COO of vegan food company Beyond Meat arrested for CHOMPING down on man's face



A top executive at Beyond Meat, a plant-based food company, was arrested for reportedly biting a man’s nose in a parking garage near Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas, last weekend.

Chief Operating Officer Doug Ramsey faces charges of terroristic threatening and third-degree battery after allegedly chomping down on a man's face and "ripping the flesh on the tip of the nose" during an altercation following the University of Arkansas football team’s victory over Missouri State.

According to reports, Ramsey was attempting to leave the parking garage in his Ford Bronco when a Subaru “inched his way” in front of him and made contact with his front passenger’s side tire. Ramsey allegedly “punched through the back windshield of the Subaru” before attacking the Subaru driver with both fists and teeth.

Ramsey “pulled [the Subaru driver] in close and started punching his body,” then “bit the owner’s nose, ripping the flesh on the tip of the nose,” according to reports.

The irony of a vegan food executive trying to make a meal of a human being's face was not missed by those jokesters on Twitter.

\u201cWhen you finally get sick of eating plant based meat: \n https://t.co/qOK2OZzqYt\u201d
— High Yield Harry (@High Yield Harry) 1663620263
\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve heard of anything more ironic than the COO of Beyond Meat attempting to bite a man\u2019s nose off.\u201d
— Samantha Marika (@Samantha Marika) 1663632407
\u201cNo one: \n\nCEO of Beyond Meat:\u201d
— wizard. (@wizard.) 1663626954
\u201cI was gonna joke that doesn\u2019t count as \u201cbeyond meat\u201d but it was\u2026 a bit on the nose\u201d
— Arlen Parsa (@Arlen Parsa) 1663675327
\u201cAll of us when we see why Beyond Meat is trending:\u201d
— Pizza Dad (@Pizza Dad) 1663626808
\u201cCOO Beyond Meat says it tastes like chicken \nbut smells like nose\u201d
— Apologetic Canadian (@Apologetic Canadian) 1663655283

BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere is a vegetarian and also just happens to be the executive producer of the Glenn Beck radio program. Glenn joined "Stu Does America" to do a taste test of the plant-based "McPlant" burger, a Beyond Meat product, to see how it fares against the competition. In case you missed it, this was without a doubt the most ridiculous (but hilarious) plant-based food review so far.

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Alabama city disbands police department and terminates chief, assistant chief after officer sends text message containing racist joke



The Alabama city of Vincent has disbanded its police department and fired its chief and assistant chief after an officer sent a text message containing a racist joke, AL.com reported.

Vincent officials confirmed the officer sent the text message, after which, the city council approved a resolution to terminate Police Chief James Srygley and Assistant Chief John L. Goss and disband the police department, the outlet added.

Mayor James Latimore confirmed that "we passed a resolution with intent to pass an ordinance to disband the police department,” AL.com said.

What did the joke say?

An individual identified as “752″ texts the question, “What do y’all call a pregnant slave?”

An unidentified recipient responds twice. “?” and “??”

“752″ replies: “BOGO Buy one, get one free.”

The text message surfaced on social media last week, AL.com reported:

\u201c"BOGO" text message from police sparks outrage in Vincent, Alabama. #Police #LawEnforcement #Comms #PIO @10_8_Comms @MollyMcPherson @MrMediaTraining \n\nhttps://t.co/CfGvdkIXLw\u201d
— High Noon Media Services (@High Noon Media Services) 1659552050

Latimore on Tuesday said "appropriate action has been taken" against the officer alleged to have sent the text, AL.com reported, although the mayor wouldn't name the officer or anyone involved.

While the outlet said Vincent’s website lists only three people in its police department — Srygley, Goss, and Lee Carden — a Monday check on the site listed nobody in the police department.

During the city council meeting Thursday evening, councilman Corey Abrams said the issue "has torn this community apart. It doesn’t matter what color we are as long as we do right by people," AL.com reported.

Reached at his home after the meeting, Abrams declined to confirm the specifics of the action taken at the meeting but said “I’m still emotional about it," the outlet reported.

During the meeting, Latimore announced he had suspended the chief and assistant chief, but the council instead decided to terminate the employees, AL.com reported.

Latimore said Carden turned in his resignation via text message just hours after the city council voted to dissolve the department, the Associated Press reported.

What will the city do with no police?

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office on Friday announced it "stands with the City of Vincent in providing emergency law enforcement related services for the citizens [of Vincent] at this time," AL.com said.

In a press release, the sheriff’s office added that “we equally condemn the actions” related to the Vincent police department's alleged "misconduct."

The AP said Vincent is located in central Alabama, southeast of Birmingham, in Shelby, St. Clair, and Talladega Counties — and has a population of just under 2,000 people.

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American support for third political party reaches new high: poll



The percentage of Americans who want a viable third political option outside of the Republican and Democratic parties has reached a new high, according to the latest Gallup poll on the topic.

What are the details?

The pollster reported Monday that 62% "of U.S. adults say the 'parties do such a poor job representing the American people that a third party is needed,' an increase from 57% in September," noting that "support for a third party has been elevated in recent years, including readings of 60% in 2013 and 2015 and 61% in 2017."

Meanwhile, Gallup noted, "33% of Americans believe the two major political parties are doing an adequate job representing the public, the smallest percentage expressing this view apart from the 26% reading in October 2013."

In the survey taken Jan. 21-Feb. 2, a record number of adults —50% — also identified as independents, and the findings showed that favorability for the Republican Party in particular has slid down to 37%. Favorability for the Democratic Party sits at 48%.

Forbes pointed out that 63% of Republicans voiced support for the creation of a new party, compared to 70% of independents and only 46% of Democrats.

Within the two major established parties, there also appears to be division over the direction of their respective agendas.

The Hill reported:

Four in 10 Republicans say they want their party to become more conservative after the end of former President Trump's term, while 34 percent hope it will stay the same and just 24 percent want it to become more moderate. Democrats are more split, with 34 percent wanting their party to shift left, 34 percent wanting it to remain the same and 31 percent wanting it to shift right.

Anything else?

Gallup's poll showed a "dramatic" increase in Republican support for a third party, up more than 20 points since the last survey on the topic in September.

But since the previous poll, former President Donald Trump has reportedly discussed the possibility of breaking away from the GOP to start his own "MAGA" or "Patriot Party," which could play a roll in the reason for more Republicans expressing an openness to leaving the GOP.

While most Republicans surveyed want to see Trump remain in charge of the GOP moving forward, others have called on the party to move forward without the former president following his second impeachment trial by House Democrats following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of his supporters in protest of the results of the 2020 election.

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Report: Trump administration considers postponing refugee admissions, U.S. official says

U.S. officials are weighing whether to postpone or further cut refugee admissions in the coming year amid legal fights over President Donald Trump's refugee policy and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior official said.