Oh Noes, People Were Stranded At Airports

By William Teach November 14, 2026 – 4:56 pm

After reading about 10-15 of these 1st World Tales Of Woe

The FAA ground stop stranded me at the airport with 3 kids until 4 a.m. We’re delayed 3 days and facing thousands in costs.

My family was already in the air flying from Puerto Rico to Orlando, en route back to our home in Albany, New York, when we found out about the ground stop. I had a work conference there, so I decided to bring my wife and three kids, twin 3-year-olds and an 8-year-old, with me.

Maybe don’t bring the whole family to a WORK conference?

Luckily, we were able to land, but the pilot told us all connections had been canceled. Now it’s going to take us three additional days to get home, and it’s going to cost us thousands of dollars.

When we landed in Orlando at 7 p.m., everything was chaotic, with long lines of people trying to get help. My wife and I got our kids settled at one of the gates, and then I waited in line for about an hour. The customer service agent told me our connecting flight would depart at 1 a.m., so we decided to stay at the airport

Our kids were definitely troopers, but were exhausted. We were able to get one of the little ones to fall asleep in their stroller, but the other two didn’t fall asleep until about 10 p.m., way past their bedtime. The whole time we were there, the airline didn’t offer us anything, not even a snack or a blanket. The kids were definitely uncomfortable on the floor and cold.

One of our kids goes to bed every night with a warm cup of milk, but all of the vendors were closed, so she couldn’t have it, which led to some big tears. We were able to get everyone dinner before things closed, though.

Sniffle. AITA for not giving a shit about this tale of woe, or any of the others? Yeah, I’d be annoyed, I’ve had to set around at the airport for extra hours due to the weather, but, this is all so First World. I’m sorry you had a bad experience, but, you’ll be OK. You weren’t in danger, just inconvenienced. There is no need to write a bit Woe Is Me piece, nor others to do the same.

Delta CEO says air traffic control systems are so outdated that some commercial flight routes were faster in the 1950s than they are today

Last year, chronic flight delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport revealed a litany of problems with antiquated air traffic control systems. Today, those problems persist and are even more illuminated thanks to the FAA’s nationwide ground stop on Friday.

Even Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy admitted last year that some of the decades-old computer equipment air traffic controllers use looks like it came off the set of Apollo 13, and compared it to a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle.

Delta CEO Ed Bastian also revealed last year that, due to aging air traffic control systems, it actually takes longer today to fly from Atlanta to LaGuardia than it did in the 1950s when the airline opened that route.

“That’s the air traffic control system. It’s very slow. It’s congested,” he told TODAY in May 2025. “If you modernize the skies, you can kind of bring greater efficiency.”

This has been an issue since the late 1980s, but, everything seems to be a patch on top of a patch, rather than an overhaul of the system. It’s way past time for that entirely new system. You want to blame someone? Blame every president since Reagan, and everyone who has worked in Congress. Blame bureaucrats.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 14, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…are mountains which will soon lose their snow due to global boiling, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is American Greatness, with a post on “Trump Administration Tells Federal Agencies to Operate in English”

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AOC Continues To Attack Haley Stevens For Backing Rogers

By William Teach November 14, 2026 – 10:30 am

The party of tolerance doesn’t do well when anyone crosses the line

Ocasio-Cortez: Stevens has ‘been with the Republicans’ since Congress returned

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) has “been with the Republicans” since Congress returned, after the Michigan Democrat endorsed former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) in the midterms.

“She’s been with the Republicans ever since she’s come back. So she’s been on the Republican side of the aisle,” Ocasio-Cortez said during an appearance on “The Don Lemon Show” that aired Thursday.

“This is just the epitome of a certain kind of transactional politics,” she added. “And it’s really sad.”

Oh, Lord, buzz phrase alert. Seriously, isn’t all politics transactional?

Stevens’s last-minute endorsement of the Republican candidate in Michigan’s competitive Senate race came after her feud with Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.). The feud, in the preceding days of the midterm elections, stemmed from a political advertisement tying Israel to high grocery prices in the U.S. Stevens released a statement saying incoming Michigan senator did not condemn the ad forcefully enough.

It was a bit more than that, like El-Sayed saying Stevens was not welcome in his campaign, and his connections to Islamic extremism, and that ad featured previous Republican and seriously broken nutjob Tucker Carlson. Democrats came after her, and then she backed Rogers.

Stevens, who has defended her decision multiple times, tripled down on it following the midterm results, saying that her beliefs were “never measured by who would win at the ballot box.”

“I recognize that my decision has consequences. All important decisions do. I don’t regret it, but I am truly sorry that it upset some of my colleagues and people I care about personally,” she said.

Yeah, you do not want to upset the Democratic Machine, because independent thought is not allowed. Look how they come after John Fetterman, despite him voting with Democrats the vast majority of the time.

Ocasio-Cortez, in her recent interview, said this “isn’t just about endorsing the Republican … this is about a betrayal.”

“It showed that people were right in advocating for Abdul El-Sayed’s candidacy in the primary over someone like Haley Stevens,” the New York Democrat added.

Say what you will about AOC, she is no longer an outsider, she is part of the Machine, and this kind of talk riles up the base and her fellow Democrats. It’s a cult as hardcore as Scientology, which will boot people for being Suppressive Persons. Shun them. Then does Disconnection, cutting all ties with a Suppressive Person. There is no such thing as reasonable discussion, reasonable opposition.

But, she’s only returning to Congress till the end of the session, as she lost to El-Sayed for the Senate seat, and didn’t run for the House. Will she vote with Republicans till then? Remember, she was also thrown out of the Michigan Dem party, because Dems are tuber-tolerant. Look at the comments

  • Thank God Pelosi is out of there. What a disgrace and a shameful way to end her career. Haley Stevens would have been horrible for this country. But that’s what Schumer wanted. Another AIPC servant putting America last. Good riddance to both women. (Dems love them some Jew Hatred)
  • The big issue is if she votes with the republicans during this lame duck session. If she actively harms the party she ran for then there should be consequences. Hopefully nobody will hire her for any consulting jobs if she should do that…I’d be okay with blackballing her from anything higher than a “do you want fries with that?” job.

Political Cult.

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UN Chief Says You People Need Drastic “Emissions” Cuts

By William Teach November 14, 2026 – 7:15 am

You gotta love the chutzpah of these climate cult elites

UN chief says ‘immediate and drastic’ emissions cuts needed to avert climate change catastrophe

The world must immediately and drastically cut fossil fuel emissions to avert the most catastrophic effects of climate change, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Friday at his final climate summit, urging the world to “follow the science” and face hard facts.

“You cannot build peace on a burning planet,” Guterres told reporters, stressing that climate change is central to the U.N.’s work because it contributes to geopolitical instability by driving hunger and displacement, pushing countries into debt and fueling competition for land and water.

A 1.6F increase in global temperatures is “burning”. Really, the previous Holocene warm periods saw higher rises

“You cannot eradicate poverty when climate disasters keep throwing people back into it,” he added. “You cannot promise young people a better future while destroying the natural systems on which that future depends. And you cannot speak seriously about justice when those who did least to cause this crisis suffer first and worst.”

World leaders meeting in Turkey for the annual U.N. climate talks are trying to reach consensus on concrete actions to address climate change — which is fueling more intense and deadly heat waves, droughts, floods and other disasters — and help countries at greatest risk, including island nations that also are losing land to rising seas.

They hyperbole is amazing. Though, not unexpected. It’s usual from the cult. But, here’s where it gets really fun. You know how I’ve been writing that there are 50K+ at the Turkey climate (scam) conference? Yeah, that + is a wee bit bigger

That is a lot of people taking fossil fueled trips, eh?

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Chicago School Running Program Leaning Heavily Into AI Learning

By William Teach November 14, 2026 – 7:00 am

Will it work?

New private school in downtown Chicago using artificial intelligence to teach students

A new school in Chicago is taking a different approach to education, using what they call AI-powered software to teach core subjects like math, science, and reading.

Students at Alpha Chicago in the Lakeshore East neighborhood spend two hours each morning learning core subjects on a computer – like math, science, and reading – using a software program called “2 Hour Learning.”

“At first, I thought it would feel like going on my iPad, but it feels so much more different, like I’m actually learning,” Alpha Chicago student Owen said.

The rest of their day is spent developing real-world skills like sewing, cooking, and navigating public transportation.

It should include stuff like cursive, how loans work, basic economics, stuff like that. Overall, sounds like an interesting idea

Alpha Schools doesn’t use traditional teachers. Instead, classes are led by “guides,” who go by their first names and oversee each group of students.

Most guides don’t have a background in education. A February analysis from the University of Colorado’s National Education Policy Center, a nonpartisan think tank, reported that only about one-third of Alpha guides have education training or degrees.

Carrington Haas is the lead guide of Alpha Chicago.

“AI is a component of it, but I think truly the impressive and the magic part of Alpha is the way that we are able to teach the life skills,” she said.

The life skills include public speaking, financial literacy, teamwork, and leadership.

Interesting concept. The teacher’s unions must utterly loathe this.

Alpha Schools has 1,500 students at 50 campuses across the country. Around 50 students are enrolled in Chicago, but the space can hold up to 500.

The school has a hefty price tag. Tuition for one student costs nearly $55,000.

But what about families who can’t afford tuition or who live farther away?

“We want to be able to expand this and make it so that it’s not just an exclusive education, because this is a model that we believe can work for everybody,” Howell said.

I’m actually surprised Democrats haven’t tried to shut it down.

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Venezuela President Lights Up Warmists At UN Climate (scam) Conference

By William Teach November 13, 2026 – 4:25 pm

You go, girl! (I’d never say that in person, she is pretty hardcore)

Venezuela Tells Climate Doomers It Has ‘Sovereign Right’ to Pump Oil, Iran Demands Environmental Reparations

The U.N.’s COP31 climate alarmism summit in Antalya, Turkey, is proving to be a fractious affair, as energy-producing nations insist on their right to sell the fossil fuel products that drive their economies. On Thursday, Venezuela became the latest nation to declare that it will not stop pumping oil.

“We reaffirm our sovereign right to ?strengthen our energy and oil industry as a driver of our national development,” Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, said after hearing the latest U.N. demand to phase out fossil fuels.

“We believe there is no inevitable contradiction between energy development and environmental protection, because a just transition does not shut down economies – it transforms them,” she argued.

Rodriguez and her team actually used the COP31 conference as a venue to drum up more investment in Venezuela’s oil industry, including pitch meetings with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar.

She missed a big opportunity, like most politicians, to call out the hypocrisy of 50K+ taking fossil fueled flights to a climate conference and decry Other People using fossil fuels. I don’t know why they don’t get this, it would be the easiest thing.

Rodriguez offered her own version of this strategy by rolling out “Plan Venezuela Vive” at COP31 on Thursday. She argued that Venezuela is a “net carbon sink” despite selling prodigious amounts of oil, and pledged to sink even more carbon with a national program of forest and ocean conservation.

That would be what the Warmists would call “greenwashing”. And then they take a private fossil fueled jet.

PS: I used that old graphic of Sheldon, then wondered “hey, is he there?”

(Argus) While there is a “pretty solid foundation of work” that has been done on such a carbon boarder adjustment mechanism (CBAM) for the US, the loss of two Republican supporters will make it hard to get through Congress, even as Democrats are poised to hold sizeable majorities in both the Senate and US House of Representatives next year, US senator Sheldon Whitehose (D-Rhode Island) said on Friday.

“We’d need Republican champions to step up”, Whitehouse told reporters at the UN Cop 31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkey.

Anyone think he flew domestic?

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 13, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible early season heatsnow because Other People refused to go vegan, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on “What Happens When the Police Only Have Electric Vehicles?”

Also

That’s from yesterday. A goodly chunk are trying to hit the WordPress admin login page.

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Seattle Mayor Backs Lawsuit Against Washington Trans In Girl’s Sports Law

By William Teach November 13, 2026 – 10:30 am

Democrats are super excited about Direct Democracy, ie, citizens voting directly on initiatives, right up till Democrats lose

Seattle mayor backs effort to block girls’ sports initiative that passed in 36 of Washington’s 39 counties

The statement was 148 words. Not one of those words was “girls.”

Tuesday, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said that she was going to back the Seattle School Board’s unanimous vote to pursue legal action against Initiative 638 — which would enforce separation of boys and girls in K-12 sports in Washington state.

Voters passed the measure by a 13-point margin last week, and it won in 36 of the Evergreen State’s 39 counties. But after deliberating behind closed doors Monday, the Seattle School Board voted publicly to authorize potential legal action against the measure without hearing public testimony. And the mayor fully approves.

“Last night, the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors voted to authorize legal action regarding Initiative 638. The Board’s decision reflects concerns shared by educators, families, community leaders, and the City of Seattle about the measure’s impact on student privacy, safety, dignity, and equitable access to educational opportunities.

“For nearly two decades, Washington schools and the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association have relied on policies designed to ensure all students can participate fully in school life. As those longstanding protections face new challenges, we affirm the rights of transgender youth and stand with them and their families.

Why are Democrats so in favor of forcing women to have to play sports against biological men with mental illness.

Remember, Seattle was one of the epicenters of the “No Kings” movement, where tens of thousands rallied against a president they accused of disregarding the will of the people. Yet when Washington voters overwhelmingly supported a measure Wilson opposes, she had no problem backing an effort to overturn it. Apparently, the will of the people is only worth defending when the people vote the right way.

Hypocrisy is nothing new from Democrats.

This sounds great to an untrained ear, but what Wilson is really saying is this: If you’re a boy who wants to identify as a girl, you should have the right to dominate females in sports. The dozen or so girls’ cross-country runners from Camas, who walked off the start line to protest their male teammate competing as a female? They don’t matter. Battle Ground High cross country runner Elise Bierer, who broke down in tears after sacrificing a race for the same cause? Irrelevant. Tumwater High student Frances Staudt, who is regularly cursed at by classmates for refusing to compete against a boy in a basketball game? Collateral damage.

Young women lose their earned wins, lose spots on teams because of the gender confused, lose scholarships, have to have penis in their locker rooms, and can even get hurt. And now the Democrat hardcores will sue to allow all this to continue to happen, because of “inclusion”, you know. And to hell with what the voters overwhelmingly voted to stop.

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“Climate-Vulnerable” Nations Demand Action Or Something

By William Teach November 13, 2026 – 7:15 am

Maybe we could start with making the 50K+ who took fossil fueled flights to Turkey for a climate conference pay their fair share? Maybe do it by Zoom? Oh, hey, we could shut down all the fossil fueled airports and seaports in their nations

Climate-vulnerable nations urge immediate action at UN Cop31 summit

Urgent action is needed to help countries hardest-hit by the effects of climate change, small island leaders said on Thursday at the United Nations climate talks in Turkey, describing global warming as a life-or-death issue for their people.

“It is time to move past the talking,” said Alix Sebastien Pillay, vice-president of Seychelles, who said the survival of his country, a 115-island archipelago in the Indian Ocean, is at stake. “For Seychelles, climate action is not simply an environmental priority.” (snip)

A report released on Thursday offered a grim assessment: progress in slowing global warming has essentially stalled for the past five years because any steps forward were cancelled out by inaction elsewhere.

The first five years after the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world did so much that it trimmed an entire degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) from warming projections, but nothing has changed since, the independent Climate Action Tracker said in its report.

Interesting how all those nations who were Doing Something decided “nah, we want to live our lives” post-COVID

Leaders from countries ravaged by climate change said adequate financing must be made available to deal with climate disasters, such as the 2022 floods in Pakistan that submerged over a third of the country, resulting in thousands of deaths and more than US$30 billion in damage.

“The future we feared has become the present we are living,” said Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. “Climate change knows no borders. No nation can face it alone.”

Surprise….well, not really, it’s all about the strings-free climate cash.

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New HUD Rule Requires Proof Of Immigration Status

By William Teach November 13, 2026 – 7:00 am

Lot of teeth gnashing from the illegal supporters, as you’d expect

Public housing residents must prove immigration status under new HUD rule, possibly displacing thousands

Residents of federally funded public housing will be required to show proof of U.S. citizenship or eligible immigration status under a new rule published Thursday by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The measure could displace nearly 80,000 people, including tens of thousands of citizens in mixed-status families, from their homes, according to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research and policy institute.

Since 1995, mixed-status families have been permitted to live together in HUD-funded housing as long as federal subsidies covered only eligible household members. The new rule may force these families to decide whether to remain together in nonpublic housing or split up their households.

“This is tearing apart families and sowing division,” said Marie Claire Tran-Leung, director of the Evictions Initiative Project and managing attorney at the National Housing Law Project.

How about they pay for their own housing? We keep being told that illegals earn their keep.

The rule’s prior status, which allowed mixed-status families to live together, worked well for all parties, Tran-Leung said. Mixed-status households often paid a higher share of rent because their subsidies were prorated, experts say. If those families are forced to leave public housing, HUD will likely face financial shortfalls, Tran-Leung said.

Or, instead, Americans who’ve fallen on tough times could take those spots, and the illegals can head off to their home countries. Or other countries. Leave.

“President Trump warned that the days of illegal aliens and ineligible noncitizens exploiting government-funded welfare programs would be over,” HUD Secretary Scott Turner said in a statement. “It’s unacceptable that America’s homeless veterans, disabled, elderly, and victims of domestic violence languish on waitlists while illegals and ineligibles scam our system. American taxpayers will no longer foot the bill. Promises made, promises kept.”

Exactly. Let’s also not forget that so many of these measures are meant to de-incentivize illegals from coming. And tries to force those here to leave.

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