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The article claims that German Chancellor Merkel and her coaltion non-government have agreed to abandon their current climate-change plans - or, at least, to kick the can five years down the road. Further evidence that President Trump was right to pull out of the Paris accord, which (as most people already knew) was a sham from the beginning.

Lepanto White founts falling in the courts of the sun, And the Soldan of Byzantium is smiling as they run; There is laughter like the fountains in that face of all men feared, It stirs the forest darkness, the darkness of his beard, It curls the blood-red crescent, the crescent of his lips, For the inmost sea of all the earth is shaken with his ships. They have dared the white republics up the capes of Italy, They have dashed the Adriatic round the Lion of the Sea, And the Pope has cast his arms abroad for agony and loss,...

For the latest official news on the infamous Millennium Bug, please refer to the cited article. What follows is my own account of the rollover, which you are free to skip. All times will be given in GMT. Eastern time is therefore -5, Pacific time -8, and I'm in +8. Executive summary: Apocalypse, Not 1999 December 31 1000. Midnight in Tonga (which is in time zone +13 and +1 for daylight savings time). Speech by the King, dancing, fireworks. No evidence of the fall of civilisation, but then, how many computers are there on Tonga? 1100. Midnight in New Zealand, ...