If All You See…

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

…is snow that school kids will never know, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Common Cents Blog, with a post on a tortoise escaping a burning building.

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Projection: Dems Call Killing Off Climate (scam) Rules Is “Corruption”

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

I would dearly love to see a massive audit of where all the money for climate initiatives went. How about starting with where the $8 billion for EV chargers went

Democrats say Trump’s climate rollbacks ‘corruption in action’

Democrats are linking President Trump’s unraveling of climate change regulations to a larger story about corruption, a midterm argument they think could hurt Republicans in the battles for the House and Senate this fall.

While climate change itself may not be an issue driving most voters to the polls, Democrats are seeking to make a broader case about Trump’s ties to powerful interests.

Asked his thoughts on the state of U.S. climate policy, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) was succinct

“Corrupted,” he told The Hill.

Didn’t he just take a long fossil fueled flight on a private jet to Brazil for a climate conference?

In remarks on the Senate Floor Tuesday in anticipation of the endangerment finding’s repeal, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) described the action as a “corrupt giveaway to Big Oil.”

“Big Oil has worked tirelessly for decades to undermine rules that protect against emissions, and now that they have their guy in the White House, they are taking their biggest swing yet,” Schumer said.

You exhale 40,000 PPM of CO2. 437 ppm in the atmosphere is no bid deal. And the rollback doesn’t effect any of the real pollutants that used to be put out by vehicles.

Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) told The Hill this week that in spite of the Trump administration and Republicans, he believes the U.S. will still make climate progress in the years ahead.

“We are decarbonizing in spite of Lee Zeldin, in spite of Chris Wright, we’re decarbonizing because markets want cheap stuff, and cheap stuff is clean stuff,” Casten said, referring to the leaders of the Environmental Protection Agency and Energy Department, respectively.

Funny. In the Real World people may care about ‘climate change’ in theory, because 1st Worlders really do not have any serious worries, but, in practice they do not want to be forced to practice what other people preach. Let’s do an audit on the stock portfolios of Democrats who vote for ‘climate change’ crap, starting with the ones named in the article. See if they have fossil fuels companies listed. Trump should challenge them to stop taking all those fossil fueled flights. Start driving around in EVs instead of big SUVs.

Do an audit on all those weatherization projects, solar, wind, and more, see where the money went. See how much above market was spent. See how much went in donor pockets, and elected Democrat pockets. See if the projects were completed properly.

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Trump Ends Hated Start-Stop Feature For Autos

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

You know this means that Democrats are now going to be in favor of it, right?

Trump emission rules cut ‘universally hated’ start-stop feature in cars

President Donald Trump says he’s doing a big favor for car buyers: getting rid of the start-stop button that have bedeviled drivers for several years.

As part of its broader rollback of U.S. fuel economy rules, the Trump administration says it is eliminating a credit for automakers that got breaks on the fuel economy compliance if they installed start-stop buttons on their vehicles that shut off engines when the cars are idling.

“You’re going to get a better car, you’re going to get a car that starts easier, a car that works better for a lot less money,” Trump said at a White House event announcing the change.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin added in a statement that labeled the elimination of the credit for start-stop system “an added bonus” to Trump’s broader emission rule rollback “the off-cycle credit for the almost universally despised start-stop feature on vehicles has been removed.”

There is nothing in the new rules that will force carmakers to quit using the start-stop feature if they still want to, but the Trump administration is removing the fuel economy that has spurred its adoption for the past decade.

No one likes it. I had it in my 2022 Honda Civic, and, Honda’s is more of an auto engine idle, not an off, and they really do not kick in that much of 4 cylinder vehicles. I still turned it off. Further, the feature is not for the consumer: it’s for the manufacturer. It saves very little gas, but, when you look at it for the whole fleet it helps avoid fines and fees from states. And that is from a vice president of a car company.

What will most likely happen is manufacturers make it so you can have it enabled or disabled when you start your car, not having to press the button when you turn the car on. And may well remove them when they do a refresh or redesign.

And what lots of the Trump deranged are saying is “you can just turn the button off, you know arrglebargle!” And we also get

We need lots more mental health facilities for these people.

 

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Homan To Minnesota Leaders: “Just Say Thank You”

By William Teach February 16, 2026 – 6:45 am

It’s almost like Minnesota moonbats like Walz, Frey, and others want murderers, rapists, child predators, and others to be free to wander around the state

Homan tells Minnesota leaders to say ‘thank you’ instead of demanding reimbursement as ICE operation ends

Border czar Tom Homan said Minnesota leaders should be grateful that the Trump administration made their state safer after some called on the federal government to reimburse damages they claim were caused during immigration enforcement operations.

“A lot of things were broken, but it wasn’t because of Trump administration,” Homan said Sunday on “Fox & Friends Weekend.”

“The border — last four years, over 10 million illegal immigrants crossed that border. That was broken. Where were they then? Did Gov. Walz speak out against that, with the overdose deaths and the sex trafficking and… terrorists? No.”

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey publicly requested federal funds after what they described as the major economic impact of recent immigration enforcement operations, while Homan argued the mission was a “great success” that made Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests safer and reduced sanctuary-style barriers to cooperation.

Perhaps Walz, Frey, and the other Dems in The People’s Republik Of Minnesota could have not given their backing to all the unhinged liberals doing Crazy in the street. Perhaps they could have simply turned over the bad illegals to ICE

“Their county jails weren’t working with us across the state. So, you know what? We fixed it. They ought to be saying thank you. The state’s safer because of that,” he said, adding that ICE agents are also much safer making arrests in a jail than on the street.

The border czar also pointed to “over 4,000 arrests,” including “14 illegal aliens with homicide convictions, [and] 87 [with] sexual assaults, mostly of children.”

That’s who Democrats are protecting. That’s who they want to make citizens to vote for Democrats.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 15, 2026 – 1:32 pm

…is horrible heatsnow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Feral Irishman, with a post on moonbat schoolkids.

It’s hitting the slopes week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach February 15, 2026 – 9:05 am

Happy Sunday! Another fine day in Returned America. Getting some much needed rain, some blue jays are playing on the porch, and this cold is pretty much gone. This pinup is by Arthur Sarnoff with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. This ain’t Hell…: Wealthy Californians eying move to Las Vegas as a means to reduce their tax burden
  2. Vlad Tepes: Tommy Robinson gets an ‘Osman warning’ due to an ISIS threat, but no practical self defence is allowed
  3. Independent Sentinel: Canadian Police Look for Radicals Among People with Traditional Values
  4. Climate Change Dispatch: Republican AGs Demand DOJ Investigate Overseas Funding Behind 150 Climate Groups
  5. Green Jihad: Study: Bluesky Is The New “Twitter” For “Scientists”
  6. Jo Nova: Climate pollution causes boreal forests to grow 12% — recklessly spreading greenery in Arctic
  7. No Tricks Zone: Unfudging The Data: Dutch Meteorological Institute Reinstates Early 20th Centruy Heat Waves It Had Erased Earlier
  8. American Greatness: The Decline and Fall of the Washington Post
  9. Bearing Arms: Canadian Cops Forced to Explain Why Shooter’s Guns Were Returned
  10. Cold Fury: These Kids Today
  11. Common Cents Blog: WINNING! US Core Inflation Rate LOWEST SINCE MARCH 2021 – CNN Video
  12. Gates Of Vienna: Two Quotes on Cultural Enrichment
  13. Geller Report: Moment Muslim Migrants Caught Plotting to Kill ‘As Many Jews as Possible’ in UK’s ‘Worst Ever’ Terror Attack
  14. IOTW Report: It has gotten so bad in WA they now have to lock up ice cream
  15. And last, but, not least, Jihad Watch has “Commentary Three Months In: Is Texas Winning the War Against Islamization?”

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?

Two great sites for getting news links are Liberty Daily and Whatafinger.

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Obama Whines About A “Loss Of Decorum”

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

You have to give credit to Barry Obama, he has some serious huzzpah trying this

Obama pushes back on White House rhetoric, ape video: Decorum has ‘been lost’

Former President Obama argued in an interview published Saturday that American politics has become a “clown show” under the second Trump administration, suggesting that many Americans dislike the rhetoric coming out of the White House in recent months.

Obama made the comparison while addressing a controversial video posted on President Trump’s Truth Social account earlier this month that briefly depicted the former president and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, as apes.

Trump has refused to apologize for the video despite strong bipartisan backlash. Instead, the White House blamed a staffer for “erroneously” making the post, and it was taken down. (snip)

Obama proposed that while that kind of rhetoric successfully draws people’s attention and serves as “distraction,” most people “still believe in decency, courtesy, [and] kindness.”

“There’s this sort of clown show that’s happening on social media and on television,” he said.

“And what is true is that there doesn’t seem to be any shame about this among people who used to feel like you had to have some sort of decorum and a sense of propriety and respect for the office, right? So that’s been lost,” he continued.

Now, look, I do think the video went to far, and was something that the POTUS should never have retweeted. But, Obama is the last person who should be talking about decorum. His whole political life has been dirty, though, he usually gets others to do the dirty work. Remember how he got elected in the first place, by releasing the divorce papers for his opponent, Craig Schelske, which also harmed Sarah Evans and their kids. He did not care. I used to have a long list of the people Obama smeared and ran over with his bus, but, I think I deleted that page when he left office.

How many times did he Blame Bush? He threw the Boston and Ferguson police under his bush. Netanyahu multiple times. The Dali Lama. How about being involved with the smears against Trump which caused Trump to run for office then the smears while Trump was running. The whole Russian crap? Referring to millions of American Tea Party members as “tea baggers”? Mitt Romney was going to kill your grandmother (among others)? And so, so much more. So, save me the crocodile tears. Obama is scum. Worse than the normal politician.

Oh, let’s not forget his lies about keeping your health plan and doctor if you like them. Suing nuns. Destroying the health system.

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Bummer: Orange Man Bad Erases Govt’s Power To Regulate You Via Climate (scam)

By William Teach February 14, 2026 – 3:09 pm

Do the Credentialed Media Elites listen to themselves? Consider what they are really saying?

Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change

President Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment, ending the federal government’s legal authority to control the pollution that is dangerously heating the planet.

The action is a key step in removing limits on carbon dioxide, methane and four other greenhouse gases that scientists say are supercharging heat waves, droughts, wildfires and other extreme weather.

Led by a president who refers to climate change as a “hoax,” the administration is essentially saying that the vast majority of scientists around the world are wrong and that a hotter planet is not the menace that decades of research shows it to be.

It’s a rejection of fact that had been accepted for decades by presidents of both parties, including Richard Nixon, whose top adviser warned of the dangers of climate change, and the first President George Bush, who signed an international climate treaty.

Bush the elder did not sign a climate treaty, he signed an ozone pact. Bill Clinton dropped the Kyoto protocol climate treaty because it couldn’t be passed by the Senate and he knew it would be damaging to the economy. And scientists can say all they want, but, they cannot prove it, and they cannot definitely say scientifically that this warm period is any different from others. Regardless, why does ever ‘climate change’ proposal enable government to grow stronger and more controlling?

It’s really “the power to regulate you”. Similar to the NY Times article I excerpted.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 14, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is an area flooded from too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Right Scoop, with a post on TPS ending for Yemen.

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Trump: There Will Be Voter ID Requirements One Way Or Another For Midterms

By William Teach February 14, 2026 – 10:30 am

Can he do this?

Trump pushes voter ID ‘whether approved by Congress or not!’

President Donald Trump insisted Friday that voter ID requirements will be in place for this year’s midterm elections regardless of congressional approval, escalating his push for sweeping changes to how Americans vote.

“There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!” the president wrote on Truth Social. He also said he “searched the depths” of legal arguments on the issue and would be “presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future,” though he did not specify what legal rationale he would rely on.

“If we can’t get it through Congress, there are Legal reasons why this SCAM is not permitted,” Trump wrote in a separate lengthy post shortly after, adding that he would present his justification in the form of an executive order.

Trump has been personally involved in efforts to tighten voter registration standards nationwide, backing the SAVE America Act — an updated GOP election bill that would overhaul federal voting rules. The legislation would require voters to show proof of citizenship to register, mandate photo ID when voting in person and direct states to remove noncitizens from existing voter rolls.

All those things, particularly the last two, are extremely popular with the American people. The question is, can he do this? Is there language in previously passed legislation that authorizes the Executive Branch to do this? I mean, Obama and Biden sure used little language to force EOs through. And Congress has done a stellar job in writing legislation over the last 50 years that is entirely to open, giving the Executive enormous latitude to manufacture EOs. Where’d the contraception mandate come from? There’s nothing in Obamacare about it. Zip. Nada. Was there something in other legislation?

But, I’m not sure how I feel about this if Trump does it unless there is some pretty damned good language from legislation. Things like this should be authorized specifically by Congressional legislation. That’s the way the system is supposed to work. So, I guess we wait to see what the EO lays out if Trump releases it.

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