Chevron Tells PRC They Might Be Leaving

By William Teach March 26, 2026 – 7:00 am

I’m so hoping that Chevron will tell the People’s Republik Of California they will no longer sell their production in the state, especially to the state government

Chevron threatening to leave California

Chevron said it is threatening to close its oil refineries in California due to overregulation, which the oil company said is contributing to price spikes amid the war in Iran.

Due to California’s taxes, emissions rules and other regulations, which hit gas costs harder than in many other states, the price per gallon is well over the national average.

Tehran’s decision to effectively shut off the Strait of Hormuz has left millions of barrels of crude oil stationary, hurting economies in Asian countries, which heavily rely on oil from the Middle East.

In turn, Chevron, which imports fuel from China, South Korea and Singapore, is facing the brunt of the blockade. Amid the energy crisis, Beijing has banned fuel exports.

Andy Walz, who heads Chevron’s oil refining efforts, said leaders in California should be worried about the possibility of a fuel deficit in the Golden State.

First, why do we need to import fuel? America can produce more than enough. S. Korea does a pretty good business export. As for China, they import crude and export refined. So, apparently, rather than allowing production in California, which has lots of reserves, and refining it, because they’re worried about climate doom, the PRC imports it from those three countries and it comes on fossil fueled ships across the Pacific.

The Chevron executive said California has decided to “rely on imports,” which is playing a “dangerous game” when it comes to the fuel market.

Walz has urged California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and other officials to consider boosting in-state oil production and reevaluating its proposed incentives for companies that utilize renewable energy.

Even if Newsom wanted to do something, no way that the far left PRC state assembly allows it.

Chevron, which has operated in California for more than 140 years, says others are likely to follow suit.

“California refineries supply a broad range of transportation fuels, including aviation fuels that are critical to commercial and military operations, and they operate near major ports, military installations, and strategic hubs serving the Pacific region,” Chevron wrote in a letter to Newsom earlier this month.

And they well might. And, if they leave, do they sell in the PRC at all?

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Federal Appeals Court OKs Mass Detention Of Illegals

By William Teach March 26, 2026 – 6:45 am

If the illegals do not want to be held they can voluntarily deport

Appeals court upholds ICE mass detention policy

A federal appeals court upheld the Trump administration’s policy allowing mass detention of migrants awaiting deportation without bond.

In a 2-1 ruling Wednesday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was justified in detaining people without the possibility of bond.

The GOP-appointed panel’s decision specifically applies to the detention of Joaquin Herrera Avila, a Mexican citizen detained without bond by DHS agents last summer in Minneapolis. A Minnesota district judge previously granted Herrera Avila’s habeas corpus petition last October, which the government later appealed.

Judge Bobby Shepherd, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush, wrote the majority opinion, which was joined by Trump-appointed Judge L. Steven Grasz. Judge Ralph Erickson, who was also appointed by the current president, penned the dissenting opinion.

“The court now holds that Avila — and millions of others — are subject to mandatory detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2)(A),” Erickson wrote in his dissent. “In doing so, the court does not rely on recent Congressional action or a change in the regulations governing detention but rather engages in a novel interpretation of ‘alien seeking admission’ that eluded the courts and five previous presidential administrations.”

That part of the code says

Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), in the case of an alien who is an applicant for admission, if the examining immigration officer determines that an alien seeking admission is not clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to be admitted, the alien shall be detained for a proceeding under section 1229a of this title.

There’s nothing in there about bond, about being released. It says to be held. And held they shall be until such time as they have their proceeding, and then most will be sent away from the U.S. Erickson can be against it, but, hold them is the law as passed by Congress.

The Eighth Circuit Court covers Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Wednesday’s ruling is especially significant for the future of detention cases in Minnesota, where DHS led its largest ever immigration enforcement operation earlier this year.

The decision follows a similar ruling from the Fifth Circuit in February, which applies to district courts in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana, after a federal judge moved to throw out the Trump administration’s policy.

So, let’s send all the illegals to these states, forget anywhere else, that way no need to deal with any other suits from Democrats trying to protect illegals.

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Your Fault: Earth’s Climate Is Out Of Balance Or Something

By William Teach March 25, 2026 – 3:06 pm

I was going to discuss this wackadoodle pure cult article

Why emotional resilience should be at the heart of climate change education

The mental health effects of climate change are receiving growing attention, including how children and young people are uniquely affected. Supporting young people to build and sustain good mental health and wellbeing, and to feel prepared for life and work in an uncertain world, has never been more urgent. However, action is still lagging behind need – including in education.

It’s pretty much as wacko as it gets. But, then this anti-science piece

Earth’s climate is now ‘out of balance,’ new global report warns

Sherman Potter Bull CookiesThe Earth’s climate system is now “out of balance,” according to a new global report — with scientists warning that a key measure of warming has reached its highest level on record.

The latest “State of the Global Climate” report from the World Meteorological Organization finds that the planet is retaining more heat than it releases back into space, a growing gap known as Earth’s energy imbalance. And that imbalance is now accelerating.

In 2025, it reached its highest level since modern measurements began in 1960, the report found, signaling that heat is building up across the planet faster than before. At its core, the concept is simple: the Earth absorbs energy from the sun and reflects some of it back into space. But rising greenhouse gas emissions are disrupting that balance.

How do we know that this is different from previous Holocene warm periods? They have not been measured. If there is no direct and factual comparison there’s no way to know if anything unusual is happening now. How much is simply UHI and land use, localized effects from what Mankind does, as opposed to a tiny increase in CO2? Seriously, we’re only talking about a 1.7F increase in global temperatures since 1850, nothing to doomsday about

Scientists and advocates say the findings underscore the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions; the World Wildlife Fund released a statement detailing that the world isn’t accelerating climate action fast enough.

“We can bring balance back to the world’s climate, but the window for us to do so before climate impacts spiral out of control is closing fast. The window for climate action is not closing on its own – it is being closed by delay,” Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, WWF Global Climate and Energy Lead, wrote in a statement. “Solutions that work exist, but without implementation at speed and scale by governments, the private sector and others, the world will not rise to the challenge of addressing the climate crisis … To turn promises into real results just requires the will to do so.”

And there we go, government must Do Something. Funny how that seems to be the answer. Yet, again, Warmists rarely make any changes in their own lives voluntarily, eh?

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 25, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a field perfect for a wind turbine, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on good guys 1, bad guys 0.

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SCOTUS Debates What It Means To Be “In” The US

By William Teach March 25, 2026 – 10:30 am

This could be interesting

Supreme Court questions what it means to be ‘in’ the US

A fight at the Supreme Court over the government’s power to block asylum seekers from reaching ports along the Mexican border may come down to the definition of the word “in.”.

There were some prickly moments as the justices heard arguments Tuesday about the legality of a “metering” policy the Obama administration experimented with — and the first Trump administration adopted more broadly — under which Customs and Border Protection agents turned back asylum seekers at the Mexican border.

A federal judge in San Diego and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the practice is illegal because federal law entitles any foreigner who is “physically present in the United States [or] arrives in the United States” to pursue an asylum claim.

That law needs to be ended, but, no way to do so with the way Democrats love them some illegals

Real Americans they do not care so much about

The court’s conservative majority appeared likely to conclude that the 1996 law applies only to people who make it “in” to the U.S., and not to those stopped at the border.

“Do you think someone who comes to the front door of a house and knocks at the door has arrived ‘in’ the house? The person may have arrived ‘at’ the house,” Justice Samuel Alito said to the lawyer arguing for the asylum seekers, Kelsi Corkran.

We don’t have to let them in. Let them apply for asylum outside the US and wait to see

However, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said turning people away could violate treaty obligations and lead to tragedy, just as the U.S.’ decision to refuse ships carrying Jewish refugees did in World War II.

“The majority of those people were shipped back or had to go back from where they came and were killed,” Sotomayor said. “That’s what we’re doing here.”

BTW, that was the Democratic president FDR doing that. Also, it’s a weird flex since Democrats hate Jews and take the side of Islamic jihad groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and nations like Iran.

Basically, it looks like, based on the arguments and discussion at SCOTUS, that they will rule that the U.S. doesn’t have to allow anyone into the US just because they’re screaming asylum, which at least 90% do not qualify for. The “in” word is important, because they are really not in the US.

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Weird: Maryland Supreme Court Rejects Climate Lawsuit

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

Usually you can expect a liberal court to rule in favor of liberal stuff, but, I guess like the NJ suit that their superior court killed, the facts were just too tough to rule against

Maryland high court rejects localities’ plea for climate change damages

The Supreme Court of Maryland denied a trio of localities’ attempt to hold multinational oil and gas companies accountable for their role in global climate change.

The court held that Baltimore, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County’s attempt to recover damages violates the Constitution and federal laws, including the Clean Air Act, that preempt state common-law tort claims based on global greenhouse gas emissions. The court further held that state courts are not the appropriate venue for localities to regulate international conduct.

“To hold the defendants responsible for foreign activity would necessarily require them to internalize the costs of climate change, which, in turn, would presumably affect the price and production of fossil fuels abroad,” Maryland Justice Brynja Booth wrote for the majority. “It would also bypass the various diplomatic channels that the United States uses to address this issue, such as the U.N. framework and the Paris agreement.”

The localities sued over two dozen companies, including Chevron, BP and Shell, along with an energy trade association, claiming they misled the public about the dangers associated with fossil fuel production, despite knowing for nearly 50 years of its link to climate change. The companies’ discrediting of scientific evidence amounts to a public and private nuisance, negligence, failure to warn and trespass, according to the localities.

And yet, Baltimore, Annapolis, and Anne Arundel County all continued to use the products of the companies they sued over climate doom and will continue to use them. Again, those companies who were sued should have stopped selling their products to those doing the suing.

“Quite simply, the notion that a local government such as Baltimore, Annapolis or Anne Arundel County may pursue state law nuisance claims against the defendants — seeking injunctive relief to abate injuries arising from global greenhouse effects arising from worldwide conduct — is so far afield from any area of traditional state or local responsibility that it cannot be seriously contemplated,” Booth wrote.

I’m still always surprised that we never hear from the justices or the lawyers of the companies being sued “hey, are you still using fossil fuels? Huh.” I’m not a lawyer, so, maybe that’s not relevant in that process, but, seems rather pertinent information to me.

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Delta Will No Longer Allow Members Of Congress Special Serices

By William Teach March 25, 2026 – 6:45 am

I’m not sure why elected members of Congress, ie, Public Servants, and their staffs get these perks in the first place anymore. They are not aristocracy, and shouldn’t get anything We The People do not get or have to pay for

Delta suspends specialty services for members of Congress amid shutdown-driven TSA delays

Delta Air Lines has cut off special services for members of Congress at airports, as the industry continues to feel the effects of the government’s failure to pay Transportation Security Administration workers.

On Tuesday morning, Delta issued a statement saying it would temporarily suspend specialty services for members of Congress “due to the impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown.”

Members of Congress are given special treatment at airports, including expedited screening, escorts through airports to bypass long security lines, and dedicated reservation desks that, among other things, allow them to make last-minute changes.

TSA workers hit their third period without a paycheck since funding for parts of the Department of Homeland Security was halted because of an impasse between the White House and Congress over immigration enforcement and voting policies.

If you want expedited screening you have to pay for that, right? Why do Congress members not have to pay for that themselves? Too bad Delta cannot restrict just the Congress Critters who have voted against funding DHS (especially since most of them are Warmists who hate fossil fuels)

Two industry sources pointed at the amount of business that airlines have before Congress — one of them specifically cited periodic bailouts — in contending that the companies should avoid alienating or angering lawmakers as they push for a solution.

“Get through this,” said one airline lobbyist. “Don’t be doing things to members.”

Bah! Hopefully United, American, and a few of the other big carriers will follow through (make Congress fly Spirit). Heck, the TSA and the private contractors doing the job of TSA at some airports should put and end to it. If the GOP was smart (snicker) they’d trot a bill up in the House and Senate requiring members of Congress to be treated exactly the same as the rest of us peasants.

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Trying To Decide On New CRV Vs Staying With Accord

By William Teach March 24, 2026 – 8:47 pm

It wasn’t something I was looking to do, but, we are getting wild deals for the next couple of days. I’d be going from a 2024 Accord Sport L to a 2026 CRV Sport L FWD. The monthly goes from $380 to $415, but, also going from 10K miles a year to 12K. Don’t necessarily need 12, but, gives me a bit of play room. New Accord weirdly is about $435. Usually get the best leases on Accords (and Ridgelines). So, kinda writing out this info for my thoughts

Accord benefits:

  • The seats are bit better. A little wider, a little longer. Unbelievably comfy
  • Built in compass. CRV weirdly doesn’t have one
  • Center touch display is wider, so, can see info like the compass, music playing if you have full map on Android Auto (or Apple Carplay if you have that), and can binge obsess over instant fuel economy with it being a hybrid. Maybe it’s better to not obsess?
  • I’m more of a sedan person. I do not have issues getting into one
  • 4 MPG better than a CRV FWD (you lose a lot going to AWD with hybrids)
  • Things are hidden in the trunk
  • Side view mirrors are bigger than CRV

CRV benefits

  • Parking sensors (not a biggie, I know how to park)
  • Power tailgate. Not a biggie, but, can be easier when grabbing groceries and being able to press button on remote or tailgate
  • Heated mirrors. Huge. Weirdly do not have that on Accord, even though the much lower trim SE has them. I live close to the river, and can get really bad ice and fog. I keep deicer in the trunk
  • A little easier to see the blindspot monitors in the mirrors
  • Rear wiper. I miss this from my previous Civic Hatchback. Accords need them, rain kinda sits there, makes hard to see out the back window
  • Big one, 320 watts for the stereo vs 180 for Accords (which boggles the mind. They could at least do 240). 180 is not a lot over 8 speakers
  • Silver is all we have for non-premium colors. Because I will not take black. If I did white it would be about another $12 a month. Do not like the Urban Grey. Not going to do a dealer trade for blue or dark gray, not at this price. It’s what’s on the lot, and the dark gray isn’t coming till next month, too late. I could live with silver. Never had a silver car before.
  • 15 watt wireless charging pad. Would have to get some sort of stuff holder which hangs off the side of the console, I have too much crap in that tray.

I’d love the green Trailsport CRV, but, it’s cloth seats. Nah. Not for that price. Does have a heated steering wheel, nice when cold. Nah. You do lose a lot of MPG being AWD and with the “all terrain” tires. Funny, about the only reason people buy them is because they are green. I’ve never sold a different color.

Hmm, I think I might have convinced myself.

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Surprise: TSA Lines Already Getting Much Shorter With ICE Presence

By William Teach March 24, 2026 – 3:00 pm

Letting the TSA agents do what they were trained to do while ICE and other federal agents do security. Or, were there that many illegal aliens flying through Atlanta?

WATCH: Shorter Lines at Atlanta Airport as ICE Agents Assist TSA

Lines are shortening in airports such as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, one day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrived to more than a dozen airports to assist the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) amid the partial government shutdown.

Fox News Business reported a “remarkable” change in the TSA line at the Atlanta airport on Tuesday.

“It is exponentially different here today than it was this time yesterday, over the weekend. As you can see, there is a very short line right now,” a reporter on the ground said, noting that they do not know if it is simply a light travel day or due to ICE agents assisting with crowd control and ID checks.

Images of the line show a night and day difference from the chaos that unraveled over the weekend into Monday, when TSA wait times exceeded four hours at some airport terminals nationwide.

Not sure why anyone would want to go through Atlanta, that place is a nightmare. And I’ve been to Newark, JFK, LAX and Denver.

Fox is reporting the same, as is CNN. Day 1 and a big difference. Phoenix’s airport is likewise seeing a big drop in wait times. And one thing to notice is that the ICE agents have no need to cover their faces, because the Typical Democrat Moonbats cannot come into the airports and cause the same problems they do out on the roads. They cannot dox them, cannot harass them and their families at home and out and about.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 24, 2026 – 1:00 pm

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

The blog of the day is IOTW Report, with a post on a petition in Oregon to ban hunting, fishing, and livestock.

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