Proposals for an EU ban on cinnamon rolls have put a dampener on Denmark’s Christmas festivities “It’s the end of the cinnamon roll as we know it,” said Hardy Christensen, the head of the Danish Baker’s Association Photo: ANDREW CROWLEY By… Read More ›
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Was ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ really communist propaganda? FBI investigated classic Christmas film because it portrayed banker Mr Potter as greedy and evil
FBI informants claimed the movie was a vessel for communist messages Claimed screenwriters Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich associated with known communists Report was part of 2,000 page document compiled about communist ‘influence’ in Hollywood By Michael Zennie PUBLISHED: 21:40… Read More ›
The gathering storm: A look back on middle-class Europe’s last carefree Christmas before the onset of World War One
From the following summer, Britain, mainland Europe and a large part of the rest of the world changed for ever ” There are “striking and unsettling parallels”, Emmerson says, with the “geopolitics of the world today”. He does not go… Read More ›
Is laughter really the best medicine?
Contact: Stephanie Burns sburns@bmj.com 44-020-738-36920 BMJ-British Medical Journal Food for thought: Laughter and MIRTH (methodical investigation of risibility, therapeutic and harmful): Narrative synthesis Laughter may not be the best medicine after all and can even be harmful to some patients,… Read More ›
2.5m people will have to take out a loan just to afford central heating this Christmas (U.K.)
Shocking figures revealed as winter fuel costs are hiked by up to £120 Simon Read Monday, 9 December 2013 Some 2.5 million people will have to borrow money to heat their homes this Christmas. The shock statistics are published as… Read More ›
Scrooged: Wisconsin governor asked parents to make campaign contributions INSTEAD of buying their children gifts on Black Friday
Scott Walker campaign fundraising email said his re-election would be a better gift to children than toys or election gadgets President Obama’s 2012 campaign pioneered the idea of a political donation ‘gift registry’ for birthdays, weddings and anniversaries Conservatives spoofed… Read More ›
‘Revolution!’ Thousands pour in for pro-EU rally in Ukraine, storm govt buildings
Published time: December 01, 2013 10:09 Thousands of demonstrators chanting ‘Revolution!’ have flocked into ‘Maidan’ square in Kiev despite a court-imposed ban on rallies. The protesters have reportedly taken several government buildings. Follow RT’s LIVE UPDATES on protests in Kiev…. Read More ›
McDonald’s to employees: Break your food into small pieces to feel full and sell your Christmas presents for cash
By Travis Gettys The fast-food giant McDonald’s is urging employees to break up food into smaller pieces to feel full or sell their Christmas presents for extra money. The restaurant chain made the recommendations on its “McResource” employee website to… Read More ›
Family’s outrage as Ivy League professor set to be released after serving FIVE YEARS for brutally beating wife to death as she wrapped Christmas presents
By Michael Zennie PUBLISHED: 11:24 EST, 17 January 2013 | UPDATED: 13:47 EST, 17 January 2013 The family of a woman brutally beaten to death by her Ivy League professor husband is furious that he is being released after… Read More ›
Are Santa’s Visits Legal?
by Jill Harness – December 25, 2012 – 9:30 AM Sometime between when you went to bed last night and when the sun came up this morning, a fat man in a red suit shimmied down your chimney… Read More ›
Experts discover why Rudolph’s nose is red
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Researchers solve the age-old mystery of why Rudolph has a bright red nose Rudolph’s nose is red because it is richly supplied with red blood cells which help to protect it from… Read More ›
Experts warn of misbehaving tooth fairy
Contact: Stephanie Burns sburns@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36920 BMJ-British Medical Journal Teeth discovered in children’s ears and wind pipe The tooth fairy and malpractice Opinions of the tooth fairy as kind and giving may need to be revised following “mounting reports of less… Read More ›
Could mistletoe give the kiss of death to cancer?
Contact: Gordon Howarth gordon.howarth@adelaide.edu.au 61-883-137-885 University of Adelaide IMAGE: Health Sciences student Zahra Lotfollahi with a sample of mistletoe extract at the University of Adelaide’s Waite Campus.Click here for more information. Mistletoe has become an important symbol… Read More ›
Around three thousand Spanish police rally against loss of Christmas bonus
Sunday, 28 October 2012 Around three thousand off-duty police officers rallied outside the Interior Ministry in the Spanish capital to protest austerity measures and budget cuts that will see their Christmas bonuses hit the chopping block. Plain-clothes police donning blue… Read More ›
Cod liver oil outperforms standard drugs for tuberculosis
Could cod liver oil help combat tuberculosis? Repost from Dec 2011 A review of a historical study from 1848 reveals that cod liver oil was an effective treatment for tuberculosis, says Professor Sir Malcolm Green in the Christmas issue published… Read More ›
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