The Daily Populous

Sunday February 23rd, 2020 evening edition

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MSNBC's Chris Matthews is facing calls to resign after he compared Bernie Sanders' victory in the Nevada caucus to the Nazi invasion of France.

Sanders won the Nevada Democratic caucuses with 47 percent of the vote, the Associated Press reported.

But Matthews said it was "too late" to stop him, at one point comparing Sanders' victory over other top Democratic contenders to Hitler's invasion of France.

"I was reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940 and the general, Reynaud, calls up Churchill and says, 'It's over.'

"It is absolutely unacceptable that Matthews is making comparisons between Bernie Sanders, whose family was murdered by Nazis, to Nazis.

"Not long ago Chuck Todd read a line from a writer that compared Sanders supporters to [Nazi] brownshirts," he wrote.

Krishan Patel added, "Chris Matthews just compared Bernie Sanders, a Jewish man whose relatives were killed by the Nazis, to the Nazi army. »

Bacteria Engineered to Protect Bees from Pests and Pathogens

Authored by news.utexas.edu

An increasing number of honey bee colonies in the U.S. have seen the dwindling of their adult bees.

“It has direct implications for bee health,” said Nancy Moran, a professor of integrative biology and the primary investigator on the study.

To address each problem, the team engineered one strain of bacteria to target the virus and another for the mites. »

The absurdly high cost of insulin, explained

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He felt it was unethical for a doctor to profit from a discovery that would save lives.

Banting’s co-inventors, James Collip and Charles Best, sold the insulin patent to the University of Toronto for a mere $1.

And by next year, all diabetes patients on Cigna plans will be able to join, according to the Washington Post. »

Study identifies 16 child sex abuse rings in Victorian Catholic Church

Authored by theage.com.au
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Loading Her study also identified Christian Brother Rex Francis Elmer as a member of two paedophile networks.

The church’s pattern of response to complaints of child sex abuse by its clerics functioned as a resource for the paedophile rings, Muytjens found.

The Christian Brothers Oceania Province and the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne were approached for comment on Muytjens' findings. »

Girl Who Sued To Stop Biological Males From Running Girls' Track Defeats Trans-Runner For Championship

Authored by zerohedge.com

So Mitchell decided not just to make a statement in court - but also to make one on the track.

Those males went on to take a collective 15 women's state championship titles, formerly held by 9 different girls.

Mitchell is currently ranked the fastest biological girl in Connecticut and had lost four girls' state championships and two all New England awards to the males. »