Political Correctness: Identifying Suspects 

Two years ago, in preparation for an essay I never wrote, I was researching a scary spike in gang rapes that occurred in Sweden from 2000 to 2020. From data compiled between 2000 and about 2015, one could see that nearly 90% of these crimes were committed by young, Muslim immigrant men. That should have allowed the law enforcement community to focus their attention on this community. But when I looked for data since 2015, I came up empty. Race and ethnicity were no longer being used as descriptors when reporting violent crimes.

“It’s profiling,” one media representative was quoted as saying.

“Yes, it is,” I thought. “But when you are talking about at-large criminals, what’s wrong with that? Doesn’t profiling make it that much easier to identify and arrest the suspects?’

I wasn’t able to continue to pursue the research. The data was no longer there. So, I dropped it, thinking the Swedish people would come to their senses soon.

But now I’ve noticed that this idea has taken root in the US. Not in police reporting, but in media reporting.

Example: Anthony McRae on the Michigan State University campus killing three students and injuring five others. The police described him as a short, Black male, wearing a mask. But in reporting the shooting, the media – from Reuters to The Guardian to Bloomberg – omitted the fact that he was Black. Click here.

Is It Finally Here?” Weight Loss in a Pill? 

In the multibillion-dollar industry of weight loss, it’s the Holy Grail.

Ozempic, taken once a week as a shot in the arm, stomach, or thigh, was approved by the FDA in 2017 to lower blood sugar in people with Type 2 diabetes. But the drug came with a wonderful, unexpected side effect: rapid weight loss.

In 2021, the FDA greenlit a higher dose product, Wegovy – made by the same Danish manufacturer, Novo Nordisk – as an obesity treatment. Since then, it’s been peddled heavily in Hollywood, and ads for and stories about the drug are being tied to all sorts of celebrities, including Khloé Kardashian, who once called herself the “fat sister.”

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Bankman-Fried’s Bond Co-signers Revealed! 

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