‘Politically Incorrect’ Columnist Fired After Arguing There Are Two Sexes

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A Denver Post columnist says he was fired after disputing the idea that there are more than two sexes.

Jon Caldara, president of the libertarian Independence Institute, announced last Friday that he has been fired from the Post, chalking it up to “a difference in style” that his editors found “too insensitive.”

“My column is not a soft voiced, sticky sweet NPR-styled piece which employs the language now mandated by the victim-centric, identity politics driven media,” he said in a Facebook post. “What seemed to be the last straw for my column was my insistence that there are only two sexes and my frustration that to be inclusive of the transgendered (even that word isn’t allowed) we must lose our right to free speech.”

Caldara criticized an Associated Press directive saying that sex and gender are not binary. “There are only two sexes, identified by an XX or XY chromosome. That is the very definition of binary. The AP ruling it isn’t so doesn’t change science. It’s a premeditative attempt to change culture and policy. It’s activism,” he wrote on Jan. 3.

In a column two weeks later, Caldara also railed against a 2019 Colorado law that required elementary school children to be instructed in transgender ideology. (Read more from “‘Politically Incorrect’ Columnist Fired After Arguing There Are Two Sexes” HERE)

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AOC Outraged Cops Didn’t Treat Pro-Gun Rally Like Violent Black Lives Matter Riots

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed were “almost no police officers” at Monday’s Second Amendment rally outside the Virginia Capitol and suggested this proves America is racist.

Ocasio-Cortez made the inaccurate observation on stage at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Harlem. The New York Democrat spoke protesters gathered in Richmond in opposition to sweeping gun control measures that could be enacted next week by Virginia’s Democratic-controlled government.

While discussing what she said was America’s founding in “tenants” of “racism,” Ocasio-Cortez said, “There’s this gun rights protest happening down in Richmond.” . . .

She then unfavorably contrasted the pro-gun rally with the 2015 riots in Baltimore, Maryland, following the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.

“But here’s the image that has struck with me the most about that,” she said. “When we go out and march for the dignity and the recognition of the lives of people like Freddie Gray and Eric Garner, the whole place is surrounded by police in riot gear without a gun in sight. And here are all of these people flying Confederate flags, with semi-automatic weapons and there’s almost no police officers at that protest.” (Read more from “AOC Outraged Cops Didn’t Treat Pro-Gun Rally Like Violent Black Lives Matter Riots” HERE)

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Trump Announces the U.S. Will Join 1 Trillion Tree Initiative

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President Trump on Tuesday announced the United States will join the One Trillion Trees Initiative launched at the World Economic Forum as world leaders seek to combat climate change.

Trump made the announcement during an address to global business leaders gathered for the annual event in Davos, Switzerland.

“We’re committed to conserving he majesty of God’s creation and the natural beauty of our world,” Trump said, adding that the U.S. “will continue to show strong leadership in restoring, growing and better managing our trees and our forests.

The announcement that the U.S. will join the initiative drew some of the most sustained applause of any portion of Trump’s 30-minute speech, which focused mostly on his administration’s accomplishments and the strength of the U.S. economy. That economic message contrasted with other world leaders who used the forum to highlight issues like climate change and global collaboration. (Read more from “Trump Announces the U.S. Will Join 1 Trillion Tree Initiative” HERE)

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Immune Discovery ‘May Treat All Cancer’

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A newly-discovered part of our immune system could be harnessed to treat all cancers, say scientists.

The Cardiff University team discovered a method of killing prostate, breast, lung and other cancers in lab tests. . .

The scientists were looking for “unconventional” and previously undiscovered ways the immune system naturally attacks tumours.

What they found was a T-cell inside people’s blood. This is an immune cell that can scan the body to assess whether there is a threat that needs to be eliminated. . .

“It raises the prospect of a ‘one-size-fits-all’ cancer treatment, a single type of T-cell that could be capable of destroying many different types of cancers across the population.” (Read more from “Immune Discovery ‘May Treat All Cancer'” HERE)

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One of the Most Common Ingredients in the Western Diet Has Been Found to Alter Genes in the Brain

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The use of soybean oil has increased dramatically over the last few decades, to the extent that is has become the most widely consumed edible oil in the US and other Western nations. However, its rise has coincided with an alarming escalation in metabolic conditions like diabetes, insulin resistance, and obesity, and a new study indicates that this may be down to the way that soybean oil causes genetic changes in the brain.

Previous research has shown that mice fed a diet that is high in soybean oil are much more likely to develop these conditions than rodents fed on other fats like coconut oil. Further studies hinted that the culprit may be linoleic acid, as mice that consumed soybean oil that had been modified to lack this key ingredient were spared many of these harmful effects.

To better understand how soybean oil produces these negative consequences, scientists decided to investigate its impact on the expression of genes in the hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates metabolism and a range of other essential processes. . .

Writing in the journal Endocrinology, the study authors explain that soybean oil was found to modify the expression of around 100 different genes in the hypothalamus, affecting processes such as metabolism, neurological disease, and inflammation.

Among the altered genes were some that are associated with schizophrenia, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease, although by far the most affected was a gene that codes for the production of a hormone called oxytocin. (Read more from “One of the Most Common Ingredients in the Western Diet Has Been Found to Alter Genes in the Brain” HERE)

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“I’ll Straight up Get Armed”: Second Bernie Organizer Loves Gulags and Is “Ready for the F**King Revolution”

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A second Bernie Sanders field organizer has been caught on undercover camera extolling the virtues of gulags – only this one can barely contain himself over arming himself for the “f**king revolution.”

“I’m ready to tear bricks up and start fighting,” says Martin Weissgerber – who deleted his Twitter account Tuesday morning after Project Veritas released their latest hit. “I’ll straight up get armed … I’m ready for the f**king revolution, bro.”

Weissgerber also dreams of ‘dissolving the Senate, House of Representatives and Judicial Branch’ so that ‘somebody like Bernie Sanders and a cabinet of people can make all the decisions for the climate.’ . . .

[Warning: videos contain explicit content.]

According to journalist Andy Ngo, Weissgerber is an aspiring Soundcloud rapper who hates police officers, Israel, women and of course – Trump supporters.

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Apple Dropped Plan for Encrypting Backups After FBI Complained

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Apple Inc (AAPL.O) dropped plans to let iPhone users fully encrypt backups of their devices in the company’s iCloud service after the FBI complained that the move would harm investigations, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The tech giant’s reversal, about two years ago, has not previously been reported. It shows how much Apple has been willing to help U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies, despite taking a harder line in high-profile legal disputes with the government and casting itself as a defender of its customers’ information.

The long-running tug of war between investigators’ concerns about security and tech companies’ desire for user privacy moved back into the public spotlight last week, as U.S. Attorney General William Barr took the rare step of publicly calling on Apple to unlock two iPhones used by a Saudi Air Force officer who shot dead three Americans at a Pensacola, Florida naval base last month.

U.S. President Donald Trump piled on, accusing Apple on Twitter of refusing to unlock phones used by “killers, drug dealers and other violent criminal elements.” Republican and Democratic senators sounded a similar theme in a December hearing, threatening legislation against end-to-end encryption, citing unrecoverable evidence of crimes against children. . .

Behind the scenes, Apple has provided the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation with more sweeping help, not related to any specific probe. (Read more from “Apple Dropped Plan for Encrypting Backups After FBI Complained” HERE)

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Federal Bill Introduced to Preserve and Protect Female Sports

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Florida Republican Rep. Greg Steube has introduced a bill which aims to ensure that women and girls sports remain a fair playing field by prohibiting the use of federal funds to support any athletic event where a biological male identifying as a woman attempts to compete against biological female athletes.

The “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act” (H. R. 5603), was introduced this month to protect women and girls in competitive sports.

“With the House passage of H.R. 5 earlier this Congress, women and girls participating in competitive sports across the country are at risk of losing the equal playing field they were guaranteed by the Education Amendments of 1972,” Congressman Steube said in his January 14 press release. “We must protect our female athletes from being forced to compete against biological male athletes in competitive sports.” . . .

Co-sponsor Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (R, AZ) praised the bill for working to preserve women’s rights.

“We have heard the heartbreaking stories of young women and girls from across the country who compete in sports but are losing games and even scholarships to biological males who choose to identify as women and girls,” Lesko said. “These sports should be reserved for the women and girls who work hard and train for them, not men. I urge my colleagues to support this bill to help protect the future of women and girls’ sports.” (Read more from “Federal Bill Introduced to Preserve and Protect Female Sports” HERE)

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Guggenheim Says Central Bank-Driven ‘Ponzi Scheme’ Must Collapse

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By Bloomberg. Scott Minerd has a message for his fellows at Davos who are applauding rallying markets: Things aren’t as good as they seem.

The Guggenheim Partners investment chief likened the inflation of asset prices caused by the loose money policies of central banks to a “ponzi scheme” that eventually must collapse.

“We will reach a tipping point when investors will awake to the rising tide of defaults and downgrades,” he wrote in a letter from the World Economic Forum meeting. “The timing is hard to predict, but this reminds me a lot of the lead-up to the 2001 and 2002 recession.” (Read more from “Guggenheim Says Central Bank-Driven ‘Ponzi Scheme’ Must Collapse” HERE)

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Guggenheim’s Scott Minerd Declares Trump Winner Over Fed on Rates, Sees Market Rally Continuing

By CNBC. President Donald Trump’s early criticism of the Federal Reserve’s four 2018 interest rate hikes have proven right over time and the stock market loves it, Guggenheim Partners’ Scott Minerd told CNBC on Tuesday.

“I think he was [correct] in hindsight,” the money management firm’s global chief investment officer said in a “Squawk Box” interview from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “I think he was more concerned about slowing the economy in his administration.”

However, Trump’s calls for lower rates proved prescient, Minerd argued, as the stock market plunged during the fall of 2018 and reached a nadir on Christmas Eve 2018.

The Fed pivot early last year to take its foot off the gas and then cut rates three times fueled a nearly 29% rise in the S&P 500 in 2019, the best annual performance since 2013. Stock have also gotten off to a roaring start this year.

The rally should continue in throughout 2020, said Minerd, also a member of the New York Fed’s Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets. “Bull markets go as long as they go. As long as the central banks keep the liquidity spigots open, I don’t see any reason why we can’t just keep pushing asset prices higher.” (Read more from “Guggenheim’s Scott Minerd Declares Trump Winner Over Fed on Rates, Sees Market Rally Continuing” HERE)

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Google Whistleblower Who Exposed Millions of Votes That Were Stolen for Hillary in 2016, Suggests His Wife May Have Been Murdered in Retaliation

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By Daily Mail. The wife of a Google whistleblower, who exposed meddling in the 2016 election, died Friday night just days after she was seriously injured in a car crash.

Psychology professor, Robert Epstein, 66, shared in a heartbreaking tweet announcing that his wife, Misti Dawn Vaughn, died after her vehicle spun out of control along a slippery road in California and into the path of a tractor-trailer.

‘My beautiful wife Misti, a published poet, succumbed last night to injuries sustained in a car accident,’ her grieving husband wrote. . .

According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, she was driving along rain-slick Interstate 15 in Escondido when the accident occurred.

When her truck spun out of control it crossed into the path of an oncoming big rig that was hauling two dump trailers. (Read more from “Google Whistleblower Who Exposed Millions of Votes That Were Stolen for Hillary in 2016, Hints His Young Wife Was Murdered in Retaliation” HERE)

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