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In a seemingly paradoxical study, US researchers found that redheads have a preternaturally high pain tolerance — wait for it — due to a mechanism that ups their susceptibility to sunburns. “These findings describe the mechanistic basis behind earlier evidence suggesting varied pain thresholds in different pigmentation backgrounds,” said Dr. David Fisher of the Massachusetts General Hospital in Massachusetts. He led the fiery study published in the journal Science Advances. The research found that the cells that determine skin color — called melanocytes — play a large role in deciding how people experience pain.

A group of 24 scientists issued an open letter Wednesday demanding a full investigation into the origins of COVID-19 that includes a thorough examination into the possibility the virus could have escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China. The scientists said the World Health Organization’s report on the origins of the pandemic, which concluded the lab leak hypothesis was extremely unlikely, “failed to reach some most basic standards of credible analysis and assessment,” noting that the report contained 12 incorrect, disputed, contradictory and imprecise statements used to downplay the theory. “Well over a year after the initial outbreak, critical records...

A controversial Canadian pastor has reported that he forced out six police officers, who are said to have tried to stop an Easter service due to Covid-19 restrictions, by repeatedly screaming “Out of this property” at them. A video of the encounter spreading on social media shows the officers being confronted by a man who is obviously unhappy to see them. “Please, get out, immediately get out of this property,” the cameraman tells them, repeating the same message again and again in an increasingly loud and agitated voice. The man eventually starts calling the cops “Gestapo” and “Nazis,” ordering them...

What are we willing to die for? Should American soldiers die in the Middle East or risk their lives in the South China Sea or should they take on drug pushers and people smuggling criminals on the Mexican border?

Montana got to see firsthand how well a mail-in election goes. If the results from Missoula County are any indication, it didn’t go well. Local state Rep. Brad Tschida conducted a review of Missoula votes with the assistance of the Missoula County Elections Office. He found 4,592 out of all 72,491 mail-in ballots did not have envelopes — 6.33% of the total. That is a real problem. It is against the law to count mail-in votes if there is no envelope. There is no way to match up signatures to verify if the vote is from a registered voter or...

One in three COVID-19 survivors in a study of more than 230,000 mostly American patients were diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months, suggesting the pandemic could lead to a wave of mental and neurological problems, scientists said on Tuesday. Researchers who conducted the analysis said it was not clear how the virus was linked to psychiatric conditions such as anxiety and depression, but that these were the most common diagnoses among the 14 disorders they looked at. Post-COVID cases of stroke, dementia and other neurological disorders were rarer, the researchers said, but were still significant, especially...

When Rudy Giuliani’s son, Andrew, announced his plans to run for governor of New York earlier today, social media celebrated in snarky style: by shouting out the classic “Saturday Night Live” sketches in which the former NYC mayor’s progeny is portrayed by the late Chris Farley. SNIP “Seeing Andrew Giuliani trending only makes me miss Chris Farley,” tweeted one “SNL” fan in reference to the hilarious skits. Another wrote, “Andrew Giuliani is running for mayor. Really?” No, but: “Can’t help but think of Chris Farley.”

Liberty advocates, rejoice! The idiocracy is going to save us from another form of COVID tyranny. Thanks to a combination of bungling authoritarians and decaying legacy corporations, these entities are simply too incompetent to pull off a functioning vaccine passport program.New York’s rollout of its vaccine passport already has the markings of a five alarm dumpster fire. The New York State “Excelsior Pass” vaccine passport system, which was created by IBM, has so many issues that I wouldn’t be surprised if the program was scrapped altogether before the end of the calendar year. It has massive security flaws, a shrinking...

Defending herself from more than $1 billion in liabilities from Dominion Voting Machines, lawyer Sidney Powell argued late last month that that “no reasonable person” would believe that her conspiracy theories were factual. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) cited that concession to argue that the pro-Trump lawyer’s meritless litigation is sanctionable. “These attorneys seemingly made statements they knew were misleading in an effort to further their false and destructive narrative,” Nessel wrote in a statement on Wednesday. “As lawyers, fidelity to the law is paramount. These individuals worked to further conspiracy theories in an effort to erode public trust...

Folks, I am rarely speechless, but I can’t think of anything to say anything other than thank you! Over 80% of all American book sales are through Amazon, which means FAUCIAN BARGAIN is now officially the best-selling nonfiction book in the country. https://t.co/4CCwXgcBSM— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) April 7, 2021---------------------

Former President Trump fell nearly 300 spots on the Forbes billionaires list after his fortune decreased by more than $1 billion during his four years in office. Trump ranked 1,299 on the Forbes billionaires list, released on Tuesday, with an estimated worth of $2.4 billion. Last year, Trump ranked 1,001 on the list. Forbes reported that Trump’s estimated net worth in January 2017, when he entered office, was $3.5 billion. Forbes noted, however, that Trump is richer now than he was a year ago, when the outlet released their valuations at the beginning of the pandemic. His ranking slipped, Forbes...

Enhancement of Excess Thermal Power in Interaction of Nano-Metal and H(D)-Gas February 2020 Project: Leading the Japanese Gvt NEDO project on anomalous heat effect of nano-metal and hydrogen gas interaction Akito Takahashi, Toyoshi Yokose, Yutaka MoriShow and others. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339325055_Enhancement_of_Excess_Thermal_Power_in_Interaction_of_Nano-Metal_and_HD-Gas FILES Abstract and Figures Significant enhancement of excess thermal power by the anomalous heat effect (AHE) has been attained by our latest experiments on interaction of binary nano-composite metal powders and H (or D) gas at elevated temperature of 300-400 °C. Observed excess thermal power levels in average were 10, 86 and 186 W/kg-sample for PNZ10, PNZ10r and PNZ10rr, respectively with...

You love to see infighting when it comes to liberal news outlets, and it’s perhaps no more satisfying than when it involves CNN. The left-wing network has become an absolute dumpster fire (to the extent that it hasn’t been since the Clinton years) throughout the Trump and post-Trump era.Now, Brooke Baldwin is leaving CNN, and she decided to burn the joint down on her way out. Per Fox News, she slammed her former employer over their predominantly male culture.Departing CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin airs grievances with lack of women in key roles at liberal network – Fox News https://t.co/QhsNlucy2D— kaitlin,...

And then there’s Marine veteran John “Chick” Donohue, who traveled all over war-torn Vietnam in 1968 just to drop off some beers to his neighborhood buddies fighting in the war. It sounds made-up, but this story is 100% true, and, best of all, it’s getting the movie treatment with some big stars on the roll call. Actors Russell Crowe and Zac Efron are in talks to star in the picture, and Bill Murray may be cast in a supporting role... It all started in November 1967, when the 26-year-old Donohue was chatting about anti-war protests with George Lynch, the bartender...

Why is there a painting of a nude Jesus ministering to Judas in Pope Francis’ study?In This Episode According to the Vatican’s own newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis has placed a painting of a resurrected nude Jesus ministering to Judas, Christ’s own betrayer, behind the Pope’s desk in his personal study in the Vatican.

U.S. Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) appears to be cashing in on the controversy. The first-year lawmaker reportedly hauled in a massive $3.2 million in campaign donations from January through March 2021 primarily from small, grassroots contributors. What’s even more notable is that social media star Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.) reportedly only managed about $726,000 during the same time period in 2019 when she was new in Washington. Given that they face reelection every two years, members of Congress are constantly “dialing for dollars,” and the digital equivalent, for their own campaigns or (if they are in a safe, gerrymandered...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Where are the surfboards? Soldiers conduct a surfboard competition at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, March 3, 2021. The competition consisted of 14 rigorous events to test soldier’s physical and mental strength. ( U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jessica Scott. ) Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Delta Company MCMAP Recruits with Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, participate in a Marine Corps Martial Arts training session at Marine Corps Recruit Depot...

Police have placed roadblocks and fencing around GraceLife Church in Edmonton, Alberta in an effort to prevent worshippers from accessing the building. According to The Post Millennial, law enforcement officers descended upon the property early Wednesday morning. The exact reason for the blockade is unknown at this time. GraceLife made headlines earlier this year after the church's pastor, James Coates was jailed for holding in-person worship services amid ongoing pandemic restrictions. As CBN News has reported, after spending a month behind bars for violating the government's capacity mandates, Coates was released from jail on March 29. Pastor Coates's wife, Erin...

The Chief Medical Examiner for D.C. on Wednesday gave his determination on the causes of death involving those who died in the Capitol riot on January 6th.Dr. Francisco Diaz, the Chief Medical Examiner, listed the causes of death as following:• Ashli Babbitt, 35, died from a gunshot wound to her left shoulder, her death has been ruled a ‘homicide’• Roseanne Boyland, 34, died of acute amphetamine intoxication, her death has been ruled ‘accidental’• Kevin Greeson, 55, died of hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, his death has been ruled ‘natural’• Benjamin Phillips, 50, died of hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, his death has...

Barack Obama used NASA for Muslim outreach and now Joe Biden is considering using a NASA facility in California to house illegal alien children. Our enemies are laughing at us. This week NASA sent their employees an email seeking volunteers to help staff facilities for unaccompanied minors, per an internal email provided to The Intercept. Last month it was reported that Joe Biden was considering using A NASA facility to house illegal aliens. At the time, the US was housing 3,500 migrant minors, that number is now closer to 18,000. ABC News reported last month: