Trump Sets 2 Week Window For Discussions To Stop Iran-Israel War

By William Teach June 20, 2025 – 6:45 am

As we’ve seen in the past, Trump is going to do all he can to avoid war, but, he will strike if necessary

Trump’s new two-week negotiating window sets off scramble to restart stalled Iran talks

President Donald Trump’s decision to open a two-week negotiating window before deciding on striking Iran sets off an urgent effort to restart talks that had been deadlocked when Israel began its bombing campaign last week.

The hope among Trump and his advisers is that Iran — under constant Israeli attack and having suffered losses to its missile arsenal — will relent on its hardline position and agree to terms it had previously rejected, including abandoning its enrichment of uranium, according to US officials.

The deferred decision, which came after days of increasingly martial messages from the president suggesting he was preparing to order a strike, also gives Trump more time to weigh the potential consequences — including the chance it could drag the United States into the type of foreign conflict he promised to avoid.

But negotiating a diplomatic solution in Trump’s condensed timeline appeared to face significant early hurdles.

Yeah, there are, starting with it being Iran and their insane, ultra-Islamist leaders. I hope they realize that Donald Trump is not a typical politician. He doesn’t really have that whole moderation thing down. He won’t lean into a proportional attack. Just like he wacked Qasem Soleimani where no one else would, he will hit Iran hard.

In putting off a decision, Trump appears to be placing more stock in a diplomatic solution that only a day earlier he appeared to suggest was out of reach.

“I think the president has made it clear he always wants to pursue diplomacy. But believe me, the president is unafraid to use strength if necessary,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday after relaying Trump’s new two-week timeline. “And Iran and the entire world should know that the United States military is the strongest and most lethal fighting force in the world, and we have capabilities that no other country on this planet possesses.”

See?

The new, within-two-weeks time frame for talks was not universally welcomed. An Israeli intelligence official expressed dismay that Trump would not make a decision – one way or the other.

“This is not helping,” the official said.

Yeah, well, we certainly want to support Israel, but, we would like to avoid a new war, even if it would involve bombing parts of Iran back to the stone age.

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Wait, Only Two Years Left To Save The Planet From Global Boiling

By William Teach June 19, 2025 – 3:19 pm

Earlier this morning I had the cultists saying there was maybe possibly as little as 3 years left. The climahysteric UK Guardian says

Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn

The planet’s remaining carbon budget to meet the international target of 1.5C has just two years left at the current rate of emissions, scientists have warned, showing how deep into the climate crisis the world has fallen.

Breaching the target would ramp up the extreme weather already devastating communities around the world. It would also require carbon dioxide to be sucked from the atmosphere in future to restore the stable climate in which the whole of civilisation developed over the past 10,000 years.

The carbon budget is how much planet-heating CO2 can still be emitted by humanity while leaving a reasonable chance that the temperature target is not blown. The latest assessment by leading climate scientists found that in order to achieve a 66% chance of keeping below the 1.5C target, emissions from 2025 onwards must be limited to 80bn tonnes of CO2. That is 80% lower than it was in 2020.

As far as I can tell, this is the exact same report as the one from this morning, for which most articles are saying “as little as 3 years.” Will the rest start going with 2 years?

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 19, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible low MPG fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Sultan Knish, with a post on Israel killing Gaza with obesity.

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Moonbats Put Up “Dictator Approved” Statue On National Mall

By William Teach June 19, 2025 – 10:30 am

This has made the Washington Post giddy

Eight-foot-tall ‘Dictator Approved’ sculpture appears on National Mall

Remember the poop statue? The curly-swirly pile of doo that sat atop a replica of former House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-California) desk? The work of protest art placed on the National Mall last October in mock tribute to the Jan. 6 rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election?

Well, the artists responsible for the political poo plop appear to have struck again. This time with a work called “Dictator Approved,” an 8-foot-tall sculpture showing a gold-painted hand with a distinctive thumbs-up quashing the sea foam green crown of the Statue of Liberty. It sits at the same location on the Mall near Third Street NW as the poop statue did last fall.

The artwork’s creators intended “Dictator Approved” as a rejoinder to the June 14 military parade and authoritarianism, according to a permit issued by the National Park Service. The parade, the creators wrote in the application, “Will feature imagery similar to autocratic, oppressive regime, i.e. N. Korea, Russia, and China, marching through DC.” The purpose of the statue, they continued, is to call attention to “the praising these types of oppressive leaders have given Donald Trump.”

Now, imagine someone put a statue up making fun of Putin, Xi Jinping, or Kim Jong Un: what would those dictators do? At best, they’d be simply arrested and thrown in jail for life. Most likely, they’d disappear and be killed. Or be used as a public example and be killed or do some seriously hard labor. What will “dictator” Trump do? Nothing. In Trump’s dictator land they were able to get a permit. The contradiction of what these wackjobs are saying and doing versus what would actually happen in a dictatorship is wild.

“If these Democrat activists were living in a dictatorship, their eye-sore of a sculpture wouldn’t be sitting on the National Mall right now,” Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, wrote in an emailed statement. “In the United States of America you have the freedom to display your so-called ‘art,’ no matter how ugly it is.”

If this was a dictatorship Jackson would be talking about the creators having been arrested. But, you know, instead of having a real platform Democrats have to fearmonger

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Bummer: Three Years Left To Save The World From Climate Doom

By William Teach June 19, 2025 – 7:00 am

Here we go again

Three years left to limit warming to 1.5C, leading scientists warn

The Earth could be doomed to breach the symbolic 1.5C warming limit in as little as three years at current levels of carbon dioxide emissions.

That’s the stark warning from more than 60 of the world’s leading climate scientists in the most up-to-date assessment of the state of global warming.

Nearly 200 countries agreed to try to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C above levels of the late 1800s in a landmark agreement in 2015, with the aim of avoiding some of the worst impacts of climate change.

But countries have continued to burn record amounts of coal, oil and gas and chop down carbon-rich forests – leaving that international goal in peril.

Oh, OK, they’re hedging their bets on this one. “As little as 3 years.” Remember this?

Greta Thunberg tweeted in 2018 that humanity would go extinct within five years unless fossil fuel use was immediately halted. The prediction came from an article she shared, quoting a “top climate scientist.” By 2023, not only was humanity still here, but global emissions continued and population growth persisted. The tweet was later deleted. (snip)

Al Gore was paraphrased in a 2006 Associated Press article warning that if greenhouse gas emissions weren’t drastically reduced within 10 years, the Earth would reach a point of no return. That put the supposed deadline at 2016. But 2016 came and went without any irreversible cataclysm. Despite rising emissions, the global economy and climate remain intact. (snip)

The head of the UN’s climate panel stated in 2007 that if action wasn’t taken by 2012, it would be too late to stop catastrophic change. The claim was described as a defining moment in the fight against climate change. But no collapse occurred in 2012. The date came and went with minimal consequence.

Those are just a smattering of world is going to die from carbon pollution claims that never happened.

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NY Times Runs Propaganda On “Civilian Deaths” From Iranian Government

By William Teach June 19, 2025 – 6:45 am

Who is surprised? We saw the Times and so many other Credentialed Media outlets run propaganda from Hamas’ Ministry of Health, so, why not Iran’s? The Times would rather take their side than Israel’s

Israeli Strikes Kill Civilians Across Iran

An 8-year-old girl who loved dancing in a red dress at her dentist’s office. A 28-year-old national equestrian champion. A young poet one week away from her 24th birthday. A graphic designer who worked at National Geographic. Grandparents in their 80s.

All are among the civilians killed during Israeli airstrikes on Iran.

Israel has said it does not target Iranian civilians, but hundreds have died in the violence. Every day since the war began, a new face, a new name, a new story of a life that ended violently and abruptly has emerged. The Ministry of Health has not updated casualty numbers since Sunday, when it said at least 224 people had been killed and nearly 2,000 injured, including women and children. Those figures are expected to grow in the coming days.

In interviews with more than 50 residents of Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan, Ahvaz, Mashhad, Sanandaj, Amol, Ghazvin, Semnan, Karaj, Neishabour, and Tabriz, doctors, families and friends described the toll of the strikes. The New York Times also reviewed scores of videos, photos and testimonies documenting civilian casualties, injuries and the destruction of residential buildings.

The Israel Defense Forces have said the attacks on Iran are targeted assassinations of military commanders, government officials and nuclear scientists. But missiles and drones have also hit high-rise buildings and multistory apartment complexes where civilians also reside. Dr. Hossein Kermanpour, the spokesman for the Ministry of Health, said 90 percent of casualties were civilians, not military.

So, where is the NY Times in showing that Iran intentionally targets Israeli civilians via their missiles, drones, and their pet terrorist organizations

In Tehran, the frequency of the Israeli strikes has completely upended daily life. The constant thud of air defense systems, the loud boom of explosions and the wailing sirens of ambulances and fire trucks have replaced the sounds of a metropolis typically buzzing with traffic, street music and the Muslim call to prayer.

Does the Times understand that Iran is the world’s number one sponsor of terrorism? That they are trying to get nuclear weapons to use against Israel, and the Western world, including the US? Do they know a primary target would be NYC? I’ll just never understand what drives Democrat to take the side of Iran? Is their hatred of Jews that strong?

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 18, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful pair of low carbon rollerblades, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Not A Lot Of People Know That, with a post on the Spanish blackouts being caused by a “miscalculation”

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Crazy North Carolina Democrat Offers “Apology” Or Something

By William Teach June 18, 2025 – 12:11 pm

I’m seeing a lot of this from the leftist media in NC

“Apology!” From the article

Rep. Julie von Haefen (D-Wake) drew criticism for a post she made to social media that included a photo showing a depiction of a beheaded President Donald Trump with imagery of a guillotine.

The Wake County Democrat had posted the image in a video on her Instagram account, taken from the “No Kings” protest in Raleigh on June 14.

The image gained attention, and she later admitted to editing it out of the video. She has since made her official Instagram account “private.”

Additionally, von Haefen also deleted her X account, which may be a violation of state records and social media retention laws for elected officials.

I’ve been in many Twitter debates, regarding the slow posting of what she did, in comparison to if a Republican did it, and how the media would demand the Republican resign. Anyhow

Around 3 p.m. on Sunday, von Haefen issued a statement on her official Facebook page, which did not include an apology but instead addressed the deletion of the “inappropriate” image.

“Yesterday, I posted a video on social media containing crowd photos from the No Kings protest in Raleigh. One of the images of a protestor holding a sign was inappropriate, and I later edited the video to remove the photo,” von Haefen wrote.

“Let me be clear: I condemn political violence in all forms,” wrote von Haefen. “My focus remains on bringing people together and fighting for the values that matter to North Carolinians. Like so many, I was horrified by the violence in Minnesota. There is no place for that kind of extremism in our democracy, no matter the target, no matter the party.”

So, not an apology. Not even a non-apology apology

Near the end of conclusion of business on the House floor on Tuesday, von Hafen was recognized to offer a short apology.

“This weekend, I shared a video montage on Facebook that included an image that was inappropriate. I realized that quickly and took the post down,” said von Haefen. “And I want to apologize today.

“I apologize to members of the House, to my constituents, and to any North Carolinian who is offended by what I posted. I’m sorry. Every one of us needs to take accountability for when we make mistakes. I am taking that accountability today, and I appreciate the opportunity to do so.”

So, you get the apology if you are offended. In other words, she is trying to save her position.

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Border Sees 93% Decrease From May 2024 To May 2025

By William Teach June 18, 2025 – 10:30 am

And there is also some interesting match, where 62K fewer illegals were released into the the U.S.

Border agents didn’t release a single illegal migrant into the US last month — down from 62K under Biden

Border Patrol agents didn’t release a single migrant into the US last month — a staggering drop after the Biden administration allowed 62,000 illegal crossers in the country in May 2024, The Post can exclusively reveal.

Agents caught 8,725 migrants crossing illegally at the southern border last month.

That’s a 93% decrease from May 2024, when 117,905 were nabbed, according to internal data obtained by The Post.

And acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Pete Flores said it’s a result of the Trump administration’s tough border policies.

One of the most monumental policy changes made by Trump was the reversal of President Joe Biden’s catch-and-release scheme, which resulted in millions of illegal border jumpers being allowed into the US.

“Under the leadership of this administration, CBP has received historic support resulting in another 93% decrease in illegal crossings along the southwest border this month when compared with last year,” Flores said in a statement shared with The Post.

62K-62K=0. Good numbers. Which is what the number should be. Want to apply for (fake) asylum? Great, but, we’re going to hold you until your hearing. You won’t be released on your own for years. We’ll hold you for those years. So, do you still want to come? And this deters people from making the long trek from Central America, South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East. It deters them from sending their children on a dangerous trek, knowing that the Biden admin would then let the parent(s) would be let in, along with all the relatives.

Border Patrol agents are nearing their goal of gaining full “operational control” of the southern border with the massive drop in illegal crossings, National Border Patrol Council president Paul Perez told The Post last week.

“Under the Biden administration, our agents were pulled off the line. We were doing all the processing, detaining, transporting and essentially baby-sitting, the border was wide open,” Perez said.

“It was unsecured because we didn’t have enough agents on the line to actually protect and deter. So now we’ve got the complete opposite. All of our agents are actually patrolling the border for the first time in many, many years.“

A 93% drop in encounters is a massive number. The deterrent policies of the Trump admin have made this possible, and allows the Border Patrol to do their job, rather than being babysitters.

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Surprise: Warmists Find New Way To Claim Hurricanes Will Get Bigger

By William Teach June 18, 2025 – 7:00 am

You know this means that this season will probably be lighter than usual, right?

Scientists discover concerning new phenomenon that may impact the intensity of hurricanes: ‘Might get stronger’

Nature’s way of cooling off ocean waters in the wake of tropical cyclones is losing its effectiveness as the planet overheats. The shorter lifespans of these cold wakes mean future storms face less inhibition as water temperatures bounce back faster.

According to New Scientist, a team of researchers raised a serious concern tied to less effective “cold wakes.” The combination of cloud cover, evaporative cooling, and the stirring up of ocean waters in the wake of tropical cyclones can cool the ocean’s surface, inhibiting the growth of subsequent storms.

Research from the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory revealed in a recent study that these cold wakes aren’t lasting as long as they used to. The water temperature in these massive pools of relatively cool water is bouncing back more quickly.

It is just underway, and there is already a growing list of concerns about this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. A couple of weeks before the start of the season, the Federal Emergency Management Agency disclosed that it’s stepping away from its broader framework for disaster relief operations. Also, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued its forecast for an above-normal season for tropical activity in the Atlantic basin.

Combined with the news about cold wakes, the potential for serious issues seems high.

First off, if this is happening do know if this is different from previous Holocene warm periods? This could be the norm. Second, it is a period of high sunspots, which tends to reduce hurricane formation. Will the climahysterics change their tune if the season is light?

Curbing carbon pollution from dirty energy sources — the burning of which has a steroid-like effect that is fueling more frequent and severe extreme weather — can help cool our planet’s oceans. Engineers are finding ways to transform old dirty energy projects into clean energy production. Recently, engineers announced that they are on track to field-test new technology that could unlock a more affordable power source.

Becoming an advocate in the fight to protect the future of the planet requires exploring critical climate issues and sharing the information with family and friends. Supporting pro-climate action candidates and taking local action are other important ways you can help make a difference.

Sigh.

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