…is a lizard that will be stunned when carbon pollution causes the temperatures to plummet, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on the UK vs freedom.
Not sure what happens overnight, but, I notice that some mornings the CPU use at the server spikes, as may the RAM, so I restart a bunch of times, and things suddenly are fine for the rest of the day.
Read: If All You See… »
Yet again a liberal judge strikes
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s termination of protections for Haitians
A federal judge has paused for now the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitians. The status, known as TPS, allows holders to live and work in the US and was set to expire after Tuesday.
In a harsh 83-page opinion, US District Court Judge Ana Reyes of the District of Columbia on Monday granted the request by five Haitian TPS holders to temporarily block the termination while the case works its way through the courts.
The plaintiffs are challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s termination, arguing the agency didn’t conduct the necessary review of whether it’s safe to return to Haiti before deciding to terminate the protection. The suit also alleges the agency’s decision stems, in part, from President Donald Trump’s “racial, ethnic, and national-origin animus towards Haitians.”
Reyes slammed DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for referring to certain immigrants, including Haitians, as “killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies” on X in December. Plus, the judge wrote, Noem “ignored Congress’s requirement that she ‘review the conditions’ in Haiti only ‘after’ consulting ‘with appropriate agencies.’”
The thing is, the TPS was given an 18 month extension, which is the norm for a TPS period, which ends today, February 3rd, 2026. It’s right there in the name: Temporary. It’s not permanent.
Haitian immigrants became eligible after an earthquake rocked the country in 2010. The designation has since been renewed multiple times as the country faces a host of crises, including widespread violence by armed gangs, food insecurity, displacement and a leadership vacuum after the president was assassinated in 2021.
This has been going on for 16 years. How many are assimilating? How many are basically stuck in their 3rd (4th?) world shithole mentality? Why does no one else want to take them in? Why does the Dominican Republic have a big wall between the DR and Haiti? Heck, maybe it’s time to let the DR take over running the whole island so they can civilize the other part.
Read: Fed Judge Soon To Be Overturned Blocks Ending TPS For Haitians »
Hopefully more Republican states will follow
Oklahoma Bill Targets Climate Lawsuits Against Oil Companies
A bill filed ahead of the Oklahoma Legislature’s 2026 session aims to significantly limit civil lawsuits against oil and gas companies, particularly those alleging responsibility for climate change and greenhouse gas emissions.
Senate Bill 1439, filed by Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville, with Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, is titled the Energy Security and Independence Act. The measure would prohibit most civil liability claims against companies that lawfully produce, manufacture, and sell fossil fuels, unless plaintiffs allege specific violations of environmental or labor laws.
The legislation defines a “covered civil liability action” broadly, explicitly including lawsuits based on claims of fraud, misrepresentation, deception, or failure to warn when those claims are tied to climate change, its alleged effects, or greenhouse gas emissions.
If enacted, the law would sharply restrict the ability of cities, counties, or individuals to pursue climate-related litigation against oil and gas companies operating within Oklahoma, so long as those companies are complying with existing laws and permits.
Good. No one has tried this in Oklahoma that I’ve seen yet, but, it’s only a matter of time before an astroturfed group of kids or some city or county tries a shakedown suit, all while the plaintiffs continue to use fossil fuels themselves.
Meanwhile in Europe
Court rulings order Dutch and German governments to strengthen climate plans
The Dutch and German governments have been ordered to beef up climate change plans in potentially landmark court rulings.
The Dutch government has been told to bolster its adaptation and emission reduction plans, after a court ruled it had violated the European Convention on Human Rights and discriminated against residents of the Dutch-Caribbean island of Bonaire by failing to protect them from climate change.
Meanwhile in Germany, the federal government has lost its appeal against a ruling that its Climate Action Programme does not align with legal requirements.
Most of the citizens are tired of the climate crap which is causing their cost of living to skyrocket.
Read: Oklahoma Legislature Goes After Climate Cult Law Suits »
Huh
Let’s check ABC LA
LAPD will not enforce California’s federal agent mask ban
It’s a California law, federal law enforcement officers are banned from wearing masks while on duty, but the Los Angeles Police Department doesn’t plan to enforce it.
Police Chief Jim McDonnell said that, while he is frustrated by the way immigration enforcement has been handled, one armed agency approaching another armed agency to create conflict doesn’t make sense.
Chief McDonnell said that the state’s federal mask ban is not a good public policy decision, and it wasn’t well thought out.
The ban on face coverings, known as the “No Secret Police Act,” was introduced following immigration raids across Southern California that began last summer.
The Trump Administration is also challenging the ban, which went into effect on January 1.
There were a few whines from the Chief about the way things are being done regarding illegal immigration, and, he’s pretty much a politician at that rank, but, he knows there is zero chance the LAPD would be able to enforce the law on federal agents. You know most of the other law enforcement agencies in the state have zero intention of enforcing the law. It would be a losing proposition. Attempt to arrest federal officers in the course of doing their jobs while letting actual criminals go because they know prosecutors won’t prosecute? And potentially being arrested themselves for interfering? Especially when most of the officers will be Conservatives, even in very liberal cities.
It’s a small story, but, big enough for NBC News to cover it, which perfectly encapsulates what members of the cult do
How snowboarder Bea Kim fights climate change through her words and wardrobe
Without snow, there would be no snowboarding.
So, Bea Kim is fighting climate change with her words … and her wardrobe.
Whether the 19-year-old snowboarding star is speaking at the United Nations or thrifting for clothes to reduce the pollution caused by the fashion industry, she is making an impact one word — and one article of clothing — at a time.
“I couldn’t watch it happen and not say anything about it,” Kim said on an episode of NBC Local’s “My New Favorite Olympian.” “But also, I realized how quickly the danger of losing snow and losing winter and losing the future of my sport was and how real it really was becoming.”
Kim — who grew up in Palos Verdes, California — has traveled the world for snowboarding, a journey that will soon take her to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina.
Traveled the world, eh? On bike? Sailing ship?
She became a member of the climate advocacy organization Protect Our Winters, joining a group of outdoor athletes who became climate advocates to speak about climate change’s impact on winter sports and to push for clean air, clean water and a healthy planet.
And all of them traveling by fossil fuels
Kim’s other passion is thrifting — shopping for used clothing and goods at secondhand stores, garage sales or flea markets.
OK. Talking a lot and buying used clothes.
“I know each person has their own kind of sustainability goals and we’re all very imperfect advocates,” Kim said. “None of us are perfect in the way that we live our lives. I travel the world. My carbon footprint is enormous. But thrifting and secondhand shopping is definitely one way that I try to combat that a little bit.”
A little bit. Perfect phrase for most members of the cult of climastrology.
Read: We’re Saved: Snowboarder Totally Trying To Save The World »
…are palm trees that will soon grow in the Arctic, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Moonbattery, with a post on moonbattery in Nashville means no power.
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You know, there’s something missing from this The Hill article. They got close to the reality
Italians protest ICE’s presence at 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan
Hundreds of Italians took to the street to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) presence in the country ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.
ICE officers are expected to help with security at this month’s Milano Cortina Winter Games, which has sparked harsh backlash from residents and officials.
On Saturday, protesters gathered at the historic Piazza XXV Aprile, a square that pays homage to the end of Nazi control in Italy 80 years ago. Some demonstrators, however, said current conditions in the U.S. remind them of the fascism present in 1945 and the Gestapo.
“I don’t like what’s happening with ICE. I don’t want that to come here to Italy,” demonstrator Francesco Tattoni told NPR.
Hundreds. What’s the population of Italy?
“Obviously, ICE does not conduct immigration enforcement operations in foreign countries,” the DHS wrote in a Tuesday post on the social platform X. “At the Olympics, ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations is supporting the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service and host nation to vet and mitigate risks from transnational criminal organizations.”
Go back to that “expected to help” link
Homeland Security Investigations, a unit within ICE that focuses on cross-border crimes, frequently sends its officers to overseas events like the Olympics to assist with security. HSI officers are separate from the ICE arm at the forefront of the immigration crackdown known as Enforcement and Removal Operations, and there was no indication ERO officers were being sent to Italy. (big snip)
Another arm of ICE is Homeland Security Investigations. Agents from HSI conduct investigations into anything that has a cross-border nexus from human smuggling to fentanyl trafficking to smuggling of cultural artifacts. Agents from HSI are stationed in embassies around the world to facilitate their investigations and build relations with local law enforcement in those countries.
That unit typically goes to things like the Olympics due to the large amount of human trafficking that occurs, because these types of gatherings attract the people who smuggle people and drugs. This year is nothing new. Other nations send law enforcement agents to do the same. The US has considerably more resources to do something about trafficking then others, though.
Read: Italians Have Hissy Fit Over ICE Being At The Olympics »
This opinion piece by Alex Flint ignores one huge problem
If the climate movement wants to succeed, it must adapt
The global climate movement recently experienced its biggest setbacks to date. The United States withdrew from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change — which America helped design — and relaxed emissions standards for cars and power plants. Meanwhile, Canada eliminated its consumer carbon tax, and the European Union is scaling back its emissions reductions goals.
The climate movement inherited many of the instincts of the broader environmental movement, including a deep skepticism of development itself. As a result, it finds itself at odds with one of humanity’s most powerful and enduring forces: the desire to improve living standards. When climate advocacy runs counter to that aspiration, it fails to gain durable support.
“Movement”
If the climate movement is to succeed, it must reorganize around a different premise. Its measure of success should not be how much development it prevents but how much development it helps enable — while minimizing climate impact.
Anti-development
Any credible climate strategy must acknowledge that this demand is likely to materialize. Billions of people are still climbing the energy ladder. They want refrigerators, air conditioning, clean water, mobility and modern health care — and those desires are both understandable and legitimate.
Therefore, the climate movement’s task cannot be to suppress demand. It must be to meet that demand in ways that do the least harm to the climate.
Like they’re going to give up demanding Other People give up their own use of energy?
This reframing carries important implications.
First, climate advocacy will be most effective when it is grounded in demand and economics rather than moral appeals alone. People rarely respond to calls for sacrifice when the alternative is a better life. They do respond to technologies and systems that are cheaper, cleaner and more reliable than what they replace.
Look, the piece has 4 more pieces of advice, but, at the end, Alex forgets that this is a cult, and they do not want to change to being rational. Their moral outrage is baked into the actions of the cult. Their climahypocrisy is baked in. Their preaching and Crazy are baked in. Because it is a cult.
All those protests where a nightmare
ICE arrests over 650 illegal aliens across West Virginia with state, local police backing
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested more than 650 illegal aliens across West Virginia during a two-week statewide operation conducted in coordination with local law enforcement agencies and without protests, federal officials announced.
ICE said in a press release Sunday that the operation ran from Jan. 5 to Jan. 19 and involved 14 federal, state and local law enforcement partners.
ICE deployed teams to Charleston, Martinsburg, Beckley, Moorefield, Morgantown and Huntington as part of the operation.
Law enforcement officials arrested more than 650 illegal aliens, including individuals ICE said pose threats to public safety and national security, as well as others who entered the country illegally.
“This operation demonstrates how strong partnerships between ICE and West Virginia law enforcement agencies enhance public safety and the integrity of our immigration system,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia acting Field Office Director Michael Rose said. “By training and supporting our… partners across the state, we’ve expanded local capacity to identify, arrest and process illegal aliens while ensuring these authorities are exercised professionally and consistent with the law.”
Yeah, there were no protests. No caterwauling. No interfering. Just law enforcement working at all levels to get the illegals out of West Virginia, and the citizens of WV being fine with it.
They busted a bunch foreign truckers, and
Another illegal alien arrested during the operation was Ling Yan, a citizen of China also known as Yang Ning, who was previously convicted of two counts of endangering the welfare of children in Ravenna, Ohio.
ICE also arrested a convicted child sex abuser, an individual with drug possession convictions and numerous other offenders during the operation.
I wonder how many got shipped to WV by the Biden admin?
Read: Despite Massive Protests, ICE Arrests 650 In West Virginia »
…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is The Right Scoop, with a post on Trump explaining to reporters why he won’t help Dem cities with riots
It’s being somewhere warm week.
Read: If All You See… »
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