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In perhaps his most famous quip of all time, celebrated physicist Richard Feynman once remarked, when speaking about new discoveries, “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” When you do science yourself, engaging in the process of research and inquiry, there are many ways you can become your own worst enemy. If you’re the one proposing a new idea, you must avoid falling into the trap of becoming enamored with it; if you do, you run the risk of choosing to emphasize only the results that support it, while discounting...

Embattled actor Jussie Smollett still faces a $130,000 lawsuit from the City of Chicago - and more legal trouble from the brothers he hired to attack him - after he was convicted of staging his own assault in a botched career move. The former Empire star dominated headlines in January 2019 after he claimed he was victimized in a racist, homophobic attack, but investigators soon determined his story was a hoax. The Chicago Police Department came to the conclusion after more than two dozen cops spent weeks investigating the bogus story, logging 1,836 overtime hours in the process, a July...

Washington (CNN)A television attack ad from conservative Super PAC Club for Growth Action uses egregiously deceptive editing to build its case that Pat McCrory, a Republican candidate for a US Senate seat in North Carolina, is a "Trump-hater" and "liberal faker." Facts First: The attack ad dishonestly sliced and diced remarks McCrory made on the Charlotte radio show he co-hosted after his term as North Carolina governor ended in 2017 -- changing the meaning of some of his quotes to transform them into what sounded like direct attacks on former President Donald Trump and Trump supporters. As CNN reported in...

Former Trump Advisor Stephen Miller joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures this morning. Stephen Miller laid out what he said could be the first Articles of Impeachment against Joe Biden. The Biden regime has ignored the court order to honor the Remain in Mexico rule and send illegal aliens back to Mexico before their trial date. The Biden regime has only sent 2 PEOPLE back to Mexico. They are openly defying a court ruling. Stephen Miller says this violation of the court should be his first article of impeachment. Actually, his first article of impeachment should be surrendering Afghanistan...

CVS Health is partnering with Microsoft to develop a “data-driven, personalized, privacy-compliant customer experience,” which sounds a whole lot like Bill Gates getting his grubby, blood-stained hands into patients’ vaccine records. According to reports, Microsoft Azure will help CVS “enhance its omnichannel pharmacy capabilities and deliver customized, omnichannel health recommendations,” which is likely only possible if patients’ medical histories are laid bare for Microsoft, and possibly Gates, to view and analyze. Using advanced machine learning (ML) technology models run on Microsoft’s cloud computing service, CVS will be able to leverage the results to automate more healthcare-related tasks, the company says....

About 200 artefacts have been unearthed after two Bronze Age hoards were found by metal detectorists. A 13-year-old girl uncovered a hoard of about 65 axes and other items on her third detecting trip in a field near Royston, Hertfordshire, and another hoard was found close by. Archaeologists excavated about 200 items from the adjacent sites. The council said the hoards could be related and both were being treated as potential treasure. The items were being sent to the British Museum where experts will examine them. The first hoard, including axe heads dating from about 1300BC, was found in September...

There are encouraging signs the Omicron variant has been milder than feared in South Africa, experts say Leading experts have praised the country's leaders for not locking down as infections appear to wane. There are encouraging signs the Omicron variant has been milder than feared in South Africa, experts say But experts in the UK are bracing for a 'wave' of infections - as eligible adults are urged to get their boosters booked Nationally 17,154 cases were reported in the past 24 hours - 4.8 percent up on last week and around 1,000 more than the previous Saturday. However,...

...a series of deep pits were discovered near the world heritage site of Stonehenge last year... Now scientific tests have proved that those gaping pits, each aligned to form a circle spanning 1.2 miles (2km) in diameter, were definitely human-made, dug into the sacred landscape almost 4,500 years ago. The structure appears to have been a boundary guiding people to a sacred area, because Durrington Walls, one of Britain’s largest henge monuments, is located precisely at its centre. The site is 1.9 miles north-east of Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, near Amesbury in Wiltshire... While part of the circle has not...

Set in a remote, windswept salt marsh next to the sea, 54 wooden posts 10ft high stood lashed into a circle, so tightly bound together it was almost impossible to see through the cracks. At the circle's centre was an upturned tree, its roots reaching toward the heavens like branches... Now the mysterious structure, known as Seahenge, will go on display for the first time as part of the British Museum's blockbuster exhibition, The World of Stonehenge, which opens in February. Like the mythical lost city of Atlantis, Seahenge lay silently waiting to be discovered for thousands of years... Imagine...

The hashtag #goodriddance is among the top trends Sunday on Twitter as anti-Trump host Chris Wallace announced he is leaving "Fox News Sunday" for CNN's streaming service. "He'll be controlled by the radical left," then-President Donald Trump said about the prospect of facing Wallace as moderator in the one and only 2020 presidential debate. "They control him." Former Trump adviser Steve Cortes tweeted his testy exchange with Wallace after that debate, where Wallace was blasted for "haranguing" Trump and "his incredibly biased performance as debate moderator."

An attempted robbery in South Los Angeles quickly went sideways when three men in their 20s pulled up in a vehicle and tried to rob a man in his 50s, only to have one of them drop his handgun, allowing the victim to shoot dead one of the perpetrators, authorities said Saturday.

A top adviser to Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing calls to recuse herself from the Justice Department's investigation of the Trump-Russia probe, which has looked into the actions of her husband, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. Margaret Goodlander serves as counsel to Garland, who oversees Special Counsel John Durham's investigation. Garland has oversight of Durham's budget, the scope of the investigation, and the release of a report Durham is believed to be writing. Sullivan, who married Goodlander in 2015, has been referenced in Durham's indictment of a cybersecurity lawyer who worked for the Clinton campaign. While there is no...

The commission believes criminals should not be given stronger sentences if they commit more crimes while on probation or parole, or even if they’ve escaped custody. That will mean lower sentences for criminals who commit murder, rape, assault, robbery and felony DWI! Worse yet, sex offenders currently receive double points for their custody status, so eliminating this part of the grid will disproportionally benefit the worst criminals in our system.

‘He is treating the British public like he has his previous relationships and it’s not an edifying sight’ Boris Johnson is unlikely to raise a glass of champagne to mark the two-year anniversary of his decisive general election victory tomorrow. It is not just that he once again has a newborn baby to look after. It is because this week has been a vivid reminder of the two factors that have repeatedly stopped him from delivering on many of the promises made ahead of that election: the ravages of the pandemic, and the unforced errors in No 10 which some...

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, one of the few high-profile news personalities who retained a reputation of integrity as the channel he worked for leaned hard into right-wing and conspiratorial programming, announced Sunday that he is departing the network and joining CNN+ to host a weekday show. Wallace made the stunning announcement of his departure from Fox News at the end of "Fox News Sunday," the channel's flagship weekly program that he has moderated since 2003. "After 18 years — this is my final 'Fox News Sunday.' It is the last time, and I say this with real sadness, we...

The “othering” of conservative Americans by the radical left continues.This won’t end well.Saturday Night Live ran a skit last night joking about taking turns on Roger Stone’s 75-year-old wife who has cancer.Saturday Night Live: Trump advisor Roger Stone who draws his glasses on with a Sharpie (joke – haha) refused to cooperate with the committee investigating the January 6th attacks, though Stone said he would be open to sitting in a corner and watching the committee take turns on his wife.It’s now “funny” on the left to joke about gang-raping the wife of a prominent conservative with cancer.(Warning on language...

Table of Contents: 1. Non-Practicing Christians Are On The Rise 2. Regular Church Attendance Declines 3. Prayer Is Still Important 4. Church Attendance By Generation 5. Tithing Numbers Still Low 6. Faith Remains Strong During COVID-19 7. Live Streaming Leads To Growth 8. Sermons Matter Most 9. Community Matters Too 10. Live Streaming Increases Online Tithing 11. Online Attendance Is Higher Than In-Person 12. Initial Tithing Effects Of COVID-19 13. Church Attendance Still Reeling From COVID 14. Hybrid Church Services Could Be The New Norm 15. Members Somewhat Confident Churches Are Safe 16. In-Person Attendance Slowly Growing 17. Christians Experiment...

The Liangzhu excavation site, on the Yangtze River Delta, southwest of Shanghai in China, is home to the remains of a 5,300-year-old civilisation. Liangzhu City was once an advanced culture, with hydraulic infrastructure including dams, reservoirs and canals. Despite not having metals, the Neolithic people of Liangzhu operated a complex water system that allowed agriculture to flourish. There is still much to learn about Liangzhu, which was only declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019. It was inhabited for 1,000 years, but it’s still not entirely clear what caused the city’s downfall, which was thought to be abrupt... Moisture...

When two-time Olympic gold medal-winning skier David Wise started talking publicly about a passion he pursued in his free time, his agent warned him against it. His sponsors balked. Then, a few dropped him. Instead of responding by hiding his hobby in the woods, however, Wise amplified it. He went on hunting podcasts, and started an Instagram page highlighting the “off the grid” activities he pursues with his wife and two children, including growing vegetables, raising chickens and hunting. “If something has to die to feed my family I choose to take on the responsibility of killing it myself,” Wise...

Four deaths have already been reported in the exchange of fire in the al-Burg refugee camp in Lebanon. Hamas accuses Fatah members (like the one in the video) of opening fire. One of the bloodiest events for Palestinians in Lebanon in recent years, since the fighting with ISIS supporters in the camps. pic.twitter.com/wuQsa368MH— Nurit Yohanan (@nurityohanan) December 12, 2021