Sec. of Defense Says Climate Change is Real

[Anomalocaris]

Mattis has a history of being straightforward with his superiors. I sure hope he can remain in his post -- this Administration needs someone to tell the Shitgibbon where the bear shits in the woods.

They are getting even with him.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/veteran-...agon-post/

Veteran US diplomat Anne Patterson out of running for Pentagon post

Veteran U.S. diplomat Anne Patterson is out of the running to under secretary of defense for policy, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, depriving Defense Secretary Jim Mattis of his choice for his top policy adviser.

That's probably because she no doubt has seen live muslims in general and arabs in particular as amassedor to Pakistan and Egypt, and therefore she could no longer be fully trusted to ape all pro-isreali positions on all occasions as Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton would like to be seen setting as the commandments of American foreign policy, so they can count on the Israeli lobby for support.

[popeyespappy]

By head of population they probably emit less than the US.

2011 per capita CO2 in metric tons by country

Saudi Arabia 19.65
Australia 18.02
United States 17.62
Canada 16.24
Russia 12.55
South Korea 12.53
South Africa 9.42
Japan 9.26
Germany 9.19
Iran 8.02
Poland 8.01
United Kingdom 7.92
Spain 6.82
Italy 6.57
China 6.52
France 5.73
Mexico 4.07
Brazil 2.41
Indonesia1.73
India 1.45

[Fireball]

By head of population they probably emit less than the US.

2011 per capita CO2 in metric tons by country

Saudi Arabia 19.65
Australia 18.02
United States 17.62
Canada 16.24
Russia 12.55
South Korea 12.53
South Africa 9.42
Japan 9.26
Germany 9.19
Iran 8.02
Poland 8.01
United Kingdom 7.92
Spain 6.82
Italy 6.57
China 6.52
France 5.73
Mexico 4.07
Brazil 2.41
Indonesia1.73
India 1.45

I guess it helps to have a metric shit ton of people to offset the emissions. BTW, I read somewhere (?) that China is working on massive solar panel installations to reduce the CO2 emissions. They are sure building enough of them! I know that India is working on that as well.

[Alex K]

Ah France. So much nuclear power

[downbeatplumb]

Ah France. So much nuclear power

Its called Uranium and it does things, so many things.

[Minimalist]

The motherfucker should hear my tone.  If he thinks the media is bad just come around here.

[Minimalist]

This is an interesting tidbit.  Mattis is going to overplay his hand though.  No one is as important as the WLB in the WLB's mind.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/they-bli...urce-says/

‘They blinked’: Defense secretary threatens to ‘walk’ unless Trump axes fanatic loyalist, source says

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis reportedly told the White House he would resign unless a Trump campaign loyalist was removed from her job.
DefenseNews reported on Wednesday that supporters of Mattis were expecting the White House to reassign Mira Ricardel from her job at the Office of Presidential Personnel.
According to the report, Ricardel is a former member of Trump’s campaign who is seen as “a loyal soldier who is looking out for the interests of the President.”

[Mr Greene]

We need to get them commie Chinese to cut down on their CO2.

I know we're leaving but last I heard Germany, France, Italy and Poland were part of the EU.