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Oh No! Lab-Grown Meat Causes Global Warming Too!

Global warming alarmists insist that we must drastically reduce or eliminate the eating of meat because cows, well, boof. Food-animal flatulence is destroying the planet, don’t you know.

But getting billions of people to stop eating meat isn’t very realistic, so some have put their hopes in lab-grown steaks made from stem cells. Oh no! That could be worse! From the BBC story:

“Per tonne emitted, methane has a much larger warming impact than carbon dioxide. However, it only remains in the atmosphere for about 12 years, whereas carbon dioxide persists and accumulates for millennia,” said co-author Prof Raymond Pierrehumbert.

“This means methane’s impact on long-term warming is not cumulative and is impacted greatly if emissions increase or decrease over time.”

The scientists’ climate model found that in some circumstance and over the very long term, the manufacture of lab meat can result in more warming. This is because the emissions from the lab are related to the production of energy which is almost entirely made up of carbon dioxide, which persists in the atmosphere for hundreds of years.

Hand wringing. Everywhere you look, there is hand-wringing.

At least manufacturing meat will improve water pollution, right? Not necessarily:

Yes, the authors say that a number of other factors should be considered including water pollution that cultured meat may avoid. But other experts say that isn’t so clear cut.

“Artificial meat may result in the presence of organic or chemical molecule residues in water, because the process would need to produce huge amounts of chemical and organic molecules, such as hormones, growth factors, to add to the culture medium to grow the meat” said Prof Jean-Francois Hocquette, at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research, who wasn’t involved with the study.

Good grief.

Bottom line as I see it: If you don’t like this study, wait a few months and another will be published offering different conclusions. The intellectual effort expended in this investigation was a waste of time and energy. The cultured meat industry will grow or fail because of consumer satisfaction issues such as taste, texture, safety, and price, not due to terror about global warming.

Do you ever get the feeling that important sectors of society spend most of their time chasing their own tails?

Wesley J. Smith — Wesley J. Smith is an author and a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism. @forcedexit

Wilderness Walk: Woof ba-boof

Wilderness....... woof. What else can we say but woof. The Wild are falling fast, without a remedy to be seen beyond “play better” up and down the lineup. Meanwhile, Nino is lighting it up in Carolina, as many predicted.

Alas. All that’s left to do is walk.

Wild News

Disastrous special teams play buries Wild vs. Blues | StarTribune.comStreaking St. Louis wins its 10th in a row, while Minnesota continues to struggle killing penalties.

Souhan: This is a Wild team in freefall without a parachute | StarTribune.comJim Souhan thinks the Wild aren't competitive enough because they don't care.

Wild vs. Blues since Jan. 1: a comparison | StarTribune.comEntering 2019, the Blues were tied for last in the NHL with 34 points in 37 games. Since then they have climbed into third place in the Central Division.

MN Wild blitzed 4-0 by St. Louis Blues as NHL scouts watch for trade prospects | Twincities.comScouts descended on the Xcel Energy Center like vultures Sunday afternoon, hungry to devour the remains of the 2018-19 Minnesota Wild.

Alex Stalock gets start in goal for MN Wild over Devan Dubnyk | Twincities.comIt only took 18 seconds for the Blues to capitalize on their first power play.

Surging Blues shut out Wild to earn 10th straight win | theScore.comJordan Binnington made 31 saves and the St. Louis Blues posted their third straight shutout, beating the Minnesota Wild 4-0 on Sunday for their 10th straight win.

Off the Trail

Yes, Hurricanes are already making ‘bunch of jerks’ shirts | ProHockeyTalkThis team moves fast.

Late-Night Stars Boof Trump for Joking He'd Be 'A Mess' If He Drank and Bullying Female Reporters

Donald Trump joked he'd be "a mess" if he ever drank alcohol and late-night hosts had no problem believing him.

Much like TooFab, the comedians marveled over his press conference Monday, when he defended his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, from that messy Senate hearing where the judge was questioned about his history of boozing, boofing and devil's triangling.

In between shouting over and insulting female reporters trying to ask questions about the Kavanaugh proceedings that have been derailed over sexual misconduct and assault allegations from decades ago, Trump went on one of his signature rambling rants. This time about his sobriety.

"I can honestly say I’ve never had a beer in my life. It’s one of my only good traits. I don’t drink," the president said. "I've never had alcohol for whatever reason. Can you imagine if I had? What a mess I'd be? I'd be the world's worst."

Oh, trust Mr. President, the world can easily imagine.

See how Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, James Corden, Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah all had a good laugh over one of Trump's latest media circus.

'The Late Late Show with James Corden'

Corden laughed out loud at Trump's rhetorical question to the press about how messy of a drunk he'd be.

"Yeah. I think I can imagine a drunk Donald Trump," Corden said, "being inappropriate with women, getting into dumb arguments, firing off angry tweets. He's right, that would be a real mess."

But the CBS star has a hard time believing Trump has never been drunk. "You're telling me Trump was sober when he said this?" Corden asked his viewers before playing a clip of the president slurring his speech during a rally.

Also if "covfefe" isn't a drunk tweet, we don't know what is.

'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

Kimmel got a good laugh watching Trump talking about drinking, too, and suggested at this point in his messy presidency, Trump may want to consider getting drunk to save it.

"I don't know. Maybe it'd be better. It's worth a shot," Kimmel said, and pointed out that Trump created his own brand of vodka, despite his sobriety.

The ABC star didn't just tear into Kavanaugh and President Trump, he of course found a way to ding his frenemy Matt Damon, too.

"Kavanaugh’s testimony rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. In fact, he was so unlikeable, 'Saturday Night Live' had no choice but to cast the most repugnant actor in the world to play him over the weekend," Kimmel said. "What a surprise that Matt Damon would have no other plans on a Saturday."

Kimmel also played the clip of Trump insulting ABC reporter Cecilia Vega. "I know you’re not thinking. You never do," the president said after he called on her to ask a question, and Kimmel was reminded of one of Trump's most famous claims during the 2016 presidential election.

"Nobody respects women more than Donald Trump," Kimmel said sarcastically before getting serious to add, "What a creep."

'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'

Colbert ended his monologue answering Trump's challenge to imagine him being drunk.

"No, I can't imagine you being any worse," the CBS star joked.

Before that, the comedian analyzed how Kavanaugh may have "boofed" his testimony to the Senate, but seemed to at least sympathize with his love of beer.

"First of all, drinking, who cares. A lot of people drink. I've been drinking more in the two years of the Trump administration than ever in my life," Colbert joked.

One thing is for sure, Colbert is pretty sure that all of these scandals unfolding weekly for the Republican party is going to lead to them getting "boofed" in the midterm elections. Watch the video above to see Colbert's entire audience chanting, "Boofed! Boofed! Boofed!"

By the way, boofed is slang for the act of butt chugging beer and now it is a term being used in our national political discourse. We've reached peak 2018!

'Late Night with Seth Meyers'

The NBC star described President Trump's latest press conference as "surreal" at the start of his "Closer Look" segment Monday.

After playing the clips of Trump demeaning two female reporters, he commented, "How much of a sexist dick can you possibly be?"

Comparing Trump's behavior Monday to Kavanaugh's during the last Senate hearing, Meyers joked, "It's almost like he saw someone else getting attention for acting like a maniac on TV and thought, 'I can top that.'"

He also marveled at Trump's joke about being "a mess" and "the world's worst" if he drank alcohol.

"What's amazing about that joke is inherit in the premise is Trump admitting he already sucks," Meyers explained. "That joke doesn't work if everyone things Trump is a great president. He's basically saying, 'If you think I'm an asshole now, imagine if I had a few beers.'"

"I know Trump has never had a beer in his life, but he talks like the guy begging the bartender to give him back his keys," he added.

'The Daily Show with Trevor Noah'

The Comedy Central star also had no problem believing Trump would be "the world's worst" if he got drunk.

"I never thought I'd say these words, but I totally agree with Donald Trump," he said. "Him plus alcohol? It's time for us to find another planet."

But Noah recognized there is another possibility: "I think that Trump is so crazy, that he's the one guy that'd become a better person when he's drunk."

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