…is a field full of flowers which will die because bees will die off from carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Real Climate Science, with a post on the cause of earthquakes.
It’s ladies in fields day.
Read: If All You See… »
Happy Sunday! Another wonderful day in Returned America. Baseball is back, the coyote is keeping quiet at night, and I’m walking a bit better on the damaged tendon. Still some pain, though. Not sure who this did this pinup. Maybe someone French?
What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15
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.
Read: Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup »
Hey, maybe do not come to the U.S. and call for the deaths of Jews and Americans, for the destruction of Israel and America, take over buildings, and show support for a US designated terrorist group
Takeaways about groups working to identify and report foreign student protesters
When President Donald Trump signed an order calling for the deportation of foreign students who participated in “pro-jihadist” protests of the war in Gaza, some supporters of the crackdown were already working to identify targets for expulsion.
Here are some key takeaways about the efforts by pro-Israel private groups to expose protesters using facial recognition and other means, and to report them to federal authorities.
Private groups experiment with facial recognition to identify protesters
A right-wing Jewish group said it used facial-recognition software to identify campus protesters and included them on a list submitted to administration officials earlier this year, seeking deportation.
A New York computer engineer who has built a facial-recognition tool designed to identify masked protesters said he has talked with other pro-Israel groups about licensing the software for their own efforts.
The use of facial-recognition technology by private groups enters territory previously reserved largely for law enforcement, said attorney Sejal Zota, who represents a group of California activists in a lawsuit against facial-recognition company ClearviewAI.
In other words, they only want The State to be able to try and pick out people. Of course, I remember The State asking private citizens to snitch on people caught on camera from J6. People who mostly just walked around the Capitol Building peacefully, who weren’t wishing death on people.
It’s unclear whether names from outside groups have reached top government officials, who have said that more arrests of international students are coming. But concern about the pursuit of activists has risen since the March 8 arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student of Palestinian descent who helped lead demonstrations against Israel’s conduct of the war.
“Now they’re using tools of the state to actually go after people,” said a Columbia graduate student from South Asia who has been active in protests and spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns about losing her visa.
Let me explain something to you, Sparky from South Asia (would that be a nation overrun by Islamists?): We The People are meant to be in charge. The government works for us, not the other way around.
Some supporters of deportation say they’re focused on students whose activities go beyond protest, pointing to those who incite violence or occupy campus buildings illegally.
“If you’re here, right, on a student visa causing civil unrest … assaulting people on the streets, chanting for people’s death, why the heck did you come to this country?” said Eliyahu Hawila, the software engineer whose company built the tool designed to identify masked protesters.
Well, yeah. But, Democrats, and these foreigners, want to have their cake and eat it too. Seriously, what’s wrong with identifying the rioters? They did not flinch from identifying Jewish students and threatening Jewish/Israel sympathizers. Doxxing them. Harassing them. Assaulting them. There’s zero reason we should allow people into the U.S. who support Islamic extremism and want to destroy America. They don’t assimilate. They expect us to change for them.
And maybe the press should realize that they are acting as Useful Idiots for Islamic radicalism.
Read: AP Incensed That Pro-Israel Groups Are Looking To Identify Jew Haters On Visas »
Will they also go after all the those companies providing at least 700 different products that are made with petroleum? Maybe those that make plastics for all the TVs and streaming boxes? All their fancy clothes they have for their “influencer photoshoots”? For their eyeglasses?
2 California bills seek to charge oil, gas companies for climate change
Insurance rates are rising quickly in California because of fires and floods linked to climate change and now, two new bills in Sacramento seek to make oil and gas companies pay.
The Affordable Insurance and Climate Recovery Act would create legal pathways for homeowners, insurance companies and the state insurance plan to sue and recover losses from oil and gas companies. (snip)
The Western States Petroleum Association called the bills a way for politicians to capitalize on tragedy. The California Independent Petroleum Association said the real culprits for the fires are arsonists, environmental lawsuits that prevent forest management, and cuts to firefighting budgets.
The fossil fuels companies wouldn’t stay in business if people weren’t purchasing their products.
Romero also supports the Polluters Pay Superfund bill, which would charge fossil fuel companies according to their role in climate change and invest in climate-resilient communities.
“It requires the California Environmental Protection Agency to do a report about the actual costs, both looking backwards and forwards, that climate change has caused to California in terms of our infrastructure, disaster response and things like that,” Romero outlined.
Might this be the straw that broke the camels back, where the fossil fuels companies simply say “hang it all, we are not suing, even though we have a good chance of winning in federal court, we’re just done with the People’s Republik Of California, and are no longer going to operate in the state”? How will the PRC operate all the huge number of airports? And seaports? Those ships and planes and helicopters need fuel. How will the Elites get to their cushy vacation spots? How will they operate emergency services? Etc and so on.
Read: PRC Looking To Charge Fossil Fuels Companies For Climate Crisis (scam) »
…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Legal Insurrection, with a post on a Dem rep whining about the Tesla investigations.
Read: If All You See… »
Remember this?
No rural residents connected to internet, 3 years into Biden broadband program
Some three years after the Biden administration announced the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program for rural America, not one household has been connected to high speed internet. Not one project has begun construction elsewhere or here, despite some $650 million in funding for Minnesota alone.
Much longer article, of course. And here we have Tim Hains
Jon Stewart Speechless At Biden-Era Red Tape: “This Is How Liberal Government Works Now”
Jon Stewart welcomed NYT columnist Ezra Klein on his “Weekly Show” podcast to stare into the abyss of government regulations that prevented President Biden’s “Build Back Better” infrastructure bill from building much of anything at all. Klein is a co-author of the new book, “Abundance,” which pitches the idea of a more effective liberalism by bringing attention to the red tape built into Democratic politics.
In one segment that’s gotten a lot of attention (above), Klein explains the 14-step process states have to go through to even start building the rural broadband networks that were promised $42 billion in funding by the Biden administration (3 out of 56 states and territories are almost ready to start about four years later).
“Having submitted their five-year plans and letters of intent, step eight is states must submit an ‘initial proposal’ to the NTIA [National Telecommunications and Information Administration],” Klein explained.
“Is that a result of their $5 million planning fund?” Stewart asked, noticeably losing hope.
“I assume, but then what was the five-year plan?” said Klein. “Like, if the five-year action plan isn’t the initial proposal, then what’s the five-year action plan?”
And it doesn’t get any better after that. Because then there needs to be another approval. Then there is the publishing of maps by states, which can be challenged. But, Los Federales were supposed to have their own maps. And these are then reviewed. But, this wasn’t part of the proposals to start with. And then there is sub-contracting plans submitted. Then a final proposal. And then finally a review and approval by the NTIA. Which ended with 3 of 56 almost ready to start. Doing it this way would get people in the private sector reamed, possibly demoted, if not fired, if they ran their action plans this way.
“Well, you know, organized interest groups, environmental groups,” Klein said. “Literally anybody. I want to say something because it’s very important. This is the Biden administration’s process for its own bill. They wanted this to happen. This is how liberal government works now.”
“This is something they instituted for their bill?”
“For their bill. This is a bill passed by Democrats with a regulatory structure written by a Democratic administration,” he said. “Step 11, the NTIA must review and improve the challenge results and the final map.”‘
It was a program designed to not happen.
“I’m speechless,” Jon Stewart said. “Honestly, it’s far worse than I could have imagined.”
Me too. I thought they were just incompetent and didn’t care, but, they actively made it almost impossible. So, um, uh, what’s happening with all that money? Democrats can say “Oh, $42 billion is not that much in terms of the budget”, but, do you think $42 billion is a pittance to piss away? If you gave me $5000 to build a deck and 3 years on you saw no deck, would you be wondering and a bit upset?
As one of the comments at the Real Clear Politics articles says “Klein probably knows that the bureaucratic process is the reason they want big spending. The goal isn’t to get internet to people…The goal is to keep political cadres employed for years and shovel money to friendly consultants. There’s always been some beak-wetting in government work, but we’ve reached the point where it costs $Billions to do nothing at all. And it didn’t get that way by accident.”
DOGE should audit the program, see where the money went. And Trump should turn around, scuttle the requirements, and get the program done.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 28, 2025
Read: Biden’s Internet Hookups Program Failure Shocks Even Liberal Jon Stewart »
Elections have consequences
SEC votes to stop defending climate disclosure rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to stop defending a rule that required some companies to disclose their planet-warming emissions and how climate change would impact their business.
The Republican-majority commission’s Thursday decision is not a surprise, as it had previously said it would pause its defense of the rule.
However, the formal vote marks yet another step toward the likely death of a rule that sent shockwaves through Wall Street.
The SEC’s acting chair, Mark Uyeda, said in a statement that the rule was “costly and unnecessarily intrusive.”
There was zero reason for the rule in Reality Land, but, the cult always wants to force themselves into everything. Force themselves on everyone. Force everyone to comply.
However, climate activists said that the decision provides less transparency for the public.
“Letting companies hide climate risks doesn’t make those risks any less real — it just makes it harder for investors to manage them and protect their long-term savings,” said Ben Cushing, director of the Sierra Club’s Sustainable Finance campaign, in a statement.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, how many of these people Demanding this rule actually have investments in these companies? Have a financial stake? I’d hazard to guess very few of them.
Read: SEC No Longer Defending Climate (scam) Disclosure Rule »
????#BREAKING: Olivia Marie Antoine, a 24 year old self-described "very very liberal" woman, has been charged with injury/tampering a Tesla in North Carolina.
According to the police officials, Antoine allegedly drew the word "NAZI" and a swastika on the car in broad daylight. pic.twitter.com/E4cgABMdgQ
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) March 28, 2025
So far, not a word from Rep Deborah Ross, despite this moonbat potentially living within her district (Clayton is not)
24-year-old woman arrested for vandalizing Tesla in Clayton with swastika, “Nazi”
Olivia Marie Antoine, a 24-year-old resident of Zebulon in Wake County, has been charged by in Johnston County with vandalizing a Tesla in Clayton earlier this month by drawing a swastika and the word “Nazi” on the vehicle.
According to the incident report, the vandalism occurred was while the 2021 Tesla Model 3 was parked at the shopping center at the intersection of Highway 42 and Neuse River Parkway in Clayton on March 13.
The Clayton woman to whom the vehicle belonged returned to find that a swastika and the word “Nazi” had been painted on her Tesla in a “white-milky substance.”
The owner reported the incident to the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, who were able to identify Antoine as the culprit using facial recognition software. (The entire incident had been captured on the Tesla’s camera system.)
Antoine, a former Clayton resident herself, has been charged with one count of “Injuring or tampering with vehicle” (NC GS § 14?160.4), a Class 2 misdemeanor, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 days “community punishment” and/or a $1,000 fine for a first time offender.
Hopefully she will get the maximum sentence, because, this is NC, and Clayton/Johnson County aren’t exactly liberal areas. Also, she’ll hopefully be forced to make restitution. Insurance companies do love coming after wackos like this.
Today's Tesla vandal idiot is Chadd Ritenbaugh.
He was caught on the car's camera scratching out a swastika, then checked into Planet Fitness using his membership card.
What an absolute moron. pic.twitter.com/Rad89xGMly
— Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) March 28, 2025
Read: Liberal Wacko Busted For Vandalizing Tesla In Clayton, NC »
That’s not a lot of jobs for $100 million
NC Health and Human Services Department to cut 80 jobs, lose $100 million in federal funding
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is planning to cut 80 jobs and will lose more than $100 million in funding.
The reductions are due to the federal government’s “abrupt and immediate termination of several federal grants,” a department spokesperson said in a statement. (snip)
The $100 million North Carolina is losing in funding directly contributes to the “health, safety and wellbeing of the people we serve,” the NCDHHS spokesperson wrote.
Specifically, the federal grant funding impacts several areas of work, including immunization efforts, funding for the new NC Immunization Registry, infectious disease monitoring and response, behavioral health, substance use disorder services and more. Some of the impacted funding supports work that is done by local health departments, universities, hospitals and local departments of social services.
The NCDHHS is also putting impacted vendors on notice to pause work supported by the funding.
Maybe Democrats will finally figure out that it is not the best thing to rely on Los Federales funding so much? That the entire system of US government was meant for the feds to deal with specific issues authorized by the Constitution, and the states and cities deal with everything else? That it is not that wise to be send so much tax money to the feds, where a new admin can do something different? And, really, all that federal money means states can play the waste, fraud, and idiotic spending game. And, it’s a bad idea to rely so damned much on private companies to do the work.
Meanwhile
Trump administration says it will pull back billions in COVID funding from local health departments
Federal health officials said Tuesday they are pulling back $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for state and local public health departments and other health organizations throughout the nation.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago,” the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement.
The statement said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects to recover the money beginning 30 days after termination notices, which began being sent out on Monday.
Yeah, they are doing this about 6 months early, but, come on, the pandemic is over, time to stop pissing away this money which just puts lots of money in people’s pockets for nothing.
In a related move, more than two dozen COVID-related research grants funded by the National Institutes of Health have been canceled. Earlier this month, the Trump administration shut down ordering from covidtest.gov, the site where Americans could have COVID-19 tests delivered to their mailboxes for no charge.
That’ll make the loons still wearing masks in their cars very upset.
At this point, it’s unclear exactly how health departments will be affected by the pullback of funds. But some were starting to look at what it might mean for them. In Washington state, for example, health officials were notified that more than $125 million in COVID-related funding has been immediately terminated. They are “assessing the impact” of the actions, they said.
In Los Angeles County, health officials said they could lose more than $80 million in core funding for vaccinations and other services. “Much of this funding supports disease surveillance, public health lab services, outbreak investigations, infection control activities at healthcare facilities and data transparency,” a department official wrote in an email.
Let them spend their own money on their Wuhan flu crazy. COVID is over. It’s essentially the flu at this point. Maybe states shouldn’t rely so much on federal money.
Read: Bummer: NC HHS To Cut 80 Jobs After Losing $100 Million In Federal Funding »
…are trees that will soon die from carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Jihad Watch, with a post on visas for terrorists.
Read: If All You See… »
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