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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Good Grief: Masculinity, Eating Meat, And Climate Doom

By William Teach May 22, 2026 – 3:00 pm

I thought the age of this type of Woke wackadoodle crap was over. But, hey, it’s the uber-Leftist UK Guardian

What’s at steak: myths about masculinity and meat eating pose a challenge for the climate crisis

Eating too much of it risks chronic disease, growing it contributes about an eighth of human-made climate pollution, and there is evidence linking it to certain cancers.

But there’s no denying meat – especially red and processed meat – remains a firm fixture on dinner plates. This is especially the case for blokes, posing a masculine challenge to the climate crisis.

“In terms of pure consumption, there are very large discrepancies – and consistent discrepancies – between men and women in how much meat they consume,” says Lauren Camilleri, a social psychology researcher at Victoria University who investigates the connection between meat eating and masculinity.

The stereotype that men and meat are an inseparable pair plays out in research. A French study last year found motoring and eating habits led to a 26% emissions disparity between men and women.

The only reason I’m eating salads is I’m really trying to lose this extra weight. No point in lifting all those weights if kinda hidden by fat. Especially my abs. I can do some serious weight on abs machines. But, I do put meat, usually chicken, on my salads

Other research finds that, when adjusted for differences in energy needs, men still consume more meat than women. They are also likely to be more resistant to reducing meat consumption, and to adopting plant-based diets. The exception is when deteriorating health or a veggie-sympathetic romantic partner prompts a change.

Overall, there’s a persistent theme: many men see meat eating as an expression of manhood, and view attempts to force change to their diets as a personal – even emasculating – threat.

This likely stems, Camilleri says, from longstanding cultural and symbolic associations – the myths that meat is masculine and plants feminine; that men are hunters, women gatherers; that real men eat meat.

But as the planet heats up, the need has never been greater for men, and the men in our lives, to shake up meal time.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 22, 2026 – 1:00 pm

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

The blog of the day is Cold Fury, with a post on suicidal empathy.

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Edgy Stephen Colbert Has Band Played Licensed Music To Cost CBS (so he thinks)

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

Well, hey, way to burn that bridge, Stevie. Think this will help with future big employers?

(Rolling Stone) During the final episode of The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert purposely used copyrighted music during a segment, a move that could potentially cost his former bosses at CBS a lot of dough if the music was unauthorized, and the usage were to end in a lawsuit.

“Peanuts is a powerful brand and corporation in and of itself. Anyone illegally using that music is going to have to pay through the nose,” he said, before addressing his band leader, Louis Cato. “Louis, Louis! Is the band right now playing the same Peanuts music I just said people were being sued for, for using without permission? Is that what you’re doing?” The band was indeed launching into the familiar Vince Guaraldi song. “Oh no, I hope this doesn’t cost CBS any money!” Colbert said.

LOL, that’s totally a funny gag, Steve-O, costing your employer potentially millions….oh, wait, does he know they can hold the final paychecks of himself and the band members after this stunt in lei of the potential cost of playing that music? That they can garnish those wages and any future residuals? That they can sue to recover the money that the employ cost them while he was still and employee?

As for the band, did Steve-a-doodle consider that they weren’t making the $15 million a year like he was, and could now have much harder times getting jobs, with future employers knowing that they willfully engaged in behavior that cost their employer lots of money? Good job, Steve-a-rooney! But

So, it was potentially all just a scam from Colbert? Huh. Surprise?

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UN Backs Wacko World Court Opinion On Climate Doom

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

It’s really long past time that the US stops giving money to the United Nations. All the people attending this took fossil fueled flights and then rides in fossil fueled limos

UN backs historic climate crisis ruling, despite US attempts to stop resolution

climate cowThe UN has voted 141-8 to adopt a resolution backing a world court opinion that countries have a legal obligation to address climate change, with the US – which is the world’s biggest historical emitter – among the small group opposing it.

The UN secretary general, António Guterres, said Wednesday’s general assembly vote, in which 28 countries abstained, underscored that governments are responsible for protecting citizens from the “escalating climate crisis”.

“I welcome the adoption of the General Assembly resolution on the ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate change – a powerful affirmation of international law, climate justice, science + the responsibility of states to protect people from the escalating climate crisis,” Guterres said in a post on X.

Yeah, yeah, I remember when he took a long fossil fueled flight to Nepal, then a fossil fueled helicopter flight to near Mt Everest for a quick climate cult photo op

The resolution, brought by the Pacific island Vanuatu, affirms a July 2025 advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that states are obligated to reduce fossil fuel use and tackle global warming.

Vanuatu has 17 airports, and relies on fossil fueled ships to bring in goods.

The US joined Saudi Arabia, Russia, Israel, Iran, Yemen, Liberia and Belarus in opposing the resolution on Wednesday. Cop31 climate summit host Turkey, India, and oil producers Qatar and Nigeria were among those abstaining.

Australia, Germany, France and the UK were among the 141 voting in favour of the resolution.

The ones voting for the resolution use quite a bit of fossil fuels themselves, and many are fossil fuels producers. I remember when France and England talked Obama into attacking Libya to keep the oil flowing.

“The resolution includes inappropriate political demands relating to fossil fuels,” the US deputy ambassador to the UN, Tammy Bruce, said. Washington saw no basis for requiring the secretary-general to report on the legal issues raised, Bruce added.

Why do they always miss the opportunity to note that all these countries, and all their representatives at the UN, use lots of fossil fuels?

Before the vote, Odo Tevi, the Vanuatu ambassador to the UN, said: “We should be honest with one another about why this matters … It matters because the harm is real and it is already here, along our islands and coastlines, for communities facing drought and failed harvests.

How did Tevi get to NYC for the UN meeting?

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