If All You See…

By William Teach March 10, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful low carbon bike which Everyone Else should have to ride, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is A View From The Beach, with a post on the Monday morning stimulus.

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NY Times Is Concerned IRS Won’t Have The Staff To Audit The Peasants

By William Teach March 10, 2025 – 10:30 am

Does the Times think that this headline about stalled audits is going to give any American other than the hardcore Democrat base a big sad? (non-paywalled version here)

Stalled Audits and a Skeleton Staff: Inside Trump’s War on the I.R.S.

Beth Crowell was proud to work for the Internal Revenue Service.

She had spent much of her career as an accountant for large corporations, gaining intimate knowledge about how they do — and sometimes don’t — pay the taxes they owe. Working for the I.R.S. in Colorado, she hoped to put her skills to a new use. She wanted to help collect more money for the federal government.

Not long after joining last July, she had her chance. Ms. Crowell, 64, joined a team that had started an audit of a company earning roughly $3 billion a year. The I.R.S. had never examined the firm before, Ms. Crowell said, because the agency hadn’t had enough employees with the skills for such complex cases. “They’re a large multinational company, and it is not a normal thing to not have been examined,” she said, declining to name the firm.

By hiring Ms. Crowell and thousands of other experienced tax professionals like her last year, the I.R.S. was trying to fill those gaps and rebuild its ability to enforce tax laws after years of decay. The effort was expected to help the United States recoup billions in additional tax revenue.

So, it sounds like the IRS went after the company for the hell of it. Was it necessary? Were there irregularities in their previous filings? Did someone at the company say something? Because it sure looks like the worker bees simply went after the company Because They Could.

Then the layoffs started. With Trump administration targeting recent hires across the government, the terminations hit particularly hard in Ms. Crowell’s division, large business and international. Of the more than 7,000 people laid off from the I.R.S. so far, roughly half worked in her department.

In 2020 there were 80,200 IRS employees, which was down from 92,000 in 2010. Then they added a lot, and were reportedly over 100,000 by January 2025. This is called “understaffed”. Maybe they should do more with less, like in the private sector, rather than having people with little to do but decide they do not like that person or company and go after them. Remember, you are guilty till proven innocent when it comes to IRS audits.

Firing probationary employees like Ms. Crowell was just the beginning of President Trump’s far-reaching agenda for the I.R.S. The administration is preparing budget cuts and further layoffs that could ultimately force the I.R.S. to shed as much as half of its 100,000-person work force — a drastic reduction that could mean many Americans face less scrutiny, and receive less help, on their taxes. At the same time, Mr. Trump is asserting more political control over an agency that has historically been insulated from changes in leadership at the White House.

No one is crying except the moonbats at the Times and hardcore Democrats. Few need help on their taxes. There are plenty of online tax companies, as well as tax professionals. As for “political control”, we all remember how the IRS went after Republican organizations and people, right? Commiserating over layoffs at the IRS is really not “oh, no!” the Times thinks it is.

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Earth Blew Past The Imaginary Doom Line 4 Years Ago Or Something

By William Teach March 10, 2025 – 7:00 am

Well, if only all those Warmists had given up their use of fossil fuels

Oops, Scientists May Have Miscalculated Our Global Warming Timeline

Whatever your stance is on climate change (it’s real, let’s move on) (WT-it is real, the debate is on causation. If it’s mankind, then why do so few Warmists practice what they preach?), it’s impossible to have missed the near-ubiquitous call to action to “keep temperatures from exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels.” Over the past few years, the somewhat bureaucratic phrase has become a rallying cry for the climate conscious.

This ambitious target first surfaced following the Paris Climate Agreement, and describes a sort of climate threshold—if we pass a long-term average increase in temperature of 1.5 degrees Celsius, and hold at those levels for several years, we’re going to do some serious damage to ourselves and our environment.

Well, a paper from the University Western Australia Oceans Institute has some bad news: the world might’ve blown past that threshold four years ago. Published in the journal Nature Climate Change, the paper reaches this conclusion via an unlikely route—analyzing six sclerosponges, a kind of sea sponge that clings to underwater caves in the ocean. These sponges are commonly studied by climate scientists and are referred to as “natural archives” because they grow so slowly. Like, a-fraction-of-a-millimeter-a-year slow. This essentially allows them to lock away climate data in their limestone skeletons, not entirely unlike tree rings or ice cores.

Zoinks! 4 years ago! Doom…..oh, wait, 6 sponges in Australia? That’s it? That’s the proof? Using temperatures from one part of the ocean to determine there is global warming is not science, it’s the complete opposite; It’s speculation.

By analyzing strontium to calcium ratios in these sponges, the team could effectively calculate water temperatures dating back to 1700. The sponges watery home in the Caribbean is also a plus, as major ocean currents don’t muck up or distort temperature readings. This data could be particularly useful,as direct human measurement of sea temperature only dates back to roughly 1850, when sailors dipped buckets into the ocean. That’s why the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) uses 1850 and 1900 as its preindustrial baseline, according to the website Grist.

Yeah, and what was 1700? Deep in the Little Ice Age. Which ended around 1850. Leading into a Holocene warm period. Which have happened numerous times over the last 8,000 years.

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Bummer: ICE Arrest Pro-Hamas Leader Of Columbia Protests

By William Teach March 10, 2025 – 6:45 am

Oh, and, yeah, they are looking to revoke his visa and boot him off

ICE arrests Palestinian leader of Columbia’s anti-Israel protests, revoking student visa and green card: lawyer

President Trump is giving this anti-Israel campus rabble-rouser a ticket to study abroad — for good.

A Palestinian activist who led a coalition of twisted radicals seeking the “total eradication of Western Civilization” responsible for riotous protests at Columbia University and Barnard College has been arrested by ICE agents, according to his lawyer.

Columbia University Apartheid Divest leader Mahmoud Khalil, who completed his graduate studies at Ivy League Columbia in December, also potentially faces having his visa revoked and his green card canceled following President Trump’s crackdown on unrest at colleges, attorney Amy Greer said Sunday.

He was inside his university-owned apartment a few blocks from campus Saturday night when ICE agents entered the residence and took him into custody, Greer said.

Despite graduating months ago, Khalil, who earned his undergraduate degree in Beirut, still lived in school-provided housing due to a policy allowing students to remain on campus after graduating, a source told The Post.

Yeah, probably your tax dollar are paying to keep this Israel and Jew hater/pro-Islamic terrorism nutter in his dorm. Anyhow, if the student visa is over, and he doesn’t seem to be going for a PhD, why is he still here? Did he receive a green card for work? Is he working? Well, they can all be cancelled

He has remained active in recent disruptive protests, including last week’s takeover of the Milstein Library at Barnard College. Videos and photographs posted on X depict him holding a bullhorn near the library entrance and engaged in discussion with school administrators.

That protest featured violent propaganda flyers that purportedly came directly from the “Hamas Media Office,” including one pamphlet titled “Our Narrative… Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” which justified the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people — and in which women were repeatedly raped, whole families were executed and 251 hostages were taken to the Gaza Strip.

When does he have time to work with all the protests? The article has lots and lots more info on his conduct.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 9, 2025 – 1:22 pm

…is a fast rising sea because Other People eat meat, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Pacific Pundit, with a post on a left wing wacko with a gun shot outside the White House.

It’s Blonde week!

Fun stuff: I fractured my ankle last Wednesday, totally freak accident where I turned, didn’t expect a chair there, started trying to keep myself up, and it swung around and the metal leg, strong metal, swung around and wacked my ankle. It felt off enough to send me to urgent care for x-rays Thursday. Not sure how big it is, doesn’t effect the joint, won’t know till ortho visit on the 19th. Obviously, not that bad. I’m in a walking boot, and can laze around the house with an ace bandage, just have to walk slow and careful. I’d forgotten how much it takes out of you, because you just have unbalanced pressure on the other leg, makes you a little shaky, too.

And the boot sits higher, so, sore hip and knee from weird walking, off side calf gets a workout. You burn energy. And I’ve been walking too much. Over 5,000 steps yesterday. Shouldn’t even have tried to work, but, do not want to sit home. Lots of those steps are tiny, though. And the prescription level Aleve (Naproxen) isn’t enough to wipe you out, but, kills energy quicker. And, the boot causes its own slight pain, rubbing. But, it’s there for protection and stability when out. Sigh. Hopefully won’t be a month or more.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach March 9, 2025 – 10:09 am

Happy Sunday! Another great day in Returned America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and it’s a great day to chill. This pinup is by Bill Randall, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Legal Insurrection: Biden-Backed Green Group Sent $651M to Credit Unions—EPA Denies Oversight
  2. Moonbattery: Spending Our Money on Menstruating Men
  3. Never Yet Melted: Your Tax Dollars at Work
  4. Newsbusters: Appeals Court Forces Seattle Church To Subsidize Abortions
  5. Pacific Pundit: Now Long Island, near the Hamptons is on fire – WTF is going on?
  6. The First Street Journal: Not everything has to be a federal government project!
  7. The Gateway Pundit: Trump Signs Executive Order Placing Stricter Limits on Biden’s Student Loan ‘Forgiveness’ Program
  8. The Last Refuge: DHS Cancels TSA Collective Bargaining Agreement
  9. The Lid: Biden Admin Said Hurricane Highway Damage would Take Years to Fix, Trump Did it In Two Months
  10. The Other McCain: BUSTED: ‘Anti-Poverty’ Democrat Activist Joe Sanberg Accused of Massive Fraud
  11. The Right Scoop: Elon Musk says ActBlue funded groups behind attacks on Tesla charging stations
  12. This ain’t Hell…: CNN data reporter ‘shocked’ to see that American majority supports DOGE
  13. Green Jihad: Woke Delta Airlines Reveals “Sustainable” Aircraft Design, Doubles Down On DEI
  14. Green Jihad: Green Hedge Fund executive says the whole Clean Energy Sector Is Dead
  15. And last, but, not least, Not A Lot Of People Know That has Michael Mann’s Damages Reduced To Paltry $5000 In Moral Victory For Mark Steyn

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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Congressional Democrats Have Big Mad Over Republicans Clean Spending Bill

By William Teach March 9, 2025 – 7:00 am

I guess they aren’t going to get their money they can give to agencies to run through NGOs and such which ends up in the pockets of campaign donors, family members, friends, and their own pockets

Speaker Johnson unveils bill to fund the government through September 30

House Speaker Mike Johnson formally unveiled plans on Saturday for a government funding stopgap through September 30 — a measure intended to stave off a potential March 14 shutdown and buy time for Donald Trump and GOP leaders to steer key pieces of the president’s agenda through Congress this summer.

But Democratic leaders quickly slammed the door on supporting the measure, raising the specter of a high-stakes clash next week.

The president himself on Saturday endorsed the measure, which includes some cuts to domestic spending programs that Democrats will likely oppose. GOP leadership aides said Saturday that it would increase defense spending by about $6 billion while domestic spending would drop by about $13 billion.

Heck, they could re-coup way more than $13 billion if Democrats would help DOGE eliminate waste, fraud and graft….oh, right, campaign donors, family members, friends, and their own pockets. Oh, really, $13 billion? That’s the best you can do, Republicans?

And while GOP leadership aides stressed that the plan includes no partisan policy add-ons, it does include certain White House funding requests, such as some new money intended to help carry out additional deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Oh, you mean the thing authorized by the Constitution and previously passed congressional laws?

But in an ominous sign for Congress’ ability to stave off a shutdown next week, House Democratic leaders said they plan to vote against the bill, arguing it “recklessly cuts” domestic spending programs.

“The legislation does nothing to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, while exposing the American people to further pain throughout this fiscal year. We are voting No,” Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar said in a joint statement Saturday evening.

Well, unless a few House Republicans get squishy, it will pass the House, and, hopefully any riders are shot down. Keep it clean. But, can they get enough Democrats to switch and vote to end debate in the Senate? If not, this shutdown is on Democrats, no matter how the media tries to portray it.

House GOP leaders believe the plan is on track to pass the chamber, arguing that Trump’s backing will help them win robust support among House Republicans on the floor this week, even as many ultraconservatives typically loathe such stopgap measures. Johnson hopes to hold the vote Tuesday on the 99-page bill, according to people familiar with the plans.

Wait, 99 pages? Obamacare was over 1,000. I’m a little concerned, like other ones, that it gives too much leeway for agencies to spend money willy-nilly.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his leadership team have, too, said they want negotiations to continue instead of pursuing a long-term stopgap. But it’s not clear how forcefully Schumer and his team will push their Senate Democrats to oppose the bill if it makes it to the chamber.

Remember when Congress used to pass budgets? Not short term stop-gaps (though, this is supposed to go to September)?

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USC Student Almost Attacked By Coyote

By William Teach March 8, 2025 – 2:34 pm

Things are dangerous on college campuses

University campus on high alert after student narrowly avoids attack by wild animal: ‘It was a shock’

A student at the University of Southern California recently endured an attempted wildlife attack on campus, according to USC Annenberg Media.

Nicole Bednar was on campus in a group one evening when a coyote started following her.

“I wasn’t worried at first when it was only stalking us, but then it was a shock after it had tried to attack,” Bednar said. “When we first saw it, I just pointed it out and casually kept looking back to see it follow us.”

Bednar attempted to scare the wild animal by making loud noises and appearing large, but it still lunged in her direction. Fortunately, she was unharmed in the incident, but there have been multiple coyote sightings on campus, according to the report.

That’s terrible

Experts agree that food is one of the biggest attractions for wildlife. When wild animals eat human food, they can lose their fear of us, which can lead to increased conflict. For instance, in Canada, officials euthanized two bears that displayed aggressive behavior as a result of food conditioning.

But, wait. You have to know what is coming next, right?

A shifting climate also makes feeding more challenging for animals. This can force wildlife to roam further afield, including into human-occupied territory, to survive.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 8, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is a fish species that is Doomed from global boiling, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jihad Watch, with a post on Trump cancelling $400 million to Columbia University.

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DHS To Prosecute Two Criminal Leakers

By William Teach March 8, 2025 – 10:30 am

It is actually refreshing that federal employees will be held accountable for their actions

Noem says DHS has ID’d, will seek prosecution of ‘criminal leakers’

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Friday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has identified two “criminal leakers” within its ranks and will refer them to the Department of Justice for felony prosecutions.

“We have identified criminal leakers within @DHSgov and are preparing to refer these perpetrators to the @TheJusticeDept for felony prosecutions. These individuals face up to 10 years in federal prison,” she wrote in a post on the social platform X along with a video message.

“We plan to prosecute these two individuals and hold them accountable for what they have done,” Noem announced in the video, saying that they leaked the department’s operations and put law enforcement officials’ lives at risk.

The names of the individuals have not been revealed.

Last month, Tom Homan, President Trump’s  “border czar,” said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions in Colorado were hindered after a raid was “leaked,” allowing the targets to escape.

So many federal employees think they can do whatever they want whenever they want, regardless of the rules. And laws. It’s nothing new, it’s been going on for decades, but, it continues to get worse, partly because nothing happens to the leakers. Who has paid the price for leaking the Supreme Court decision on abortion? Sure, some young folks will get in trouble for taking photos in a submarine to impress their girlfriend, but, when they leak for their left wing politics? Nothing. Well, not anymore. This is not whistleblowing (remember, the Biden admin went after them). This is not free speech, not petitioning for redress of grievance, not protesting peaceably. These are criminal violations, and they will pay the price.

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