You may have seen the recent announcement by Mars, Inc. that blue M&Ms are not being included in the new special limited edition M&Ms that won’t use synthetic petroleum-based dyes. It turns out that there is not yet any affordable way to create all-natural blue M&Ms with currently available technology.<\/p>\n
And that is not the only way that blue is retreating. Blue paint has literally been peeling itself off the walls of the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, here is where the law of “conservation of blue” kicks in. From all indications (and with a lot of unintended help from our screw-up president) the entire United States is about to turn blue. At least if the midterm elections are not rigged.<\/p>\n
Maybe, if we manage to take our nation back from the creepy fascists, we can celebrate by eating some yummy M&Ms. Including the blue ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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