If All You See…

By William Teach January 16, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a perfect place for a wind farm, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Bearing Arms, with a post on Australian gun grabbing not going well.

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Washington Post Surprised Venezeula’s Socialist Leaders Want To Work With Trump

By William Teach January 16, 2026 – 10:30 am

Trump Derangement Syndrome is a hell of a thing, where it drives people who are supposed to be rational into utter shock over things that happen, like

With Maduro in U.S. custody, his lieutenants warm to Trump

Last month, as U.S. forces were massing off Venezuela, government officials here — the political heirs to Hugo Chávez, founder of the country’s socialist state — vowed American intervention would ignite 100 years of war. “If they attack Venezuela,” one senior official said, “not a single drop of oil can leave here for the United States.”

But since the U.S. military’s stealth operation Jan. 3 to capture President Nicolás Maduro, the leaders of a newly pragmatic Chavismo seem to have walked through a looking glass to welcome Los Yanquis with open arms.

Two countries with leaders of sharply different ideologies are moving toward the creation of a neo-colony here in South America, with Washington holding the purse strings (and all the cards). The Venezuelans, whether motivated by the threat of more U.S. force or an assessment that a diplomatic reset with their longtime nemesis to the north is now the best — if not only — course, are moving quickly to reestablish formal ties while working on legislation that could grease American investment in the key oil sector.

President Donald Trump, who until Maduro’s capture condemned his authoritarian regime, hailed Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro’s vice president and now Venezuela’s interim leader, as a “terrific woman” after they spoke Wednesday. Cast aside has been the pro-democracy movement led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado — a “nice woman,” Trump said this month, but “lacks support” and is “not respected.”

It’s all about the pragmatism: those Venezuelan leaders seem to understand they could be next after Machado and that they could be seen as heroes if they are in charge as the economy turns around. If they’re the ones providing toilet paper and beer to The People they will great! They also get to keep power. They like that. They are essentially going to be high ranking employees of Trump, Inc. Trump gets to do what Trump does: reduce the flow of drugs out of Venezuela and into the US (he hates drugs) and turn a “company” around. He gets to try and make Venezuela into a productive, wonderful, just wonderful, it’s really great, people want to go there, country.

As for Machado, the NY Times did a whole whiny piece, failing to understand that the best thing Trump can do is not be all gung ho about her, which would cause Leftists to call her a Trump dupe and pull all support for her in a rage of TDS. Anything and anyone that Trump supports gets the opposite from the Never Trumpers.

Rodríguez this week called for a new political era, using language that would have been shocking two weeks ago. Her government’s release of some political prisoners, she said, should make clear that Venezuela aims to “allow understanding” and embraces a “political and ideological diversity.” She was seeking energy cooperation with the United States, she said Thursday, “based on decency, dignity, and independence.”

“If one day I were to have to go to Washington, as acting president, I would do so, on my own two feet,” she said, “carrying the tri-colored flag.”

Well, she wants to stay in power. It’s much easier to work with the Trump admin than oppose them.

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LOL: UK Might Face Energy Rationing Before Next Election

By William Teach January 16, 2026 – 7:15 am

I wonder how quick the trees will be cut down for heating and cooking? (via Green Jihad)

Britain at risk of electricity rationing before general election

Britain risks electricity rationing by the next general election unless its fleet of ageing gas-fired power stations is urgently upgraded, a new report has warned.

More than a dozen of Britain’s gas-fired power stations are so old that they may not last until the end of the decade and key parts required to upgrade them take years to arrive on order, energy consultancy Watt-Logic said.

It called on Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, to face up to the threat amid growing concern over UK power supplies, which still rely largely on gas despite the expansion of renewables.

“Without urgent action to secure dispatchable generation and stabilise the gas network, the UK faces escalating risks of supply shortfalls and widespread system failures well before 2030,” the report warns.

Replacing reliable, dependable energy for unreliable “green” energy has worked wonders, eh?

About a third of the UK’s electricity is generated by gas-fired power plants – but on windless days, this proportion can double.

The gas plants are old and the UK is planning on shutting down 8 out of 10 nuclear power plants by 2030.

A spokesperson for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said: “The National Energy System Operator, has been clear the faster we decarbonise, the more secure we are.

“Gas will continue to play a key role in our energy system as we transition to clean, more secure, homegrown energy.

“That’s why we are also delivering the biggest upgrade to Great Britain’s electricity network in decades to deliver clean power by 2030 and beyond.”

OK, so, y’all over there in the UK just have to suffer till 2030. And then you’ll get new excuses.

As Green Jihad notes

Wind and solar generation capacity could be tripled, yet three times zero is still zero. Miliband understands that the genuine crises will only emerge after the upcoming election, so he’ll push to devastate the nation in the meantime, safe in the knowledge that he won’t bear the repercussions.

Funny thing is, the morons will still vote for the politicians who do this to the peasants.

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Tim Walz Ask Trump To “Turn The Temp Down”, Admin Says Walz Should Sit This One Out

By William Teach January 16, 2026 – 7:00 am

I mean, this took a lot of chutzpah by Tampon Tim

White House slams Walz, Democrats in Minnesota following governor’s ‘direct appeal’ to Trump

The White House pushed back Thursday after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told President Donald Trump to “turn the temperature down” following a warning from the president that he could invoke the Insurrection Act over unrest in Walz’s state.

In a “direct appeal” on X, Walz pleaded to Trump to “Stop this campaign of retribution” and said that “This is not who we are.” The Democrat’s comments came after a second U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)-involved shooting in Minneapolis in recent days sparked demonstrations in the streets.

So, Trump needs to stop but the wackos should keep “protesting”, and for Dems anything less than murder is peaceful. And Walz knows this. He won’t come anywhere near the violence he’s pushing for

“Tim Walz, Jacob Frey, and Democrat leaders in Minnesota have done nothing but turn up the temperature, smear heroic ICE officers, and incite violence against them — all in defense of criminal illegal aliens,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told Fox News.

“In Minnesota, ICE has arrested rapists, drug traffickers, domestic abusers, and more, despite Democrat opposition. The Trump Administration will protect the American people and enforce the law without apology. The only statement Tim Walz should be making is an apology. He has repeatedly compared ICE officers to Nazis and lied about their important work, including in his speech just last night,” Jackson added.

The White House’s Rapid Response team also criticized Walz, writing on X, “Tampon, you gave a statewide address last night calling for ICE agents to be prosecuted for enforcing the law, so you might want to sit this one out.”

Tim might want to keep a low profile, as I’m sure the DOJ would love to arrest him for inciting violence against federal officers to go with everything regarding all the massive fraud in Minnesota.

“Help us establish a record of exactly what’s happening in our communities. You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct these activities,” Walz said. “So, carry your phone with you at all times. And if you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record. Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity. But to bank evidence for future prosecution.”

It’s no wonder federal law enforcement covers their faces, because we have all witnessed what Democrats do to people.

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Bummer: Chinatown in SF Is Already Living Through Climate Doom

By William Teach January 15, 2026 – 3:00 pm

Reading something like this reinforces that this is not about science, but, hardcore leftist politics

San Francisco’s Chinatown is already living through the climate crisis

Climate change is no longer distant. It is not a future event or a theoretical debate. It is already reshaping daily life in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

This is one of the city’s oldest and most culturally rooted neighborhoods. It is home to 14,000 residents and more than 900 small businesses. These are not statistics. They are grandmothers living in single-room apartments, restaurant workers cooking with the windows closed, kids studying next to space heaters. The stakes are personal and immediate.

The majority of buildings were built decades ago, with little to no insulation or ventilation planning. Most do not have the structural capacity to respond to heat waves, wildfire smoke, or storm flooding. Poor air circulation compounds indoor heat and traps pollution. During wildfire season, many residents are forced to keep their windows closed, with only a small crack for airflow. Even then, the air inside remains heavy with smoke.

Chinatown is rather high, at least 64 meters, above sea level, and is on the downward slope of Nob Hill: water runs downhill, it doesn’t sit there. As for smoke, perhaps they should tell their governor and elected officials to manage the forested areas properly? It’s also a built up area: air circulation is never the best. Nothing to do with Hocoldwetdry

Children and elders are especially at risk. According to data from San Francisco Health Improvement Partnership, Chinatown’s geography and building density make it harder for air to circulate. Tall structures and narrow streets form physical barriers that concentrate vehicle emissions and ambient toxins. This leads to sustained poor air quality, especially harmful to young lungs and aging respiratory systems.

See? How is this Your Fault for driving a fossil fueled vehicle?

This is not just about temperature or weather. It is about access to breathable air, functional housing, and the basic right to live in health and dignity. And it is compounded by economic precarity and the lack of emergency support structures.

So, it’s not really about a small increase in global temperatures since 1850? Or coming doom?

During wet weather, the steep slopes of Chinatown become hazardous. Many elders avoid leaving their homes during storms, which cuts them off from groceries and community services. One rainy season can mean months of isolation or malnutrition for seniors who already face mobility challenges.

Many of the buildings serve multiple purposes — homes, religious spaces, restaurants, family businesses, childcare centers — all operating within the same footprint. The infrastructure was not built for environmental resilience. Outdated materials and inadequate retrofitting lead to higher energy bills, greater indoor exposure to extreme temperatures, and greater vulnerability during power outages or heat events.

OK, and? Perhaps if it wasn’t so darned expensive in SF something could be done. Why is ‘climate change’ being mentioned?

Climate resilience cannot be reserved for the well-resourced. It must start with those already bearing the burden. San Francisco’s cultural districts, and the people who built them, deserve more than symbolic recognition. They deserve action.

So, government must allocate a lot of money to this and pass it through NGOs which skim off huge chunks and feed some back to Democrat politicians. Perhaps they would be better off putting the money into policing and crime reduction programs. It’s not a particularly safe area.

Also, notice that the people who bitch the most never offer to help with their own time and/or money.

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 15, 2026 – 1:00 pm

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

The blog of the day is Jo Nova, with a post on how hot 2025 was (yeah, I decided to put this here rather than on the earlier post)

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CNN Provides Perfect Example Of Political Bias On Inflation

By William Teach January 15, 2026 – 10:30 am

See, higher inflation was fine under Biden, they protected him, but, smaller under Trump?

CNN called out for framing of inflation under Trump versus Biden in viral post

CNN is facing social media backlash after a social media user pointed out a perceived disparity in how the outlet framed the economy under President Donald Trump versus former President Joe Biden.

Following a Tuesday post on X from CNN regarding inflation under Trump, Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips pointed to a contrast in how inflation is framed now compared to Biden’s time in office.

In March 2023, CNN posted to their X account that “US inflation is still high, but it’s falling,” noting that the previous month’s “Consumer Price Index measured 6%, down from January’s 6.4%.”

Fast-forward to 2026, the outlet wrote on X that “US inflation remained at 2.7% in December, underscoring persistent cost of living challenges.”

Like this

Nope, no bias.

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Oh, Noes, 2025 Was Earth’s Third Hottest Year Ever Or Something

By William Teach January 15, 2026 – 7:15 am

It’s doom, you know

2025 was the third-hottest year ever recorded on Earth, data shows

Last year was the third-warmest in modern history, according to Copernicus, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service.

The conclusion came as no surprise: The past 11 years have been the 11 warmest on record, according to Copernicus data.

In 2025, the average global temperature was about 1.47 degrees Celsius (2.65 Fahrenheit) higher than from 1850 to 1900 — the period scientists use as a reference point, since it precedes the industrial era in which massive amounts of carbon pollution have been pumped into the atmosphere.

Ever, you know!

And that continues on and on from the cult leaning Credentialed Media, utter doomsaying, where it is either saying “on record” or hintimating that in Earth’s history. But, you actually have to read down into the articles, sometimes very deep, to find this

1940. That’s “on record”. They did not want to touch the 1930s, nor can the actually compare to previous Holocene warm periods, and, notice that things were actually not going crazy before the satellite era, and, suddenly, doom! It’s almost like there’s an agenda.

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Good News: America Has Negative Migration For 1st Time In 50 Years

By William Teach January 15, 2026 – 7:00 am

I was told by Democrats, their pet media, and Never Trumpers that the only way to accomplish anything close to this was passing a bunch of laws that would really mean legal status for millions of illegals/migrants/fake asylum seekers with a wink wink promise of securing the borders

US, for 1st time in 50 years, experienced negative net migration in 2025: Report

The U.S. experienced negative net migration in 2025 for the first time in at least half a century as a result of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, according to a report released Tuesday by the Brookings Institution.

Although the administration has undertaken aggressive removal efforts, the negative number is mostly due to a significant drop in entries into the U.S., the report said.

“We estimate net flows of -295,000 to -10,000 for the year,” the Brookings study stated. “Though a high degree of policy uncertainty remains, continued negative net migration for 2026 is also likely.”

The report attributed the shift to combination of the large drop in entries and an increase in enforcement activity leading to removals and voluntary departures.

The Trump administration’s suspension of many humanitarian programs — including most refugee programs with the exception of those involving white South Africans — and a decline in temporary visas also contributed to the negative net migration, the report said.

The report’s authors also predicted removals will increase in 2026 with funding from President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the report said will “likely allow for increased infrastructure and staffing to achieve a higher level of enforcement.”

According to the report, authorities also predict the net migration loss will see certain sectors of the economy experience “unexpectedly weak economic activity,” specifically businesses that serve affected immigrant populations.

More! More!

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Bummer: Sweden Backsliding On It’s Climate (scam) Agenda

By William Teach January 14, 2026 – 3:00 pm

St. Greta would be very upset if she wasn’t so concerned with protecting Hamas

Sweden is retreating from its bold green ambitions

Six years ago, the cobbled square outside Sweden’s parliament buzzed with energy as Greta Thunberg and her “Fridays for Future” demonstrators urged passing lawmakers to act on climate change through loudhailers and whistles.

On a recent Friday, it was far different. Two protesters, a small cardboard sign and a quiet vigil.

The energy that’s drained out of the campaign mirrors a broader deflation of green ambitions in Sweden and across the continent. Populist groups are pushing back against environmental initiatives, spurred on in part by Donald Trump’s anti-green agenda, and there’s been a weakening of near-term emission-reduction measures, especially where climate and cost-of-living policies have clashed.

The shift is widespread, but it marks a particularly sharp turn for Sweden, long a European leader on climate defense, driving aggressive emissions cuts through fossil fuel taxes and support for cleaner industries.

Perhaps the Swedish citizens got sick of the Green Authoritarianism and rising prices, especially when there is a real problem with Islamic extremists raping and harassing Swedish women.

Now, skepticism has taken hold in parliament, the environmental drive gone into reverse, and investors in giant clean industrial projects are getting cold feet. Among those at risk is the world’s biggest new green steel plant, strapped for cash before it’s even started production.

Sweden’s backslide is even more striking given its energy backdrop. The country not only has access to copious amounts of emissions-free electricity from hydro power, nuclear plants and wind farms; More importantly, it’s among the cheapest in the world.

Nuclear and hydro are great. Wind not so much when it’s too cold for them to operate.

The most high-profile commercial failure has been Northvolt AB. Once Europe’s best hope for local battery production for car makers and others, cost overruns and production delays pushed it into bankruptcy. After it ran into trouble, the government refused to bail it out.

Stegra AB — the start-up behind the green steel facility — has also received a cold shoulder from fiscal policymakers in Stockholm as it tries to raise capital to avert a funding crisis.

If they were so great they’d be able to operate without massive government backing as the private market says “nope, not worth it. We want a return on investment.”

With the next general election just eight months away, battle lines have already emerged around climate issues, and whoever wins will be hugely important to companies with ambitious projects. Opposition parties — including the Social Democrats and Greens — say they will renew the green push through an extension of credit guarantees and grants for emission-lowering industries, as well as a new state green investment bank.

Well, I guess we’ll see who wins.

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