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Update (24 March 2021): The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment is still insisting there's a flaw in our best model of particle physics. As explained below, previous results comparing the collider's data with what we might expect from the Standard Model threw up a curious discrepancy by around 3 standard deviations, but we needed a lot more information to be confident it truly reflected something new in physics. Newly released data have now pushed us closer to that confidence, putting the results at 3.1 sigma; there's still a 1 in 1,000 possibility that what we're seeing is the result...

Thousands of Catholics, including some leaders of prominent organizations, have signed a document that opposes COVID vaccines developed using fetal cells.Judie Brown, president of the American Life League, highlighted "a call to arms for Catholics and all men and women of good will."The issue is that while COVID vaccines approved for emergency use don't contain cells of aborted infants, some were developed using such cells.The document, "State of Conscience To Awaken Conscience," was produced by a professor, Catherine Pakaluk, to give Catholics "a voice in resisting the so-called consensus from Catholic leaders who have jumped on the COVID-19 vaccine train...”

U.K. band Madness have had several lives in their more than 40 years together, from ska superstars on their 1979 debut, One Step Beyond, to top 10 success with 1982's smash "Our House," to breaking up in 1986, reuniting in 1992 and continuing on the last two decades as a successful touring band. All of those eras are covered on the new U.S. only compilation, Our House: The Very Best Of Madness. The 12-song collection goes from the band's first hit, "The Prince" to 2019's "Bullingdon Boys," which the band's Graham "Suggs" McPherson calls a sort of protest song. I...

“‘Follow Me’: The Crown of Discipleship” (Mark 10:17-22) Today we conclude our series on the “Follow Me” sayings of Jesus in Gospel of Mark. Last week we took up “The Cross of Discipleship.” Today our theme is “The Crown of Discipleship.” And that’s a good order to go, because there is no crown without the cross, and there is no cross we endure that will not be far outweighed by the crown we will receive. And both the cross and the crown come as we follow Jesus. Last week we talked about the cross. Now we take up the crown....

Recently, I had a conversation with someone who endorses the conventional wisdom on COVID. The woman was friendly and intelligent. However, as readers of this column know, I have been at pains over the last year to expose, by way of at least a couple of dozen essays, the flagrant contradictions, misconceptions, unsubstantiated claims, and outright lies that constitute the Official Narrative. So, the friendly and intelligent women and I disagreed.Upon questioning whether I was among those who denied the very existence of COVID, I replied that while I wasn’t necessarily prepared to explicitly deny it, neither am I willing...

A lawmaker's popcorn machine was removed from the North Dakota Capitol after it set off fire alarms twice in one day, officials said. The Capitol's legislative wing was evacuated twice Monday, once in the morning and once in the afternoon, after fire alarms were triggered by a popcorn machine brought in by Rep. Mary Johnson, R-Fargo. Facility Management Director John Boyle said the Bismark Fire Department responded to both calls. Johnson said she had been unaware of a 32-year-old policy from the Office of Management and Policy that bans popcorn machines and other cooking devices from being used outside of...

A man was arrested Wednesday after entering a Publix supermarket in Atlanta with five firearms and body armor, police said. The man, who Atlanta police have identified as 22-year-old Rico Marley, has been charged with reckless conduct. ... ...Atlanta police said a preliminary investigation revealed that Marley entered the store Wednesday afternoon openly carrying a rifle and entered a bathroom. A witness noticed him and alerted a store manager, who then called police. Police said they responded ...

A retired New York police officer who is alleged to have played a tambourine in the halls of the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot has been charged with several misdemeanors, the FBI said... ...Carpenter is charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds....

The Minnesota Department of Health has identified 89 "breakthrough" cases of COVID-19. Director of Infectious Diseases Kris Ehresmann said a "breakthrough" case is when a person gets COVID-19 after the two weeks following getting fully vaccinated. She said it's not surprising. 42 of 72 cases didn't have any symptoms at all, and so I think that's important to keep in mind," Ehresmann said. She says it means even if you're vaccinated, you could still get the disease, be asymptomatic and pass it along to someone else. MDH's goal is to get 80% of Minnesotans vaccinated.

On today’s show, Biden Accuser Tara Reade joins us to talk about her story, working for Biden, double standards & being retaliated against for speaking out.

Orson Welles played nearly all the roles. From director to writer to leading actor, Welles was an innovative creator whose keystone production, Citizen Kane, effectively changed the course of moviemaking in the '40s. But throughout much of his career, his established independence and his frequent squabbles with other producers on film projects meant he often found himself taking odd production jobs to keep afloat, where he also butted heads with others. In one such instance, hired for some narration work sometime around 1970 by the Swedish frozen food brand Findus, Welles can be heard on tape breaking from script and...

B.J. Thomas, the acclaimed singer best known for hits like "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," "Hooked on a Feeling" and "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song," announced his diagnosis of stage four lung cancer. “I just wanted to take this unique opportunity to share my gratitude to Gloria, my wonderful wife and my rock for over 53 years, my family, friends and fans,” he said in a statement released on his social media. Thomas also said he's currently receiving treatment in Texas. “I’m so blessed to have had the opportunity to record and perform beautiful...

Mexican President Obrador blames migrant crisis on Biden Why? Biden wants open borders and he put a stop to the border wall. I say, let's continue with the WALL. How? Ask the President of Mexico to finish the wall on the Mexico side. A fund could be set up with US support to help build and finish the wall. STOP THE BORDER CRISIS!

Late-night host and comedian Jay Leno has issued an apology for a series of jokes told over his career targeting Asian communities. The apology comes after a nearly 15-year campaign from the activist group Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) for remarks as recent as Variety‘s 2020 report that Leno cracked about Koreans eating dog meat — a complaint that offended numerous players on the set of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.” “At the time I did those jokes, I genuinely thought them to be harmless,” Leno said in a joint press release with MANAA leader Guy Aoki. “I was...

You won’t see this story in the media. Houston – Two women were arrested and charged for violently attacking a Korean beauty store owner in north Harris County.

"I think it's time for our friends in the press to leave now" All Media Evacuated From White House As Joe Biden Stares Blankly into Camera & Asks What's Going On Biden Confused (35 secs)

Earlier this month Wisconsin Spotlight reported that former top Democrat operative Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein was given keys to the KI Center ballroom in Green Bay, Wisconsin where absentee ballots were stored and counted for days prior to the 2020 election. Newly released emails by Wisconsin Spotlight confirmed this development in the battleground state of Wisconsin. Then earlier today we reported– Emails show that Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein, Wisconsin state lead for the National Vote at Home Institute, was given secret internet access at the hotel convention center where ballots were counted in Green Bay. Wisconsin Spotlight is reporting on this Wisconsin scandal. But...

The 21-year-old man...ranted about on Facebook over the past 18 months about "racist islamophobic people," then-President Donald Trump, and not having a girlfriend,...He was known to the FBI through his association with someone else who it had been investigating...Ahmad Alissa was engaged by police at least twice before...

Democrats continue to push the ridiculous talking point that white men commit the majority of mass shootings in the United States. The left continues to push this with every mass shooting.