Oh, Noes, CPB Drives Off With Toddler In The Car After Arresting Father

By William Teach November 8, 2025 – 10:30 am

Other than a quick mention in the subhead, the NY Times buries the actual facts in favor of emotion

Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler
The child was later reunited with her grandmother, but the episode alarmed immigrant rights groups. The father, a U.S. citizen, faces a gun possession charge.

At first, the encounter seemed typical of the kinds of immigration raids that have roiled the nation’s biggest cities. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents descended on a Home Depot parking lot in Los Angeles this week and detained a Latino man. They secured his hands behind his back, and the man, later identified as Dennis Quiñonez, leaned against his Chevy hatchback.

Immigrant rights activists stood nearby, taking video and shouting at the agents, who were masked and heavily armed.

But the situation, on Tuesday, soon took an unusual turn, according to interviews with four witnesses and footage shared with The New York Times by an immigrant rights group with permission from the person who took it.

Mr. Quiñonez was taken away to another vehicle. An armed agent slid into the driver’s seat of his Chevy.

This would probably be a good spot for a non-Activist news outlet to mention what he was arrested for

“There’s a baby in the back!” an onlooker shouted. Minutes later, someone cried out, “They’re about to drive!”

Another agent, wearing body armor and carrying a rifle, got into the passenger seat.

Mr. Quiñonez’s daughter — who relatives said later is a few months shy of her second birthday — looked on, wide-eyed from her car seat. Then the driver reversed the car and drove away.

The girl was reunited with her grandmother later in the day. But immigrant rights groups say the episode underscores how federal agents across the country have pushed legal boundaries, sometimes in the presence of children, as they carry out the Trump administration’s agenda to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.

That’s just straight emotion. How many times have other perps been busted in front of their kids? I witnessed this years ago and when the mother and her friend were swarmed with cops because she stole a car and credit cards.

According to an affidavit by federal authorities, Mr. Quiñonez, a 32-year-old U.S. citizen, was charged with illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition as someone who had previously been convicted of domestic violence. He was convicted of a misdemeanor for injuring a spouse or cohabitant in 2014, the affidavit said.

Mr. Quiñonez was held at a federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles until Thursday afternoon, when he was released on $10,000 bond. He is set to be arraigned on Dec. 1.

Oh, so, he’s a bad guy and a repeat offender. Huh.

Tuesday’s events began when Customs and Border Protection agents arrested five undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Guatemala, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Federal authorities said in the affidavit that Mr. Quiñonez got out of his car while holding a hammer “in a threatening manner” about 100 feet away from them. As agents started to drive away, they said they saw Mr. Quiñonez throw two “rock-like” objects at the vehicle before getting back into his own car. After a team of agents boxed in Mr. Quiñonez’s car, he got out and approached agents, who said they believed he had tried to assault them.

Don’t start none, won’t be none.

Mr. Quiñonez did not want to be separated from his daughter, and he initially gave agents permission to drive his car with both of them to another location, away from a growing crowd, according to federal authorities. But after they found a gun on the floor of the passenger’s side, they decided to transport Mr. Quiñonez in a C.B.P. vehicle.

Wait, I thought Democrats were against people illegally owning guns?

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After Taking Fossil Fueled Flight, German Chancellor Says “We are at a crossroads”

By William Teach November 8, 2025 – 7:00 am

Nothing says climate doom from fossil fuels like 40,000 cultists taking long, fossil fueled trips

World at a crossroads to stop climate change, Germany’s Merz says

climate doom yearly

Wait, I don’t have global heating on here?

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday urged wealthy industrialized nations to increase their contributions to the global fight against climate change.

“We are at a crossroads,” Merz told an international climate summit in Brazil. “All countries with the economic resources and high emissions—and we are among them—should contribute to international climate finance,” he said.

The German leader noted that his government allocated more than €6 billion ($7 billion) for climate action last year. He also announced Germany’s support for the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) proposed by Brazil.

“We will contribute significantly to this initiative’s success,” he told participants at the Belem Climate Summit. “To achieve our climate goals, the tropical forest must be preserved while more private sector funding is mobilized. This can only succeed together with our partners in the Global South and North,” he said.

Would this be the same Amazon cut down to create a road to move people from the airport to the conference site? All these prognostications of doom would be better if the people who tell us there’s a problem acted like there’s a problem and practiced what they preached.

Let’s tax luxury air travel to fund climate adaptation and loss and damage

Developing countries are set to need hundreds of billions of dollars a year to adapt to climate change but, at the moment, developed countries are providing them with just tens of billions of dollars.

One solution to this ‘adaptation gap’ is a levy on premium flyers—covering business class, first class, and private jet travel. This represents one of the fairest and most politically feasible ways to mobilize new public finance for adaptation and loss and damage.

This would be a ‘polluter-pays’ approach, as business and first-class travel are 3-4 times more polluting than economy flights and private jets travel is up to 14 times more polluting.

I like this, and we’ll start taxing private jets, especially those flown by politicians and Warmists.

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Dems Make Offer To End Shutdown Or Something

By William Teach November 8, 2025 – 6:45 am

This is what they should have offered to start with before voting to shut down the government

Democrats name their price on ending government shutdown

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Friday that Democrats would vote to end the government shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of expiring ACA tax credits, multiple sources told Axios.

Why it matters: Democrats, emboldened by sweeping election victories this week, are adamant that Republicans must make concessions on health care before opening the government.

But Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) rejected the offer, calling it a “non-starter.”

“I think it’s an indication that they’re feeling the heat, and they know that their last proposal was unserious and unrealistic,” Thune told reporters. “I just don’t think that it gets anywhere close to what we need to do here.”

The extension should be through December 2026, that way the Dems cannot play games for the 2026 midterms. But, there needs to be language that negotiations to fix this need to happen

The Democratic offer includes adding the ACA tax credit extensions to a package of appropriations bills and a short-term spending bill.

Would those be the add ons to give healthcare to illegal aliens, re-open USAID to make sure taxpayer money gets funneled through donor NGOs, etc?

(The Hill) “It’s terrible,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who was on the way to a Senate GOP conference meeting to discuss the path forward.

“The five largest health care companies in America have had a 1,000 percent increase in their stock prices since 2010. We’re flooding these people with money that’s creating inflation,” Graham continued. “The program is broken, and I’m not going to keep giving hundreds of billions of dollars to insurance companies.”

The premiums are going to those companies, who are getting rewarded by Obamacare, while those who get the insurance are getting boned. For all the talk about premiums, let’s not forget that deductibles have been high from the get-go, and getting treatment is limited.

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It’s Super Important You Get Out Of The US To Find Out About ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach November 7, 2025 – 5:44 pm

I don’t think Time Magazine is making the point they think they are

What Global Climate Action Looks Like at COP30 Without the U.S.

Greetings from São Paulo where corporate executives from around the world have gathered ahead of this year’s United Nations climate talks—known as COP30. This is my second stop in a two-week trip to Brazil as I try to understand how the world is approaching climate change at this moment.

People always ask me whether it’s really worth spending so much time and energy at COP. This year, I’ve heard that question even more than usual given the rapid developments in the U.S.—from the AI-linked rise in power demand to the Trump Administration’s ongoing assault on climate policy.

My answer has never been clearer: to understand the state of climate efforts requires getting out of the U.S.—now more than ever. Acquiring a true sense of where things currently stand almost requires going region by region, sector by sector, technology by technology. And anticipating where things are headed means grappling with changing economics. For me, the COP experience is an opportunity to drink from a firehose and get a crash course in answering these questions. What I’ve learned is that geopolitical tension, reshaped trade dynamics, and technological advances all mean that when it comes to climate change, the U.S. is no longer in the driver’s seat.

For the past decade, a decent portion of my time at COP has been dedicated to trying to track down what the U.S. delegation is doing—whether that’s watching the U.S. broker compromises to help deliver the Paris Agreement or sitting in as the first Trump Administration pitched coal-fired power as a source of clean energy.

In other words, hobnob with the other cultists, especially the government wonks, rather than asking the average Bob and Betty what they think. What cult policy is doing to them.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 7, 2025 – 1:59 pm

…is a rising sea bumping up against the mountains, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The First Street Journal, with a post on Ford potentially trashing the entire F-150 EV line.

Hmm, looks like direct photo linkage is working again. If you can’t see it, an iframe version is below the fold

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Europeans Think Mamdani’s Radical Policies Are Normal Or Something

By William Teach November 7, 2025 – 12:00 pm

Which policies, though?

Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’

After New York City’s race for mayor catapulted Zohran Mamdani from state assembly member into one of the world’s most prominent progressive voices, intense debate swirled over the ideas at the heart of his campaign.

His critics and opponents painted pledges such as free bus service, universal childcare and rent freezes as unworkable, unrealistic and exorbitantly expensive.

But some have hit back, highlighting the quirk of geography that underpins some of this view. “He promised things that Europeans take for granted, but Americans are told are impossible,” said the Dutch environmentalist and former government adviser Alexander Verbeek in the wake of Tuesday’s election.

Verbeek backed this with a comment he had overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal.

“Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his newsletter, The Planet. “Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”

Those policies, specifically rent control, government owned grocery stores, and free transit, may seem great on the surface, but, in practice but do not work out in reality all that well.

That view hit on the wide differences in how Mamdani’s promises are seen by many across the Atlantic. “Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return. The debate here isn’t whether to have these programs, but how to improve them.”

So…….they aren’t actually free? They come about via higher taxes? Don’t forget, it’s pretty much everyone who pays those higher taxes, not just “the rich.” Funny, half of European countries fought against the same policies the Soviet Union wanted to push on Europe by force, now they are implementing the same failures. The other half were actually forced to live under Communism (not the Political Science 101 definition, but, the real world practice type), and many tried to escape from it over the walls and fences guarded by people with machine guns.

Of course, it’s now the Democratic Socialists Of America policies that are truly the issue: it’s the hardcore Islam policies, turning NYC into the cities overrun by Islamists in Europe that are the problem. It’s not as easy to reverse bringing in gobs of Islamists to NYC as it is to end rent control.

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Trump Derangement Syndrome In One Photo

By William Teach November 7, 2025 – 7:53 am

This is going around hard on Twitter Bluesky, and others

The reality?

Democrats are not well, and, I think the GOP should put money into the Continuing Resolution for more mental health professionals.

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World Leaders Who Took Long Fossil Fueled Flights Snipe At Trump

By William Teach November 7, 2025 – 7:15 am

I love how these yahoos yammer about Doing Something but that’s only for Other People

‘Trump is against humankind’: World leaders at climate summit take swipes at absent president

Donald Trump isn’t at the global climate summit in Brazil. But he was on the minds of some of his fellow world leaders Thursday, who used their time on stage to try to isolate the U.S. president and his hard-line opposition to their agenda.

In speeches meant to highlight their support for efforts to halt rising temperatures, a few of the heads of state at the COP30 climate talks in the Amazonian port city of Belém could not resist the chance to admonish the U.S. president directly.

“Mr. Trump is against humankind,” said Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who pointed to the American president’s absence from the gathering and called for an economy free of oil and natural gas.

And how did Petro get to Belem? I’m betting not in a sailing ship

Gabriel Boric, Chile’s president, took Trump to task for a September speech to the U.N. General Assembly in which the U.S. leader denounced the notion of human-caused climate change as a “con job” and a “hoax made up by people with evil intentions.”

“That is a lie,” Boric said, emphasizing the importance of science and facts. “We might have legitimate discussions about how to face these things, but we cannot deny them.”

Did he take a bike or an EV?

When asked for comment, White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers responded that “President Trump will not allow the best interest of the American people to be jeopardized by the Green Energy Scam.

“These Green Dreams are killing other countries, but will not kill ours thanks to President Trump’s commonsense energy agenda!” she said by email.

I just don’t get it: time and time again those with a platform never say “hey, did y’all in the media ask how these people whining and saying we need to Do Something got there?” The Trump admin could have included photos of the private jets for all these wackos.

The speeches from a handful of leaders displayed, at times, the anger and dismay that countries feel about the U.S. breaking its promises and attempting to undermine the global effort to tackle global warming. Other leaders tried to brush off the American absence as simply an act of economic self-harm.

Obama promised. It never went through the US Senate, so, if Obama wants to do something in his own life, have at it.

Just a small number of European leaders turned up, while some other countries have sent ministerial representatives. Canada’s Mark Carney, a former U.N. climate representative, stayed home. The EU’s 27 member countries could not agree on a climate goal to present at the conference until Wednesday morning — and only after watering down existing pollution-cutting rules to get a deal. Also absent is Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose country tops the U.S. as the world’s No. 1 greenhouse gas polluter.

But, hey, around 40K other people will be taking long fossil fueled trips to see and be seen in cult.

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PRC Judge Sara Puts More Restrictions On Immigration Cops Or Something

By William Teach November 7, 2025 – 7:00 am

Seriously, she really thinks she is able to put restrictions on federal law enforcement despite Congress having authorized the arrests and never having passed legislation with any of these restrictions

Federal Judge Imposes Strict Restrictions on Immigration Agents’ Use of Force Against Protesters, Media, Clergy

Finding that federal immigration enforcement agents repeatedly used force that “shocks the conscience” and then lied about their actions, U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis issued a sweeping injunction Thursday designed to permanently rein in agents’ use of tear gas, pepper balls and other crowd control measures.

Ellis ruled that there was ample evidence that federal agents had violated Chicagoans’ First Amendment rights to free speech and free assembly to protest what the Trump administration calls “Operation Midway Blitz” while also impermissibly preventing the free exercise of religion by targeting members of the clergy with force.

“The use of force shocks the conscience,” Ellis said. “This conduct shows no sign of stopping.”

A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security vowed to appeal Ellis’ order, calling her an “activist judge that risks the lives and livelihoods of law enforcement officers.” (snip)

To begin her order, Ellis read Carl Sandberg’s famed poem, “Chicago,” in full. That poem dubbed Chicago the “City of Big Shoulders.”

“And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer,” Ellis read, pausing to look at the packed courtroom as she did so.

As usual, moonbat judges are high on feelings and short on law. What will happen is that the Trump admin will appeal, and there’s about a 90% chance the appeals court will say that Judge Sara has vastly exceeded her authority.

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HotCold Take: We’re Losing The EV Race Because It’s Not About Climate Change

By William Teach November 6, 2025 – 3:00 pm

Nice try, Sparky

Opinion – We’re losing the EV race because we still think it’s about the environment

While Beijing built gigafactories, the United States debated tax credits. China saw electric vehicles as an industrial strategy — we saw them as climate policy. Now, China commands 60 percent of global battery electric vehicle sales and dominates the battery supply chain that will power tomorrow’s cars, trucks and buses. America barely reaches 16 percent. (snip)

That same year, Beijing launched “Made in China 2025,” an industrial policy to accelerate advanced manufacturing capabilities and reduce foreign dependence. But China’s leaders had identified “new energy vehicles” as a strategic sector long before that — as early as 2006 — and followed up with a National Energy-Saving and New Energy Vehicle Development Plan in 2012. When “Made in China 2025” elevated electric vehicles as a national priority, the industry exploded.

Meanwhile, the U.S. took a wrong turn. Instead of focusing on the electric vehicle as a breakthrough technology, Washington framed it as an environmental issue — one that remains politically divisive.

Beijing forced this on their citizens, in a much stronger manner than the US and state governments did. And, it wasn’t just Washington, it was the climate cult, most of whom didn’t buy EVs for themselves, because they are inconvenient.

Electric vehicles are not just clean cars, but rather computers on wheels, connected to data, chips and infrastructure. Losing the electric vehicle race means losing leverage over critical technology standards, supply chains and industrial jobs. This isn’t just about automakers; it’s about national power and the future of our tech ecosystem.

Sounds like a bunch of BS to me as the cult tries to reframe why they want to force US citizens into EVs

The U.S. must start treating electric vehicles as an advanced technology sector central to our economic competitiveness and innovation power. National leaders should move beyond purchase subsidies to focus on industrial build-out, software-defined vehicle research and development, and secure data infrastructure.

And we don’t have to do it alone. Allies from Japan to Germany face the same challenge. Joint battery production, shared industrial standards, and coordinated investment can strengthen all our industries — together.

Electric vehicles aren’t a climate accessory. They’re the next platform for global technological power. America can’t afford to sit in the passenger seat.

Nah, I’m good. Really, there’s been little change in guitars for a long, long time. Not a whole lot of difference between my 2020 Epiphone Les Paul Studio and the original Les Paul created. Don’t need all sorts of stuff. Works just fine. And I’m more than happy with my Accord Hybrid. If you want an EV, get one. Stop trying to force others into them.

Oh, and then there’s the next story on Yahoo News

EV drivers could face new tax in Budget

Drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) could face the prospect of a new tax in this month’s Budget.

With pressure on the chancellor to find tens of billions of pounds in additional revenue, the BBC understands there have been “conversations” within government about the possibility of a new levy on EVs.

A government spokesperson told the BBC: “Fuel duty covers petrol and diesel, but there’s no equivalent for electric vehicles. We want a fairer system for all drivers.”

“Buy an EV and you’ll save money over driving petrol vehicles. Oh, and here’s a new tax to erase those savings.” When government talks about “fairer”, watch your wallet. And freedom.

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