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Conference cancels panel on biological sex in human skeletons over transphobia fears: Commits a 'cardinal sin'

Hannah Grossman
Fox News
Fri, 29 Sep 2023 05:00 UTC
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In this photo illustration, an event organized by anthropology associations was canceled for political correctness about biological sex.
Elizabeth Weiss, an anthropology professor at San José State University, said the field is falling in an 'off the rails' agenda.

Anthropologists from the largest associations of anthropologists in the world canceled an event discussing the importance of biological sex in the context of studying the human skeleton while citing "transphobia" as the reason for the panel being cut.

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) and The Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) were skewered for walking back their approval for a panel event at its 2023 conference discussing biological sex. The AAA and CASCA said that it was now tightening its review process to ensure such an event wouldn't recur in the future.

The event in question discussed "Sex identification whether an individual was male or female - using the skeleton is one of the most fundamental components in bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology."

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Heart - Black

Heart failure deaths in 2023 up 26% on pre-pandemic levels in England, data show

Nick Rendell
Daily Sceptic
Sun, 24 Sep 2023 06:55 UTC
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During the 24 weeks from March 24th 2023 to September 1st 2023 there were 32,130 registered deaths due to heart failure in England. In 2020 we had expected 25,512 heart failure deaths during the corresponding weeks, a difference of 6,618. If we extrapolate to 52 weeks then, at the prevailing rate, we'll see 14,339 more deaths from heart failure in 2023 than we expected in 2020. To put this in some kind of perspective, that's equivalent to the total number of deaths from all causes in Lancashire in any single year, or, if you're not familiar with Lancashire, it's about the same as the total number of deaths in Devon and Cornwall in a single year.

Deaths from heart failure over the past 24 weeks have been 26% higher than the expected level in 2020. The source of this rather alarming statistic is the latest report from the Department for Health Improvement and Disparities.

Comment: Lockdowns caused more damage to the people and the economy than the virus itself.
Obesity is a problem and the lockdowns probably made the situation even worse but the real culprit for increased heart failure deaths is probably not obesity but the experimental and dangerous mRNA shots that they called vaccines.

They knew that they did not prevent the spread of the virus and that they cause myocarditis, pericarditis, and blood clots but they still forced people to take them.
If we don't understand and spread the truth about this genocide by PTB, they will probably repeat it, with even more innocent victims.

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Pirates

'Vulture capitalists': Maui's indigenous community fights land grabs after wildfires

Umar A Farooq
Middle East Eye
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 05:42 UTC
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The hall of historic Waiola Church and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street, 8 August 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii
The fires were still raging when families in Lahaina started receiving messages from developers asking if they were interested in selling their land.

Several residents in the town told news outlets that they began to receive messages on Facebook and other platforms from people inquiring about whether they were open to parting with their land.

While the incidents made major headlines in the coming weeks and even led to a temporary moratorium on property sales, many within Hawaii's indigenous community, Kanaka Maoli, fear that with the fires in Maui faded and soon with it the media coverage, developers will get back on the hunt, targeting the victims of these fires for their land.

"These vulture capitalists, vulture developers are preying upon our people and our connection to the land during a time when none of us have been given time to properly grieve," said Kahala Johnson, a PhD student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and an indigenous activist with ancestral ties to Maui.

Comment: See also: Lahaina fire survivor blasts Jeff Bezos and Oprah during emergency council meeting: "Jeff Bezos, you got what you wanted. Oprah, you got what you wanted — F*** us all over"

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10 Numbers which prove that the US economy has hit a major pivot point

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:00 UTC
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During the summer, many of the experts repeatedly assured us that the U.S. economy would be able to avoid a recession, but now reality is setting in. Credit conditions continue to tighten, home sales are falling, credit card losses are exploding, stores are closing all over the country, and the number of bankruptcies is rising to very alarming levels. Meanwhile, the cost of living continues to become more and more suffocating. If you have a gut feeling that very hard times are on the horizon, you are definitely not alone. As you will see below, a staggering 71 percent of all Americans currently believe that America is on the wrong track, and our economy is one of the biggest reasons why they feel this way. The following are 10 numbers which prove that the U.S. economy has hit a major pivot point...

#1 Consumer confidence was down more than expected this month...
The confidence of American consumers slipped this month, particularly about the future, as expectations persist that interest rates will remain elevated for an extended period.

The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 103 in September from 108.7 in August. Analysts were expecting a smaller decrease, to a reading of 105.
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Fire

Powerful blast near Uzbekistan's Tashkent airport kills one, injures 162


Al Jazeera
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 07:43 UTC
A teenager dies as a window frame falls on him following the explosion at a warehouse near the capital's airport.


One person has been reported killed and 162 others wounded in a powerful explosion at a warehouse near Tashkent airport that sparked a fire and shattered windows in apartment buildings nearby.

A teenager died after a window frame fell on him, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Health said in a statement following Thursday's explosion.

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Black Magic

"Day of the Dead": Neo-Nazi Azov Brigade conducts torchlight rallies all over Ukraine

Richard Abelson
Gateway Pundit
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:00 UTC
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The neo-fascist Ukrainian Azov Brigade celebrated the Day of the Dead on Sunday, as it does every year on the autumn equinox, in various locations in Ukraine. The pro-war Mainstream Media used to criticize the Azov Brigade as Nazis, but now pretends like they don't exist.

The Azov Brigade was founded in 2014 with funding by oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, who is believed to be the true owner of Hunter Biden's former employer Burisma and also funded the Presidential campaign of Volodymyr Zelensky. Kolomoisky has since fallen into disfavor with the Kiev Regime and was arrested Sept. 2. (Covered by Gateway here: It All Comes Together: Hunter, Burisma, Kolomoisky, Zelensky and the "Children Burned Alive in Donetsk")

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Car Black

Upstaging Biden: Trump blasts admins EV mandates as 'government assassination' in speech aimed at striking auto workers

Diana Glebova and Victor Nava
New York Post
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 19:01 UTC
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Former President Donald Trump delivered remarks blasting electric vehicle mandates in Michigan Wednesday night.
Former President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that he sides with auto workers striking for higher wages but warned that their jobs will be gone within three years because of President Biden's electric vehicle mandate.

Trump, 77, slammed the 80-year-old president's promotion of electric vehicles as a "government assassination" of the US auto industry, as he pleaded with union members in a primetime speech at Drake Enterprises — an auto parts manufacturer outside of Detroit - to urge their leaders to endorse his 2024 presidential campaign.

"To the striking workers, I support you and your goal of fair wages and greater stability, and I truly hope you get a fair deal for yourselves and your families," Trump said. "But if your union leaders will not demand that crooked Joe repeal his electric vehicle mandate immediately, then it doesn't matter what hourly wage you get."

Comment: Legal Insurrection on the reports Biden 'walked for 12 minutes, spoke for 87 seconds' at UAW picket line:
'I care' theater

Earlier this week, I noted that the current occupant of the White House was planning to come to Michigan and spend time picketing with the United Auto Workers, who are striking three auto manufacturers.

He joined the group of union picketers at the General Motors plant on Tuesday.
...Biden grabbed a bullhorn and joined striking autoworkers in Michigan on Tuesday, becoming the first sitting president to join a picket line in an extraordinary show of support for workers demanding better wages.

Auto companies were doing well, Mr. Biden told dozens of workers outside a General Motors facility that employs more than 200 people in Belleville, Mich., outside Detroit.

General Motors did its best to ignore the president's visit, saying in a statement: "Our focus is not on politics but continues to be on bargaining in good faith with the U.A.W. leadership to reach an agreement as quickly as possible." The company added that "nobody wins" from a strike.
Biden walked for 12 minutes and spoke for 87 seconds.



The move is also unprecedented.
But sitting presidents, who have to balance the rights of workers with disruptions to the economy, supply chains and other facets of everyday life, have stayed out of the strike fray — until Biden.

Unimpressed, Trump called Biden's visit "nothing more than a PR stunt from Crooked Joe Biden to distract and gaslight the American people from his disastrous Bidenomics policies that have led to so much economic misery across the country."

...Labor historians said they could not recall an instance when a sitting president had joined an ongoing strike, even during the tenures of ardent pro-union presidents such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry Truman. Theodore Roosevelt invited labor leaders alongside mine operators to the White House amid a historic coal strike in 1902, a decision that was seen at the time as a rare embrace of unions as Roosevelt tried to resolve the dispute.
Biden joins UAW strikers on the picket line in Michigan: "I marched a lot of UAW picket lines when I was a Senator since 1973. But I tell you what, first time I've ever done it as a president."


The irony of this move by Biden is being noted on social media...often.


While there are no reports of Biden slipping, tripping, or falling, some are using the event to inject a little humor into the review of today's episode of "I Care" theater.



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Bad Guys

San Francisco's woke Dem mayor now pushing mandatory drug testing, treatment for welfare recipients

Mary Chastain
Legal Insurrection
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:31 UTC
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"This initiative aims to create more accountability and help get people to accept the treatment and services they need."
Isn't it weird how leftist policies never work?

San Francisco Mayor London Breed, a Democrat, wants welfare recipients to participate in drug testing and treatment programs if needed.

Breed thinks the requirement would help address the city's drug and homeless crisis:
Under the proposed legislation, those who apply for or receive benefits from the County Adult Assistance Programs (CAAP) would undergo screening for substance use disorder and participate in a substance abuse treatment program when the screening reveals that they may have a substance abuse dependency. The legislation must be approved by the Board of Supervisors.

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Under the new proposal, as a condition of eligibility to receive CAAP, individuals with suspected substance use disorder would be required to participate in substance abuse screenings or treatment programs funded by SFHSA. These treatment programs would include a range of interventions from residential treatment, medical detox, medically-assisted treatment, outpatient options, and abstinence-based treatment, among others based on the needs of the client. Individuals who refuse or do not successfully engage in treatment would not be eligible to receive CAAP cash assistance and their application would be denied, or they would be discontinued from receiving cash assistance.

Comment: Sadly, everyone appears to be right here. Those receiving assistance should be accountable for that aid. Addicts won't change, no matter how many programs they are forced into, until they want to change. So what would provide incentive to change? San Francisco has made itself uninhabitable for all but the wealthy. Faced with few prospects, it's no wonder many take refuge in drugs to numb the hopelessness of their situation.

So, as was said, any ideas Mr. Preskin?

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Arrow Up

RT surges after X (formerly Twitter) removes censorship - 'disinformation' lobbyist


RT
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:18 UTC
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Russian media, including RT, participated in SPIEF-2023
NewsGuard, a self-proclaimed disinformation watchdog, has lamented the rise in popularity of RT and 11 other news outlets after Elon Musk relaxed censorship on X (formerly Twitter).

Among 12 media accounts analyzed, RT experienced the highest engagement growth in the 90 days following Musk's decision in April to remove 'government-funded' and 'state-affiliated' labels from certain outlets, NewsGuard said on Tuesday. The number of 'likes' and reposts for RT's account increased to 2.5 million in the period studied, up from 1.3 million.

The analysis focused on Chinese, Iranian, and Russian media outlets, which NewsGuard branded "state-run disinformation sources" and purveyors of "propaganda."

NewsGuard cited political memes posted by Iranian news accounts as purported examples of disinformation. Another instance was supposedly a link shared by Iran's PressTV to an article on remarks made by US presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who argued that Americans "created" the Islamic State terrorist group. Kennedy made the claim during an election rally in Boston, where he accused Washington of decades of misguided foreign policy.
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Question

Feeling the Parallels? Why are American men obsessed with the Roman Empire?

Angelica Stabile
Fox News
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:00 UTC
NatGeo's Amy Briggs says men are compelled by the era due to interest in engineering and military: 'Full of good stories'

statue of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius
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Equestrian statue of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, 161-180, found in the collection of the Musei Capitolini, Rome.
The Roman Empire may have left an amazing legacy — but men allegedly "geek out" about the period more often than expected.

A recent TikTok trend prompted women to ask the men in their lives how often they think about the Roman Empire.

The app exploded as husbands, boyfriends, dads and friends revealed what they think about the era and its feats multiple times a week — if not every day.

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