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November 18, 2021

Historic shakedown of US taxpayers at UN climate conference

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The recent climate summit in Glasgow provided plenty of theater. Perhaps nothing was more theatrical than the global shakedown effort staged by a group of African nations that demanded the developed world hand over $1.3 trillion every year to compensate them for the hardships delivered by climate change.

That preposterous figure – twice the GDP of Belgium – disappeared from press accounts almost immediately since even climate activists (aka the liberal media) recognized that the outlandish sum would likely blow up any progress toward making wealthy nations pay for past emissions.

The demand highlights the non-serious negotiations that characterize these yearly U.N.-sponsored global gatherings. Since the Paris climate accord was struck in 2015, prosperous countries have promised to provide $100 billion each year from 2020 to 2025 to help underdeveloped nations cope with climate change. That target has not been met once.

In 2019, the OECD claims member nations contributed some $80 billion toward helping poor countries adapt to climate change, which included $14 billion from the private sector, but in 2020 the group fell short of the $100 billion goal.

So, even though $100 billion a year seems a stretch, $1.3 trillion is the new ask.

Of course, the United States is meant to be the major donor, and indeed has taken the lead. As the Wall Street Journal reported, “The Biden administration has pledged to double climate funding to developing countries to $11.4 billion annually by 2024, which would make the U.S. by far the biggest single benefactor.” Nice of Uncle Joe to hand over our money to global petitioners.

Especially nice since the brief history of U.N.-sponsored investing through its Green Climate Fund, the primary vehicle for delivering aid against warming to impoverished nations, has been spotty at best. After some successful investments in Egyptian solar farms, further projects have been canceled thanks to disputes over demands to ensure gender equity in its grants (??) and beneficiaries’ resistance to oversight from donors.

The overall climate deal struck at COP26 turned out to be a largely toothless series of platitudes and promises that allowed everyone to finally go home and claim the costly emissions-spewing event, replete with squadrons of private jets, was not an entire waste of time.

The big newsflash was that the final communique actually mentioned the words “fossil fuels” for the first time, apparently akin in shock value to Harry Potter saying “Voldemort” out loud.

The New York Times cheered the “major agreement” that called on governments to “return next year with stronger plans to curb their planet-warming emissions.” Not to sound churlish, but it’s more than likely that next year’s big confab will also require another go-round the year after that, and probably the following year as well.

Even the bullish Times had to admit, the pact “will not, on its own, solve global warming…”  But then, that was only one of the purposes of the gathering.

Progressives have bigger fish to fry. They are not only keen to redistribute wealth in the U.S.; they want to take their rebalancing act global.

The compliant liberal media is helping this push. In a recent front-page article, the New York Times helpfully presented a visual, highlighting the U.S. share of historical emissions. As the Times reports, “A group of rich countries – just 12% of the global population today – produced half of all greenhouse gases in the past 170 years. A quarter of all emissions came from the United States.”

The message is clear: shame on the United States. It’s a convenient talking point. We’ve been the biggest emitter of carbon in the past, we are the richest nation on earth and can therefore be hit up for reparations.

Nothing sells better these days than self-flagellation, except maybe piling onto the United States. We are meant to atone for being the most successful nation in the history of the world because, yes, we have advanced more rapidly technologically and industrialized more broadly than any other country on earth. In the process, the U.S. has created more wealth that the world has ever seen, much of which goes to feed, doctor and support the globe.

Where would the developing world be without the agricultural achievements of the U.S.? The medicines we have created? The import revenues we spew all over the globe?

And who is on the list of “underdeveloped” nations with their hands out? Small nations like the Maldives and Fiji that are legitimately threatened by rising oceans, but also China, because the world continues to play along with the fantasy that Beijing manages a deeply impoverished nation that deserves our help.

Rarely is it acknowledged that China’s progress has been enabled by the vast theft of patents, manufacturing blueprints, software and other trade secrets from companies in the U.S. and the EU over several decades. Or that China’s people would not be so poor if Beijing directed more funds to social safety nets and not the military.

Even rarer is the admission that China is by far the world’s largest emitter of carbon today, and is unrepentant, continuing to build coal-fired power plants.

The push for “loss and damage” payments did not go far. Wealthy nations refused to set up a new fund for mitigation efforts in underdeveloped nations. Instead, they agreed to start a “dialog” about the issue at future summits.

Activists consider this progress and note that wealth transfers to poorer nations are now a prominent part of the climate conversation. Americans, who will undoubtedly be on the hook for the bulk of such payments, need to pay attention.

U.K. head Boris Johnson kicked off COP26 describing it as the “last, best chance to save the planet.” Next year, guaranteed, we’ll have another last, best chance to save the planet. And the year after that, probably, too. Only the setting will change.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/shakedown-us-taxpayers-un-climate-conference-liz-peek

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9 months ago

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Are you better off than you were 2 years ago?
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Are you better off than you were two years ago? That’s what Republicans will ask voters a year from now.

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Inflation is worldwide and COVID induced.

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Swamp Think

Peek's article posted today on the Fox News website did not mention one word about President Trump's accomplishment of not only leading the way to American Energy Independence but for the country to become net exporters of the energy we and our allies could really use now.

Under President Trump, oil was in the low 40s (while on the same page, oil traders are now predicting as high as $200/barrel this month!), gas in our tanks cost below two bucks, inflation was under two percent and gas station attendant Putin with an economy about the size of Italy's and who is totally dependent on the price of energy was placed in an economic cage… by President Trump.

Instead Peek gives credit to media Saint Obama for his "all the above" strategy which consistent with how he operated was all campaign talk with ZERO follow through.

Does Peek not remember that Saint Obama's response to Putin invading Crimea was to send blankets.

If you want a quick read on Swamp Think, check in with Fox News.

From the Murdoch boys and Paul Ryan on down, no one is pushing the self-serving, elite globalists agenda of running the world as their personal piggy bank harder than Fox News.

And how are the globalists doing at managing world affairs?

No Trump, No Trump Doctrine

There's a growing rumble, by the minute, from people all over the planet who are suddenly missing Trump's policies, not necessarily Trump.

First, Trump's policies, domestic and foreign, were clear and common-sense driven which is anathema to the Swamp control freaks who thrive on complication and confusion to mask their real agendas and who they're really working for.

Second, the hypocrites who are now lamenting Trump's policies are the same, domestic and foreign, who fought Trump every inch of the way to prevent the implementation of policies that clearly worked.

Third, without Trump the fighter, no Trump policies would have ever seen the light of day.

And without what is now collectively the Trump Doctrine, what clear metric would we have to truly understand the depth and devastation of the Biden/Swamp debacle?

Don't you know that the global supply chain story is done on purpose for there to be empty shelves at the grocery stores and what not to screw with the public. This is done by the world economic Forum with the likes of Klaus Schwab Bill Gates and George Soros and their ilk

YOU are the delusional personality, dear. Sticking it against the US to please 🖕trump and putin. Disgusting anti American.

Maybe Liz you would support some immigration reform , you bitch about not having enough servers in your entitled selfish world , oh and you are against mask wearing too , how trumpian of you, the pandemic is all a hoax to you , just dont get sick out there might not be any hospital beds for you . The drs and nurses are sick and tired of taking care of anti mask anti vax selfish repubs Go claim your Darwin Award .

President Trump lost the election you are such a dummy he got over 95 million the other yo-yo got about 45 million the rest was fake you're a disgrace. Www.magapill.com

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9 months ago

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Progressives got hammered on Election Day- but that was only the latest big defeat. What does this mean for Dems? Can Joe pivot? (spoiler-probably not)
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Liz have you not heard latest on the “russia collusion” “steele dossier” Fiona Hill???
Or are you a typical msm reporter?

President Trump lost the election you are such a dummy he got over 95 million the other yo-yo got about 45 million the rest was fake you're a disgrace. Www.magapill.com

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9 months ago

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Joe Biden wanted to be an historic president- and he has done that. Worst ratings slide of any president since WWII.
He (or whoever is running WH) doesn’t care about voters’ top issues – instead Team Biden obsessing about climate change, gender and race.
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The great days turned to very bad days in less than a year.
Congress needs a flip to GOP next year to stop the craziness

Climate change is important.
The GOP may not care about it now, but their children will.
He is trying to get an infrastructure bill through.
He has had issues with Afghanistan, but what else could he do
The people who are taking over Afghanistan were released by the previous administration.
I am sure that Biden is not perfect but he is better than Trump.

Your bias is ridiculous. Makes you a bad writer. Btw avg teacher pay is way above 31000. Sensationalize much?

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Duuuuuh President Trump lost the election you are such a dummy he got over 95 million the other yo-yo got about 45 million the rest was fake you're a disgrace. Www.magapill.com

worst ratings only from a side thats ignorant to the truth. the effects of coming off a pandemic with oil companies profitting off the pumps in order to pay their shareholders back from profits lost. inflation effects the entire world but of course your base doesnt pull their heads out their asses for one second to look around and use common sense. keep spreading bullshit and weakening our country til it no longer functions as a democracy….bc i see through your fake Christian patriotic pow wows. you are the opposite of ehat you claim and you are the definition of what you claim your rivals are. deflection, projection, hypocrisy. 3 words that sum you up

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