Just Shocked

Piece in the Times says that folks are disappointed that banks who made big climate pledges in Glasgow are not living up to the promises: "The economists found that banks in the alliance did not change the interest rates on loans to firms with high emissions and that the companies that received the loans were not more likely to set decarbonization targets. In fact, all banks acted the same regardless of the methods available to them to reduce emissions," Turns out banks do what banks do and Greta was correct when she termed such voluntary promises "blah blah blah". It also turns out that protestors do what they always do, as well, no matter the record of success. If you oppose something you hold a march and a rally. With a long list of speakers. Get cars to honk. Have an "art build". Pass around petitions. Whether it changes anything or not is beside the point. It's what you've always done so you have to follow the playbook. Doing the same thing and expectiong different results. The only radicals around are this new breed of Republicans. They are turning the playbook of established conservatism on its head with this new isolationism. I truly hate having to agree with J D fucking Vance but his piece in the Times today arguing that Ukrain is a lost cause pretty much reflects my own view. And many other foreign policy analysts. Tomorrow we will see the accusations of Putin enabler and Chamberlain appeasement but the point is these new radicals are thinking outside of the box and gaining supporters.