California regulators put controversial solar energy plan on hold as changes loom (Sacramento Bee)

Thousands of Planes Are Flying Empty and No One Can Stop Them (WIRED)

Borenstein: Environmental justice takes a hit in Oakland’s port plan (Mercury News) There’s ‘environmental justice’ again.

Big Oil board members decline to testify in U.S. House climate panel (Reuters)

Keep Diablo Canyon open, 79 scientists, academics and entrepreneurs tell Newsom

Gas prices jump in Keystone Pipeline cancellation fallout

More Focus On The Impossible Costs Of A Fully Wind/Solar/Battery Energy System

Green Wrecking Ball: Germany Clearing “Undisturbed” 1000-Year Old Forest, Make Way For Massive Wind Park

Claim: Global Warming will Turn Alaska into a Garden State

Republican National Committee overwhelmingly votes to censure Cheney, Kinzinger for sitting on Jan. 6 panel

MSNBC guest: ‘Make America Great Again’ supporters want to ‘lynch or murder’ Black people

Prosecutor investigating Trump lays out timeline (CNN) Using her Magical Powers as a Black Woman.

Nevada Republican Boss and Fake Trump Elector May Be the Model MAGA Man (Dauky Beast) At least from the viewpoint of the Narrative Media.

If Donald Trump Had Won ‘Russians Would Already Be in Kyiv,’ John Bolton Says (Newsweek)

‘Cutting very close to Trump’: Bombshell MAGA memos have 45 scrambling (MSNBC) Bombshell! Cutting close!

Washington Post’s Margaret Sullivan Blames Jeff Zucker for the Rise of Trump

‘Dear White Staffers’: Anonymous testimonials about workplace culture grip Capitol Hill

The Black woman sentenced to six years in prison over a voting error (The Guardian)

Youngkin’s tip line stokes tribal wars over race in public schools (Washington Post) Which is your tribe?

It’s Hate White History Month!

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic and the Omicron variant (CNN)

As Pfizer vaccine for kids under 5 nears authorization, parents weigh risks (Komono News)

Canadian trucker on ‘America’s Newsroom’: We’re not giving in until mandates are gone

Canadian premier calls truckers protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandate an ‘occupation’ (The Hill) Occupy Ottowa?

Observational analysis of nucleocapsid and spike antibody responses post-SARS-CoV-2 infection (News-Medical)

Inhaled Nitric Oxide Can Kill COVID-Causing Coronavirus, Prevent Its Attachment to Human Cells: Indian Researchers (Weather.com)

As Omicron peaks, the US healthcare system is left ‘broken beyond repair’ (The Guardian) Although not nearly as broken as Britain’s NHS.

Coronavirus FAQ: My drugstore now offers antibody tests. Is it worth getting one? (NPR)

Covid Rule Sceptics & the Countryside Alliance: Different Battles, Same War?

CCP Builds “Southern Great Wall” To Seal Off Border And Stop COVID

‘You Are on the Losing Side of History’: Meet Mom Fighting Schools’ Mask Mandates

A Record Number Of Robots Joined American Workforce In 2021 Amid COVID Labor Crunch  Thank you, minimum wage.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Saturday it was fraud for GoFundMe to “commandeer” $9 million in donations sent to support protesting truckdrivers in Canada and that he will investigate what he called “deceptive practices” by the website.

GoFundMe took down the so-called Freedom Convoy’s page on Friday, saying it violated its terms of service. It said donors had two weeks to request a refund, then remaining funds would be disbursed to “credible and established charities.”

DeSantis, a Republican, said on Twitter it was fraud for GoFundMe to give the money “to causes of their own choosing,” and he would work with Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to investigate. “(T)hese donors should be given a refund.”

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A new study of how criminals vote found that most convicts register Democratic, a key reason in why liberal lawmakers and governors are eager for them to get back into the voting booth after their release.

“Democrats would benefit from additional ex-felon participation,” said the authoritative study in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

The authors, professors from the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University, found that in some states, felons register Democratic by more than six-to-one. In New York, for example, 61.5 percent of convicts are Democrats, just 9 percent Republican. They also cited a study that found 73 percent of convicts who turn out for presidential elections would vote Democrat.

My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.

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A group of scientists from the Unversity of Washington has found out that mosquitoes are usually flying towards specific colors such as red, orange, black, and cyan, after detecting a telltale gas from our breaths. And the little creatures often ignore colors like green, purple, blue, and white.

These findings may lead us to learn how they find their hosts, as the human skin emits a strong red-orange signal to their eyes.

Jeffrey Riffell, a UW professor of biology and the senior author of the study said, “Mosquitoes appear to use odors to help them distinguish what is nearby, like a host to bite”. When the mosquitoes smell specific compounds, like CO2 from our breath, “that scent stimulates the eyes to scan for specific colors and other visual patterns, which are associated with a potential host, and head to them” Riffell added.

A world in which even mosquitos are Woke.

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Be the first on your block….

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…along with their weapons, their laptop computer, their body cam, etc. With all the new “police reform” laws and regulations, they need to carry a thick book of regulations, which tell them how they must respond to any possible situation they encounter.

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Despite initially refusing to cave to pressure from Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and his allies, GoFundMe announced late Friday evening that it had decided not to disburse any more money to the “Freedom Convoy” and its supporters gathered in Coutts, Alberta and Ottawa. Users will now need to request a refund of their donation, or risk the possibility that the company will instead reroute it to an “approved” charity.

SFPD chief refuses to work with DA Boudin, accuses him of ‘concealing’ evidence to hurt police

House Democrats Sneak Pro-Union Measure Into Anti-China Bill

Christian MP goes on trial in Finland for calling homosexuality a disorder

Washington/Seattle Dystopia, Chapter Two

New York City Public Schools Go Vegan on Fridays

Virginia Democrats Block Black Republican From Joining Black Caucus

Behar Defends Pelosi Warning U.S. Athletes Not to Protest China’s Abuses

Los Angeles Times Slams ‘Vitriol in Politics’—After Hiring Vitriolic Columnists

How journalists can get climate change right (L.A. Times)

High-stakes cost-sharing battle ignites solar power industry, rooftop solar adopters (Santa Rosa Press-Democrat)

Ice that took roughly 2,000 years to form on Mt. Everest has melted in around 25 (CNN)  OH NOES!

Has California’s landmark law cleaned communities’ dirty air? (CalMatters) Environmental justice!

Climate change beats Big Oil and Biden in court (The Hill)

Will New California Rules Destroy Rooftop Solar?

Climate Obsessed Canadian Regulator Crackdown on Oil Sands Financing

Climate Fish Scare Turns Out To Be Just a Fish Story

New research: natural gas appliances emit much more methane than realized  OH NOES!

Scientists propose mechanical trees to soak up CO2?

Whoopi Goldberg ‘livid,’ threatening to quit ‘The View’ over her suspension: source

ABC slammed for suspending Whoopi Goldberg for Holocaust remark but firing Roseanne for offensive tweet

Is the Race-Wealth Gap About to Get Worse? (The Root)

Black Americans’ lack of participation in the stock market likely to widen post-pandemic wealth gap

ESPN’s Jones Response To Flores Lawsuit: White People Guilty Of Racism

What Does ‘White Supremacy’ Mean?

How worried should we be about the new ‘stealth’ Omicron? Our expert weighs in (CNN)

Omicron BA.2 subvariant not detected in Michigan yet — but experts are concerned (Detroit Free Press)

A cause of America’s labor shortage: Millions with long COVID (CBS)

The CDC is finally recognizing ‘natural immunity’ (The Hill)

Loudoun Co. parents sue school board for upholding mask mandate after Youngkin order

FDA will rigorously review vaccines for children under 5, surgeon general says (Washington Post) And if you believe that one, he’ll tell you another one.

The Los Angeles mayor’s ridiculous explanation for his maskless photo (CNN)  Even CNN doesn’t buy it.

Mayor Garcetti Institutes ‘Hold-Your-Breath’ Mandate In Los Angeles  Babylon Bee.

Watch: French Protesters Surround Pfizer HQ Chanting “Assassins”

Omicron’s molecular structure could help explain its global takeover

Doctor Prohibited From Practicing Medicine Over Vaccination Status Sues Rhode Island

FDA Suddenly Scrubs Moderna Document From Website After Reporters Ask Questions

More Than Half Of Teachers Looking To Quit Due To Pandemic Burnout, Poll Finds

When Fauci Told The Truth About Masking  Blink an you’ll miss it.

Memo circulated among Trump allies advocated using NSA data in attempt to prove stolen election (Washington Post)

Memo argued Trump-linked officials should seize NSA data in effort to prove election was stolen: report (The Hill)

California county on track to be run by militia-aligned group (The Guardian) Aligned!

Take The Hint, John Roberts — It’s Time For You To Retire, Too (Politico)

Politico Founding Editor Urges Roberts to Retire from Supreme Court

Trump’s Legal Payouts Plummet as He Pawns Off Costs on RNC (Daily Beast) Pawns!

A butterfly conservatory is shutting down due to right-wing harassment (NPR) Right-wing!

National Butterfly Center closes after repeated threats stemming from false sex-trafficking claims (Washington Post)

‘I am doing the devils work’ — Staff at Dem firm revolt over work for Sinema (Politico)

Here’s who has left Spotify because of Joe Rogan (CNN)

Health experts respond to Neil Young stance on GMOs after anti-science hit on Joe Rogan

Trump Wants GOP Governor Chris Sununu Out After He Opposes Jan. 6 Pardons (Newsweek) According to people other than Trump.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Atlanta-area DA expects special grand jury in Trump probe to see a lot of activity in June and July (CNN)

Donald Trump’s Old ‘Grudge’ Helped Propel Ron DeSantis to GOP Stardom: Lev Parnas (Newsweek)

As Trump rages, a new plan to prevent a 2024 coup quietly advances (Washington Post)

PolitiFact POUNCES on N.C. Republican for Cheeseburger Tweet Mocking DC’s ID Hypocrisy

Don Lemon Whines About Biden Calling McConnell a ‘Man of Honor’ at Prayer Breakfast

13-Year-Old Boy Berated By Cop-Hating Teacher For Wearing ‘Thin Blue Line’ Mask

Spotify Subscriptions Up 3,000% After Obamas Threaten To Leave  Babylon Bee.

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The Natural Programming Project is working on making programming languages, APIs, and programming environments easier to learn, more effective, and less error prone. We are taking a human-centered approach, first studying how people perform their tasks and then designing languages, APIs, and environments around people’s natural tendencies. We focus on all kinds of programming, including professional programmers, novice programmers who are trying to learn to be experts, and end-user programmers (EUPs), who program to support other jobs or hobbies, such as multimedia authoring, simulations, teaching, prototyping, and other activities supported by computing.

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Using a novel polymerization process, MIT chemical engineers have created a new material that is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quantities.

The new material is a two-dimensional polymer that self-assembles into sheets, unlike all other polymers, which form one-dimensional, spaghetti-like chains. Until now, scientists had believed it was impossible to induce polymers to form 2D sheets.

Such a material could be used as a lightweight, durable coating for car parts or cell phones, or as a building material for bridges or other structures, says Michael Strano, the Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT and the senior author of the new study.

We have the technology.

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USNC is making micro modular reactors that the company says should cost tens of millions of dollars to deploy as opposed to the billions needed for today’s large reactors, with plans to deploy its first reactor by 2026. The company, which is also developing compact reactors for nuclear-powered rockets, says its safe design relies on a rugged fuel made of microscopic ceramic-coated uranium fuel particles that are encased in a silicon carbide matrix.

I wouldn’t mind having one of these,

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… delicious, handmade yeasted doughs, pulled thin and grilled up with all sorts of savory toppings. Once you start looking, you find them everywhere. In North Africa, a pita-like dough is pulled out into lahmacun or manaeesh and topped with lamb, cheese or zataar, the piquant spice blend common to the region. The French pissaladierefeatures a rich base with a savory topping of caramelized onions, olives and anchovies, while the leaner doughs of Italian focaccias and pizza biancas can feature anything from a drizzle of oil and sprinkle of herbs to a smattering of cheeses, vegetables or even fruit. Of all the variations up and down the Mediterranean, though, my favorite is the Spanish coca.

One need not resort to the Turd World to find tasty wog food.

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I embedded two of the three search warrants executed around the Twin Cities by the FBI on January 20 here (February 1) and here (February 2). The third is at the bottom of this post. If you have followed along so far, please don’t miss this one. It focuses on Aimee Bock, the mastermind of the scheme implicating Feeding Our Future, and lays out the case in vivid detail including photographs of houses bought with taxpayer funds procured from the government in the course of the fraud.

No charges have been brought (sealed or unsealed) and no arrests have been made. Based on the warrants, however, I infer the charges will come. The search warrants establish the existence of assets — “real estate, cars, and other luxury items,” as the search warrant affidavit below states in paragraph 7 — that can be seized and liquidated to mitigate the fraud. The government cannot let it ride. Indeed, the FBI seized certain of Bock’s assets in the course of its January 20 search of her residence. According to her attorney, Bock has been advised that she is a target of the investigation.

This is what comes from allowing large groups of people from countries where corruption and government cronyism is an ancient tradition to clot together in America where the culture isn’t prepared to deal with them.

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One might say the same about Oliver Cromwell, or Torquemada.

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The original perovskite, calcium titanium oxide, is a mineral (see picture) discovered in the Ural mountains in 1839 and named after Count Lev Perovski, a Russian mineralogist. Since then, the name has come to be used for a number of materials that share a similar crystal structure.

Much of the interest in perovskites comes because those which combine metal atoms with chlorine, bromine or iodine (members of a group of elements called halogens) are semiconductors. This makes them potentially useful in a variety of electronics. In particular, one promising feature of metal halides is that they can be used to make new types of solar cells which are more efficient at converting sunlight into electricity than the silicon-based cells currently employed. Oxford PV, a British company, is bringing some of the first perovskite solar cells to market.

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One of the fun parts of studying the ancient world, even for an amateur, is that you see that the problems of the human condition are immutable. The issues we face today have new characteristics, but they are not new to man. The Ancients had the same sorts of problems because they had the same sorts of people. Then as now, there were people who lived to create trouble. There have always been people nibbling at the support cables of society, hoping for disaster.

Of course, the Ancients could not afford to indulge their fantasies about themselves or the world, so their solutions were to the point. An office holder who betrayed his duty to the office was forced to commit suicide. People who committed crimes, even small crimes, faced rough judgment. Much of what ails the modern age is the unwillingness to deal with the problems of society. As a result, they have metastasized to the point where they seem intractable.

Sometimes the old ways are best.

San Francisco Police Chief cuts ties with DA Chesa Boudin over police shooting investigations

‘The View’ criticizes Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch instead of addressing Whoopi Goldberg suspension

Leaked messages reveal New York Times’ aggressive anti-union strategy

US truckers slam Facebook for removing page organizing DC freedom convoy: ‘Censorship at its finest’

GoFundMe freezes Canadian ‘Freedom Convoy’ page after it raises $10 million

ACLU Sues Texas for Deeming Some U.S. Voters ‘Non-Citizens’  (Newsweek)

Copycat US trucker convoy silenced on social media

Marc Elias Makes Millions Off Democratic Gerrymandering Efforts

Scarborough Rushes to Feel Putin’s Pain, Paints Ukraine as Potential Aggressor!

Maryland County That Removed Police from Schools Asks Them To Return Indefinitely

No Surprise: Study Finds Enhanced Jobless Benefits Prolong Unemployment

Carjackings Up 200% in DC

Pelosi Warns Olympic Athletes Not To Anger Chinese Government

CNNers Show CREEPY Devotion to ‘Remarkable’ Jeff Zucker With Soviet-Like Tributes

When Michigan Became COVID Hotspot, Whitmer Fled for Hollywood Fundraisers

Orwellian! ADL Changes ‘Racism’ Definition After Whoopi Goldberg Controversy

Black Lives Matter labeled ‘delinquent’ by California AG over murky finances

California’s first surgeon general, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, resigns Ticket punched, time to move on.

Yet Another Tesla Employee Is Suing The Company Alleging “Unchecked Racism”

‘Squad’ Member Cori Bush Employs Pro-Gun Private Security Firm

Joy Reid: Whoopi Should Have NO PUNISHMENT for Holocaust Comments

Do NFL Coaches Only Have Their Jobs Due to White Privilege?

Biden exposes the truth about progressives and the Constitution (New York Post)

Build Back … Worse? NY Times Brushes Off Falling Wages and Inflation

White House Urges Spotify To Censor More After ‘COVID-19 Misinformation’ Concerns

White House Awkwardly Walks Back Warning Of “Imminent” Ukraine Invasion

Nets Skip Docs Proving Biden Admin’s Afghanistan Withdraw Incompetence

Hypocrisy At The Highest Levels: ATF Asks Judge To Close Hunter Biden Gun Inquiry

Confused Migrant Sneaks Across Rio Grande Instead Of Taking Free Government Flight To U.S.  Babulon Bee.

Biden’s Flights of Illegal Aliens into U.S. Cost Taxpayers $340M in 9 Months

Biden Fed Pick Says She Led College Protest for Which There Is No Evidence

‘Fauci Can Pound Sand’: DeSantis takes on Dr. Fauci in reelection messaging (CNN)

Virginia judge declines to act immediately on school boards’ suit seeking to halt Youngkin’s mask-optional order

Omicron BA.2: What we know about the Covid sub-variant (BBC) We know we need to PANIC!

Sen. Rand Paul grabs bite to eat at DC bar being shut over city vaccine mandates

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making millions off his anti-vax crusade Doing well by doing good.

Too many masks: WHO cites glut of waste from COVID response (L.A. Times)

New Jersey mom calls out school board’s mask hypocrisy: ‘Rules for thee and not for me’

Four Omicron Sub-Variants Now Being Tracked Worldwide By WHO; BA.2 Dubbed “Variant Of Concern” Ah, the next official candidate for the PANIC!

Proposed Bill Would Allow Ivermectin Use For Critically Sick Patients: Iowa Lawmakers

The Ultimate Mashup Of The MSM Lab Leak ‘Conspiracy’ Shaming

Has The Red Carpet Been Rolled Out For A Mainstream Pivot On Ivermectin?

“We Can Open Up Society”: Sweden Lifts Nearly All Covid-19 Restrictions

Canadian Truckers Vow To Continue “Until It’s A Free Nation Again”

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Coming soon: Climate lockdowns? (The Hill)

Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ keeps scientists at bay with iceberg and sea ice (The Guardian)

Climate change: EU moves to label nuclear and gas as sustainable despite internal row (BBC)

Cutting animal agriculture buys time to get off fossil fuels: study (The Hill)

Environmentalists bristle at early Youngkin moves (L. A. Times) Oh, man, you don’t want those environmentalists to bristle….

Ice shelf dangers on the shoreline of Lake Michigan

Rihanna Drops $15 Million on Climate Justice (Gizmodo) Oh, now it’s CLIMATE justice.  (Can Traffic Justice be far behind?)

The Pause Lengthens: No Global Warming For 7 Years 3 Months

Geology Insider Explains Why The Global Energy Crisis Is Going To Get Much, Much Worse

No, January 2022 Was Not A “Record Breaker”

Eco Baloney: Bloomberg Opinion Editor Suggests Blotting ‘Out the Sun’ to Fight Warming

ZMan lays out some inconvenient truth.

This story out of the NFL is a great example of the sort of irreconcilable contradictions that exist in the new social religion of our rulers. The assumption is that there are not enough black NFL head coaches. No one says what the number should be, but they all agree the current number is below the threshold. This is a habit you see everywhere with the new religion. What is the right amount of diversity? The answer is always more, but no one can say more than what.

 

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We have heard of cases where adult patients in the US have been denied a life-saving heart transplant because they hadn’t been vaccinated. But have you ever heard of a child being refused because their parents had been vaccinated?

Well, now we have: Politico EU reports that a 3-year-old Cypriot boy was denied a heart transplant by a hospital in Germany allegedly because his parents weren’t “fully vaccinated”.

And it wasn’t just Germany. The boy was turned away by hospitals in the UK and Israel for the same reason. Finally, a Greek hospital was found to do the transplant, but the story is going viral anyway as the latest example of COVID restrictions run amok.

The Antiplanner blows the whistle.

Portland’s housing prices aren’t as high as San Francisco’s, but they are still too high. As indicated Tuesday, median home prices are more than five times median family incomes, which makes housing unaffordable because under standard mortgage rules it’s not possible to get a loan for five times someone’s income.

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Unlike California’s urban-growth boundaries, which are frozen in time, Oregon’s are supposed to grow to meet future housing needs. But in 1993 the state and region decided to meet future housing needs by upzoning existing neighborhoods to higher densities instead of expanding the boundaries.

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I’ve reported in the past about the unpleasant antics of asylum seekers in the Netherlands on buses and trains. The “youths” tend to become violent when asked to produce a ticket, so the government attempted to solve the problem by setting up a special free bus service reserved exclusively for culture-enrichers. According to the following news report, the youngsters failed to avail themselves of the opportunity, so the bus line was shut down. Now the trouble has started again, prompting the transportation agencies to demand government intervention.

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I guess Bill had too much influence over the Foundation for her taste.

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A Woodside official said the city cannot comply with a new state law that expedites construction of two-unit housing in areas zoned for single family homes because of its mountain lion population.

On January 27, Woodside Planning Director Jackie Young released a memo explaining why the town cannot do its part to ease a chronic housing shortage. Young said no permits for accessory dwelling units (known as SB 9 Projects) would receive building permits so long as the mountain lion is a candidate for the endangered species list in the Central Coast habitat which includes Woodside.

A petition to list the mountain lion as threatened or endangered is under review by the California Fish and Game Commission. According to state law a species listed as a candidate is due the same protection as a species that has been declared threatened.

In California, the left hand doesn’t know what the other left hand is doing.

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The scandal enveloping congresswoman Marie Newman—who is accused of signing and then reneging on a contract to pay a political rival not to run against her—has taken a shocking new turn. Federal campaign records show that after striking a secret settlement with the rival, the Illinois Democrat did, in fact, put the man on her campaign payroll.

In October 2018, Newman allegedly signed a contract with Iymen Chehade promising him a cozy six-figure salary on her congressional staff in exchange for his political support, according to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE). When Newman ultimately didn’t hire Chehade after she won her 2020 election, he sued.

Whoopi Goldberg suspended by ABC for two weeks over Holocaust remarks (BBC)  That seems excessive. Yeah, she was wrong, but this isn’t the worst thing she’s been wrong about, and she was expressing an OPINION on an OPINION SHOW.

Glenn Youngkin’s No-Guilt History of Virginia for Fragile White People (Washington Post) If you’re white and not feeling guilty you’re doing it wrong.

Maxine Waters continues to pay daughter with campaign cash, adding up to $1.2M so far: FEC  What’s the use of having power if you can’t abuse it?

How Mayor Breed can finally disarm San Francisco NIMBYs’ most formidable weapon (S.F. Chronicle) Using her magic powers as a Black Woman(tm).

Robert E. Lee’s descendant proves his lineage and pushes for ‘honest’ history of racism (CNN) I.e. one that supports the Narrative.

Schools across America implement BLM Week of Action that calls for ‘disruption of Western nuclear family’

Georgetown Dean Lays Down for Activists Protesting His Office

CNN: GOP Is ‘Willing to Villainize’ Idea Of A Black Woman Justice  Uh, no.

Can Biden Really Flaunt The “Strongest Growth In Four Decades”?

Journalists, It’s Official: Cratering Biden Is Now Less Popular Than Trump

Biden Maladministration Now Cancelling Mining Leases

CNN’s Brian Stelter roasted for complaining about Americans trusting Joe Rogan over his own network

California Single-Payer Health Care Bill Dies In State Assembly  Guess they didn’t pay off the right people.

Coping with the Trauma of Free Speech

Facebook Replaces All Text Fields With Dropdown Menu Of Approved Things You Can Say  Babylon Bee.

San Francisco Residents Flocking To Montana As Demand Has “Exploded”

8 Problems With San Jose’s Gun Insurance Mandate and Gun Ownership Tax

‘Someone Opened The Doors From The Inside,’ Jan. 6 Defense Attorney Says  It was a ‘Reichstag fire’ setup all along.

YouTube’s new censorship tactic is to limit streams that are too popular

Losing The War On Wokeness: Washington Football Team Officially Changes Its Name To “Commanders”  I was hoping they’d go all the way and call themselves the Washington Generals.

PayPal Crashes Most On Record After Shutting Millions Of “Bad Actor” Accounts, Abandons Long-Term User Goal

Schools Conspire With Outside Groups Behind Parents’ Backs to Counsel Kids on Myriad Gender Choices

Limousine Liberal? Klobuchar Spent $6K on Beverly Hilton Stay, Limo Service for Hollywood Fundraiser

NewsGuard Rates OANN, Newsmax, LifeNews Less Credible than Chinese State-Run Media

Soros Prosecutor Under Fire for Mishandling Child Endangerment, Domestic Abuse Cases

REMINDER: CNN Is a Clown Network Run By Creeps

Ottawa City Councillor Demands Government Seize $7 Million Raised By Canadian Truckers

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My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.s

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Democratic Iowa congresswoman Cindy Axne demanded that the rich pay their “fair share” in taxes just two days after reports broke that her New York colleague Hakeem Jeffries (D.) dodged thousands of dollars in property taxes by taking advantage of a subsidy for which he voted.

My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.

“We have a tax system that’s letting too many people off the hook that should be paying, the wealthiest among us,” Axne said during a campaign event. “It’s not fair that folks in this room, that average everyday Iowans, are paying their fair share for those wealthy folks to use everything that we have, and take advantage of it, and not pay their taxes.”

“The rich need to pay their fair share,” Axne said.

What, exactly, is ‘their fair share’? They ever say. You can’t even get them to talk about it.

How about we demand that Democrats pay their fair share? After all, they’re the ones spending money as if there were no tomorrow.

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When Joe Biden still had sufficient mental competency to merely be “Slow Joe” Biden, he and his Senate Democrat cohorts helped torpedo the Supreme Court future of a black woman. Her name is Janice Rogers Brown, no earthly relation to me, and she was finally confirmed from the California Supreme Court to be a United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. Yet, the bitter two-year delaying action kept her from potential consideration for the Supreme Court, and she retired to an academic life.

I remember President George W. Bush nominating this outstanding jurist, with an eye to potential future Supreme Court consideration. I did not know at the time that there was talk of turning to her, a California Supreme Court justice, when Bush’s attempt to get his Texas crony, Harriet Miers, on the court was crushed by real conservatives. He took the easier route, although not one of his first choosing, of nominating Samuel Alito to replace Sandra Day O’Connor. Brown persisted, not withdrawing her nomination in the face of Biden and his gang’s obstruction.

‘The View’ host Whoopi Goldberg claims Holocaust wasn’t about race: ‘These are two White groups’  The people doing the killing certainly thought it was about race.

Joy Reid: ‘Violent’ School Board Parents Are the New Communists, Nazis, Pol Pot

Hollywood’s Jews Get Their Wandering Papers

On CBS, Whoopi Tries to Explain Away Her Holocaust Comments

Whoopi Gets Absolution from ADL’s Greenblatt for Holocaust Claims

Indiana bill targets banks that divest from fossil fuels, says they can’t do business here (Indianapolis Star)

Climate change may be supercharging Northeast snowstorms (Axios)

Ethical carbon offsetting has a role to play in tackling the climate crisis (The Guardian) You certainly wouldn’t want UNethical carbon offsetting….

The US government should end its war on natural gas (The Hill)

Mayor Adams Announces Appointments of Climate Leadership Team No leadership team is complete without a morbidly obese black woman.

105 More Non-Global Warming/Non-Hockey Stick Temperature Records Added To The Database In 2021

WUWT New York State Net Zero Plan Summary

Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy

UK Gas Production Could Plunge 75% By 2030 With No New Investment

New Mexico Climate Activists Fighting to Kill Hydrogen Economy Bill

Extreme Heat in the Oceans Is Out of Control  (Wired ‘Science’)

Critics say Ginni Thomas’s activism is a Supreme Court conflict. Under court rules, only her husband can decide if that’s true. (Washington Post)  But we’ll insinuate that it does nevertheless.

Some records sent to Jan. 6 committee were torn up, taped back together — mirroring a Trump habit (Washington Post) We have no evidence that he did it, but we’re going to insinuate that he did.

Some Trump White House records handed over to January 6 committee had been ripped up (CNN) And you know what THAT means.

‘Burn it down’: This deep-red California county is now a recall warzone (S.F.Gate)

Trump’s rally in Texas shows exactly why he’s so dangerous (CNN)

Trump’s Texas trip illustrates his upsides and downsides for Republicans and their midterm hopes (Washington Post)

CBS hosts say Joe Rogan doesn’t have ‘First Amendment right’ to be on Spotify: ‘It seems so dangerous’

Joe Rogan Shares Incorrect Coronavirus Story Just 24 Hours After Apology (Huffington Post) Incorrect!

A GOP proposal targeting ‘negative’ U.S. history is cause for renewed alarm (Washington Post)

The second best thing about getting doxed by white supremacists (Washington Post)

‘Free to do as you are told’: Florida Republicans advance wave of draconian bills (The Guardian) A bad case of projection.

Kavanaugh Fears Biden’s Supreme Court Pick Will “Hog the Keg” (The New Yorker) The best of high-school journalism.

Exclusive: Trump advisers drafted more than one executive order to seize voting machines, sources tell CNN (CNN) Sources!

Second draft order by Trump advisers sought to ask DHS to seize voting machines: report (The Hill) Two drafts! A smoking gun!

Trump’s Mega-Fans in Moscow Declare They’re ‘Ready to Elect Him Again’ (Daily Beast)

NBC Historian Beschloss: I’m Not Saying Trump Is Hitler—But He’s Hitler

Globe and Mail: Calling the Ottawa Protests ‘peaceful’ Plays Down Non-violent Dangers, Critics Say

Joe Scarborough Says ‘Nobody Here Comparing Trump to Hitler’ 

Groundhog Refuses To Emerge To See Shadow Until Rogan Banned  Babylon Bee.