^ And you are right. Sometimes, you gotta fight fire with fire. Don't bring a Peace sign to the OK Corral.
Long time ago I did not follow US politics as much as I do now. But back then my impression was that working together across party lines was quite common and I admired that. The ruthless opposition at any cost was blatant already when Obama was president. It is not new since Trump though he carried it to extremes.
"don't attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by incompetence"
So Biden has blocked travel from South Africa.
One hopes he doesn't do a baldy orange loser and forget people can fly to another city first...
Remember baldy orange loser's "Chyna!" ban that didn't stop them flying through Europe?
Biden to ban travel from South Africa, reinstate restrictions on Brazil and U.K. - POLITICO
- The Bidens' dogs, Major and Champ, arrive at the White House
Dogs have returned to the White House after a four-year hiatus.
Champ and Major, the German shepherds of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, arrived at the White House on Sunday, a few days after their owners.: The Bidens' dogs, Major and Champ, arrive at the White House - CBS News
In other news……….
- Kerry on climate talks: 'I regret that my country has been absent'
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told the United Nations on Monday that he regrets America’s absence from the fight against climate change during the previous administration.
“Three years ago scientists gave us a stark warning. They said we have 12 years within which to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. Now we have nine years left and I regret that my country has been absent for three of those years,” Kerry said at the United Nations Climate Adaptation Summit.
Kerry’s speech was one of his first official acts since President Biden named him a special envoy on climate and follows the president signing an executive order to recommit the U.S. to the Paris climate accord.
“We're proud to be back. We come back, I want you to know, with humility for the absence of the last four years, and we'll do everything in our power to make up for it,” Kerry said.: Kerry on climate talks: 'I regret that my country has been absent' | TheHill
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Biden To Halt Oil, Gas Leasing On Federal Land
Putin tells Biden in first phone talks that normalization of Russian-US relations would benefit everyone
26 Jan, 2021
Putin tells Biden in first phone talks that normalization of Russian-US relations would benefit everyone — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
What a wonderful world...
The whole 4 years the world had been afraid of the Russiagate, a cause for impeachment 1.0, big money spent on investigation, mind the Russians supporting and financing Taliban...
And not more than 2 weeks ago the direct line from Kremlin advised for insurrection in D.C. (as found out from certain Nancy and Hillary)...
But now, within a week, everything will be again back... (where to?)
(many thanks in advance for the comical moving pictures Jack-in-box sent into my reputation box by my fan club...)
Why at odds?
Perhaps that the one side does not follow the "advice" of the other side as it was 30 years ago, when the direct line from B. to B. was daily engaged...
As our Kenner above, pH=0, knows about the "lies", luckily, the dangerous Mr. Putin did not issue such "advice for insurgency into D.C.", similarly as the Uncle Yeltsin ordered to bomb the Congress (parliament) in Moscow - and for such statesmanship he was utmost praised...
ANN: Declassified Clinton-Yeltsin Telcons by National Security Archive | H-Diplo | H-Net
- President Biden on Jan. 27 signed three executive actions to combat climate change and said the U.S. had waited too long to deal with the “climate crisis.”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video...9b1_video.html
- President Joe Biden has taken action to stop issuing new leases for natural gas and oil development on federal lands and waters as part of his broader push to tackle climate change and transition to a clean energy economy.
The president on Wednesday signed an executive order that directs the Department of Interior (DOI) to suspend new oil and natural gas leases on public lands and offshore waters “to the extent possible.”
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“In my view, we’ve already waited too long to deal with this climate crisis, we can’t wait any longer,” Biden said Wednesday before signing the order.
The order also kicks off a review of existing leasing and permitting practices related to fossil fuel development to identify steps that can be taken to increase renewable energy production. Oil and gas drilling on tribal land will not be stopped by the order.
The move was applauded by conservationists who say offshore oil and gas drilling poses a significant threat to wildlife, while pollution from burning such fossil fuel leads to worsening global warming and ocean acidification.
“More drilling means more climate pollution that we simply cannot afford,” Diane Hoskins, campaign director at conservation group Oceana, said in a statement.
“President Biden’s actions are a win for the health of our ocean, our economy and our climate. We look forward to working with the Biden-Harris administration to permanently move away from dirty and dangerous offshore drilling toward clean, renewable energy sources like offshore wind,” Hoskins said.
In an analysis released this week, Oceana said ending new leases could curb more than 19 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions and save $720 billion in damages to people, property and the environment. Drilling on federal lands is responsible for about a quarter of the nation’s total greenhouse gas emissions.
But as drilling on federal land and water generated nearly $6 billion in revenue last year, Biden’s order is sure to face legal challenges from the oil and gas industry and Western states that depend on the industry.
Top oil and natural gas trade association American Petroleum Institute (API) warned that the suspension of new leases would cost American jobs and make the U.S. more dependent on foreign energy.
“Today’s executive action to halt leasing is a step backwards both for our nation’s economic recovery and environmental progress, threatening to cost thousands of jobs and much-needed revenue while increasing emissions by slowing the transition to cleaner fuels,” Mike Sommers, API president and CEO, said in a statement.
“Limiting domestic energy production is nothing more than an ‘import more oil’ policy that runs counter to our shared goal of emissions reductions and will make it harder for local communities to recover from the pandemic,” Sommers said.
But the White House maintains its climate plans will net millions of jobs in construction, manufacturing, engineering and skilled-trades with investments in renewable energy.: Biden says 'we've waited too long to deal with climate crisis' in sharp turn from Trump – live | US news | The Guardian - Access Denied - Federal Register
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Executive Orders - Biden pauses new oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters | TheHill
- Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, and National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy
How will the US Economy do under a Biden lead government?
Will the push to more than double the national minimum wage from its current $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour extensively affect the countries economic outlook?
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No. More money in pockets, more money to spend, more money goes around . . . oh, and people can scrape themselves off the poverty floor just that tiny bit . . . an old neo-con talking point . . . while CEOs are getting 400 times the average worker's salary and corporations are paying less and less tax and in many cases none at all while downsizing to raise the stock price, but let's focus on some poor person getting $15/hour
PH, I'm not convinced (by your optimism) and more risk adverse and moving my Super/401k/pension out of International Shares and back into either Cash or Fixed Interest.
The Dow Jones/SnP 500 is looking frothy.
The Federal minimum wage should be increased considerably- there is no doubt about that, unless your social model relies upon a permanent underclass.Will the push to more than double the national minimum wage from its current $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour extensively affect the countries economic outlook?
!00%- onya Joe, but it's a bit optimistic. I'd suggest it's an opening gambit, telling those Republicans (who's social model does need a permanent underclass) that we mean business. Guessing, but I think it will be toned down some in the name of 'compromise'.
No you and your ilk are silenced. Finally.
The best part is your big mouth leader has finally been silenced as well.
Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump
Wonderful these days isnt it?
Biden presses Putin on election interference and Navalny arrest in first call
Biden presses Putin on election interference and Navalny arrest in first call | Joe Biden | The Guardian
Fox News' reporter: "Mr. President, what did you talk to Vladimir Putin about?"
Biden, smirking: "You. He sends his best."
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/statu...-with-putin%2F
What a difference in WH...
Looks like Biden plans on unfucking baldy orange loser's disastrous attacks on the JCPOA deal. Good.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...ct-iran-envoy/The Biden administration has appointed a former Obama White House Mideast adviser Robert Malley to be the State Department’s new Special Envoy for Iran policy.
Mr. Malley, who has spent recent years heading the International Crisis Group think tank, is widely credited as one of the architects of the 2015 nuclear deal that the Obama administration reached with Iran and other world powers. He will now have a central role in the Biden administration.
Speculation has swirled since Mr. Biden’s November election win that the new administration has plans to try and quickly re-enter the nuclear deal that former President Trump withdrew the U.S. from in 2018. The nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) had seen Tehran limit its nuclear activities in exchange for relief from international sanctions.
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