Idiot Senate Republicans Go Idiot Over Boat Strike Video

By William Teach December 9, 2025 – 7:00 am

Can anyone imagine Democrats doing this to a Democrat president?

Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos

Congress is using its marquee defense bill to force the Pentagon into turning over videos of strikes against suspected drug-smuggling boats off the coast of Latin America.

Lawmakers plan to withhold a quarter of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel budget until the Pentagon provides them with the videos. The demand, quietly tucked into the final draft of the annual defense policy bill, calls for “unedited video of strikes conducted against designated terrorist organizations in the area of responsibility of the United States Southern Command” to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees.

Congressional leaders released their final draft of the defense bill Sunday, which is expected to be approved — without changes — by the House later this week and then the Senate. (snip)

Bradley and Joint Chiefs Chair Dan Caine last week briefed top lawmakers on national security committees and showed the unedited footage of the operation. But lawmakers disagreed about what the video revealed. Some top Republicans who viewed the unedited footage contend it vindicates the administration’s position. Democrats have called on the Pentagon to release it more broadly.

Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), following the briefing, also said he wants rank-and-file committee members to see the footage.

Democrats are caterwauling about striking foreign drug runners, something most Americans agree with, and Republicans, instead of saying “piss off, take the side of Americans” are giving Democrats what they want.

(NY Times) Mr. Reed (top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee) said that he and Senator Roger Wicker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, had given Mr. Hegseth “more than enough time to respond in good faith to reasonable questions,” but that the defense secretary “has refused.”

The two senators had warned in October that the Pentagon was skirting Congress as it continued to ramp up the campaign against alleged drug traffickers at sea. They made public two letters sent to Mr. Hegseth demanding more information on the strikes, saying the secretary had failed to respond.

Well, we’ll see if the Republicans in the House and Senate buy into this crap, or if they tell Dems and squishes like Wicker to go pound sand, to put it nicely. Too often Republicans go squish because the Credentialed Media is being mean, and then we end up with things like “not another dime” and Republican voters staying home during elections.

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“Experts Say” Bristol, UK Soon Doom From Frightening Sea Rise

By William Teach December 8, 2025 – 3:11 pm

There’s something missing from this doomsday cult piece of scary propaganda

Experts issue warning about looming threat to historic city: ‘It’s quite frightening’

Sea-level rise is threatening a historic city in England, with projections indicating significant flooding risks for low-lying areas within the foreseeable future.

As reported by Bristol 24/7, the city of Bristol, England, is already bracing for the impacts of continued sea-level rise. Not only will the encroaching waters threaten prominent industries and leisure activities, but a large portion of the city’s population may have to dramatically alter their lives.

“It’s quite frightening,” environment committee chair and Green councillor Martin Fodor said.

In 2024, Bristol took the brunt of a couple of severe storms, resulting in significant flooding and damaged property. Heavy rains and strong winds from storms Henk and Bert caused mass power outages and major disruptions across England.

In a recent study from the World Meteorological Organization, researchers noted that 2024 saw a global mean near-surface temperature of 1.55 ± 0.13 °C above the 1850-1900 average. The increase in temperatures is now increasing the risk of extreme weather events, such as stronger storms and more devastating floods.

“Data for 2024 show that our oceans continued to warm, and sea levels continued to rise. The frozen parts of Earth’s surface, known as the cryosphere, are melting at an alarming rate: Glaciers continue to retreat, and Antarctic sea ice reached its second-lowest extent ever recorded. Meanwhile, extreme weather continues to have devastating consequences around the world,” WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said in a press release.

Storms and flooding have always happened, and always will. As far as sea level rise goes, I could use Fair Use laws and excerpt the entire article to highlight the point that nowhere within this article, reproduced at Yahoo News from The Cool Down has any data on how much the sea is actually rising in the Bristol, UK area! None!

Nor does that original cited article from Bristol 24/7. Having actual data on how much the sea is rising would be rather important, would it not, to understand any potential doom? The average height of Bristol above sea level is 36 feet, though, you can see from the topographic map where it is low lying with connections to the Bristol Channel, but, really, not much danger at all.

There’s, surprisingly, no actual gauges truly measuring the Bristol Sea area. I would have thought there would at least be something for Cardiff or Swansea. The closest is Newlyn, which is 1.94, .64 feet of sea rise per 100 years.  Newlyn is 1.94mm, gets you .64 per 100 years. Holyhead, a bit further up the west coast of the UK,  shows 2.36mm a year, equivalent to .77 feet of sea rise per 100 years. In fact, all the gauges for the UK, which, in fairness, have either been shut down or the data is no longer being shared with NOAA (I have a feeling that NOAA stopped bothering in 2022, seeing the same stop in 2022 for around the world), show less than one foot per 100 years, some way less, and a typical Holocene warm period should see at least 1 foot, if not more. All we’re really seeing elsewhere are “projections” but no base data.

Regardless, we see from the article that the climate cult is shady as fuck, failing to provide any true data, just fearmongering.

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 8, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is the need for a hat to ward of a stronger ‘climate change’ sun, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The View From Lady Lake, with a post on the song MacArthur Park

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Garbage Hill: Dems Still Caterwauling Over Drug Runner Boat Strikes

By William Teach December 8, 2025 – 10:30 am

It’s wild how Democrats have tied their fortunes to defending foreign drug runners

Democratic lawmakers press for transparency over ‘double tap’ strike

Democratic lawmakers on Sunday continued to sound the alarm over allegations that military leaders called for a “double tap” strike on an alleged drug boat, intentionally killing the two survivors of an earlier attack.

Rep. Adam Smith (Wash.) called for accountability while Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.) demanded video of the strikes be released. Sen. Adam Schiff (Calif.) called the strikes “unconstitutional,” and Sen. Tammy Duckworth (Ill.) called the strikes “murder.”

“Everything that they’ve done has been illegal. It’s illegal under international law. It’s illegal under the Geneva Convention. And it certainly is illegal under domestic law,” Duckworth told CNN’s State of the Union. “It was essentially murder with that double tap strike.”

The boats are in international waters. And, actually, international law and the Geneva Convention kind of allow it.

They might as well be pirates, and they wear no uniforms. They’ve been designated as a terrorist organization. International law and the Geneva Convention allows for foreign fighters wearing no uniforms to be summarily killed. It’s why many Somali pirate boats are fired upon and even destroyed

The Pentagon has come under fire after reporting from The Washington Post alleged that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth authorized a deadly second strike to kill all remaining survivors on a Venezuelan boat allegedly carrying drugs in international waters. POLITICO has not independently verified the Post’s reporting.

Hegseth on Saturday defended the second Sept. 2 strike, saying the attackers were not fully neutralized. “From what I understood then and what I understand now, I fully support that strike,” Hegseth said at the Reagan National Defense Forum. “I would have made the same call myself.”

Still pitching that lying, anonymously sourced hit piece, Politico, which even the NY Times said was false?

Rep. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) on Sunday defended Hegseth, telling ABC’s “This Week” that a majority of Americans “support us blowing narco-terrorists out of the water in the Caribbean who are trying to poison Americans.”

Thing is, not all get blown up. The Coast Guard recently seized a boat with approximately $74 million worth of cocaine. And many other boats have been captured rather than blown up. The strikes, which occur at night, seem designed to scare off drug runners, while if it’s day they are seized and captured.

“I have way more sympathy for my friends, my cousins, my neighbors, those people who’ve been poisoned by these narco terrorists, people who’ve been skinned alive by these cartels that they bring people to the United States than I do for these narco terrorists,” Schmitt said.

And there is the issue: Democrats have decided to take the side of the drug runners and cartels rather than the American people, much like with illegal aliens/fake asylum seekers.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he would support releasing the footage. His administration has repeatedly defended the boat strikes, which have killed more than 80 people since September, as an attempt to protect Americans from being killed by what he has called narco-terrorists.

There are around 7,100 monthly drug overdose deaths in the U.S. Mostly not from cocaine, more like fentanyl. So, 80 dead drug runners is meaningless. But, Democrats care more about them then Americans.

Hey, perhaps we could capture the boats and sell the cocaine outside of the US and use the proceeds to fund support for US veterans. Would Dems be OK with that?

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PRC Now Bans Use Of Reusable Plastic Bags

By William Teach December 8, 2025 – 7:00 am

They really want to increase the killing of trees in the People’s Republik Of California

California escalates its war on plastic grocery bags, banning even ‘reusable’ versions

Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, grocery, pharmacy, liquor and convenience stores in California will not be able to provide any single-use thin plastic bags or even “reusable” plastic film bags. (note: many stores will still be allowed to use them, like some restaurants and retailers. I’m sure they’re next on the hit list)

The updated law stems from Senate Bill 270, which was first introduced in 2014. It previously allowed the use of reusable bags — which were made of a thicker plastic.

Senate Bill 1053 now “eliminates the distribution of thicker film plastic bags.”

As opposed to “single use” bags, thicker plastic bags could be reused up to 125 times, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Recycled paper bags may be offered to shoppers in the Golden State, but they must be “sold for not less than 10 cents.” People on specific food programs may be available to get these for free.

I have many reusable bags for Lidl, since they do not have any others but paper. I have a few of those, but, do not like using them, no handles. And I use the reusable till dead. Then they go to the recycling center, because I may not be a Warmist, but, I do what I can for the environment. I also have a few cloth ones.

Over to that SF Chronicle link

It’s a win for environmentalists, who argue that the proliferation of thick plastic bags in the years since the ban has made the state’s plastic pollution worse. Murray said the heavy-duty bags “exploded” in California during the early months of the pandemic, when reusable bags were temporarily banned at some stores. In 2022, the tonnage of plastic grocery and merchandise bags discarded in California was 47% higher than the year the ban was passed, according to a CalPIRG report. 

Plastic pollution is bad, I agree, but, a lot of these bans are overdone, heavy handed, and are backed by the climate cult.

One reason for the jump is that very few of the theoretically reusable bags are actually brought back to grocery stores, said Judith Enck, a former Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator who’s now the president of advocacy group Beyond Plastics.

“There must be one person” who regularly reuses their bags, Enck said. But “most people” discard them after a single trip to the grocery store.

Bad PRC Comrades, very bad!

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Authorities Arrest Illegal Alien Who Stabbed Man On Charlotte Light Rail

By William Teach December 8, 2025 – 6:45 am

Weird this keeps happening

Arrest made after man stabbed in chest on Charlotte light rail

A man was stabbed in the chest Friday evening on the light rail in Charlotte.

Authorities said the incident occurred around 4:50 p.m. in the 1800 block of North Brevard Street in the Eastway Division. The condition of the victim, identified as Kenyon Doble, in court records, remains unclear.

On X, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) said they identified Oscar Solarzano, 33, as the suspect. Solarzano was arrested shortly after the incident and is in custody at the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office.

He faces charges of attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon causing serious injury, breaking and entering a motor vehicle, carrying a concealed weapon, and being intoxicated and disruptive.

According to court paperwork, Magistrate Rebecca Howell ordered Solarzano held without bond, stating that he is in the country illegally and has been deported previously.

He was first booted out in 2018 under the Trump admin. Then crossed again in 2021 and booted by the Biden admin. And then he crossed yet again during the Biden admin. It would be interesting to know if he claimed asylum when he crossed and was given that conditional status, even though he 100% would not be eligible due to previous deportations, but, too many were flowing in under Biden to check.

(WRAL) His arrest warrant states that he entered a CATS railroad car and “contained things of value, with the intent to commit a felony.” The warrant also added that Solarzano was disruptive and intoxicated in a public place, and challenged the stabbing victim to a fight after cursing and shouting at others in the car using “unintelligible and slurred words.”

Nice guy. All the Charlotte news outlets smartly did not avoid or disguise the fact that Solarzano is illegally in the country, though, some skipped the info on him having been previously deports, as some Raleigh outlets did.

(Newsweek) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Saturday lodged a detainer on the suspect in Friday’s Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail stabbing, Oscar Solarzano. Official court documents reviewed by Newsweek and local police spell the suspect’s last name Solarzano, while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and some federal officials write it as Solorzano-Garcia.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a Saturday statement, “Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the county will honor the detainer since they have a history of not cooperating with ICE.” The agency has repeatedly called out “sanctuary” jurisdictions, criticizing some of not honoring detainers.

Mecklenburg County has been known as a sanctuary county, and certainly the main city of Charlotte has been one. However, North Carolina law requires all levels of NC law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, nor can judges decide to release the illegals after a detainer has been filed. No governmental entity in NC can play those sanctuary games. Sadly, even in a Southern state like NC, they might have even with a violent illegal like Solarzano.

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 7, 2025 – 1:03 pm

…is horrible carbon pollution driven fog, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Gateway Pundit, with a post on Biden being sharp as a tack.

It’s women wearing white week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach December 7, 2025 – 10:04 am

Happy Sunday! Another great day in Returned America. The Sun will be shining, the birds are singing, and the Giants cannot lose today, so, no pain. This pinup seems to be AI (running across a lot of them lately), with a wee bit of help. Might be cheating a bit.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Jo Nova: Trump versus The Blob: The US warns Europe it faces civilizational erasure
  2. Whats Up With That?: Time to Stop Pretending Renewables Are Cheap
  3. American Greatness: What’s the Matter with Ireland?
  4. Bearing Arms: The Anti-Gunners Are Melting Down Over DOJ’s New Second Amendment Section
  5. Bustednuckles: Get them now for your Christmas dinner! (ewww, gross)
  6. Campus Reform: Colorado State University Christian student spat on, harassed by left-wing students for Christian chalking display
  7. Chicks On The Right: If You’re Tired Of “F-ing Racists,” Try This!
  8. Cold Fury: Memezapoppin’!
  9. Geller Report: Muslim Migrant Rapes Woman to Death On Church Steps After Nashville Freed Somali Rapist 16 Times
  10. IOTW Report: LA’s Mayor Proudly Announces a Coal-Free Grid That Can’t Produce Enough Power
  11. Jihad Watch: Germany: Afghan Muslim migrant gets lenient sentence because he stopped after stabbing his victim only six times
  12. Legal Insurrection: Sanctuary Policies Blamed After Another Charlotte Stabbing
  13. Liberty’s Torch: One Lemon Leads To Another Dept.
  14. Moonbattery: Syrian Thief in Austria: Stealing From Non-Muslims Is Permitted
  15. And last, but, not least, Pacific Pundit has “Fraudster, Tampon Tim Walz says people are driving by his house calling him ‘retarded’”

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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LOL: CBP To Charge Illegal Border Crossers $5k As An “Apprehension Fee”

By William Teach December 7, 2025 – 7:00 am

Oh, this is definitely going to cause Apoplexy Category 5, but, can they do anything legally but caterwaul?

US Border Patrol to charge illegal migrants with $5K ‘apprehension fee’

The US Border Patrol warned Friday it will be imposing a $5,000 “apprehension fee” to all illegal migrants caught in the country.

The penalty was approved under President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” and is in addition to other fines already levied against some illegal immigrants taken into custody, Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks said in a Friday statement on X.

Banks said that any migrants “age 14 or older” who entered or were brought into the US “without inspection” will be slapped with a $5,000 fee.

“This message applies to all illegal aliens—regardless of where they entered, how long they’ve been in the U.S., their current location, or any ongoing immigration proceedings,” Banks said.

Well, in fairness, charging illegals/fake asylum seekers who came in prior to the passage of the BBB might very well violate Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 about ex post facto laws. Or it may not, since ex post facto is mostly about criminality of some sort, and has ruled in favor of retroactive taxes. For instance

The majority further opined: “Laws of a retroactive nature, imposing taxes or providing remedies for their assessment and collection, and not impairing vested rights, are not forbidden by the Federal Constitution.”

Of course, the last ruling was in 1923. And, really, retroactively applying taxes/fees should be forbidden.

First article

Earlier this year, officials said that they would be charging migrants with deportation orders who refuse to leave with a $1,000 fine for each day they overstayed.

In late August, the Wall Street Journal reported that around 21,500 fines had been issued — totaling at an estimated $6.1 billion.

But, how much has actually been collected? Regardless, both fees are designed to 1. deter illegals/fake asylum seekers from coming to the U.S. and 2. to get them to voluntarily leave, especially the $5K.

Meanwhile

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 6, 2025 – 1:16 pm

…is a wonderful low carbon bicycle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Green Jihad, with a post on the EU banning Russian gas imports.

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