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The London Times reports that “green” energy threatens Britain’s ability to keep the lights on:

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Britain’s race to net zero will leave the country at greater risk of blackouts and higher electricity bills, a confidential report commissioned by the national grid system has warned.

The report, disclosed to The Times by a whistleblower, revealed the National Energy System Operator (Neso) cannot accurately model the modern power system as the government pursues a drive towards renewable energy sources.

Of course it can’t accurately model the power system! Wind and solar are intermittent, weather-dependent electricity sources. There is no way to predict, or to control, when they will produce electricity and when they will not. This has been obvious to everyone for a long time, but apparently it took a “confidential report” and a “whistleblower” to bring the facts to the attention of the British public.

sheshe2 (99,542 posts)

The President Sexually Harassed Female Journalists on Friday. Why Won't the Press Say So?

The president of the United States stood before a ballroom full of journalists and sexually harassed women whose livelihoods require them to continue showing up at his workplace every day. Their colleagues sat in the room, watched these women get abused, and refused to speak up for them — either by walking out en masse or at least covering this event honestly after the fact.

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Let’s be very clear about what happened. The president stood on stage and read a speech — presumably written and vetted by his staff — that objectified highly accomplished women, portraying them as nothing more than, at best, a piece of eye candy. The most insulting riffs, about CNN’s Kaitlin Collins, were not ad libbed. He read them off a prompter, which means that someone — or likely a group of someones —decided objectifying and demeaning a female reporter (while throwing in a transphobic joke for good measure) was a great way to spend a Friday night.

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Trump called Collins a “young, attractive woman” and repeatedly commanded her to smile. “Smile, Kaitlan. Just smile.” he instructed her. (Ladies, how many times have you felt a burning rage when walking down the street and hearing some stranger tell you under his breath as he passed you by that you would be a lot prettier if you just smiled?)

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This is not normal political criticism. It has nothing to do with whether Collins’s reporting is fair, accurate, or insightful. This is the most powerful man in the world publicly evaluating a woman’s attractiveness, policing her facial expressions, and using another woman’s gender identity to humiliate her in front of approximately 700 colleagues, competitors, government officials, and media executives.


MORE: https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/the-president-sexually-harassed-female?r=1b661k&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

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You should read it all.
Quiet, piggy!

bluestarone (22,762 posts)
1. Republicans are the most
WORTHLESS, VILE, HUMAN ASSHOLES on this earth.

Diamond_Dog (41,794 posts)
2. He is such a disgusting pig.
Also the “Smile!” thing really grinds my gears! I’ve had strange men say that to me out of the blue (when I was younger). Oooooh so infuriating! 😡😡😡😡

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221403628

Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (and whom many refer to as the most prolific mass murderer in history), is due to appear on Capitol Hill this Wednesday, and yowza, the fireworks have begun already.

In this corner, wearing a smug grin and a questionable presidential pardon, is Fauci, who appears to crave attention more than that transgender freakshow Dylan "trans on a can" Whatshisface.

Check out these diary grabs (I added the bold so you don't miss the best meat) from 2020:

And the Fauci diaries....