Thurs Blogcast: Cultivated meat; What's that degree worth?; Orange Athens

Just One Thing: The right answer is the right answer

You’ll never get anywhere accusing politicians of hypocrisy but I don’t like it on the Supreme Court. Now I’ll admit that this is a stretch because I’m talking about two different people but both on the Court’s left: In oral arguments on Tuesday about labor law, left-wing Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said that the situation at issue was uncommon so the court should probably not change anything about how the system works now. In oral arguments on Wednesday in a case about abortion, left-wing Justice Elena Kagan is very concerned about the potential ramifications of current law in what she called “these rare cases.” Kagan is closer to right in that the right answer, the constitutional answer, is not based on how rare a situation is. Seems kinda obvious, don’t you think?

Supreme Court divided over access to emergency abortions | AP News

Today's Guests

Charlie Gasparino is Senior Correspondent for the Fox Business Network. We'll discuss his new piece for the NY Post which I call welcome and not entirely surprising.

Charlie Gasparino (foxbusiness.com)

Ivy League grads risk losing prized jobs for allowing antisemitic protests to fester: Wall Street honchos (nypost.com)

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Paul Shapiro is CEO of The Better Meat Co, and author of "Clean Meat", the bestselling book on the cultivated meat movement by Paul Shapiro (cleanmeat.com)

We'll discuss what "cultivated meat" is and the ongoing political efforts against it. Today's blog picture (that you'd see on the main blog page) is of a protest in Italy earlier this year against cultivated meat.

‘Political efforts’: the Republican states trying to ban lab-grown meat | Republicans | The Guardian

States Are Lining Up to Outlaw Lab-Grown Meat | WIRED

The Better Meat Co. - Mycoprotein Ingredients for Better Meats

Other Stuff

I think this case has a strong chance, meaning I think the state and city could easily lose: Colorado landlords sue to block state, Denver greenhouse gas cuts (coloradosun.com)

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I'm pushing back on this...by not tipping on take-out. Sorry, but I'm way way over all this nonsense. What about you?

How much is tipflation costing Americans every year? - digitalhub US (swnsdigital.com)

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Offered without comment: Antisemitic incidents in Colorado soar by 199% (coloradosun.com)

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Politically smart, though maybe not enough to save the AZ GOP: Arizona House lawmakers vote to repeal 1864 abortion ban (msn.com)

Republicans pivot on abortion in key Senate races to align with Donald Trump - Washington Times

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Calvarese stays on the ballot: Calvarese to stay on ballot for 4th Congressional District special election (msn.com)

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Stories like this make it hard to disagree with Trump that there is (and, politically, always has been) a media/establishment conspiracy to harm him: Inside the Off-the-Record Calls Held by Anti-Trump Legal Pundits - POLITICO

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I can't wait! Neil Young and Crazy Horse's "Love Earth" tour coming to Colorado this summer (msn.com)

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This is a great example of why Hillsdale College is the only college I've donated to in the past 20 years: Hillsdale College Reports No Violent Antisemitic Protests For 180th Year In A Row | Babylon Bee

And this: Columbia Admins Promise To Carefully Investigate Whether 'Let’s Kill Every Jew We See On Campus' Chant Violates School’s Conduct Policy | Babylon Bee

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This is exceedingly obscure but I dig it: DNA analysis spanning 9 generations of people reveals marriage practices of mysterious warrior culture | Live Science

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I didn't get to this yesterday: FTC Bans Noncompete Clauses, Freeing Workers To Pursue New Jobs And Start Businesses (forbes.com)

I suspect the FTC will be overturned by a federal court so don't go banking on this just yet....the lawsuit has already been filed: v0 (bwbx.io)

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I don't think this will satisfy Phil Weiser or the feds: Kroger plans to sell Safeway brand in Colorado to help secure merger with Albertsons | Business | denvergazette.com