Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach October 5, 2025 – 9:34 am

Happy Sunday! Another wonderful day in Returned America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the Dodgers beat the Phillies in game 1. Supposedly, someone did this pinup with AI. It does have that old time feel, eh? Except one mistake.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Green Jihad: Egad! Greta Thunberg Has Been “Abducted” By Israel … Again!
  2. Not A Lot Of People Know That: Pope Blesses Block Of Ice
  3. Watts Up With That?: Net Zero Business? Energy Prices Now Aussie Business’ Number One Concern
  4. American Greatness: Liberals Work With Lobbyists Against the Interests of First Responders
  5. Bearing Arms: Why Women Don’t Need Training from Anti-Gun Organizations
  6. Blogs For Victory: What Do We Do With Evil People?
  7. Campus Reform: Fordham University ‘Girl Boss’ program for women in business faces civil rights complaint
  8. Climate Depot: Youth-Led Sunrise Movement Goes to War with Trump to Protect Its ‘Major’ Financier George Soros
  9. Cold Fury: Sink, Britannia
  10. Common Cents Blog: Virginia Dems go from “Let your rage fuel you” to fantasizing about political assassinations “2 bullets to head” – RePost
  11. Gates Of Vienna: 20 Years After the Muhammad Cartoons
  12. Geller Report: Biden Judge Gives Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s Trans Assassin Minimum Sentence Because He’s Trans
  13. Jihad Watch: Biden’s ‘Mary Poppins of Disinformation’ Still Wants Speech Restrictions
  14. Legal Insurrection: Sen. Kennedy of Louisiana Lists Lesser Known Shutdown Demands From AOC and Dem ‘Socialist’ Wing
  15. And last, but, not least, Moonbattery has Spanish Priest Faces 3 Years in Prison for Having Once Criticized Islam

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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No Landfalling Hurricanes In US For First Time In 10 Years

By William Teach October 5, 2025 – 7:00 am

Hey, remember this from a month ago?

How Climate Change Is Fueling Stronger, Wetter and More Destructive Hurricanes

It’s always doom with these people, and doom due to your fault

No hurricane landfalls so far this year. Here’s why, and what to expect next

By the end of September, the U.S. usually has at least one hurricane landfall, if not several.

Not so in 2025. Four hurricanes have formed so far in the Atlantic season and none have hit the U.S.

In fact, this is the first hurricane season in 10 years that no hurricanes have made landfall in the U.S. through the end of September, points out AccuWeather’s hurricane expert Alex DaSilva.

Where have all the storms gone, and why?

Remember when there was a 12 year span after the 2006 season without a major hurricane making landfall in the US, the longest period since the Civil War era? And the number of minor hurricanes and even tropical storms making landfall were minimal. Heck, going back through my archives for “hurricane” I see all sorts of posts of Warmists lamenting the fact that hurricane activity was minimal even though the oceans of the Atlantic and Gulf Of America were above average for warmth.

The hurricanes that did form were strong — Erin, Gabrielle and Humberto all reached Category 4 strength, and Humberto reached Category 5.

But they’ve all arced north, away from the U.S. east coast, eventually U-turning back out into the Atlantic.

This is due in part to the Bermuda High, a semi-permanent high-pressure system that shifts position and size over the Atlantic.

Bermuda High’s have been blamed on anthropogenic climate change.

Another storm-steering force has been the jet stream. “Overall there’s been more dips in the jet stream over the east.” He said that creates a high-altitude wind from southwest that can collide with approaching storms, pushing that storm away from the U.S.

Dry air coming off Northern Africa has hindered storms, as has wind shear, both over the Atlantic and the Gulf.

Yup, Warmists have blamed those on ‘climate change’ in the past.

And, of course

This brief lull in hurricanes could be a glimpse of the future. But it won’t last

An Atlantic Ocean devoid of swirling tropical waves is a welcome but unusual sight for mid-September. (snip)

An emerging theory — and it should be stressed that it remains only scientific speculation at this point — is that the air high above the Atlantic hurricane breeding waters is also warming, narrowing the temperature gap between sea and air and creating what meteorologists call atmospheric “stability.” It’s instability — the clash between hot ocean and cooler air high aloft — that really helps get a tropical system churning.

Which is your fault. Anyhow, later in this Miami Herald article they dive into Hotcoldwetdry and all sorts of the same kooky theories the cult has pushed over the past 20 years.

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MAGA Pounces On Pope Leo Over Climate Crisis (scam)

By William Teach October 4, 2025 – 3:57 pm

I’m highly confident that it isn’t just MAGA, but, Catholics and Christians around the world who are not climate cultists, because I saw plenty of tweets from around the world, but, hey, CNN’s gotta CNN – say, how much in the way of fossil fuels does CNN use to operate?

Pope Leo faces MAGA ire after immigration and climate change remarks

Republicans PouncePope Leo XIV has adopted a more low-key, less combative style to his predecessor in the early months of his papacy. Pope Francis’s openness to the LGBTQ community, advocacy for migrants and critiques of unrestrained capitalism saw him run up against strong conservative opposition inside and outside the church.

Leo, after gently dipping his toe into the US political fray, is now facing criticism from similar quarters to Francis. The opposition is coming from conservative Catholics in the US and MAGA supporters, some of whom, after Leo’s election, had hoped he would take the church in a different direction from Pope Francis.

The first American pope was asked on Tuesday about plans by the cardinal in Leo’s home city of Chicago to give an award to Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, a member of Senate Democratic leadership. Cardinal Blase Cupich, an ally and friend of the pope, was planning to give Durbin a “Lifetime Achievement Award for?support?to?immigrants,” but the move faced a backlash given Durbin’s support for abortion rights. Durbin decided to refuse the honor.

Unusually, around 10 US bishops even spoke out publicly against the award. Two of those who did – Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and Bishop Thomas Paprocki – were both appointed a religious liberty advisory body by US President Donald Trump and had been at odds with decisions made by Francis. (snip)

Leo’s comments were immediately criticized. One conservative Catholic described it as “disappointing” and “largely irrelevant”, right-wing political commentator Matt Walsh said it was a “terrible answer from Pope Leo” and Jack Posobiec, an influencer who is supportive of Trump, posted on X simply: “Some popes are a blessing. Some popes are a penance.” Joseph Strickland, the outspoken retired bishop of Tyler, Texas, said Leo’s remarks had created “much confusion”.

The day after, however, Leo generated more MAGA opposition when he took part in climate conference where he called for action on protecting the planet and blessed some ice. It all comes during a period when Leo had a private meeting with Reverend James Martin, a leading advocate for LGBTQ Catholics, spoke up against the “pandemic of arms” following the Minnesota school shooting and criticised huge CEO salaries and singling out Elon Musk.

Let’s not forget that Durbin is a big supporter of abortion on demand. I also do not see the Vatican taking in a lot of illegal aliens with 3rd world mentalities. But, you know, Leo doesn’t want to get involved in culture wars and polarization

This week they were disappointed. Leo has shown he will, like Francis, try and avoid the culture wars. He doesn’t want to fuel any polarization. “They are very complex issues, and I don’t know if anyone has all the truth?on them,” the Pope pointed out when asked about Durbin’s award. Leo will also speak up, when necessary, particularly on the treatment of immigrants, an issue close to his heart from his time as a bishop in Peru. While Leo’s aim is to be a peacemaker his intervention this week show he’s unafraid to face opposition when drawing lines on where the church stands.

Yeah, didn’t the entire article show him wading into culture wars and polarization? Anyhow, how dare you MAGA (and people around the world) complain!

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 4, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is a landmark that will soon be gone from ‘climate change’, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jo Nova, with a post on the race being on to be a climate skeptic in Australia.

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Did Trump’s Crime Crackdown In DC Work?

By William Teach October 4, 2025 – 10:30 am

Well, yes, because Reuters says the answer “is complicated”

Analysis-Did Trump’s crime crackdown in Washington work? It’s complicated

After mobilizing hundreds of federal agents and thousands of soldiers to the nation’s capital, President Donald Trump has declared victory over what he called a “crisis” of crime in Washington, and floated the idea of using such deployments to U.S. cities as training grounds for the military.

“We have a very safe city now,” Trump said this week. “The country is going to be safe. We do it one at a time.”

What’s not clear is whether Trump’s show of force in Washington has had a significant, or lasting, effect on curbing crime.

A Reuters review of public safety records and interviews with four experts on crime suggest that it is premature to draw sweeping conclusions about the impact of Trump’s deployments. While some types of crime – especially gun offenses – have become less frequent since Trump ordered troops into the city, overall violent crime hasn’t changed that much.

Realistically, I’ll agree that the short term use of the National Guard can only have short term effects. Car thefts/jackings dropped dramatically. A lot of the property crime that would have occurred in tourist areas dropped a lot. But, in order for this to continue the DC police have to have the backing of the city council, the mayor, and the Democrats, which would allow them to do their job and to fill the empty spaces, being about 16% below target. Cops have to know that the city has their back when they do their job.

And, of course, the National Guard is still in D.C. They do not have to bust criminals: all they need to do is be around for criminals to decide “nah, not right now.”

In the month before Trump’s surge, people in Washington reported an average of about seven violent crimes each day, according to police department records.

That average dropped in mid-August after Trump’s show of force began, to between five and six such incidents a day. But the number of violent offenses went back up to an average of about seven each day over the two weeks that ended September 28.

A lot of violent crimes in this city which votes 97% Democrat, eh?

The number of violent crimes that involve firearms, however, has dropped more noticeably to 65 reports a day, from 97 in the four weeks before Trump’s surge.

That’s too sudden of a change to be passed off as a coincidence, said Peter Moskos, a criminologist at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York.

Stopping a lot of the casual gun play in D.C. You know, the nation’s capital.

The Trump administration claims the crackdown worked because people reported fewer crimes during the surge than during the same period in 2024. Jackson, the White House spokeswoman, said that over 30 days, total crime dropped 17 percent, homicide dropped 50 percent, assaults with dangerous weapons dropped 16 percent and robberies dropped 22 percent from the same period last year.

But crime levels in Washington – and many other cities – were falling before Trump ordered troops to D.C., according to reports from the city’s police force and the FBI.

They really just don’t want to give Trump credit. It may have been dropping from when the criminal George Floyd protest days, but, it is still higher than pre-COVID, and it dropped a lot during the Trump crackdown. That’s real. The liberals in the media do not like that. One would think they would want to be safe when in D.C., not be concerned they’ll be turned into a crime statistic.

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There’s Almost No Such Thing As A “Climate Haven” Or Something

By William Teach October 4, 2025 – 7:15 am

For those of us who aren’t cultists, we call it weather

Looking for a US ‘climate haven’ away from disaster risks? Good luck finding one

Southeast Michigan seemed like the perfect “climate haven.”

“My family has owned my home since the ‘60s. … Even when my dad was a kid and lived there, no floods, no floods, no floods, no floods. Until [2021],” one southeast Michigan resident told us. That June, a storm dumped more than 6 inches of rain on the region, overloading stormwater systems and flooding homes.

That sense of living through unexpected and unprecedented disasters resonates with more Americans each year, we have found in our research into the past, present and future of risk and resilience.

An analysis of federal disaster declarations for weather-related events puts more data behind the fears – the average number of disaster declarations has skyrocketed since 2000 to nearly twice that of the preceding 20-year period.

It couldn’t possibly be due to presidents and governors declaring emergencies for cool, sweet, federal money, right? Because it used to be a rare thing, states just dealt with it, and it was only the biggest of big that involved Los Federales. Now it’s for every semi-decent storm. Oh, and there are a heck of a lot more people and buildings. And Democrats who create conditions for disasters, like the Malibu wildfire.

As people question how livable the world will be in a warming future, a narrative around climate migration and “climate havens” has emerged.

These “climate havens” are areas touted by researchers, public officials and city planners as natural refuges from extreme climate conditions. Some climate havens are already welcoming people escaping the effects of climate change elsewhere. Many have affordable housing and legacy infrastructure from their larger populations before the mid-20th century, when people began to leave as industries disappeared.

But they aren’t disaster-proof – or necessarily ready for the changing climate.

Let’s just say that the cult article is saying that all those places that are supposedly havens are doomed

Some of the most cited “havens” in research by national organizations and in news media are older cities in the Great Lakes region, upper Midwest and Northeast. They include Ann Arbor, Michigan; Duluth, Minnesota; Minneapolis; Buffalo, New York; Burlington, Vermont; and Madison, Wisconsin.

Yet each of these cities will likely have to contend with some of the greatest temperature increases in the country in the coming years. Warmer air also has a higher capacity to hold water vapor, causing more frequent, intense and longer duration storms.

It’s always doom. It’s rather tedious. Fortunately, I just roll my eyes and laugh at the nuts, otherwise I’d have to start drinking after reading all this doom and gloom.

 

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Hamas Sorta Kinda Agrees To Trump Peace Plan

By William Teach October 4, 2025 – 7:00 am

With all sorts of conditions

Hamas agrees to release all Israeli hostages per Trump Gaza peace deal — but only under certain conditions

Hamas on Friday agreed to release all Israeli hostages — living and dead — but wants to negotiate the other terms of President Trump’s comprehensive peace deal even after the commander in chief said there was “not much” room for discussion.

In a statement, the terror group said it had held “in-depth consultations … to reach a responsible position in dealing with” Trump’s proposal for an end to the fighting in Gaza, which is set to enter its third year Tuesday.

“Based on the Statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting PEACE,” Trump said in a statement posted to his Truth Social page.

The commander in chief later posted a short video on Truth, calling Friday a “very special, maybe unprecedented” day, while thanking countries including Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan for their help in hammering out the proposed peace deal.

But

[Hamas] also said it would release the hostages once “field conditions are met” — meaning once Israel pulled back its forces to the lines of engagement set forth in Trump’s peace plan. The IDF is currently well into Gaza, closing in on Gaza City.

Hamas also said that releasing the hostages within 72 hours is “unrealistic”. It wasn’t unrealistic when they took them hostage, eh?

“No disarmament, keeping Gaza under Palestinian control, and tying hostage release to negotiations, along with other problems,” Graham wrote on X.

“This is, in essence, a rejection by Hamas of President Trump’s ‘take it or leave it’ proposal.”

Obviously, Graham is a warhawk, but, he’s kinda right. It seems as if Hamas is playing for time. Trump is telling Israel to stop bombing, however, you can bet if Hamas looks like they’re playing time games, Trump will tell Israel to go harder.

The Islamic group also said it was willing to hand administrative control of Gaza to an independent Palestinian body — provided it is formed by national consensus and backed by Arab and Islamic states, according to a statement.

That is one of the things Graham is tweeting about. Putting hardcore Islamists who are happy to attack Jews and Israel in charge is a non-starter.

House Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) released a statement which read: “I am relieved that both Israel’s government and Hamas’s leadership have finally agreed that this war must come to an end, with the hostages released, military operations stopped, and humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians surged.”

“At this precarious stage, it is vital that both parties negotiate in good faith to bridge the remaining issues and reach a lasting agreement,” Goldman said.

Moron. Hamas is really in no position to negotiate. But, the Hamas caucus in the Democrat party seem to hate Jews and Israel.

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You Caused 36% Of Damage From Typhoon Ragasa

By William Teach October 3, 2025 – 4:08 pm

You refused to move into a 200 square foot home, eat bugs, and shower once a week, so, here we are

Climate change behind 36% of damage inflicted by Typhoon Ragasa in China

After peaking as a Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds, Super Typhoon Ragasa made landfall in the southern Chinese city of Yangjiang in Guangdong Province on September 24 as a Category 3 storm with winds of 120 mph (195 km/h). Ragasa is being blamed for at least 29 deaths and damages in the hundreds of millions of dollars, according to insurance broker Aon. A study released today as part of a new initiative at Imperial College London called the Climate Damage Tracker, which calculates the human and economic costs of climate change, found that climate change boosted Typhoon Ragasa’s winds by 7% and rainfall by 12% at landfall. This is equivalent to intensifying the storm from a weak to a strong Category 3. These factors combined to increase Ragasa’s damages by 36%, the scientists said.

The scientists found that in a cooler world without climate change, similar wind speeds would be expected about once every 33 years. But today, with 1.3 degrees Celsius (2.3°F) of global warming, Ragasa’s intense winds have become 49% more likely and are now expected about once every 17 years. Ragasa’s heavy rains could have been expected in the region about once every 8.8 years in the pre-industrial climate, but today, they are expected every 6.7 years.

Their computer models told them this barely a week after landfall. A very specific number. Yup, a cult.

But, what if this is mostly natural, and the number is true? Well, such is life on Earth.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 3, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is a quiet sea from too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Green Jihad, with a post on 2 huge strikes against EVs.

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Israeli Report: Global Sumud Flotilla Had No Actual Aid, Just Propaganda For Hamas

By William Teach October 3, 2025 – 10:30 am

The heck you say!

Foreign Ministry: Flotilla to Gaza had no humanitarian supplies

None of the 40 vessels participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla, which Israel intercepted on Yom Kippur, was carrying humanitarian aid, according to the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry.

The ministry also released a video by the Israeli Police featuring spokesperson Dean Elsdunne showing the empty interior of one of the flotilla’s largest vessels.

The spokesperson points out that the complete lack of aid explains why the organisers refused Israel’s and multiple countries’ offer to hand over the aid and avoid entering an active war zone and breaking the law.

“It was never about bringing aid to Gaza. It was about the headlines and social media followings”, Elsdunne says in the video.

Maybe that’s why they refused all those offers from Italy, Israel, and other countries to take the “aid” to Gaza?

OK, in fairness, it is one boat being shown. But, one of the largest, and they can’t find anything? Maybe it’s because they threw it all overboard knowing they would be boarded?

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