The FDA is poised to approve human food cultured from the cells of cattle, chicken and fish, and grown into artificial versions of those meals.
Joe Manchin Just Destroyed Joe Biden
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Not since Joe Lieberman has a single phony Democratic senator mnanaged to dupe so many naive progressive and centrist Democrats into looking like fools as he undermined a president’s not-that-ambitious agenda. Joe Manchin has killed Build Back Better and dashed Democratic hopes for the foreseeable future.
The Delta Variant
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Just as Americans were starting to enjoy the ability to go outside without wearing a mask if they are fully vaccinated, the terrifying new Delta variant has some public health experts wondering if everyone should go back to the bad all days of last year even if they are vaccinated.
New and Improved
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President Obama defends the new, aggressive tone of his campaign, which in no way, shape or form reflects any substantive change in his suck-uppery to corporate interests.
Every Lie is Sacred
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In a little-noticed ruling issued concurrent to the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Stolen Valor Act, which made it a crime to lie about having served in the military. Which made me think, (a) who’d want to admit they were in the military if they had been, much less brag about it if they hadn’t, and (b) politicians must be grateful now that their favorite activity–lying–has been deemed worthy of First Amendment protection.
Profiteering in the Name of Environmentalism
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In the latest variation on “greenwashing,” big corporations are urging people to help save the environment in ways that add to their bottom lines.
Only a Matter of Time
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Even as the economy drags the United States into oblivion, many Americans keep up appearances of normalcy.
