"Huge Increase in Size of Cerebral Cortex" --Scientists Pinpoint Unique Evolution of the Human Brain - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel

"Huge Increase in Size of Cerebral Cortex" --Scientists Pinpoint Unique Evolution of the Human Brain - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel:
"Over the last million years of evolution, our brain underwent a considerable increase in size and complexity, resulting in the exceptional cognitive abilities of the human species.
This brain enlargement is largely due to an increase in the number of neurons in the cerebral cortex, the outer part of the brain.
Since we share about 99% of our genome with that of our closest living relative, the chimpanzee, it has remained a daunting task for scientists to identify which human-specific gene changes may underlie the unique aspects of human brain evolution..."
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Up-Chuck Schumer orders media to cover up 'Spygate' - Conservative Review

Up-Chuck Schumer orders media to cover up 'Spygate' - Conservative Review:

"On Monday, while most Americans were remembering the sacrifice of fallen service members, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., gave instruction to the mainstream media via tweet. The chief Democrat of the U.S. Senate wants President Donald Trump to be taken to task for using the term “Spygate” and insists that there is “absolutely no evidence of a spy” being placed in the 2016 Trump campaign."

Report: Number of college freshmen suffering from psychological disorders way up - The College Fix

Report: Number of college freshmen suffering from psychological disorders way up - The College Fix: "
"Reports of anxiety, depression leading to special privileges like longer test-times

The number of college students reporting psychological disorders and handicaps has jumped significantly in recent years, with upwards of 25% of first-year students reporting some sort of mental disorder, a classification which often grants them special privileges in the classroom.

“[W]hile all claimed disabilities have ticked up since 2010, the biggest jump has been in self-described ‘psychological disorders’,” write Joy Pullmann at The Federalist.

... As well, from 2011 to 2016, “the number of students with special accommodations increased by an average of 71% among 22 flagship state schools.”
As Pullmann points out, “huge percentages of college students say they feel overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, even suicidal. 

Colleges are responding by installing live-in counselors in dorms and hiking fees to pay for additional psychological health staff.”...

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Diversity Policies Are Corrupting the Sciences - Minding The Campus

Diversity Policies Are Corrupting the Sciences - Minding The Campus
"Anyone who believes that the hard sciences could never capitulate to identity politics in the way the humanities and softer sciences have should not read Heather MacDonald’s report just posted at City Journal. 
It’s too infuriating, and the impacts could be devastating.
MacDonald surveys the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and accrediting organizations such as the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and finds the quota police alive and well within them.
The NSF, for instance, “dumps millions of dollars into implicit-bias activism,” a pseudo-scientific effort to explain lack of proportionate numbers of women and certain minorities in STEM fields on the grounds of racism and sexism. 
It has other programs that “pressure actual science grantees to incorporate diversity considerations into their research.” 
uch programs aim to set “inclusion and equity” at “the very core” of STEM science.
The NIH puts similar burdens on the field. Its training grants for postdoctoral education for physicians are threatened with funding cuts if the programs don’t support “a sufficient number of ‘underrepresented minorities.'” 
It also wants to see proportionate representation in the sample of medical subjects...
...but the percentage of doctorates in STEM fields granted to African Americans each year is under four percent. 
he applicant pool isn’t nearly large enough for departments to reach proportionality in the demographic make-up of the professors (using the population of the surrounding geographic area as a base measure)...
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Voter guide!-----"How Michigan Legislators Voted on Taxpayer-Funded Business Subsidies."--Business Subsidy Scorecard - Michigan Votes

Business Subsidy Scorecard - Michigan Votes: 
"A Scorecard of the Business Subsidies Authorized by Michigan Lawmakers. 
This is part of a Mackinac Center policy brief titled, "How Michigan Legislators Voted on Taxpayer-Funded Business Subsidies." 
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100.0% Valentine, Mary D
100.0% Hughes, Holly R

100.0% Sabo, Terry D

100.0% Hovey-Wright, Marcia D

100.0% Lamonte, Collene D

98.2% Huizenga, Bill  R

98.1% Whitmer, Gretchen D

97.1% Farhat, David R

94.9% Calley, Brian R

3.5%  Colbeck, Patrick R

0.0% Amash, Justin R

0.0% Glenn, Gary R 

0.0%  Bumstead, Jon R

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Church of England Seeks Gay, Transgender Priests In New ‘Diversity Drive’ | Daily Wire

Church of England Seeks Gay, Transgender Priests In New ‘Diversity Drive’ | Daily Wire:

"The church founded by an adulterous tyrant is increasingly becoming the laughing-stock of Christianity.
Church of England's U.S. counterpart, Episcopalianism, sold its soul to the leftist agenda, and now its mothership church in the U.K. is kicking off a drive to recruit transgender priests in order to help bolster the church's LGBT-friendly image."

Google Lists ‘Nazism’ as an Ideology of Republicans | Intellectual Takeout

Google Lists ‘Nazism’ as an Ideology of Republicans | Intellectual Takeout:
"...As first reported by Vice, the powerful search engine company listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party—less than a week before the GOP’s primary...

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