Putin: Evil, But Savvy

I received this Tweet this afternoon.

I think Mr. Thumb intended it as an insult. Here is the headline from The Guardian:

As I have pointed out, over and over, there are many pluses to a warmer world. 

Instead of cowering in a corner as the global warming alarmists would like, we should to everything we can to maximize the advantage of global warming while mitigating their ill effects.