“It is not an overstatement to say that the destiny of the entire human race depends on what is going on in America today. This is a staggering reality to the rest of the world; they must feel like passengers in a supersonic jetliner who are forced to watch helplessly while a passel of drunks, hypes, freaks, and madmen fight for the controls and the pilot's seat. – Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice, 1968”
About those cockroaches: Details aside, the very multiplicity of climate-denial arguments — the deniers’ story keeps changing, but the bottom line that we should do nothing remains the same — is a sign that the opponents of climate action are arguing in bad faith. They aren’t seriously trying to engage with the reality of climate change or the economics of reduced emissions; their goal is to keep polluters free to pollute as long as possible, and they’ll grab onto anything serving that goal.
Still, it’s worth pointing out how thoroughly all their arguments have collapsed in recent years.
Another one down. Most politicians learn early in life their lies are a house of cards, and can never be revealed. McCaskill and her team must have missed that lesson. The Dems really have their work cut out for them next month.
In fiscal 2018 the federal government spent $4.1T with a $780B deficit. I hope Trump understands the US government can't really declare bankruptcy like private corporations can. It CAN default, but only with dire consequences.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm522 (Mnuchin And Mulvaney Release Joint Statement On Budget Results For Fiscal Year 2018)
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