The Welcome Demise of Climate Change Catastrophism

"The public has grown skeptical, especially when faced with real problems like the cost of living."

 The American Spectator  

" . . . that’s a sign that the days of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth propaganda documentary and John Kerry’s “special presidential envoy for climate” globe-trotting vanity gig are officially over.

Having Solved Climate Change, Greta Thunberg Turns Attention To Middle East Peace

. . . "You thought I could only tackle climate change? How dare you!" Thunberg said as she sternly admonished reporters gathered at an anti-Israel protest in Malmo, Sweden. "Nothing can withstand the onslaught of Greta Thunberg. All those who stand in my path will be destroyed." . . . Babylon Bee

"Is the American Left finally waking up from its decades-long climate catastrophism stupor? For years, climate alarmism has reigned as political catechism: The planet is burning, and only drastic action — deindustrialization, draconian regulation, even ceasing childbearing — could forestall certain apocalypse. Now, at least some signs are emerging that both the broader public and leading liberal voices may be recoiling from the doom and gloom." . . .

". . . "The climate alarm machine — powered by the twin engines of moral panic and groupthink homogeneity — is sputtering. When the public grows skeptical, when billionaire techno-philanthropists question the prevailing consensus, and when supposedly mainstream scientific projections reverse course, that’s a sign that the days of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth propaganda documentary and John Kerry’s “special presidential envoy for climate” globe-trotting vanity gig are officially over.

"Ultimately, no one stands to benefit more from this incipient trend toward climate sanity than the American people themselves. In an era where optimism can be hard to come by, the professed certitude of imminent environmental apocalypse is pretty much the least helpful thing imaginable. If one is seeking to plant the seeds of hope, nothing could be worse than lecturing to the masses that one is a climate change-“denying” misanthrope if he has the temerity to take his family on an airplane for a nice vacation or — egad! — entertain thoughts of having more children. Even more to the point, given the overwhelming evidence that Americans are now primarily concerned about affordability and the cost of living, more — not less — hydrocarbon extraction has never been more necessary." . . .

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Read Derek Chauvin’s New Petition … And Weep For American Justice

Sadly for Officer Chauvin, he has no young Gen Z women adoring him as does Luigi Mangione. 

Issues & Insights  

"For Derek Chauvin, it’s a case that tragically has not only ended a career distinguished by multiple commendations, but any prospect of freedom in the near future."

. . . "The conventional conservative pundit play at this point: join calls for the verdict to be vacated and for Chauvin to receive a fair trial with excluded evidence presented to the jury, false statements corrected, and improper expert testimony disallowed.

"But this commentator will instead posit a brutal near-certainty: regardless of the passage of time and the seeming mountain of evidence of Chauvin’s innocence – and even of prosecutorial misconduct – no court will act to vacate his conviction and grant a new trial, or even grant the fallback request of fresh evidentiary hearings.

"Because no judge wants to take on the extraordinary burden of potentially lighting the fuse that ignites a new season of coast-to-coast riots in the name of “attack(ing) some of the core beliefs and structures of cisheteropatriarchal racial capitalist society.”

"In essence, Chauvin – sacrificed on the altar of economic and racial “justice” to appease BLM-inflamed mobs – will remain the victim not of a heckler’s but a hooligans’ veto.

"But even rampaging and plundering may not be necessary. Simply dropping the race card, and thereby creating the prospect of being smeared as bigots in the media, was reportedly sufficient to intimidate Department of Education officials in the selfsame Land of 10,000 Lakes to greenlight continued payments to Somali groups despite the discovery of hundreds of millions of dollars in fraud.

"Any jurist considering providing real justice to the wrongly convicted law enforcement officer will be certain to be the target of bitter invective spewed by professional grifters, accompanied by systematic character assassination via cynical politicians, bought-and-paid-for social media influencers, and lapdog journalists." . . .

How the Left Turned Chauvin Into a Racist Killer  "Although he made up his mind before jury did, President Joe Biden quickly went public once he learned that the Minneapolis jury had, in fact, convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin on all charges.

" 'It was a murder in the full light of day, and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism the vice president just referred to — the systemic racism that is a stain on our nation’s soul.” So said the only president to have given a eulogy at the funeral of an Exalted Klan Cyclops, and that just 10 years before Floyd’s death.

"The comments by Biden, endorsed by the media, frame The Overton Window on George Floyd’s death and Derek Chauvin’s verdict. The only acceptable public opinion is that Chauvin intentionally caused Floyd’s death. If proof were needed, former NFL great Brett Favre was tarred and feathered on Twitter for haplessly suggesting otherwise." . . . 

"To justify $2 billion of damages and dozens of lives lost, the Democrat-media complex needed a cause as epic as the damage. The State and its allies had to overcharge all four of the officers. They had to turn Chauvin from a veteran cop, who may or may not have made an error of judgment in the final moments of Floyd’s life, into a villain. They had to turn the career criminal George Floyd into a secular saint. And, finally, they had to elevate an unintentional death into a racist murder.  If there was “stain on a nation’s soul,” Joe, it was the trial."

How sad the evil that possessed the ignorant youth and academics in the streets, the evil race hustlers like Maxine Waters, the reprehensible, cowardly press championed by such as Joy Reid and other MSNBC clones; made most manifest by the Democrats in Congress and their tool, Joe Biden. TD

Threatening to Prosecute Your Opponents When They Give Up Power Is a Bad Idea

 Kurt Schlichter   

"Maybe we will break apart. It's becoming hard to justify remaining in a country with people who despise us, as well as exploit us. But that's not good."

. . . "All the Democrats out there announcing that as soon as they get power, they're going to use the full weight of government to prosecute anybody who had anything to do with the Donald Trump administration reminds me of a historical analogue. They won't recognize it because most of them don't believe that history started until 1619, or maybe when Barack Obama got elected, and anything occurring before then was just dead white men doing dead white men stuff that doesn't matter. But you know, it totally matters whether they like it or not." . . .

. . . "Yeah, I know, that's crazy talk, which is crazy, and stop being crazy, you crazy guy. But then again, I'm not the one out there threatening to prosecute anybody who participates in any policy that the Democrats don't like. I'm just the guy who notices. Luckily, the Trump administration has noticed too, and it's not playing along. It's not giving in. It's not backing down. Nor should we as citizens play along, give in, or back down. Our enemies are evil, but they're also stupid, and they don't understand human nature, nor do they know history. They somehow think that they can intimidate us and shame us into submission, into giving up our right to participate in our own governance and allowing them to rule over us in perpetuity. That's not going to happen. That's not in the cards. They're playing a very dangerous game.

"Now, Julius Caesar was famously kind to his enemies. He showed mercy to most of the people who opposed him during the Roman Civil War he fought and won. Of course, it was the same people he showed mercy to who ended up stabbing him to death. That's another lesson of history, but one that we need to learn. And when we learn it, it's not going to go well for the enemies who force us to protect ourselves from the oppression they promise to impose upon us.

"But there's hope. It's not too late to not repeat history. I'm just not optimistic that the Left is not so dumb and malicious that it will stumble into a catastrophe.". . . 

Pearl Harbor Day From CNN and MS...um....somethingorother

Babylon Bee: CNN Reports On 'Deadly Boat Accident' At Pearl Harbor  

"HONOLULU, HI - CNN and other mainstream news outlets are reporting on a "tragic, completely accidental" boating accident at Pearl Harbor. As details still come in, CNN is urging people to not rush to judgment or assign blame until the story goes away in a few days. 

:"Such a tragic and completely accidental boating accident," said one news anchor. "The thing that's so sad about it is the tragic, totally random accidentalness of it. Our hearts are with the victims and whatever. Anyway, in other news..." 

"Independent journalists from the scene are sending messages that this was an intentional attack by the Empire of Japan that was designed to inflict as much destruction and casualty as possible. Such messages have been dismissed as unfounded and racist, and likely linked to recent increases in anti-Asian hate crimes. 

" 'We do not need to investigate this any further, or talk about it ever again, as it was an accident," said the local Police Chief in a press conference. "Any talk of motive is unhelpful at this time. I think what's really important is allowing our Pearl Harbor community to heal." 

"CNN then quickly transitioned to a news story about the latest Cary Grant movie." 

Documenting a Disaster: The WW1 Combat Cameraman (No AI)

Battle Guide  "Using a WW1 combat cameraman's diary and trench maps, this Battle Guide video precisely recreates a single day's filming. Original footage is overlaid on modern maps and drone shots. Experience the Battle of the Somme through a unique and perilous perspective." . . .

"These haunting battlefield scenes may well be the most recognisable footage of the First World War: men huddled in a sunken road, troops waiting to go “over the top,” a massive mine erupting under enemy trenches, and wounded men being rescued from no-man’s-land, but, did you know, it was all captured under fire by a single cameraman on a single day. "Join us as we follow that one man, using his own diary entries, matched precisely with trench maps, modern terrain footage, and the original film he shot, we’ll retrace his steps and investigate what he captured on the infamous opening day of the Battle of the Somme."

From the comments to this video:

"This is gold! I've seen this footage in piecemeal spread across various presentations without ever knowing where these places were. Like the scene with the men in the "sunken road." I never knew that footage was part of the Somme or that it had the name "sunken road." As a writer, I search for the littlest details in everything I write, so when I can see someone else pulling out details like that in a video, it's priceless. You put the actual trench lines to the current topography and you can still see where there are areas following trenches: the tree line in one place seems to just hug it like it can't grow any farther. I can understand why this was your hardest; this is also the most personal. Names and dates attached to faces. These aren't casualty numbers that get lost in history books: these are human beings. You did your part to keep them alive, to keep them human in a war that dehumanized and erased people by the thousands. Thank you!"

Beaumont-Hamel

The 1st Newfoundland Regiment was ordered in battle at the village of Beaumont-Hamel at the start of the Battle of the Somme, and at 07:30 on 1st July a coordinated attack on the German lines began.

 Beaumont Hamel -Memorial pictures

One of the few photos from before the Great War. No remnants of pre war locations exist because everything there was wiped off the map.

And after the battle of The Somme:

Patty Murray BRUTALLY 'Introduced' to Illegal She's Been Defending and Fighting for and ...

 Twitchy

"Patty Murray is furious that one of her so-called constituents was bitten by an ICE agent's dog and then VIOLENTLY DRAGGED AWAY.

"She wants him released immediately."  She stated:

My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away. I am calling for Wilmer’s immediate release from NWIPC—he has NO criminal convictions, he poses no threat to the community, and he urgently needs appropriate medical care since ICE is denying him the treatment he requires.   . . . — @PattyMurray (@Senator Patty Murray) Dec 4, 2025

"Interesting how that post is showing as not found ... hrm." . . .

Hey @PattyMurray

Is this the Wilmer Toledo-Martinez whom you are advocating for ICE to release?

Drugs, theft, and unlawful possession of a firearm

He isn't your "constituent." He is an illegal alien drug dealer

I didn't see any media outlet mention his criminal history pic.twitter.com/rtP2UKdsW7

— Ari Hoffman 🎗 (@thehoffather) December 7, 2025 

We shouldn’t reward Russia with a ‘peace’ that leaves Ukraine carved up and helpless

Douglas Murray  

"And that unless Russia is deterred from doing so, President Vladimir Putin will simply wait for President Trump to leave office and come back and try to take the country all over again. After all, if he keeps being rewarded for his aggression, why wouldn’t he?"

"Despite President Trump’s calls for the fighting to stop, Russia this week again stepped up its war against Ukraine.

"On Wednesday, Russian forces fired X-101 cruise missiles at sites in western Ukraine.

"This is far from the east of the country, where most of the fighting has been taking place since the full-scale Russian invasion of February 2022.

"The targets for Wednesday’s strikes included not just energy infrastructure sites, but residential buildings in the city of Ternopil.

"Not least apartment tower blocks where dozens of residents were killed and wounded." . . .

. . . "You have to marvel at the logic — as well as the manners — of these people.

"On the one hand, they accuse Jews who live in their historic homeland of being “settlers.”

"On the other, they scream abuse at Jews in every country outside Israel.

"Surely, in the process, making more Jews want to move to Israel.

"After all, if you are going to scream at, and urge violence against, Jews in the middle of Manhattan, can you be surprised if some of them might want to move?

"Particularly to somewhere where they might be better protected?

"It reminds me of those charming students at Columbia University who chased Jews across campus last year shouting, “Go back to Poland.”

"When there were a lot of Jews in Poland, those same Jews would be told to “go back home” to the Middle East.

"It really is almost as though some people don’t want Jews to exist anywhere at all, isn’t it? . .

Gavin Newsom Tries to Blame Trump for Lack of Rebuilding After L.A. Fires

Gavin and Rosie in the rubber room.

Legal Insurrection

. . . "As for Newsom’s claims about Trump, he should be laughed off the national stage. Instead, at least one outlet, Politico, is taking him seriously:

Newsom accuses Trump of wildfire aid snub

Gavin Newsom accused the Trump administration of rebuffing a meeting request as the California governor seeks more wildfire recovery aid in Washington, casting the refusal to make a staffer available as an unprecedented breach.

The Democratic governor’s staff said the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Federal Resources Management Agency, told them FEMA’s acting director was unavailable and did not offer another official to meet with as Newsom presses Congress for $33.9 billion. The Newsom administration framed that freezeout as part of a larger abandonment of the Los Angeles area, arguing the White House has broken with precedent by not sending a funding proposal to Congress.

“The Trump Administration refused a routine wildfire recovery meeting — a rejection we’ve never seen before — even as LA families near a year without long-term federal financial help,” Newsom spokesperson Izzy Gardon said in a statement. “The message to survivors is unmistakable: Donald Trump doesn’t care about them.”

"It has been almost a year since the fires, yet Newsom and Bass have done almost nothing.

"Adam Carolla predicted the rebuild would be nonexistent back in January. He was right.

"Featured image via Twitter/X video." . . .

Rosie O'Donnell's therapist urged her to 'detach' from social media due to bizarre fixation on Trump  "Rosie O'Donnell's therapist begged her to cut herself off from social media over what friends and family have described as a spiraling fixation with President Donald Trump - but the comedian couldn't even hold out for half a day.

The day before Thanksgiving, O'Donnell vowed to her therapist that she would go two days without posting anything about the Republican president, according to The Washington Post's profile of her life in Ireland. 

"The pledge collapsed almost instantly. 'It lasted maybe a few hours,' the paper reported.". . . 

The Democratic Party Is the Most Racist Organization in America | Opinion

 Newsweek  Oct 28, 2024 

  "Clearly, racial division is no longer working as an electoral strategy. Fighting racism with more racism is deeply unpopular."

Nancy says.....

. . . "The Democrats' long-term strategy is to stoke racial resentment to build their coalition and energize non-white voters. The rhetoric is designed to convince minorities that America is irredeemably, structurally racist, and only Democrats will look out for them. Social justice ideology, DEI, and wokeness are used in businesses, institutions, and schools to enforce Democratic rule and used internally to enforce party discipline. Note how Democrats united an entire coalition around Kamala Harris. No one wanted to look racist for suggesting there might be a better option.

AOC and the author

"During the summer of 2020, I was a fundraiser for progressives and saw crazy things. Campaigns started replacing consultants and campaign staff with BIPOC staffers to appear more inclusive. A prominent Democratic group announced funding was reserved solely for organizations led by non-whites. Another campaign pitched a donor-backed plan to source poor white people from Craigslist, pay them to be interviewed, then bait them into racially insensitive remarks. The candidate could then expose their racism as a "white whisperer" who could change their minds. The idea was insane and shut down by consultants who knew better, but still came disturbingly close to happening.

"At first, I went along with the Democratic crusade for racial division. I was scolded for using yellow emojis in Slack, which are complicit in white supremacy, so I switched them to white. When speaking to BIPOC consultants, I made sure to mention how white women are the worst, so they knew I wasn't racist. While reviewing resumes for potential hires, I tracked their race to ensure all people of color received interviews, and ignored most resumes from white men." . . .   More...

Evan Barker is a former Democratic campaign operative, campaign finance reform advocate, and podcaster. You can follow her on X @evanwch.

The REAL Racism the Lefties Won't Talk About   "Race hustling weasels such as Al Sharpton have long suggested that white people don't want to have a talk about race, because we crayolas are all racist and whatnot. Good news, Al, I'm ready for that talk now!" . . .

Rep. Jasmine Crockett Goes on Ugly Racist Rant About 'White Tears,' Gets Zero Pushback from CNN Anchor    

. . . "Newsflash to Rep. Crockett: the history of the world is colonization. The first North American “natives” are thought to have likely crossed a Bering Sea land bridge, while those in South America probably came across the Pacific Ocean by boat." . . .

Much more here:  Jasmine's racism - Search  It seems a race war is wanted.

What are the motives and what do they want to see happen?

Pentagon reporters self-deported. America won.

 Don Surber  

“ 'Skepticism is one thing. Flat-out lying is another.” The problem with the legacy media is that their job was to make Republicans look bad and to protect Democrats from any damaging information. Good riddance!" Comment by MLR

"On October 15, roughly half of the 101 members of the self-important Pentagon Press Association turned in their credentials as Pentagon reporters to protest new rules such as not giving reporters free range in the military headquarters.

"These are the eagle-eyed journalists who never noticed that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in the hospital for a month.

"The quitters now complain that they are being denied access. Huh?

"Disney’s ABC said, “Outlets that reach millions of news consumers are being denied access to rare briefings by Pentagon officials this week—sessions that are being held instead for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s hand-picked media organizations.

"Only in Paragraph 4 did the Disney channel admit that it voluntarily surrendered its press credentials.

"The story boasted, “The rules haven’t kept journalists from working, even without the physical access. The Washington Post reported Friday that Hegseth ordered a second strike in September on a boat with suspected drug smugglers after not everyone had been initially killed. President Donald Trump said Hegseth had denied he did this, which some critics have said was a potential war crime if true.”

"If true.

"Bullwinkle J. Moose once observed that if it’s in the newspaper, it must be true. Newspapers dropped that standard long ago.

"AP, whose Pentagon reporter was among the quitters taking their ballpoint pens and going home, said at the time, “In an essay, NPR reporter Tom Bowman noted the many times he’d been tipped off by people he knew from the Pentagon and while embedded in the military about what was happening, even if it contradicted official lines put out by leadership. Many understand the media’s role.”

"AP doesn’t understand. Chief among those reports that contradicted the Pentagon this summer was AP’s story that began, “A U.S. intelligence report suggests that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after U.S. strikes and was not ‘completely and fully obliterated’ as President Donald Trump has said, according to two people familiar with the early assessment.”

"The story is based on the 47th Rule of What Passes for Journalism These Days: Never believe Trump." . . .

Unhinged MSNBC Analyst: ‘Criminal’ Trump Is Trying to Distract Us from the Fact that ‘a Crime Family Is Atop the White House’

TFPPWire   

"The Bottom Line: An MSNBC guest accused Trump of running a “crime family” from the White House and using urban crime concerns to distract from alleged corruption. These remarks were made without supporting evidence, raising questions about the ethics of broadcasting such claims. The exchange reflects the ongoing use of sensational political rhetoric on cable news, where accusation often outweighs verification."

"Donald Trump’s critics on MSNBC are pushing a new narrative, accusing him of operating a “crime family” from the White House and using public safety concerns to distract from alleged corruption. The exchange featured heated rhetoric but no presented evidence.

Key Facts:

• MSNBC’s Anand Giridharadas accused Donald Trump of leading a “crime family” from the White House.
• He claimed Trump was “running crypto schemes” and enriching “billionaire cronies.”
• Giridharadas alleged Trump uses crime concerns in cities like D.C., Chicago, and New York to deflect from larger wrongdoing.
• The discussion aired during “Morning Joe” with host Joe Scarborough.

The Rest of The Story:  During a “Morning Joe” segment, Joe Scarborough and Anand Giridharadas discussed urban crime and public safety. Scarborough suggested that Americans can be concerned about multiple issues at once, including crime, the environment, and political integrity.

"Giridharadas agreed on the importance of public safety but quickly pivoted to accuse Trump of exploiting crime fears. He asserted Trump is “weaponizing” safety concerns in major cities, particularly D.C., Chicago, and New York, for political gain." . . .  More...  

  'Beyond sick': MS NOW correspondent blasted for disgusting comments on National Guard shooting  

MS NOW reporter gets obliterated online for unbelievable comment about shooting of National Guard troops | Blaze Media . . .

‘Beyond sick’: Sky News Australia. . . MS NOW correspondent Ken Dilanian has been slammed over his comments following the shooting of two National Guard troops. "On Wednesday, two National Guard troops were shot in Washington, DC, with both currently in critical condition and the shooter in custody. "During MS NOW’s coverage of the shooting, Dilanian spoke about the environment in the US capital since the National Guard’s deployment. "The correspondent observed that the guard’s presence in DC has been normalised and not seen as controversial, as when they were first deployed. “ 'Of course, you know, there's so much controversy happening in the United States right now with ICE, who are also wearing uniforms and wearing masks,” he said. “ 'And so there's — you don't know — people walking around with uniforms in an American city. There are some Americans that might object to that. And so, apparently, this shooting has happened.” . . .

Trump reveals his character    . . . "He's grown in office too. The counter puncher prone to fire off unguided mean tweets has, with the benefit of age and experience, remained a counter puncher, but a more restrained tweeter. Having survived multiple assassination attempts has doubtless reminded him of his mortality, God’s apparent plan for him, and has noticeably humbled him. Those with defective character would have seen that as a sign of their invulnerability. Trump seems to have understood the opposite.

"Many don’t know how many acts of kindness Trump and his family regularly do. They don’t publicize them, nor do they have to do them. " . . .

ANN’S 1-STEP GUIDE TO SAVING NORTH CAROLINA

 Ann Coulter  

"But I’d really rather he round up illegals in North Carolina, so maybe we could have a shot at preventing this “purple state” from becoming California."

"Although the media are not typically interested in helping Republicans win elections, they seem awfully concerned that Donald Trump’s immigration raids in Charlotte, North Carolina, could hurt the GOP’s electoral prospects. The New York Times reports, for example, that the raids “brought one of the Trump administration’s showiest crackdown strategies into a purple state … creating a rare test of one of his core priorities in fiercely contested political territory.”

"Hold it right there. A purple state? When did North Carolina become a purple state? The state of “Senator No” (Jesse Helms) and other staunch conservatives like John East?

"Here’s a clue! From 1900 until around 1980, North Carolina’s foreign-born population was less than 1%. Today, it’s 15% — and that’s not including third-generation immigrants. The immigrants are mostly Hispanic and Asian, groups that block vote, 70% to 30%, for the Democrats.

"In Mecklenburg County, where Charlotte is located, 65% of new residents were born outside of the country. Talk about a sanctuary: The Mecklenburg County Sheriff, Garry McFadden, is a black man who not only thinks “Black Lives Matter,” but also “Illegal Alien Child Rapist and Murderers’ Lives Matter.”

"Ignoring ICE detainer requests — and common sense — he promptly releases those accused of committing such minor and inconsequential infractions as car theft, drunk driving, rape, child molestation and murder onto the streets, never to be heard from again. [ATTENTION SEN. MARK KELLY: Sheriff McFadden’s underlings are being forced to comply with illegal orders!]

"Arguably, the state isn’t turning blue because enforcement of immigration laws has been too aggressive, but rather because it’s been nonexistent." . . . More...