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Liberal media reporters and pundits admitted over the weekend they were wrong to dismiss the Wuhan lab leak theory just because it was espoused by former President Donald Trump. Mainstream reporters had pushed back at the idea that COVID-19 may have originated in a virology lab in Wuhan, China, and openly ridiculed the idea as Trump spoke openly about it in the early days of the pandemic. But now, those same reporters have admitted that it is possible that the virus came from a lab leak — as more scientists and political officials openly question the virus' origins.

A group of Marine veterans from Michigan will ‘ruck’ 100 miles this Memorial Day weekend to raise money for charity. The money raised will go to two organizations: The Mighty Oaks Warrior Programs and All Things Possible. The groups help veterans and their families overcome trauma. The four veterans hope to raise $25,000 for each organization. Between Friday and Sunday, they are walking from Lansing to Grand Haven. They will also hold a workout on the Grand Haven City Beach on Memorial Day. Daniel Kersting, the veteran leading the group, says it’s important that all those struggling get help. “A...

According to Jed Rothwell The first ~100 replications came in from a veritable Who's Who of electrochemistry. https://www.mail-archive.com/v…@eskimo.com/msg82379.html Where are all those replication reports? 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JedRothwell Verified User Reactions Received 10,094 Jun 15th 2017 #2 http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/RothwellJtallyofcol.pdf See also Table 2 in Storms, "Science Of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction" Member Reactions Received 846 Jun 15th 2017 #4 Ok, I see. It's Appendix A, List 2 of Jed's tallies. 153 documented peer reviewed Excess Heat findings. List 2. Peer-reviewed excess heat papers, from both databases 1. Agelao, G. and M.C. Romano, Heat and helium production during exothermic reactions between gases through...

BRIT scientists have invented a “sugar bomb” which destroys greedy cancer cells in seconds. Tumours need food in order to spread so gobble up the sweet “bomb” which contains a drug. Brit scientists invent 'sugar bomb' which destroys greedy A light shone on those cancer cells detonates the “explosive”, known as SeNBD. It works because cancers grow fast and need more food than healthy cells, which are not harmed by the drug. Scientists hope the sugar treatment will boost survival and spare patients damaging chemotherapy. So far, it has only been used on glioblastoma, the most common brain cancer. In...

Former porn star Mia Khalifa slammed Israel in a series of tweets this weekend — posting a photo of herself enjoying some vino while writing, “My wine is older than your apartheid ‘state.'” While Khalifa has made a habit of posting anti-Israel messages on social media since this month’s conflict between the Jewish state and Hamas in Gaza, the wine tweet drew the most widespread reaction. “I love how Israel haters cast It as young,” wrote The Dispatch editor-in-chief Jonah Goldberg. “Yes the modern state of Israel was founded in ‘48 — but that’s 10 years before Iraq’s founding and...

The daughter of Marion Zimmer Bradley discusses “The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon” “The Last Closet” was written by Moira Greyland. She’s the daughter of Marion Zimmer Bradley, author of “The Mists of Avalon” and Walter Breen. It is Marion Bradley’s book from which the book title is drawn. “The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon” is equal parts autobiography and true-crime thriller with a tragic sprinkling of the history of science fiction fandom mixed in. Moira’s book includes large sections of horrifying personal stories, but she has gone to great length to document what happened. For...

The days following the angel’s announcement had been the most exciting, most disorienting days of Mary’s life. With only one fresh water spring, the village of Nazareth was small. Rumors flew. By all appearances, she had fallen into disgrace. She was avoided, even slandered by her own kindred, homeless in her own hometown. The silence between her and Joseph was a yawning chasm. Yet even as whispers turned into open slander among the townsfolk, Mary’s heart beat with purpose. She remembered God’s promises. And she remembered her promise, I am the Lord’s handmaiden.But still, she needed space to process all...

May 31 , 2021The Visitation of the Virgin Mary Church of the Visitationm Ein Karem, Jerusalem, Israel Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White First readingZephaniah 3:14-18 ©The Lord, the king of Israel, is in your midstShout for joy, daughter of Zion,Israel, shout aloud!Rejoice, exult with all your heart,daughter of Jerusalem!The Lord has repealed your sentence;he has driven your enemies away.The Lord, the king of Israel, is in your midst;you have no more evil to fear.When that day comes, word will come to Jerusalem:Zion, have no fear,do not let your hands fall limp.The Lord your God is in your midst,a victorious warrior.He...

The ongoing investigation into family court corruption in Missouri is racking up so many columns that it needs its own catalog page. Here, you will find links to each piece as it is reported. This is a good link to share with anyone who wants to know the latest information on what is happening in the Missouri family court system. This page will be updated as more columns are published going forward.

It is true that she could be formulaic, especially in her early books. Miss Marple’s eyes endlessly twinkled and Hercule Poiret kept twirling that famous mustache. What keeps her books readable, though, is that she never cheats (the clues are always there if you know what to look for). That’s the obvious reason. However, I also believe that, despite her formula and repetition, she understood human nature, something that became increasingly obvious as her writing matured. And while the excerpt of the interview with the Bishop didn’t touch upon “expertise” the rest of the Tucker Carlson episode was about the...

Student leaders at the University of Chicago peddled anti-Semitic tropes in a letter condemning Israel after a ceasefire ended a weeks-long conflict set off by the terrorist group Hamas. In a joint letter with the Students for Justice in Palestine, the incoming Undergraduate Student Government called on May 22 for university officials to divest from Israel and "make accommodations" for Palestinian members of the school community. The unsigned letter states, "From the river to the sea, USG supports a Palestine that is free." Anti-Israel activists use this slogan to call for the wholesale destruction of the Jewish state. The University...

A restrictive voting bill in Texas that was on the verge of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk failed to pass Sunday night after Democrats walked out of the House chamber before a midnight deadline. Abbott swiftly said he would call a special session to try passing a voting bill again but did not say when.“We’ve said for so many years that we want more people to participate in our democracy. And it just seems that’s not the case,” Democratic state Rep. Carl Sherman said. The bill known as Senate Bill 7 would have imposed a raft of election changes that...

Jewish residents of a Massachusetts town are criticizing a public elementary school's decision to hang a Black Lives Matter flag a week after the organization condemned Israel for "settler colonialism." Sprague Elementary School in Wellfleet, Mass., live-streamed a ceremony on Wednesday to showcase the hanging of the Black Lives Matter flag. Teachers who spoke during the event said the flag "is a statement of support of human dignity, respect, and justice." In a May 17 tweet, Black Lives Matter announced that it stood "in solidarity with Palestinians" and Palestinian "liberation." Black Lives Matter is one of several organizations that condemned...

A New Mexico Democratic congressional candidate says she supports sanctions against Israel—a position she adopted after Hamas fired thousands of rockets at the Jewish state. "[I] would support divestment or sanctions initiatives that work towards the goal of a two-state solution," Melanie Stansbury, who is running in a special election for the House seat vacated by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, told Jewish Insider this week. The New Mexico state representative also said she supports conditioning aid for Israel to ensure it is never used "for actions against Palestine," a position popular among left-wing Democrats such as Rep. Rashida...

A bizarre call to a Troy hotel unearthed a slew of possible crimes linked to the people inside one room, including kidnapping, drug use, mail theft, identity theft, lying several times to officers and kicking out the window of a police car. At 6:27 a.m. May 20, Troy police officers were called to the Hawthron Suites at 2600 Livernois Road for a welfare check. Officials said the woman who called said her name was “Mailey” and that she had “awoken from a dead sleep” because of a disturbance. She asked to meet police near the main hotel lobby, according to...

Lawmakers will tell Israeli leaders the GOP stands should-to-shoulder with the country Senators Ted Cruz (R., Texas) and Bill Hagerty (R., Tenn.) landed in Israel on Sunday to assess the damage from the country’s most recent war with Hamas and meet with the Jewish state’s leaders. The lawmakers—both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—will tour Israel’s southern cities, which were heavily targeted by Hamas, and sit down with Israeli leaders to reaffirm the Republican Party’s unwavering support for the security alliance with America. The trip comes as Democrats in Congress are increasingly divided over U.S. support for Israel. Lawmakers...

Post-jab radiotracer uptake "could prompt unnecessary biopsies and treatments"Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of cancer patients after they received COVID-19 vaccinations showed abnormal radiotracer uptake in lymph nodes, researchers reported. The retrospective study demonstrated that about 10% of patients, who had no visible axillary nodal uptake on PET imaging performed pre-vaccination, exhibited positive axillary lymph nodes after COVID-19 vaccination, according to Jason Young, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and colleagues. "The decision to proceed with PET imaging after recent COVID-19 vaccination should take into account the evolving knowledge of the pitfalls that such vaccination can cause on...

Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley had a go at Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday over well wishes she sent out for the holiday weekend.Harris shared a tweet on Saturday that featured a photo of herself and the message: "Enjoy the long weekend."Haley, who served as President Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, seemingly took issue with the tweet. She retweeted it and wrote, "Unprofessional and unfit."

The political developments in Israel today but first... A tripling of injuries among 12 to 17 olds being vaccinated for COVID-19 in the US. That's part of the latest data from the CDC on vaccine side effects through Friday May 21st. There are not 3,449 total adverse events for 12 to 17 year olds... A vaccination site at a middle school in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho targeting children in the 12 to 17-year old age group staffed by National Guard personnel and guarded by police... A manhunt in France for an ex-soldier described as heavily armed. He opened fire on police...

Wikileaks document that referred to the destruction of a US moon base sometime in the 1970s has recently gained renewed attention. The document is dated January 24, 1979, and is titled “Report that UR Destroyed Secret US Base on Moon.” It was correspondence involving one or more officials from the U.S. State Department to Samuel L. Devine, a Republican member of the US Congress. The document has tags “Operations–General | UR – Soviet Union (USSR)” which reveals that “UR” stands for the USSR. The document was marked unclassified, which suggests that the content of the correspondence did not contain classified...