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Thank You For Smoking

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A couple of weeks ago, for no particular reason, I made an off-the-cuff musing on my Tastytrade show about the prospect, years from now, of the giant oil companies being dragged in front of some kind of world court, being called to account (and pay for) all the damage they have done to the world’s climate. Again, I’m not sure what possessed me to say something so random, but I was naturally struck when I saw these headlines this evening:

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