UN Says World To Miss 1.5C (arbitrary) Target, Doom To Come

By William Teach September 3, 2026 – 3:00 pm

Well, hey, maybe they could hold a few more conferences where 50K+ attendees take long, fossil fueled trips

Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’

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Wait, I don’t have global heating on here?

Global heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most optimistic future, well beyond the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C, according to a UN report that warns every fraction of temperature rise intensifies destructive extreme weather, glacier melt, ecosystem loss, and island and coastal city submersion.

The report by the Nairobi-based UN Environment Programme confirmed overshooting the 1.5C goal inscribed in the landmark Paris agreement of 2015 was now “unavoidable” and, despite some progress in addressing the human-caused climate crisis driven by burning fossil fuels, likely in the next few years.

It said: “There are no good outcomes above 1.5C”.

Heating of up to 3C above preindustrial levels could lead to glaciers losing more than a quarter of their mass by 2100, raising sea levels by up to 13cm. Global food production could decline by up to 14% by 2050 if there are not effective strategies to adapt.

Human health, water supplies, nature, cities, infrastructure and economies could all be severely damaged. Some losses would be irreversible. Many communities may have to relocate or change their livelihoods.

Doom! Love the use of “global heating”. So culty.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 3, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible hazy day from too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

 

 

The blog of the day is Climate Change Dispatch, with a post on “U.N. Says Global Warming Can’t Be Stopped—Still Wants $1.3 Trillion A Year”

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Data Center “Backlash” Is Hitting State General Assemblies

By William Teach September 3, 2026 – 10:30 am

Are data centers really this bad, or, is it just scaremongering? Is this a fad like pet rocks and eating cinnamon? A lot of the opposition seems to be based on fear, anecdotes with no basis in reality, and a small smattering of actual issues (like water quality) (you can read the whole article at Internet Archive)

How the data center backlash is growing in U.S. statehouses

As public backlash erupts against data centers, AI companies have found themselves in a race with state lawmakers.

Companies are rushing to construct facilities for the servers that power their platforms. Legislators, across the country and the political spectrum, are increasingly racing to limit them.

State lawmakers have already introduced at least 375 bills on data centers this year, according to an analysis of legislative records by The Washington Post. Just over halfway through 2026, that number exceeds the total number of such bills in the three previous years combined. Roughly three-quarters of those bills introduced this year seek to restrict data centers in some way.

As with most legislation, a majority of the bills failed to pass, The Post’s analysis found, though many are still pending.

Data centers are now a rare issue uniting Americans of both parties in their opposition. About 7 in 10 Americans said they would oppose a data center being built near them, according to a recent poll from Gallup. Many cited concern about electricity costs and data centers’ environmental impacts.

But, do data centers really cause electricity to rise, or, is that from the policies in Democrat run states, which is where most of those complaints come from? Are they really bad for the environment? A lot of anecdotal stuff, but, no actual proof, and what they call environmental they really mean climate doom

Still, few politicians are embracing grassroots demands for full bans or pauses on data center construction.

Democrats are sensitive to labor unions that back the projects. Republicans are trying to balance supporters’ outrage with President Donald Trump’s enthusiastic support of data centers.

There are so many articles on the pros and cons on data centers, but, almost none have cons as “ZOMG, this is horrible!” What’s the reality? Does anyone have anything that should really put the kibosh on building them, also knowing full well that if America doesn’t build them we’ll end up using ones in China?

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Good News: UN, USAID Spent Money On Stupid Instead Of Warning Systems In Nepal

By William Teach September 3, 2026 – 7:15 am

But, see, if that money was spent on warning systems instead of Woke crap they wouldn’t have been able to siphon off at least 60% (via Green Jihad)

From the article

Even before Nepal was devastated by deadly flooding, questions were already emerging in Congress and elsewhere about whether the Asian nation used its U.S. foreign aid assistance to focus on woke ideology vanity projects like assisting transgender sex workers instead of shoring up its defenses against the threat of annual monsoons. (big snip)

While USAID money did go to some helpful programs in Nepal, questions about whether U.S. taxpayers should have been funding education and health initiatives in the country aside, at least some went to questionable services such as transgender employment. Last month, the Associated Press lamented the fact that USAID funding cuts have led to lower employment for transgender aid workers in Nepal.

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, responded to the article on X.

“Our tax dollars no longer fund employment for transgender Nepalese sex workers,” he wrote. “Thank you for reminding us why defunding USAID was long overdue.”

Other USAID initiatives also went toward diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals, rather than tangible assistance. One program, estimated to cost $20 million, sought to “improve equitable educational outcomes for marginalized children,” including “equity and inclusion activities” to keep students in school.

Instead of spending the money on things that actually matter (I can think of 1 reason to fund this: a lot of Americans go to Nepal to visit, hike, and climb, and this would protect them. Around 90 Americans are still missing)

In late July, Bangladesh had similar catastrophic flooding but used its early warning systems to evacuate tens of thousands of people and keep the death toll much lower. Fifty-nine people died in the flooding, according to the United Nations. Much of USAID’s funding in Bangladesh, a more conservative country than Nepal, went to disaster management and food security, rather than DEI initiatives – although there was some funding for that as well.

The priorities for the UN and USAID were totally FUBAR. But, then, the people involved also got their own kickbacks.

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DOJ Threatens To Pull Funds From States That Do Not Report Their Illegal Alien Residents

By William Teach September 3, 2026 – 7:00 am

I like it!

DOJ says states must report all undocumented immigrants — or lose federal funds

The Justice Department has adopted a sweeping new legal interpretation designed to compel states to assist the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns.

The new opinion from the department’s Office of Legal Counsel — which provides advice to the attorney general — outlines a new path for the federal government to yank federal funding from states that don’t aid the administration’s mass deportation push.

It says any state that draws on massive federal programs to provide financial assistance to low-income residents — which every state does — must report to the Trump administration any immigrant it believes is residing in the country illegally.

Prior administrations concluded that the requirement to report known undocumented immigrants applied only to state agencies implementing those federal programs.

But the new opinion instead determined that the reporting requirement extends to the entire government of a state receiving federal funding through either the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program or Supplemental Security Income — two enormous safety net programs for low-income families as well as elderly and disabled residents.

“Congress wrote this requirement plainly,” Assistant Attorney General T. Elliot Gaiser said in a statement. “When a state chooses to participate in TANF, it accepts the obligation to report illegal aliens in the United States. Tax dollars intended to help vulnerable Americans should not perversely encourage illegal entry into the United States, but rather should reinforce our laws and our borders.”

Oh, this is going to cause massive teeth gnashing from the moonbats, eh? Of course, yeah, some wacko liberal judge, probably one of the same old same old ones, will rule against this, be reminded they can only speak for their own district, then get reversed on appeal

I doubt they will actually do this, but, I wouldn’t be surprised if ICE agents in full ICE apparel show up around some polling places in the first days of early voting, simply to discourage illegals from showing up. That’s really what this is about.

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Is Data Center Hatred Being Driven By Climate Cult Zealots?

By William Teach September 2, 2026 – 5:18 pm

I’m rather agnostic on the issue of data centers, but, really, the US is going to build them or China will have them all. And, certainly, there is some opposition amongst Republicans. But, among Democrats, there seems to be some serious hatred

Inside the far-left’s anti-data center push and what experts say is driving it: ‘Playbook we’ve seen before’

As the development of data centers continues to grow into one of the top hot button political issues in the United States, some experts are sounding the alarm on the various left-wing groups and climate activists who are pouring money and resources into data center opposition campaigns.

“It’s a playbook we’ve seen before,” Larry Behrens, communications director at Power The Future, told Fox News Digital in an interview.

“I think Americans saw this with the Dakota Access Pipeline. They see this with oil or natural gas production within the United States. This seemingly grassroots organization pops up, but yet they’re all wearing the same T-shirts. They’re all singing the same playbook, and they’re only carrying the same signs, and so when we see that, we see that that’s not really a grassroots organization that money is coming from somewhere, and in this case, against data centers.”

Several left-wing organizations backing data center opposition have benefited from major progressive funding networks, including Public Citizen, which has listed George Soros’ Open Society Foundations among foundations whose “generous support” makes its work possible, and the Sierra Club, which received $3.6 million from Arabella Advisors’ Sixteen Thirty Fund between 2014 and 2022.

This explanation goes on for a bit, where even wacko anti-war groups like Code Pink (which disappeared during the Obama and Biden years) are involved, where the groups pushing ICE hatred and “No Kings” (weird, because the “king” is allowing them to protest) are backing data center hatred. Even as they all use vast amounts of data, making the data centers necessary.

The main driver of left-wing groups opposing data centers, in addition to ideological disdain toward President Donald Trump, who has been a staunch supporter of American AI dominance, is the opposition to fossil fuels, Behrens says.

“It’s the same thing that they’ve always opposed, any real progress they’re going to be against, anything that strengthens America, they’re gonna be against, and when it comes to data centers, the reason they’re against them is absolutely clear because it represents American jobs, and it has to be supported by American energy,” Behrens explained.

“And those are two things that the environmental left just absolutely cannot stand. And they’re gonna use delay or distracting tactics. They’re gonna use tactics like saying it’s about the water, it’s about land use. But lo and behold, when it comes time to grow cannabis, they’re more than happy with the water use. When it comes time to plaster solar fields across farmland, they don’t care about land use. When it comes time to put their solar fields across an endangered species area, they don’t care about that endangered species. It’s never what they say it’s about, it’s always against progress and production for American energy and American workers really.”

Is that the case, or, just that these are simply fellow travelers, because most on the Left are nutballs

In a recent Fox News Digital op-ed, Consumers’ Research Executive Director Will Hild made the case that data center developers ignoring the concerns of the consumers’ has been a problem that could cost the United States victory in the AI race.

“Climate radicals who spent decades trying to kill fracking, pipelines, and American energy dominance have found their next target,” Hild told Fox News Digital. “They are hijacking legitimate consumer concerns to fuel a massive disinformation campaign aimed at frightening Americans into shutting down the technology infrastructure. The same activist machine that fought American oil and gas is now mobilizing against modern data centers, because its answer to American innovation is always to stop building begins.”

It is true that the cultists do like taking over every issue.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 2, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…are horrible Bad Weather clouds rolling in, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Chicks On The Right, with a post on “No Tats for You! Florida Puts a Stop to Welfare Cash Being Used for Ink”

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Politico: Lots Of Unnamed Republicans Upset Over Trump’s Iran Bluster

By William Teach September 2, 2026 – 10:30 am

Look, I will 100% say “where’s the off ramp? How does this end? When does this end?” It’s not helping the economy. Yes, it is over 40 years beyond when the US should have been taking Iran to task, but, as many have pointed out, the Trump administration probably thought there would be a complete revolt in Iran if we bombed the big wigs, but, the crackdown by the Iranian regime ended that. So, what’s going on? The reality of that is immaterial to outlets like Politico, who have two writers going on a screed

‘Eisenhower would be spinning in his grave’: Many Republicans are over Trump’s Iran bluster

President Donald Trump threatens in one moment to slowly asphyxiate Iran’s economy and, in the next, to quickly bomb them into submission.

Republicans who disagree which option is correct are still united on one thing: They’re over Trump’s seeming indecision. (snip)

“This was launched with no plan, has been executed with no plan, and has been largely driven by the politics of the moment,” said a former security official who served in President George W. Bush’s administration, who like others in this story was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the dynamics of the war. “That’s why you see this insane — we’re in, we’re out, we’re back, we’re out, we’re bombing, we’re not bombing. I mean negotiating by tweet — Eisenhower would be spinning in his grave.”

Anonymous. I’m sure there was a plan, but, it quickly died. It may well be some sort of plan for the whiplash of intention, but, they won’t tell us because then Iran would know.

“A lot of Republicans who are supportive overall of holding Iran accountable or neutralizing the threat are frustrated,” said a former Trump campaign official. “He’s not pleasing anybody.”

One GOP strategist likened Trump’s Iran predicament to being stuck in the “friend zone.”

“You have two camps that are equally pissed — shows it’s not going great,” the GOP strategist said. (snip)

“He can’t stay on message or stick to a coherent, disciplined strategy, because he feels trapped now,” said one person close to the White House. “Trump realizes the political peril but can’t figure out a face-saving way to end the conflict. The Iranians clearly know this reality, too.”

And while Trump insists politics do not play into his calculus, there is a growing “time to move on” sentiment inside the White House, according to an oil industry executive familiar with internal discussions.

So, no one is willing to go on the record? How do we analyze these statements if we do not know who they are and where they are? We can’t deliberate? Evaluate? Scrutinize? But, that’s not the point, as you surely know, it’s to simply run with TDS. The so-called Fever Swamps. Anything like the above reminds me of this old Washington Post article from 2006

The Left, Online and Outraged

In the angry life of Maryscott O’Connor, the rage begins as soon as she opens her eyes and realizes that her president is still George W. Bush. The sun has yet to rise and her family is asleep, but no matter; as soon as the realization kicks in, O’Connor, 37, is out of bed and heading toward her computer.

Out there, awaiting her building fury: the Angry Left, where O’Connor’s reputation is as one of the angriest of all. “One long, sustained scream” is how she describes the writing she does for various Web logs, as she wonders what she should scream about this day.

That’s the way so many in the Credentialed Media operate, especially since so many of them were blogging with Bush Derangement Syndrome before going to work for the MSM. They’re looking for ways to Hate Trump. And the crazy thing is if there was support, there wasn’t this unhinged derangement, perhaps Trump would be able to find that off ramp easier.

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New York Looking At Options After Judge Strikes Down Their Climate (scam) Super Fund Scheme

By William Teach September 2, 2026 – 7:15 am

Well, sticking to the People’s Republik Of New York, the climate cult elites there are having thoughts

N.Y. leaders react to federal judge striking down Climate Change Superfund Act

Gov. Kathy Hochul said New York state is “looking” at its “options of appeal” after a federal judge struck down the state’s Climate Change Superfund Act saying it is preempted by the federal government’s Clean Air Act.

Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act into law in 2024.

The judge’s decision means New York cannot impose strict liability on energy companies for their alleged contributions to global greenhouse gas emissions.

Democratic New York state Sen. Liz Krueger initially sponsored the bill in the state Legislature.

Krueger said she was “expecting it to go this way.”

“We feel very strongly the attorney general needs to appeal this to a higher court, and we believe that we will win,” said Krueger.

Wait, they passed the law always expecting it to be shot down by a judge because it was, among other things, un-Constitutional? The judge involved, Chief U.S. District Judge Brenda Sannes, was an Obama appointee, so, it’s not like she was an arch-Conservative. Is Krueger saying she wanted to waste a lot of money on fighting in court on a wing and a prayer that it wins on appeal?

Environmental advocates share that while this is the decision in this case, there are multiple legal challenges that still have to be decided.

“There’s another case in the Southern District of New York brought by the Trump administration,” said Jon Binder, executive director of the Model Climate Laws Initiative for Environmental Advocates NY. “This case was in the northern district of New York brought by a bunch of red states and business groups. There’s also a case in Vermont that’s pending. So, we still have to see what happens in those cases. There’s lots of additional legal steps.”

Remember, climate cultists will never give up on trying to force Other People to comply with their dogma. Even though most of the Warmists do not give up their own use of fossil fuels.

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Cool: DHS Arrest Thousands Of Illegals In New York

By William Teach September 2, 2026 – 7:00 am

This has got the NY Times and Democrats upset

U.S. Announces Thousands of Arrests in New York Immigration Operation

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced Tuesday that immigration officials had arrested 2,197 people in New York State in about a monthlong operation, suggesting an uptick in arrests compared with recent months.

Speaking at a news conference, Mr. Mullin described the enforcement push as a response to the lack of cooperation from Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani on the federal government’s crackdown on unlawful immigrants, which it has named “Operation Rotten Apple.”

“Operation Rotten Apple was an operation we decided to take on because you have a very liberal-slash-socialist mayor here in New York City,” he said. “You have a governor that refuses to work with us.” (snip)

Homeland security officials on Tuesday emphasized that the operation was “not random enforcement” and that they were catching the “worst of the worst” criminals. But as ICE arrests have climbed in recent months, the agency’s operations have increasingly swept up immigrants without criminal records. A majority of the immigrants arrested in July were accused of violating civil immigration laws but had not been charged with or convicted of a crime, a New York Times analysis of federal data found.

Well, bummer, perhaps the Biden regime and the Democrat states and cities shouldn’t have been registering illegal aliens, which makes it super easy for immigration agents to show up where they are and detain them. And if the ones without serious criminal charges and convictions are scooped up, well, bummer, federal law says they should not be here.

At the news conference, Mr. Mullin was flanked by what appeared to be large mug shots with phrases such as “rape” and “kidnapping, murder,” and a Homeland Security news release said that those arrested in the operation included “murderers, rapists, pedophiles, drug traffickers and violent assailants.” But Mr. Mullin also indicated that some of those arrested in the past month may not have had criminal records.

“Regardless if you’re a criminal or not, if you entered this country and you cheated, you didn’t come in the legal way, because there are people entering this country every single day legally,” he said.

That’s it. There should be no further article. The law is the law.

In response to a follow-up message from The Times, the department did not offer further clarity. Ms. Hochul, speaking at an unrelated news conference Tuesday, cast doubt on whether the more than 2,000 people arrested in the operation had criminal records.

“There is no way that that number constitutes people committed crimes the way we consider a crime — a crime in New York State,” Ms. Hochul said. “They consider anybody who crossed the border a criminal, so don’t fall for that. That’s what I’m calling out. Do not fall for that.”

The law considers them a criminal and the penalty is deportation.

Mr. Mamdani, appearing alongside the governor, accused ICE of terrorizing immigrants and said the agency was criminalizing “the very act of being an immigrant.”

“We are proud as New York City to be a city that has sanctuary policies,” Mr. Mamdani said. “These are policies that used to be defended by Democrats and Republicans alike. These were policies introduced to ensure every New Yorker would feel comfortable coming forward to report crimes as well.”

This is just insane.

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