Surprise: Green LA Firm Crashes Over Fraud Claims

By William Teach October 14, 2025 – 3:30 pm

Why does it seem that most involved in pushing “green” is just some sort of shady scheme?

Drake, DiCaprio, the Clippers backed this ‘green’ L.A. firm. It crumbled amid fraud claims

Aspiration Partners made a splash when it entered the green investing space in 2013.

The Marina del Rey firm billed itself as a socially conscious online banking company, offering investments and focusing its finances on the climate crisis. It also generated and sold carbon credits meant to help offset greenhouse gas emissions.

Soon, it collected celebrity investors such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando Bloom, Robert Downey Jr., and Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft chief executive, philanthropist and owner of the Los Angeles Clippers.

But 12 years later, things have turned sour.

Earlier this year, the co-founder and another top company official agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud charges and scheming to bilk investors using falsified documents. Aspiration went bankrupt.

It’s fast, easy money taking advantage of people who want to show the cult flag, even though few of them practice what they preach.

It came at a moment of rising concern about climate change, and Aspiration seemed to capitalize. Sizable deals rolled in, including a $315-million pact with Oaktree Capital Management and Ballmer.

The firm even partnered with rapper Drake in 2021, using its reforestation program to offset the artist’s estimated climate impact. The company at the time claimed its business partners and customers had funded the planting of 15 million trees over the course of a year.

This really isn’t surprising at all. It’s all a scam. And the rest of the LA Times piece describes in detail all the shady dealings, but, fails to note that “green” is shady.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 14, 2025 – 2:09 pm

…is a super foggy day from too much carbon pollution causing Bad Weather, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Gateway Pundit, with a post on a loony tunes federal judge ordering ICE to tear down a security fence

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New Liberal Talking Point: Trump Forgot To Mention Palestinians In Peace Deal

By William Teach October 14, 2025 – 10:30 am

Democrats will do anything to not want to give Trump credit for the peace deal, and anything to take the side of the murderous Palestinians, so, here’s the wackadoodle Washington Post leading the charge

Trump, hailing a ‘new Middle East,’ avoids the hard questions ahead

A ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Gaza war, the release of remaining Israeli hostages, and the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza were welcome first steps in addressing the long-running conflict in the Middle East. Whether they will mark what President Donald Trump on Monday called the “historic dawn of a new Middle East” is another matter entirely.

During a whirlwind, 11-hour victory lap in Israel and Egypt, Trump was rightfully congratulated for spearheading the deal that brought both Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to heel.

But in speeches, Trump sidestepped any mention of the seismic chasms that remain in the region — including the West Bank, where about 3 million Palestinians live in an ever-smaller space under increasingly militarized Israeli occupation and threatened annexation.

He predicted the rapid expansion of the Abraham Accords, his first-term achievement of normalization between Israel and a handful of Arab states, but ignored the insistence of much of the rest of the Arab world that the path to a viable, sovereign state combining the West Bank and Gaza under the Palestinian Authority must come first.

Would this be the same Arab world which refuses to take the Palestinians into their own countries, because of all the trouble Palestinians have caused in the past (there’s also another reason)? Because the Palestinians are backed by Iran and work with, protect, and support Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist groups?

“Any end to the war in Gaza is good, and I don’t want to belittle it,” said Marwan Muasher, former deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Jordan. But “it’s the dawn of a new Middle East if the occupation ends.” Trump, he said, “didn’t really mention the Palestinians at all.”

“Every president before him, while predominantly catering to Israel’s needs, has still found some room to talk about Palestinian aspirations. None, in this case. None,” Muasher said.

Hamas lost, and the Palestinians who back them lost. Without Trump Israel would still be demolishing Gaza. If Palestinians want to be considered then perhaps they should act like they deserve it, rather than working to destroy Israel and kill Jews. They don’t have to like Israel and Jews, but, they have to live with them, because Palestinians cannot win. Stop the violence, stop the attacks, and just live your lives and there won’t be problems.

An international stabilization force is envisioned to provide security in Gaza until it can gradually be turned over to a vetted and trained Palestinian force. But while the United States has announced a 200-member U.S. contingent to supervise the ceasefire from a base in Israel, no country has publicly said it would participate in the stabilization force and there is no evidence it is being assembled.

See, the other part is that Democrats want to shit on the plan because the details have not been hammered out in full detail as of yet, despite the peace plan being less than a few weeks old, and literally just signed. They didn’t seem to have this same concern when the 1,800 page Obamacare was signed and there were few details, which took years to work out, eh? This whining about the full details continues on for many more paragraphs. The main thrust, though, is that we should think of the murderous Palestinians

‘Change what you teach your kids,’ Condoleezza Rice advises Palestinians looking for a state

Palestinians will need to change the way they educate their children, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on CBS 24/7 on Saturday alongside former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Without sweeping changes in mentality, there can be no path to true self-governance for Gaza, Rice noted.

In an interview, the two former Secretaries of State praised the new Gaza deal and discussed what needed to change going forward in the region.

“Change the lessons that you teach your kids about the state of Israel,” Rice advised Palestinians looking towards the possibility of a potential Palestinian state. “Don’t create another generation of Palestinians who believe that somehow the resistance is the way to peace and security.”

Interestingly, the Palestinian kids were learning this in lots of the UN sponsored schools. They need to learn to live with Israel, just like most of the other Middle Eastern nations. They cannot win against Israel. But, they can live good lives if they just stop.

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Doomers Upset They Can No Longer Operate Without Consequences

By William Teach October 14, 2025 – 7:15 am

For years the climate cultists were able to pretty much do as they pleased, but, they really shot themselves in the foot with their ever-increasing wackadoodle stunts. The gluing, the throwing soup on paintings, the blocking roads, etc and so on, and the squawndered any good will by people who would have taken their side

‘It’s a road to destruction’: climate defenders facing surge in reprisals, says UN expert

Human rights defenders organizing to prevent climate catastrophe are facing a surge in reprisals, as governments around the world denigrate, delegitimize and criminalize activists in spite of worsening global heating, a top United Nations official has told the Guardian.

Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders since 2020, has documented hundreds of cases where states have sought to smear and silence climate defenders engaged in peaceful protest, non-violent civil disobedience and litigation.

“Attacks against climate defenders have surged over the course of the mandate, and we now see outright repression against people who are organizing for climate action. It’s some of the states that have claimed to be the strongest supporters of human rights defenders including the UK, Germany, France and the US, that are most often repressing climate activists and where the right to protest is being denigrated and delegitimized.

Maybe people do not like these wankers blocking the roads and making them late to work. Making them late to an event. Blocking ambulances and fire trucks. Trying to force people into joining a doomsday cult by government law/regulation.

Lawlor will present the penultimate report of her six-year mandate, “Tipping points: Human rights defenders, climate change and a just transition”, to the UN general assembly on 16 October.

It documents state repression including police violence and surveillance, civil litigation deployed to deliberately wear down and silence climate defenders known as Slapp (strategic lawsuits against public participation), as well as bogus criminal charges ranging from sedition, criminal defamation, terrorism and conspiracy to trespass, to public disorder and to disobedience.

Is this the same body which will be watchign 40,000+ take fossil fueled flights to Brazil, and then drive down a road to the COP30 buildings which saw a swatch of the Amazon cut down? Oh, and by police violence they mean dragging the wackos out of the streets.

In December 2023, the Just Stop Oil member Stephen Gingell became the first person to be jailed under the UK’s new public order legislation after taking part for 30 minutes in a peaceful slow-march protest on a London road.

They were given multiple orders and opportunities to clear the road. The law’s the law.

Lawlor is adamant that climate activists are human rights defenders. They use non-violent protest, disruptive civil disobedience and litigation to stop fossil fuel projects and pressure elected officials to take meaningful action precisely because they are trying to protect the right to food, clean water, health, life and a healthy environment.

First, no one asked you to do this for Other People. Second, we’ve seen the videos. Y’all keep breaking the law. If I go to Mary’s house or the UN building and spray paint on them, throw soup on them, that’s not violent, right? But, I bet Mary and UN security calls the cops on me and has me arrested.

On Thursday Lawlor will repeat calls on governments to stop treating climate defenders like enemies, and instead work with them on a just transition to prevent climate catastrophe.

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Even MSNBC Notices That Democrats Are Unable To Credit Trump With ME Peace

By William Teach October 14, 2025 – 7:00 am

But, being MSDNC, will they say this is a wise thing politically, or just petty and TDS?

The two words Democrats are avoiding in praising the Israel-Hamas peace deal

Democrats are heaping praise on the peace deal struck between Israel and Hamas, which unlocked the release of all living hostages in Gaza. But there are two words most Democrats are omitting when discussing the peace agreement: “Donald” and “Trump.”

In statement after statement, Democrats on Capitol Hill lauded the end to the fighting, the liberation of hostages and the hope of a new chapter in the Middle East, applauding “all involved in succeeding to broker the ceasefire agreement” and touting the “power of diplomacy” for getting the globe to that moment.

“After two years of abduction and torture, every living hostage is finally home. Those who were taken on October 7th will outlast the terrorist organization that tore them from their families and homes and unleashed a war of untold suffering,” Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., wrote on social media. “Against all odds, the timeless call to ‘Let My People Go’ has been answered.”

Notably, however, there was no mention of Trump.

The same could be said for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.

Jeffries called the agreement “an extremely welcome development.”

“The world will be a better place with a safe and secure Israel living side by side in peace and prosperity with the Palestinian people able to achieve the dignity and self-determination they deserve. We must all recommit to achieve that outcome,” Jeffries said.

Things like this

Anyhow

The divide between celebrating the deal while ignoring the man who helped broker it highlights the politically tricky terrain Democrats find themselves in. They want to laud the potentially historic peace agreement without giving credit to Trump, a figure they and their voters largely loathe and whose actions throughout the war have drawn criticism.

It’s the latest flashpoint in the long-simmering debate within the Democratic Party over Israel, which has pitted pro-Israel Democrats against progressive lawmakers who sharply criticized the treatment of Palestinians in Gaza — a discourse that has played out publicly.

How much is straight TDS, how much is Israel/Jew hatred (many are still Blaming Israel and commiserating with Palestinians/Hamas)? Or some combination? Heck, some Dems haven’t even mentioned the peace deal at all. And there are some Democrats, like Hillary Clinton, Jon Ossoff, and John Fetterman, who laud the deal and give Trump credit.

It shouldn’t be like this, not with foreign affairs when there is a definite win.

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UK Parliament Member Says “Nationalism” Biggest Threat

By William Teach October 13, 2025 – 3:26 pm

Obviously, it couldn’t be all the immigrants the Elites brought in and let into the UK, could it? Importing 3rd world values, Islamic extremism, violence, rape, grooming, etc

Nesbitt says English nationalism biggest threat to union

English nationalism is now the “biggest threat” to the union, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Mike Nesbitt has said.

He made the remarks at his party’s annual conference – his second in charge since reclaiming the leadership last year.

Nesbitt is also Stormont’s health minister in Northern Ireland’s devolved government.

Speaking to the party faithful in Belfast, he said he wanted to “deliver hope through prosperity”.

Somehow, that means bringing in

for “hope and prosperity”

“While unionists have always looked over their shoulders at Irish nationalists as the biggest threat to Northern Ireland’s place in the UK, Irish nationalists have been knocked off the gold medal spot by English nationalism,” he said.

The people in North Ireland do not want the immigrants, just the Elites

Heck, maybe the UK can bring these folks in

Indigenous group call for shrunken heads repatriation

Cultural leaders of an indigenous Ecuadorian community have called for the repatriation of a museum’s collection of shrunken heads.

The collection of human remains, also known as tsantsas, at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford predominantly came from the Ecuadorian Shuar people, and were acquired between 1884 and 1936.

In 2020, the tsantsas were removed from public display as part of what the museum called a “decolonisation process”, following complaints from Shuar leaders.

During a visit to Oxford this week, Shuar members repeated their calls for greater understanding of the artefacts and for them to be repatriated to Ecuador.

Weird. The headhunters just want their heads back, they do not want to move to the UK. I wonder why?

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 13, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is a world killing dog, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is This ain’t Hell…, with a post on your feel good stories.

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All Hostages Released

By William Teach October 13, 2025 – 10:49 am

Excellent news

From the First Street Journal

The hostages have been released, but some on the left are just very upset that Hamas have been defeated

Many Dems and world leaders who demonized Israel and even recognized a “Palestinian state” are trying to give themselves credit and glom on to Trump’s peace plan. Make sure to read the whole thing

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Democrats Look To Protect Illegals Doing Business On Sidewalks

By William Teach October 13, 2025 – 10:30 am

I wonder if this includes all the hookers? I wonder if California has considered that this violates “8 U.S. Code § 1324 – Bringing in and harboring certain aliens”?

California expands privacy protections as Democratic-led states resist Trump’s immigration agenda

Immigrants selling food, flowers and other merchandise along the sidewalks of California will have new privacy protections intended to keep their identities secret from federal immigration agents.

The measure, signed into law this past week by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, comes on the heels of other recently enacted state laws meant to shield students in schools and patients at health care facilities from the reach of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement actions.

Democratic-led states are adding laws resisting Trump even as he intensifies his deportation campaign by seeking to deploy National Guard troops to Democratic-led cities to reinforce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who are arresting people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally. (snip)

California’s street vendors typically need permits from cities or counties. The new law prohibits local governments from inquiring about vendors’ immigration status, requiring fingerprinting or disclosing personal information — name, address, birth date, social media identifiers and telephone, driver’s license and Social Security numbers, among other things — without a judicial subpoena.

The law, which will take effect Jan. 1, was prompted by concerns that vendor databases kept by local governments could be accessed by federal immigration agents to target people for detention and deportation.

All information on street vendors who are illegals must be destroyed by March 1, 2026, by local authorities. I wonder if they have to do this for American citizens?

Additional laws recently signed by Newsom add immigration status to a list of protected medical information and prohibit schools from granting access to immigration enforcement officials without a court warrant. Another new California law directs schools and higher education institutions to immediately notify staff and students or parents when immigration officials are on campus.

Democrats will do anything to protect illegal aliens, even if it violates federal law. Also, federal agents do not care. They’re still going to arrest illegals.

Meanwhile

Portland Naked Bike Riders Protest Trump Admin Immigration Enforcement

Protesters in Portland, Oregon, organized an “emergency” edition of the city’s annual World Naked Bike Ride on Sunday to demonstrate against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies.

The event, which typically occurs during summer months, was hastily arranged in response to President Donald Trump’s attempts to mobilize the National Guard to address ongoing protests in the city.

Riders cycled through Portland’s streets in various states of undress, despite steady rain and mid-50-degree temperatures, ultimately converging at the city’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building.

I won’t abuse your eyes by adding video. Seriously, why is it always the out of shape ugly liberals who do this, never hot ones?

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Once Upon A Time The First Climate (scam) Tipping Point Has Been Crossed Or Something

By William Teach October 13, 2025 – 7:00 am

Scientists say = once upon a time

The World’s First Climate Tipping Point Has Been Crossed, Scientists Say

The exact moment when Earth will reach its tipping points—moments at which human-induced climate change will trigger irreversible planetary changes—has long been a source of debate for scientists. But they might be closer than we think. A report published today says that the Earth has passed its first climate tipping point.

The second “Global Tipping Points” report published by the University of Exeter found that warm-water coral reefs are passing their tipping point. Rising ocean temperatures, acidification, overfishing, and pollution are combining to cause coral bleaching and mortality, meaning that a large number of coral reefs will be lost unless the global temperature returns towards 1°C warming or below.

“We’re in a new climate reality,” said Tim Lenton, founding director at the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter, who led the report. “We’ve crossed a tipping point in the climate system, and we’re now sure we’re going to carry on through 1.5°C of global warming above the prior industrial level, and that’s going to put us in the danger zone for crossing more climate tipping points.” The planet is predicted to cross the 1.5°C threshold within the next 5 years, according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization. Once that threshold is reached, the planet will see more frequent and intense extreme weather and strains on food production and water access—impacts many nations vulnerable to climate change are already seeing.

First off, those last three have nothing to do with global warming, natural, anthropogenic, or a mixture. And, if the cultists and politicians and activists weren’t so caught up their alarmism we could spend time dealing with real problems. Ad for warming ocean temps, well, that has happened many times throughout the Holocene. Further, many corals created islands and atolls when the oceans were much higher.

There are other measures of the environment’s health that scientists are also watching. A September report found that we’ve already passed seven of the nine “planetary boundaries” (including the ocean becoming more acidic and the transformation of natural landscapes)—these are thresholds that keep Earth’s systems hospitable to life and protect against breaching a tipping point.

Always doom with these people. Surprised they haven’t gone complete psycho due to getting no sleep and their anger.

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