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Hope without action is not optimism; it is ignorance wearing a moral halo. In markets, politics, and private lives, it signals the same failure: an unwillingness to confront reality as it is. Traders call it holding a bad position. History calls it fatal. www.grimwright.com/hope-is-the-...
February 11, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Hope without action is not optimism; it is ignorance wearing a moral halo. In markets, politics, and private lives, it signals the same failure: an unwillingness to confront reality as it is. Traders call it holding a bad position. History calls it fatal. www.grimwright.com/hope-is-the-...
Billy Bob Thornton exposes how dirty and expensive “green” energy is—fair enough.
But Hollywood never touches the real lie: the climate alarmist script itself.
They won’t admit the scam.
They’ll just drop it one day and pretend it never happened. youtu.be/Mv16OzBV0WA?...
But Hollywood never touches the real lie: the climate alarmist script itself.
They won’t admit the scam.
They’ll just drop it one day and pretend it never happened. youtu.be/Mv16OzBV0WA?...
Billy Bob Thornton on His Famous Landman Monologue
YouTube video by JRE Clips
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February 11, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Billy Bob Thornton exposes how dirty and expensive “green” energy is—fair enough.
But Hollywood never touches the real lie: the climate alarmist script itself.
They won’t admit the scam.
They’ll just drop it one day and pretend it never happened. youtu.be/Mv16OzBV0WA?...
But Hollywood never touches the real lie: the climate alarmist script itself.
They won’t admit the scam.
They’ll just drop it one day and pretend it never happened. youtu.be/Mv16OzBV0WA?...
The idea that Venezuela “caused” or could have stopped shale is a convenient myth.
Shale was underway long before 2008—culture, tech, data, wildcatters.
OPEC couldn’t kill it. OPEC+ couldn’t.
Venezuelan heavy crude would’ve helped shale, not hurt it. www.pemedianetwork.com/petroleum-ec...
Shale was underway long before 2008—culture, tech, data, wildcatters.
OPEC couldn’t kill it. OPEC+ couldn’t.
Venezuelan heavy crude would’ve helped shale, not hurt it. www.pemedianetwork.com/petroleum-ec...
Venezuela mismanaged its oil, and US shale benefitted
Chavez’s socialist reforms boosted state control but pushed knowledge and capital out of the sector, opening the way for the US shale revolution
www.pemedianetwork.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:10 PM
The idea that Venezuela “caused” or could have stopped shale is a convenient myth.
Shale was underway long before 2008—culture, tech, data, wildcatters.
OPEC couldn’t kill it. OPEC+ couldn’t.
Venezuelan heavy crude would’ve helped shale, not hurt it. www.pemedianetwork.com/petroleum-ec...
Shale was underway long before 2008—culture, tech, data, wildcatters.
OPEC couldn’t kill it. OPEC+ couldn’t.
Venezuelan heavy crude would’ve helped shale, not hurt it. www.pemedianetwork.com/petroleum-ec...
We worship innovation and crucify usefulness. Tailors, plumbers, sausage makers: the backbone of society. Startups selling vapor: the new gods. www.grimwright.com/the-cult-of-...
February 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM
We worship innovation and crucify usefulness. Tailors, plumbers, sausage makers: the backbone of society. Startups selling vapor: the new gods. www.grimwright.com/the-cult-of-...
Battery fires can’t be extinguished.
Fuel + oxidizer in one package. They burn for days.
In a car, you might escape.
In an electric plane at 15,000 ft?
No shutdown. No mitigation. No chance.
If it’s electric, I don’t board. youtu.be/kyz-dAM2kJU?...
Fuel + oxidizer in one package. They burn for days.
In a car, you might escape.
In an electric plane at 15,000 ft?
No shutdown. No mitigation. No chance.
If it’s electric, I don’t board. youtu.be/kyz-dAM2kJU?...
INSANE Ecojet ELECTRIC aircraft company DEAD | MGUY Australia
YouTube video by MGUY Australia
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February 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Battery fires can’t be extinguished.
Fuel + oxidizer in one package. They burn for days.
In a car, you might escape.
In an electric plane at 15,000 ft?
No shutdown. No mitigation. No chance.
If it’s electric, I don’t board. youtu.be/kyz-dAM2kJU?...
Fuel + oxidizer in one package. They burn for days.
In a car, you might escape.
In an electric plane at 15,000 ft?
No shutdown. No mitigation. No chance.
If it’s electric, I don’t board. youtu.be/kyz-dAM2kJU?...
Democracy ≠ freedom.
It’s the dictatorship of the majority—with a feel-good footnote about minorities.
Majorities can be monsters. History proves it.
That’s why individual rights must be cast in iron, not voted away in a panic. www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2026-1-...
It’s the dictatorship of the majority—with a feel-good footnote about minorities.
Majorities can be monsters. History proves it.
That’s why individual rights must be cast in iron, not voted away in a panic. www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2026-1-...
Announcing A Live Event In New York: Net Zero And Freedom — Manhattan Contrarian
When it comes to using government coercion to force a multi-trillion dollar “net zero” energy transition, many things can go wrong. At this website I have focused on multiple potential calamities...
www.manhattancontrarian.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Democracy ≠ freedom.
It’s the dictatorship of the majority—with a feel-good footnote about minorities.
Majorities can be monsters. History proves it.
That’s why individual rights must be cast in iron, not voted away in a panic. www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2026-1-...
It’s the dictatorship of the majority—with a feel-good footnote about minorities.
Majorities can be monsters. History proves it.
That’s why individual rights must be cast in iron, not voted away in a panic. www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2026-1-...
Dante’s warning was never a curse but a key. Hope, as most people practice it, is the final illusion to be stripped away. Once it is gone, bargaining stops. Waiting ends. Reality sharpens. What remains is not despair, but agency—uncomfortable and finally honest. www.grimwright.com/hope-is-the-...
February 9, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Dante’s warning was never a curse but a key. Hope, as most people practice it, is the final illusion to be stripped away. Once it is gone, bargaining stops. Waiting ends. Reality sharpens. What remains is not despair, but agency—uncomfortable and finally honest. www.grimwright.com/hope-is-the-...
In the ’70s we had real pollution—acid rain, dead rivers, soot-filled air.
It was visible, tangible, solvable. And it was solved.
So the villains turned invisible: CO₂, microplastics.
You can’t see them—so you can inflate them forever. nypost.com/2025/02/04/h...
It was visible, tangible, solvable. And it was solved.
So the villains turned invisible: CO₂, microplastics.
You can’t see them—so you can inflate them forever. nypost.com/2025/02/04/h...
New study finds entire spoonful of microplastics in people’s brains — and 3 times as much in those with dementia
Researchers found that the average brain contains about the equivalent of a spoonful of microplastics.
nypost.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
In the ’70s we had real pollution—acid rain, dead rivers, soot-filled air.
It was visible, tangible, solvable. And it was solved.
So the villains turned invisible: CO₂, microplastics.
You can’t see them—so you can inflate them forever. nypost.com/2025/02/04/h...
It was visible, tangible, solvable. And it was solved.
So the villains turned invisible: CO₂, microplastics.
You can’t see them—so you can inflate them forever. nypost.com/2025/02/04/h...
International law looks cool in law school.
But who enforces it when a country says “no”?
No executive power. No real accountability. Just cooperation—until it ends.
Law works best close to the people.
International law is mostly theater with good branding. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
But who enforces it when a country says “no”?
No executive power. No real accountability. Just cooperation—until it ends.
Law works best close to the people.
International law is mostly theater with good branding. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
February 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM
International law looks cool in law school.
But who enforces it when a country says “no”?
No executive power. No real accountability. Just cooperation—until it ends.
Law works best close to the people.
International law is mostly theater with good branding. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
But who enforces it when a country says “no”?
No executive power. No real accountability. Just cooperation—until it ends.
Law works best close to the people.
International law is mostly theater with good branding. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Rome did not fall because no one cared. It fell because too many people hoped. They waited for saviors, reforms, reversals of fortune—anything that did not require personal cost. Decline thrived in that waiting. Institutions hollowed, rituals persisted. www.grimwright.com/hope-is-the-...
Hope Is the Quietest Prison
Hope, in its most popular form, is not courage but sedation. It keeps people docile, compliant, and endlessly patient while the structure rots around them. It promises meaning tomorrow in exchange for...
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February 7, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Rome did not fall because no one cared. It fell because too many people hoped. They waited for saviors, reforms, reversals of fortune—anything that did not require personal cost. Decline thrived in that waiting. Institutions hollowed, rituals persisted. www.grimwright.com/hope-is-the-...
We worship innovation and ignore usefulness. Vapor startups get applause; tailors, plumbers, and small shopkeepers get suspicion. This is not progress. It’s decadence. www.grimwright.com/the-cult-of-...
February 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
We worship innovation and ignore usefulness. Vapor startups get applause; tailors, plumbers, and small shopkeepers get suspicion. This is not progress. It’s decadence. www.grimwright.com/the-cult-of-...
Empires don’t collapse overnight. Britain thought decolonisation and Thatcher closed the chapter. They didn’t. The Tories abandoned conservatism. New parties chase ambition, not solutions.
Britain is falling from the pinnacle. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/22/b...
Britain is falling from the pinnacle. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/22/b...
British Climate Crusade Creates Economic Disaster
A crusade to avoid an imaginary climate catastrophe of the future has created a very real economic disaster in the present.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Empires don’t collapse overnight. Britain thought decolonisation and Thatcher closed the chapter. They didn’t. The Tories abandoned conservatism. New parties chase ambition, not solutions.
Britain is falling from the pinnacle. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/22/b...
Britain is falling from the pinnacle. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/22/b...
You don’t rebuild manufacturing by “deciding” to.
Plants are easy. Skills, culture, and know-how are not.
Once lost, industrial competence takes decades to rebuild—if ever.
Four-year political promises don’t survive industrial reality. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
Plants are easy. Skills, culture, and know-how are not.
Once lost, industrial competence takes decades to rebuild—if ever.
Four-year political promises don’t survive industrial reality. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
MSN
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February 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
You don’t rebuild manufacturing by “deciding” to.
Plants are easy. Skills, culture, and know-how are not.
Once lost, industrial competence takes decades to rebuild—if ever.
Four-year political promises don’t survive industrial reality. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
Plants are easy. Skills, culture, and know-how are not.
Once lost, industrial competence takes decades to rebuild—if ever.
Four-year political promises don’t survive industrial reality. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
Consultants aren’t hired to be right. They’re hired to make responsibility disappear. www.grimwright.com/whats-on-the...
February 5, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Consultants aren’t hired to be right. They’re hired to make responsibility disappear. www.grimwright.com/whats-on-the...
Solar and wind wouldn’t have saved coal country.
Outside crews install, take subsidies, leave.
Locals get scraps—and permanent ruins with no cleanup.
If coal can’t compete, preserve the land or find real demand.
Green salvation usually leaves scars. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Outside crews install, take subsidies, leave.
Locals get scraps—and permanent ruins with no cleanup.
If coal can’t compete, preserve the land or find real demand.
Green salvation usually leaves scars. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"Demoralizing": How Donald Trump undermined coal country
Biden earmarked billions to revitalize Appalachian mining communities. His successor took it back.
www.motherjones.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Solar and wind wouldn’t have saved coal country.
Outside crews install, take subsidies, leave.
Locals get scraps—and permanent ruins with no cleanup.
If coal can’t compete, preserve the land or find real demand.
Green salvation usually leaves scars. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Outside crews install, take subsidies, leave.
Locals get scraps—and permanent ruins with no cleanup.
If coal can’t compete, preserve the land or find real demand.
Green salvation usually leaves scars. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elites don’t worry about rent, energy bills, or commuting.
They worry about status, relevance, and being “cool.”
Climate change is fashionable. Skepticism isn’t.
Reality will reach them—but slowly, quietly, and far too late. climaterealism.com/2026/01/worl...
They worry about status, relevance, and being “cool.”
Climate change is fashionable. Skepticism isn’t.
Reality will reach them—but slowly, quietly, and far too late. climaterealism.com/2026/01/worl...
World Economic Forum Elites Should Focus on Economics, Not Climate Change, Climate Change News - ClimateRealism
The World Economic Forum is less concerned about climate change than last year, but they are still well out of step with average people.
climaterealism.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Elites don’t worry about rent, energy bills, or commuting.
They worry about status, relevance, and being “cool.”
Climate change is fashionable. Skepticism isn’t.
Reality will reach them—but slowly, quietly, and far too late. climaterealism.com/2026/01/worl...
They worry about status, relevance, and being “cool.”
Climate change is fashionable. Skepticism isn’t.
Reality will reach them—but slowly, quietly, and far too late. climaterealism.com/2026/01/worl...
Everyone wants to innovate. Few want to do the work that actually matters. Entrepreneurship is extinct in our worship of ideas over results. www.grimwright.com/the-cult-of-...
February 4, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Everyone wants to innovate. Few want to do the work that actually matters. Entrepreneurship is extinct in our worship of ideas over results. www.grimwright.com/the-cult-of-...
China built insane capacity for solar, wind, batteries, EVs—betting the West’s green subsidies would never stop.
They are stopping.
Markets are collapsing. Warehouses are filling.
We wasted trillions.
China wasted its future by doubling down on a dead model. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/20/e...
They are stopping.
Markets are collapsing. Warehouses are filling.
We wasted trillions.
China wasted its future by doubling down on a dead model. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/20/e...
Eye-rolling climate science from China
From the “central committee told me to pay lip-service to China’s net-zero pathway” department …
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February 4, 2026 at 12:50 PM
China built insane capacity for solar, wind, batteries, EVs—betting the West’s green subsidies would never stop.
They are stopping.
Markets are collapsing. Warehouses are filling.
We wasted trillions.
China wasted its future by doubling down on a dead model. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/20/e...
They are stopping.
Markets are collapsing. Warehouses are filling.
We wasted trillions.
China wasted its future by doubling down on a dead model. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/20/e...
My father saw the Danube freeze every winter.
So did I as a child.
Then it warmed.
Now it freezes again—thick ice, sustained cold.
That wasn’t “unexpected.”
It was predicted by solar cycles and orbital mechanics.
Narratives die hard—even when rivers freeze. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/18/g...
So did I as a child.
Then it warmed.
Now it freezes again—thick ice, sustained cold.
That wasn’t “unexpected.”
It was predicted by solar cycles and orbital mechanics.
Narratives die hard—even when rivers freeze. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/18/g...
Global Warming? Deep Freeze Engulfs Parts of Europe and Russia
Europeans who complained about a lack of snow back in December might be regretting getting what they wished for.
wattsupwiththat.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:48 PM
My father saw the Danube freeze every winter.
So did I as a child.
Then it warmed.
Now it freezes again—thick ice, sustained cold.
That wasn’t “unexpected.”
It was predicted by solar cycles and orbital mechanics.
Narratives die hard—even when rivers freeze. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/18/g...
So did I as a child.
Then it warmed.
Now it freezes again—thick ice, sustained cold.
That wasn’t “unexpected.”
It was predicted by solar cycles and orbital mechanics.
Narratives die hard—even when rivers freeze. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/18/g...
If something can’t be observed, it becomes a story. If the story is repeated often enough, it becomes truth. www.grimwright.com/reality-is-a...
February 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
If something can’t be observed, it becomes a story. If the story is repeated often enough, it becomes truth. www.grimwright.com/reality-is-a...
Yes, people are poorer “because of climate change.”
Not the climate—the narrative.
Green policies, printed money, inflation, exploding energy costs.
Same work. Less money.
The planet gets slogans. You get the bill. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/16/f...
Not the climate—the narrative.
Green policies, printed money, inflation, exploding energy costs.
Same work. Less money.
The planet gets slogans. You get the bill. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/16/f...
False and Absurd: The BBC’s Fantasy of Climate-Driven Pay Cuts
By presenting speculative modeling as real-world loss, BBC Science Focus misleads readers into believing climate change is already draining their paychecks. The data say otherwise. The United State…
wattsupwiththat.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Yes, people are poorer “because of climate change.”
Not the climate—the narrative.
Green policies, printed money, inflation, exploding energy costs.
Same work. Less money.
The planet gets slogans. You get the bill. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/16/f...
Not the climate—the narrative.
Green policies, printed money, inflation, exploding energy costs.
Same work. Less money.
The planet gets slogans. You get the bill. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/16/f...
Socialism, communism, fascism: different costumes, same corpse pile.
Disproven for a century. ~100M dead. Still fashionable. Still winning elections.
Most people don’t reject reality—they actively fight to keep it out. gelbspanfiles.com?p=19318
Disproven for a century. ~100M dead. Still fashionable. Still winning elections.
Most people don’t reject reality—they actively fight to keep it out. gelbspanfiles.com?p=19318
To understand why climate disinformation is so persistent, look at how the denial propaganda movement actually works | Gelbspan Files
gelbspanfiles.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Socialism, communism, fascism: different costumes, same corpse pile.
Disproven for a century. ~100M dead. Still fashionable. Still winning elections.
Most people don’t reject reality—they actively fight to keep it out. gelbspanfiles.com?p=19318
Disproven for a century. ~100M dead. Still fashionable. Still winning elections.
Most people don’t reject reality—they actively fight to keep it out. gelbspanfiles.com?p=19318
Innovation is sexy. Entrepreneurship is sweaty. Guess which one keeps society functioning? Hint: it’s not your latest app. www.grimwright.com/the-cult-of-...
February 2, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Innovation is sexy. Entrepreneurship is sweaty. Guess which one keeps society functioning? Hint: it’s not your latest app. www.grimwright.com/the-cult-of-...
When sea-level gauges show little change but satellite data screams apocalypse, who do we believe?
Our eyes—or institutions that lose power and funding if the crisis disappears?
Satellites don’t speak. People do. And perks are hard to surrender. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/14/m...
Our eyes—or institutions that lose power and funding if the crisis disappears?
Satellites don’t speak. People do. And perks are hard to surrender. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/14/m...
Measuring and Analysing Sea Levels using Satellites during 2025
This report presents and analyses the sea level data for 2025. It was a roller coaster year for sea level data that turned into a “Hunt the Data” exercise. As a consequence, the analyses main pur…
wattsupwiththat.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:09 AM
When sea-level gauges show little change but satellite data screams apocalypse, who do we believe?
Our eyes—or institutions that lose power and funding if the crisis disappears?
Satellites don’t speak. People do. And perks are hard to surrender. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/14/m...
Our eyes—or institutions that lose power and funding if the crisis disappears?
Satellites don’t speak. People do. And perks are hard to surrender. wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/14/m...
I predicted in 2014 that Germany would regret exiting nuclear—and be forced to build new plants before 2030. I was called crazy.
Now the German chancellor admits the exit was a mistake.
Virtue signalling lasts exactly as long as people stay warm. www.bild.de/politik/inla...
Now the German chancellor admits the exit was a mistake.
Virtue signalling lasts exactly as long as people stay warm. www.bild.de/politik/inla...
Merz: „Schwerer strategischer Fehler, aus der Kernenergie auszusteigen“
Am Mittwoch rechnete Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (69, CDU) hart mit dem Atomausstieg ab. Das sei ein „schwerer strategischer Fehler“ gewesen.
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February 2, 2026 at 10:04 AM
I predicted in 2014 that Germany would regret exiting nuclear—and be forced to build new plants before 2030. I was called crazy.
Now the German chancellor admits the exit was a mistake.
Virtue signalling lasts exactly as long as people stay warm. www.bild.de/politik/inla...
Now the German chancellor admits the exit was a mistake.
Virtue signalling lasts exactly as long as people stay warm. www.bild.de/politik/inla...