If All You See…

By William Teach February 5, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful low carbon bike which Everyone Else should be forced to ride, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Doug Ross @ Journal, with a post on the Discombobulator.

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NY Times: All Those Illegal Alien Cases In Minnesota Are Pushing The System To The Brink

By William Teach February 5, 2026 – 10:30 am

I wasn’t intending to do another immigration piece today, but, this is the web headline story from the Fish Wrap, and I wonder if they could possibly come to the smart conclusion as to how this could have been avoided

Surge in Immigration Cases in Minnesota Pushes Prosecutors and Judges to Brink

When it all became too much — the crippling case load, the lack of training and, most of all, the immigrants themselves who had been languishing in jail — Julie T. Le let loose in front of the judge.

Ms. Le, a prosecutor for the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota, knew that he was angry. She understood that she and her colleagues had violated his orders to release people illegally detained in the state last month. But she had already tried to quit her job, and no one would replace her, so what else could she do?

“The system sucks. This job sucks,” Ms. Le exclaimed. While she wanted to improve things, she was just one person, she explained, working around the clock to grapple with the onslaught of cases stemming from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

“Fixing a system, a broken system, I don’t have a magic button to do it,” she said. “I don’t have the power or the voice to do it. I only can do it within the ability and the capacity that I have.”

The remarks cost her her job at the Justice Department, where she had been working on a temporary basis to help handle habeas corpus petitions, or court filings that compel the government to justify holding someone in custody. But they also opened a window onto a broader problem: how the courts in Minnesota are buckling beneath the weight of a deluge of cases arising from the statewide campaign that the administration has called Operation Metro Surge.

OK, I’ll skip posting lots of excerpts and get to the heart of the Times’ story, which is that Trump is a big meanie for detaining people illegally present in the US and pushing them through court, which Obama mostly didn’t, he just deported them toot sweet, and it’s making judges and prosecutors nuts. Oh, and that illegals are great.

But, you know how this could have been avoided? Giving the illegals who get arrested by local, county, and state police over to ICE. Honoring detainers. Letting ICE pick up illegals when they come on their radar at all times. Like during the Obama administration! Deporting them without this whole long rigamarole of courts and hearings and stuff, because the law says they need to be deported. Period.

Meanwhile, more stupidity from the Times, right below the above story

The Long Goodbye:A California Couple Self-Deports to Mexico

Enrique Castillejos and his wife stopped at a Winchell’s Donut House. It was part of their after-church routine on Friday nights.

That evening’s sermon had been about finding peace in God in turbulent times, and they felt it spoke directly to them. Enrique, 63, and his wife, Maria Elena Hernandez, 55, were undocumented immigrants. Like millions of others in Southern California, they had been looking over their shoulders as federal agents conducted immigration sweeps.

Freedom, they felt, had become impossible in the land of the free. They had made a decision: Leave America and move back to Mexico.

People who’ve broken the law should be looking over their shoulders. They had 30 years to do something, to attempt to get some legal status. They didn’t. That’s on them.

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UN Looking For A Global Tax On Fossil Fuels Companies

By William Teach February 5, 2026 – 7:15 am

Once again, I’ll say that the fossil fuels companies should refuse to sell their products to the jackwads coming after them

Fossil fuel firms may have to pay for climate damage under proposed UN tax

Fossil fuel companies could be forced to pay some of the price of their damage to the climate, and the ultra-rich subjected to a global wealth tax, if new tax rules are agreed under the UN.

Negotiations on a planned global tax treaty will resume at the UN headquarters in New York on Monday, with dozens of countries supporting stronger rules that would make polluters pay for the impact of their activities.

But developing countries are worried the current draft of the proposals is too weak, and want more robust backing from the rich world. Clear proposals on taxing the profits of fossil fuel companies have been watered down in their language, and proposals for a global asset registry that would help in taxing wealthy individuals have been removed from the text.

Marlene Nembhard Parker, main delegate for Jamaica at the negotiations for the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation, said: “In the context of Hurricane Melissa, which wiped the equivalent of 40% off our GDP overnight, it is time that the draft template text on sustainable development gets fleshed out. A much clearer link now needs to be made to environmental taxation and climate change, with clearer agreements on the actions that must be taken, nationally and internationally, particularly for the countries and industries who are most responsible.”

Oh. So it’s all a shakedown. Without fossil fuels no one would be going to Jamaica. The flights and cruise ships to get there, the vehicles to move people around, air conditioning, food, products, and so much more. People who use a ton of fossil fuels want to make it more expensive for other people, and, let’s be honest, most of the people who push these taxes are rich, and often have taxpayers pick up the tab for their travel.

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Trump Admin Looking To Slowly Wind Down Minneapolis Immigration Operations

By William Teach February 5, 2026 – 7:00 am

All it took was having state, county, and local authorities work with federal authorities

Trump administration to withdraw 700 immigration agents from Minnesota

The Trump administration will withdraw 700 federal immigration agents from Minnesota, border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday. The move comes weeks after agents killed two U.S. citizens, sparking protests across the country.

“My goal, with the support of President Trump, is to achieve a complete drawdown and end this surge, as soon as we can,” Homan said at a news conference.

He reiterated that immigration efforts would continue and that agents would not solely target undocumented criminals.

“If you’re in the country illegally, you are not off the table,” Homan said. “Let me be clear, President Trump fully intends to achieve mass deportations during this administration, and immigration enforcement actions will continue every day throughout this country.”

Well, really, the operation wasn’t going to continue forever. They picked up a buttload of illegals (around 4,000), put fear in the rest, and move on to another city. No point in keeping 3,000 federal officers in Minneapolis and the surrounding areas.

Homan said that the drawdown is partly a result of cooperation between Minnesota county jails and federal immigration officials, making it easier for immigration authorities to apprehend targets. Homan asked for such cooperation from state and local authorities over the last week.

“This is smarter enforcement, not less enforcement,” he said, adding that local authorities will not be conducting immigration enforcement.

When an illegal is busted just contact ICE. When ICE puts a detainer on an illegal give them up. It’s that simple. They were arrested for a reason.

Meanwhile, the irony

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We’re Saved: IOC Gives Out Climate Action Awards

By William Teach February 4, 2026 – 5:26 pm

This is so cute

IOC announces winners of Climate Action Awards 2025

climate cowThe announcement was made during the IOC Session held in Milan, ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.?

“As athletes, we learn early on to focus on what we can control and to keep pushing and adapt, even when conditions are not perfect,” said IOC President Kirsty Coventry. “That spirit is exactly what drives the IOC Climate Action Awards. Our winners are showing that protecting our planet and pursuing excellence can go hand in hand. Their work shows the impact of the Olympic community when it leans in together with purpose. What an inspiration.”

“Congratulations to the 2025 winners and those ‘Highly Commended’,” said Mark Price, Principal and Global Lead Client Service Partner for the International Olympic Committee at Deloitte Consulting LLP. “Leveraging their athletic drive, the winners were compelling in their ability to deliver measurable benefits and scalable solutions. Deloitte is honoured to be a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner and delighted to support these awards, which help to enhance resilience for sports and communities globally.”

OK

New Zealand hockey player Hugo Inglis is the co-founder of High Impact Athletes (HIA), a global movement that channels athlete visibility and resources towards evidence-based climate solutions.

Motivated by the contradiction between a career built on international travel and his environmental convictions, Hugo helped establish HIA as a platform for athletes who want to contribute beyond reducing their own footprint. Through HIA, athlete funding is channelled to evidence-based organisations, delivering high-impact solutions in sectors that drive a large share of sport’s emissions, including aviation, energy and infrastructure.

Today, HIA brings together more than 240 athletes from 50 disciplines and 35 countries. It has directed more than USD 2 million to charities that deliver impact in the areas of climate, global health and animal welfare.

Hugo’s personal choices – from eco-conscious travel decisions to a plant-based diet and car-free lifestyle – reinforce his advocacy. With new partnerships, HIA plans to scale significantly, offering up to 600,000 athletes the opportunity to fundraise for climate solutions.

Huh. So, really, almost nothing, just a lot of traveling on fossil fueled airplanes and telling other people how to live their lives. I mean, the cult-speak in those paragraphs was amazing.

The rest who were given the cult awards are not much different. I wonder how much longer they will keep this cult farce up, considering how much energy and fossil fuels are used for the athletes and those attending?

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 4, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a calm sea from too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Bearing Arms, with a post on ICE detaining an illegal working as a police officer in New Orleans.

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GOP Debating Filibuster Reform In Senate

By William Teach February 4, 2026 – 10:30 am

Is this a good idea? Bad idea?

Senate GOP debates filibuster reform after Trump calls to ‘nationalize’ elections

President Trump’s call for Republicans to “take over” voting procedures in more than a dozen states and “nationalize” the midterm elections has Republican senators debating filibuster reform to get around Democratic opposition to a bill that would require voters to show proof of citizenship.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), a staunch Trump ally and chair of the GOP’s Senate Steering Committee, says Republicans have power under the Senate rules to force Democrats to hold the floor continuously to filibuster and block the SAVE Act, legislation that would require voters to present birth certificates and passports when registering to vote.

But the proposal to interpret the Senate rules in a way to make it tougher for members of the minority party to block legislation through the filibuster is already getting strong pushback from some senior Republicans.

Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), chair of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said he’s worried that requiring Democrats to actively stand and speak for hours and hours to slow down legislation will create a massive traffic jam on the Senate floor.

And he worries Democrats will use retaliatory tactics to derail the GOP agenda that would require Republican senators to be constantly on call to vote at a moment’s notice to establish a quorum.

Filibusters had always been people standing up there and speaking as long as possible, like when Democrats filibustered the Civil Rights Act. It wasn’t needing 60 votes to move legislation to an actual vote to see if it passes or not. With one party or another not allowing the 60 vote threshold that sure jammed up the works, right? But, yeah, Democrats will sure do what they do, they are cutthroat in a way most in the GOP aren’t. Republicans try and play nice. Get along go along.

But, does it make a difference which way it goes? If Democrats are forced to stand up there and yammer they’ll eventually stop and the GOP can vote and pass bills. Democrats usually find a way around GOP filibusters, so, it makes no difference what the requirements are.

Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said requiring talking filibusters would “change the Senate” and likely lead to the abolition of the filibuster entirely.

“Filibuster changes, I think, change the Senate. It may happen one day, but I don’t think it’s a good idea,” he said.

Keeping it is a good idea. But, despite a rule change in 1917 requiring a supermajority to move legislation to a pass/fail vote, it wasn’t until the 70s that it was simple the 60 vote threshold.

Your thoughts?

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People’s Republik Of Virginia Passes Bill To Rejoin Climate Cult Agreement

By William Teach February 4, 2026 – 7:15 am

Virginia’s energy prices are already spiking. I’m sure this will help

Virginia House passes bill to rejoin controversial climate change agreement

Virginia is one step closer to rejoining a multi-state agreement combating climate change after its House of Delegates passed a bill on Tuesday that would reverse Republican-era policies.

The House Democrats approved Leader Charniele Herring’s House Bill 397 on Tuesday, Feb. 3, which would return Virginia to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), reversing policies enacted under the previous Republican administration.

Democrats had previously told reporters on Jan. 21 that they planned to introduce a budget amendment to accelerate the state’s process of rejoining RGGI.

The program would lower monthly electric bills in the long term through an energy-efficiency program, invests in weatherization and low-income energy efficiency programs to build and upgrade energy-efficient and affordable housing and helps communities to offset costs through flood mitigation and resilience planning, per a release.

You know that the people at WRIC are card carrying members of the cult when they write that last paragraph with no hesitation. Without any sort of vetting. With zero skepticism. What’s the long term? We keep hearing that, but, it hasn’t materialized. Those weatherization programs just seem to be slush funds for donors. Affordable housing? What does that have to do with the RGGI? A lot of buzz words and phrases which are mule fritters.

RGGI is a multi-state cooperation meant to reduce carbon dioxide emissions that harm the environment, with the goal being to combat climate change. Its members include the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

So, 50, 34, 46, 38, 47, 43, 40, 44, 48, and 42 for most expensive energy states. Virginia will surely jump from 22.

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LOL: Someone Ran A Pro-ICE Billboard In San Francisco Before Super Bowl

By William Teach February 4, 2026 – 7:00 am

This has caused much gnashing of moonbat teeth, as American Sovereignty (never heard of them) ran ads

Pro-ICE Ad Appears in San Fran Before Super Bowl: ‘Defensive Player of the Year’

A new ad in San Francisco praising the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) is getting plenty of attention from residents and visitors in the run-up to Super Bowl weekend.

In total, three ads rotate on a digital billboard a few blocks from Pier 39, one of the main gathering spots for tourists arriving for the Super Bowl this week.

“There are three advertisements displayed in a cycle on the digital billboard at Jefferson and Mason streets,” KRON 4 reports. “One reads, ‘Defensive player of the year: ICE,’ and shows an ICE agent holding a trophy. Another reads, “Cheering because the home team finally started investing in defense,” with ICE agents shown in riot gear lined up along the border wall.

A third advertisement shows football players on one half with the words “They can’t win without defense,” and on the other half, ICE with the words ‘Neither can America.’”

I wonder if some left wing loon judge will rule that the banners must to taken down for some nebulous reason? Or if some left wing loons will damage the billboard, all while SF police officers look on? If the billboard owner will receive a bunch of death threats?

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Hotcold Take: This Cold Snap Feels Worse Because Of ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach February 3, 2026 – 3:00 pm

This is an Associated Press article which originally had the headline

How Climate Change and Human Psychology Make This US Cold Snap Feel So Harsh

as we can see at the US Today. The Boston Herald has the same, as do many many others. For some reason the AP change it to a less cultish one

Why this US cold snap feels bone-shattering when its not record-shattering

The brutally frigid weather that has gripped most of America for the past 11 days is not unprecedented. It just feels that way.

The first quarter of the 21st century was unusually warm by historical standards – mostly due to human-induced climate change – and so a prolonged cold spell this winter is unfamiliar to many people, especially younger Americans.

Because bone-shattering cold occurs less frequently, Americans are experiencing it more intensely now than they did in the past, several experts in weather and behavior said. But the longer the current icy blast lasts – sub-freezing temperatures are forecast to stick around in many places — the easier it should become to tolerate.

“We adapt, we get used to things. This is why your first bite of dessert is much more satisfying than your 20th bite,” Hannah Perfecto, who studies consumer behavior at Washington University in St. Louis, wrote in an email. “The same is true for unpleasant experiences: Day 1 of a cold snap is much more a shock to the system than Day 20 is.”

I suppose we should have seen this coming as a way to justify the cold as being not really that cold, it’s mostly in your minds because carbon pollution is making it warmer but also causing snow storms and cold weather.

Charlie Steele, a 78-year-old retired federal worker in Saugerties, New York, considers himself a lover of cold weather. In the recent past, he has gone outside in winter wearing a T-shirt and shorts, and has even walked barefoot in the snow. But this January’s deep-freeze is “much, much colder than anything I can remember,” he said.

Steele’s sense of change is backed up data.

There have been four fewer days of subfreezing temperatures in the U.S. per year, on average, between 2001 and 2025 than there were in the previous 25 years, according to data from Climate Central. The data from more than 240 weather stations also found that spells of subfreezing temperatures have become less widespread geographically and haven’t lasted as long — until this year.

Four whole days! Can we compare this to data from the previous Holocene warm periods? That would rather be required in order to do Science. Meh, that doesn’t matter to the Warmists, because this is a cult.

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