All we are saying is give Darwin a chance

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“Okay, I see “cream” is an ingredient, but what about milk? I’m allergic to milk.”

Here’s how Food & Wine puts it:

If you've purchased any butter from Costco lately then it's time to check your fridge. 

In early October, the FDA sent out an initial recall on Kirkland Signature butter, produced by Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest LLC. The recall is for 79,200 pounds of butter due to an undeclared allergen. According to the FDA, the packages of both salted and unsalted Kirkland Signature Sweet Cream Butter list cream as an ingredient, but may not contain the "Contains Milk" allergy statement visible on the packaging.

That’s right, butter turns out to be made from milk. Who knew?

Of course, there is precedent:

Related to story below: Biden Energy Transition Team announces plan to build national network of tinfoil solar collectors and windmills based on “The British Model”.

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John Hinderaker, PowerLine:

Energy Policy, Where the Sun Don’t Shine

We spent a week in London just before the election, and only saw the Sun once. It wasn’t windy, either. Wherever we went, the lights were on, but that was only because of natural gas. The Telegraph reports: “Britain’s wind power falls to virtually zero as Miliband prepares to cut reliance on gas.”

Britain’s wind generation is set to plummet to virtually zero this week as Ed Miliband presses ahead with plans to increase the nation’s reliance on renewable energy.

Much of the UK has seen zero hours of sunshine this month, and the first part of this week will see already-light winds hit fresh lows in many areas, according to Met Office forecasters.

So how much electricity is the UK’s many billions of dollars in wind and solar investment actually generating?

Wind speeds are expected to fall again this week, making gas more essential than ever to keep the lights on.

“Many of our weather stations have recorded zero sunshine so far this month,” said a Met Office forecaster. It’s very unusual.”
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Over the last week solar generated just 0.7pc of the nation’s electricity and wind just 10.6pc, according to grid data.

In other words, the UK was almost totally reliant on fossil fuels. Nevertheless, its government is pressing ahead with “decarbonization” plans.

Neso, the UK’s National Energy System Operator, which runs the grid, expects the UK to have its first periods of complete decarbonisation, when no gas is needed, in 2025.

The dark and windless weather comes as Sir Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, fly to the UN climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, to pledge massive cuts in UK greenhouse gas emissions.
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Mr Miliband said the UK’s willingness to pledge such massive cuts in greenhouse gas emissions was a sign of “climate leadership.”

The Ladies of The View enjoy their most excellent Russian adventure, vow to bring foil caps back to Amerika to wear in the coming Trump concentration camps

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Proving that Russian teachers are as dumb as ours

The teachers, from multiple schools in Voronezh, were [persuaded] to wear the shiny hats by the political prankster in an attempt to demonstrate how brainwashed they had been by Kremlin propaganda.

They had been told by activist trickster Vladislav 'Vladik' Bokhan that the tin head-coverings would protect them and their students from radiation by NATO satellites.

… In footage of the bizarre moment, one teacher can be heard saying: 'Making tinfoil hats is not only an interesting and creative activity, but also an important patriotic act, symbolising the readiness to defend our homeland from external [Western] threats.

'Let our hats become a symbol of unity and resilience in the face of [foreign] challenges.'

Teachers were told beforehand that they were taking part in a 'large-scale patriotic event' that required them to make tinfoil hats.

… No doubts seemed to cross the minds of the teachers who jumped at the task and happily constructed their hats in order to protect their minds from 'the transmission of Western ideas'.

After placing the hats on their heads, some teachers claimed they felt a 'purification of thoughts,' a 'boost in spirits,' a 'surge of patriotism' and a 'need to help the [war]'.

Also seen in the footage, another teacher said: 'Let the helmet, which you will make with your own hands, become a means of defence against external enemies of our beautiful country.'

Bokhan fooled the teachers into believing that 'malicious NATO members plan to irradiate the Russian people physically and biologically'.

"Please, sirs, we want some more."

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The author claims this is punishment, but the voters must love it; they keep returning these people to office.

On Friday, the California Air Resources Board voted to revamp its climate change program which is estimated to increase gas prices as high as 65 cents.  The vote was 12-2 vote.

Ultimately, the changes require gasoline, diesel, and other fuels to meet higher standards for greenhouse gases.  It also tweaks how credits are awarded for lower carbon fuels.

On Saturday morning, the average gallon of gas in California costs $4.14 compared to the $3.09 national average. In Contra Costa County, the average is $4.60 per gallon.

That’s 65 cents added to the taxes shown below. Greens Fees: the cap and trade tax and “carb regulation costs” already add 51 ¢ a gallon; this new one will bring the total to $1.13.

A state of overlords and peasants, and Californians like it that way: this week, in addition to sending Adam Schiff to Washington as their new senator, they voted to continue the Democrats’ supermajority in the state Legislature. So screw ‘em.

Yes, and yes — and end the filibuster while we're at it

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Steven Hayward, PowerLine:

  • • One of the hottest ideas among the goo-goo (good government) reform community has been the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, in which consenting states would commit to pledging their electoral college votes to the winner of the popular vote, no matter how their state’s votes came out. This compact is almost certainly unconstitutional, but can anyone imagine California right now saying, “Oh, okay, we’ll award our electoral college votes to Trump.” If the compact had been in force for this election, here’s how the electoral vote would turn out:

Heh

  • Likewise, if Congress has a sense of humor, it should call these clowns as witnesses at a hearing on the first day to testify in support of a bill to add four seats to the Supreme Court immediately:

(FWIW) : Don’t forget the Democrats’ other pet project:

Sadly, much as the Democrats (and Trump) want to abolish the filibuster, a few Republicans of principle have vowed to keep it.

California’s new senator (sigh) Adam Schiff is all for getting rid of the thing:

Schiff said he’d prefer major swings in policy to the current gridlock, emphasizing that killing the filibuster is the only way to pass abortion rights, gun safety and voting rights measures and to mitigate climate change. He said he doesn’t worry about Republicans’ using a filibuster-free Senate to reverse liberal gains when they take power.

“The Republican policies are so reactionary, backward and unpopular that should they ever really be in a position to put them into effect, they’ll be voted out of office in a heartbeat,” he said.

And Trump has pushed to nuke it, but …

If Trump and Republicans sweep the election, GOP senators would probably face pressure from Trump to do away with the filibuster. He repeatedly demanded that they nuke the 60-vote rule during his term as president. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., refused in 2017 and 2018. Although McConnell is stepping down as GOP leader, it's unclear whether Trump would be more successful this time.

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said he expects a push to kill the filibuster to toughen immigration laws if the GOP wins in November.

“Quite honestly, if we run the table politically in November and we have control of both chambers and President Trump has the White House, it wouldn’t surprise me if getting additional tools to get the border under control would be used as an argument for nuking the filibuster,” Tillis told reporters.

But he said he would adamantly oppose that.

“The day Republicans vote to nuke it is the day I resign,” Tillis said, arguing that it would “destroy the Senate.”

And from Texas, and Florida, more opposition:

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who faces a competitive re-election bid, said he’s committed to preserving the 60-vote rule even if his party sweeps the election and Democrats use it to stymie legislation.

“Yes,” he replied when asked.

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., who also faces re-election this fall, said, “I believe in the filibuster.”

Even if Republicans have control and it threatens their agenda?

“I believe in the filibuster,” he repeated.

I personally had agreed with the opponents of all three of these propositions: the National Public Vote Compact; packing the Supreme Court; and abolishing the filibuster, but in the face of the powerful arguments put forth in their favor by distinguished Democrat politicians and “thinkers” like Lawrence Tribe, it would be awfully presumptuous of me to disagree.

So bring ‘em on. Here’s to you, Chuck Schumer.

I haven't had this much fun since November 10th, eight years ago

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The rocket scientists are distraught (who wants to tell him?);

And so are the medical geniuses;

Liberal pediatrician sparks fury with vile tweet at Trump fan

Dr. Mayank Sharma, 35, is a pediatric cardiology fellow for the University of Iowa Health Care - a fellowship based at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital. He’s weally, weally angwee at Twump voters:

‘Well I hope you lose your kid in a school shooting,' he wrote. 'Already you have nothing to lose, it won't matter to you anyways! Prepare for your kids funeral.'

And then we have the weaker sex:

BEFORE:

AFTER:

BURBANK, CA — Liberal woman Marcie Galveston was forced to film herself having a second post-election meltdown this week after she realized she forgot to hit the record button on her phone the first time around.

"WHY??? WHY?????" screeched Galveston, tears running down her cheeks. "I'm shaking, I'm so terrified! Look what you did, you sick freaks! I'm literally no longer safe as a woman, are you happy? I just can't believe over half the country is so RACIST and SEXIST and… oh wait a second. My phone isn't on. Aw, man. Gonna have start this whole thing from the beginning."

Despite the setback, Galveston worked hard to drum up new tears and access that same level of rage as she set her phone up against the kitchen backsplash a second time and put it on selfie mode.

"Yeesh, it's hard to get that level of emotion on a second take," she said. "Come on, Marcie, you can do this. Think about the trans gulags, the internment camps for gays. ARGH. The tears aren't coming, the tears aren't coming!"

At publishing time Galveston was seen holding an onion under her eyes while reading The New York Times in an effort to spark tears of rage again.

SAME QUESTION:

Oooh, nice touch: they’ve smeared “blood” on their loins, presumably to show solidarity with the israeli girls of October 6th

Are they sure it wasn't Dan Quigley, distraught that his candidate Kampalla lost? I understand he wears a size 16 shoe

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Bigfoot heard ‘screaming,’ ‘whooping’ in Connecticut Sasquatch hotspot

Bigfoot was caught making a ruckus in Connecticut’s Sasquatch hotspot last year, according to a recent report by The Bigfoot Field Research Organization.

A Fairfield County resident heard the hairy giant’s “screaming/long-duration whooping” just after midnight on Oct. 17, 2023 — sparking a barking dog frenzy and sending owls into a terrified silence.

NYC psychiatrists are having a field day; we can expect divorce lawyers to begin cashing in too

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(as in crazy, not angry)

Election snowflakes rush to NYC shrinks’ offices after Trump win

Liberals in deep-blue New York City shocked and disturbed by President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory are flooding shrinks’ inboxes looking for appointments.

“It’s a perfect storm for New York therapists,” said Manhattan psychologist Chloe Carmichael, who estimated she’s received a 15% spike in inquiries from patients. “It’s a repeat of 2016, where a lot of people feel really scared and traumatized and angry.”

On Wednesday morning, New York City-based psychotherapist Alyson Cohen woke up to a deluge of paranoid texts from clients begging for extra appointments this week, many of whom claimed to be “afraid for their futures and that of their children.” 

“I’ve even already heard [from] some female clients who say they are now second guessing having children out of fears for their health as it relates to pregnancy-related medical care,” she said. 

Here’s the part that’s going to have the matrimonial bar beginning to extend their St. Bart’s holiday reservations from one to two, even three weeks:

It’s worse for couples, said Lisa Brateman, a psychotherapist and relationship specialist in Midtown.

Romance hit the rock for relationships where each person voted for different candidates, Brateman said.

“If a woman was saying ‘What about my rights as a woman?’ and her boyfriend or husband voted for Trump, it felt like a personal unwillingness to understand them,” she said.