US: Chicago on track to break sunshine shortage record

If the thought of entering another Chicago winter isn't depressing enough, meteorologists say the city is on track to have one of the gloomiest Decembers in its history.There has been no direct sunshine recorded in Chicago for 15 days this month, according to Frank Wachowski, who mans the official North West Side Midway Airport sunlight observatory.Since Dec. 12, the city has seen only 33 minutes of sunshine, which peeked through the clouds Thursday.That...

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Insanely dangerous! Anti-gun public service announcement encourages kids to steal parents' guns and turn them in to teachers

© Youtube A provocative public service announcement released by a San Francisco-based production company encourages children to put themselves at risk and commit a slew of crimes by stealing their parents' guns from home and turning them in at school.In the anti-gun ad, published Dec. 13 by Sleeper 13 Productions, a boy who appears to be in his early teens is shown walking up the stairs of his home and wandering into his mother's bedroom.The boy...

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Insanely dangerous! Anti-Gun public service announcement encourages kids to steal parents' guns and turn them in to teachers

© Youtube A provocative public service announcement released by a San Francisco-based production company encourages children to put themselves at risk and commit a slew of crimes by stealing their parents' guns from home and turning them in at school.In the anti-gun ad, published Dec. 13 by Sleeper 13 Productions, a boy who appears to be in his early teens is shown walking up the stairs of his home and wandering into his mother's bedroom.The boy...

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US families prepare for 'modern day apocalypse'

This old nuclear missile facility has been turned into an apocalypse refuge. An increasing number of Americans seem to think so, and they're preparing for the end.They call themselves preppers. Mainstream suburban Americans hoarding supplies and weapons while leading otherwise perfectly normal lives.Video: Prepping For The End Of The World It's a national phenomenon and it's supporting a doom boom industry worth many millions.Braxton Southwick is...

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The truth slips out: Whooping cough vaccine caused a surge in cases

© unknown So, you're trying to grow a plant. You take it inside, in a little pot. You feed it fertilizer, put it under lights, and when it starts to wilt, you prop it up with all sorts of sticks and tape, and when one fails, you add more. Eventually it dies. All it wanted was sun, fresh air, clean water, and the magic of natural soil. I think of this pathetic image when I reflect on the absurdity of our vaccination program. If it were only absurd,...

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US Embassy in Havana - The Cuba Caper

© Paul Schutzer/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesThe U.S. Embassy in Havana was flooded with visa applicants at the time the U.S. broke diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961. The lame duck, Obama, extending a conciliatory hand to Cuba by opening an embassy in Havana, by reopening, after 54 years of a criminal and crippling embargo, diplomatic relations? - At the same time Obama is making not a single concession in terms of lifting the blockade....

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NYT: Investigate and prosecute Cheney, Bush officials for torture

© ABCDead inside. In a blistering editorial published in the Monday edition of the , the editorial page editors are calling upon the Justice Department to open an investigation into the torture practices committed during the administration of President George W. Bush with an eye towards prosecuting those who "committed torture and other serious crimes," along with former Vice President Dick Cheney and other major administration officials.Under a...

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Russian MP: Watch out, Lukashenko, you could end up like Gaddafi!

© Reuters/BelTa/ Nikolai PetrovBelarussian President Alexander Lukashenko (R) meets Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi A senior Russian lawmaker has warned Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko against détente with the US, warning him he could end like Libya's Gaddafi."Milosevic, Gaddafi and Hussein all tried to be friends with the United States. Their fates are well known. Now the US is offering 'new relations' with Lukashenko. This is a dangerous...

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Psychology determines our biology? How your personality is linked to your health

Researchers have found new evidence that explains how some aspects of our personality may affect our health and wellbeing, supporting long-observed associations between aspects of human character, physical health and longevity.A team of health psychologists at The University of Nottingham and the University of California in Los Angeles carried out a study to examine the relationship between certain personality traits and the expression of genes...

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Propaganda? Or is North Korea really that stupid? NK threatens attacks on U.S. 'citadels'

© KCNA/EPANorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un is surrounded by cheering soldiers as he is touring a frontline military detachment. North Korea is threatening to retaliate against the US over a Hollywood film portraying the assassination of Kim Jong-un, saying it has "clear evidence" that Washington was heavily involved in devising the plot.The stern but vague warnings come after Sony Pictures decided last week to cancel the release of following cyber-attacks...

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More ridiculous 'Diseases' big pharma is trying to make you believe you suffer from

Direct to-consumer advertising has subverted the doctor-patient relationship.Have you ever noticed how Big Pharma in the United States has things exactly backward? Instead of developing new pills that people need like non-addictive painkillers and antibiotics for resistant infections, it develops new diseases.You know those ads that try to scare you into thinking you have restless leg syndrome, non-24-hour sleep/wake disorder or exocrine pancreatic...

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CIA torturers sought assurances that detainees would remain incommunicado for the rest of their lives

" © Unknown "The Senate Torture Report notes:The interrogation team closed the [CIA] cable by stating:"regardless of which [disposition] option we follow, however, and especially in light of the planned psychological pressure techniques to be implemented, we need to get reasonable assurances that [Abu Zubaydah] will remain in isolation and incommunicado for the remainder of his life." (The report makes clear that the cable was sent well before the...

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The synergistic effects of exercise cannot be 'bought'

Exercise is an essential element of a healthy lifestyle. It's particularly important for controlling your blood sugar and normalizing your insulin levels, which is critical if you want to normalize your weight and maintain optimal health.Based on the principle of following ancestral practices, it is important to understand that our genetics and biochemistry are optimized for consistent regular movement, and failure to provide that will result in...

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SOTT FOCUS: UK 'Establishment': Unmasking psychopathic faces - Pedophilia and murder in VERY high places

8 year old Vishal Mehrotra, who disappeared near the Elm Guest House in West London - alleged haunt of 'pedophiles in power'. In an article published on RT last month, the father of an eight-year-old boy who died in the UK in the 1980s alleged that his son may have been abducted and murdered by members of a Westminster pedophile ring, and further claims that Scotland Yard were complicit in "covering up" the crime.Vishambar Mehrotra, a retired magistrate,...

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