July 17, 2025
Israel Attacks Syria
Timothy Birdnow
Israel has attacked Syria, hitting Damascus, in a little-mentioned story with huge implications.
Read all about it here.
The IDF launched the strikes to protect the Druze, who are being abused by tthe revolutionary government there. And this is angering the Turks, who put a great deal of efffort into getting this government in place.
All out war could erupt in the Middle East at any moment as a result of this.
Read the article for a good analysis.
Israel has attacked Syria, hitting Damascus, in a little-mentioned story with huge implications.
Read all about it here.
The IDF launched the strikes to protect the Druze, who are being abused by tthe revolutionary government there. And this is angering the Turks, who put a great deal of efffort into getting this government in place.
All out war could erupt in the Middle East at any moment as a result of this.
Read the article for a good analysis.
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Republican Bill for Amnesty
Timothy Birdnow
How many Quislings are in the GOP?
GOP Rep Teams Up with Democrat to Offer Legal Status to Illegal Aliens
Florida Rep.Maria Salazar is throwing her hat in with the Democrats on a new amnesty. And that is the word to use; making illegals legal is amnesty and nothing else.
Don't say I didn't warn you. I posted a week or two ago about how Republicans are now saying they could do an amnesty, now that the border is secure. That securing of the border was only the Establishment Republican way of quelling the internal rebellion by the rank-and-file so they could do this.
She said as much on Fox News:
Uh,we have HAD that conversation and spoke loudly and clearly last election - nobody here illegally can stay. How much plainer can we make it?
If they are here illegally they need to leave and apply to immigrate from their own country. You can't just skip the line.
Getting away with something does not excuse your actions in cheating.
Time to deport this woman, if nothing more than from the Republican Party. Surely there is someone who can mount a credible primary challenge to her.
Sadly both parties wanted amnesty for different reasons, and there was nobody representing Americans until now. Still there are people like this Salazar who are going to try to quietly push an amnesty forward.
It's bad for everyone. When Reagan did his amnesty he amnestized 3 million people and the GOP lost seats in Congress every election thereafter (until Gingrich and the Contract with America during the Clinton years) so it's terrible politics. And it's terrible for the country; how did America move so far left since Clinton? In no small part it was because of the vast numbers of aliens coming into the country.
Unless we want the U.S. to be part of Latin America and to be a People's Republic in everything but name we have to reverse all of this. We won't do that with people like this in our party. Big tents are fine as long as all the elephants are marching in a line; they aren't so good when people are climbing under the tent to get in and ruin the show.
How many Quislings are in the GOP?
GOP Rep Teams Up with Democrat to Offer Legal Status to Illegal Aliens
Florida Rep.Maria Salazar is throwing her hat in with the Democrats on a new amnesty. And that is the word to use; making illegals legal is amnesty and nothing else.
Don't say I didn't warn you. I posted a week or two ago about how Republicans are now saying they could do an amnesty, now that the border is secure. That securing of the border was only the Establishment Republican way of quelling the internal rebellion by the rank-and-file so they could do this.
She said as much on Fox News:
"I believe that after the border has been sealed… the moment now is to have that national conversation and determine who are we going to be targeting.
Uh,we have HAD that conversation and spoke loudly and clearly last election - nobody here illegally can stay. How much plainer can we make it?
If they are here illegally they need to leave and apply to immigrate from their own country. You can't just skip the line.
Getting away with something does not excuse your actions in cheating.
"Now there is another mass of people—who most of them are Hispanics—who have been here for more than five years. They have been contributing to the economy, who do not have a criminal record… and for that reason, I’m introducing today… immigration reform.
Time to deport this woman, if nothing more than from the Republican Party. Surely there is someone who can mount a credible primary challenge to her.
Sadly both parties wanted amnesty for different reasons, and there was nobody representing Americans until now. Still there are people like this Salazar who are going to try to quietly push an amnesty forward.
It's bad for everyone. When Reagan did his amnesty he amnestized 3 million people and the GOP lost seats in Congress every election thereafter (until Gingrich and the Contract with America during the Clinton years) so it's terrible politics. And it's terrible for the country; how did America move so far left since Clinton? In no small part it was because of the vast numbers of aliens coming into the country.
Unless we want the U.S. to be part of Latin America and to be a People's Republic in everything but name we have to reverse all of this. We won't do that with people like this in our party. Big tents are fine as long as all the elephants are marching in a line; they aren't so good when people are climbing under the tent to get in and ruin the show.
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Deep State
Timothy Birdnow
Oh my. if this is true...
Report: Trump’s Secret Service Director Sean Curran Implicated in His Assassination Attempt?
This goes to the very bighest levels of our national security apparatus - as I've long argued.
Oh my. if this is true...
Report: Trump’s Secret Service Director Sean Curran Implicated in His Assassination Attempt?
This goes to the very bighest levels of our national security apparatus - as I've long argued.
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The Anti-Hero King
Timothy Birdnow
Martin Luther King is now sainted by popular culture and the media and historians, but he was a force driving America into socialism. Oh, and his most famous speech was plagiarized (with the help of a guy who financed the Communist Party USA) from a Confederate newspaperback in the latter 19th century.
How MLK radicalized victim mentality — and stole famous speech
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Now the legend is greater than the man, and Mr. King ( I won't call him doctor - his was a theology degree and it's not customary to use the honorific for liberal arts Ph.D's)has transcended mortal status. He is now being tauted as a founder of the nation, no less than WAshington or Jefferson or Lincoln. And in some ways he IS a founder, or rather a refounder, moving America into a very different place and not for the better.
We need to look at King in the same way we look at our Founders these days - with a critical eye. If Jefferson and Washington can be cancelled why shouldn't King? He actually did stuff worth cancelling him over. Sauce for the goose...
Martin Luther King is now sainted by popular culture and the media and historians, but he was a force driving America into socialism. Oh, and his most famous speech was plagiarized (with the help of a guy who financed the Communist Party USA) from a Confederate newspaperback in the latter 19th century.
How MLK radicalized victim mentality — and stole famous speech
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"King,
he wasn’t interested in this kind of 'build up your communities and
pull up your own bootstraps.' In fact, he besmirched the
pull-up-your-bootstraps philosophy. ‘How can a bootless man lift up
himself by his own bootstraps?’ said MLK,” Jackson explains.
Jackson notes that Stanley Levison, "the number one financier for the communist party,” was MLK’s "handler.”
"The relationship between Levison and King had the kind of making of a giant in real time, and it worked,” he explains. "The historians picked up on it after he was martyred — Washington, D.C., erected a 40-foot monument paying homage to him.”
Levison was also the true author behind the famous line, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Jackson explains that Levison "must have read an article from an 1872 newspaper” printed in South Carolina, where a Confederate journalist wrote, "surely a day will come in South Carolina where the men of South Carolina are judged not by the color of their skin but the content of their character.”
"So they lifted that from a Confederate newspaper, and Martin Luther King quoted it in this ‘I have a dream’ speech,” Jackson says. "Frankly, it doesn’t matter who coined it, and what matters is that it’s true. But we’re attaching a lot of stuff to MLK that didn’t originate with him.
Jackson notes that Stanley Levison, "the number one financier for the communist party,” was MLK’s "handler.”
"The relationship between Levison and King had the kind of making of a giant in real time, and it worked,” he explains. "The historians picked up on it after he was martyred — Washington, D.C., erected a 40-foot monument paying homage to him.”
Levison was also the true author behind the famous line, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Jackson explains that Levison "must have read an article from an 1872 newspaper” printed in South Carolina, where a Confederate journalist wrote, "surely a day will come in South Carolina where the men of South Carolina are judged not by the color of their skin but the content of their character.”
"So they lifted that from a Confederate newspaper, and Martin Luther King quoted it in this ‘I have a dream’ speech,” Jackson says. "Frankly, it doesn’t matter who coined it, and what matters is that it’s true. But we’re attaching a lot of stuff to MLK that didn’t originate with him.
Now the legend is greater than the man, and Mr. King ( I won't call him doctor - his was a theology degree and it's not customary to use the honorific for liberal arts Ph.D's)has transcended mortal status. He is now being tauted as a founder of the nation, no less than WAshington or Jefferson or Lincoln. And in some ways he IS a founder, or rather a refounder, moving America into a very different place and not for the better.
We need to look at King in the same way we look at our Founders these days - with a critical eye. If Jefferson and Washington can be cancelled why shouldn't King? He actually did stuff worth cancelling him over. Sauce for the goose...
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Was the Autopen to "Hide the Decline"?
Timothy Birdnow
I just caught an interesting idea on a talk radio show yesterday; Biden may have used the autopen to hide his deteriorating mental state.
It is a known fact that dementia leads to changes in handwriting and a handwriting expert can tell it right away. So Biden signed everything with the autopen which had a signature on it from years, decades ago.
Cute trick.
Speaking of the autopen pardons, Mr. Biden's Chief of Staff apparentloy gave the go-ahead to pardon Anthony Fauci. So there is real question about the legality of that pardon - and many others.
This will wind up going to the Supreme Court, methinks. The Trump Administration should move forward with prosecutions of guys like Fauci and force this into Federal court to get SCOTUS to weigh in on it. We need this matter resolved. The PRESIDENT issues pardons, not his Chief of Staff, not some political aid. If he doesn't do it personally it should not be considered valid.
I just caught an interesting idea on a talk radio show yesterday; Biden may have used the autopen to hide his deteriorating mental state.
It is a known fact that dementia leads to changes in handwriting and a handwriting expert can tell it right away. So Biden signed everything with the autopen which had a signature on it from years, decades ago.
Cute trick.
Speaking of the autopen pardons, Mr. Biden's Chief of Staff apparentloy gave the go-ahead to pardon Anthony Fauci. So there is real question about the legality of that pardon - and many others.
This will wind up going to the Supreme Court, methinks. The Trump Administration should move forward with prosecutions of guys like Fauci and force this into Federal court to get SCOTUS to weigh in on it. We need this matter resolved. The PRESIDENT issues pardons, not his Chief of Staff, not some political aid. If he doesn't do it personally it should not be considered valid.
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Killing Dept. of Ed.
Timothy Birdnow
Good bye Dept. of Ed.
Supreme Court Blocks Lower Court Ruling, Permitting Trump Administration to Fire Dept of Ed Workforce
From the Conservative Treehouse:
As Ronald Reagan used to say, there is nothing closer on this Earth to eternal life than a government program. In this case it's a whole department, a terrible thing that has destroyed education in America because it cares more about teacher's union s and woke beliefs than actually educating kids.
Test scores have dropped year after year since the inception of the DOE. I should rather call it the dum.
Trump can't eliminate the agency entirely without Congressional approval but he can defang it. That iss exactly what he is doing. it's perfectly legal.
Now if he can get rid of the Department of Energy and the EPA and HHS...
Good bye Dept. of Ed.
Supreme Court Blocks Lower Court Ruling, Permitting Trump Administration to Fire Dept of Ed Workforce
From the Conservative Treehouse:
The justices apparently voted 6-3 to stay the lower court ruling with the DEI justices (gay, latino, black) filing a 19-page dissent. [SEE RULING HERE] The high court lifted an injunction a federal judge in Boston granted in May against the firing of Dept of Education bureaucrats.
The lower court judge ruled the staff cuts were so drastic they would prevent the department from carrying out duties mandated by Congress. He also said the mass firings appeared to be part of Trump’s plan to eliminate the Education Department entirely, despite a lack of congressional authorization to do so.
Today, the Supreme Court again affirmed the President is within his power to control the size and scope of the executive branch.
The lower court judge ruled the staff cuts were so drastic they would prevent the department from carrying out duties mandated by Congress. He also said the mass firings appeared to be part of Trump’s plan to eliminate the Education Department entirely, despite a lack of congressional authorization to do so.
Today, the Supreme Court again affirmed the President is within his power to control the size and scope of the executive branch.
As Ronald Reagan used to say, there is nothing closer on this Earth to eternal life than a government program. In this case it's a whole department, a terrible thing that has destroyed education in America because it cares more about teacher's union s and woke beliefs than actually educating kids.
Test scores have dropped year after year since the inception of the DOE. I should rather call it the dum.
Trump can't eliminate the agency entirely without Congressional approval but he can defang it. That iss exactly what he is doing. it's perfectly legal.
Now if he can get rid of the Department of Energy and the EPA and HHS...
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July 15, 2025
The Autopen is Mightier than the Sword
Timothy Birdnow
I just caught an interesting idea on a talk radio show yesterday; Biden may have used the autopen to hide his deteriorating mental state.
It is a known fact that dementia leads to changes in handwriting and a handwriting expert can tell it right away. So Biden signed everything with the autopen which had a signature on it from years, decades ago.
Cute trick.
Speaking of the autopen pardons, Mr. Biden's Chief of Staff apparentloy gave the go-ahead to pardon Anthony Fauci. So there is real question about the legality of that pardon - and many others.
This will wind up going to the Supreme Court, methinks. The Trump Administration should move forward with prosecutions of guys like Fauci and force this into Federal court to get SCOTUS to weigh in on it. We need this matter resolved. The PRESIDENT issues pardons, not his Chief of Staff, not some political aid. If he doesn't do it personally it should not be considered valid.
I just caught an interesting idea on a talk radio show yesterday; Biden may have used the autopen to hide his deteriorating mental state.
It is a known fact that dementia leads to changes in handwriting and a handwriting expert can tell it right away. So Biden signed everything with the autopen which had a signature on it from years, decades ago.
Cute trick.
Speaking of the autopen pardons, Mr. Biden's Chief of Staff apparentloy gave the go-ahead to pardon Anthony Fauci. So there is real question about the legality of that pardon - and many others.
This will wind up going to the Supreme Court, methinks. The Trump Administration should move forward with prosecutions of guys like Fauci and force this into Federal court to get SCOTUS to weigh in on it. We need this matter resolved. The PRESIDENT issues pardons, not his Chief of Staff, not some political aid. If he doesn't do it personally it should not be considered valid.
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U.N.: Capitalism is the Cause of the Hamas/Israeli Conflict
Timothy Birdnow
Why do we still belong to the U.N.?
UN: Capitalism Is the Cause of the Israel-Hamas War
Why do we still belong to the U.N.?
UN: Capitalism Is the Cause of the Israel-Hamas War
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Playing Possum?
Timothy Birdnow
A quick thought on the Epstein files; is the Administration waiting to release more to control the news cycle closer to the next election? Trump IS a master at that.
Laura Trump thinks more is coming.
It would make sense to play possum and wait until the information can be most effectively exploited. Why dribble this stuff out little by little when you can drop it as a huge bombshell at a critical time? Then you can get a special counsel to take the investigation over and bring indictments and more importantly expose the rot and corruption.
I think Bondi and Patel and Bongino are lying to us. But the big question is why. I see a number of reasons why, such as not tipping their hand while they build cases against people. The politics of this is another matter that makes a difference. Trump is building up pressure, pressure that will be released orgasmically if and when indictments come or a special prosecutor is appointed. Then everyone will be happy (but the Democrats) and then the Democrats will be backed into a corner, lashing out at all of this and looking guilty. It would actually be a sound strategy.
I hope that is the case.
A quick thought on the Epstein files; is the Administration waiting to release more to control the news cycle closer to the next election? Trump IS a master at that.
Laura Trump thinks more is coming.
It would make sense to play possum and wait until the information can be most effectively exploited. Why dribble this stuff out little by little when you can drop it as a huge bombshell at a critical time? Then you can get a special counsel to take the investigation over and bring indictments and more importantly expose the rot and corruption.
I think Bondi and Patel and Bongino are lying to us. But the big question is why. I see a number of reasons why, such as not tipping their hand while they build cases against people. The politics of this is another matter that makes a difference. Trump is building up pressure, pressure that will be released orgasmically if and when indictments come or a special prosecutor is appointed. Then everyone will be happy (but the Democrats) and then the Democrats will be backed into a corner, lashing out at all of this and looking guilty. It would actually be a sound strategy.
I hope that is the case.
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Tomato Tarriffs
Timothy Birdnow
Arkansas grows better ones anyway.
The Epoch Times US Imposes 17 Percent Tariff on Fresh Tomato Imports From Mexico
On the other hand Mexican tomatoes are available before and after Arkansas tomatoes are out of season.It's going to be tough to source alternative sources of tomatoes at that time.
The Administration is socking Mexico with a 17% tariff on the fruit, which is a staple in Italian and Mexican dishes.
Arkansas grows better ones anyway.
The Epoch Times US Imposes 17 Percent Tariff on Fresh Tomato Imports From Mexico
On the other hand Mexican tomatoes are available before and after Arkansas tomatoes are out of season.It's going to be tough to source alternative sources of tomatoes at that time.
The Administration is socking Mexico with a 17% tariff on the fruit, which is a staple in Italian and Mexican dishes.
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Crazy Eddie Musk
Timothy Birdnow
Musk is another Ross Perot!
"Suddenly, Republicans’ Lead Is Gone”: GOP Pollster Describes How Musk’s America Party Changes Midterms
I never trusted Musk. Now I have good reason. He has to know this will hand power to the Democrats,who will reverse EVERYTHING he did.
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Siphon off just one or two percent and the Democrats take Congress, and with that everything evil comes right back; they will restore every program Trump slashed, will restart the investigations, the lawfare, the whole nine yards. Musk is looking to be not just a spoilerbuta despoiler of all America.
Right now unity is more important than anything else. I've long flirted with third party, and in fact thought at one time it might be worth doing to wake the GOOP,but now is not the time. We are getting most of what we want and to throw that away in search of all we want is beyond stupid. There needs to be a new term for that level of idiocy.
The Left would never make that mistake, at least not until now.
In the Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle S-F novels "The Mote in God's Eye" and the sequel "The Gripping Hand" the alien Moties have a polemic tale about Crazy Eddie,the guy who does the very wrong thing at the most critical of times. Musk has gone Crazy Eddie.
And if we lose this midterm we lose it all. THIS is our last hope, our final chance before it all falls apart.
If Musk is unhappy with the OBcubed law he should primary those who voted for it - but within the GOP. Taking his ball and going home is just not a reasonable option. Of course Musk is losing a fortune in EV subsidies for Tesla, and that may well be the main impetus for him in this. He's going scorched-Earth. Watch for him to cozy up with the Democrats soon.
America stands at a precipice. Crazy Eddie Musk wants us all to jump off the cliff.
Musk is another Ross Perot!
"Suddenly, Republicans’ Lead Is Gone”: GOP Pollster Describes How Musk’s America Party Changes Midterms
I never trusted Musk. Now I have good reason. He has to know this will hand power to the Democrats,who will reverse EVERYTHING he did.
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Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson said on CNN Monday that the emergence of Elon Musk’s America Party could upend Republicans’ slim advantage in the upcoming midterm elections.
Musk said he’s launching a third political party. He also said that "when it comes to bankrupting” the country "with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy.” During an appearance on "The Arena,” Anderson said Musk’s new political project is quietly eroding the GOP’s midterm edge and threatens to siphon off just enough voters to tip the balance in key battlegrounds.
"But, interestingly, we‘ve been talking about the Elon Musk of it all. I asked voters in some recent polling who would you vote for in the midterm, Republican or Democrat? Republicans are actually slightly ahead on that question, even though we‘ve talked about, oh, [what] the Big Beautiful Bill is going to do. Republicans are still in good shape, I think, heading into that midterm over a year from now,” Anderson said.
"But when we add the America Party in as an option, it doesn‘t do very well. But suddenly Republicans’ lead is gone. Just a couple of points here and there on the edges. But this is a game of inches to try to win the House or hang on to the Senate.”
Anderson said the GOP can’t afford to lose even a sliver of its base heading into a midterm cycle defined by turnout battles. She said that disaffected MAGA voters aren’t likely to back Democrats but could still cause damage by staying home or drifting elsewhere
Musk said he’s launching a third political party. He also said that "when it comes to bankrupting” the country "with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy.” During an appearance on "The Arena,” Anderson said Musk’s new political project is quietly eroding the GOP’s midterm edge and threatens to siphon off just enough voters to tip the balance in key battlegrounds.
"But, interestingly, we‘ve been talking about the Elon Musk of it all. I asked voters in some recent polling who would you vote for in the midterm, Republican or Democrat? Republicans are actually slightly ahead on that question, even though we‘ve talked about, oh, [what] the Big Beautiful Bill is going to do. Republicans are still in good shape, I think, heading into that midterm over a year from now,” Anderson said.
"But when we add the America Party in as an option, it doesn‘t do very well. But suddenly Republicans’ lead is gone. Just a couple of points here and there on the edges. But this is a game of inches to try to win the House or hang on to the Senate.”
Anderson said the GOP can’t afford to lose even a sliver of its base heading into a midterm cycle defined by turnout battles. She said that disaffected MAGA voters aren’t likely to back Democrats but could still cause damage by staying home or drifting elsewhere
Siphon off just one or two percent and the Democrats take Congress, and with that everything evil comes right back; they will restore every program Trump slashed, will restart the investigations, the lawfare, the whole nine yards. Musk is looking to be not just a spoilerbuta despoiler of all America.
Right now unity is more important than anything else. I've long flirted with third party, and in fact thought at one time it might be worth doing to wake the GOOP,but now is not the time. We are getting most of what we want and to throw that away in search of all we want is beyond stupid. There needs to be a new term for that level of idiocy.
The Left would never make that mistake, at least not until now.
In the Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle S-F novels "The Mote in God's Eye" and the sequel "The Gripping Hand" the alien Moties have a polemic tale about Crazy Eddie,the guy who does the very wrong thing at the most critical of times. Musk has gone Crazy Eddie.
And if we lose this midterm we lose it all. THIS is our last hope, our final chance before it all falls apart.
If Musk is unhappy with the OBcubed law he should primary those who voted for it - but within the GOP. Taking his ball and going home is just not a reasonable option. Of course Musk is losing a fortune in EV subsidies for Tesla, and that may well be the main impetus for him in this. He's going scorched-Earth. Watch for him to cozy up with the Democrats soon.
America stands at a precipice. Crazy Eddie Musk wants us all to jump off the cliff.
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Apologies
Sorry the blog was down for the last few days. It appears to be up and running (Thanks Pixie Mises) and while blogging will be spotty it will not be absent.
I probably won't have anything tomorrow,but I havea backlog so take the time to go through all the stuff I had ready.
Cheers!
Tim
I probably won't have anything tomorrow,but I havea backlog so take the time to go through all the stuff I had ready.
Cheers!
Tim
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Is Climate Change Caused by the Earth's Magnetic Field?
Timothy Birdnow
Here is an interesting story about how the Earth's magnetic field cycles influence our planetary oxygen levels.
What I find interesting is, if oxygen is dependent on the magnetic field, what of atmospheric CO2? Our magnetic field is crapping out right now, and that means in the core of the planet itself. Could this not lead to more carbon dioxide outgassing? Maybe our estimates of atmospheric CO2 are not accurate as it may not be anthropogenic.
After all, both Venus and Mars have atmospheres composed almost entirely of CO2 and that without a single SUV or coal-fired electric plant. And Mars is much colder than it has any business being..
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I would add we are in a period with extremely low carbon dioxide levels. But we've seen a modest increase in the last century, just as the magnetic field has been crapping out. Coincidence?
If oxygen outgassing has been reduced then we would see a rise in CO2. It's inevitable.
BTW the atmosphere rose from 280 parts per MILLION of CO2 to 422 PPM. That sounds scary until you realize that it went from 0.028% 0.042% of the atmosphere. It's a trace gas. We now have four molecules out of every ten thousand rather than 2.6 molecules in the atmosphere.
Also, we only measure atmospheric carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa observatory, which sits on the lip of an active volcano. Go figure. (The percentages are tracked by the Keeling Curve. See here.)
If outgassing of oxygen has decreased we may well find more CO2 outgassing at a volcano. But then that would kill a great scary story to tell around the campfire with a flashlight in your face.
Here is an interesting story about how the Earth's magnetic field cycles influence our planetary oxygen levels.
What I find interesting is, if oxygen is dependent on the magnetic field, what of atmospheric CO2? Our magnetic field is crapping out right now, and that means in the core of the planet itself. Could this not lead to more carbon dioxide outgassing? Maybe our estimates of atmospheric CO2 are not accurate as it may not be anthropogenic.
After all, both Venus and Mars have atmospheres composed almost entirely of CO2 and that without a single SUV or coal-fired electric plant. And Mars is much colder than it has any business being..
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The history of the Earth’s magnetic fields is recorded in magnetized minerals. When hot minerals that rise with magma at gaps between spreading tectonic plates cool down, they can record the surrounding magnetic field. The minerals retain the field record as long as they are not reheated too severely. Scientists can deduce historic oxygen levels from ancient rocks and minerals because their chemical contents depend on the amount of oxygen available when they were formed. Data for both Earth’s magnetic field and oxygen extend over comparable ranges in databases that myriad geophysicists and geochemists have compiled. Until now, the authors of the new study say, no scientists had made a detailed comparison of the records.
"These two datasets are very similar,” said coauthor Weijia Kuang, a geophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "Earth is the only known planet that supports complex life. The correlations we’ve found could help us to understand how life evolves and how it’s connected to the interior processes of the planet.”
When Kuang and colleagues analyzed the two separate datasets, they found that the planetary magnetic field has followed similar rising and falling patterns as oxygen in the atmosphere for nearly a half billion years, dating back to the Cambrian explosion, when complex life on Earth emerged.
Continents, Chemistry, and What’s Next
"This correlation raises the possibility that both the magnetic field strength and the atmospheric oxygen level are responding to a single underlying process, such as the movement of Earth’s continents,” said study coauthor Benjamin Mills, a biogeochemist at the University of Leeds.
The researchers hope to examine longer datasets to see if the correlation extends farther back in time. They also plan to investigate the historic abundance of other chemicals essential for life as we know it, such as nitrogen, to determine whether they also support these patterns.
"These two datasets are very similar,” said coauthor Weijia Kuang, a geophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "Earth is the only known planet that supports complex life. The correlations we’ve found could help us to understand how life evolves and how it’s connected to the interior processes of the planet.”
When Kuang and colleagues analyzed the two separate datasets, they found that the planetary magnetic field has followed similar rising and falling patterns as oxygen in the atmosphere for nearly a half billion years, dating back to the Cambrian explosion, when complex life on Earth emerged.
Continents, Chemistry, and What’s Next
"This correlation raises the possibility that both the magnetic field strength and the atmospheric oxygen level are responding to a single underlying process, such as the movement of Earth’s continents,” said study coauthor Benjamin Mills, a biogeochemist at the University of Leeds.
The researchers hope to examine longer datasets to see if the correlation extends farther back in time. They also plan to investigate the historic abundance of other chemicals essential for life as we know it, such as nitrogen, to determine whether they also support these patterns.
I would add we are in a period with extremely low carbon dioxide levels. But we've seen a modest increase in the last century, just as the magnetic field has been crapping out. Coincidence?
If oxygen outgassing has been reduced then we would see a rise in CO2. It's inevitable.
BTW the atmosphere rose from 280 parts per MILLION of CO2 to 422 PPM. That sounds scary until you realize that it went from 0.028% 0.042% of the atmosphere. It's a trace gas. We now have four molecules out of every ten thousand rather than 2.6 molecules in the atmosphere.
Also, we only measure atmospheric carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa observatory, which sits on the lip of an active volcano. Go figure. (The percentages are tracked by the Keeling Curve. See here.)
If outgassing of oxygen has decreased we may well find more CO2 outgassing at a volcano. But then that would kill a great scary story to tell around the campfire with a flashlight in your face.
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Antarctic Volcanoes
Timothy Birdnow
Of course it never occurs to them that it's the volcanoes causing the ice melt in the first place.
Antarctica’s Hidden Volcanoes: How Retreating Ice Might Ignite Hundreds of Explosive Eruptions
Also, with the relief in pressure from melting ice the volcanic activity may well subside; less pressure on the land forcing magma up through weak spots in the Earth. Imagine a tube of toothpaste; nothing flows out until you squeeze one end.
And of course most ice melt is in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) which FLOATS ON WATER. It'sthe Eastern sheet that sits on land.
It amazes me how they keep thumping that rotten watermelon of climate change. Nobody cares, nor should they.
Of course it never occurs to them that it's the volcanoes causing the ice melt in the first place.
Antarctica’s Hidden Volcanoes: How Retreating Ice Might Ignite Hundreds of Explosive Eruptions
Also, with the relief in pressure from melting ice the volcanic activity may well subside; less pressure on the land forcing magma up through weak spots in the Earth. Imagine a tube of toothpaste; nothing flows out until you squeeze one end.
And of course most ice melt is in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) which FLOATS ON WATER. It'sthe Eastern sheet that sits on land.
It amazes me how they keep thumping that rotten watermelon of climate change. Nobody cares, nor should they.
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Beware the ColdBlob
Timothy Birdnow
Or it's just because it's not really warming at all.
Climate Anomalie: Researchers Unravel Mystery of Atlandic Cold Blob
The study authors blame it on melting of the Greenland ice sheet and the AtlanticMultidecadal Oscillation. They say the cold, less salinated meltwater sitting on top of the sea surface leads to drier air and this means more heat is transported up and out.
The obvious - that it really isn't a big deal but a natural fluctuation, much like the ozone hole in the Antarctic, never occurs to the hyperpartisan climate community. It's always Man's fault.
Or it's just because it's not really warming at all.
Climate Anomalie: Researchers Unravel Mystery of Atlandic Cold Blob
The study authors blame it on melting of the Greenland ice sheet and the AtlanticMultidecadal Oscillation. They say the cold, less salinated meltwater sitting on top of the sea surface leads to drier air and this means more heat is transported up and out.
The obvious - that it really isn't a big deal but a natural fluctuation, much like the ozone hole in the Antarctic, never occurs to the hyperpartisan climate community. It's always Man's fault.
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Teeny Tiny Eyes
Timothy Birdnow
I'm sorry but how are we seeing milimeter-sized pebbles around another star? Does anyone else think these scientists are just making huge assumptions?
A Solar System Is Born: Planet-Forming "Pebbles” Detected Around Two Distant Young Stars
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How do they know for certain the images they are seeing is at DG Tau and HL Tau and not in the intervening 2.645 × 10¹5 miles?
Increasingly science isn't about knowlege but about creativity. The more a scientist can devise a grand concept with less than perfect accuracy the more attention he gets - and the more money his university or institute receives.
Here are the weasel words:
Soooo....theis is an unrepeateable experiment. Only one radio telescope can do it! No way to verify this.
Here's more on how it worked:
I get that, but I also get there are undoubtedly many other things that could impact this radio telescope's readings. This is like measurements of the size of Pluto back in the forties; they were wildly variable (because Pluto had a satellite that couldn't be discerned from Pluto). So Pluto was believed to be bigger than Earth by some and much smaller by others; it seemed to change over time.
Yes, our technology is much better now than then, but I still wonder if we aren't being fooled here.
I am willing to admit it's possibly correct, and even celebrate it, but I wish scientists would qualify what they say rather than make these bold, confident claims. It may well be just a sensor error. (Anyone remember when they said neutrinos moved faster than light? Turns out it ws just an error in the lag time between the satellite and the ground station.)
I'm sorry but how are we seeing milimeter-sized pebbles around another star? Does anyone else think these scientists are just making huge assumptions?
A Solar System Is Born: Planet-Forming "Pebbles” Detected Around Two Distant Young Stars
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Researchers identified these protoplanetary discs, the regions where planets begin to form, extending as far as Neptune-like distances around the stars DG Tau and HL Tau, located roughly 450 light-years from Earth.
Announced at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting 2025 in Durham, the findings provide valuable insights into a previously elusive stage of planet development.
"These observations show that discs like DG Tau and HL Tau already contain large reservoirs of planet-forming pebbles out to at least Neptune-like orbits,” said researcher Dr Katie Hesterly, of the SKA Observatory.
"This is potentially enough to build planetary systems larger than our own solar system.”
Announced at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting 2025 in Durham, the findings provide valuable insights into a previously elusive stage of planet development.
"These observations show that discs like DG Tau and HL Tau already contain large reservoirs of planet-forming pebbles out to at least Neptune-like orbits,” said researcher Dr Katie Hesterly, of the SKA Observatory.
"This is potentially enough to build planetary systems larger than our own solar system.”
How do they know for certain the images they are seeing is at DG Tau and HL Tau and not in the intervening 2.645 × 10¹5 miles?
Increasingly science isn't about knowlege but about creativity. The more a scientist can devise a grand concept with less than perfect accuracy the more attention he gets - and the more money his university or institute receives.
Here are the weasel words:
Currently, e-MERLIN is the only radio telescope with the resolution and sensitivity needed to investigate protoplanetary discs—the birthplaces of planets—with the necessary scientific precision.
"Through these observations, we’re now able to investigate where solid material gathers in these discs, providing insight into one of the earliest stages of planet formation,” said Professor Greaves.
"Through these observations, we’re now able to investigate where solid material gathers in these discs, providing insight into one of the earliest stages of planet formation,” said Professor Greaves.
Soooo....theis is an unrepeateable experiment. Only one radio telescope can do it! No way to verify this.
Here's more on how it worked:
For that reason, because centimeter-sized pebbles emit best at wavelengths similar to their size, the UK interferometer e-MERLIN is ideal to look for these because it can observe at around 4 cm wavelength.
In one new e-MERLIN image of DG Tau’s disc, it reveals that centimetre-sized pebbles have already formed out to Neptune-like orbits, while a similar collection of planetary seeds has also been detected encircling HL Tau.
These discoveries offer an early glimpse of what the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) telescope in South Africa and Australia will uncover in the coming decade with its improved sensitivity and scale, paving the way to study protoplanetary discs across the galaxy in unprecedented detail.
In one new e-MERLIN image of DG Tau’s disc, it reveals that centimetre-sized pebbles have already formed out to Neptune-like orbits, while a similar collection of planetary seeds has also been detected encircling HL Tau.
These discoveries offer an early glimpse of what the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) telescope in South Africa and Australia will uncover in the coming decade with its improved sensitivity and scale, paving the way to study protoplanetary discs across the galaxy in unprecedented detail.
I get that, but I also get there are undoubtedly many other things that could impact this radio telescope's readings. This is like measurements of the size of Pluto back in the forties; they were wildly variable (because Pluto had a satellite that couldn't be discerned from Pluto). So Pluto was believed to be bigger than Earth by some and much smaller by others; it seemed to change over time.
Yes, our technology is much better now than then, but I still wonder if we aren't being fooled here.
I am willing to admit it's possibly correct, and even celebrate it, but I wish scientists would qualify what they say rather than make these bold, confident claims. It may well be just a sensor error. (Anyone remember when they said neutrinos moved faster than light? Turns out it ws just an error in the lag time between the satellite and the ground station.)
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Brown-Jackson: NothingMorethanFeelings
Timothy Birdnow
Feeeelings, nothing more than feeelings!
Ketanji Brown Jackson Says She Uses Supreme Court Opinions To Express Her Feelings…
A judge is not supposed to express their own feelings but rather what the law says as best she can ascertain it. Would she do likewise if she were an engineer? A docttor? I would not ever let HER operate on me, or fly the plane I'm in, or anything else.
Feeeelings, nothing more than feeelings!
Ketanji Brown Jackson Says She Uses Supreme Court Opinions To Express Her Feelings…
A judge is not supposed to express their own feelings but rather what the law says as best she can ascertain it. Would she do likewise if she were an engineer? A docttor? I would not ever let HER operate on me, or fly the plane I'm in, or anything else.
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State Dept. Sacks Gang Green
Timothy Birdnow
Very good indeed!
The State Department fires remaining employees who worked on climate change
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Indeed that IS the point; to stop giving the country away one treaty at a time. There never was a need for "skilled diplomacy" over a non-issue. These diplomats were just parasites, feeding off the average American.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Very good indeed!
The State Department fires remaining employees who worked on climate change
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Firing the staff of the Office of Global Change, many of whom worked under both Democratic and Republicans administrations, leaves the State Department without employees who are knowledgeable about global climate negotiations, said Alden Meyer, a senior associate specializing in climate diplomacy at the think tank E3G.
"Without the office in place, there’s not a focal point for the organization of U.S. climate diplomacy, but that seems to be the point, right? To not have the U.S. engaging in climate diplomacy seems to be the policy goal of the administration,” Meyer said.
"Without the office in place, there’s not a focal point for the organization of U.S. climate diplomacy, but that seems to be the point, right? To not have the U.S. engaging in climate diplomacy seems to be the policy goal of the administration,” Meyer said.
Indeed that IS the point; to stop giving the country away one treaty at a time. There never was a need for "skilled diplomacy" over a non-issue. These diplomats were just parasites, feeding off the average American.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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The Goals of Communism
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The Goals of Communism
(as read into the congressional record January 10, 1963, from "The Naked Communist" by Cleon Skousen) more...
The Goals of Communism
(as read into the congressional record January 10, 1963, from "The Naked Communist" by Cleon Skousen) more...
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The Islamizing of New York
Timothy Birdnow
The more you look at that Zohran Momdani the worse he appears.
Socialist NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s dad sits on council of anti-Israel group, sympathetic of suicide bombers
New York City is 12% Jewish (over 1.5 million), the highest concentration of Jews in any major metropolitan area, even larger than in Israel. Yet their next mayor may well be a Jew-hating Muslim communist. You can't make this stuff up.
Of course New York City has a 9% Muslim population (750,000), making it the highest concentration of any city for Muslims as well.
And now we are seeing the rise of anti-semitism in New yYork, exactly as we see in Israel with the Palestinians. Or, for that matter, any place with a high Muslim population. When Muslims reach 10% of the population they immediately begin jihadi efforts to impose Sharia. New York is just about at that point.
American Jews had better wake up soon. They are going to find themselves in big trouble if they keep supporting their enemies in this way.
The more you look at that Zohran Momdani the worse he appears.
Socialist NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s dad sits on council of anti-Israel group, sympathetic of suicide bombers
New York City is 12% Jewish (over 1.5 million), the highest concentration of Jews in any major metropolitan area, even larger than in Israel. Yet their next mayor may well be a Jew-hating Muslim communist. You can't make this stuff up.
Of course New York City has a 9% Muslim population (750,000), making it the highest concentration of any city for Muslims as well.
And now we are seeing the rise of anti-semitism in New yYork, exactly as we see in Israel with the Palestinians. Or, for that matter, any place with a high Muslim population. When Muslims reach 10% of the population they immediately begin jihadi efforts to impose Sharia. New York is just about at that point.
American Jews had better wake up soon. They are going to find themselves in big trouble if they keep supporting their enemies in this way.
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