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Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Your blood type may put you at risk for heart disease

© Lightspring/Shutterstock People whose blood type is A, B or AB have an increased risk of heart disease and shorter life spans than people who have type O blood, according to a new study.But that doesn't mean people with blood types other than O should be overly concerned, because heart disease risk and life span are influenced by multiple factors, including exercise and overall health, experts said.In the study, researchers followed about 50,000...

Following through: Russia will completely stop the delivery of gaz through the Ukraine

Vladimir Putin and Alexei Miller, the head of Gazprom First, I was a little skeptical. Then more and more sources confirmed what seems to be a fact: Russia will completely stop the delivery of gaz through the Ukraine and all Russian gaz will now flow through Turkey (see Bloomberg and LifeNews). Not only that, but the Russians have told the Europeans that if they want Russian gaz, they will have to build their own pipeline to Turkey at pay for it...

Cops say 'it's not fair' they were forced to resign after being busted for sexual abuse of a minor

© Mercer County Sheriffs Office They were arrested for sexual abuse involving a minor, but now former Aledo Police Officer Steven Bonynge says that he was treated unfairly by being forced to resign.Officers Bonynge, 32, and Seth Degelman, 30, had been investigated by the Aledo Police Department after they received a complaint about their sexual abuse of a juvenile. That's according to Aledo Police Chief J. Michael Sponsler who spoke with reporters...

In preparation for the Pope's visit, Manila police arrest homeless children and detain them in brutal conditions

© Daily Mail Homeless children in Manila are being rounded up by Philippines' police in an attempt to clean the city up for the Pope's visit, reports.Children as young as 5 are being arrested and detained in subhuman living conditions. They are often held for months before being let go onto the streets. Unfortunately, the government has not provided any support for these children, and they often end up back in the temporary prisons. Children are...

City of Albuquerque bars DA from latest officer involved shooting the day after charges filed in shooting death of James Boyd

© Albuquerque Police DepartmentDetective Keith Sandy, far right, moves up the ridge behind an APD K-9 officer in last March’s confrontation with James Boyd in a photo taken from officer Dominique Perez’s helmet video camera. The day after a New Mexico prosecutor charged two police officers in the shooting death of a mentally ill homeless man last year, Albuquerque officials refused to allow representatives from the District Attorney's office to...

EU cries foul as Russia shifts Ukraine gas transit to Turkey

Russia plans to shift all its natural gas flows crossing Ukraine to a route via Turkey, a surprise move that the European Union's energy chief said would hurt its reputation as a supplier.The decision makes no economic sense, Maros Sefcovic, the European Commission's vice president for energy union, told reporters today after talks with Russian government officials and the head of gas exporter, OAO Gazprom (GAZP), in Moscow.Gazprom, the world's biggest natural gas supplier, plans to send 63 billion cubic meters through a proposed link under the...

FBI arrests Ohio man for 'plotting' ISIS-inspired attack on Capitol

© Reuters / Gary Cameron The FBI today arrested an Ohio man for allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired attack on the U.S. Capitol, where he hoped to set off a series of bombs aimed at lawmakers, whom he allegedly considered enemies.Christopher Lee Cornell, 20, of Green Township, was arrested on charges of attempting to kill a U.S. government official, authorities said.According to government documents, he allegedly planned to detonate pipe bombs at...

Solutions: Guerrilla Gardening

© corbettreport.com The problems are obvious: food safety scandals, the death of family farming, food supply insecurity, the revolving door between corporate lobbyists and government regulators, and many more. The solution should be equally obvious: rolling up our sleeves and getting in the garden. Join us today as we explore this simple, natural solution to one of our most fundamental problems.[embedded content]Comment: James Corbett gives an excellent...

Tanzania bans witchdoctors in attempt to end albino killings

© Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty ImagesAt least 74 people with albinism have reportedly been murdered in the east African country since 2000. Tanzania has banned witchdoctors in an attempt to combat a rise in the killing of people with albinism for their body parts, officials said on Wednesday.At least 74 people with albinism have reportedly been murdered in the east African country since 2000. After a surge in 2009, the government placed children with...

Study Shows Voters See Far Beyond The Expensive Suits And Practiced Language Patterns Of Politicians

Many of us have forgotten how to judge the character of another. Their words only tell half the story. For example it is good to watch television with the sound off, this allows you to see numerous nonverbal cues. Body language alone speaks volumes about someone. You can see shy people pull their bodies inward, shift their shoulders in and put their hands in their pockets. We have patterns that emerge that tell everything about ourselves. What...

Another US move to flank China: Japan approves largest military budget since WWII

© Reuters / Yuya ShinoA Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Type 74 armoured tank takes part in an annual new year military exercise with the JGSDF 1st Airborne Brigade at Narashino exercise field in Funabashi, east of Tokyo January 11, 2015. Japan's government has approved its largest military budget in 70 years, in contravention of the country's pacifist constitution, in a display of force to its highly militarized neighbors. The extra...

Study Shows Voters See Far Beyond The Expensive Suits And Practiced Language Patterns Of Politicians

Many of us have forgotten how to judge the character of another. Their words only tell half the story. For example it is good to watch television with the sound off, this allows you to see numerous nonverbal cues. Body language alone speaks volumes about someone. You can see shy people pull their bodies inward, shift their shoulders in and put their hands in their pockets. We have patterns that emerge that tell everything about ourselves. What we...

China's geopolitical policy shift that no one is talking about

I have been to China over the years more than a dozen times. I have spoken with people at all levels of policy-making, and one thing I have come to realize is that when Beijing makes a major policy change, they make it carefully and with great deliberation. And when they arrive at a new consensus, they execute it with remarkable effect on all levels. That is the secret to their thirty-year economic miracle. Now China's top leadership has made such...

Study Shows Voters See Far Beyond The Expensive Suits And Practiced Language Patterns Of Politicians

Many of us have forgotten how to judge the character of another. Their words only tell half the story. For example it is good to watch television with the sound off, this allows you to see numerous nonverbal cues. Body language alone speaks volumes about someone. You can see shy people pull their bodies inward, shift their shoulders in and put their hands in their pockets. We have patterns that emerge that tell everything about ourselves. What we...

Russia giving France until February to deliver Mistral carrier

© Sputnik/ Alexey Danichev The Russian Defense Ministry will not take any action until February over France's failure to deliver the first Mistral-class helicopter carrier, a high-ranking Russian military source told RIA Novosti on Wednesday."We'll wait until February and then we'll make a decision depending on the situation," the source said.On Tuesday, the official from the Defense Ministry's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation...

Palestinian market in Jerusalem attacked by illegal Israeli settler

© Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesAn Israeli settler walks with his gun in the Old City on November 25, 2014 in Jerusalem. Local sources said that the Israeli assailant lives in one of the illegal colonial outposts in the Old City, and that he started walking provocatively in the market, while carrying his government-issued automatic rifle.He then started shouting and cursing at the Palestinian merchants and residents before assaulting a young man, identified...

EU is considering easing anti-Russia sanctions and improving relations

© Flickr/ Giampaolo Squarcina The EU is considering the possibility of scaling down its sanctions against Russia and resuming previously-suspended discussions with the country on a broad range of issues, depending on how the situation in Ukraine develops, according to a European Union discussion paper cited by the .The paper was drafted ahead of the upcoming meeting of the EU member-states' foreign ministers in Brussels, and hasn't been disseminated...

Radical element of reality: Israeli citizens who have refused to serve in the armed forces

© MondoweissMiriam Peretz and Ronnie Barkan on Israeli Channel 10. Last month over 50 alumni of the Israel Arts and Science Academy called on students at the prestige school to refuse to serve in the Israeli armed forces. The story has gotten wide coverage but very little in the U.S. till now. Here are some developments.First, Moriel Rothman-Zecker was published on the op-ed page - "Why I Won't Serve Israel" - where he points out that the ethos...

Albuquerque cop shoots first, asks questions later; turns out the person he shot was a cop

Albuquerque Police Department's five months without a shooting has come to an end as an Albuquerque police officer remains in critical condition after being shot by a fellow officer on Friday.The unnamed officer was shot while undercover during a drug operation to bust two men for $60 worth of meth. Another officer sustained minor injuries, but information on how has not been released.Police have not released the names of any of the officers who were involved, but criminal complaints filed in Metropolitan Court against the two targets of the investigation...

Goodbye free speech and privacy - David Cameron ushering in more state surveillance

This week, British Prime Minister, David Cameron, decided to throw a confused cat among even more confused pigeons. He made comments suggesting that end-to-end encryption should be a thing of the past, a necessary measure to combat that ever woeful virus many deem terrorism. "Are we going to allow a means of communication between people which even in extremis, with a signed warrant from the Home Secretary personally, that we cannot read?" Naturally...

Albuquerque Cop Shoots First, Asks Questions Later. Turns Out the Person He Shot Was a Cop

Albuquerque Police Department's five months without a shooting has come to an end as an Albuquerque police officer remains in critical condition after being shot by a fellow officer on Friday.The unnamed officer was shot while undercover during a drug operation to bust two men for $60 worth of meth. Another officer sustained minor injuries, but information on how has not been released.Police have not released the names of any of the officers who were involved, but criminal complaints filed in Metropolitan Court against the two targets of the investigation...

The Russian national character - Confounding the West for centuries

Zimnik the ancient Slavic god: a squat old man, long hair the color of snow, wears a white coat, always barefoot. Carries an iron staff, one swing with which instantly freezes everything solid. Can summon snowstorms, ice storms and blizzards. Goes around taking whatever he likes, especially children who misbehave. Recent events, such as the overthrow of the government in Ukraine, the secession of Crimea and its decision to join the Russian Federation,...
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