Just paid attention to your pontification whilst doing the deed. I couldn't do what I thought I was able. Might require a few more weeks of observation and anecdotal data accumulation for me to sign off on my final answer.
They're Netflixing his pristine ass at warp speed.
FDA Approves Three Food Colors from Natural Sources
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced it granted three new color additive petitions that will expand the palette of available colors from natural sources for manufacturers to safely use in food.
The FDA is in line with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s priority to phase out petroleum-based dyes in the nation’s food supply as part of the administration’s broader initiative to Make America Healthy Again.
“Today we take a major step to Make America Healthy Again,” said HHS Secretary Kennedy. "For too long, our food system has relied on synthetic, petroleum-based dyes that offer no nutritional value and pose unnecessary health risks. We’re removing these dyes and approving safe, natural alternatives—to protect families and support healthier choices.”
Since the HHS and FDA announcement last month during a press conferenceExternal Link Disclaimer at HHS on petroleum-based food dyes, more U.S. food manufacturers have committedExternal Link Disclaimer to removing them within the FDA’s set time frame of the end of next year.
“On April 22, I said the FDA would soon approve several new color additives and would accelerate our review of others. I’m pleased to report that promises made, have been promises kept,” said FDA Commissioner Martin A. Makary, M.D., M.P.H. “FDA staff have been moving quickly to expedite the publication of these decisions, underscoring our serious intent to transition away from petroleum-based dyes in the food supply and provide new colors from natural sources.”
The color additive petitions approved today are for:
Galdieria extract blue, a blue color derived from the unicellular red algae Galdieria sulphuraria. The FDA has approved the color additive for use in nonalcoholic beverages and beverage bases, fruit drinks, fruit smoothies, fruit juices, vegetable juices, dairy-based smoothies, milk shakes and flavored milks, yogurt drinks, milk-based meal replacement and nutritional beverages, breakfast cereal coatings, hard candy, soft candy and chewing gum, flavored frostings, ice cream and frozen dairy desserts, frozen fruits, water ices and popsicles, gelatin desserts, puddings and custards, and whipped cream, yogurt, frozen or liquid creamers (including non-dairy alternatives), and whipped toppings (including non-dairy alternatives). The petition was submitted by the French company Fermentalg.
Butterfly pea flower extract, a blue color that can be used to achieve a range of shades including bright blues, intense purple, and natural greens. Produced through the water extraction of the dried flower petals of the butterfly pea plant, this color additive is already approved for use in sport drinks, fruit drinks, fruit and vegetable juices, alcoholic beverages, dairy drinks, ready to drink teas, nutritional beverages, gums, candy, coated nuts, ice creams, and yogurt. Today’s approval of a petition by St. Louis-based Sensient Colors LLC expands the approved use for coloring ready-to-eat cereals, crackers, snack mixes, hard pretzels, plain potato chips (restructured or baked), plain corn chips, tortilla chips, and multigrain chips.
Calcium phosphate, a white color approved for use in ready-to-eat chicken products, white candy melts, doughnut sugar, and sugar for coated candies. The petition was filed by Innophos Inc. of Cranbury, New Jersey.
Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Chapter VII, section 721), color additives are subject to FDA approval to determine whether they are safe before they may be used in food. The FDA determines whether an additive is safe to use by considering the projected human dietary exposure to the color additive, the additive’s toxicological data, and other relevant information, such as published literature. Once the FDA approves a color additive petition, any manufacturer can use the coloring for the approved uses.
The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices. The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, radiation-emitting electronic products, and for regulating tobacco products.
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-three-food-colors-natural-sources
Federal lawsuit accuses UCLA Medical School of racial discrimination against Asians and Whites
A federal class-action lawsuit accuses UCLA's medical school and various university officials of using race as a factor in admissions, despite a state law and Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in California’s Central District federal court, was brought by the activist group Do No Harm, founded in 2022 to fight affirmative action in medicine; Students for Fair Admissions, the nonprofit that won its suit at the Supreme Court against Harvard’s affirmative action program; and Kelly Mahoney, a college graduate who was rejected from UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine.
According to the lawsuit, the legal action was being taken to stop the medical school and UCLA officials from allegedly "engaging in intentional discrimination on the basis of race and ethnicity in the admissions process."
UCLA's medical school did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Citing unnamed "whistleblowers," the lawsuit alleges that Jennifer Lucero, the associate dean for admissions, "requires applicants to submit responses that are intended to allow the Committee to glean the applicant’s race, which the medical school later confirms via interviews."
It also alleges that Lucero and admissions committee members "routinely and openly" discussed race and used it as a factor to make admission decisions.
Lucero did not immediately respond to an emailed request to comment.
“Do No Harm is fighting for all the students who have been racially discriminated against by UCLA under the guise of political progress,” Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, chairman of Do No Harm, said in a news release. "All medical schools must abide by the law of the land and prioritize merit, not immutable characteristics, in admissions."
The lawsuit comes as UCLA and other UC campuses are facing scrutiny by the Trump administration for potential “illegal DEI” in admissions practices.
The Department of Justice in late March said it would investigate UCLA, UC Irvine, Stanford and UC Berkeley, suggesting the schools flouted state law and U.S. Supreme Court precedent banning the use of race as a factor when evaluating college applicants.
A UC spokesperson said in a statement about the March investigation that UC stopped using race in admissions when Proposition 209 — which bans consideration of race in public education, hiring and contracting — went into effect in 1997. Since then, “UC has implemented admissions practices to comply with the law.”
Separately at the time, the Department of Health and Human Services said it was investigating an unnamed “major medical school in California to determine whether it discriminates on the basis of race, color, or national origin in its admissions. An HHS official previously told The Times that the investigation centered on the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine.
In response to that March announcement, UCLA said "we will be fully cooperating with their investigation."
The lawsuit Thursday alleges that Lucero and the admissions committee routinely admit Black applicants with below-average GPA and MCAT, or Medical College Admission Test scores, "while requiring whites and Asians to have near-perfect scores to even be seriously considered."
According to the lawsuit, Do No Harm has at least one member who applied to Geffen, was rejected and "is able and ready to reapply if a court orders Defendants to stop discriminating and to undo the effects of its past discrimination." Students for Fair Admissions has at least one member who will apply to the medical school.
"In this race-based system," the lawsuit alleges, "all applicants are deprived of their right to equal treatment and the opportunity to pursue their lifelong dream of becoming a doctor because of utterly arbitrary criteria."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-lawsuit-alleges-ucla-medical-005340666.html
I imagine most world leaders get amphetamine injections so they end up with Parkinson type symptoms eventually if they can't get off it. Amphetamines improve cognition significantly so the boost is understandable. Burns out the heart and nerves really fast though.
Deep blue state is swinging 'aggressively to the right' and there's polling to prove its residents are fed up
One of America's most Democratic states is experiencing a dramatic shift to the right for the first time in decades.
A new poll has found New York could be competitive for Republicans as candidates eye challenging unpopular Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul who is running for reelection in 2026.
A GrayHouse poll found that just 36 percent approve of New York Governor Kathy Hochul's performance and 55 percent disapprove.
'Kathy Hochul's numbers have imploded,' a New York Republican political operative told the Daily Mail, pointing to the devastating approval numbers for her in a state that is primarily comprised of Democrats.
Even President Trump has a higher approval rating than Hochul in the heavily Democratic state - with 43 percent approving and 56 percent disapproving.
The poll of 826 registered voters in New York was conducted between April 22 and 28 with a 4 point margin of error.
Political consultants were dazzled by President Donald Trump's increased voter share in New York in the 2024 election, and are excited by indications that the rightward realignment can continue.
Rampant crime, out-of-control immigration, and corruption has seen support swinging towards the Republicans as Empire State residents grow frustrated with the lack of accountability after decades of single party political leadership.
The state's Democratic leadership has faced a popularity slide on the back of radical left wing policies, such as draconian Covid restrictions and soft-on-crime policing.
Republicans have been reaping the benefits of the realignment.
The Republican Party gained Hispanic, Black, Asian-American voters as suburbanites and working class voters responded to their message of tougher enforcement of crime and immigration, and promising to address the cost of living and inflation.
Trump shocked the state after he only lost by 13 points to Kamala Harris, increasing his voter share in 2024 by 11 points.
The last time New York voted for a Republican president was Ronald Reagan in 1984, 40 years ago.
Trump gained more than 600,000 votes in New York between the 2016 and 2024 elections. Harris' margin of victory was the narrowest of Democratic presidential candidates since 1992.
In 2022, Republicans flipped all four congressional seats away from Democrats, helping give House Republicans the majority in Washington, DC.
Republican candidate for governor Rep. Lee Zeldin came within 6 points of defeating Hochul as the final tally was 47 percent to 53 percent.
Republicans are anticipating a rematch with Hochul as her approval ratings are weaker than ever.
'The rightward shift of New York, in particular New York City, has been happening since 2006,' GrayHouse pollster Landon Wall told the Daily Mail.
Wall indicated that Trump's gains in New York City could even help a potential future Republican candidate.
But the newfound excitement from Republicans in the state is bigger than just Donald Trump.
'There's this energy and this desire for something counter to the one party rule in New York that is separate from the Trump effect,' Wall said.
Sixty percent of voters statewide say it's 'time for someone new,' including 75 percent of Independents and even 34 percent of Democrats.
The poll shows that rising Republican star Elise Stefanik, 40, is within striking distance of Hochul if she decides to run a campaign for governor.
Forty-six percent of voters said they would vote for Hohul, while Stefanik would earn 40 percent of the vote. Fourteen percent of voters were undecided.
That's a strong start for Stefanik to consider the race, as she has not even announced a campaign.
Stefanik has a clear lead with Republicans in the state, with 44 percent of primary voters signaled their support for a potential run for governor.
Only seven percent chose Rep. Mike Lawler and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Stefanik indicated she was seriously considering a run for governor.
'If you look at the past few election cycles, New York is moving toward the Republican direction, and I believe that's a result of single party failed Democrat rule led by Kathy Hochul,' she said.
Originally selected by Trump to serve as his Ambassador to the U.N., the president withdrew her nomination so that she could remain in the House of Representatives where Republicans are clinging to a slim majority.
But that hasn't stopped her political momentum. Stefanik is stepping up the number of events in the state and has strong support for a run.
'I'm gonna fight for New Yorkers like I always do. We are crisscrossing the state… we are hearing an outpouring of support importantly not just from Republicans, but from Independents and Democrats as well. It has been overwhelming. New Yorkers want to fire Kathy Hochul,' she said.
Trump's performance in the state, his rallies, and events only helped increase the number of Republican supporters, she said.
'The trends are only continuing. You look at President Donald Trump's outcome on Election Day in New York, he did better in some parts of the city than any Republican in decades,' she said.
New York's gubernatorial election will take place on November 3, 2026.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14697517/new-york-right-republican-poll-kathy-hochul-elise-stefanik.html
Defense Secretary's First 100 Days of Delivering on Promises
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4173220/defense-secretarys-first-100-days-of-delivering-on-promises/
Shit I was a retard opening up a hot radiator and the molten cooling fluid somehow shot up at an angle the opposite direction of my eyeballs. Fuck.
They can't replace the cornea via lasik? Costs like 2-5k.
Appreciate but as I said the fluid flew out the direction opposite my eyeballs because of how I was undoing the cap so my eyeballs got to die another day.
Quite confident we'll get the tech within 10 years to fix your eye / eyes in general.