@SteaknShake Here here! They have been a staple here in Alton, IL since, well, I can remember in the late 60s/early 70s. And I love where you are taking the venerable burger joint!
Left-wing propaganda rag, NPR, reports that climate change is threatening summer break in the U.S.
They reported yesterday,
๐จ๏ธ โ[๐]๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.โ
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They have opinions. But I have data.
๐ก๏ธ In the U.S., the average number of heatwaves per year per station (area-weighted) were 27.9% lower during the most recent 30-year period (1994โ2025) compared to 1901โ30. There has been a slight increase since the 1970s, but that trend only emerges if you exclude inconvenient pre-1950 data. These findings are confirmed in a new paper published in the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Christy (2026).
๐https://t.co/DSJXxVWiOI
๐๏ธ Droughts have not increased either nationwide. While the U.S. is currently in its most severe drought since the 1950s, both the 1930s and 1950s droughts eclipse it we have naturally oscillated between dry and wet periods for millennia.
๐https://t.co/NEp0TaQHdP
In the Lower 48, I was able to show that by extending the U.S. Drought Monitor back to 1901 using the self-calibrated Palmer Drought Severity Index (scPDSI), no statistically significant change has occurred in drought area or intensity:
๐ข D1 / Moderate Drought area: โ10.8% over 1995โ2024 minus 1901โ30; p-value = 0.41
๐ก D2 / Severe: +0.05%; p = 1.00 (slight increase, but not statistically significant)
๐ด D3 / Extreme: โ8.9%; p = 0.75
๐ค D4 / Exceptional: โ27.8%; p = 0.43
๐https://t.co/9dNRQEJ10f
๐ง๏ธ There has been no increase in river flooding in the U.S. since at least 1960.
The map I attached below shows the change in the magnitude of U.S. river flooding since 1960. The triangle-shaped markers indicate the annual trend in peak river flows (cubic ft / sec) from 1960 to 2025 for all 425 USGS river and stream gauges that have 95% completeness over that time period. 5.2% of stations show a statistically significant increase in flooding and 5.9% show a significant decrease. The rest of the stations show no statistically significant change in either direction.
Flash flooding has increased in many urban areas, but that is largely due to poor city planning. When absorbent grassland and soil are paved over with asphalt and concrete, the land surface becomes impermeable, so any heavy downpour will inevitably cause more flooding than would have occurred in the past, despite any climatic trends.
While climate alarmists will argue that heavy rainfall events have increased (citing Clausius-Clapeyron as the physical basis), we are finding that a lot of rainfall data is missing from digitized weather records. When the original handwritten paper COOP or 1001 forms from the early 20th century are digitized into the ACIS sites, extreme values are often considered suspicious and eliminated, so they get marked as โMissing.โ But if you read the notes, they will often note an afternoon thunderstorm that produced a heavy downpour. In Texas, for instance, it has been found that complete data turns an increase in Rx1day (i.e., heaviest annual 1-day rainfall per station) to a non-trend over the last 100 years.
Clausius-Clapeyron also says nothing about rainfall rates, much less total rainfall out of a given cloud, it only calculates equilibrium vapor pressure. Using it is not an appropriate extrapolation, especially over large land masses like the U.S.
๐ U.S. hurricane and major hurricane (Category 3+) landfalls have not increased since reliable recordkeeping began in 1851. In fact, there is a slight, albeit not statistically significant decrease. I even extended records back to 1800, and there is no long-term trend. And of the top 15 strongest hurricanes to make landfall since 1851, ten of them occurred before 1975. And of those, seven were either in or before the year 1935.
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Hi there, @volcaholic1.
This is what stupidity looks like.
Unlike you and your emotional, fact-free rant, I have data.
Globally, annual total wildfire burn area, as measured by MODIS instrumentation on NASA satellites, has decreased at a rate of ~1.39% per year since 2002. Now, some (maybe most?) of that has to do with decreased burning of Savannahs in Africa as well as agricultural expansion.
But for forest fires specifically, there has been little change globally over the past two decades, with the linear rate being a slight decrease of 0.46% in burned area per year.
Some areas have seen increases in forest fire burn area, yes, but such anomalies are largely an artifact of forest mismanagement.
This is how the durable medical equipment (DME) fraud scam works:
- Operate around adult daycares
- Provide โequipmentโ for ghost clients (wheelchairs, knee braces, etc)
- Easier to open than a bank account
- Bill Medicare for millions
EXPOSE IT ALL.
lol This is a crock of crap.
Climate โscientistsโ cannot get their climate models to produce accurate hindcasts of 20th century global mean surface temperature (GMST) observations without having precursory knowledge of 20th century observations to calibrate them to. That's curve fitting, not science.
These models also run on circular reasoning.
When global climate models (GCMs) are input with the supposedly โestablished physicsโ you mentioned, the energy fluxes in and out of the Earthโs atmosphere are not balanced, which causes the models to drift into unrealistic climate states (either too hot or too cold, but usually running too hot).
Rather than doing real science to try figuring out why the best physics we have don't yield correct values, scientists simply assume that fluxes were balanced before the Industrial Revolution. They then adjust any uncertain parameters (e.g., clouds and aerosol) to force energy fluxes to balance. It is then assumed that there are no natural pathways that can cause energy imbalance, so modelers input COโ forcing, the climate system warms, and they say, โSee!? COโ caused the warming.โ
While it may prove that there is at least some effects from COโ, all else being equal, it in no way, shape or form proves that all of the observed warming is due to COโ. They assumed it was at the outset, then forced their GCMs to produce that result. That's circular logic, not science.
We also know model outputs are just statistical curve fitting because while the GMST response to a forcing has one value, the range of uncertainty in the aerosol contribution to GMST change since 1850 is 1ยฐC. If you take the median of the CMIP6 models shown in Figure 3.8 from IPCC AR6 WG1, the uncertainty is a whopping 125%. If you donโt know that vital piece of information about aerosol forcing, you cannot have any confidence whatsoever in anything else.
Arguing with me about this is not going to go well for you, I'm afraid.
If you need an explainer that isn't so jargon-filled, Dr. Roy Spencer has a good one in the video below from a presentation he gave on March 3, 2021.
The smoking gun of junk science.
Climate โscientistsโ assume that there are no natural long-term fluctuations in cloud cover or atmospheric water vapor concentration. This is because these academics assume that cloud cover and water vapor concentrations can only change in response to a change in global mean surface temperature (GMST) from input COโ as opposed to the other way around (i.e., cloud cover changes affect temperature).
And because our scientific knowledge about natural variability is limited, these โscientistsโ simply assume that natural variability isnโt a component to any of the modern warming because their โstate-of-the-artโ climate models that run on โfundamental physicsโ cannot reproduce GMST observations with natural forcings and variability alone. It is also assumed that the radiation fluxes into and out of the atmosphere were in balance before the Industrial Revolution. This, of course, is another ridiculous belief.
Modelers arbitrarily turn knobs on the anthropogenic parameter schemes (e.g., greenhouse gas and aerosol) until the modeled GMST โresultsโ come into agreement with GMST observations.
Thatโs a curve fitting exercise, not real science.
We know that this is a curve fitting exercise because while the Earth has a very specific (albeit unknown) response value to radiative forcing, the uncertainty on the aerosol contribution to global warming since 1850 has a 125% error and the greenhouse gases (GHG) have a 37.5% error. By the way, these estimates are from climate models in the CMIP6 suite. If there is that much spread between models, that means that their ability to reproduce observed temperature trends is not necessarily because the physics are correct. And in many cases, the known physics of GHG forcing yield values too high that have to be brought down by adjusting either the cloud or aerosol schemes.
How can people say โThe science is settledโ when the โphysicsโ yield such large uncertainties?
The Founding Document, the Declaration of Independence is perhaps the greatest proposal ever written outside the Bible. It expresses manโs desire and God given rights for Freedom. For ALL men.
Every American should be very proud that we inherited this.๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ https://t.co/j0UX4jyxqq
This senior citizen lives in a trailer and barely gets by.
But ActBlue has her making 15,000 separate donations for over $150,000.
She seems shocked when questioned about it.
Obvious SCAM.
Why isn't the DOJ doing anything about it?
Hi Senator Hickenlooper.
You have opinions. But I have evidence. All science is numbers; let's look at them.
The link between climate change (in an anthropogenic sense) and droughts is actually not so crystal clear.
Globally, there has been no statistically significant change in the amount of land area experiencing meteorological drought since the early 1980s, when reliable monitoring began (p-value = 0.195). Trends in exceptional drought are even less significant (p = 0.263)
๐https://t.co/9dNRQEItaH
Chapter 11 of IPCC AR6 WG1 affirms this, stating in Section 6.4.5,
๐ฌ โ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก โ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ . . . ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก โ๐ข๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ป๐ข๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐-๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐ค, ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ -๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.โ
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Vicente-Serrano et al. (2022) investigated changes in various drought types, concluding similarly that,
๐ฌ โ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ , ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐ โ๐๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐โ๐ก๐ .โ
What's more, the authors found that the observed regional increases in hydrological droughts were largely related to other man-made influences such as land use change, not a from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
๐ฌ โ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐ โ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐โ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (๐.๐., ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐ต๐๐๐ง๐๐).โ
๐https://t.co/v3KzYc1tp4
In the U.S., there has been no increase in either the amount of abnormally dry land area or magnitude of droughts since at least 1895. The worst droughts on record occurred during the 1930s and 1950s.
๐https://t.co/NEp0TaQ9oh
As for the western U.S., while much of the region has indeed been in drought for the last 25 years, it is not at all unprecedented in geological scope, though it is in terms of its socioeconomic impacts simply because of the tens of millions of people who live there and rely on the water. That said, meteorologically speaking, the region has experienced many droughts eclipsing the current, the most recent of which lasted ~400 years from 900โ1300 AD during the Medieval Warm Period (Cook et al., 2004).
๐https://t.co/cDYishn7Rh
Morgan & Pomerleau (2012) further support the idea of a Medieval Megadrought with a study on Cliff Lake in the Sierra Nevada. They concluded that waters in Cliff Lake were ~5 meters lower than present levels for a period of ~50 years more than 600 years ago. They were able to determine this by radiocarbon dating the wood and noting where the stump is submerged.
๐https://t.co/YpRV5e2JOu
While drought increasing in certain regions (e.g., the Western U.S.) would potentially be consistent with anthropogenic global warming, it's also consistent with natural global warming or some combination of both. The fact is that GHGs had nothing to do with the Medieval Megadrought, so it becomes quite challenging attributing the ongoing [and less severe drought] to GHG forcing.
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Meet Brandon Newsom, a senior official in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy for 16 years. He oversees corporate operations supporting Secretary Hegseth, including HR, IT, security, facilities, records management, and implementation of executive orders.
This is our latest installment of exposing dissent within the deep state. Our hidden-camera investigations pull back the curtain on how the government operates behind closed doors.
In this undercover investigation Brandon discusses exact policies he would like to see changed under a future administration, including the federal government's faith service program and schedule policy/career workforce reforms.
The first program policies he would seek to reverse is the Pentagon's monthly voluntary faith service policy. This is a Christian monthly prayer worship service, readings from the Bible, and sermons from pastors. Brandon would like to provide a prayer service for all religions instead of just Christian faith services.
The second policy Brandon says he would seek to reverse is the schedule policy/career reform, a federal workforce change that moves certain senior career employees in policy-related roles into a new personnel category. Supporters argue it gives elected leaders more accountability over officials who help shape policy, while critics argue it could weaken protections traditionally afforded to career civil servants.
When I ask whether he has the authority to reverse said policies, the official responds: "I don't have the authority to do that, but I have the influence."
He argues that the real power of long-serving career bureaucrats lies in the positions they hold, saying, "It's not about me, it's about the position."
Explaining why he has remained in government for 16 years despite disagreeing with the administration's direction, Brandon says, "The way I look at it is... when the election changes... I want to stay and stick it out so that when the time comes, I can undo whatever's been done."
Brandon also shares his personal views on President Trump, telling me, "I think Trump is a narcissist." He further criticizes the administration's decision-making on Iran, stating, "Yeah. I think it's [War in Iran] completely stupid, but it's driven on one man's ego to me in my own personal opinion."
Brandon hints that he knows more about what goes on behind the scenes in Washington, telling me, "I've seen some things. In true D.C. nature, you don't always reveal everything in D.C."
Brandon also claims many of the Pentagon contracts cut under DOGE were data-related before major data contracts were later awarded to Palantir. When asked why, he suggests the company's relationships with senior Pentagon officials may have played a role, stating, "That's what it appears." Palantir was later awarded up to $10 billion in U.S. Army data contracts.
Ironically, Brandon even acknowledges that I could be a reporter. "I mean, you could be a news reporter," he says before continuing the conversation.
This begs the question: If a government director says he can slow or reverse a sitting President's agenda, who really governs the country? Is it the individual Americans elect or the career officials who outlast every administration?
And maybe the biggest mystery of all: Why do government officials in D.C. keep spilling secrets to me when I'm just wearing a mustache.
For the record, Brandon Newsom is not related to California Governor Gavin Newsom.
We reached out to the Pentagon and Brandon for comment.
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