Bummer: UN Faces Financial Collapse

By William Teach January 31, 2026 – 3:22 pm

Maybe it should collapse. It served it’s purpose at one time, but, now it’s just made up of Jew/Israel haters, climate cultists, and other wackos, and is a major source of graft and waste, and has been all this for at least 30 years

United Nations faces ‘imminent financial collapse’ without urgent action, UN chief says

The United Nations chief is warning that the world body faces “imminent financial collapse” unless its financial rules are overhauled or all 193 member nations pay their dues — a message likely directed at the United States and the billions it owes.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a letter to all U.N. member nations obtained Friday by The Associated Press that cash for its regular operating budget could run out by July, which could dramatically affect its operations.

“Either all member states honor their obligations to pay in full and on time — or member states must fundamentally overhaul our financial rules to prevent an imminent financial collapse,” he said.

While Guterres didn’t name any country in the letter, which was reported earlier by Reuters, the financial crisis comes as the U.S., traditionally the largest donor, has not paid its mandatory dues to the United Nations.

Why do we pay the most? We do the most to start with. Let others pay their fare share. Let them pay for UN forces to go into countries and rape and rob.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the United Nations has potential but has not lived up to it. His administration has withdrawn from U.N. organizations like the World Health Organization and the cultural agency UNESCO, while pulling funding from dozens of others.

The U.S. now owes $2.196 billion to the U.N.’s regular budget, including $767 million for this year and for prior years, according to U.N. officials, who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The U.S. also owes $1.8 billion for the separate budget for the U.N.’s far-flung peacekeeping operations, and that also will rise.

Pound sand.

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 31, 2026 – 2:11 pm

…is horrible fossil fuels driven heatsnow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Gates Of Vienna, with a post on protesting a plastic pig.

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NY Times Apoplectic Minnesota Mostly Peaceful Protest Called “Insurgency”

By William Teach January 31, 2026 – 10:30 am

It took two Fish Wrap writers, Greg Jaffe and Thomas Gibbons-Neff, to do this “news analysis”, for which they are upset by the term insurgency. I don’t remember anyone at the Times complaining about the term “insurrection” when a different incident happened

Politicians Are Calling the Protests in Minnesota an Insurgency
The term, used to describe war, poses dangers when applied to American political unrest.

The day after federal immigration agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a U.S. Senate candidate in Maine spoke with his supporters about resisting the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Graham Platner, a Democrat and Marine combat veteran, urged them to join “watch groups,” “rapid response teams” and “intelligence collection networks” to alert citizens and potential targets to the presence of federal immigration agents in their communities.

“Don’t just join a Signal thread and monitor it,” Mr. Platner told the audience in the coastal town of Kittery, referring to the encrypted texting app. “You’ve got to get in a room with people. You’ve got to develop relationships and trust.”

Mr. Platner was talking about a form of nonviolent resistance that employs methods common in war zones like Syria and Ukraine, where civilians built text chains to track and seek shelter from enemy attack drones and fighter jets.

Kinda sounds like an insurgency to me, especially coming from the guy who had the actual Nazi tattoo.

Increasingly, though, Republicans have described the measures he was highlighting as something else: an American insurgency.

“The issue is always revolution, right? That’s what these people want,” Representative Eli Crane, Republican of Arizona and a former Navy SEAL, told the right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson on Monday. “They want to fundamentally remake and tear down the institutions and the culture of this country.”

To Mr. Crane, the resistance in Minneapolis and elsewhere added up to “communist insurrection,” and he argued that President Trump should use the U.S. military to reimpose order.

The article next mentions Tucker Carlton, but, he’s gone full wacktard, I don’t listen to him anymore, and Seth G. Jones. Whatever. That’s it. That’s the whole of the argument

They started this garbage early January. Sure looks like an insurgency, eh?

To Emma Sky, who spent years in Iraq advising U.S. military commanders, the masks evoke the state-sponsored sectarian militias that were often sent out by Iraqi strongmen to terrorize civilians. “It is in dictatorships and authoritarian systems that opposition movements are routinely described as terrorists or insurgents, which signals that violence is the appropriate response,” said Ms. Sky, a lecturer at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs.

Those who label protesters as insurgents or domestic terrorists and suggest that they must be put down using force or arrest ignore the fact that most insurgencies are resolved through negotiation.

Good grief. Was this actually written by Media Matters? Or the insurrectionists? Don’t attack federal agents and their families at home and they won’t have to be masked.

Anyhow, almost no one is using the term insurgency. It’s usually things like assholes, dipshits, retards, wackjobs. How many called J6 an insurrection? The words was thrown around by tons of politicians and media talking heads. Other terms were “attempted coup”, riot (closer, though most were peaceful), and treason. For a short little action that was over in a couple hours. No one attempted to hold the Capitol. No one seemed to be worried about “dangers when applied to American political unrest”. How long has the crap been going on in Minneapolis? All to protect felons illegally present in the U.S.

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Bummer: Trump’s Fed Pick Could Move Fed Away From Climate Scam

By William Teach January 31, 2026 – 7:15 am

Good news, since the US central bank really shouldn’t be focused on cult beliefs

Trump’s Pick to Lead the Federal Reserve Could Steer Bank Away From Climate Change

stop global warmingThe fight over control of the Federal Reserve has revolved around interest rates and inflation, but President Donald Trump’s choice to be the bank’s next chair could sway how the agency assesses climate risks, too.

In a speech last year to a group of financial leaders that was broadly critical of the Fed, Kevin Warsh called climate change a “politically charged” issue that the bank would do better to avoid.

“Central bankers and bandwagons should be strangers,” said Warsh, who has previously served on the Fed’s board and is currently a visiting fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. “It would be better for the Fed’s long-term success to focus on the time-honored and the enduring, rather than the fashionable and the fleeting. I observe the modern central bank to be a bit too willing to traffic in contraband.”

Exactly, they shouldn’t get involved with bandwagons and fads and cults.

Many activists and some Democrats have criticized the Fed for not doing more to address climate change. The European Central Bank, in particular, has taken more steps to try to limit those risks.

In 2023, the Fed and two other agencies issued guidelines for financial institutions on assessing their own climate risks. In October, the agencies withdrew the guidelines, saying they were not necessary because existing rules required banks to examine “a range of risks, including emerging risks.”

How about minding your own cult business?

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Dem Governors Erect Wall Against Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

By William Teach January 31, 2026 – 7:00 am

I’d go with the old “so, walls work, eh”, but, this one is about as good as a 6 foot wall to contain Malinois dogs

Democratic governors scramble to build a legal wall against Trump’s deportation agenda

Democratic governors are racing to erect new legal barriers to President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation strategy, limiting the reach of federal immigration officials in their states.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an order restricting how closely police can work with federal agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger on her first day in office rescinded her Republican predecessor’s executive order that encouraged such cooperation. And in Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker called for a state oversight commission that he created to expand its investigation into immigration enforcement practices, with an additional focus on senior figures in the Trump administration.

On Friday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul became the latest to make an immigration-related move. She is seeking to end agreements that allow federal agencies like ICE to deputize local police officers for the purpose of carrying out civil deportations.

“We’re sending a strong message to ICE: You will not weaponize our police in the state of New York,” Hochul said.

“Seeking”? Hasn’t ended them? But, you know what? ICE will show up whether you want them or not, and it would work out better if you just handed over illegals caught committing crimes by law enforcement as well as honoring detainers

Taken together, the efforts paint a picture of growing alarm among state-level Democratic executives after the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, by federal immigration officers roiled the nation. National polling found voters’ support for ICE’s actions and Trump’s aggressive deportation plans have sharply dropped while the president has signaled plans to pull back on efforts in Maine and Minnesota, where Pretti and Good were killed. A POLITICO poll this week found nearly half of Americans — 49 percent — believe Trump’s deportation effort is too aggressive.

Stop whipping your dipshit, unhinged, moonbat, brainwashed voters into a lather and they won’t get hurt. Interfering with law enforcement is stupid, and you are pretty much giving them the green light to do so.

“What we’re seeing is a direct response to the Trump administration’s lawlessness and the way in which they’ve been operating with impunity,” said New York Immigration Coalition Executive Director Murad Awawdeh. “States as a whole should be embracing their ability to self-govern. They’re exercising their right to state sovereignty in this moment.”

Boy howdy, these Democrats are stupid. All that’s being doing is authorized by federal law, and states have no sovereignty in this matter. As for self governance, don’t take federal money. Also, you made the choice to shelter illegal aliens who are murderers, rapists, and child abusers.

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People’s Republik of Michigan Trying Novel Approach In “Make Polluters Pay”

By William Teach January 30, 2026 – 3:03 pm

Will Michigan also shut down all their airports? Ports? Fossil fueled vehicle plants?

Michigan Wants to Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Change

We’ve known for a while now that Big Oil is freaking out about climate change lawsuits. For months, their lobbyists have been urging Congress to pass a liability waiver so they can’t be sued for climate damages. Recently, the American Petroleum Institute, or API, the industry’s largest and most powerful fossil fuel trade association, declared that ending “abusive state climate lawsuits” is one of its top priorities for 2026.

But if Big Oil was nervous before, they should be feeling absolutely terrified now, following the filing of a new lawsuit last week by Michigan’s Attorney General Dana Nessel. This one uses a different approach, alleging that the fossil fuel industry engaged in anticompetitive conduct, in violation of state and federal antitrust laws.

Most of the climate accountability cases to date have been filed under state consumer protection laws; antitrust is not yet a central part of how people understand our climate crisis. But over the last four years, there has been a revolution in the antitrust field. We’ve seen antitrust laws, long semidormant, applied in areas ranging from pharmaceuticals to fast-food wages to housing costs to health insurance—issues that hadn’t been the focus of antitrust challenges before. Michigan’s complaint demonstrates that Big Oil’s climate conspiracy also fits this framework remarkably well.

Um, ok, but, they can only sue using state law, not federal, and only in so much if they can prove fossil fuels companies, which the state of Michigan uses heavily for its operations, engaged in anticompetitive behavior per the law. Because any attempt to look outside the state could see the suit killed off just like the New Jersey one.

A key purpose of federal and state antitrust laws is to stop businesses from combining “in restraint of trade” to unfairly shut out competitors and deprive society of the benefits of competition. Antitrust laws were designed to protect open, thriving markets. They prevent existing companies from colluding against new entrants in the market, a practice that serves to slow down innovation and freeze technologies in place.

What if it’s government combining to stop the competition of fossil fuels companies and those who sell them and those that use them in their products?

Michigan’s lawsuit argues that Big Oil engaged in exactly this kind of shut-out-the-upstarts collusion against renewable energies—a decades-long conspiracy to, according to the initial filing, “forestall meaningful competition from renewable energy and maintain their dominance in the energy market.”

Can they prove it as it would apply against Michigan companies? Anyhow, blah blah in the article, but, none of the Warmists are giving up their own use of fossil fuels.

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 30, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…are pine trees that will soon die from carbon pollution driven bark beetles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jo Nova, with a post on the 15 minute city.

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Hakeem Jeffries Threatens To Put Kristi Noem On Ice

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

Is this a Sopronos or Goodfellas reference?

Obviously, there’s more to it

Jeffries threatens quick Noem impeachment push, says Stephen Miller also ‘needs to go’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that House Democrats are poised to launch impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem if President Trump doesn’t remove her from power “immediately.”

“She’s got to go — we are dead serious,” Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol. “She needs to be put on ice permanently.”

Jeffries did not put a date on the launch, but he said he spoke with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday to warn GOP leaders that the effort to topple Noem is imminent.

“If Kristi Noem is not fired immediately, impeachment proceedings will commence,” Jeffries said.

First, good luck with that when the GOP controls the House and Senate, and you will never get the required votes in the Senate even if you get it out of the House.

Second, imagine the caterwauling from the NY Times, Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, etc and so on, if a Republican had said “She/he needs to be put on ice permanently” regarding any Democrat. Everything else said would be ignored, it would be portrayed as a death threat.

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Your Fault: Climate Doom Cause Hot And Cold Extremes

By William Teach January 30, 2026 – 7:15 am

There is a reason I started calling it Hotcoldwetdry all the way back in 2011. And why it’s called a cult

Climate Change Is Fueling Extremes, Both Hot and Cold

On a typical winter day, the Arctic air that has gripped much of the United States this week should be a few thousand miles to the north, sitting atop the North Pole.

But as man-made climate change continues to disrupt global weather patterns, that mass of cold air, known as the polar vortex, is straying beyond its usual confines.

The escaped polar vortex is just one instance of extreme weather playing out right now around the world. With so much cold air much farther south than usual, typically frigid regions have become relatively balmy.

They just keep repeating this like a 2 year old who heard daddy say “f***”. On and on and on.

Colder colds. Hotter hots. These are the intense bouts of unusual weather that scientists for decades warned would become more common with global warming.

“This is the thing we’ve talked about with climate change,” said Judson Jones, a Times meteorologist and reporter. “The extremes are going to be more extreme.”

Which is a lie.

Warmists used to say that winter weather and cold were going to go away. Remember this?

Flashback 2000: ‘Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past’ – ‘Children just aren’t going to know what snow is’ – UK Independent

The doomsday cult came up with a talking point to explain winter, namely, that it is also your fault.

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Tom Homan Says Immigration Action Could Soon Draw Down In Minneapolis

By William Teach January 30, 2026 – 7:00 am

But, that would require something commonsense

Border czar Homan says feds plan ‘draw down’ of immigration agents if Minnesota officials cooperate

Border czar Tom Homan said Tuesday morning that he’s looking into a “draw down” of federal immigration officers from Minnesota after city and state officials agreed not to release immigrants who have criminal records and pose risks to public safety, so they can instead be transferred into federal custody.

Homan appeared to try to diffuse the increasingly tense situation in the Twin Cities between federal agents and the public and elected officials, while maintaining the federal government’s hard-line approach in Minnesota.

Homan said he reached agreements this week with Governor Tim Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison that federal immigration officers could conduct enforcement in jails to arrest immigrants with criminal records.

“This is common sense cooperation that allows us to draw down the number of people we have here,” Homan said.

As local elected officials cooperate more on other efforts, Homan said, he’ll withdraw additional federal agents.

It is really that easy. Don’t protect illegals who commit crimes. Give them up to ICE as soon as you know they’re illegals. Honor ICE detainers. That will keep that mass deployments out of cities, where they will end up taking the illegals who haven’t committed any crimes (other than being illegals) in large groups because Los Federales know exactly where they are.

However, Homan also said he plans to stay in Minnesota until “the problem’s gone,” adding that he plans to continue to have conversations with elected officials, police chiefs, business owners and religious leaders to seek solutions. Homan delivered a 20-minute address Thursday morning as part of his first public update since arriving in Minnesota Monday at President Donald Trump’s direction.

Enforcing federal law is fun!

‘Could happen anywhere’: Mayors gather in D.C. to discuss immigration enforcement in their cities

A meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors is typically a chance for political leaders to share ideas on issues like housing, climate change and AI. But attention at this year’s winter gathering in Washington D.C. that kicked off Wednesday kept turning to dealings with the federal government, immigration enforcement in cities and violent confrontations in Minneapolis.

“?Every conversation I’ve been a part of here, no matter what the initial agenda was about, has included questions from mayors saying, ‘What should I do to prepare my community for what might come? How will I know if they’re coming?’” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu told WBUR Wednesday evening.

Simple. Go back to the part about not sheltering illegal alien criminals.

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