Fucking moron. Insurrection against the United States government didn’t “ruin him.” There is no line he will not cross. Idiots.
Speaking of idiots, the mainstream media are losing their shit about Biden pardoning Hunter. WTF? Where was this outrage when T**** was selling pardons to the highest bidder? Assholes.
Moreover, I’d do the same thing given the current environment. While I think Hunter did break the law and should face consequences, the MAGA shitheads definitely want his head on a pike. If I had the power to keep my (hypothetical deeply flawed) son out of their hands, I’d do it in a heartbeat.
The good news is that Biden no longer has to give a shit what the media says about him, so he can take the Trump approach to this: ignore it until it dies down. And it will. Trump will do or say something batshit in a few days and everyone will forget about Hunter Biden.
The Republicans won’t forget. I expect them to keep bringing up “what about Hunter Biden’s pardon?” all the time for the next four years just like they did his laptop and whatever happened at Benghazi. Not that I think the details of what actually happened have the slightest bearing on that, since they could have been invented anyway.
HCR on how the cowardly, supposedly liberal media has been enacting IOKIYAR standards on the topic of pardons:
I think that with Tromp’s intimidation, which is clearly already in effect, major media outlets will act even more like stenographic, de facto State Media. (And that MSNBC may well be hounded out of existence.)
China is the world’s leading emitter primarily because, until last year, it was the most populous country in the world. Presumably the Post’s climate reporters are aware of this fact. On a per capita basis it still emits about half as much as the United States.
Also, China’s emissions figures are misleading since it has an enormous surplus in trade of manufactured goods. This means that many of the emissions that are attributed to China support living standards in Europe, the United States, and other countries with whom it runs a trade surplus. If its trade surplus were smaller, its emissions would be lower and emissions in other countries would be higher.
Also, China has made enormous progress in controlling its emissions even though it is a rapidly growing developing country catching up to Western living standards. It has invested a huge amount of money in its solar and wind industry and now has close to half the entire world’s capacity in both. It is now projected to be at or near its peak emissions level, with declines in the future. This is well ahead of its targets in the Paris Agreement.
Also, contrary to what is claimed in this piece, China is offering massive support to developing countries in their transitions to green economies. It is selling EVs, solar panels, batteries and other clean technologies at hugely subsidized prices. To get an idea of the size of this aid, suppose that China exports 10 million EVs a year(not far above its current level of car exports) at an average subsidy of $10,000 each. This would be equivalent to $100 billion in aid for the green transition. If it had comparable subsidies on solar panels, batteries and other green technologies, that would come to $200 billion a year. This is far more than is being put on the table by the United States and other wealthy countries.
It would be useful if the Post could try to do a more serious analysis in its pieces on global warming.
I foresee Il Douche using the “official action” USSC bullshit to invalidate the pardon. Since he cannot be questioned for official actions, there could no appeal for this. And to go after anyone else who irks him.
Yeah well, members of “the press” have long been cowardly subservient to their corporate overlords, so no surprise there. But yes, a “good reminder” I suppose.