if the theory of global warming is wrong, we will be doing the right thing in terms of economic policy and environmental policy."
Such disclaimers under ordinary circumstances would be incendiary in the minds of an informed, aware people. So maybe the lack of response to the insincerity is more disturbing than the insincerity itself.
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Mendacity is Lying to whom go
You Lie ?
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