Bummer: New Zealand Looking To Shield Companies From Climate (scam) Lawsuits

By William Teach May 25, 2026 – 7:15 am

It wasn’t that long ago that New Zealand was one of the top tier climate cult countries in the world, but, with the end of the cultist (and hardcore socialist: she was once President of International Union of Socialist Youth) Jacinda Arden admin in early 2023, New Zealand started rolling back their belief in the cult

New Zealand:Government brings certainty to climate change tort law

New Zealand plans to amend the country’s climate law to prohibit liability arising from climate change damages. The Government has clarified that these amendments will provide businesses with certainty around their obligations.

The amended Climate Change Response Act 2002 will apply to both current and future court proceedings, including a current High Court case brought against six major emitters.

New Zealand’s Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith in an announcement on 12 May 2026 said, “The Government will amend the Climate Change Response Act 2002 to prevent findings of liability for tort for climate change damage or harm caused by greenhouse gas emissions in both current and future proceedings before the courts.

“The Government is acting now to provide legal clarity and certainty and to remove the possible development of a new regime that contradicts the framework Parliament has already enacted to respond to climate change. Our government is committed to fixing the basics, and certainty of law is essential for businesses to operate, attracting overseas investment, and stimulating economic growth.”

What does all this mean?

Climate change activists and critiques have, however, opposed the proposed amendments in the law. They said this is a controversial move that would shield polluters from climate lawsuits and undermine the rule of law.

The nation will supposedly still meet their scam obligations under the Climate Change Response Act (until they can weaken it and then kill it), but, what they’re saying is that the courts are not the place for climalawfare suits.

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Bummer: ICE Detains Wisconsin Woman In Los Angeles

By William Teach May 25, 2026 – 7:00 am

So, let’s say you are applying for citizenship, going through all the steps, paying all that money, and then you break the law. Do you know what happens? Well, you lose your citizenship journey. You go back to your home country. But, if it’s illegal aliens and people who overstayed their visas?

ICE Detains Wisconsin Green Card Holder With 2014 Cannabis Conviction

Los Angeles International Airport customs officers took Everlee Wihongi aside for questioning in April. Her family hasn’t seen her since.

Wihongi, a longtime resident of Hortonville, Wisconsin, was passing through Los Angeles during a return trip from her native New Zealand. The 37-year-old green card holder had made the same trip at least a half-dozen times, even after pleading no contest to a felony marijuana possession charge in Fond du Lac County in her mid-20s.

She’s been here on a green card since she was a child

Wihongi has held a green card since childhood, when her father’s career as a locomotive engineer brought the family to northeast Wisconsin. “As the years went by, it was just cheaper to renew (her) green card,” her mother, Betty Wihongi, recalled.

Her 2014 conviction was not grounds for deportation, said Marc Christopher, a Milwaukee immigration attorney representing Wihongi. “She can remain here and become a U.S. citizen,” he said, “but once she crosses the border, she’s governed by the rules of admissibility.”

Why not? If she possessed any drug (over 30 grams of marijuana) then that is 100% a reason to cancel a green card and deport that person. It says so in US code. She seems to like New Zealand a lot. But, of course, there’s more than what Christopher said

But with the White House’s nationwide immigration enforcement crackdown in full swing, customs officers took a new approach to the felony on her record. After a few uneasy hours in a secluded screening room, Wihongi left the airport in shackles en route to an immigration detention center in a desert valley northeast of Los Angeles.

Wihongi is one of hundreds of legal permanent residents federal immigration authorities have detained since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, often while they passed through airports and other ports of entry. Most — like Wihongi — had prior criminal convictions.

Those convictions generally make immigrants “inadmissible,” meaning they cannot freely re-enter the U.S.Customs officers have “a lot of discretion at the port of entry” when deciding whether to allow green card holders with convictions like Wihongi’s to re-enter the country, Madison-based immigration attorney Aissa Olivarez said. “They have given none lately.”

Foreign felons, including if they committed the crimes in the U.S., are usually not admissible to the United States. And, of course, the news has to make it about all of them.

“Possessing a green card is a privilege, not a right,” a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson wrote in an email to Wisconsin Watch. “Our government has the authority to revoke a green card if our laws are broken and abused,” the spokesperson added, and to detain legal permanent residents while they await a decision in their removal case.

Perhaps Wihongi should have not committed a felony. And, since she did, perhaps she should have considered what federal law says.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 24, 2026 – 1:52 pm

…is an island that will soon be covered by the rising seas, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 90Ninety Miles From Tyranny, with a post on what’s happening to humanity.

It’s an easy peasy bikini week

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach May 24, 2026 – 8:57 am

Happy Sunday! Another wonderful day in Returned America. A little bit of mist and rain, the Canes tied the series up (had free tickets), and the mockingbird is doing geese from up in the tree just out back. This pinup is by Daniel Vancas with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Moonbattery: British Flock to Trump’s Free Speech Portal
  2. neo-neocon: Iran watch: does the administration understand what they’re dealing with? [scroll down for UPDATE]
  3. Pacific Pundit: A year and a half later, Greasy Gavin Newsom goes to Washington to beg for fire relief funding
  4. The American Conservative: ‘Zionists’ Didn’t Destroy Massie’s Political Career—Massie Did
  5. The First Street Journal: I’m waiting on yet another effort by the left to censor things that don’t like.
  6. The Gateway Pundit: WINNING: U.S. Army Meets 2026 Recruiting Goals Four Months Ahead of Schedule
  7. The Last Refuge: Following Phone Call with Arab Allies, Turkey and Pakistan, President Trump Notes Memorandum of Understanding with Iran to Be Announced Shortly
  8. The Right Scoop: BREAKING VIDEO – Cuba says it is preparing for war after indictment of Raul Castro
  9. Victory Girls Blog: Jeffries Tries to Define What is/is not Acceptable anti-Semitism in Democrat Party
  10. Virtual Mirage: Meritocracy
  11. Wake Up America: The Coup Abides: Corpse Of The Dem Party Might Be Dead But Its Agents, Cells, And Parasitical Organisms Are Out There Still Twitching And Plotting
  12. Independent Sentinel: Palestine Action Maps Out Civilian Targets with Names and Addresses
  13. Jihad Watch: New Jersey: Muslim Brotherhood top dog boasts of using Carlson, Owens, Bannon to divide MAGA movement
  14. Jo Nova: Voodoo Modeling says Climate Change makes interest rates rise
  15. IOTW Report: ACLU Defends Housing Male Rapists, Murderers in Women’s Prison as DOJ Launches Civil Rights Probe

And last, but, not least, Geller Report has “Jihad Mayor Mamdani Pushes ‘Rezoning’ Plan for Muslim Area”

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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LOL: Virginia Governor Quixote Thinks She Has Power Over ICE

By William Teach May 24, 2026 – 7:00 am

How’s that affordability thing going in Virginia? Why are Democrats so damned invested in protecting illegal aliens?

Spanberger takes more steps to control ICE arrests in Virginia

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) took additional steps this week to put limits on federal immigration enforcement, issuing an executive order that bars U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from carrying out arrests on state property unless they have a warrant.

That’s not what federal law requires

Her executive order also prohibits ICE agents from using state property as a staging area for enforcement operations.

“Kids in elementary school are afraid to get on the bus, neighbors fear being targeted based on their appearance at the grocery store, and workers are not showing up at their jobs,” Spanberger said in a news release Wednesday announcing the order. “Public trust in state and local law enforcement is being undermined by the aggressive tactics used by federal immigration officials.”

Grocery stores are state property? Anyhow, the easy answer is to hand over illegals who have broken the law to federal immigration agents

The order and a bill signed by Spanberger this week that prohibits law enforcement officers from wearing masks in most situations are part of efforts by state officials around the country to temper the Trump administration’s ramped-up immigration enforcement effort.

This has already been shot down by high courts in California. Keep tilting at windmills, Abby!

After being sworn into office in January, one of Spanberger’s first acts as governor was to issue an executive order rescinding an action by her predecessor, former governor Glenn Youngkin (R), that required state law enforcement agencies to enter into cooperation agreements with ICE. Such 287(g) agreements deputize state officials to either conduct federal immigration enforcement themselves or allow them to facilitate ICE arrests.

Just hand them over to ICE, since they broke some law when detained by local, county, and state law enforcement. That would avoid a lot of the issues.

J. Garren Shipley, spokesman for the House Republican Caucus, said his party believes both bills overstepped the authority of the state, venturing into federal law enforcement policy, and were, therefore, unconstitutional.

“The U.S. Constitution makes it absolutely clear that when federal and state law are in conflict, federal law wins,” Shipley said in an interview. “States cannot interfere with how federal law enforcement officers conduct their duties.”

Expect a lawsuit by the DOJ soon, just like in the other places that tried this. Once again, the point of Democrats protecting illegals, even murderers and child rapists, is to get them to vote in local elections, maybe county and state, get more Dems elected to offices, and, whoops, they just happened to fill out the federal section of the ballot and vote for Dems federally.

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Your Fault: Could Be Fewer Atlantic Hurricanes But Climate Doom Could Maybe Possibly Make Them Worse

By William Teach May 23, 2026 – 3:00 pm

It begins. Every year about this time, with hurricane season starting June 1, the hysterics trot Crazy out

The mid-Atlantic region could see fewer hurricanes this year, but climate change could still make them worse

The mid-Atlantic region is expected to see lower than average hurricane activity this year, according to predictions by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service.

NOAA officials predict eight to 14 named storms, of which three to six could become hurricanes. During a news conference Thursday, the agency said it predicts one to three major hurricanes to form in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricanes have wind speeds above 74 mph, while major hurricane winds top 111 mph. The predictions are for formation, not landfall. In 2025, five hurricanes formed in the Atlantic, but none made landfall in the U.S.

The expected decrease in typical storm activity is due to El Niño, which NOAA officials said has a 98% chance of forming this summer. El Niño is expected to bring strong atmospheric winds, known as shear, which act to break up the formation of hurricanes.

“Although El Niño’s impact in the Atlantic Basin can often suppress hurricane development, there is still uncertainty in how each season will unfold,” Ken Graham, NOAA’s National Weather Service Director, said.

OK. Then way down in the article

Climate scientists say the warming oceans supply more fuel for the seasonal storms. For that reason, global warming is causing more intense tropical storms and hurricanes, which when they hit land produce stronger winds and heavier rain.

In the past five years, climate change has increased the intensity of more than 95% of all hurricanes, said Daniel Gilford, a meteorologist and atmospheric scientist with Climate Central.

“And so there is this back and forth interplay between the El Niño suppressing the storms and the warm waters available to supercharge the storms,” Gilford said. “When a storm does spin up, it will see those warm waters in the Atlantic Ocean … and it will start to grow, and it could intensify and become a very major storm indeed. There is a ton of warmth out there for these hurricanes to take advantage of if they’re able to kind of get around the [wind] sheer constraint.”

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 23, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a field perfect for a solar farm, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Gate Of Vienna, with a post on Justice, Belgian style.

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Harvard Using Beyonce Album To Teach About Public Policy Or Something

By William Teach May 23, 2026 – 10:30 am

I thought we were beyond this kind of idiocy, particularly at universities that cost around $95K when living on campus

New Harvard course uses this Beyoncé album to teach students about public policy

Harvard University adjunct lecturer Ayushi Roy is teaching a public policy course that uses superstar Beyoncé’s 2024 “Cowboy Carter” album to study why government assistance programs often fail to help those they are intended to serve.

The new “American Requiem: Beyoncé, Benefits and the Gap Between Promise and Delivery” course explores parallels between the historical erasure of Black artists in country music, and the way the experiences of marginalized people are often overlooked during the design and delivery of social safety net programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), AfroTech reported.

During a class session, students listened to songs such as “Protector” before participating in a child welfare system simulation that illustrated how administrative demands can create conflicting logistical barriers for families seeking reunification, according to TheGrio.

Roy, who worked in government for more than a decade, said she was inspired to create the curriculum after seeing Beyoncé perform live, The Harvard Gazette reported.

I wonder in NJ.com realizes that most people who are not hardcore leftist Woke wackos are rolling their eyes hard?

“She frames the album as a conversation about the erasure of African American people from country music,” Roy told The Harvard Gazette. “You realize that she’s actually making a commentary about Black erasure from ‘country,’ the body politic, not country as a genre of music, and that really inspired me.”

Few blacks like to make country music or listen to it. They are welcome to do the music if they choose. Virtually no one thinks Beyonce’s album is country music. The songs were rarely played on actual country stations because Not Country. And, that album is pretty much forgotten at this point. But, hey, because it inspired Roy she’s teaching a course on it, which is a massive waste of time and money for $95K a year. Will the yutes attempt to discuss issues at work using this? Be a great way to get unemployed.

Roy concludes that solving these structural challenges requires practitioners who are better prepared to manage political feasibility and implementation rather than simply introducing more advanced digital technology or artificial intelligence tools into government offices, AfroTech reported.

“Applying private sector technology practices in government is not the solve,” Roy said. “It’s really about building this incredibly well-versed student and student professional base of people that think about implementation critically.”

Um, what? This kind of gobble-de-gook is a problem with government, separating public employees from the people they were hired to serve. Instead, it makes them feel self-important and that they lord over the private peasants. Any class like this should be forbidden from student loans.

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Energy Secretary Says ‘Climate Change’ Isn’t Even The Top 5 Or 10 Problems In The World

By William Teach May 23, 2026 – 7:15 am

Regardless of whether (sic) we’re talking a warming world caused mostly/solely by Mankind, mostly/solely by nature, or a mixture, it’s not that big of an issue. Sure, weather is ALWAYS a concern, and if you ask local news folks they will tell you it is the number one thing for local news, but, it isn’t a problem. Globally? Nah.

Global warming is ‘nowhere close to the world’s top 5 or 10 problems,’ Energy secretary says

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright wants Americans to drop “doomster” views around energy, since, he said, the country is entering “a golden era” of energy. That includes leaving behind a history of fear to further hydrocarbon developments.

Global warming is a real thing, Wright said during a visit to Utah, “but it’s no big deal.”

I’ll say again and again that it is mostly natural, but, Mankind does cause maybe 15-25%, mostly land use, urban heat island effect, agriculture, and landfills. Not greenhouse gases from Mankind

“It’s nowhere close to the world’s top five or 10 problems. But it became this other mantra to preach fear and scarcity,” Wright said during the Operation Gigawatt Summit, an event hosted by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and the Abundance Institute.

Wright added that future energy opportunities should outweigh young people’s pessimistic views, which is “a misrepresentation of what we know about climate change and economics.”

“Look at history, look at the opportunities in front of us. There’s never been a better time to be alive. The future is going to be awesome if we believe it’s going to be awesome, and we make it to be awesome,” he said.

Utah, for one, should be optimistic about its energy future, since the state will host one of the first nuclear reactors to go critical, or to maintain a steady, balanced chain reaction, this summer.

Too bad he didn’t name those issues, but, his focus was on nuclear and that reactor

Republicans in Washington, D.C., and Utah have touted nuclear energy as one clean resource that could tackle exploding energy needs — apart from fossil fuels, which continue to be popular with party leaders. President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to accelerate nuclear energy development throughout the country, and in Utah, Cox has been closely aligned with that mission.

“Younger generations who understand that if we truly want to decarbonize, if we want cleaner energy, more prosperous energy, we want dispatchable energy, reliable energy, and cheaper energy, that nuclear has to be part of that mix,” Cox told reporters on Friday.

We need to be building Gen 6 and creating Gen 7 nuclear. Even hyper-Warmist Michael Mann, among others, agrees, but, so many of the climate cult member are irrationally against it. We should force them all to live only on wind and solar, see how they enjoy it.

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Bummer: People On Temporary Visas Must Return Home To Apply For Green Card

By William Teach May 23, 2026 – 7:00 am

Heck, anyone on a visa should have to return to their home country to potentially renew their visa or change that status. Let’s start with the as usual apoplectic NY Times

Green Card Seekers Must Leave U.S. to Apply, Trump Administration Says

The Trump administration said on Friday that most foreigners seeking green cards will have to return to their home countries to apply, an extraordinary change that could make it more difficult for hundreds of thousands of people to obtain permanent residency.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency that oversees the legal immigration system, said it would grant green cards to people inside the country only in “extraordinary circumstances.” People applying for permanent residency will have to go through consular processing outside the country instead, according to a memo issued by the agency.

“This policy allows our immigration system to function as the law intended instead of incentivizing loopholes,” Zach Kahler, a spokesman for the agency, said in a statement. “When aliens apply from their home country, it reduces the need to find and remove those who decide to slip into the shadows and remain in the U.S. illegally after being denied residency.”

The change is likely to lead to more families being separated as spouses or relatives wait for decisions on their applications, immigration lawyers and former homeland security officials said. It could also lead to longer processing times as consulates around the world manage an influx of new cases.

Well, hey, the families are part of the visa, so, they should head back to their home countries, too. People on visas shouldn’t be given a free pass to just stick around and stick around and stick around. Let’s go to the slightly less upset and more journalistic NBC News

The Trump administration said Friday that people with temporary visas seeking to adjust their immigration status to obtain green cards must return to their home countries to “do so through consular processing,” in a major change from current practice. (snip)

The statement said that those who come to America on non-immigrant visas, including students, temporary workers and tourists, are expected to be in the United States for a short time and for a specific purpose.

“Our system is designed for them to leave when their visit is over. Their visit should not function as the first step in the Green Card process,” Kahler said.

If I had to bet, this goes directly to Mahmoud Khalil, who came to the US on a student visa at the age of 27 to attend Columbia, then immediately started protesting in favor of Hamas and whipping up hatred of Jews, graduated and stuck around, and the Biden regime switched his visa and gave this terrorist supporter and Jew hater a green card to work. I’m positive he is one of the main reasons for this policy change, which is actually back to the way it used to be. I’d also bet Secretary Of State Marco Rubio spearheaded this.

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