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Darkest chapters in human history: More than 94 million   men, women and children combined were killed by the Communist governments all over the World. More than 55 million people died during World War II.  More than 20 million people died during World War I.  More than 15 million men, women and children combined, were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade. More than 17 million people died from Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in 2019, Worldwide More than 480K deaths per year are caused by the tobacco industry,  in the United States alone     More than 8 million people each year Worldwide are caused by tobacco      More than 7 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use      More than 1 million are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke. 

This questions was not on anybody's radar back in the fifties, sixties, because during the cold War times, the World was easy, there were the good guys (the USA, defender of the World, always ready to help) and the bad guys (the Russian, Communist, sad, grey and ugly always preparing mischiefs) But relatively recently a new subconscious interrogation is emerging, in the contemporary culture ; as if we could not really understand who is right, or who is in the wrong anymore, as if the illusion of good and evil was just covering a more hideous reality of who is the bully and the victim. Maybe it started with the " Watchmen " or maybe it was " the Boys " series, or " Omniman "? As the World is starting to question if their governments really have their best interests in mind, we are seeing more and more of this type of controversial superheroes.. Even in comedy as in the "V indicator 2 " mini-series from "Rick and Morty" Universe There...

  Summary of the past 2 years Heatwaves May 2022 - current heat wave in India has already had a global impact, helping to send the price of wheat soaring to a record high last week after India banned exports of the crop, which has been badly damaged by the dry, hot conditions. July 17, 2022 -  More than 1,000 deaths have been attributed to the nearly week-long heatwave in Portugal and Spain so far June / July 2021 - Record  heatwave may have killed 500 people in western Canada June 2021 - ​​During the deadly heat wave that blanketed Oregon and Washington in late June, about  600 more people died than would have been typical , a review of mortality data for the week of the crisis shows. Blackouts Feb 2021 - 4 million customers lost heat after an arctic blast buckled the state's electric grid.  (210 dead in Texas - link below under Extreme Cold Events) Summer 2021 - More than 400 blackouts (triggered in California) to reduce the risk of big wildfires. An estimated...

At this point in time, we are getting closer to 5 months in the Russia vs Ukraine conflict,  and it is going nowhere ... lies, misinformation, empty threats, empty promises, betrayal, increasing horrors. Let's summarize the situation and try to understand the big picture"  Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th 2022, for no other reason than Ukraine showing interest in joining Europe and NATO,  And ironically the very reason for the existence of NATO is precisely to protect their members from Russian aggression. NATO would not even need to exist post Cold War, if it weren't for Russia. European are impacted at large  Russia is heavily sanctioned but the only one suffering are the little people This whole crazy situation is the result of an egomaniac government, that thought he could setup a 3 day special operations .... and almost 5 months later, well ...  Sure, the good guys (NATO) increases tensions too, but only in response to tensions increased by Russia....

This one is pretty fun, and although easier to perform that the previous one it is called 'the 2 persons mind reading trick' The card with the number 10 has to be used like a map to help the 'mentalist' (that was out of the room, when the card was selected by the audience) to identify which of the 10 cards on the table has been picked by its location on the table.

This is a really easy card trick Here is the setup a deck of cards ask the accomplice (mentalist) to leave the room present that person as the mind reader, or the person with the extraordinary memory once that person has left the room present the deck of card, shuffle it  then ask the audience to pick a card show it to the audience, and put that card in reverse in front of you then shuffle the deck of card, display the deck and tell the audience, that they could have selected any cards, and while doing that identify the 'twin card' that is in the deck quickly a twin card for the ace of heart, is the ace of diamond, same color, same number or rank do a pinky break on the deck, where that card is then put that card as the first card in the revealed deck ask the 'mentalist' to return back in the room let him see the revealed deck and ask him to guess which card has been removed from the deck the mentalist just check the first card, and then from there identify the missing...

 LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION ‣ Bob Prezkovic, my assistant programmer, can always be found ‣ hard at work in his cubicle. Bob works independently, without ‣ wasting company time talking to colleagues. Bob never ‣ thinks twice about assisting fellow employees, and he always ‣ finishes given assignments on time. Often, Bob takes extended ‣ measures to complete his work, sometimes skipping coffee ‣ breaks. Bob is an individual who has absolutely no ‣ vanity in spite of his high accomplishments and profound ‣ knowledge in his field. I firmly believe that Bob can be ‣ classified as a high-caliber employee, the type that cannot be ‣ dispensed with. Consequently, I duly recommend that Bob be ‣ promoted to executive management, and a proposal will be ‣ executed as soon as possible. Regards, Project Leader KEEP READING... Shortly thereafter, the HR department received the following memo from the Project Leader: Sorry, but Bob was reading over my shoulder while I wrote the report sent to you ea...