I rarely agree with Nicolas Maduro, but when he says John Bolton is a Looney Tunes extremist, he is right.
Politics of big oil are on display here. Just like Iraq, we could simply buy the oil and avoid destabilizing the region. And just like Iraq, we are going to take it by military force preferably, for the economic benefit of Exxon-Mobile, BP, and the usual suspects. In other related news, the oceans which have sequestered much of the excess heat produced by burning fossil fuels, have announced that they can not absorb any more heat and are in fact returning it in the form of oceanic heat waves that humans can not do a thing about. Bigger storms and faster melting of ice sheets have come along and also, too, the heat that can no longer be absorbed by the oceans will raise hell with humanity.
That Johnny needs help to negotiate the twisty contraption
only bolsters the talk of his ’ rigidity ’ —
I cannot work up the energy to care one whit about anything this emaciated walrus has to say.
A Manhattan-type Effort (Government, Private Sector, University) is needed and we cannot focus all our attention on this as long as Trump is in Office.
Has Maduro become master of the obvious? Bolton last seen holding his hand over a Bunsen burner, claiming it doesn’t hurt and he’s doing it for 'Murica…
Momentum? It’s been like two months and Guaido’s gone nowhere.