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25 Jun 2026

Screw-Worm Threatens Beef

The United States hasn’t seen an outbreak of screw-worm flies for 60 years, but now infections are occurring along the border states of New Mexico and Texas. What’s causing the problem?

Unregulated cattle from Mexico was allowed across the border during the Biden years, and apparently, has now spread the New World Screw-worm, infecting domestic stock as well as wildlife and humans.

Will this benefit billionaire Bill Gates and his lab-grown  artificial meat? Undoubtedly. So much so that some conspiracy theorists now link Gates to this outbreak.

Juan O’Savin says it’s premature to make that kind of judgment. But he has definite concerns, and he shares his thoughts with David “Nino” Rodriguez. This could certainly get a lot rockier before it’s over.

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27 Nov 2024

Lab-Grown Meat Under Attack

It looks like meat, tastes like meat and is made from real animal cells, but lab-grown meat is under attack.

Florida and Alabama don’t want you to try it. Why?

John Stossel reports that the USDA and FDA have both approved lab-grown chicken in the U.S. But farmers and ranchers fear the competition. They worry it could threaten traditional food production.

Stossel says now they’ve lobbied and convinced some politicians to ban it. “I asked one lobbyist, “Why not let us consumers decide? Why are you bribing politicians to ban it?” His reponse: “The government has a legitimate role in ensuring that we have an abundant and affordable and safe food supply—you can’t say that about this lab grown meat.”

Stossel says having another option will make our food supply more resistant to disruption. He explains further and argues that it’s wrong when politicians make that decision for us.

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