If All You See…

By William Teach November 2, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is early heatsnow from carbon pollution Bad Weather, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jihad Watch, with a post on “Abdul El-Sayed Campaigns at Mosque That Got $45,000,000 and Called U.S. ‘House of Satan’”

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Far Left Wackos See Midterms Wins As Reason To Go More Far Left Wacko

By William Teach November 2, 2026 – 10:30 am

Technically, the far left wackos, “Progressives”, are really far right, as they have entered the Authoritarian model per Political Theory 101, but, that’s just splitting hairs at this point

The size of Democrats’ victory Tuesday could help determine their future

For Democrats, the size of their victory matters.

Progressives and moderates have been sparring all cycle over who will get to claim credit if they win on Tuesday. A new POLITICO Poll shows that the bigger the win, the more Democrats appear inclined to see it as a mandate to run more progressive candidates.

The results reveal that the midterm election will have major implications over the next stage of the Democratic Party war over their identity — and could give progressives fresh ammunition ahead of a critical 2028 presidential race. Party insiders are closely watching contests where that infighting has been on display: From Abdul El-Sayed’s battle for Michigan Senate and Troy Jackson’s for Maine Senate, to Randy Villegas’ House race in California and Manny Rutinel’s in Colorado.

More than a dozen Democratic Party operatives and strategists said in interviews that both factions are already preparing to see a blue wave as validation of its own approach. Top super PACs and campaign firms are finishing strategy memos and finalizing lineups for a slate of post-election conferences where they intend to claim their way is the party’s future.

Funny, because so many of these same Progressives, and, now, apparently, Islamic extremist supporters, tend to move from the areas they’ve destroyed to areas that aren’t high tax and cost of life, areas where the Government is hell bent on controlling everyone’s lives.

What you have in play is

1. The opposite party often wins Congress during the mid-terms

2. Trump did make a huge mistake with tariffs. Yes, we should do something to have reciprocal tariffs so our companies can get their products in their markets, and if done right then tariffs would go down. But, this was the wrong time and wrong method. Not good for the economy, still recovering from COVID and Sloppy Joe Biden

3. Once the Trump admin saw that there would be no revolution in Iran they should have ended military action in Iran. That would have been early enough to say “we wanted to hurt their nuclear aspirations, we did, now we’re done.” This hurt the economy

4. And, as usual, so many Republicans do not know how to play hardball politics

So, if Democrats really think it’s a good idea to run even more hardcore Democrats, they are deluded. And also need to stay in their states where they do this, live the consequences of the vote.

But some Democrats say that all this focus on who won the progressive-moderate fight is missing the point entirely.

“Actually doing something if we do win majorities, that’s more important than a bunch of memos saying we’re the reason we won,” said Bill Neidhardt, who worked on Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign and is now advising Will Lawrence, who’s running for Michigan’s 7th District, and working to boost El-Sayed.

Yeah, well, they should also remember they lost hard in 2024, and failed to learn the lessons. Nor will they actually try and do anything other than investigate Trump, the people around him, and go for impeachments.

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Warmists Consider Using AI To Save The Planet From ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach November 2, 2026 – 7:15 am

I guess artificial intelligence is A-OK if it’s being used to stop climate doom

Can AI Save The Planet? How Nine Innovators Are Fighting Climate Change

In July 2026, artificial intelligence detected a wildfire in Ruffano, Italy, while it was still smoldering. Sensors pinpointed the danger within minutes. But firefighters struggled to reach the remote terrain. Helicopters took more than two hours to arrive.

The forest kept burning.

“We caught a fire within minutes, while it was still smouldering,” recalls Carsten Brinkschulte, co-founder and CEO of Dryad Networks.

The technology had detected the danger. The system needed to stop it had not caught up.

Wildfires happen. It’s not witchcraft, er, carbon pollution causing a 1.7F increase in global temperatures since 1850. A goodly chunk of the article is about using AI to identify fires early. Hey, maybe they can use it in California, though, usually their ability to put them out is limited due to Bad Government

Peter Gilmer, CEO of The Nest Campus, calls AI a “force multiplier” for environmental innovation—not a silver bullet.

In my extended AI for a Better World video interview with Gilmer, we explored the economic opportunity surrounding climate innovation and the importance of bringing entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and technology developers together.

The International Energy Agency projects $3.4 trillion in global energy investment in 2026 including approximately $2.2 trillion for clean energy technologies and infrastructure—evidence of the enormous capital flowing toward energy transformation.

AI could help optimize electricity grids, track emissions, identify illegal deforestation, and accelerate climate research. But its growing electricity and water demands must also be addressed.

So, are Warmists OK with AI now?

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Afgans To Be Deported Via Pakistan

By William Teach November 2, 2026 – 7:00 am

Yes, the US had lots of allies and helpers in Afghanistan throughout the long war, but, when Biden’s exit plan melted down there were tons of reports of the ones brought in to the US not being vetted at all

US plans to deport Afghans back to their home country through Pakistan, documents show

President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to deport Afghans detained in the U.S. back to their home country via Pakistan, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press — a move advocacy groups say could put their lives at risk.

Immigrant rights organizations say those deported could face retaliation from the Taliban. Thousands fled persecution and feared for their lives after helping the U.S. military and aid groups in Afghanistan.

“This is absolutely unconscionable,” said Shawn VanDiver, a U.S. Navy veteran and president of the advocacy group #AfghanEvac. “It seems like there’s no end to their willingness to break the law and violate people’s human rights.”

The U.S. intends to initially deport Afghan immigrants as early as Monday on flights from Louisiana, where the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has immigrant detention and processing facilities, to Pakistan, according to court documents.

Obviously, they had to start with the sob story.

(CBS News) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lacked “critical data to properly screen, vet and inspect” Afghan evacuees after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, according to a report issued by the department’s watchdog and obtained by CBS News.

The 34-page report by the DHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) concluded that the department granted parole, or temporary legal permission to enter and stay in the U.S. to Afghan evacuees who “were not fully vetted” following the massive airlift by the U.S. during the chaotic last days of the withdrawal of U.S. forces.

Huh.

Some Democratic members of Congress took to social media to criticize the Afghan deportations after seeing the Times story on Friday.

“It is reprehensible that the Trump Administration plans to deport hundreds of Afghans, including women, children and those who supported U.S. forces, to Pakistan — who then risk being sent back into the hands of the Taliban. Congress must stand against this,” Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire posted on X.

They can choose to go to other countries. Anyhow, refer back to the whole vetting thing.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 1, 2026 – 1:28 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled SUV, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is bluebird of bitterness, with a post on “Local man lives in constant daylight after saving it for 12 years”

It’s black week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach November 1, 2026 – 9:20 am

Happy Sunday! Another wonderful day in Returned America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and, we’re back to Standard Time. This pinup is by Patrick Hitte, with a wee bit of help. A day late for Halloween.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. The Right Scoop: AFFORDABILITY-SHMORDABILITY! Watch Carville pitch HIGHER TAXES as a PLUS for Dems just days before midterms
  2. The Last Refuge: Poland Leftist Prime Minister Donald Tusk Leads a Judicial Coup D’Etat
  3. The Gateway Pundit: PBS Lays the Groundwork for the Midterms by Saying We May Not Know Results on Election Night and That’s ‘Normal’
  4. The First Street Journal: No matter how much you hate the credentialed media, you do not hate them enough!
  5. Pacific Pundit: Communist riots spread to Germany over night, as cities go up in flames
  6. Powerline Blog: ‘Shakopee man from Nicaragua deported to Central African Republic’
  7. Newsbusters: Smile More? USA Today Champions Kaitlan Collins and the Brave Anti-Trump Women of CNN
  8. Moonbattery: Moonbats Get Truly Scary for Halloween
  9. Legal Insurrection: FCC Moves to Let Prisons Jam Contraband Cellphones
  10. Jihad Watch: Both of Abdul El-Sayed’s Parents Were in Groups That Funded Al Qaeda
  11. Irons In The Fire: Couple of new things, one being Savage having just brought out a line of suppressors
  12. IOTW Report: Trying to Ignore France’s Muslim Problem, WaPo Stumbles Onto Truth About Socialism
  13. Geller Report: $47 MILLION: Federal Grants Flowed to Michigan Muslim Institutions That Spew Anti-American, Anti-Jewish Hate and Incitement
  14. Gatestone Institute: What the Muslim Brotherhood Plans for You if It Is Elected
  15. And last, but, not least, Don Surber has “Make AMERICAN Votes Count”

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?

As a sidebar, it’s wild how man blogs I’ve seen die over the years for different reasons.

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

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Ilhan Omar Investigation Is Targeting Multiple People

By William Teach November 1, 2026 – 7:00 am

Here’s the question in this whole thing: is it tilting at windmills, or is there enough evidence to actually do something? Because it’s going to take some extraordinary facts to get it through the legal justice system and stick her in jail and/or strip her of citizenship and deport her. Particularly since Democrats will caterwaul and go apoplectic, and Trump only has a bit over two years in office. If a Democrat wins in 2028 they will surely shut it all down

Ilhan Omar case is ‘large’ and targeting multiple people, reveals DHS Secretary

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that feds probing Rep. Ilhan Omar assembled a “large case” dealing with multiple people.

“This isn’t just a case that’s targeting one individual. This is a large case that we have presented to the DOJ, and the DOJ is leading the investigations,” he told Fox News on Friday.

Mullin said Homeland Security Investigations agents — who searched Omar’s Washington, DC, home on Oct. 12 — “did a lot of investigation to be able to present the case to them.”

“And I’ll just say this again: We’re enforcing our nation’s laws, and we’re going to do that. We’re not weaponizing. We’re not using political theater on this,” he added.

Authorities are probing Omar over whether the Somalia-born politician engaged in an immigration fraud conspiracy by marrying her alleged brother Ahmed Elmi, a British citizen who describes himself as gay, and whether she made false statements on government documents to gain citizenship.

This will have to move fast, and, remember, the judge involved, James Boasberg, isn’t actually a fan of Trump and has ruled against him constantly.

Mullin, a former Republican senator from Oklahoma, defended the probe after former President Barack Obama publicly lambasted it.

The Obama admin did an investigation. And, don’t forget, the current investigation started under Biden.

“I’ve made this very, very, very, very clear: we’re enforcing our nation’s laws across the board equally, and we’re going to continue to do that,” he said.

“I don’t care where you’re seated, and I don’t care how you’re registered to vote, I don’t care what your job title is. We use it equally.”

Those in positions of power in government should be held to a much, much, much higher standard. We forget this for today’s high ranking poobahs, be they politicians, department members, Congressional employees, generals and admirals, etc.

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Are These The 50 Best Horror Movies Of The 21st Century?

By William Teach October 31, 2026 – 3:00 pm

Let’s take a look

The 50 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century So Far, Ranked

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Every year is a great year for horror movies if you know where to look. But we’re over a quarter of the way through the 21st century, which means there are over 25 years of modern horror classics, daring cult oddities, ambitious art house freak outs and even satisfying studio scarers to sort through.

But someone has to do it, and someone else has to do it just to get as many perspectives on modern horror filmmaking as possible. Let’s take a deep dive into the scary movies that have defined the genre this century, and/or scared the hell out of audiences all over the world, and/or deserve greater recognition for their brilliance.

Let’s take a look at this list. The ones I’ve seen that I like and agree with are (below the fold)

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 31, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a California county that is trying to be climate responsible but Everyone Else is being troublesome, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Geller Report, with a post on “El-Sayed’s Campaign Attack Dog Hasan Piker Compares Jewish Voters to Ku Klux Klan”

Doubleshot, check out LMAO, with a post on “Straight Line of the Day: So What Exactly Is Pennsylvania’s Halloween Horror?”

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Pope Leo Has A Warning On Artificial Intelligence

By William Teach October 31, 2026 – 10:30 am

It’s actually a different type of warning

Pope Leo XIV warns about artificial intelligence: “Machines are instruments, not people”

Pope Leo XIV warned this Friday, October 30, about the risks of attributing rights or legal personality to artificial intelligence systems and called for decisions related to human life, freedom, and the use of force to always remain under human control. During an audience at the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Pontiff also urged progress toward the prohibition of lethal autonomous weapons and the establishment of international mechanisms to ensure technological development serves the common good.

The Holy Father received participants in the meeting “The Future of AI: A Dialogue between the Vatican and the Scientific World on the Developments and Applications of Intelligent Technologies,” organized by the Pontifical Academy for Life and the Future of Life Institute. In his address, Leo XIV outlined five considerations on human responsibility regarding these technologies, drawing on the teachings of his encyclical Magnifica humanitas and recalling that technical progress cannot take precedence over the dignity of the person.

Below, we offer the full speech of Pope Leo XIV: (snip)

The Pontifical Academy for Life, which has organized this meeting, is very aware of the challenges that arise wherever human dignity is threatened. In this regard, addressing the leaders of the G7, Pope Francis described artificial intelligence as “a fascinating and tremendous instrument at the same time” and stated that the decision to take a human life should never be entrusted to a machine (cf. Address at the G7 Session on Artificial Intelligence, June 14, 2024). Those words remain more relevant than ever. In the encyclical Magnifica humanitas I have sought to address these issues in greater depth. Today I would like to offer you five considerations in particular.

He has a point: Mankind should stay in control. Mankind should be the ones putting in the blocks and giving the orders. However, in, say, a shooting war, how much autonomy is programmed in? Say a big drone strike is launched from Ukraine on Russia: how much latitude do the drones and potential controlling AI have to attack targets of opportunity?

Second, machines are instruments, not persons. “So-called artificial intelligences do not live an experience, do not possess a body, do not go through joy and pain, do not mature in relationship, do not know from within what love, work, friendship, and responsibility mean” (n. 99). Today some propose granting rights to these systems, or even legal personality. Such an approach risks obscuring human responsibility and leaving those who suffer harm to confront a faceless entity.

So far, I haven’t seen any going full moonbat and calling for granting rights, but, hell, I’ve read enough science fiction to know it will come. They’ve pushed to grant rights to animals, so, it seems as if the Pope is getting ahead of the curve of wackadoodle. But, maybe, one day in the far future, AI will truly be sentient and deserve rights. We aren’t even close right now.

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