Report from Heartland Institute’s “Climate Realism” Conference: A Celebration of the Tide Turning Against Climate Alarmism

I was in attendance at the Heartland Institute’s “Climate Realism Rising” conference last week. It was a triumphal event, with green energy having fallen out of favor, the EPA’s Endangerment Finding now rescinded, auto manufacturers abandoning EVs, wind farms kneecapped by President Trump, and the public now tuning out the climate hysterics’ failed prophesies of doom.

To be clear, despite the celebratory mood, there was agreement that the left will never relent in their war on fossil fuels, and that we are just one bad election from being put on defense again.

The highlight was a keynote speech by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, who is one of the most consequential political figures of my lifetime, because he aggressively retook political ground lost to the left, restoring freedom and prosperity in the process. Having the head of the EPA proudly affirming “climate denial” in front of a group of “climate skeptics” sent the legacy media into paroxysms of partisan anger, as if a heretic had occupied the most holy temple in their church.

“Climate Denial Comes to Washington” [NY Times]

It might have seemed like a fringe event, except for the high-profile opening speaker: Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and one of President Trump’s possible choices for the next attorney general. The mood in the room was celebratory. The roughly 220 attendees at the gathering at the Hotel Washington, which is a short walk from the White House, treated Zeldin like a rock star, giving him a standing ovation before he had even spoken.

Here are some other media headlines:

“Zeldin stars at climate denial conference” [Politico]

“Lee Zeldin Touts EPA Rollbacks at Climate Denial Conference” [Bloomberg]

“Zeldin tells climate skeptics to ‘celebrate vindication’ after repeal of baseline climate rule” [AP]

The legacy media is adamant that the politically approved science has been settled, and that only command and control of all economic activity can save the planet. Further, the legacy media demands that the scientific method be prohibited when it comes to climate, so that no climate theory may be challenged nor hypotheses tested.

But the media does consider this to be legitimate science. From NPR/PBS: “Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”

Getting back to Heartland’s Climate Realism conference, here are a few quick overviews of interesting topics that were covered. (There was a lot of additional great material which I’ll likely discuss further in future posts.)

Amidst all the applause for the scientists and activists who helped turn the tide against the climate cult, Marc Morano pointed out that there is one superhero who should receive special recognition for his contribution to our cause, specifically Anthony Fauci. His politically motivated fabulations during Covid brought disgrace to government scientists, and to pretty much anyone else claiming “expertise” in service to the left’s political agenda. The long track record of “climate scientists” falsifying historical temperature records and predicting weather catastrophes that never came to pass makes the comparison to Fauci appropriate.

In short, Covid hysteria killed off climate hysteria. Thank you Anthony Fauci for helping us to fully understand the malevolent dishonesty of government-funded “experts.”

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One of the talking points of the climate doomsday cult is that “extreme one-day precipitation events” in the U.S. are increasing.

David Legates gave an informational presentation on the various forms of rain gauges, how the data is collected and measured, and how they differ in accuracy. Historically there has been some degree of under-measurement. This is due to wind, evaporation, pressure changes as air hits the gauges, the timing of measurement, etc. Legates discussed how NOAA rolled out the all-new Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) as the official gauge in the early 1990s, replacing manually tested bucket gauges. ASOS is more accurate, therefore it is now capturing higher rainfall totals.

This chart shows that the trendline of extreme precipitation events jumped dramatically upward right when ASOS was launched in the early 1990s, but then quickly leveled off. The only change in “extreme one day precipitation” was the change in the measuring tool, not the amount of rain falling from the sky.

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Anthony Watts (wattsupwiththat.com) discussed NOAA temperature gauges and how scientifically flawed they are.

NOAA has official protocols about where its temperature sensors must be stationed so as to avoid the influence of heat retained in parking lots, rock walls, etc. A survey of these stations by Watts’ team found that fully 96% of NOAA’s temperature gauges are improperly situated, causing higher readings than would be recorded if properly placed in a field of grass.

Even more disturbing is that many of NOAA’s official temperature gauges don’t even exist! There are hundreds of old stations that were decommissioned or have mechanically failed. Rather than replace them, NOAA has continued to simply estimate the daily temperature readings from these ghost stations, and then incorporate these fabricated temperature readings into their official temperature database that shows a warming trend.

Mr. Watts has developed his own temperature station and was able to properly place one at the Reno airport. Because NOAA’s improperly placed sensor is picking up retained heat from the tarmac and runways, NOAA consistently captures overnight temperatures more than two degrees warmer than the actual air temperature as measured by Watts’ own temperature gauge situated away from the asphalt.

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The great Steve Milloy (junkscience.com) spoke at several conference sessions about various topics. I appreciated his caution about being too celebratory regarding our recent political victories.

The 2009 Obama Endangerment Finding, which was just reversed by Trump and Zeldin, was made possible by the 2007 Supreme Court decision “Massachusetts vs EPA,” which found that greenhouse gases, including CO2, are pollutants, and that the EPA can regulate anything involving CO2.

Milloy stressed that as wonderful as it is that the Endangerment Finding is reversed for now, the ultimate prize is overturning Massachusetts vs EPA. He expressed some disappointment that the case of “West Virginia vs EPA,” a victory for our side, could have been used seek the reversal of Massachusetts vs EPA. Instead, it was just a narrow victory that limited the EPA’s regulation of power plants.

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There were some interesting discussions about nuclear energy, and the challenges and costs of building new nuclear. As clean and reliable as nuclear energy is, it’s still more expensive than coal and natural gas. For now, there is nothing cheaper than natural gas, which is also wildly abundant. Natural gas also burns clean, which has greatly reduced carbon emissions (for those who focus on “greenhouse gases.”

So, the challenge in building new nuclear is that it may make sense as part of a strategy of diversifying fuel options, but it is a hard sell since it will still cost ratepayers more than natural gas.

The “all-in” cost per mWh (including transmission lines, land, construction, engineering, etc) of various forms of electricity production are as follow:

• Natural Gas: $ 40
• Coal: $ 90
• Nuclear: $122
• Wind: $291
• Solar: $413

Reliable energy sources are not only cheaper than “green” sources, they have a lower impact on the environment. Wind energy needs 300 times the land footprint to produce the same electricity as one conventional power plant (if the wind is even blowing.

*****

Much gratitude to Jim Lakely, James Taylor, Cameron Sholty and all the rest of the Heartland team for their lead role in fighting the climate hoax. By establishing and perpetuating this regular gathering of eminent scientists debunking the climate scare, we “climate skeptics” are winning the climate battle.

But we can’t let up. The left never does. We need to keep the pedal to the metal in continuing to fight for and celebrate a high-carbon lifestyle. As Jason Isaacs of American Energy Institute likes to point out, “Carbon is life.”

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 13, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

2 And SPONGE!!

Posted by: Nazdar at April 13, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

3 Dang. Read the content.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

4 You can't park there.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 13, 2026 11:02 AM (Kt19C)

5 "Climate Realism?"

Sounds like another scam, with a different name.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 11:03 AM (AkEZC)

6 What about CAFE standards?

Posted by: The Hilux pickup truck we all want at April 13, 2026 11:04 AM (2Ez/1)

7 The “all-in” cost per mWh (including transmission lines, land, construction, engineering, etc) of various forms of electricity production are as follow:

• Natural Gas: $ 40
• Coal: $ 90
• Nuclear: $122
• Wind: $291
• Solar: $413

Reliable energy sources are not only cheaper than “green” sources, they have a lower impact on the environment. Wind energy needs 300 times the land footprint to produce the same electricity as one conventional power plant (if the wind is even blowing.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that within the next 5 years, Elon will announce a major push on space-based solar. If he can do for SBS what he did for launch costs, it will shoot to the top of your list, and will require no terrestrial footprint, other than receivers.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

8 As Jason Isaacs of American Energy Institute likes to point out, “Carbon is life.”

The carbon-based units interfere with the Creator!

Posted by: lt. Ilia at April 13, 2026 11:05 AM (qRla/)

9 Nice. Watts has been fighting this for decades.

So, once the left is destroyed, do we just use AI to remake all the movies where the destruction of earth by climate change forces people to the stars?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 11:05 AM (Sco7b)

10 What about CAFE standards?

We have none. Happy?

Posted by: Starbucks at April 13, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

11 In the Climate Wars, we skeptics/deniers/contrarians should enjoy the little victories for a day, while realizing the war isn't going time soon.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 11:06 AM (DgMqy)

12 I've been sayin' for years if we gad any brains, Pittsburgh would be as rich as Dubai.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 13, 2026 11:07 AM (w/O5Q)

13 You can't hate the watermelon hippies enough.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:07 AM (/vs/7)

14 So, once the left is destroyed, do we just use AI to remake all the movies where the destruction of earth by climate change forces people to the stars?

It's like entropy. It will never be destroyed, only temporarily thwarted.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

15 You guys don't know how lucky you are.

Posted by: 2 Million Years of Ice Ages at April 13, 2026 11:07 AM (MDua2)

16 It's like entropy. It will never be destroyed, only temporarily thwarted.

Posted by: Archimedes

Sorry. I was referring to the left.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

17 I lost 5 IQ points reading the linked article about the UCLA Poofters in Danger from Klimat Katastrophe article.

Posted by: I Blame Buck at April 13, 2026 11:08 AM (oftw2)

18 From NPR/PBS: “Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”

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There's always a silver lining.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 13, 2026 11:08 AM (0U5gm)

19 "Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”

Obligatory "SO CLOSE TO PRIDE MONTH?!"

Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 11:09 AM (RjOoY)

20 >> The roughly 220 attendees at the gathering at the Hotel Washington

This is one thing that bothers me about DC. 220 people is a minuscule number and they have outsized influence in a nation of 330-350 million. It’s ridiculous

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 11:09 AM (Av8mp)

21 Does Climate Realism exclude naked chicks in the forest?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 11:09 AM (FmapG)

22 I lost 5 IQ points reading the linked article about the UCLA Poofters in Danger from Klimat Katastrophe article.

I won't give them a click, but I'm curious as to how they support such a ludicrous position.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)

23 Doin' my part over here to help the climate. A lot of compostin' goin' on in my pants!

Posted by: President Emeritus at April 13, 2026 11:09 AM (oftw2)

24 The only problem I see with NatGas is that you have to have a gas pipeline nearby the plant.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 13, 2026 11:11 AM (Cqx++)

25 My views on global warming.

1) It's not happening.
B) If it did happen, the results would be good for the planet
C) We couldn't make it happen if we worked at it
Y) It's unfalsifiable, hot, cold, wet, dry, all are attributed to the theory
Z) It's axiomatic that every 'crisis' requires that you give up some of your freedom and wealth to the government

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 11:11 AM (4NO2D)

26 So, once the left is destroyed, do we just use AI to remake all the movies where the destruction of earth by climate change forces people to the stars?

Just slap warnings on the movies, like Disney’s “you are about to see heterosexuality, women who aren’t girlbosses, and people making gay jokes” stuff that they rolled out in 2020.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 11:11 AM (3cXfB)

27 This is one thing that bothers me about DC. 220 people is a minuscule number and they have outsized influence in a nation of 330-350 million. It’s ridiculous
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 11:09 AM (Av8mp)

And they could use Zoom.
To save mother Gaia.
It's 220 people.

Maybe they walked...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 11:11 AM (Sco7b)

28 Thirty years later and Florida is still here and Al Gore has gained fifty pounds.

Posted by: Case at April 13, 2026 11:11 AM (pvf3X)

29 Pope Leo XIV's Stance on Global Warming

Condemnation of Climate Change Critics:
Pope Leo XIV has made strong statements regarding climate change, particularly criticizing those who downplay its significance. He described the impact of rising temperatures as "increasingly evident" and condemned individuals who "ridicule those who speak of global warming." This reflects a continuation of the concerns raised by his predecessor, Pope Francis.
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But what if the "increasingly evident" impacts are bunk? Is it anti-Catholic to question the evidence?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 11:11 AM (Dv3i1)

30 > I won't give them a click, but I'm curious as to how they support such a ludicrous position.
Posted by: Archimedes
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They're probably paid to support that ludicrous position.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 11:12 AM (AkEZC)

31 I have been hoping to see some raised awareness for the fact that you can store a year's supply of coal very easily to ride out times like these. That gives coal (and nuclear) an advantage over gas.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 13, 2026 11:12 AM (sMG3g)

32 I am in favor of CAFE standards. Especially when Yak and Penguins are featured prominently.

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at April 13, 2026 11:12 AM (oftw2)

33 What can I can with all the leftover recycling containers? Gotta be another swindle I can use them for to separate stupid people from there money.

Ya know, like electric vehicles...

Posted by: Waste Management at April 13, 2026 11:12 AM (4eiIm)

34
What about CAFE standards?

The tables must be clean and the service prompt.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 13, 2026 11:13 AM (Cqx++)

35 Thirty years later and Florida is still here and Al Gore has gained fifty pounds.

Hank Johnson would remind us to keep Gore off of Guam, just in case.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 11:13 AM (3cXfB)

36 Does this mean we can run over bicycling guys in spandex?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 11:14 AM (FmapG)

37 28 Thirty years later and Florida is still here and Al Gore has gained fifty pounds.
Posted by: Case at April 13, 2026 11:11 AM (pvf3X)

<3

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 11:14 AM (DgMqy)

38 I would like to see an accounting of the "all-in" costs of energy at the end of your post, Buck. In particular, is energy storage included in the costs for wind and solar energy?

Posted by: Ralph at April 13, 2026 11:15 AM (8WZD4)

39 I won't give them a click, but I'm curious as to how they support such a ludicrous position.
Posted by: Archimedes

Quick summary: LGBTOMGWTFBBQ people are concentrated in cities that will be damaged from "climate emergencies."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 11:15 AM (RjOoY)

40 No faction of idiots who thinks chopping off your dick makes you magically change into a woman should be lecturing anyone about "denial" of anything.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:15 AM (ZcSFA)

41 Well, Trump is their ally now.

Iran Not Interested in Further Peace Talks, Vows to Keep Stranglehold Over Strait of Hormuz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 11:15 AM (ndZc7)

42 Call for Action
In his recent speeches, Pope Leo has emphasized the need for greater action from citizens around the world. He believes that indifference is not an option and has urged people to actively pressure politicians to take climate change seriously. He stated that "only then will it be possible to mitigate the damage done to the environment."
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What is this damage? Have sea levels risen? Has the planet become less green?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 11:16 AM (Dv3i1)

43 Same sex couples are indeed HOT!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 13, 2026 11:16 AM (Cqx++)

44 Pope Leo XIV has made strong statements regarding climate change, particularly criticizing those who downplay its significance. He described the impact of rising temperatures as "increasingly evident" and condemned individuals who "ridicule those who speak of global warming." This reflects a continuation of the concerns raised by his predecessor, Pope Francis.

Okay, Mr. Papal Bull, howzabout you enlighten us on your special qualifications with regard to the scientific controversy about global warming. Science degrees? Math background? Evidence of high IQ? There are plenty of people on both sides of the argument with those attributes. Why should I listen to you?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

45 global warming/climate change has got to be the longest running scam of my lifetime. Until global warming came along it was all "peak oil" is going to destroy civilization and that finally died.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 13, 2026 11:17 AM (0N4FZ)

46 Vows to Keep Stranglehold Over Strait of Hormuz
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So will they deploy their army to defend the Strait. Cuz that's what we want them to do.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 11:17 AM (FmapG)

47 Pope Leo XIV has made strong statements regarding climate change, particularly criticizing those who downplay its significance.

Typical assholery from a heretic who profaned St Peter's by worshiping a pagan demon.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 11:17 AM (qRla/)

48 36.

That is now mandatory. The bike lane should be marked like a dart board. Try to make them land on the 10.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:17 AM (E5pD7)

49 They're probably paid to support that ludicrous position.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I saw Ludicrous Position open for Arms Akimbo at the Flatbush Bikini Waxing & Beauty Shoppe.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 13, 2026 11:18 AM (cYBz/)

50 👍

That I can see, but more locally, environmental justice and now Zero Waste is not going away and both (or all) are a great hiding place for all kinds of shenanigans, including redirecting of funds.

(And so easy to involve teens and POCs.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 11:18 AM (NFX2v)

51 Thank you Fauci, for killing faith in "government science"!

Posted by: Joemarine at April 13, 2026 11:18 AM (y171U)

52 Well, Trump is their ally now.

Iran Not Interested in Further Peace Talks, Vows to Keep Stranglehold Over Strait of Hormuz

Your terms are acceptable. We don't need your oil, and we can swallow higher oil prices longer than you can go without paying your thugs.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

53 Natural Gas it is. Keep it, sell the coal.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:19 AM (aikFH)

54 In short, Covid hysteria killed off climate hysteria.

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No. The self-immolation of our ridiculous credentialed expert class destroyed public confidence in their lies about climate along with everything else - but that's meaningless.

The rulers don't give a single little dried up rabbit turd about what the public thinks. All other things being equal, they would just do what they always do, which is tell the public "believe our lies or don't, but our lies are law, so just STFU and GFY."

What caused the about-face was other members of the ruling class, ones with big giant gobs of cash (MonsterTech) saying "the next phase of our war on humanity is going to require absolutely staggering amounts of electric generation from every available source. Climate change was yesterday, we need it to be over now."

And so it's over now. It has nothing to do with public opinion. Nothing does.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 11:19 AM (BI5O2)

55 Scientists said the sun revolved around the earth. Other scientists said the earth revolved around the sun. Which scientists should we listen to?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 11:19 AM (Dv3i1)

56 I saw Ludicrous Position open for Arms Akimbo at the Flatbush Bikini Waxing & Beauty Shoppe.
Posted by: Tonypete

Nice,but what year was that?

Posted by: Time is Tight at April 13, 2026 11:20 AM (oftw2)

57 that story about LBJQTR+ whatevers living in hazardous locations was one of the tags I took from JJ's list this morning.

That was the most tedious bit of crock I've exposed myself to in quite awhile.

Posted by: DanMan at April 13, 2026 11:21 AM (8uzBS)

58 "...global warming/climate change has got to be the longest running scam of my lifetime."

*ahem*

Posted by: Recycling at April 13, 2026 11:21 AM (2Ez/1)

59 Quick summary: LGBTOMGWTFBBQ people are concentrated in cities that will be damaged from "climate emergencies."

Posted by: NR Pax

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What they really mean is that people in inner cities will lose out on misspent subsidy money if the goose stops laying golden eggs.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 13, 2026 11:21 AM (0U5gm)

60 Jonathan Turley: Eric Swalwell, a Modern Frankenstein’s Monster

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I was thinking more Dracula but whatever, dude.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 13, 2026 11:21 AM (ndZc7)

61 I read the prometheus crisis as a kid and loved it. The nuclear engineers were the smartest guys on the planet. That book made me a nuclear energy fan for life.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM (GPa4z)

62 Oman has been pretty quiet about all of this Hormuz stuff, no?

Considering the Strait is part of their territorial waters, too, doesn't seem odd to anyone?

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

63 Quick summary: LGBTOMGWTFBBQ people are concentrated in cities that will be damaged from "climate emergencies."

Sooooo....they won't be able to outrun a rising sea level?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

64 We used to ship our recycling to China. What could be more efficient than that?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM (aikFH)

65 How much does it cost to dismantle a windmill?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM (2Ez/1)

66 Seeing that evil little garden gnome Fauci's smug little cocksocket on my screen is always good for a quick 50 point bump in the blood pressure.

That little sonofabitch.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:23 AM (LoNNw)

67 Okay, Mr. Papal Bull, howzabout you enlighten us on your special qualifications with regard to the scientific controversy about global warming. Science degrees? Math background? Evidence of high IQ? There are plenty of people on both sides of the argument with those attributes. Why should I listen to you?
Posted by: Archimedes

Well, rightly or wrongly "Because I said so" has been a pillar of the Faith for quite some time. BUT, it only comes into play when he speaks ex cathedra ("from the chair" — meaning from the official seat of his apostolic authority as successor of St. Peter). It applies only to faith and morals — not to science, politics, history, personal opinions, or Church discipline/governance.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 13, 2026 11:24 AM (cYBz/)

68 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 11:24 AM (IXZGh)

69 Well, rightly or wrongly "Because I said so" has been a pillar of the Faith for quite some time. BUT, it only comes into play when he speaks ex cathedra ("from the chair" — meaning from the official seat of his apostolic authority as successor of St. Peter). It applies only to faith and morals — not to science, politics, history, personal opinions, or Church discipline/governance.

I was going to post something along these lines, but you've done it far better than I could have. Thanks.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:25 AM (Riz8t)

70 The Pope has his agenda.

God has His agenda.

Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:25 AM (NdR4L)

71 But the media does consider this to be legitimate science. From NPR/PBS: “Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”

I guess the only solution would be to stop stuffing your cock in another man's ass. For the environment.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 11:25 AM (IXZGh)

72 PA is rich in gas but our utility bills are going up insanely, while jobs are going down the chute as "other sources" are being pushed down our throats.

AI Overview: Pennsylvania is a major fossil fuel producer, with natural gas providing ~60% of its electricity, which has reduced coal dependence but slowed renewable adoption. The state faces tension between relying on affordable, local natural gas and diversifying into solar, wind, and geothermal to meet emissions goals, despite ranking near the bottom in recent renewable growth. (PA Capital-Star + 4 others)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 11:25 AM (NFX2v)

73 64 We used to ship our recycling to China. What could be more efficient than that?
Posted by: Boss Moss

We can top that! Shipping our home-groaned crude to China for refining, then shipping it back to us as gas and diesel.

Posted by: Australians at April 13, 2026 11:25 AM (oftw2)

74 The Pope has his agenda.

God has His agenda.
Posted by: sifty boones at April 13, 2026 11:25 AM (NdR4L)

"Excuse me. Mr. Pope? God didn't get it wrong. You did."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 11:25 AM (IXZGh)

75 But the media does consider this to be legitimate science. From NPR/PBS: “Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”

I get a little frisson of pleasure whenever I see something from NPR/PBS and realize I didn't pay for it.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

76 We need more solar panels on the Sistine Chapel!

Posted by: Mackerel Snappers For Gaia at April 13, 2026 11:26 AM (2Ez/1)

77 Pennsylvanians are getting what they voted for.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 11:26 AM (GPa4z)

78 I guess the only solution would be to stop stuffing your cock in another man's ass. For the environment.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

"Hey guys; if you went straight, you could move to areas that won't be destroyed in a climate emergency."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 13, 2026 11:26 AM (RjOoY)

79 How much does it cost to dismantle a windmill?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM (2Ez/1)

Go to Academy.com and look up the cost for some Tannerite.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 11:26 AM (IXZGh)

80 Sooooo....they won't be able to outrun a rising sea level?
Posted by: Archimedes

It's hard to sashay quickly. Too much wind resistance. Same with flouncing. Mincing has almost no wind resistance, but it's too slow.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:26 AM (77rzZ)

81 52 Well, Trump is their ally now.

Iran Not Interested in Further Peace Talks, Vows to Keep Stranglehold Over Strait of Hormuz

Your terms are acceptable. We don't need your oil, and we can swallow higher oil prices longer than you can go without paying your thugs.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

We really can't...not if this goes months...in months, you'll see Trump's popularity nosedive like Bush 1s in 1992 after breaking "no new taxes" pledge...

Politically, it's got to be solved by about June 1...which is weeks away...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:27 AM (tOcjL)

82 I’m not Catholic

I respect the Catholic faith

I have zero respect for this pope (and the last one, too). Pope John Paul II was historically great. Benedict was good… church is on a bad run now. Leo makes as much sense as Uncle Leo

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 11:27 AM (xT8gx)

83 Sooooo....they won't be able to outrun a rising sea level?
Posted by: Archimedes

It's hard to sashay quickly. Too much wind resistance. Same with flouncing. Mincing has almost no wind resistance, but it's too slow.

It's the limp, expressive wrists that slow you down. Too much wind resistance.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

84 Australia could build a refineery. Maybe turn all that iron ore into pig iron. Build a steel mill.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:28 AM (aikFH)

85 It applies only to faith and morals — not to science, politics, history, personal opinions, or Church discipline/governance.
Posted by: Tonypete

How about sports? Does it apply to the White Sox?

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

86 Data centers destroyed climate change...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:28 AM (tOcjL)

87 Sooooo....they won't be able to outrun a rising sea level?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM

Like slow zombies, the sea is relentless.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 11:29 AM (4NO2D)

88 AI Overview: Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s energy policy, anchored by his "Lightning Plan," aims to modernize the state's energy mix by increasing renewable sources to 35% by 2040 through the initiative. The plan focuses on boosting solar, wind, and nuclear energy while creating "community energy" projects and streamlining permitting for clean energy developers. (PA Capital-Star + 3 others)
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Remember, he could wind up President of the US someday.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 11:29 AM (NFX2v)

89 It applies only to faith and morals — not to science, politics, history, personal opinions, or Church discipline/governance.
Posted by: Tonypete

How about sports? Does it apply to the White Sox?
Posted by: Bulg

In a perfect world, it would only apply to the Los Angeles Angels, but, here we are. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at April 13, 2026 11:30 AM (cYBz/)

90 We really can't...not if this goes months...in months, you'll see Trump's popularity nosedive like Bush 1s in 1992 after breaking "no new taxes" pledge...

Politically, it's got to be solved by about June 1...which is weeks away...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:27 AM (tOcjL)

Excuse my language… but fuck politics. If a midterm loss is the cost of defeating those cock sucker savages from the Middle Ages so be it

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 11:30 AM (xT8gx)

91 Maybe "You'll get what you vote for" might be a good slogan for the mid-terms.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 11:30 AM (GPa4z)

92 Buck: "To be clear, despite the celebratory mood, there was agreement that the left will never relent in their war on fossil fuels, and that we are just one bad election from being put on defense again."

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Words to heed. Tomorrow's Morning Rant touches on this same warning, but in a different arena.

Remain vigilant. The Left may be retrenching but they are not repenting.

Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 11:30 AM (qgHp7)

93 They left Anaheim?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:30 AM (aikFH)

94 What would happen if we just left the gulf area? Just pull up stakes and walked away?

Leave it to the Saudi's to straighten out.

Posted by: pawn at April 13, 2026 11:31 AM (jstR0)

95 ... special qualifications with regard to the scientific controversy about global warming. Science degrees? Math background? Evidence of high IQ? There are plenty of people on both sides of the argument with those attributes. Why should I listen to you?
Posted by: Archimedes
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There is a reason that actual trials have 'expert witnesses' as opposed to plain witnesses. Not to say that the experts are always good experts depending on the Court and precedents, but the principle is sound that the witnesses face cross examination to test the validity of their opinions.

Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:31 AM (E4rtv)

96 From out here in the cheap seats the whole thing looks like a highly coordinated pseudo-scientific effort to kneecap the West in terms of base energy. De-industrialization is a long running decades effort, coupled with mass migration it is especially pernicious, etc. destabilization ultimately means none of your laws, legislation, rules or policies means jack. Destruction of the family, this is considered a good thing by the usual suspects.

Brought to you by some especially sick and twisted “elite”.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 11:31 AM (SK57M)

97 Lol
Heartland Institute is a joke.
They got paid off by Big Tobacco to defend the use of the cartoon character Joe Camel to hook kids on cigarettes.

NAD Andrew
FL loses about 97 acres of land each day to sea level rise

Posted by: Paul at April 13, 2026 11:31 AM (AXXFp)

98 Remain vigilant. The Left may be retrenching but they are not repenting.
Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 11:30 AM

Yep. Their anger at being thwarted is white hot and their plan to murder us becomes more imperative.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 11:32 AM (4NO2D)

99 EVs were barely noticeable at the NYC Auto Show last week. Sure, they were there, but it's almost like the auto companies didn't want you to know they were EV. Even companies that sell nothing but EV -- such as Lucid -- were pimping the all-around capabilities of the car rather than its electric motor.

This is a massive change from only a few years ago when it was wall-to-wall EV madness.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 11:32 AM (iFTx/)

100 Tobacco, used very moderately, enhances life.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 11:32 AM (GPa4z)

101 90 We really can't...not if this goes months...in months, you'll see Trump's popularity nosedive like Bush 1s in 1992 after breaking "no new taxes" pledge...

Politically, it's got to be solved by about June 1...which is weeks away...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:27 AM (tOcjL)

Excuse my language… but fuck politics. If a midterm loss is the cost of defeating those cock sucker savages from the Middle Ages so be it
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 11:30 AM (xT8gx)

But it won't...if this actually goes all year and we get a political wipeout, everyone will then quit with nothing gained.

The solution needs to be soonish...not now, but when we're hitting that 3 month mark b/c Trump originally promised weeks, so that will also bite him in the a$$. Never give a timeline in war you can't 100% meet...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:32 AM (tOcjL)

102 94 What would happen if we just left the gulf area? Just pull up stakes and walked away?

Leave it to the Saudi's to straighten out.

Posted by: pawn
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The Gulf States would turn against the US and toward China. They don't want the current regime to survive in power because it means death for them and they will side with whoever provides them a modicum of protection.

Blockading Iran is a stroke of genius to prevent that peaceably. Iran has to reinitiate the active war while the US (and those that buy Iranian oil) have the key to prevent Iran's government from falling apart due to finances.

Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)

103 That .1MM sealevel rise is working overtime.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 11:33 AM (4NO2D)

104 modernize the state's energy mix by increasing renewable sources"

Ah, what? How is that "modern"?

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 11:33 AM (rRrrW)

105 Tobacco is good vs cold and flu.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:33 AM (aikFH)

106 94 What would happen if we just left the gulf area? Just pull up stakes and walked away?

Leave it to the Saudi's to straighten out.

Posted by: pawn at April 13, 2026 11:31 AM (jstR0)

That was my option 3...just declare we kicked the bucket and leave...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:34 AM (tOcjL)

107 Whig is back!

*I go into my happy dance*

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)

108 This is a massive change from only a few years ago when it was wall-to-wall EV madness."

Amazing what a trillion dollars of our money can do...

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 11:34 AM (rRrrW)

109 I think economic reality is killing the climate scam. It's also eroding immigration. Affordability is a huge issue in Canada now. Carbon taxes and immigrants are starting to be an issue.

By, the way, I do hope for all of us to live the lives of are environmental leaders.

The multiple mansions.
Private planes, unlimited travel.
Hot young environmental babes.
The smug feeling of superiority knowing we care.

Oh, and it's MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+

It's so simple. How have we not all memorized this by now.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 11:35 AM (Sco7b)

110 FL loses about 97 acres of land each day to sea level rise

No, the East Coast of the US is slowly being pulled under by plate tectonics. The sea level hasn't risen, the Maldives still exist.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 11:35 AM (2ocoG)

111 *You* are the carbon that they want to reduce.

Posted by: SciVo at April 13, 2026 11:36 AM (Sy6m/)

112 Blockading Iran is a stroke of genius"

Not possible, as I've been assured that Iran had complete control.

Huh.

Posted by: man at April 13, 2026 11:36 AM (rRrrW)

113 But it won't...if this actually goes all year and we get a political wipeout, everyone will then quit with nothing gained.

The solution needs to be soonish...not now, but when we're hitting that 3 month mark b/c Trump originally promised weeks, so that will also bite him in the a$$. Never give a timeline in war you can't 100% meet...
Posted by: Nova Local

I doubt what you are saying is an accurate read on the situation. Simply put, Trump did not get elected solely on the basis of prices at the pump. A lot of the big price jumps are actually because of war fear/speculation and that is dropping as the Iranians have to be the ones to break the ceasefire in order to attack the rest of the Gulf Oil producers. Those buying Iranian oil were India and China, not the West for the most part and they were buying it at a discount.

Unlike Biden, Trump is not trying to immiserate the American public for a Nude Green Eel nor force EVs down the throat of unwilling buyers.

Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:36 AM (E4rtv)

114 "The authors found that San Francisco County, behind the District of Columbia, has the second-highest proportion of same-sex couples in the country and a relatively high risk of national hazards complicating life."

The highest proportion of homosexuals in the country is is DC. Even higher than SF. Higher than Miami. Higher than NYC. This should surprise nobody.

DC is a city of perversion, deviance, filth, and incandescent scumbaggery.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

115 Florida has land?

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:37 AM (77rzZ)

116 I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that within the next 5 years, Elon will announce a major push on space-based solar. If he can do for SBS what he did for launch costs, it will shoot to the top of your list, and will require no terrestrial footprint, other than receivers.
Posted by: Archimedes

Space-based solar, if it is to be used on Earth, requires beaming the energy to the surface to receivers for distribution, typically as microwave radiation. You could also send it as laser light. Both could be used as weapons. Therein lies a problem.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 13, 2026 11:37 AM (ZVgZ4)

117 Politico: Zeldin stars at climate denial conference
The EPA administrator became the first agency chief to speak at the Heartland Institute's annual gathering of people who say climate change benefits humanity.

Zeldin, who has been floated as a possible replacement for former Attorney General Pam Bondi after she was fired by Trump last week, was met by loud applause...

We may not have much food next year if there's more of this record heat. Those fools just keep gaslighting mother nature.

For those who don't recognize the Heartland Institute, it was created to meet the shared need of the fossil fuels and tobacco industries to avoid the inconvenient science pointing to the harms of their products. The first generation of climate denial PR folks were all ones who had cut their teeth by pushing the false notion that cigarette smoke doesn't cause cancer.

The heartland group is a terrorist organization. So much evil gathered in one organization. I wonder how many people have died because of their efforts?

100%! This is a threat of violence. They mean to subjugate the world while we all burn. A gun to your head. A gun to your child's head.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 13, 2026 11:37 AM (ycI94)

118 As to the assertion (unsupported, of course) that FL loses land every day to rising sea levels, perhaps the land is being transported to the Maldives, which were supposed to be underwater by now, but aren't.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)

119 People in civilized countries. have a larger carbon footprint than 3rd world $githolers$. Deport them all. For the planet.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:38 AM (aikFH)

120 "FL loses about 97 acres of land each day to sea level rise"

Link?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 13, 2026 11:38 AM (DgMqy)

121 The Great State of Florida occupies 42,085,120 acres of land.

That is forty two MILLION acres.

Posted by: pawn at April 13, 2026 11:38 AM (jstR0)

122 It's so simple. How have we not all memorized this by now.

Posted by: Stateless
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Apparently all of Carney's family is in the US while he uses the US as a boogeyman. This is a prototypical cloud person that floats from Governor of the Bank of England to Canada and from Canada to somewhere else to despoil.

Global cloud people are menaces to good people everywhere as they never bear the consequences of what they cram down the throat of unwilling average citizens.

Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:39 AM (E4rtv)

123 Florida has land?
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:37 AM (77rzZ)

If swamp counts as land, then, yes, Florida has land.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 13, 2026 11:39 AM (ZVgZ4)

124 Thx Buck. Great post and thank the Lord.
The defeat of climate ahole Michael Moore, the not fat one, also had an big part.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 13, 2026 11:39 AM (genhU)

125 Can't we pick off the shadow fleet after they load up?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:39 AM (aikFH)

126 Space-based solar, if it is to be used on Earth, requires beaming the energy to the surface to receivers for distribution, typically as microwave radiation. You could also send it as laser light. Both could be used as weapons. Therein lies a problem.

I say we beam it to the Arctic. That will have the added benefit of vaporizing those pesky, man-eating polar bears.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

127 FL loses about 97 acres of land each day to sea level rise

Lol. I love how specific the "97" is, but then dopey Paul has to give it the "about" caveat. Why not just say "about 100"? Because then the lie doesn't sound sciencey.

Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 11:39 AM (Q6P2R)

128 I doubt what you are saying is an accurate read on the situation. Simply put, Trump did not get elected solely on the basis of prices at the pump. A lot of the big price jumps are actually because of war fear/speculation and that is dropping as the Iranians have to be the ones to break the ceasefire in order to attack the rest of the Gulf Oil producers. Those buying Iranian oil were India and China, not the West for the most part and they were buying it at a discount.

Unlike Biden, Trump is not trying to immiserate the American public for a Nude Green Eel nor force EVs down the throat of unwilling buyers.
Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:36 AM (E4rtv)

He got elected to be America 1st and get the economy/inflation/immigration under control.

Inflation will start heating up rapidly if oil stays super high...that heat up will increase cost of living for folks who never recovered and slow the economy. Oil stays super high if we don't end this.

So, yes, it's a midterm wipeout if he goes in with $100 oil and 5-6% inflation...b/c the immigration issue won't be enough...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (tOcjL)

129 Tobacco, used very moderately, enhances life.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 11:32 AM (GPa4z)

Agreed....tobaccy relaxes the mind and body and gives you a sense of well being. Too many uptight assholes running around need to light up and relax.

Posted by: Smoking Lamp Is Lit at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (4eiIm)

130 Space-based solar, if it is to be used on Earth, requires beaming the energy to the surface to receivers for distribution, typically as microwave radiation. You could also send it as laser light. Both could be used as weapons. Therein lies a problem.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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You mean the rationale posited in the movie Real Genius was right?

Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (E4rtv)

131 Even companies that sell nothing but EV -- such as Lucid -- were pimping the all-around capabilities of the car rather than its electric motor.

Lucid's pitch has always been "It's like the Tesla Model S, except it's actually a credible luxury sedan" (they heavily benchmarked the Benz W221, as one should).

Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (2ocoG)

132 “Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”

***********

The (remarkably laughable) premise seems to be that because gays are overrepresented in coastal enclaves such as SF, Fire Island and Key West they are more at risk from flooding as the atmospheric rivers get wetter and ocean levels rise.

My research indicates that If they start walking now they could easily outpace the rate of rise of the seas, reaching dry land by 2037.

Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (qgHp7)

133 I'm here in easternmost NC, 12 feet above sea level. The surf is only 2 miles away in a straight line. Been here for 40 years. Haven't drownded yet.

Posted by: Treading Water at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (oftw2)

134 Ban Vaseline.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:41 AM (aikFH)

135 So, yes, it's a midterm wipeout if he goes in with $100 oil and 5-6% inflation...b/c the immigration issue won't be enough...

That ignores the benefits to the economy of all the oil and gas now being shipped from the US. Those benefits will be huge.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t)

136 > I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that within the next 5 years, Elon will announce a major push on space-based solar.
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His "datacenters in space" concept would require space based solar to run them. He likely won't get permission (if required) for nukes in space as a power source for this idea of his.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 11:41 AM (AkEZC)

137 47 Typical assholery from a heretic who profaned St Peter's by worshiping a pagan demon.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 13, 2026 11:17 AM (qRla/)

I'm pretty sure the entire reason they picked someone from Chicago was to have someone from Obamatown using his Catholic Authority to repudiate DJT.

Posted by: XTC at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (FpHTM)

138 Politically, it's got to be solved by about June 1...which is weeks away...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:27 AM (tOcjL)

Why? Because if it doesn't, your Party will lose the midterms?

Who cares? For one thing it was likely going to happen anyway. For another, control of Congress is of no importance to Trump. It's barely of any importance to the good Party men these days, let alone that guy.

The only thing that changes with control of Congress for PDT, is that he will go from governing by executive order while the GOP refuses to move his agenda, to vetoing a bunch of stuff while they and their Dem friends beat off over pointless impeachment proceedings. Whatever. It gives the pigs something to snuffle about while he runs things.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (BI5O2)

139 So, yes, it's a midterm wipeout if he goes in with $100 oil and 5-6% inflation...b/c the immigration issue won't be enough...
Posted by: Nova Local
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Might want to take a look as this undermines your position.

Key Inflation Metrics (March 2026)
Headline Inflation: 3.3% (annual change), with consumer prices rising 0.9% on a monthly basis.
Core Inflation: 2.6% (annual change), excluding volatile food and energy prices.
Food Inflation: 2.7%, easing from 3.1% in the previous month.
Shelter Inflation: 3.0%, remaining steady.

Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv)

140 I am approaching 5 years of rainfall data from personal guage on site since arrival.

Reason: big nerd.

Posted by: connected and litigious at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (cS1cw)

141 You mean the rationale posited in the movie Real Genius was right?

I'm stocking up on boxcar loads of popcorn.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

142 Fauci and C. Everett Coop have a lot in common. If you died in an auto crash and smoked you died of smoking. If you died in an auto crash and might of had COVID you died of COVID. Experts.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (FmapG)

143 Fauci and C. Everett Coop have a lot in common. If you died in an auto crash and smoked you died of smoking. If you died in an auto crash and might of had COVID you died of COVID. Experts.
Posted by: pudinhead

Koop had a rockin' beard, though.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:43 AM (77rzZ)

144 Posted by: Paul at April 13, 2026 11:31 AM (AXXFp)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 13, 2026 11:43 AM (IXZGh)

145 TBH the reason global warming is getting slowly dropped isn't really that we won the argument

Its the the oligarchs that were funding global warming now instead want AI datacenters which will take way more energy then "green" energy can produce

Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2026 11:43 AM (sKqQm)

146 Covid did wipe cold and flu deaths that one year.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:44 AM (aikFH)

147 Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:39 AM

Carney makes Trudeau look like a shut-in..

Smalldeadanimals had a Trudeau link the other day saying the RCMP knew he was watching kiddie videos on his equipment. We'll see what, if anything happens.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 13, 2026 11:44 AM (Sco7b)

148 >>I saw Ludicrous Position open for Arms Akimbo at the Flatbush Bikini Waxing & Beauty Shoppe.

In the 'how did he get away with this?' department, there was a syndicated comic strip in the '70s, ran in your daily newspapers, with a female character: Legs Akimbo.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 13, 2026 11:44 AM (NcvvS)

149 Inflation will start heating up rapidly if oil stays super high...that heat up will increase cost of living for folks who never recovered and slow the economy. Oil stays super high if we don't end this.

So, yes, it's a midterm wipeout if he goes in with $100 oil and 5-6% inflation...b/c the immigration issue won't be enough...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (tOcjL)

Oil was this high during the Obama administration. Adjusted for inflation oil prices are a good bit lower. 5-6% inflation is a very aggressive estimate for $100/oil. Also $100/oil assumes supply largely doesn't adjust.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 11:44 AM (okun6)

150 Florida loses acreage due to sea level rise.

How come South Carolina has not witnessed any rise in sea levels?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 11:44 AM (IXZGh)

151 133 I'm here in easternmost NC, 12 feet above sea level. The surf is only 2 miles away in a straight line. Been here for 40 years. Haven't drownded yet.
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The Atlantic is preparing to pounce!

Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 11:45 AM (FmapG)

152 135 So, yes, it's a midterm wipeout if he goes in with $100 oil and 5-6% inflation...b/c the immigration issue won't be enough...

That ignores the benefits to the economy of all the oil and gas now being shipped from the US. Those benefits will be huge.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t)

If Joe and Jane Smith with their 2 kids go to the grocery store and see food prices 10% higher and gas at Biden's levels, they could give a rat about the overall economy. They'll just see that as the rich getting richer in a war for oil.

Right now, if you asked Joe and Jane Smith what we're doing in Iran, they probably couldn't tell you.

And those folks were Trump voters. Those folks walk or stay home on election day...remember, Dems have the more consistent voters...their LIV always show - ours don't...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:45 AM (tOcjL)

153 Florida loses acreage due to sea level rise.

How come South Carolina has not witnessed any rise in sea levels?

It's further north. Duh.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

154 Once the infrastructure is complete gas transmits itself, and there is no waste to dispose of.

Posted by: javems at April 13, 2026 11:45 AM (zFsEm)

155 21 Does Climate Realism exclude naked chicks in the forest?
Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 11:09 AM (FmapG)

No. They don't actually need an excuse, since getting naked in a forest is really celebrating Having Ladyparts, which is the same either way; so they could as easily credit Climate Joy as blame Climate Anxiety.

Posted by: SciVo at April 13, 2026 11:45 AM (Sy6m/)

156 My Dad was a farmer, and he was never satisfied with the weather. Either we were getting too much rain, or not enough.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:45 AM (77rzZ)

157 FL loses about 97 acres of land each day to sea level rise

Guilty 👋

Posted by: Guy who skips rocks every visit to the ocean at April 13, 2026 11:46 AM (DqQS/)

158 That ignores the benefits to the economy of all the oil and gas now being shipped from the US. Those benefits will be huge.
Posted by: Archimedes
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There will be a spike in GDP for sure. And in fact, this will probably cause a spike in investment in the US as well which is the most changeable portion of the GDP. Simply put, companies that base their sourcing and supply chains on Middle East oil are being forced to reevaluate. China is weakened (and Xi is still purging folks under the radar even yesterday) in its economy as well.

Right now, the neighborhood of the West may be crummy but we have the best house right now in the neighborhood so we get the investments. Just got news that a new massive electric transformer plant is being built in the US to reverse the fact that somewhere about 70-80 percent now come from China. That is not sustainable.

Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:46 AM (E4rtv)

159 Lol. I love how specific the "97" is, but then dopey Paul has to give it the "about" caveat. Why not just say "about 100"? Because then the lie doesn't sound sciencey.

As I commented above, the East Coast is sinking due to plate movement, the sea level is not rising. It's especially noticeable in the Baltimore/DC area.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 11:46 AM (2ocoG)

160 Natural gas is too cheap to export. Keep it. Have some wood to burn.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:46 AM (aikFH)

161 We are going to get what we vote for. Here in Ohio, that means we are going to get a nightmare no matter what since our choice is going to be between Vivek and Amy Acton, the COVID star who quit because she couldn't take criticism.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 11:46 AM (GPa4z)

162 Fauci and C. Everett Coop have a lot in common. If you died in an auto crash and smoked you died of smoking. If you died in an auto crash and might of had COVID you died of COVID. Experts.
Posted by: pudinhead

Got a friend who's a Captain at a fire station in a small town in NTX. He witnessed first hand the corruption in that shit.

Rolled on a call to a home where a guy shot himself. The coroner determined the gentleman had covid and ruled the death a covid death.

"Uh, I think it was more that bullet bouncing around his brain pan....."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 11:46 AM (IXZGh)

163
Key Inflation Metrics (March 2026)
Headline Inflation: 3.3% (annual change), with consumer prices rising 0.9% on a monthly basis.
Core Inflation: 2.6% (annual change), excluding volatile food and energy prices.
Food Inflation: 2.7%, easing from 3.1% in the previous month.
Shelter Inflation: 3.0%, remaining steady.
Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv)

Yes, that .9% rise in just one month on headline inflation...now keep that going all year...inflation rates are backward looking...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:47 AM (tOcjL)

164 Climate always changes and always will change.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 13, 2026 11:47 AM (b97oG)

165 We may not have much food next year if there's more of this record heat. Those fools just keep gaslighting mother nature.
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Why are nearly all Western governments regulating farming slowly out of existence? Seems to me this is more of an existential than supposed global warming is.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (Dv3i1)

166 Sun-bleached assholes hardest hit...

Posted by: Polka will never die at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (WFWI9)

167 Monetary inflation is government jiggery-pokery, “printing” currency.

The price of oil has nothing to to do with inflation rate.

The usual suspects don’t want you to know this, they have a vested interest ensuring the rubes never figure out they are debasing their savings and investments. They want you to think it just falls out of the sky or something like that

Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (SK57M)

168 As I commented above, the East Coast is sinking due to plate movement, the sea level is not rising. It's especially noticeable in the Baltimore/DC area.
Posted by: Ian S.

Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay has been progressively sinking since the 19th century. I think that's due to the same phenomenon.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (77rzZ)

169 Sun-bleached assholes hardest hit...
Posted by: Polka will never die at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (WFWI9)

Yeah, don't do that.

Posted by: Josh Brolin at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (IXZGh)

170 > Its the the oligarchs that were funding global warming now instead want AI datacenters which will take way more energy then "green" energy can produce
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There's a number of real estate/property issues that force the public sale of said properties when datacenters are involved. A lot of money is to be had. I figure that drives the effort more than anything else.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (AkEZC)

171 163
Key Inflation Metrics (March 2026)
Headline Inflation: 3.3% (annual change), with consumer prices rising 0.9% on a monthly basis.
Core Inflation: 2.6% (annual change), excluding volatile food and energy prices.
Food Inflation: 2.7%, easing from 3.1% in the previous month.
Shelter Inflation: 3.0%, remaining steady.
Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv)

Yes, that .9% rise in just one month on headline inflation...now keep that going all year...inflation rates are backward looking...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:47 AM (tOcjL)

It's already a year over year comparison at current oil prices vs 2025 prices. If oil remains at $100, that impact would disappear entirely in a 2026 vs 2027 comparison. It's not an accelerating impact.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (okun6)

172 Do these mooks realize that the term "climate denial" makes them sound like a bunch of mental fucking retards?

Of course they don't.

Also: I hear there's going to be a new TV show in which Eric Swalwell and Bill Cosby team up with the ghost of O.J. Simpson and travel the country in search of the real rapists.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (IG3/x)

173 From NPR/PBS: “Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”

If ever there was a headline that would cause me to scratch a potential university off my list, it's this one.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (2WIwB)

174 There must be more land being created somewhere.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (aikFH)

175 As I commented above, the East Coast is sinking due to plate movement, the sea level is not rising. It's especially noticeable in the Baltimore/DC area.
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We're gonna need a shit ton of Luftballoons.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (FmapG)

176 174 There must be more land being created somewhere.

Iceland

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

177 In fact, I'd reckon it's better for Trump's eventual successor if the Dems win big in November.

It makes zero difference legislatively - they will not win enough to overcome vetos, and the GOP is already standing fast on all the legislation Dems don't want.

All it would do is give them a chance to repeatedly beclown themselves for a couple years, which they will certainly do.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 11:50 AM (BI5O2)

178 167 Monetary inflation is government jiggery-pokery, “printing” currency.

The price of oil has nothing to to do with inflation rate.

The usual suspects don’t want you to know this, they have a vested interest ensuring the rubes never figure out they are debasing their savings and investments. They want you to think it just falls out of the sky or something like that
Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (SK57M)

It's all of a piece - we're also printing money for DoW to fund the war...the longer we do that, the more money we print and the higher everything goes...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:50 AM (tOcjL)

179 >>In a perfect world, it would only apply to the Los Angeles Angels, but, here we are. . . .

Probably the St Louis Cardinals, too.

Showing myself out, boss.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 13, 2026 11:50 AM (NcvvS)

180 As I commented above, the East Coast is sinking due to plate movement, the sea level is not rising. It's especially noticeable in the Baltimore/DC area.
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We're gonna need a shit ton of Luftballoons.

We only have 99.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

181 There must be more land being created somewhere.
Posted by: Boss Moss

There's a whole province in the Netherlands made up almost entirely of land reclaimed from the sea.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:50 AM (77rzZ)

182 178 167 Monetary inflation is government jiggery-pokery, “printing” currency.

The price of oil has nothing to to do with inflation rate.

The usual suspects don’t want you to know this, they have a vested interest ensuring the rubes never figure out they are debasing their savings and investments. They want you to think it just falls out of the sky or something like that
Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 11:48 AM (SK57M)

It's all of a piece - we're also printing money for DoW to fund the war...the longer we do that, the more money we print and the higher everything goes...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:50 AM (tOcjL)

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M2 increased at an 11% annual rate in February, before the war.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 13, 2026 11:51 AM (GPa4z)

183 There must be more land being created somewhere.
Posted by: Boss Moss

There's a whole province in the Netherlands made up almost entirely of land reclaimed from the sea.

I saw a map yesterday of the original Boston-area shore line with the modern shoreline overlaid. Boston used to sit on a small island at the end of a long narrow peninsula, surrounded by a big bay. The bay is almost entirely gone now due to infill.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)

184 There must be more land being created somewhere.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (aikFH)

3D printers, man.

Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 11:52 AM (Q6P2R)

185 Pope Leo XIV has made strong statements regarding climate change, particularly criticizing those who downplay its significance. He described the impact of rising temperatures as "increasingly evident" and condemned individuals who "ridicule those who speak of global warming." This reflects a continuation of the concerns raised by his predecessor, Pope Francis.

Okay, Mr. Papal Bull, howzabout you enlighten us on your special qualifications with regard to the scientific controversy about global warming. Science degrees? Math background? Evidence of high IQ? There are plenty of people on both sides of the argument with those attributes. Why should I listen to you?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

***

Well, he's buddies with Obama and Rahm Emanuel so there's that.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 11:52 AM (2WIwB)

186 There must be more land being created somewhere.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Great tracts of it were created when Sydney Sweeney hit puberty.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:52 AM (77rzZ)

187 OLIGOCKY!!!

Posted by: Bernie at April 13, 2026 11:53 AM (cS13u)

188 There must be more land being created somewhere.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:49 AM (aikFH)
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We can create land quite easily. Hong Kong has probably 50 square miles of "reclaimed" land. Almost all the heavily developed areas are reclaimed.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

189 I saw Sun-Bleached Assholes and Butthole Surfers cover King Missile's "Detachable Penis" at a punk festival in an abandoned LA self-storage facility back in '02.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 11:53 AM (IG3/x)

190 Here's the map of Boston.

https://is.gd/zsekVM

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:53 AM (Riz8t)

191 Hong Kong has probably 50 square miles of "reclaimed" land.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Singapore has a lot of it, too.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:54 AM (77rzZ)

192 If Congressmen wanted people to give a shit about them they shouldn't have spent decades abdicating all their power to the Executive.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 11:54 AM (BI5O2)

193 132 “Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”

***********

The (remarkably laughable) premise seems to be that because gays are overrepresented in coastal enclaves such as SF, Fire Island and Key West they are more at risk from flooding as the atmospheric rivers get wetter and ocean levels rise.

My research indicates that If they start walking now they could easily outpace the rate of rise of the seas, reaching dry land by 2037.
Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (qgHp7)

They just dream-up this stuff...invent it.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 13, 2026 11:54 AM (y171U)

194 There must be more land being created somewhere.

Hawaii, a couple of volcanic islands around Japan, and there are certainly others. I saw something the other day about Mount St. Helens gearing up to rid us of Seattle once and for all.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 11:54 AM (2ocoG)

195 I saw a map yesterday of the original Boston-area shore line with the modern shoreline overlaid. Boston used to sit on a small island at the end of a long narrow peninsula, surrounded by a big bay. The bay is almost entirely gone now due to infill.
Posted by: Archimedes

A lot of what used to be called the Zuider Zee has been reclaimed, too.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)

196 Right, Bulg. Tangier and Smith Islands have been sinking into the Bay for many years. It's because we use too much gas, oil, and sparktricity.

Posted by: Mostly My Fault at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (oftw2)

197 FL loses about 97 acres of land each day to sea level rise

And how much does it reclaim when the tide goes out? I'm guessing it's around 97 acres.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (2WIwB)

198 I saw a map yesterday of the original Boston-area shore line with the modern shoreline overlaid. Boston used to sit on a small island at the end of a long narrow peninsula, surrounded by a big bay. The bay is almost entirely gone now due to infill.

I saw that same map. It was quite interesting.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (2ocoG)

199 I watched one of the Attenborough shows where they're always crying about made up climate change. Anyway he goes to this island and stands there and then they showed a clip of him standing in the same spot 50 years earlier - and the fucking thing including the shoreline looked EXACTLY the same.

In the same episode they were kvetching about all this irreversible damage that's been done. The whole thing is a big scam.

Posted by: ... at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (cS13u)

200 > We can create land quite easily. Hong Kong has probably 50 square miles of "reclaimed" land. Almost all the heavily developed areas are reclaimed.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 13, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

The Dutch have been doing it for centuries, of course.

Even here, much of Boston and its surroundings are on landfill dating from way back -- the original Boston was a near-island, only connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus (it was described as looking like a frying pan).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (IG3/x)

201 Great tracts of it were created when Sydney Sweeney hit puberty.
Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:52 AM (77rzZ)

I watched The Housemaid over the weekend. That is not a good film.

But Sydney is 2 for 2 in showing her magnificent assets in the movies of hers I've seen, so there's that.

Posted by: far cry at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (Q6P2R)

202 Here's the map of Boston.

https://is.gd/zsekVM
Posted by: Archimedes

Very interesting. Thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (77rzZ)

203 You have to get it in your head though, supply and demand, the “price economy” or free market, it is what it is. Higher prices are not necessarily monetary inflation. They are higher prices, but it has nothing to do with the debasement of the currency.

Loss of purchasing power. Higher prices versus monetary inflation might be considered a distinction without a difference, but it is important for people to understand what’s what.

The “expert” economists are very insistent that distinction is made. Outsourcing jobs, infrastructure, tens of thousands of factories and importing millions of illiterates is “good for the economy” we’re admonished.

Only a fool would actually believe this.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 11:56 AM (SK57M)

204 The (remarkably laughable) premise seems to be that because gays are overrepresented in coastal enclaves such as SF, Fire Island and Key West they are more at risk from flooding as the atmospheric rivers get wetter and ocean levels rise.

My research indicates that If they start walking now they could easily outpace the rate of rise of the seas, reaching dry land by 2037.

One is reminded of the steamroller scene from A Fish Called Wanda.

https://youtu.be/4vsFC6Gt2EE

Posted by: Archimedes at April 13, 2026 11:57 AM (Riz8t)

205 "Lol. I love how specific the "97" is, but then dopey Paul has to give it the "about" caveat. Why not just say "about 100"? Because then the lie doesn't sound sciencey.
Posted by: far cry"

Same reason 11 million illegals was the narrative for years,. Sounds like was accurate data backing it up, which there wasn't. It was routinely and more honestly reported as an "estimated 15-12 million illegals" before it became a huge issue around 2006.

Posted by: Ripley at April 13, 2026 11:57 AM (GUOwU)

206 Yes, that .9% rise in just one month on headline inflation...now keep that going all year...inflation rates are backward looking...
Posted by: Nova Local

It was all gas. And if oil stays at $100 then the next month inflation on energy will be more or less zero as you say, it looks backward to the previous month. You get a one time transient spike and then that declines (fwiw, take a look at the cobweb theorem for pricing as quantity of demand changes).

Simply put, the economy and voter preference works a bit different than how you perceive it and your fear that people are not sophisticated enough to figure out a package of plusses and minuses is something that is simply not true of voting behavior.

Other than perhaps abortion or gun rights, very few single issue voters around and those are mainly partisans of one side or the other anyway.

Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 11:58 AM (E4rtv)

207 "hurr durrrrr let's have an American pope duhhhhhh durrrr"

Dumbest thing I've ever heard. Select someone from the rottenest branch of the Church, in a country where every single institutional authority is bottomlessly corrupt. That should work out brilliantly. A real gimcrack idea.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 11:58 AM (BI5O2)

208 BREAKING NEWS: The steps of the Colorado State Capitol building are now at 5,279 feet, 11-63/64 inches above sea level.

Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 11:58 AM (qgHp7)

209 > My research indicates that If they start walking now they could easily outpace the rate of rise of the seas, reaching dry land by 2037.
Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM (qgHp7)

Yeah, even the most extreme (i.e., pulled out of a "researcher's" ass) predictions indicate a sea-level rise of something like six inches over the course of a century.

Run for your lives! It's a tsunami!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 13, 2026 11:58 AM (IG3/x)

210 Huge amounts of Manhattan are on fill, and many of the best NYC parks and golf courses are built on fill.

Posted by: All Boroughs at April 13, 2026 11:58 AM (oftw2)

211 The Saudis created a couple of islands, didn't they?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2026 11:59 AM (yAteE)

212 Inflation will start heating up rapidly if oil stays super high...that heat up will increase cost of living for folks who never recovered and slow the economy. Oil stays super high if we don't end this.

So, yes, it's a midterm wipeout if he goes in with $100 oil and 5-6% inflation...b/c the immigration issue won't be enough...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 13, 2026 11:40 AM

What constitutes "super high"?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 13, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D)

213 Same sex couples are indeed HOT!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 13, 2026 11:16 AM (Cqx++)

Lesbian porn would have us believe that. I've been told that reality is different.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 13, 2026 11:59 AM (ExV1e)

214 Key Inflation Metrics (March 2026)
Headline Inflation: 3.3% (annual change), with consumer prices rising 0.9% on a monthly basis.
Core Inflation: 2.6% (annual change), excluding volatile food and energy prices.
Food Inflation: 2.7%, easing from 3.1% in the previous month.
Shelter Inflation: 3.0%, remaining steady.
Posted by: whig

But, as Osho said, the people are retarded. Inflation slowing to normal levels is good, but consumers are still upset because of high prices, despite them being 90% Biden's fault. Gas prices are ever-present and directly attributable to Trump's actions, so if they're high, they're going to piss off normy and low-propensity voters. That last group has been key to Trump’s personal success, yet eluded broader Republican support. High gas prices (and the growing, retarded belief we're fighting wars for Israel) is not going to help. Trump still has time, but needs to quickly wrap up Iran and get prices back to his previous, lower, rates.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 13, 2026 12:00 PM (ycI94)

215 The Saudis created a couple of islands, didn't they?
Posted by: Ben Had

I believe so. Part of their NEOM megaproject.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 12:00 PM (77rzZ)

216 When the price of seafront property crashes and it becomes near worthless I might start believing some of the climate hysteria. Maybe.

Posted by: Ripley at April 13, 2026 12:01 PM (GUOwU)

217 ... and that we are just one bad election from being put on defense again.

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We're one rigged election away from cattle cars and death camps.

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 12:02 PM (TbhYO)

218 The “expert” economists are very insistent that distinction is made. Outsourcing jobs, infrastructure, tens of thousands of factories and importing millions of illiterates is “good for the economy” we’re admonished.

Only a fool would actually believe this.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Expert economists mainly have their jobs (directly or indirectly subsidized) due to international corporations that want global supply chains for the investor class to maximize profits.

These cloud people rely on Keynes' pithy saying in the long run we are all dead. So grab the money while you can. So they put a lot of risk in supply chains to maximize profit. The Covid era showed global supply chains were vulnerable and untenable when shocks to the international system occurred, whether energy, epidemics, or war.

Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:02 PM (E4rtv)

219 Sweet Sister Sally
Doin' her act
She had the whole choir
And that's a natural fact.

I'm an American Pope
I'm an American Pope
I'm a moronic dope
I like soap on a rope
I'm an American Pope

Posted by: Grand Junk Toll Road at April 13, 2026 12:02 PM (IG3/x)

220 👉 US now enforcing naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 12:02 PM (NFX2v)

221 NOAA has official protocols about where its temperature sensors must be stationed so as to avoid the influence of heat retained in parking lots, rock walls, etc. A survey of these stations by Watts’ team found that fully 96% of NOAA’s temperature gauges are improperly situated, causing higher readings than would be recorded if properly placed in a field of grass.

Even more disturbing is that many of NOAA’s official temperature gauges don’t even exist! There are hundreds of old stations that were decommissioned or have mechanically failed. Rather than replace them, NOAA has continued to simply estimate the daily temperature readings from these ghost stations, and then incorporate these fabricated temperature readings into their official temperature database that shows a warming trend.
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This is insane, if it is still happening.

The Department of Commerce controls NOAA for some reason, and should order these silly practices ended, immediately.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 13, 2026 12:02 PM (RgiQy)

222 The area I live in, here in KY has numerous sinkholes and underground caverns. In just 15 years here I've noticed the yard has changed in spots... dramatically. Not sink holes, but you can see shifts in the contours... it's wild.

"Living Earth" isn't just a tagline.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 13, 2026 12:03 PM (AkEZC)

223 BREAKING NEWS: The steps of the Colorado State Capitol building are now at 5,279 feet, 11-63/64 inches above sea level.
Posted by: muldoon at April 13, 2026 11:58 AM (qgHp7)

So...
You're saying they put a new coat of non-slip safety paint on the steps?

Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 12:03 PM (2WIwB)

224 I remain a skeptic until Manhattan is in Davey Jones's Locker.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 12:03 PM (aikFH)

225 > 216 When the price of seafront property crashes and it becomes near worthless I might start believing some of the climate hysteria. Maybe.
Posted by: Ripley at April 13, 2026 12:01 PM (GUOwU)

Notice that Obama himself lives on what is basically a big sandbar, with the fucking North Atlantic Ocean literally in his back yard.

Posted by: Grand Junk Toll Road at April 13, 2026 12:03 PM (IG3/x)

226 So they put a lot of risk in supply chains to maximize profit. The Covid era showed global supply chains were vulnerable and untenable when shocks to the international system occurred, whether energy, epidemics, or war.

Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:02 PM (E4rtv)

There's no compensation for steady supply. Who makes purchasing decisions for electronics on the basis of whether the rare earths are China sourced or US sourced?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 13, 2026 12:04 PM (okun6)

227 Or they just scraped the old paint off.
(Hit post too quick)

Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2026 12:04 PM (2WIwB)

228 “Same-Sex Couples Face Higher Climate Change Risks, New UCLA Study Shows”

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Old & Busted: Women and Children Hardest Hit.
New Hotness: Homos and Pedos Hardest Hit.

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 12:04 PM (TbhYO)

229 G-d only knows what they'll do next... after you've made Chicagoan the Pope, what's left? Recruiting a candidate from a Satanic Temple? Maybe Anton LaVey's son is available.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:05 PM (BI5O2)

230
175 As I commented above, the East Coast is sinking due to plate movement, the sea level is not rising. It's especially noticeable in the Baltimore/DC area.”

Chesapeake Bay and the area is sinking because of the continued settling of a massive impact crater, several million years old, which is now a few thousand feet below the surface.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 12:05 PM (tgZLi)

231 The area I live in, here in KY has numerous sinkholes and underground caverns. In just 15 years here I've noticed the yard has changed in spots... dramatically. Not sink holes, but you can see shifts in the contours... it's wild.

Nothing to see here. Look into this light...

Posted by: Subterranean Lizard People at April 13, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

232 217 We're one rigged election away from cattle cars and death camps.

do we still ship cattle by train?

Posted by: anachronda at April 13, 2026 12:05 PM (sGtp+)

233

Remember when monkeypox was the great new scourge, and then all the gays got it, and then all the kids and dogs got it? It kind of went away after that right?

Was that what they meant by same-sex couples being hardest hit by climate change?

Posted by: imp at April 13, 2026 12:06 PM (ppcD5)

234 229 G-d only knows what they'll do next... after you've made Chicagoan the Pope, what's left? Recruiting a candidate from a Satanic Temple? Maybe Anton LaVey's son is available.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:05 PM (BI5O2)

Netanyahu's gonna be looking for work soon.

That could be fun.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 13, 2026 12:06 PM (Ot/FD)

235 Gas prices are ever-present and directly attributable to Trump's actions, so if they're high, they're going to piss off normy and low-propensity voters. That last group has been key to Trump’s personal success, yet eluded broader Republican support. High gas prices (and the growing, retarded belief we're fighting wars for Israel) is not going to help. Trump still has time, but needs to quickly wrap up Iran and get prices back to his previous, lower, rates.
Posted by: Moron Analyst

Actually and I have done research personally on this point for publication regarding economic voting, they tend to vote on a package. E.g. jobs (the local market is what they perceive), wages, cost of a basket of goods (rather than ONE factor), peace (casualties matter), law and order (crime matters), and now immigration.

Too many people here deride average low info voters but ignore the fact that they actually become quite sophisticated if necessary. Low info voters do not have policy preferences at first, they have outcome preferences.

Covid showed this. At first the shock and fear meant people were willing to comply with outrageous idiocies from the ruling class. Then they weren't.

Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:06 PM (E4rtv)

236 Basically PBS saying homosexual couples are not human, some other species affected by climate differently.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 13, 2026 12:06 PM (n5tGW)

237 I really don’t care much about the midterm elections I’ve decided. Yes of course I’d like the GOP to retain both houses… especially the senate.

But voters are generally retarded and Trump’s not on the ballot so it was always gonna be a struggle. Maybe the Dems getting the house would be a blessing in disguise and help our prez candidate in 28… they’ll go all retard and impeachment constantly if they have the house. Who cares

The dangerous election is the prez contest in 28 because if any Dem wins it would be disastrous and probably make covid tyranny look mild

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 13, 2026 12:07 PM (xT8gx)

238 Obama's sold the Martha's Vineyard palace, probably to cover up the murder of their chef.

Posted by: SUP of Doom at April 13, 2026 12:07 PM (oftw2)

239 As Jason Isaacs of American Energy Institute likes to point out, “Carbon is life.”

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And it's corollary: "The carbon they want to eliminate is YOU!"

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (TbhYO)

240 Thanks for the report Buck.

The highlight was a keynote speech by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, who is one of the most consequential political figures of my lifetime, because he aggressively retook political ground lost to the left, restoring freedom and prosperity in the process.
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Interesting point. "Taking back ground"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (RIvkX)

241 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (IXZGh)

242 > We're one rigged election away from cattle cars and death camps.
Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 12:02 PM (TbhYO)

300-500 million civilian-owned firearms say "I don't think so, Scooter."

Or, if it happens, the people who get loaded on the cars may not be the ones they're imagining will be.

Posted by: Grand Junk Toll Road at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (IG3/x)

243 Remember when monkeypox was the great new scourge, and then all the gays got it, and then all the kids and dogs got it? It kind of went away after that right?

Was that what they meant by same-sex couples being hardest hit by climate change?
Posted by: imp at April 13, 2026 12:06 PM (ppcD5)

I made sure to wear a protective covering to make sure I would not catch it. Of course I called it underwear.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (tgZLi)

244 I grew up in the Boston suburb, Needham, that was a big source of much of the fill for Back Bay area of Boston.
For that reason, it had it's own short train line, ending at Needham Junction. Which led to a growth boom in the fifties and sixties, years later, for commuting to Boston.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (sl73Y)

245 Anton Levey was literally carnie folk.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 12:08 PM (aikFH)

246 Obama's sold the Martha's Vineyard palace, probably to cover up the murder of their chef.

Posted by: SUP of Doom at April 13, 2026 12:07 PM (oftw2)

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Imagine how many other dead homo pedo bodies are at the bottom of his lake and across the property.

Posted by: ShainS at April 13, 2026 12:09 PM (TbhYO)

247 What's going to be funny is when the Chicago Pope dies, and the next guy figures out that all the gold in the Vatican has been replaced with electroplated junk from Temu.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:09 PM (BI5O2)

248 G-d only knows what they'll do next... after you've made Chicagoan the Pope, what's left? Recruiting a candidate from a Satanic Temple? Maybe Anton LaVey's son is availavle.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Fun fact: The Vatican Library has the world's largest collection of Korans.

And they just installed a prayer room for the Muzzies who go there to study them.

Posted by: Bulg at April 13, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ)

249 225 Notice that Obama himself lives on what is basically a big sandbar, with the fucking North Atlantic Ocean literally in his back yard.

mars bar > sand bar

Posted by: anachronda at April 13, 2026 12:10 PM (sGtp+)

250 Why does the left have staple "justice" to every problem they invent?

"Climate Justice!!"

What?

Where does this make sense?

With whom does this make sense to?

The left has somehow collected a large amount of power based on these kinds of phrases.

"is our children learning"?

Posted by: melodicmetal at April 13, 2026 12:10 PM (61TgR)

251 Whomever told me on the bookthread to read Carlson’s book on Kruschev’s visit to the USA has my thanks. That guy was something else.

A huge diplomatic spat ensued, because they didn’t want him to visit Disneyland. LOL.

Strangely, I didn’t realize the Communists were somewhat prudish. K pop didn’t like the pornographic Can-can show put on for his benefit in hollywood. “Your children will watch this”. I wonder what he would think about all the queers and transvestites and genital mutilation of children.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 12:11 PM (SK57M)

252 The Saudis created a couple of islands, didn't they?

Dubai, too.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 13, 2026 12:11 PM (2ocoG)

253 Back when I did a lot of empirical research, the issue on economic voting turned less on a single factor but severa local (most people don't know or act on state level for voting) economic factors. Price of goods rising or falling (basketful of goods like housing, energy, etc.), jobs available and the change in that positive or negative, law and order (perceptions of crime), and some national factors like war/peace etc.

My research was for gubernatorial elections where the focus was on incumbents as to whether counties ended up punishing/rewarding incumbents for economic factors at the local level. Model was strongly predictive that the local economy is what they perceived more than the national (state was an afterthought btw as reporting and effects statewide are an afterthought compared with local first, then national.

Posted by: whig at April 13, 2026 12:11 PM (E4rtv)

254 247 What's going to be funny is when the Chicago Pope dies, and the next guy figures out that all the gold in the Vatican has been replaced with electroplated junk from Temu.

great. now i've got pictures of gold-plated green dildoes being tossed into the vatican running through my head.

Posted by: anachronda at April 13, 2026 12:12 PM (sGtp+)

255 During an address, Pope Leo XIV cited Isaiah 1:15, stating: "Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood".Context: The Pope used this verse to rebuke leaders who "wrap bloodshed in religious language" and to emphasize that "Jesus is the King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war.

Interesting. 🤔
Isiah is within the Old Testament of The Bible.

Isaiah is a major Old Testament prophet who extensively covered war, acting as a counselor during the Assyrian crisis and predicting the fall of nations. He prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, advising against foreign alliances and foreseeing both local conflicts and divine judgment on major empires.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 13, 2026 12:13 PM (NFX2v)

256 Strangely, I didn’t realize the Communists were somewhat prudish. K pop didn’t like the pornographic Can-can show put on for his benefit in hollywood. “Your children will watch this”. I wonder what he would think about all the queers and transvestites and genital mutilation of children.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 13, 2026 12:11 PM (SK57M)

The only thing the Commies and Muslims were ever right about is how repulsive our decadence and materialism are. It really is offensive.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 13, 2026 12:13 PM (BI5O2)

257 Good luck buying beach front land on the Gulf coast. It's very expensive. And getting very crowded. Roads are having to be widened to accommodate traffic.

Posted by: Case at April 13, 2026 12:13 PM (pvf3X)

258
We used to ship our recycling to China. What could be more efficient than that?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 13, 2026 11:22 AM (aikFH)

It was more efficient than one might think. The recycling was stuffed into the empty shipping containers that had to return to Chi-Nah so that they could fill them with knock-off Pismo Barbie dolls to be shipped back to WalMarts. Otherwise they'd have to come back empty.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 13, 2026 12:24 PM (R+2bs)

259 Pure poetry:

as if a heretic had occupied the most holy temple in their church

Posted by: Mycroft at April 13, 2026 12:24 PM (2IoCg)

260 Interest in MA in either reopening Pilgrim Power Station or installing new SMRs there. Considering we pay close to highest rates in nation and all infrastructure to support a reopened facility exists, the marginal cost to bring new power on line would be relatively low; and since ng is still not politically favorable in this godforsaken wasteland, it would at least provide some relief as well as a guarantee of stable power supply going forward.

Posted by: NewEnglandDevil at April 13, 2026 01:09 PM (TMR32)

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