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hjmaiere: People are interested in anthropogenic global warming because they subconsciously want it to be true . So they tell each other scary campfire stories, skillfully embellishing them with scientific jargon, nodding their heads in reassuring tribal consensus that something can and must be done...
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hjmaiere : "anthropogenic global warming is a manufactured issue, selected specifically for its ability to slough off `libertarian approaches.`" While I respect your suspicions (as I have repeatedly acknowledged, unfortunately with a big government politics is now full of rent-seeking), this...
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Juan , I`m having difficulty continuing to find motivation to respond further in the face of your obtuseness, hostility and zero-sum approach to discussion. Even when we agree, you find a reason to crow and to question my good faith. You appear to not be remotely familiar with Austrian views on "environmental"...
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hjmaiere: Thanks for the more in-depth history of the war. Again, I largely agree with you as to the culpability other others for our imperial behavior - extending a long way back. But distinctions are still in order. It is the current crew who are responsible for invasion and ongoing bloodbath, and...
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hjmaiere: thanks for the engagement. Sorry you`re leaving so soon. Look, I`m strongly opposed to the war, too. But those who started it and are burning through ferocious sums off-budget are the same ones who turned K street into a pork orgy feast while distracting us with loud claims that we need to...
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hjmaiere : Thanks for your comments. Great initial post, by the way; I agree with virtually everything you've said, up to your last three paragraphs, though I'd note that, given our incredible ability to self-justify and self-deceive, I think you are too hasty to conclude that every policy or...
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More pseudoscience. In this case, a totally unwarranted analogy. Juan, if you're really interested in discussion, you'll be a little more specific. What, exactly, in your view is the "pseudoscience" that you're referrign to? As for the "totally unwarranted" analogy, perhaps...