Idaho Requires Allowing House Plots To Be As Small As 1,500 Feet

By William Teach May 18, 2026 – 10:30 am

An interesting idea

Why wide-open Idaho is mandating houses on the smallest lots in America

Idaho, one of the most sparsely populated states, is known for its vast stretches of open land. And yet a new Idaho law has imposed the country’s smallest minimum lot size requirements for houses.

The law requires that cities approve housing on lots starting at 1,500 square feet, if certain conditions are met. That’s just a bit more than half the playing area of a doubles tennis court.

Smaller lots exist in parts of the country. Some D.C. rowhouses can be found on land as tight as 900 square feet. But no other state has mandated lots anywhere near as small as Idaho’s.

This seems to be for aimed for single family dwellings, as opposed to duplex townhomes.

“We love our wide open spaces,” said Sen. Ben Toews, a Republican who led the bipartisan legislation. “Having smaller communities actually allows more wide open spaces, because suburban sprawl is a real issue. You’re seeing our farmlands get eaten up by houses.”

Plus, Toews said, he doesn’t think cities should be allowed to prevent developers from building small houses if buyers want them: “I know there’s demand, and I know that regulations have stopped the supply for that demand. I’m a free market guy. I’m just counting on the free market to supply the demand.”

One of those potential buyers is Nicklaus Jones, a welder who moved from Utah to Idaho three years ago. (snip)

Jones said he wants something small — nothing like the mini-mansions he sees under construction. But the small house he envisions is a rarity in Idaho, as it is in most parts of the country, where “starter homes” have been disappearing.

He has a point. Most of the homes that I see being built around Raleigh are bigger. Not necessarily big land, but, not a lot of those 1,100-1,500 square feet homes. They’ll build townhomes instead.

According to the most recent numbers from the Census Bureau, 6 in 10 new homes in 2024 were built on more than 7,000 square feet of land.

Do those numbers include townhome developments?

Opponents say the state shouldn’t block cities from making the rules they want about lot sizes. “The question comes down to: What do we want our town to look like?” said Ben Adams, a state senator who voted against the law. “I was very frustrated that it was called ‘starter-home subdivisions.’ Because the American Dream itself of homeownership? Nobody is dreaming of an 800-square-foot home.”

I expected the people against this to be Democrats, but, Adams is a Republican. Maybe people are good with those small homes, at least to start out. Anyhow, it’s a worthwhile article to read. And, good idea? Bad idea? I’m in favor of it. Heck, maybe you get builders doing tiny homes, under 500 square feet, for young people, who want their own stand alone domicile, rather than a townhome, which also gotten freaking expensive.

Also, why was the government determining the size of plots of land and homes in the first place?

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UN Climate (scam) Models Adjusted Away From Doom

By William Teach May 18, 2026 – 7:15 am

The UN gives a hilarious reason

Climate group reverses course on doomsday predictions — and Trump takes victory lap: ‘WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!’

President Trump took a victory lap late Saturday after a prominent international climate change panel backed off using some of the most aggressive doomsday estimates after determining that they were not the most plausible outcomes.

The United Nations-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had quietly adjusted its modeling frameworkof a 4–5°C warming by 2100 last month. That framework had underpinned a myriad of other analyses predicting terrifying consequences for greenhouse gas emissions.

“GOOD RIDDANCE! After 15 years of Dumocrats promising that ‘Climate Change’ is going to destroy the Planet, the United Nations TOP Climate Committee just admitted that its own projections (RCP8.5) were WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!” Trump chided on Truth Social.

Again, they had been prognosticating a 7.2F to 9F rise by 2100, despite the Earth only seeing a 1.7F increase since 1850

The IPCC framework in question was used to forecast a dramatic rise in sea levels, global crop failures, rapid melting of glaciers, and more, which made some hardcore climate change activists fret about future extinction.

But ultimately, scientists cited data and argued that the push towards renewable energies made that scenario less likely.

There’s always some excuse when a doomy prognostication is made and fails. Well, when they bother to address it at all. And their models usually fail.

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LOL: NC Dems Try Introduce Bill To Seek Protections For Illegals

By William Teach May 18, 2026 – 7:00 am

The Don Quixote party

NC bill seeks protections for immigrant students amid ICE fears

More than 20,000 students were absent from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools during immigration enforcement operations last fall, according to district reporting, a wave of fear that helped spark a new bill in the North Carolina General Assembly aimed at protecting immigrant students in public schools.

House Bill 1061, titled the “Plyler Educational Protections,” would reinforce students’ right to public education and establish clearer guidance for how schools respond to federal immigration enforcement requests.

Sammy Salkin, a senior policy strategist for the ACLU of North Carolina, said the legislation was created with one focus in mind.

“We want to make it clear that all children in North Carolina, regardless of immigration status, have a constitutional right to a free public school education,” Salkin said.

Well, the thing is, federal immigration agents weren’t going into schools. And it is insane that the Supreme Court ruled in 1982 in Plyler v. Doe that illegal alien kids have to receive education on the taxpayer dime. But, there’s plenty of law that says the illegal alien parents can be picked up and deported

Salkin said North Carolina immigrant communities across the state have experienced increasing fear over the past year after “Operation Charlotte’s Web” in November 2025. This initiative was a Department of Homeland Security immigration enforcement operation in which many people were arrested across the Charlotte area and the surrounding regions of North Carolina.

Good. They should self deport.

State Representative Julia Greenfield, one of the bill’s primary sponsors, said the legislation is intended to accomplish the goal of making schools safe environments for students.

I wonder what party she is?

Despite support from advocacy groups and Democratic lawmakers, Greenfield said she does not expect the legislation to advance this session.

“I don’t believe that it will go anywhere here in the legislature because we are in the minority,” Greenfield said. “The Republican majority is not interested in legislation that would keep ICE and CBP out of our schools.”

They still don’t mention here party, just hint at it. She’s a Democrat, a member of the Progressive House Caucus, and her district, 100, covers part of uber-leftist Mecklenburg County (where Charlotte is). AWFL. And,  yeah, the legislation will never make it out of committee.

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California Solar Project Spent 7.2% Of Allocated Money On Solar

By William Teach May 17, 2026 – 6:21 pm

This caught my interest enough to post again on a Sunday, less because of the climate scam, and more on the actual scam

Continuing

The same nonprofit that WROTE the law that gave them the money ALSO got the contract to run “community outreach.”

Same guy runs the nonprofit AND the program. Chris Walker. Two paychecks. Look it up.

And their SISTER organization — same building, same staff, same donors — is a 501(c)(4) that endorses Democrat candidates and runs door-knocking operations in the EXACT SAME NEIGHBORHOODS.

Taxpayer money essentially going into the pockets of friends, family, and donors, then a portion kicked back to elect politicians. Mostly Democrats. And this isn’t like so many of the scams, where 20+% is at least spent on the intended mission, no, this is 7.2%

And not one journalist in this state asked a single question until  @jennyraeca and CAL DOGE pulled the receipts.

They probably still do not care. This is not new. It goes back to reporting in February, yet, the California media is still quiet.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 17, 2026 – 1:48 pm

…are horrible world killing totally Evil fossil fueled vehicles that Other People should be restricted from using, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The View From Lady Lake, with a post on how the TSA wants to speed up screening.

It’s shorts week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach May 17, 2026 – 9:16 am

Happy Sunday! Another fantastic day in Returned America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the deer are walking through the backyard. This pinup is by Gil Elgren with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Flopping Aces: Is it Time for the Base to go Nuclear on the GOP Senate?
  2. Climate Change Dispatch: New Zealand Moves to Shield Fossil Fuel Companies From Climate Lawfare
  3. Green Jihad: Ex-Climate Cultist Speaks Out: “I Was In A Death Cult”
  4. Jo Nova: $9b EV experiment failure: Honda posts first annual loss in 70 years, abandons targets
  5. No Tricks Zone: Scandal: Although Climate Panic Is Canceled By IPCC, Europe’s Policymakers Continue With Their Crushing Policies
  6. Bearing Arms: Virginia Governor Admits She Just Banned Guns ‘Frequently Used for Hunting’
  7. Chicks On The Right: Democrats Are FLIPPING OUT Over Pratt Boy Summer!
  8. Climate Depot: America’s energy comeback is leaving green fantasies behind
  9. Common Cents Blog: Breaking: CIA Whistleblower DETONATES Fauci’s COVID Narrative — “Lab Leak Cover-Up Was Intentional” – Video
  10. Gates Of Vienna: Knife and Vehicle Jihad in Modena
  11. Geller Report: Israel to Sue New York Times for Blood Libel
  12. IOTW Report: A non-existent apartment, expensive rugs, a $4,500 coffeemaker, and zero businesses attracted
  13. Jihad Watch: NYC: Muslims carry out prayers directly outside all girls’ Jewish school
  14. Legal Insurrection: Feds File For Death Penalty In DC Murders of Two Israeli Embassy Staffers By “Pro-Palestinian”
  15. And last, but, not least, Moonbattery: A Multiculturally Enriched Way to Die
  16. And one to grow on, MOTUS A.D. has “Incompetency ‘R Us”

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page (nope, that’s gone, the newest Apache killed access, and the program hasn’t been upgraded since 2014, so, most are hosted internally). While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your Pinups for Vets calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me. I’ve also mostly alphabetized them, makes it easier scrolling the feedreader

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. And do you have a favorite blog you can recommend be added to the feedreader?

Two great sites for getting news links are Liberty Daily and Whatafinger.

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Huh: Democrats Upset Over Companies Making Money Off Stopping Illegal Immigration

By William Teach May 17, 2026 – 7:00 am

They aren’t just upset over rounding up illegal alien criminals, they’re also upset that all that government money isn’t coming their way so they can skim it off

Companies are making big bucks from immigration crackdowns

The exhibition hall of the annual Border Security Expo (BSE), held this month in Phoenix, Arizona, looked more like the set of a dystopian science-fiction film. Surveillance towers flashed brightly. Drones buzzed overhead. One company demonstrated a robotic dog designed to patrol borders. Another showed off a thermal camera that can detect movement kilometres away. On stage Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s “border czar”, praised the technology firms in attendance for helping to build “the most secure border in history”.

As the bustling trade fair demonstrated, the business of immigration enforcement is booming. Right-wing populists—and incumbents seeking to fend them off—are spending more on monitoring borders, tracking down those who have entered the country illegally, then detaining and deporting them. In America, Congress has approved roughly $170bn in cumulative additional funding for immigration enforcement until 2029. Even the European Union is ratcheting up spending. That is benefiting not only incumbent outsourcers, but also a wave of startups hoping to bring new technologies to the industry.

Border control is an area of particular interest for newcomers. Much of that business has tended to flow to large defence contractors and established security firms. Yet agencies across America and Europe have been simplifying procurement rules and running pilot programmes to allow new products to be tested and deployed more quickly, luring in startups.

As a result, what was once a labour-intensive system of patrol agents, radios and vehicles is turning into a digital-surveillance network. Governments increasingly rely on drones, radars, heat-detecting cameras and the like to monitor vast swathes of territory in real time. Such technologies reduce risks for agents and free them up for higher-value work, according to Steven Willoughby, an official at America’s Department of Homeland Security. Instead of relying on agents scouring remote terrain, authorities can now monitor deserts and coastlines from centralised command centres.

Well, awesome sauce! But, the one thing I would say is that I hope people are keeping an eye on the money and how it is being spent. And can’t rail about waste, graft, and fraud for all those Democrats and not worry about it for this. Any, let’s see, misspending by government is bad.

Much of the new tech being used at borders was originally developed for warfare. Anduril, a drone-maker that recently raised $5bn at a $61bn valuation, has a $363m contract with the US Border Patrol for autonomous surveillance systems. Shield AI, a rival, has won a $198m contract with the US Coast Guard, and is also deploying its drones on European borders. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the controversial agency that tracks down illegal immigrants already in America, has come to rely on software provided by Palantir, a data-analytics firm embedded in the Pentagon.

We need to do all this stuff because of things like this

Brookline Police decline ICE detainer for illegal immigrant tied to ‘safety concern’

The Brookline Police Department said it followed department policy in declining to cooperate with ICE after arresting an illegal immigrant later involved in a “public safety concern” during his apprehension by federal agents.

Chief Jennifer Paster in a Friday letter informed residents that local police arrested illegal immigrant Edual Ulloa, 25, on Tuesday following a traffic stop. He was charged with possession of a forged license plate, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, failure to stop for police, traffic offenses, and an outstanding warrant out of Natick District Court.

“The individual was processed through the normal criminal justice process and later released on bail,” Paster wrote.

“Prior to the individual’s release, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents provided the Brookline Police Department with an immigration detainer. In compliance with Brookline Police policy the individual was advised of the notice and a copy was placed into his property,” Paster continued in the letter posted to the department’s Facebook page.

All that and they still wouldn’t give him up to ICE. And then they wonder why they get surges into their towns.

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“Experts” Tell WHO To Declare A Global Public Health Emergency Due To Hotcoldwetdry

By William Teach May 16, 2026 – 4:08 pm

Nothing better for the cultists than to declare this and get all the slush money and authoritarian powers, eh?

Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency, experts tell WHO

The climate crisis should be declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization, or millions more people will die unnecessarily, leading international experts have said.

The independent pan-European commission on climate and health, which was convened by the WHO, concluded the climate crisis was such a worldwide threat to health that the WHO should declare it “a public health emergency of international concern” (Pheic).

The international spread of vector-borne disease, such as dengue and chikungunya, as well as the health impacts of extreme weather events, global heating, food insecurity and air pollution make a Pheic necessary, said the commission’s report, which will be presented to European ministers on Sunday before the WHO’s world health assembly starts on Monday.

Pheics are the highest level of health alert. Previous declarations include infectious diseases such as Covid and Mpox. While declaring one would not on its own reverse climate change, it would trigger the kind of coordinated international response that the scale of the health crisis demands but has not yet materialised.

LOL. All this die to a 1.7F increase in global temperatures since 1850. Obviously, there is no ulterior motives, right?

Climate change is a health crisis – and fixing it is a health opportunity
Independent Commission of former heads of government, international bodies, ministers and civil society leaders delivers 17 recommendations for what WHO and countries should do next

The WHO is super excited to implement their cultish Fashism.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 16, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…are horrible carbon pollution created Bad Weather clouds, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is IMAO, with a post on why movies generally suck.

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SCOTUS Denies Virginia 10-1 Redistricting Appeal

By William Teach May 16, 2026 – 10:30 am

This has made the Democrats a bill shrill

Supreme Court rejects bid to revive Democrats’ Virginia redistricting plan

Virginia Democrats’ last-ditch bid to revive their plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to gain additional Democratic seats fizzled out Friday at the Supreme Court as the justices refused to restore the results of the referendum voters approved last month.

Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones asked the nation’s highest court to take emergency action to block a Virginia Supreme Court ruling earlier this month that nullified the referendum after concluding that it violated the state’s constitution.

Were those the asks that had misspelled words, including misspelling Virginia and Senator, and still included the Supreme Court of Virginia on the letters?

The emergency appeal found no traction at the Supreme Court. A one-sentence order released shortly after Jones filed his final brief on the appeal said Chief Justice John Roberts referred the stay request to the full bench, which denied relief.

So, basically, it was 4-3 in the Va Supreme Court, and 9-0 in the US Supreme Court. Remember, the vote count to make it 10-1 Democrat districts was 51.5% yes to 48.5% no.

She big mad. 51.5% – 48.5%, Abs.

Don’t think they’ll give up

They will try again in Virginia, just like they’re doing in many other states, as the full thread shows. Just like with the climate scam, which they’ve been pushing hard for 30+ years, it won’t stop.

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