PoochyB’s Wordstock

Presumptive GOP presidential candidate Senator John McCain joined critics of the ruling, telling a town hall meeting in New Jersey, “We are going to be bollixed up in a way that’s terribly unfortunate.”

bol·lix also bol·lox
tr.v.   bol·lixed also bol·loxed, bol·lix·ing also bol·lox·ing, bol·lix·es also bol·lox·es Informal
To throw into confusion; botch or bungle: managed to bollix up the whole project.

“Industrial civilization” has been pumping additional carbon dioxide into the earth’s atmosphere and adding to the greenhouse effect, whereby carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor combine to trap sunrays bouncing off the earth’s surface, keeping the earth at a temperature conducive to supporting life.

con·du·cive
adj.   Tending to cause or bring about; contributive: working conditions not conducive to productivity.

After the Tibet imbroglio.

im·bro·glio
n.   pl. im·bro·glios

1. 1. A difficult or intricate situation; an entanglement.
   2. A confused or complicated disagreement.
2. A confused heap; a tangle.

Progressives in the US are bemoaning their country’s besmirched human rights record of the last few years.

be·smirch
tr.v.   be·smirched, be·smirch·ing, be·smirch·es

1. To stain; sully: a reputation that was besmirched by slander.
2. To make dirty; soil.

Burma was once the world’s biggest rice exporter, now many of its people hunger under the quixotic and brutal dictatorship ensconced in its jungle hideaway-fortress capital in Napyidaw.

quix·ot·ic
adj.  

1. Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality.
2. Capricious; impulsive: “At worst his scruples must have been quixotic, not malicious” (Louis Auchincloss).

The chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) got no demurral from the finance ministers on his committee when he warned that ongoing price inflation could undermine much of the recent pro-poor development gains in many countries.

de·mur·ral
n.   The act of demurring (a formal objection), especially a mild, polite, or considered expression of opposition.

The biofuel craze, commodity speculation, growing demand in emerging economies and soaring energy prices coalesce to boost food prices, with mass hunger and political instability looming.

co·a·lesce
intr.v.   co·a·lesced, co·a·lesc·ing, co·a·lesc·es

1. To grow together; fuse.
2. To come together so as to form one whole; unite: The rebel units coalesced into one army to fight the invaders. See Synonyms at mix.