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Source: Trump Will Withdraw U.S. From Paris Climate Agreement – The New York Times

Since the election of Donald Trump, the media world has become a never ending  low budget TV melodrama.  Every day brings some new alleged transgression against another segment of mankind on the part of the Donald.  Apparently, no one is safe from his crazy and depraved policies.  Every utterance brings forth indignant wails akin to keening at an Irish funeral. Personalities from all quarters of the media take their obligatory turns at denouncing every breath that Trump takes.

The latest round of chest beating and wailing is coming from the usual  and expected places after the announcement of the decision to withdraw the US from the Paris agreement on global warming so beloved by his predecessor.  The cacophony of baleful moaning makes one’s eyes spin like pinwheels because of their abject stupidity.

Consider the critics: If there was ever an all star team of disingenuous double talkers, hypocrites, drama queens and just plain bald face liars, then these are all among the top candidates.  Only Joe Izuzu is missing.   We’re talking Ben Rhodes, John Kerry, Dan Rather,  Al Gore, CNN and of course the previous President who signed on to the agreement.  Let’s not forget the famous climate intellectual,  Leo Decaprio.  And of course, the ACLU thinks this is racist.  Can’t make that stuff up.  All of those mentioned have advanced degrees in hyperbole and they couldn’t communicate at all without the hysterical exclamation point.

The narrative goes that to withdraw from this agreement is tantamount to no less than a death sentence for the world.  Nobody points out that the expiry date tipping point forecast by such as Al Gore, has already passed.  If that is to be believed, then it makes no difference what happens now.

Few will admit to a naïve public that the Paris accord was not an environmental agreement to restrict warming, but rather an economic one designed to transfer wealth from the US to other countries.  It’s essentially an income redistribution scheme so loved by socialists, in the guise of climate alarmism.  Few things are as effective as pictures of sad polar bears on dwindling ice floes to capture the sentiment of those naively being sold this fairy tale.  A radically rational viewpoint on this can be viewed here.

Some may be old enough to recall the hysteria half a century ago about the ‘imminent’ calamity of world overpopulation.  Now, years later, the earth still spins and its population has probably doubled.  There’s no money in restricting births….but there is money in taxing a larger population.  They’ve got that figured out.

Source: Ariana Grandes manager Scooter Braun: We cant allow terror to win after Manchester attack | Fox News

In the aftermath of the Manchester attacks, it was revealed that Ariana Grande has pledged to pay the funeral costs of all of the unfortunate victims.  This offer is no doubt a genuine gesture of heartfelt sympathy for those lost in the tragedy and not to be minimized in any way.

But this sincere act of kindness does nothing to address the possibility of this happening again and again as events of the years have proven.  In fact this gesture, while sincerely offered, is naïve and just papers over the obvious roots of the problem.  There is a war going on and it’s an asymmetrical one.  On the one side, we have committed and avowed militants who have publicly expressed their intents and deeds.  They are conspicuous in their activities and are allowed to hide in plain sight.  The other side, the victim side, has apologists who are apparently bewildered when these attacks take place even though mountains of evidence point like the bat signal in the night sky,  to only one perpetrator.

The on going tragedy is the expected drivel of political leaders who express as much concern for possible group vilification as remorse for the mounting numbers of innocents killed.  As has been pointed out earlier, some ‘leaders’ have declared that such events are to be expected in a modern city.  That such people can attain the votes of the electorate they are supposed to protect is the real human tragedy.  These ‘leaders’ and they proliferate in all western nations, consider victims as just the price to pay in order to maintain their own appearance of inclusion and tolerance.  It’s very much like spending someone else’s money to prove how generous you are…except in this case, other people’s lives are the currency.

It all sounds good, “we can’t allow terror to win”, but yes, in fact, terror will win if only one side has the paddle and the other responds each time with “thank you, may I have another?”  Entertainers like Ariana Grande, while sincere, are hopelessly naïve when it comes to the dynamics outside of their bubble world. Politicos are not naïve, they are informed ideologues who willfully sacrifice the security of their own people  There seems to be an endless amount of tolerance for politicos who will offer other people’s lives in exchange for some honor badge of political correctness.  Until that changes, it is a one sided war.