UN Wants To Control, Er, Put Guardrails On AI

By William Teach September 22, 2026 – 10:30 am

Looks like the scammers at the United Nations want in

UN panel calls for guardrails on AI as current safeguards are ‘unraveling’

The United Nations-backed Independent International Scientific Panel on AI on Monday urged world leaders and tech companies to implement new safeguards on artificial intelligence, with the concern that existing safeguards are “unraveling.”

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Gueterres welcomed the report and encouraged “external experts, including from frontier AI labs and AI safety institutes, to engage with the panel to help inform dialogue on such matters.”

“This is not only a question of speed,” the panel’s experts said in a report released by UN News. “It leaves open whether safeguards designed today will work once agents can understand them and plan around them. In simple terms, the traditional model of safeguarding is unravelling.”

The panel released a brief called “AI Agents, Misalignment and Loss of Human Control Risks: Evidence from the OpenAI-Hugging Face Incident.” The document details how the hack carried out by “AI agents” during a test run by OpenAI on the online platform Hugging Face occurred after a security breach.

Panelists said this incident raises “fears that humans will one day no longer be able to steer, constrain or stop AI,” noting that in their report that it was “an early warning of one possible route to more severe future loss of control.”

It’s only as good as it was programed, but, this is a great way to enable the authoritarians in the UN to control it. Oh, and make lots of money off it themselves.

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The Climate Crisis (scam) Is A Math Problem Or Something

By William Teach September 22, 2026 – 7:15 am

And it involves economics. I wonder what the solutions will be?

Climate change is a math problem. The solution is smart economics.

For too long, we’ve treated economic forces as enemies of the environment. I get it; climate change is a consequence of economic activity. But economic growth also alleviates poverty, improves health and longevity, and inspires innovation. There’s no reason why we can’t harness economic incentives as a driver for climate action, too.

To do that effectively and responsibly, we need to “Money Ball” climate change. That means analyzing what works and what doesn’t and accelerating the solutions that deliver. I believe that, at its heart, climate change is a math problem: a 53 gigaton (GT) math problem.

As a society, we emit around 53 billion metric tons of climate-warming gases—from our cars, energy use, agriculture, and other human activity—into the atmosphere each year. To put that into perspective, that’s roughly equivalent to the pollution of 12 billion gas-powered cars each year. You don’t have to be an atmospheric chemist to see how that could affect the climate.

So, if all the Warmists gave up their own use of fossil fuels, stopped eating meat, moved into tiny homes, etc, we could cut that in half, right? Why won’t Warmists do this?

There are hundreds of ways to make progress on climate change. But from an economist’s perspective, the reality is that while many approaches can help reduce emissions, they may also make life less affordable or hinder economic growth in the most vulnerable parts of the world. And they likely won’t become economically viable until it’s too late.

Looking at the economics gives us a reality check: We need to be honest about which climate solutions can truly work at scale, with the rigor this problem demands, while also accelerating economic growth. That might sound counter-intuitive to those who think economic growth and rising climate pollution go hand-in-hand, but the economics also show us that’s no longer the case; with the right solutions, we can achieve both.

OK, so, free market, right?

Scale: Compliance carbon pricing to reliably drive economy-wide change

When the carbon pollution of goods and services is priced into its cost, it automatically creates an incentive to reduce carbon emissions. For example, food or electricity produced with less pollution would become cheaper than similar goods with a high carbon footprint. This encourages producers to innovate and adopt low-carbon production methods and guides consumers toward low-carbon choices.

Who runs these? Government, right? Where does the money go? To government. And then most disappears into slush, graft, and waste. We’ve been through all this, I won’t go deep again.

We need to price carbon into land-use decisions giving landowners, farmers, Indigenous Peoples, and forest managers tangible economic value for storing carbon. Done right, a farmer or community could receive steady income for protecting forests, mangroves, or other natural carbon stocks.

And guess who is going to be able to control everyone’s land? To have input in how it is used? To make sure it conforms to what the Warmists in government want? Your land will no longer be yours. Surprise?

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Federal Judge Goes Wacko Against Three ICE Policies

By William Teach September 22, 2026 – 7:00 am

I certainly understand the ruling in favor of the plaintiff: ICE 100% went over the line in this. But, to demand that ICE stop with 2 of the 3 policies? Nah. Complete overreach

Federal judge orders temporary halt to 3 immigration enforcement policies in Baldwin County lawsuit

A federal judge Monday ordered federal law enforcement officers to stop enforcing three immigration policies challenged by a Baldwin County man who claims he was the victim of illegal action.

Leo Venegas, an American citizen born in Florida, cited two different instances when immigration officers detained him at construction sites where he was working in Baldwin County last year. Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Beaverstock largely agreed with Venegas, ruling that federal agents likely violated his constitutional rights.

Venegas sued in Mobile’s federal court, citing three policies:

  • Warrantless entry. Venegas alleged that federal policy allowed agents to raid private construction sites without warrants.
  • Preemptive detention. Venegas alleged that federal policy allowed agents to detain employees without specific suspicion that they are in the country unlawfully.
  • Continued detention. Venegas alleged that federal policy allowed agents to continue holding workers even after they presented REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses.

The government maintains that none of the three policies actually exist but that granting a preliminary injunction would “curtail Congressionally authorized Federal law enforcement of Executive Branch immigration policies, hinder lawful investigative searches, and chill routine field operations.”

The judge basically says that it should be no problem if the policies do not exist. As to the 1st, raiding, well, yeah, no policy, but, federal law allows this. The 2nd, I fully agree with the judge. If there is no suspicion, let them go. Period. The 3rd? Supposedly an illegal alien, which is the term used in federal code, cannot get a Real ID. However, there is the legal status, such as a green card, valid visa, DACA, or pending asylum, as provided by the Biden regime, which can cause state DMVs to give a real ID to tons and tons of illegal aliens when they really shouldn’t.

The lawsuit against DHS and ICE can continue.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 21, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful low carbon mode of transportation, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Blogs For Victory, with a post on “Racism Fatigue”

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Rep. Kim Takes Aim At Ending Another Piece Of Congresses Get Rich Scheme

By William Teach September 21, 2026 – 10:30 am

It would be interesting to see how much of federal money ends up as graft, and especially as ending up in the pockets of family and friends

GOP takes aim at Congress’ next ‘get filthy rich’ loophole after stock-trading ban

While the House successfully moved to rein in lawmakers’ stock trading, a California Republican is targeting what she says is another avenue for congressional self-enrichment, citing members whose wealth has multiplied over the years.

Rep. Young Kim’s Stop Congressional Self-Enrichment Resolution comes after a successful GOP-led effort in July that imposed restrictions on stock purchases and requires several days’ notice before stock sales. It also comes as Americans across the political spectrum remain frustrated by many lawmakers’ rapidly growing wealth while in public office.

“It could be earmarking a nonprofit organization where a member’s spouse sits on the board of directors or board of trustees, so it will indirectly benefit the family. Or it could earmark for a park at, let’s say, an apartment building that a member or member’s spouse or member’s children owns,” Kim told Fox News Digital.

“And with the federal funds that the member brings and build the park nearby or community center nearby, it could increase the property value and therefore indirectly benefiting the member and their family members. Maybe asking to build a road up to rural land the member owns.”

Her new push would cover all material financial interests — direct or indirect — that benefit people beyond the lawmaker themselves.

Current House rules require members requesting an earmark to certify that neither they nor their spouses have a financial interest in the recipient. Kim’s bill would extend that requirement to immediate family members and indirect financial interests, such as nearby property values.

It’s a good start, but, will it be voted down? There are several instances of earmarks which sure seemed like a conflict of interest, but, how many make sense and how many are financially beneficial? Those are the problem. Also, that a lot of these earmarks are way, way, way above what is actually necessary for the project.

“The days of members thinking that ‘I can use the community project funding request or bringing the earmarks for my district and get filthy rich off of it’— those days are numbered.”

“This is a good time because we see Americans are sick and tired of watching politicians getting filthy rich while average Americans are worrying about making ends meet and stretch every dollar that they earn.”

Next up, let’s stop the current allocation process, where around 20-30% ends up being used for the actual project and the rest disappears into the pockets of friendly NGOs and companies, with some coming back to campaigns.

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Your Fault: England Could Soon Have A Climate Cause Tea Shortage

By William Teach September 21, 2026 – 7:15 am

Seriously, do the peasants in the UK need more scary fables? The government really doesn’t give a damned what they think and will force them, and have been forcing them for 15 years, to comply with climate cult doctrine

Tea shortage warning as climate crisis sees production plummet and prices soar

Kenyan growers who produce black tea for British supermarket shelves have warned that climate impacts are damaging crop harvests and further diminishing their already “scarce” household incomes.

The East African nation currently provides half of all black tea consumed across Britain, but local farmers face increasingly unpredictable weather patterns, lower crop yields and quality, alongside escalating operational expenses over recent years.

These compounding issues have driven up global tea costs, leaving supermarket shoppers in the UK paying noticeably higher prices for their favourite beverage.

Yet impoverished farmers at the start of the supply chain see little financial gain from higher market prices. Harvesting smaller crops while spending more to maintain them, growers watch as intermediaries, brokers and large corporate firms continue absorbing the vast majority of total profits.

Right now Kenya is having a drought. But, it also has floods interspersed. And the weather always plays a challenging role, now and in the past. This is all just meant to scare people into giving up their money and freedom.

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ICE Needs To Pick It Up, Only 5000 Arrests In NC In 2026

By William Teach September 21, 2026 – 7:00 am

In fairness, they’ve been working hard in other places

ICE arrests in North Carolina top 5,000 in 2026 so far; leading to fear, anxiety, advocates say

More than 5,000 people have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in North Carolina so far this year, according to data from the Deportation Data Project analyzed by the ABC News Data Team.

The data shows ICE detained more than 253,000 people nationwide this year. In North Carolina alone, ICE apprehended more than 5,000 people, including at least 441 arrests in the Raleigh area.

Immigration advocates and attorneys in the Triangle say increased enforcement activity is contributing to fear and anxiety among immigrants and their families.

“We’re definitely seeing increased activity with this,” said Trey DeBrine, an immigration law attorney with Sivaraman Immigration Law.

There are reportedly 425K illegals in NC (funny how so many levels of government seem to know this, yet, haven’t booted them), so NICE needs to pick up the pace

“People with status are afraid to do things like drive, because they think, ‘I’m gonna get pulled over, I’m gonna get arrested, and I’m gonna get put into ICE custody,'” DeBrine said.

Mental health advocates say the heightened concern is affecting immigrant and refugee communities across North Carolina.

“Because of this fear, it’s having an effect overall in the quality of life of North Carolinians,” said Molly Hayes, head of learning and dissemination at El Futuro.

Good. They should be afraid. And they can solve this by leaving the US.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 20, 2026 – 1:29 pm

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

The blog of the day is Victory Girls Blog, with a post on “Congress Needs A Cold Shower: The Lauren Boebert Edition”

It’s legs week

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach September 20, 2026 – 8:48 am

Happy Sunday! Another great day in Returned America. The Sun is shining, the birds are kinda screaming at each other, and ECU had a nice little comeback win, holding ODU scoreless in the 2nd half. This pinup is certainly AI, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15, er, 16, because I lost count

  1. Bearing Arms: Stop Telling Women Their Guns Will Be Used Against Them
  2. Blazing Cat Fur: How Abdul El-Sayed Wants To Recreate Trudeau’s Canadian Failures
  3. Climate Depot: Zero Hurricanes Formed By Peak 2026 Season. A Former Climate Reporter Says That’s Why You Haven’t Heard About It.
  4. Cold Fury: Great American Stories Vol 1
  5. Common Cents Blog: DID YOU KNOW – – – Just seeing an American Flag entices and persuades people to vote Republican!
  6. Gates Of Vienna: Allison Inquiry: “Using Health Crises to Remove the Rights of Individual People”
  7. Gatestone Institute: The Muslim Brotherhood: Follow the Money
  8. Geller Report: Trump Announces ‘AI Force’ and AI Czar to Keep America Ahead of China
  9. IOTW Report: Report: Ketanji and Boasberg Exposed in Foreign Influence Operation
  10. Jihad Watch: Germany: Muslim migrant arrested for plotting jihad massacre at church in Bremen
  11. Legal Insurrection: USDA Targets 170 NYC Retailers in SNAP Fraud Sweep
  12. Moonbattery: Lesbian Minister Confirms Talarico’s Moderate Makeover Is Fake
  13. neo-neocon: The case against AI doom
  14. Powerline Blog: The Church of England Has Lost the Plot
  15. The Gateway Pundit: FLASHBACK: In 2021, CNN’s Brian Stelter Openly Wondered if FOX News Should be Banned From the White House Press Pool (VIDEO)
  16. And last, but, not least, The Last Refuge has “President Sheinbaum and President Trump Agree on Terms for Bilateral Trade Deal”

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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Bummer: Green Card Applicants Can Be Denied For Using Government Benefits

By William Teach September 20, 2026 – 7:00 am

Well, yeah. Anyone wanting to live in America from a foreign nation should be able to be self sufficient (also, why in the ever lovin’ f*ck to we have people living here as “permanent residents”? Very silly)

Immigrants using food stamps or Medicaid can now be denied green cards

Immigrants applying to live permanently in the United States can be rejected if they receive public benefits, beginning this week.

Use of Medicaid, food stamps, tuition assistance and free school lunch programs, among other government assistance, could all be grounds for denying a green-card application.

The policy from President Donald Trump’s administration, which took effect Friday, marks a dramatic change to a long-standing federal policy consistent with the president’s efforts to restrict legal immigration pathways.

The rule could reduce federal and state payments by $13 billion a year, by persuading some 950,000 people to disenroll from or avoid federal safety net programs, according to estimates from the Department of Homeland Security. The agency said that the rule aligns with Congress’s intent that noncitizens “in the United States be self-sufficient and not dependent on taxpayer-funded government benefits.”

That makes sense, right? Beyond the whole “why in the f*ck are there permanent residents?” People should be coming to apply for citizenship or be on temporary visas. People on visas or applying for citizenship have to show they can take care of themselves, that they will not be on government benefits.

“Aliens in the United States should be self-reliant,” a DHS policy document for the rule states, “and government benefits should not incentivize immigration.”

Applying for a green card, or legal permanent residency, is a necessary step for those seeking U.S. citizenship.

Yes, well, a goodly chunk apply and never go through with the whole process to be citizens. They just….reside. And use government programs.

This week, New York led 21 other states, the District of Columbia and several cities in suing the Trump administration over the new rule. The lawsuit argued that the rule fails “to consider many important aspects” of the problems it creates and warned that the harms will extend to mixed-status families and U.S. citizen children.

“Cruelty is the point,” New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) said at a news conference announcing the lawsuit this week. “Having a chilling effect on immigrants is the point. Letting individuals know that they are not welcome here is the point.”

Well, then those states can pay for the lives of these people. Most nations around the world require that people moving to those countries be self sufficient. That they bring value. It is not uncommon for a person to have to meet a financial burden test when they want to move to a new country. Why does the US have to let every poor person in who brings nothing? This is the way it used to be a long time ago.

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