After more than 50 years of cold war the US and Cuba are warming up and agreed to have relations.... The diplomatic kind.
US is going to lift restrictions on banking and travel. Those restrictions date all the way back to when Fidel Castro took power in Cuba during the Cold War. Obama used executive authority to dial back restrictions, but it’s still up to Congress to give the OK to lift the whole embargo.
The governments of US and Cuba are paving the way for a massive overhaul in their political policies.
For more than five decades, US has kept an economic embargo on Cuba, but all of this is now changing under the Obama administration. Today President Obama begins a broad range of diplomatic and regulatory measures that are considered the most sweeping change in U.S. policy toward Cuba since the 1961 embargo was imposed.
This Week in History, Dec 14 - Dec 20
Dec 14, 1911
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Chronic pain and insomnia are an unhealthy combination. According to the National Sleep Foundation, chronic pain disturbs the slumber of one in five Americans at least a few nights a week. Whether it’s from a bad back, arthritis, or headaches, chronic pain puts you in double jeopardy: the pain robs you of restful sleep and makes you more fatigued, and thus more sensitive to pain.
Women who have a history of violent sexual abuse may suffer emotional distress during a routine pelvic examination. Healthcare providers would benefit from greater awareness of symptoms predictive of examination-related distress in this patient population, according to a study published in Violence and Gender, a new peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.
Bi-State group of law enforcement and security agencies say the have enhanced preparedness and coordination in the states of New York and New Jersey.
US Homeland Security, NY NJ NYC held a bi-state meeting of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. This meeting brought together relevant law enforcement and security officials to affirm and build on existing security and preparedness coordination.
I will not let Detroit go bankrupt.
If you like your doctor, you can keep him. PERIOD.
It was because of a video on the internet.
Raising the debt ceiling is unAmerican
I promise 100% transparency in my administration.
I promise NO NEW TAXES on a family making less than $250K a year.
I will allow 5 days of public comment before I sign any bills.
I will remove earmarks from PORK projects before I sign any bill.
I will end Income Tax for seniors making less than $50K a year.
Why do most politicians wind up following these steps towards Political Inaction Committees?
They get elected to gain power and influence, then fall in lust with fame and fortune.
They beat their chests, or slap their own backs to celebrate attainment of power.
They are urged to consider using their power to enact positive change.
They worry that this change might make them look bad politically.
They then decide to play it safe and change nothing.
They get re-elected to keep power they wont use.
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For men:
Excessive drinking is defined as 5 or more drinks in a short period of time, such as a 2-hour period, or
More than 14 drinks in a week.
For women and people 65 and older:
Excessive drinking is defined as 4 or more drinks in a short period of time, such as a 2-hour period, or