“Why one child will struggle with school and another will not. Genetic differences between us matter for our lives. They cause differences in things we care about.”

Long read, but highly recommended. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
Polygenic scores can now account for a good deal of a population’s variance in height and weight, and have been shown to predict cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
The largest gwas for educational attainment to date found almost thirteen hundred sites on the genome that are correlated with success in school.
Those in the study with the highest scores were approximately 5Xs more likely to graduate from college than those with the lowest scores—about as accurate a predictor as traditional social-science variables like parental income.

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Muslim School Board member votes against honoring 9/11 victims. Her father was in charge of the mosque that the 9/11 terrorists attended and her dad publicly called for jihad.

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Fairfax, Virginia: Muslim School Board member votes against honoring 9/11 victims. Her father was in charge of the mosque that the 9/11 terrorists attended and her dad publicly called for jihad.
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Muslim school board member, whose father was on the board of the mosque attended by 9/11 hijackers and hired as imam a top Al-Qaeda operative, forcefully opposed a resolution honoring the victims of the 9/11 Islamic terrorist attacks.

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My most vivid memory from 9/11 was the smell of burnt flesh.

It wasn’t until the next morning that the reality of what happened the day prior truly settled in. I was still in disbelief until I opened my window…

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I woke up on September 12, 2001, to rays of sunshine beaming on my face. It looked beautiful outside. It was a brand new day, and the terrible dream about the day prior seemed to be over. I walked over to my bedroom window and I opened it.
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Biden’s OSHA mandate for employers affects 80 million workers & requires vaccinations or rigid weekly testing. Enforced with $14K per employer violation.

All the while, the vaccine isn't preventing infection, isn't preventing spread, & becomes ineffective after a few months.
COVID vaccines are designed to prevent death — not infection. miamiherald.com/news/coronavir…
Vaccinated workers can still transmit covid to others. health.clevelandclinic.org/can-vaccinated…
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9 Sep
Biden will force ALL 2.1 million federal workers to get vaccinated, with NO option for testing because it's the "only way" to get back to normal, he says.

Except the vaccine isn't preventing infection, isn't prevent spread, and becomes ineffective after a few months.

WTF. WTF.
COVID vaccines are designed to prevent death — not infection
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Vaccinated people can transmit covid to others.
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Baltimore mom thought her son would receive his diploma this June. “But after four years of high school, France just learned, her 17-year-old must start over. He’s been moved back to ninth grade.”
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This public school, which has a 98% minority student body, is graduating kids who they have failed to teach.
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Evil, shameless propagandist.

Biden got 13 American soldier killed.

Biden left behind Americans.

Biden left behind US service dogs.

Biden left behind Afghan women.

But he shows off that he “rescued” 100K able-bodied Afghan men who should have stayed to fight for their land.
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We had about 2,500 translators and family members. And they appear to have been brought to the US earlier this summer.

Women left behind to be raped, tortured, enslaved, or worse.
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