Social Issues

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Electoral colleges vs popular vote explained...

What??? Hillary Clinton had a majority but still lost? It may seem unbelievable and unfair, but really….it’s as fair as it’s been for more than 200 years.

A Visit to Electoral Land

It has been claimed that French astronaut Claudie Haigneré screamed “Earth must be warned!” before she attempted suicide in 2008. It was widely reported that Haigneré had to be rushed to hospital after she tried to commit suicide. It was alleged that she had to “be restrained” after yelling out her caution prior to falling into a coma following an overdose of sleeping pills. The laboratory where she worked was also allegedly destroyed by fire. The following YouTube film by UFOmania has recently resurfaced examining her story.

Maine governor Paul LePage thinks that people of color are the enemy of his state and seems to suggest that they should be shot. The Republican governor of Maine has been criticized for his remarks. Talking about Maine’s drug problem, governor Paul LePage said that “the enemy right now… are people of color or people of Hispanic origin“. Statistics show otherwise. White people commit 5 out of every 6 drug related offences, involving its sale or manufacture in Maine. “You shoot at the enemy.

Two recent reports from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) show that efforts to encourage Americans to lose weight aren't working.

In one study of more than 5,400 adults, the results show that 33% of US adults are overweight, and 38% of US adults are obese. Breaking the data down a bit further, the report writes that "the age-adjusted prevalence of obesity in 2013-2014 was 35% among men, and 40.4% among women." Additionally, more than 5% of men and nearly 10% of women came in morbidly obese.