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Nelson Mandela's widow calls for urgent climate action at UN
The Guardian UK ^ | September 24, 2014 12:55 EDT | Suzanne Goldenberg

Posted on 09/25/2014 2:22:51 AM PDT by blueplum

The widow of Nelson Mandela punctured the self-congratulatory mood of the UN summit on Tuesday, saying world leaders had failed to rise to the challenge of climate change.

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The Green Climate Fund was founded in 2010 to help poor countries cope with climate change. UN officials and developing country diplomats have said repeatedly it will not be possible to reach a climate deal in Paris, without a significant fund for those countries which did the least to cause climate change but will bear the brunt.

South Korea and Switzerland went on to pledge $100m each, Denmark pledged $70m, Norway pledged $33m and Mexico said it would give $10m.

But the total of $2.3bn pledged for the Green Climate Fund so far fell short of the $10bn to $15bn that UN officials and developing country said was needed to show rich countries were committed to acting on climate change.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatechange; conartists; globalwarming; marxist; murderer; necklacing; warcriminal
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so, cutting to the meat of the issue, Climate Change is and always has been all about extorting money from 'rich' capitalist countries and giving it to 'poor' socialist countries. The Green Climate Fund wants 15 billion. Of course, 15 billion won't be enough....and the insanity marches on...
1 posted on 09/25/2014 2:22:52 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum
Yes, but burning tires hung around an opponent's neck causes pollution!
2 posted on 09/25/2014 2:25:17 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: blueplum

Anyone who doesn’t believe in Global Warming, she said, ought to get a flaming tire necklace.


3 posted on 09/25/2014 2:26:14 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: blueplum

“Wife of dead communist leader calls for more communism”

There. Now the headline reflects reality.


4 posted on 09/25/2014 2:27:15 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: blueplum

South Africa’s horrific crime problem is a much bigger threat to her than climate change.


5 posted on 09/25/2014 2:27:30 AM PDT by txrefugee
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Most of Africa is a HELL-HOLE and that has Nothing to do with the weather.....it’s all about DICTATORS!!


6 posted on 09/25/2014 2:29:17 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Yes, but burning tires hung around an opponent's neck causes pollution!

LOL, I was thinking along the same lines. I was going to say all those burning tires cause global warming.

7 posted on 09/25/2014 2:34:02 AM PDT by Mark17 (So we tanned his hide when he died Clyde and that's it hanging on the shed. Altogether now)
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“Wife of dead communist leader calls for more communism”

Yes, that really is a novel concept isn't it? A lot of people say, and I agree with them, the only good commie is a.....well, you know. Same goes for Muzzie terrorists too.

8 posted on 09/25/2014 2:43:41 AM PDT by Mark17 (So we tanned his hide when he died Clyde and that's it hanging on the shed. Altogether now)
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She just needs to SHUT UP and remain quiet! No one care about her communism and attempt to stage herself as important by claiming to hold ideals of Al Gore freaks...


9 posted on 09/25/2014 2:50:00 AM PDT by BCW (ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
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I agree. Like her husband before her, she needs to go tend the rose bushes and hush.


10 posted on 09/25/2014 2:56:07 AM PDT by blueplum
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so, cutting to the meat of the issue, Climate Change is and always has been all about extorting money from 'rich' capitalist countries and giving it to 'poor' socialist countries. The Green Climate Fund wants 15 billion. Of course, 15 billion won't be enough....and the insanity marches on...

/echo

11 posted on 09/25/2014 2:57:34 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (The next DNC convention will be spoken in Spanish; Press 1 for English)
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The first thing to know about communism is that it is a lie. Second is that communists lie. The third is that one needs the other.


12 posted on 09/25/2014 2:59:41 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (The next DNC convention will be spoken in Spanish; Press 1 for English)
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To: blueplum

As usual Winnie the Poo is full of POO. . .


13 posted on 09/25/2014 3:09:24 AM PDT by DeaconRed (It is time Adults run our country again. Not the children running it now. I hope we can hang on. .)
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The communists are out to redistribute...just about everything.


14 posted on 09/25/2014 3:20:10 AM PDT by Halgr (Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
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OK, let’s say they come up with their $15B or $50B. What do they use the money for? Are they gonna send a check to God? Are they gonna make seeded clouds to rain upon Africa? Let the UN be truthful and say after they skim off a few billion for themselves they are just going to send a little food and water to several shit holes around the world.


15 posted on 09/25/2014 3:33:32 AM PDT by ImNotLying
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The self-congratulatory widow of Nelson Mandela punctured the self-congratulatory mood

Is that better?

And apparently, it wasn't Winnie the Angry Oprah, but another one of his wives.

16 posted on 09/25/2014 3:39:57 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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OK!! Everybody pay attention!

Lesson for today:

1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.

2. The sun is a ball of fire that controls the climates of all its planets.

3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.

4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.

5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.

Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?


17 posted on 09/25/2014 3:49:31 AM PDT by abclily
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To: SamuraiScot
So as not to give offense to real Christian wives, I meant to say . . .

but another one of his wives concubines.

Or perhaps . . .

wives concubines porcupines.

18 posted on 09/25/2014 3:50:23 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: txrefugee

Now the Thrid World is attributing their crime & poverty to “global warming” (so we’ll have more dark outstretched palms to the developed world for centuries to come).


19 posted on 09/25/2014 4:05:21 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: blueplum

So, other than Atlantis, has any other island nation or continent slipped beneath the waves? Also, how does money solve this pressing global problem?


20 posted on 09/25/2014 4:36:58 AM PDT by Artie (We are surrounded by MORONS)
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