MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER: Imagine . . . a group of Americans . . . were in Mexico City and began throwing bricks at police officers, smashing store windows, setting fire to government vehicles, and waving the American flag. We would not walk away unharmed

This is a must watch to understand what is really happening in California. Thank you @shellenberger for breaking it down so succinctly 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/aKlziQJKnW

— Michelle Maxwell (@MichelleMaxwell) June 9, 2025

A lot of people are upset about all these images of rioters in Los Angeles, waving the Mexican flag.  If protesters love Mexico so much, people are asking why they're so upset when the US enforces laws against illegal entry?  Imagine for a moment that a group of Americans, including myself, were in Mexico City and began throwing bricks at police officers, smashing store windows, setting fire to government vehicles, and waving the American flag.  We would not walk away unharmed, and yet in Los Angeles protesters did exactly that.  They attacked law enforcement, blocked ICE agents, and vandalized public buildings, and yet California leaders not only didn't defend the law but condemned those who tried to enforce it.  Governor Gavin Newsom called the deployment of 2000 National Guard troops to restore order "Purposely inflammatory."  LA Mayor, Karen Bass, said, "We will not stand for this," referring not to the attacks on police officers or destruction of public property, but to the federal response.  She reaffirmed her administration's ties to advocates of illegal immigration and made clear her allegiance was with the protesters not law enforcement what is truly inflammatory is not sending in National Guard it's standing by while mobs pelt law enforcement with bricks and fireworks then accusing those officers of oppression it's watching public spaces descend into chaos while calling the enforcement of laws the problem in wealthy neighborhoods the law is still being enforced if you torch a car in Beverly Hills the neighbors are going to demand that you are arrested if you do it in East LA while shouting political slogans you are engaging in protest this two-tiered enforcement is not Progressive, it's segregation by another name it creates one set of expectations for the politically connected and another for the disposable and in that framework working people especially immigrants families and hourly wage earners are abandoned they're the ones who walk their kids past the open air drug dealing they're the ones who shops are looted and whose cars are stolen

Wind Turbines Linked To Whale Deaths, New Documentary Alleges

Thank you to Lew Rockwell.

Writes Gail Appel, 

Right. The whales are dying from Covid-19, plastic straws, “Climate Change”, alien invasion, White Supremacy, Donald Trump, Zionism, gun violence, Christian Nationalism, Hindu Supremacy, cow flatulence, Putin, the unvaccinated, heterosexual males, childbearing women, Inram Khan, Woodstock attendees, beagles, Dr. Seuss, Kate Smitch, Dave Chappelle, Margaret Mitchell, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Salman Rushdie, Joe Rogan, Irving Berlin, Matt Taibbi, Tucker Carlson, RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, Qanon, Proud Boys, Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, Drs. Risch, McCollough, Cole, Nass, Battacharaya, Yeadon, Wolf, Gold, Ionnides, Kuldorff, Levitt, Jasser, Shiva, Mercola, Ladapo, Canadian Truckers, Dutch farmers, gas stoves…. Me, you, Harry Potter, Atticus Fitch . . .  

The expert here is Michael Shellenberger.  Find his Twitter page here and his substack here.

the real threat isn't from climate change, it's from climate change policies that make energy scarce and expensive

Prior to Hurricane Ian, this has been the quietest start to hurricane season in 30 years.  But the climate alarmists are going to alarm us.  

DON LEMON: What effect does climate change have on this phenomenon, that is happening now because it seems these storms are intensifying, that's the question.

JAMIE ROHME: I don't think you can link climate change to any one event . . . to any one event, I would caution against that.

LEMON:  Look, I grew up there, and these storms are intensifying.  

Intensifying, remember that word, the new word from Climate Change Davos, the EU, and the WEF that has been inserted into the non-debate over climate change.  

Now what's the truth here, let's just stick to the facts about the frequency and intensification of the hurricanes.  

SHELLENBERGER:  Yeah, the basic facts is that there's been no increase in landfall in hurricanes over the last 120 years; in fact, there's a slight decline.  There is no science supporting the idea that hurricanes have become more frequent.  In fact, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, NOAA, predicts that the frequency of hurricanes will actually decline by 25%.  They also expect that they'll intensify by 5% but they are not intensifying right now.  So any perception that hurricanes are more intense is just a perception fed by that relentless, alarmist media.  I think also there's just a lot more people that live in hurricane alley and we're much more resilient to extreme weather events.  So there's just a lot more people experiencing hurricanes because we're just so wealthy and prosperous and there's so many more of us, so I think that's what creates this false perception.    

INGRAM:  A lot of emotions that are pouring out of people while they watch the hurricane on television. 

SHELLENBERGER:  Yeah, that's right.  It's the manipulation of people's feelings.  It's good to feel compassionate for the people that are struggling under extreme weather events, that's a positive feeling.  But I you get this manipulation of emotion.  There is something on the Left is that if you're serious about something, if you really care about something, then you'll exaggerate it.  So you see this constant exaggeration of all these issues.  Climate Change being the prime example of it.  The fact of the matter is that deaths from natural disasters have been going down.  The costs have not increased at all.  The increased costs from hurricane damage is just that there's more wealth in harm's way.  And so for that reason, we've actually seen the number of disasters, not extreme weather events, but disasters which are measured in deaths and costs has actually declined since the beginning of this [the 21st] century.  And that's great news; it means we're actually becoming much more resilient, much more capable of dealing with these extreme weather events.  It's actually a story of success, and our hearts go out to people suffering from extreme weather, but the big picture is it's really been an incredible success story for people living in the United States and societies around the world. 

INGRAM:  Just to give you a little gift, Michael, here's Joy Reid 

SHELLENBERGER:  It's become a religion, Laura.  It's an apocalyptic religion, a kind of reversion to the sphere of the Sky Gods.  It's a pagan religion, this irrational fear, and obvious they're trying to attract eyeballs too.  It's a manipulation.  It's bizarre.  And obviously the real threat isn't from climate change, it's from climate change policies that make energy scarce and expensive, like you were just talking about with the disaster that's unfolding in Europe.  We have to make sure that doesn't happen here.  Abundant energy is the key, and much of that agenda to hype climate change is about stifling domestic energy production, making energy scarce and expensive, so we really have to guard against that.  

INGRAM:  And doing things like banning natural gas appliances, which is taking root all over the United States, these local bans, Santa Barbara I remember started it, now it's moving across into New York and other places, it's just going to make people's lives more miserable and make people have a lower standard of living.

Shellenberger's book, Apocalypse Never, 2020.