If All You See…

By William Teach September 28, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is terrible heatsnow because Other People eat meat, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Irons In The Fire, with a post on “Two connected things over there”

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Bill Gates Says AI Could Kill A Billion

By William Teach September 28, 2026 – 10:30 am

The prophecies of Doom continue. Do the doomers think this help?

Bill Gates warns artificial intelligence ‘powerful enough’ to cause ‘a billion deaths’ if unchecked

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned that artificial intelligence (AI) could cause “a billion deaths” if left unchecked in the latest push to regulate AI on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.

During his interview, Gates, who previously warned that AI could be the “greatest equalizer” or “worst source of injustice” without some level of human regulation, stopped short of answering whether the technology could “end all of humanity” but argued that it could drive events that would lead to significant deaths.

“AI is certainly powerful enough to drive events that, you know, cause a billion deaths,” Gates said. “You know, so even though it’s pretty hard to get to 100%, there’s never been a weapon as powerful as the combination of people with ill intent using the latest AI tools.”

Gates is among several tech giants who have put forth warnings about AI, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Despite this, President Donald Trump has rejected calls to ease back on AI development in an effort to compete with other global powers like China.

Is it the job of the US government to restrict the development of AI? I’d like to see exactly where they have the authority. I really don’t think the commerce clause gives the power.

Gates disagreed, saying there “absolutely” needed to be more focus on regulation and legislation passed by Congress rather than concerns about global competition.

So, since Gates was essentially involved in both Microsoft and Apple (with a $150 million investment in Apple in 1997 to save the company), what is he doing to restrict AI in the products of both companies? Anything?

“The problem is that the rest of the world is either discounting this or just thinking of this as a competition. And it’s very scary that we don’t have all of the thinkers saying, ‘How do we want to shape this?'” Gates said.

Maybe they aren’t buying into the prophecy of doom, especially when those pushing doom fail to restrict their own products.

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Parents “Must Go Political” To Solve Climate Doom Or Something

By William Teach September 28, 2026 – 7:15 am

Must they? This sounds rather authoritarian

Parenting must be political in the shadow of climate change and the planet our children will inherit

In 2016, I became a mother for the first time. Many first-time mothers experience a profound shift in perspective and concern for the health and wellbeing of their new baby, which can become an intense focus on their child’s health, safety and nutrition.

My “new mother” anxiety became fixated on climate change and the degradation of the planet she would inherit. I spent the first few years of her life becoming increasingly preoccupied with the subject, endeavouring to change every aspect of my lifestyle to limit the impact I believed I was having on her future and on the planet.

Sounds like she went full cult and probably ignored her child and husband

Those years were a desperately anxious time for me, but in the process I became increasingly knowledgeable about the subject. I soon realised whatever individual changes I made would have virtually no impact on a planetary phenomenon of this scale.

Through deep dives into the science, I came to understand climate change was itself a symptom of the way we have organised our societies and economies. What was required was change at a societal, economic and global level.

Why, because you say so? Get f*cked

As a result, I turned my focus towards politics, because I saw political action as one of the principal means through which change could happen at national and international level.

My growing awareness coincided with the emergence of Greta Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion, and the rise of Green parties across Europe in the latter part of the 2010s. There seemed to be a rapidly growing public awareness of the climate crisis, reflected in the ‘Green Wave’ in Irish politics at the time.

So, wackos being wackos

Too often, people are presented with the absurdity of small individual behavioural changes as an adequate response to a crisis they are simultaneously told is structural, economic and global in scale.

Ultimately, one of the most effective things any of us can do is engage in our communities and political system, and push relentlessly for change at national and international level.

As we strive for meaningful change, we should be attuned to our concerns being mocked, dismissed or shamed. Shame is one of the most powerful and corrosive emotions for a socially attuned species. It can be an extraordinarily effective and manipulative weapon.

Really, this kind of crap is pre-COVID thought, where fewer people want government involved in forcing them to live a certain life, drive certain vehicles, eat certain things, etc. People may Believe in theory, but, these days people are backing away from the cult in government

There is nothing shameful about demanding that governments act quickly and effectively in response to climate change. There is nothing irrational about being frightened by what the science is telling us. And there is nothing extreme about demanding that the scale of the political response reflect the scale of the threat.

I’m not sure how many times I have written and said it, but, why is it that the cult members always want government to force Everyone Else to live a certain life while never talking about how they’ve changed their own lives?

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The Horror: Trump Personally Considering Building MLB Stadium In Grand Tetons

By William Teach September 28, 2026 – 7:00 am

It’s horrible!

I totally have to agree with JoJo, being someone who wants national parks to stay pristine

Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park

Major League Baseball has approached the Trump administration about hosting a game at a national park, officials from the White House and MLB confirmed Saturday.

The administration has scouted locations in Grand Teton National Park to build a baseball park to host an MLB game, according to two other people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Grand Teton is the country’s eighth-most-visited national park and is famous for its breathtaking views of the Teton Range of the Rocky Mountains. National parks are among the country’s most protected federal lands, and constructing a sports facility at Grand Teton could set a new precedent for the use of vast national park land in the Western United States.

An MLB official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said the league approached the administration after the success of MLB’s other stand-alone events, such as the recurring Field of Dreams game in Iowa. The idea of playing a game in a national park is one of several that MLB is exploring.

How dare Trump want to do this!

The White House said in a statement that MLB asked the administration “if it was possible to host a game at a national park, similar to the Field of Dreams game.”

“This is not a Presidential directive, nor is it being directed by the White House. It’s also not being driven by the Department of Interior,” the statement said. “Therefore, this is not a White House or Administration priority.”

Lies! All lies! Seriously, though, pretty much every other outlet covered this straight, not trying to push that Orange Man Bad wants to build a stadium in a national park

National Park Service Deputy Director Frank Lands visited Grand Teton National Park in recent days and looked at three potential locations for a baseball park within the park’s boundaries, the two people familiar with the matter said.

One of the sites that Lands visited is already disturbed land that is not pristine park property, these individuals said. Many parks have “bone yards” or storage areas for materials or equipment not being used.

So, basically, just some scouting, nothing decided, totally in the “it’s an idea” phase. And the WP and unhinged liberals online are now thinking about some big MLB level stadium and going moonbat after the crazy headline. But, hey, I wonder how they would act if Biden had proposed this?

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 27, 2026 – 1:17 pm

…is horrible carbon pollution driven heatsnow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Wired Right, with a post on “Your Sunday morning chuckles are here. Enjoy.”

It’s snow week

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach September 27, 2026 – 9:24 am

Happy Sunday! Another wonderful day in Returned America. The Sun is shining, birds are yapping, and it’s the last day for the MLB season. Everyone root for the Rangers to win and Astros to lose. Cheaters shouldn’t prosper (yup, I’m still sore on that World Series). This pinup is from an old trading cards series from the 50s.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Climate Change Dispatch: Are Ugly Electric Cars The End Of Beautiful Car Design?
  2. Jo Nova: It’s a Syndemic! Climate Change makes children eat junk food (they say)
  3. Watts Up With That?: “Implausible” Met Office UK Climate Projections Still Whipping up Unjustified Net Zero-Convenient Fear
  4. Independent Sentinel: James Talarico Is a Vote for Amnesty and a One Party State
  5. Wake Up America: 9/25p – The Deluge: Mystery Of The Lunatic Fourth Turning Is How The Supposed Intellectual Elite Became The Class That So Shamelessly Lost Its Collective Mind
  6. Victory Girls Blog: Abdul El-Sayed: Pay No Attention To That Sharia Speech Behind The Curtain
  7. The Last Refuge: New York Times Latest Example of AI Doom Fear is Silly
  8. The Gateway Pundit: HUGE: Trump Ends Joe Biden’s Electric Vehicle Mandate, Says Reduced Waste Will Lower Price of Cars
  9. The First Street Journal: Philadelphians really hate law enforcement, at least when it comes to their favored groups
  10. Powerline Blog: The Demand For Racism…
  11. Pacific Pundit: Shocker: Oregon governor poll has Republican Christine Drazan up two on incumbent Kotek (state hasn’t had a Republican governor in 40 years, since Reagan) –
  12. neo-neocon: Mamdani didn’t stop Netanyahu from speaking at the UN after all
  13. Moonbattery: Suspect in Murder of Pediatric Critical Care Doctor Was Out on Cashless Bail
  14. Liberty’s Torch: Was There Ever A “Melting Pot?”
  15. And last, but, not least, Jihad Watch has “Muslims Support Terrorism and That’s a Good Thing”

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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Oh Noes: Trump Threatens Entire US Healthcare System

By William Teach September 27, 2026 – 7:00 am

Seriously, this headline from the UK Guardian is reminiscent of wacko full moonbat bloggers during the Buuuuuuush admin (if they could even write his name, it was often like *ush), utterly hyperventilating, not a high end news outlet (which does admit they are leftists)

In latest blow to Obamacare, Trump is threatening the entire US health system

The Trump administration is removing 760,000 people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace on allegations of fraud, officials said on Tuesday – adding to previous efforts to chip away at federally subsidized insurance programs and likely causing some of the lowest-income Americans to forego healthcare, experts said.

The US government is also investigating about 420,000 people whom they suspect of fraud, and they are putting a six-month enrollment moratorium on new agents and brokers selling Obamacare policies, officials said at a press conference.

The removed enrollees are a mixture of “phantoms” and “ghosts” as well as people who don’t meet the eligibility requirements of Obamacare, said Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Um, yeah, looks like they shouldn’t be on Ocare, and fraud means money diverted from people who actually need it. But, apparently, this is Bad in Liberal World.

“These are not real people,” he said, claiming that expelling them from the ACA marketplace would save the federal government $2.2bn.

That could go a long way towards helping real people, right? Oh, wait, sorry, Orange Man Bad.

“There’s no transparency about who these people are and why they’re being disenrolled, but I think it’s a reasonable concern that some number are being disenrolled inappropriately,” said Edwin Park, a research professor at the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. “A common theme here is to make it incredibly burdensome for individuals to enroll and stay enrolled in their health coverage.”

He has zero proof, but, hey, why not give him time because Orange Man Bad.

Officials followed an unusual path to verify ACA enrollment, experts said. The administration sent to insurers a list of more than a million people suspected of being fraudulently enrolled in the ACA marketplace, also known as Obamacare. Officials said on Tuesday that they used AI tools to identify the enrollees.

The people were identified by three factors: they’d been enrolled by a broker or agent, had all of their ACA premium paid by the tax credit, and they had not supplied social security numbers or immigration documents.

Um, aliens, legal or not, are not supposed to get Ocare.

These disenrollments are happening in the context of major cuts to the marketplace. Premiums skyrocketed, doubling or tripling for some enrollees, after Republicans opposed extending the enhanced tax credits at the end of last year. Alongside other financial pressures, like higher energy and food costs, “there’s going to be an increasing number of people who can no longer afford their share of the premium”, Park said.

So, what you’re saying is that Ocare failed to bend the curve, and, in fact, increased costs all around? Huh. Sorry, Orange Man Bad.

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Dipsh*t Democrat Files 26 Articles Of Impeachment Against Orange Man Bad

By William Teach September 26, 2026 – 5:26 pm

These people are nuts. But, then, do they really want to truly talk about their agenda?

Donald Trump hit with 26 articles of impeachment

President Donald Trump has been slapped with 26 new articles of impeachment by a House Democrat, accusing him of abuses of power, violations of his oath of office, and a sweeping range of other alleged misconduct.

Representative Steve Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat and senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced the articles on September 24, just nine days after the House rejected a separate impeachment effort brought by Democratic Representative Al Green of Texas.

The latest effort comes as Democrats remain divided over pursuing impeachment against Trump.

First, this would be tilting at windmills. They’ll never get enough votes, and, come on, he’s out as of January 20, 2029. Second, they’ll waste so much time on this mule fritters that they’ll show the American people that they are batshit insane, and give the House and Senate back to the GOP (provided they win either one in 2026), and a good win for the GOP for the presidency. They’ll also get nothing else done, and I bet Trump simply ignores this idiocy.

Cohen’s resolution is considerably wider than Green’s. Its 26 articles encompass allegations involving Trump’s immigration policies, the use of military power, federal spending, tariffs, presidential pardons, the federal workforce, universities, law firms, the media, and alleged personal financial benefit from the presidency.

The first article accuses Trump of “undermining democracy” by sowing doubt in elections, while the second alleges an abuse of power by waging war on Iran without congressional approval. Another concerns alleged extrajudicial killings in international waters off Venezuela, while a fourth targets the deployment of military forces against U.S. cities.

Loony Tunes.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 26, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a super hazy day due to carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Feral Irishman, with a post on “TGIF! Irish Cracks A Beer and ………”

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Dallas Uses Evil AI Cameras To Grade Homes

By William Teach September 26, 2026 – 10:30 am

Really, the concern here should not be the AI, but that the Dallas government, which is two thirds Democrat, with a Republican mayor who used to be a Democrat, is grading homes. And, of course, the bureaucracy is usually left leaning. There was really no need to mention AI at all, that’s an attempt to make it scary

Dallas, your garbage truck is quietly scoring your home

Getting an HOA violation for an overgrown bush or improper parking used to be the work of a nosey neighbor. In some Dallas neighborhoods, that work is now being done by a garbage truck—fitted with an AI surveillance camera.

Since April, Dallas has installed dozens of AI powered cameras onto local garbage trucks to scan homes and buildings for potential code violations. The cameras come from Alabama-based technology company City Detect, which uses its own AI software to generate “blight-scores” for homes and buildings the cameras capture.

The City of Dallas in December is currently the largest municipality in Texas to contract with City Detect, approving a three-year, $2.5 million agreement for 100 cameras on nearly 50 sanitation vehicles dispatched around the city. Other North Texas cities affiliated with the company include Coppell and Little Elm.

According to City Detects website, their technology is aimed to create a “positive social impact” by providing detailed insights on sidewalk debris, grass height, litter, paint issues and others.The company maintains and stores the data while sharing it with Dallas’ sanitation and compliance department.

Is this a good thing or bad thing that the city will know issues on city property? But, really, shouldn’t the city have people who come around on a schedule to deal with maintenance on sidewalks, grass, etc?

While city leaders have defended the technology as an efficiency tool for addressing violations more quickly, it arrives at a time when distrust in AI-surveillance cameras relating to companies like Flock are at an all time high.

Whether it is AI or not makes zero difference. The city is using them to surveil citizen’s homes in a seriously naggy manner pretty much once every week, rather than code enforcement and such coming around periodically.

“The staff’s desire is to be able to have a cleaner, more tidy, orderly city, right? My concern is, as we’re learning more about AI and the lack of privacy and lack of protections, does the city have those protections in place to make sure my home, your home, our residents’ homes, and our privacy are protected,” Dallas City Council Member Chad West said in an interview with Fox4.

Do they, Chad? Why are you asking the question, you’re on the city council (also, I seriously dislike it all being capitalized).

Within four months of their deployment, the cameras have reportedly captured more than 20,000 potential code violations.

Thousands of residents received “courtesy notices” in the mail to correct things like driveway debris or overgrown weeds. Of that, 57 properties resulted in citations, which are issued after an actual code-officer comes to inspect the property.

The AI is not the problem: the problem is the consistent, weekly spying on the homes of citizens. Say, I wonder if they will do anything about gang and criminal activity?

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