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'Lab-grown' meat made with animal cells, not human cells | Fact check Chris Mueller, USA TODAY Tue, August 22, 2023 at 8:25 AM CDT·3 min read 1 The claim: 'Lab-grown' meat approved for sale in US is made with human cells A July 26 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) makes a claim about the “cell-cultivated” meat now approved for sale in the U.S. "The lab grown 'chicken' that was recently approved to be sold at restaurants is actually grown from human cells. Research it," reads the post. It was shared more than 400 times in three weeks. Our rating: False The two companies allowed to sell "lab-grown" meat in the U.S. both said they use animal cells, not human cells. The Food and Drug Administration is involved in regulating the process, and it also describes it as involving animal cells. Manufacturing process uses animal cells, not human cells In late June, federal regulators for the first time approved the sale of chicken made from cultivated cells, allowing two California-based companies to sell “lab-grown” meat to consumers, according to the Associated Press. The two companies, UPSIDE Foods and GOOD Meat, announced the approval in separate statements that both describe the process as involving "animal cells" – not human cells, as the post claims. Brooke Whitney, a spokesperson for UPSIDE Foods, said the claim is false. "Our cultivated chicken is grown directly from animal cells," she said. "There are no human cells involved at any stage in our process." Carrie Kabat, a spokesperson for GOOD Meat, also said the claim is false, explaining that their process always begins with chicken cells. "These cells are then fed a nutrient-rich broth that includes amino acids, carbohydrates, minerals, fats and vitamins, which are the same types of nutrients animals need to grow," she said. "The entire process takes place in a safe and controlled environment that looks like a beer brewery." The FDA's website has a step-by-step explanation of the process, and it says, "Manufacturers typically start with a sample of cells from the tissue of an animal." In March 2019, the USDA and FDA reached a formal agreement to jointly regulate what the agencies called "human food made from cultured cells of livestock and poultry," which includes overseeing the initial cell collection. USA TODAY has debunked other false claims about "lab-grown" meat, including that it can be sold without labels, that it is cultivated from animal cancer cells and that KFC is using it in its products.

HOME POLITICS Biden told Maui wildfire survivors that he can relate, citing a small fire he had in his kitchen in 2004 Joshua Zitser President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with community members impacted by the Maui wildfires at Lahaina Civic Center on August 21, 2023. Evan Vucci/AP Photo President Joe Biden met with survivors of the Maui wildfires in Lahaina on Monday. He told the audience that he could relate to them because his house caught on fire in 2004. But according to news reports at the time, the blaze was small and contained to his kitchen. When President Joe Biden met with survivors of the Maui wildfires on Monday, he told them that he could relate to them because he and First Lady Jill Biden knew what it was like to lose a home to a fire. But the fire in question was described by the Associated Press at the time as "a small fire that was contained to the kitchen," with the Delaware fire chief indicating that it was under control in 20 minutes. During Biden's visit to Maui, where the devastating wildfires have killed at least 114 people, he made a 13-minute speech to a group of survivors in Lahaina —the city destroyed by flames, with nearly every building to ash and rubble. "I don't want to compare difficulties, but we have a little sense, Jill and I, what it's like to lose a home," he said, according to remarks published by The White House. He referred to an incident in 2004, when he was a senator for Delaware, and in Washington, DC, to appear on "Meet The Press." Biden described how lightning struck a pond by his Delaware home, hitting a wire, and coming up underneath his home into the heating and air conditioning ducts. "To make a long story short, I almost lost my wife, my '67 Corvette, and my cat," Biden said. "But all kidding aside, I watched the firefighters, the way they responded." Biden has in the past been accused of embellishing the house-fire story. He once said that he knew what it was like to have "had a house burn down with my wife in it." Last year, he also told survivors of Hurricane Ian in Florida that he "lost an awful lot of" his Delaware home in the fire, per The New York Times. But the Cranston Heights Fire Company, which responded to the 2004 blaze, described it to the New York Post as an "insignificant fire" that did not lead to multiple alarms or need a widespread incident response throughout the county. The fire at Biden's home did not result in any injuries. Meanwhile, dozens have been injured by the fires in Maui, with some 850 people still missing and the death toll still slowly continuing to rise. The White House did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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MC's such a Dork. He'd believe the Sun is Black if Duh underground told him it is.

Angry parents confront man ‘inappropriately’ touching kids at beach, Florida cops say Mark Price Mon, August 21, 2023 at 6:51 AM CDT·1 min read City of New Smyrna Beach photo A man accused of “inappropriately” touching girls at a Florida beach was confronted by angry parents in the minutes before being arrested, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office reports. It happened Saturday, Aug. 19, and deputies arrived before the confrontations escalated. “Deputies responded to a disturbance along the water in New Smyrna Beach around 2:20 p.m. and learned (a man) had made unwanted physical contact with several beachgoers, including two girls,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release. “Victims and witnesses revealed that (the man) approached the 9-year-old on the shoreline while her mother was in the ocean, and rubbed his hands over her body before her mother was able to get to shore and confront him. Separately, an 8-year-old girl told deputies (he) touched her in the same way.” The 56-year-old “also grabbed” other people on the beach, witnesses reported, but details were not released. Deputies confronted the suspect and noted he “appeared to be intoxicated and told deputies he was ‘just a friendly guy,’” officials said. He then became “belligerent when questioned further,” officials said. The suspect was arrested and charged with “two counts of lewd or lascivious behavior, each carrying a bond of $20,000.” The suspect lives in the DeLand area of Volusia County, officials said. New Smyrna Beach is about 55 miles northeast of Orlando.

Biden’s trans official is wrong – I’m a Mum, not an ‘egg producer’ Madeline Fry Schultz Mon, August 21, 2023 at 6:22 AM CDT·4 min read 2.7k Rachel Levine, the highest-ranking transgender official in America, has made controversial comments about women - Joe Hermitt /The Patriot News In keeping with the philosophy of the Biden administration, tonight when I put my toddler to bed, I will tell him that his daddy and his “egg producer” love him very much. Earlier this month the Biden official Rachel Levine, assistant secretary in the Health and Human Services administration, paid a congenial visit to Identity Alaska. The group is described as a “community center and health clinic that provides resources, programs, and health care for the LGBTQIA2S+ and allied community.” If you got lost among the letters there, the short version is that it’s a nonprofit that supports teaching radical gender ideology to children. During Levine’s visit, the assistant secretary praised the community center employees for their “inspiring” work “to create a more equitable future.” One of Identity Alaska’s offerings is a biology curriculum that directs teachers to confuse kindergarteners by telling them that doctors guess their gender at birth. It also recommends that science teachers use “accurate language for body parts and functions without assuming that there are only two sexes and that everyone within a particular sex is the same. It’s important to be able to communicate about our bodies in accurate ways.” Notably, it also suggests scrapping the word “mother” in favor of less offensive terms, such as “gestational parent,” “birth parent,” “egg producer,” or “carrier.” This generous gesture isn’t unique; politicians, trade unions, and newspapers across the United States are now recommending that the antiquated term “mother” go the way of the dinosaurs. In Congress, Squad members Rep. Cori Bush and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have referred to mothers as “birthing people” and “people who give birth,” respectively. Never mind that their points were intended to address concerns specific to women – the maternal mortality rate among black women and the issue of abortion. The largest teachers union in the US, the National Education Association, proposed a resolution last year to rebrand a “mother” as a “birthing parent” in its contracts. In the Washington Post editorial before the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, the word “woman” appears exactly zero times. The US National Institutes of Health advises that “chestfeeding” and “pregnant people” are acceptable alternatives to their (more humane) counterparts, and in England, a hospital directed midwives to refer not to “breast milk” but to “human” or “chest” milk. This kind of rhetorical obfuscation is so absurd that even people on the left are criticising it. Part of J.K. Rowling’s rise to TERFdom came after she mocked the phrase “people who menstruate” in a tweet. “I’m sure there used to be a word for those people,” she wrote. “Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?” Even actress Bette Midler tweeted a rousing call to reason on the erasure of women last year. “WOMEN OF THE WORLD!” she wrote. “We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name! They don’t call us ‘women’ anymore; they call us ‘birthing people’ or ‘menstruators’, and even ‘people with vaginas’! Don’t let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you!” Last year, a group of women’s health experts concluded that rather than being inclusive, language like “pregnant people” can have an alienating effect on female patients. You don’t say. It shouldn’t take 10 medical professionals to state the obvious: phrases such as birthing people, pregnant people, and egg producer are deeply offensive to women and mothers. (Not to mention that they snub the immortal writing advice of Strunk and White: “Omit needless words.”) The age-old relationship of mother and child is being disrupted and rebranded in an effort to cater to a tiny portion of the population. While politicians and medical professionals pat themselves on the back for their progressive language, they reduce a woman to the sum of her parts, turning the marvels of childbirth and motherhood into simple equations involving eggs and sperm and “people with uteruses.” It’s notable, also, that we don’t see this butchery of the English language happening in the other direction. Why aren’t fathers becoming “people with scrotums”? As with women’s sports, shelters, and bathrooms, we often find that it is the fairer sex that suffers the real consequences of radical gender ideology. To my son, I have recently graduated to something more than “milk producer,” but I resent the implication that I and other mothers should discuss ourselves differently to cater to the demands of a minority of people, many of whom may never become “gestational parents” themselves. There is more to a woman than her reproductive anatomy, and there is more to a mother than the function of her uterus. Behind all this utilitarian language is a troubling ideology that aims to blur the distinctions of men and women, but on a surface-level, it’s just no fun. P. D. Eastman’s classic children’s book just wouldn’t be the same if it were titled ‘Are You My Egg Producer?’

Dead family members don't.

Highways are not dragstrips. Do you road race.

What's the speed limit? Who cares about how quick a vehicle goes? Tickets are given out for excessive acceleration.

‘All this to avoid paying gas’: Tesla owner is ‘too cheap’ to install charger. Uses stove outlet to charge car instead 'The electric bill going to be insane.' Phil West Posted on Aug 20, 2023 A Tesla owner who resorted to using a stove outlet to charge his car is wondering if he maybe should splurge for the more expensive and effective option instead. The quandary comes from North Carolina-based creator @rickologist, whose clip got more than 276,000 views since posting it on Aug. 7. The video pans from the feet of the creator walking across a kitchen floor to a plug running from the stove outlet, out the kitchen window, to a Tesla parked outside. The caption reads, “You was too cheap to get the Tesla charger installed in your garage so now you gotta pull your car up to the backyard to connect it to the stove outlet just to get 20 miles of charge an hour.” For electric vehicle owners, home charging is a benefit, but one that can either require some significant setup charges—or, as the creator demonstrated, some innovation. According to the Tesla site, “A Tesla Wall Connector offers the fastest charging speed for your home or office, adding up to 44 miles of range per hour charged. You can order a Wall Connector online and have it installed by a Tesla Certified electrician.” The Wall Connector costs $475, and Tesla estimates that installment will set a customer back anywhere from $750 to $1,500. However, it offers alternatives, stating, “If you don’t want to install a Wall Connector, you can purchase a Mobile Connector and plug into a standard three-prong, 120 volt outlet. A 120 volt outlet will supply 2 to 3 miles of range per hour charged. If you charge overnight and drive less than 30 to 40 miles per day, this option should meet your typical charging needs. You can also purchase an adapter bundle and charge with other outlet types, including a 240-volt outlet. Commonly used in homes to power larger appliances, a 240-volt outlet will supply up to 30 miles of range per hour charged.” The latter appears to be what the creator is talking about. Commenters had thoughts on the poster’s innovation. “I just plug mine into a 120 and I haven’t been to a supercharger in a year,” one offered. Another noted, “The electric bill going to be insane.”

Is Biden's electric car dream falling flat? Majority of Americans say federal incentives are not convincing them to buy an EV. It comes after two of the world's biggest carmakers said last month said that the Government's electric car push is doomed to fail because it 'underestimates' key challenges - such as the cost to consumers and gaps in the charging infrastructure. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/electric-vehicles/article-12414525/Is-Bidens-electric-car-dream-falling-flat-Majority-Americans-say-federal-incentives-not-convincing-buy-EV-households-earning-150K-seriously-considering-investment.html

Won't open for me.

Propaganda to get folks to buy EV garbage. FOLLOW the MONEY, just like the Covid lies.

You neglect to mention how many millions more of ICE vehicles are out there compared to EV garbage.

Bidens staying at Lake Tahoe home of climate activist Tom Steyer Steve Holland Sat, August 19, 2023 at 10:35 AM CDT·1 min read 766 1 / 2 Bidens staying at Lake Tahoe home of climate activist Tom Steyer Biden arrives in Reno for a vacation in nearby Lake Tahoe By Steve Holland SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California (Reuters) - President Joe Biden, his wife Jill, son Hunter and other family members have arrived at Lake Tahoe for a week of August vacation, and they are staying at a home rented from billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer. The Bidens arrived late on Friday in the Glenbrook community on the eastern shore of the lake, on the Nevada side. Steyer and his wife, Kat Taylor, own the home but are not present. Steyer ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 but failed to gain traction and dropped out after the first four state contests. Biden eventually won the nomination and went on to defeat incumbent Republican Donald Trump. The White House said the Bidens are renting the home at fair market value. Biden's son, Hunter Biden, flew separately on a commercial flight with his wife Melissa Cohen and their son Beau and were already at the residence when the other Bidens arrived, the White House said. Hunter Biden is facing a special counsel investigation on tax evasion charges. President Biden, asked about the case at a Camp David news conference on Friday, declined comment. Biden is to travel to Hawaii on Monday to get a firsthand look at the destruction wrought by wildfires that killed dozens of people in Maui. (Reporting By Steve Holland; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

I'm no music/singer expert but listened to the 2 songs posted here, I thought he was terrible..heard much better on AGT.

Never heard of him.

Who?

Don't forget all the reported EV fires.

Hydrogen will happen — if it can come clean latest updates: Back to Top ↑ Back to Top ↑ Steve Fecht for Genreal Motors General Motors Co. entered into a joint development agreement with Nel Hydrogen US, a subsidiary of Nel ASA, to help accelerate the industrialization of Nel’s proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer platform. TWEET SHARE SHARE EMAIL Long touted as the fuel of the future but not of the present, the age of hydrogen may be about to start. Billions of dollars in federal subsidies are part of a massive industrial policy pushing the energy source. The U.S. Department of Energy is pouring $7 billion into a series of regional hydrogen production hubs to make sure it’s available for transportation and heavy industry. It also plans to subsidize the cost of hydrogen when produced with green technologies. Automotive News’ tech and innovation reporting team identifies the challenges and opportunities for hydrogen fuel adoption in autos and adjacent industries. The industry’s vision for a zero-emission future is clear, and there are multiple paths to get there. Policymakers are ensuring that hydrogen will be one of them. See our report.

THREE aliases, Joe? The Biden Mafia setup is crystal clear By Post Editorial Board August 18, 2023 3:25pm Updated House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer is demanding unredacted access from the National Archives to emails Joe Biden sent as veep using any of his three known pseudonyms: Robert L. Peters, Robin Ware and JRB Ware.James Messerschmidt President Biden took an oath of office in which he swore his highest duty was to his country, but it’s clear he has only one loyalty: his crooked, access-selling family. It’s positively Mafiaesque. The latest development: House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) is demanding unredacted access from the National Archives to emails Biden sent as veep using any of his three known pseudonyms: Robert L. Peters, Robin Ware and JRB Ware. (The prez got a little lazy on #3, it seems.) Comer outlines the clear possibility that these aliases were an attempt by the then-vice president to deflect scrutiny from his dealings with son Hunter — citing a May 2016 email in which Biden’s schedule for the day was sent to Hunter (the only other real person copied on the email) and the “Peters” alias. That schedule included a call with Ukraine’s then-president, Petro Poroshenko, as Hunter sat on the board of Burisma. The Ukrainian energy company not only paid Hunter over $1 million for that “service” (when he had no experience in energy or anything relevant) — an FBI informant says Burisma’s head claimed he’d paid Joe and Hunter $5 million each. President Biden let Hunter use the White House as a secret hideout for two weeks after he signed his now-dead sweetheart plea deal. What possible legitimate reason could there be for a sitting vice president to have not one, not two, but three email aliases? None, of course — and the obvious illegitimate reason is a typically brazen Biden solution to an ugly problem: namely, the fact that the Obama White House was rightly worried about Hunter’s influence-peddling, er, “business” career and Joe’s obvious involvement in it. SEE ALSO That is: Joe took to amateur-hour spyjinks to keep up his role in the family racket. And the big bucks it was bringing in. It’s of a piece with the revelation that Biden let his ne’er-do-well, national-security-risk kid use the White House as a secret hideout for two weeks after he signed his now-dead sweetheart plea deal. Two weeks? Imagine how much business he and the prez didn’t discuss during that time! Worse, it’s the White House, the most visible and important symbol of the presidency — not a fancy flop joint for rich fly-by-nights. No matter how hard liberal journos close their eyes and stick their fingers in their ears, no matter how desperately Biden flunkies like Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) front for the Big Guy … This. Is. Not. Going. Away.

Nancy Pelosi repeatedly urges White House audience to clap: 'That's an applause line' Kyle Morris Wed, August 16, 2023 at 6:27 PM CDT·3 min read 760 Nancy Pelosi repeatedly urges White House audience to clap: 'That's an applause line' Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., struggled to drum up support amid her remarks about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on Wednesday, insisting the audience should clap throughout certain parts of her speech. Joined by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at the White House to boast about the measure on its one-year anniversary, Pelosi touted what she believes to be benefits of the IRA, which she described as a "remarkable accomplishment." Pelosi said there is "no more urgent task than saving our planet," claiming the issue of climate change is a "health issue," an "economic issue," and a "moral issue." "It's a moral issue if you believe as I do that this planet is God's creation. We have a moral responsibility to be good stewards of it. But even if you don't, we can all agree we have a moral obligation to ensure strong, healthy, resilient communities for future generations," she added. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during the anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act event at the White House in Washington D.C., on August 16, 2023. Hearing no applause as she gathered her thoughts, Pelosi said to the tranquil crowd, "I think that's an applause line." Later during the speech, while recognizing legislative action taken to address climate change by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Pelosi told the audience once more, "That's an applause line." Waiting and laughing, Pelosi's statement was met with a round of applause by those in attendance. Continuing on with the speech, Pelosi also urged the crowd to clap to for House Democrats who worked to pass the IRA. "Now let's hear it for the House Democrats," Pelosi told those in attendance as she motioned for the lawmakers to stand up. Pelosi's plea for applause at the White House mirrored a similar request she made last September when she failed to ignite a crowd gathered on the White House lawn. Celebrating President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act at the time, Pelosi told the audience the same line.

Biden goes west for his second vacation of the month SEUNG MIN KIM Fri, August 18, 2023 at 3:00 PM CDT·2 min read 342 President Biden steps down from Air Force One after landing at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in Avoca Thursday, August 17, 2023. Biden was en route to Scranton to attend the viewing of the former Pennsylvania first lady Ellen Casey, who died last week./The Times-Tribune via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are heading west on Friday for more rest and relaxation. The first couple will spend about a week in the area of Lake Tahoe, the massive alpine lake that abuts California and Nevada and is a tourist attraction, particularly in the winter for its ski resorts. The president is headed there from Camp David, where he was hosting a summit Friday with the leaders of South Korea and Japan. The Bidens will halt their vacation for a day on Monday to visit Maui, where a wildfire ripped through the historic town of Lahaina and killed more than 100 people so far. They will meet with survivors, first responders, and local officials while surveying the damage. Biden vacationed earlier this month at his home in Rehoboth Beach, where he went on bike rides, visited the Delaware beaches and went for a date night with the first lady to a showing of the blockbuster film “Oppenheimer.” In previous summers, the Bidens have also vacationed on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, and the first family spends their Thanksgiving on the resort island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. They traveled to the U.S. Virgin Islands at the end of last year, staying there through the new year. Once Biden returns to Washington, there will be no shortage of issues to tackle. The White House will spend much of September ensuring that a government shutdown will be avoided at the end of the month, while persuading lawmakers to pass a supplemental funding package that includes billions more for Ukraine as well as disaster aid. In September, Biden also has the Group of 20 summit in India and the annual United Nations General Assembly on his plate. The White House will also continue to aggressively promote Biden's legislative accomplishments under the umbrella of “Bidenomics," focused on winning over more approval from voters as he campaigns for a second term in office.

Few years from now EV's will be collectable antiques as Hydrogen takes over for Gasoline.