@ryangrim We provide 25% of your electricity and 4.3 million barrels of oil per day. Trudeau has put energy 'on the table' for this trade war. This is Nodstream on steroids.
@MaxBlumenthal The 'readiness' of the US military is as nothing compared to the $5 billion a month in Western capital it takes to keep the lights on in Kiev.
@BleacherReport@WindhorstESPN It's not his value that is at issue it is his utility. I.e. Why would I solve your problem unless I am getting something in return. i.e. Contention. Having KD alone is no guarantee so you can have a player and picks but that's it.
@McFaul Korea, Vietnam, Nicaragua, Iran, Chile, Honduras, El Salvador, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lybia, Syria, Yemen. I could go on but all this and that to say, STFU. You have no standing in this case. Also. China's lifted a billion out of poverty while you were putting a billion into poverty.
I helped found Post Carbon Toronto in 2003. We held a 100 public lectures by experts on the twin issues of energy and the environment. By 2010 i was convinced that the projections of 2100 for ocean 'swelling' were very low probability and 2050 was far more likely. Right again
@pareene The truly frightening thing is they might actually believe this shit. Think of it from their p.o.v. Dead in the water after the first three primaries and here they are. Magical thinking ain't just for the Romans.
Re: Abe's political party--A paragraph from American Exception discusses its establishment by yakuza/fascist war criminals rescued by the CIA to help re-establish the Anticommintern under US auspices after World War 2: