Orthodox and Coptic Christians prepare for Christmas In Egypt, Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, and Bosnia, Christmas is marked by the Julian calendar, two weeks later than most Western churches, which use the Gregorian calendar
click here for moreBedroom-Invading Smartphones Jumble Body’s Sleep Rhythms Having trouble sleeping? Check for a glow, inches from the pillow. Using a smartphone, tablet or laptop at bedtime may be staving off sleep, according to Harvard Medical School scientists, who have found specific wavelengths of light can suppress the slumber-inducing hormone melatonin in the brain. “We have biologically shifted ourselves so we can’t fall asleep earlier,” said Charles A. Czeisler, a professor of sleep medicine at Harvard Medical School. “The amazing thing is that we are still trying to get up with the chickens.” The result is less… View Article
click here for moreCandidate accuses Democrat of trying to buy him out of Kentucky Senate race A third-party candidate in the Kentucky Senate race has accused Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes’ campaign of trying to buy him out of the race. Ed Marksberry claims in a 15-page missive that affiliates of her campaign offered him and his campaign manager benefits in exchange for his full exit from the race. Marksberry dropped out of the Democratic primary last year to run as an independent after alleging the state party inappropriately favored Lundergan Grimes. “We met and I was told that Alison’s campaign would… View Article
click here for moreGirl Falls Asleep Up To 30 Times A Day After Getting Flu Shot A 15-year-old girl is reportedly falling asleep up to 30 times a day after getting a flu shot. Australia’s News Limited reports Chloe Glasson began suffering from narcolepsy four months after being injected with Pandemrix, a vaccine to combat against swine flu, in November 2009. She is one of at least 100 people to suffer from the sleeping disorder after getting vaccinated with Pandemrix. “She has gone from being a bright, outgoing girl to one who cannot go out on her own,”… View Article
click here for moreJP Morgan Pays $2 Billion to Avoid Prosecution for its Involvement In Madoff Ponzi Scheme JP Morgan: Ponzi Schemer Bernie Madoff has said all along that JP Morgan knew about – and knowingly profited from – his Ponzi schemes. So JP Morgan has agreed to pay the government $2 billion to avoid investigation and prosecution. While this may sound like a lot of money, it is spare sofa change for a big bank like JP Morgan. Moreover, the failure to go after Wall Street executives for criminal fraud is the core cause of our sick economy. All of the government’s… View Article
click here for moreGOP Establishment’s War on Tea Party Comes to Texas The Republican establishment’s war against the Tea Party has come to Texas. According to a report in the Dallas Morning News, “Some of Texas’ biggest business trade groups are moving to counter tea party and anti-government forces that have dominated recent Republican primaries.” The Texas Future Business Alliance, described as a “mix of 10 major business groups, including the chemical industry, bankers, builders and contractors,” is reportedly “sending out mailers and providing other support on behalf of GOP candidates” who favor more government spending and want to… View Article
click here for moreWhite House Planning Class Warfare Attack to Spin Away from ObamaCare Barack Obama, desperate for a way to shift a disgruntled American public’s attention away from the disastrous rollout and impending cost of ObamaCare, is going back to the oldest play in the democratic playbook: class warfare. Before his sun-drenched vacation in Hawaii, Obama started the ball rolling, calling for extending federal unemployment benefits that weren’t part of the budget deal that Senate Democrats and House Republicans had made that would fund the government… View Article
click here for more2013 Gun Sales Skyrocketed, Broke Previous Record by Wide Margin Amid the relentless push for more gun control in 2013, there were 21,093,273 background checks for firearm purchasers. The NRA sent Breitbart News a breakdown and comparison of this number against the numbers from previous years, and a record-setting trend is evident. For example, the number of 2013 background checks is nearly two million more than the previous record – 19,592,303 in 2012 – and it far exceeds the 14,033,824 background checks performed during Obama’s first year in office. Although the Christmas season provided only an “average” boost to gun sales last year, December… View Article
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For Queen Michelle, 17 Days in Paradise Just Not Enough WH: A ‘Birthday Present’ From President — And You Taxpayers Seems 17 days in paradise just isn’t enough for Michelle Obama. When President Obama and his daughters left Hawaii to return to the White House, the first lady stayed behind in the $25,000-a-week vacation mansion. The president let his wife stay on with friends as a “birthday present,” the White House said. Yes, America, like it or not, you just bought the first lady a really nice present. See, when she flies home solo, likely on an Air Force C-40B… View Article
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