Looks Like Trump’s Picks Are Going To Clear The Senate

By William Teach January 14, 2025 – 6:45 am

Well, really, for all the caterwauling and Credentialed Mediaing, the vast majority of GOP Senators were going to back Trump’s picks and protect them. Politico is noticing

Trump’s nominees are suddenly looking safer

A little over a month ago, President-elect Donald Trump’s top nominees appeared to be entering a world of pain.

HHS pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was facing tough questions about his stance on the polio vaccine. Would-be director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was in the barrel over her dealings with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. And top Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth suffered through mounting questions about his personal and professional life.

They were only in trouble with the Credentialed Media and Democrats, and maybe 2 ultra squishy Republicans

Now, with a whirlwind of confirmation hearings launching on Capitol Hill, Republicans are more confident than ever that they’ve gotten Trump’s personnel blitz back on track — thanks to a combination of hardball politics, appeals to GOP unity and lots of personal charm.

Most Republican senators “are predisposed to let the president have his team absent some extraordinary circumstances,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said on Monday.

The biggest question now for Senate Republicans isn’t who they will be able to confirm, it’s how long will it take to confirm them all. GOP leaders are warning senators to prepare for Friday votes or even weekend work in the coming weeks.

The votes will be along party lines for the most part. Collins and Murkowski could get squishy on some of the higher profile. Fetterman could flip on a few or more. Same with Mark Kelly. Otherwise, forget it. Republicans often flip to give a Democrat their picks, Dems won’t do it.

It’s already clear, however, that opposing any Trump nominee would come at a price to any Republican senator. The president-elect’s allies threatened to primary Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) after she indicated that she was undecided on supporting Hegseth; she later offered a more positive assessment. House firebrands have formed a chorus on the party’s right flank pushing Senate Republicans to unite behind all of Trump’s picks and confirm them quickly.

It’s amazing that Republicans always get so squishy while Democrats always rally.

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Wackjob Warmists Attack Charles Darwin’s Grave

By William Teach January 13, 2025 – 4:38 pm

I remember earlier this century when all the far left were all about Darwinism because of George Bush being heavily Christian, as well as the discussion of Intelligent Design. They screeched that Charles Darwin’s Theory Of Evolution was the only answer. But, somewhere along the way we ended up with

Here we go

Arrests after Charles Darwin grave spray-painted

Two women have been arrested after climate protesters spray-painted over the grave of Charles Darwin inside Westminster Abbey.

Climate protest group Just Stop Oil (JSO) said two activists used chalk paint on the grave of the famous naturalist, who is best known for his theories on evolution. (snip)

Alyson Lee, 66, a retired teaching assistant from Derby, and Di Bligh, a 77-year-old former chief executive of Reading Council, from Rode, were involved in the action, JSO said. (snip)

Ms Lee told the PA news agency: “We are trying to get the government to act on climate change. They are not doing enough.”

The other activist, Ms Bligh, said: “We’ve done this because there’s no hope for the world, really.

“We’ve done it on Darwin’s grave specifically because he would be turning in that grave because of the sixth mass extinction taking place now.”

Ms Lee added: “I believe he would approve because he was a good scientist and he would be following the science, and he would be as upset as us with the government for ignoring the science.”

We could debate whether Darwinism is good science, because, remember, it is a theory, a hypothesis, not a scientific Law. Regardless, might Darwin have looked at these wackos and said “Earth has always seen the weather and climate fluctuate. That’s part of what creates natural selection!”

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 13, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…are trees dying from too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Watts Up With That?, with a post on climate scam policies being destructive to LA area.

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JD Vance Says J6ers Who Committed Violence Shouldn’t Be Pardoned

By William Teach January 13, 2025 – 10:30 am

Of course, what level of violence? How many who did way worse during the 2020 and on BLM riots and were never prosecuted? Heck, most who were picked up by the police were simply let go

Vance says those who ‘committed violence’ on Jan. 6 ‘obviously’ shouldn’t be pardoned

Vice President-elect JD Vance said people who “committed violence” on Jan. 6, 2021, “obviously” shouldn’t be pardoned by President-elect Trump.

“I think it’s very simple, look, if you protested peacefully on Jan. 6, and you had Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice treat you like a gang member, you should be pardoned,” Vance said during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”

“If you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn’t be pardoned,” he continued. “And there’s a little bit of a gray area there.”

Vance said he and Trump are “very much committed” to the equal administration of law. He added that they believe there were people who were “prosecuted unfairly.”

“We need to rectify that,” Vance said.

Agree? Don’t agree? I’m on the fence, since the DOJ really hasn’t bothered that much in going after Democrat voters who commit violence against federal property? How about the ones who firebombed the Portland federal justice center while employees were in it, which would be felony arson and attempted murder? Employees were physically attacked outside the building. Yet, unless you do a super dig all you’ll find are articles from 2020 and 2021 about how few were arrested and how few were being prosecuted, nothing about actually going to jail. Why were J6ers treated differently, especially since none of their crimes were as serious.

Maybe commute the sentences of those who got violent and leave them with the mark on their record, while completely pardoning those who just wandered around and were peaceful, which is most?

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‘Climate Change’ Needs A Collective Response Or Something

By William Teach January 13, 2025 – 7:00 am

Remember, this is completely about science, not politics

Climate change needs collective address: DPM Paudel

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has said the climate change and sustainability of trade are common global agenda, so they warrant collective action and address.

Inaugurating the 3rd annual conference on ‘Climate Change and Sustainability of Trade in South Asia’ organized jointly by the World Trade Organization and the Kathmandu University in the federal capital on Saturday, DPM Paudel reminded that Nepal is on the forefront of climate change vulnerability, resulting into adverse impacts on socio-economy and infrastructures.

Decentralization of production centres and diversification of supply chain could help reduce risk in trade infrastructures, according to him.

The DPM hoped the conference would be fruitful to whet the pressing issues of climate change in south Asia and build common perspectives among policy makers, researchers and private sector representatives so that they would take proper strategies for future. Efforts made by Nepal despite its negligible role in climate change need to be made visible. The climate actions like mitigation and adaptation should be prioritized, he suggested.

And who would run all this? Sure sounds like all measures of our private lives and economic activity would be controlled by government, and, no, you are not allowed to dissent.

But, I get a kick out of all these big wigs taking fossil fueled trips to discuss how to implement Authoritarianism. Also, where would Nepal be without fossil fuels? How many people take flights into Nepal so they can trek, climb mountains, and so much more are there? End fossil fuels and Nepal truly descends into 3rd world status.

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Brandon Extends Temporary Extended Status For 900K Because Trump

By William Teach January 13, 2025 – 6:45 am

There is very little being offered in terms of why Biden did this, so, we can assume that it is simply to troll Trump, which is really trolling the American people

Biden extends protected status for migrants from 4 countries ahead of Trump return

With a little over a week before the end of President Joe Biden’s term, his administration extended humanitarian protections for nationals from four countries Friday before President-elect Donald Trump, who has promised an immigration crackdown, returns to the White House.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security extended Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for another 18 months for 103,000 Ukrainians, about 600,000 Venezuelans, and 1,900 Sudanese, which is until October 2026. DHS also extended TPS for 232,000 Salvadorians until September 2026.

Roughly 1 million people have TPS, which allows them to live and work in the U.S. because their home country is deemed too dangerous to return to for reasons including war, environmental disasters or violence. It’s up to an administration to determine whether or not to renew a status. TPS does not lead to a long-term path to citizenship.

Immigration advocates have pushed the Biden administration to extend TPS status before a second Trump administration. The former president has expressed his intent to not only enact mass deportations, but to scale back humanitarian programs.

So, yeah, Because Trump. Who has stated he’s going after criminals first, then illegals, and wanting to reduce the number in the U.S. of fake asylum seekers, while blocking fake asylum seekers from entering the U.S. He hasn’t been yammering about kicking out the TPS immediately. Except Haitians. And, it is TPS, meaning they do have to leave. At least that’s what is supposed to happen.

(USA Today) The extended protections aren’t available to new applicants, only those already approved for TPS, DHS said. The agency said applicants go through “rigorous national security and public safety vetting” in order to qualify.

No one actually believes that, do they? If USA Today had any journalistic integrity they’d be noting the huge number of murderers, rapists, child abusers, gang members, jihadis, and more who were not vetted.

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 12, 2025 – 1:29 pm

…is an area turning to desert from too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Feral Irishman, with a post on some memes and things.

It’s 51st State week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach January 12, 2025 – 9:37 am

Patriotic Pinup

Happy Sunday! Another great day in the Once and Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and I do not have to see the Giants play till next September. This pinup is by Peter Driben, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. The First Street Journal: No matter how much you hate the credentialed media, you do not hate them enough!
  2. The Gateway Pundit: LA Mayor Refuses Help from NY Firefighters but Mexico Fire Crews More Than Welcome: Report
  3. The Hayride: New Orleans City Council launches investigation into Bourbon Street safety barriers
  4. The Last Refuge: Biden May Blanket Pardon Those Who Targeted Trump and Those Who Weaponized Government
  5. The Other McCain: Hollywood Getting Red-Pilled?
  6. This ain’t Hell…: Stupid people of the week
  7. Victory Girls Blog: After the Fire, What Will Rebuilding Look Like?
  8. Power Line: Biden: Freedom of Speech Is Un-American!
  9. Pacific Pundit: WTF! Comrade Karen Bass releases propaganda video online, smiling from ear to ear talking about the wildfires
  10. Moonbattery: UK Pulls Out All Stops to Cover Up Grooming Gangs
  11. Legal Insurrection: Greenland’s Prime Minister Now Says Open To Talks With Trump: ‘Status Quo No Longer an Option’
  12. Jihad Watch: US House votes to sanction International Criminal Court over arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant
  13. Geller Report: On the Way Out the Door, Biden Regime Launches ‘National Strategy to Combat Islamophobia’
  14. Climate Depot: Data reveals wildfires down dramatically in the U.S. since 1920s
  15. And last, but, not least, Bustednuckles: Two Words I Have Not Yet Seen Regarding The L.A. Fire Hydrants Running Out Of Water

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.

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Good News: Californians Have Moved From Ripping Off CVS To The National Guard

By William Teach January 12, 2025 – 7:00 am

Only in the People’s Republik Of California, which has worried more about Woke, DEI, gender transitioning, the climate scam, etc

Let’s go to the article

Three Humvees were stolen from an Army Reserve Center in Tustin, along with other military equipment, according to a police statement.

On Wednesday, January 8, between 8 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., unknown suspects entered a storage warehouse at the center.

Multiple storage lockers were found with their locks removed, and gear was missing.

There was also an unsuccessful attempt to cut a lock to uniform storage.

The suspects cut a fence to access a military vehicle parking lot, where they stole three Humvees before leaving at an unknown time.

Tustin is south of Anaheim, north of Irvine. So, who did? Did they not have cameras at an Army Reserve base? Why is no one securing the base? Thank goodness they didn’t get actual weapons, though, they did try and break into a uniform locker unsuccessfully. Who’s in charge? Oh, that would be Joe Biden, ultimately, with his DEI military leaders under him. This is just insane.

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Youts Embracing Powered Skis

By William Teach January 11, 2025 – 5:54 pm

The lazy generation is doing lazy

E-Power hits the slopes: new wave of snow sports emerges

Following in the footsteps of electric scooters on land and wakeboards at sea, young entrepreneurs are bringing electric power to snow travel with self-propelled skis and all-terrain skates.

Already an experienced surfer and snowboarder, Edouard Aubert took up skateboarding during the pandemic, as he was drawn to the empty roads.

“Since I’m an engineer, I quickly put a motor on it,” he said with a grin at the CES technology show in Las Vegas.

“But we needed more. Roads weren’t enough for us, and neither was off-roading. We needed sand, snow.” (snip)

“The snow version isn’t meant for hurtling down slopes or replacing snowboarding,” Aubert explained.

“It’s more for walking and cross-country skiing.”

Why? Isn’t the whole point of cross country skiing to get out and enjoy and get some exercise? I can understand with bikes, because they are being used to get from one place to another, usually in cities, in place of expending all that energy or taking the bus or car or something. This is not for exercise. Most do not cross country ski to just get from, say, home to work.

In ski touring, skiers climb slopes rather than using lifts before skiing down.

With E-Skimo, as the skier moves, a motor drives a fabric strip beneath the ski, acting as a conveyor belt that reduces strain on legs and thighs.

Using AI, the system gauges the slope and ski positions to calibrate assistance based on the user and pace. The motor stops once the skier completes their forward stride. At the summit, users can remove the fabric band, motor, and battery to descend on what amount to conventional skis.

Just lazy. Misses the whole point. It would be like using an e-bike for a BMX event. Lazy.

And just to throw a little climate scam in

Think about it.

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