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FBI Foils New Year's Eve Terror Plot by 'Pro-Palestinian' Group in California: Officials

FBI Foils New Year's Eve Terror Plot by 'Pro-Palestinian' Group in California: Officials: 

A New Year’s Eve terror plot by a pro-Palestinian, left-wing, anti-government group that was intent on bombing businesses in Los Angeles was foiled by the FBI.

The group, Order of the Black Lotus, is “a radical faction of the Turtle Island Liberation Front,” or TILF, according to the Los Angeles Times. The group is also “left-wing” and “anti-government.”

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced on Monday that the group of four was guilty of planning an “organized, sophisticated, and extremely violent” New Year’s Eve attack involving bombs.

The global climate panic is fading

But now declining, leaving the world an opportunity to finally focus on sensible, affordable climate policies - Bjørn Lomborg

• Climate worry (black line) climbed since 2014 (except Covid)

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History for January 1

History for January 1 - On-This-Day.com 

Barry Goldwater 1909

• 1804 - Haiti gained its independence.
• 1863 - U.S. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in the rebel states were free.
• 1895 - In Battle Creek, MI, C.W. Post created his first usable batch of Monks Brew (later called Postum). It was a cereal-based substitute for caffeinated drinks.
• 1959 - Fidel Castro overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista, and seized power in Cuba.
• 1979 - The United States and China held celebrations in Washington, DC, and Beijing to mark the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
• 1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect.
• 1995 - The World Trade Organization came into existence. The group of 125 nations monitors global trade.

'In shock right now!' Man calls 'fraudulent' Minnesota daycare center, and phone rings office of Gov. Tim Walz * WorldNetDaily * by Joe Kovacs

'In shock right now!' Man calls 'fraudulent' Minnesota daycare center, and phone rings office of Gov. Tim Walz * WorldNetDaily * by Joe Kovacs: 

Meanwhile, the FBI is surging resources to Minnesota to combat massive fraud linked to the state's Somali community. FBI Director Kash Patel said Sunday: "Even before the public conversation escalated online, the FBI had surged personnel and investigative resources to Minnesota to dismantle large-scale fraud schemes exploiting federal programs." "To date, the FBI dismantled a $250 million fraud scheme that stole federal food aid meant for vulnerable children during COVID. The investigation exposed sham vendors, shell companies, and large-scale money laundering tied to the Feeding Our Future network."

The way we were-----Why Britain Taxed Windows: The Story Behind the Window Tax (1696–1851)

American Journalist Claims Islam is Peaceful, Then FLIPS OUT When Bill M...

The very definition of a "culture of corruption"!-----$5B in ‘questionable’ rental assistance under Biden revealed — including to thousands of ‘deceased tenants’ and non-citizens: HUD report

HUD officials said a “large concentration” of the suspicious payments went to New York, California and Washington, DC, with dead recipients getting at least some funds in all 50 states — in what federal officials are calling widespread abuse of taxpayers’ dollars under the Biden administration. - Josh Christenson

WASHINGTON — A US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report found more than $5 billion in taxpayer funds went to “questionable” rental assistance recipients during the final year of the Biden administration — including around 30,000 “deceased tenants” and “thousands” of potential non-citizens, The Post can reveal...
A US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report found more than $5 billion in taxpayer funds went to “questionable” rental assistance recipients during the final year of President Joe Biden’s administration....

CBS News on X: "A recent video by conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley alleged nearly a dozen day care centers in Minnesota that are receiving public funds are not actually providing any service.

After the video went viral, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced a "massive investigation on childcare - CBS News@CBSNews

• "...CBS News conducted its own analysis of nearly a dozen day care centers mentioned by Shirley: all but two have active licenses, according to state records, and all active locations were visited by state regulators within the last six months. 
• CBS News' review also found dozens of citations related to safety, cleanliness, equipment, and staff training, among other violations, but there was no recorded evidence of fraud.

Black lives matter? The accused serial killer you have likely never heard of | Blaze Media

Black lives matter? The accused serial killer you have likely never heard of | Blaze Media: 

Elder postulates that race is the primary reason. "The media are FASCINATED by white serial killers. Black ... serial killers? Not so much," he wrote.

After listening to Elder, Bob Hoge of RedState agreed that the "corrupt corporate media" isn't interested in reporting on the cases because McDaniel "doesn’t fit their narrative."

Since "these alleged murders were not carried out by white supremacists or MAGA fans," national media outlets act "as if it never happened," Hoge claimed.

Trump, You Magnificent Bastard: YOU THUNK MY BATTLESHIP

After our hike along Lk. Michigan yesterday, I asked Gemini AI - "lake michigan near muskegon seems very low. how does the level compare with past high/low levels"

Hike Muskegon - West Michigan Parks - Every Tue/Sat 11am | After our hike along Lk | Facebook

After our hike along Lk. Michigan yesterday, I asked Gemini AI - "lake michigan near muskegon seems very low. how does the level compare with past high/low levels"

AI's response:

It is not just your imagination—Lake Michigan's water levels are currently in a notable downward trend. As of late 2025, the lake is roughly 8 to 11 inches lower than it was at this same time in 2024.

• While the water may seem low compared to the "extreme" highs of a few years ago, it is still well above the historical "rock bottom" levels.

How Current Levels Compare
According to the most recent US Army Corps of Engineers data, Lake Michigan (which is technically measured as one body of water with Lake Huron) currently sits at an elevation of approximately 577.85 to 578.50 feet.

Perspective Level Difference (Approx.)
vs. Long-Term Average 5 to 8 inches lower than the historical average.
vs. Record High (1986) ~42 inches lower (about 3.5 feet down).
vs. Recent High (2020) ~43 inches lower (the peak of the most recent cycle).
vs. Record Low (2013) ~24 inches higher (still 2 feet above the all-time low).

Lunch video-----Victor Davis Hanson: How Democrats Justify Fraud

Noon-toon

 

Tim Walz scurries to defend record after video alleges new Somali-linked fraud | Blaze Media

Tim Walz scurries to defend record after video alleges new Somali-linked fraud | Blaze Media: 

On Friday, independent video journalist Nick Shirley published a video on X that he claims shows widespread fraud involving purported day-care centers in Minnesota. Shirley wrote that he “uncovered over $110,000,000 [in fraud] in ONE day.” The video is the latest public allegation of fraud tied to Minnesota’s Somali community and comes as failed Democrat vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz faces renewed scrutiny over the issue.

What if??!!

 

Wow! Media covered THESE fires up??!!-----The Unreported Story Of Grid Scale Battery Fires

The geniuses who are planning New York’s energy future think that they can make intermittent wind and solar generators work to power the electrical grid by the simple device of providing some battery storage.  - Francis Menton 

• It turned out that the big problem was that these facilities were subject to large and dangerous fires on a regular basis. 

In some cases the same facility would catch fire multiple times. 

• That post reported on major fires in California at a site called Valley Center in San Diego County in September 2023, and at another one 
• called Moss Landing south of San Francisco in September 2022. 
• In January 2025, the Moss Landing facility had another major fire. From the EPA website:
• There were prior fires at the Moss Landing facility in September 2021 and February 2022.
• Back here in New York, my March 2024 post reported on no fewer than three major fires at grid battery storage facilities in this state that had taken place during 2023...

Might you have the idea that these fires are becoming less frequent over time? 

If so, that’s only because these fires are one of those things — like the Somali welfare fraud in Minnesota — that the liberal media just don’t choose to report. 

• It turns out that the Convergent Energy facility in Warwick, New York had another big fire just last week. From Etica AG, December 22...

"...“We have to make it easier for folks to be able to get into [the child care] business..."

 

They lied!-----False refugee study used by Dems to justify open borders — and massive spending

How does this report somehow find that refugees, a population with demonstrably higher welfare usage, outperform the average American fiscally? - Don Barnett

But that talking point is based on a federal study that was rejected in 2017 by the first Trump administration as methodologically unsound and preposterous in its conclusions. 

The study was resurrected and expanded by the Biden administration in 2024.

• Today, 73% of Somali households have at least one member enrolled in Medicaid, and 89% of Somali families with children participate in at least one welfare program.

How does this report somehow find that refugees, a population with demonstrably higher welfare usage, outperform the average American fiscally?

• First, by omitting major government spending programs... (LONG LIST. Read all!!)

#1 This day 1958-----1958 HITS ARCHIVE: The Chipmunk Song - David Seville

Are Hybrid Vehicles Death Traps? | Power Line

“Fatal crash risk ‘three times higher’ in hybrid cars than petrol.” - John Hinderaker 

But data from the U.K. suggest that hybrids are unusually dangerous.

• From the London Times: “Fatal crash risk ‘three times higher’ in hybrid cars than petrol.”

Motorists in hybrid cars are substantially more likely to die in road collisions than those in conventional petrol vehicles, according to statistics from the Department for Transport...
Overall, the data shows that there was

• one death for every 8,000 hybrid cars on the roads last year
• compared with one death for every 20,000 diesel vehicles, and 
• one death for every 25,000 petrol engines...

"The Somali community, the refugee community, and the immigrant community represent the best of who we are as Green Bay residents and as Americans…”

 

Incredible Win Over Gender Madness: California Blocked from Secretly Transiting Kids in School

Incredible Win Over Gender Madness: California Blocked from Secretly Transiting Kids in School: 

California teachers can no longer hide children’s gender identities from their parents following a permanent injunction issued Monday in a class action lawsuit.

The lawsuit was filed by teachers who felt a moral duty to protect children and strongly objected to being dishonest with parents about their kids, as the state’s “Parental Exclusion Policies” required them to do. Several California Department of Education policies were “designed to create a zone of secrecy around a school student who expresses gender incongruity,” according to the court order, preventing teachers and school staff from sharing vital information with parents.