How Did I Know the US-China Climate Talks Went Nowhere?

Because John Kerry said they went swimmingly. There are just some things that are money in the bank. For one, when John Kerry says something, you can be pretty sure it has no basis in reality and its truth is a crapshoot, but is most likely false. Like this. If Vegas had a line on it, I would have bet on this outcome. It was almost foreordained once Kerry opened his yap. The fact that we send people like Kerry to China to deal with the incredibly savvy Chinese leadership is frightening.

Also, I knew because of this.