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  • Hugs Are Coming Back. Not Everyone Is Thrilled.

    05/16/2021 3:56:38 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 44 replies
    National Post ^ | May 15, 2021 | Ashley Fetters
    SNIP There are reasons so many humans feel comforted by hugging. Like a massage, it “involves stimulation and pressure receptors, and when that happens, the whole nervous system slows down and stress hormone is reduced,” says Tiffany Field, director of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Still, for some, hugs induce stress more than they relieve it. When Sam Zelinka, a federal-government research scientist based in Madison, Wis., gets a hug from anyone other than his wife or kids, he gets the same feeling as when a stranger stands too close to him. And...
  • England to OK hugs as latest COVID-19 lockdown eases

    05/10/2021 9:45:33 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 16 replies
    nypost ^ | 05/10/2021 | AP
    LONDON — In England, it’s going to be time to hug again. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to give the go-ahead for that much-missed human contact when he announces the next round of lockdown easing later Monday in the wake of a sharp fall in new coronavirus infections. The U.K. is now recording around 2,000 new coronavirus cases a day, compared with a daily peak of nearly 70,000 in January. Daily deaths have also plummeted with only two recorded on Sunday.
  • Our Starved for Touch Culture and Mass Shootings

    06/24/2019 11:20:57 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 15 replies
    The American Conservative ^ | May 2014 | Leah Libresco
    When did the Friendzone become such a terrible place to live? In the wake of the Santa Barbara shootings, the unpleasant underbelly of the pickup artist community (PUA), involuntary celibates (incels), and other unhealthy refuges for lonely men have drawn scrutiny and condemnation. They describe themselves as exiles; in the case of the Isla Vista shooter, he decided to destroy the world he couldn’t enter, instead of building something new outside it. Their sense of exclusion is exacerbated by the stories we tell about sex as a prize you can earn and the tendency of the media to shame sexual...
  • AOC and Bernie Sanders share most awkward hug of all time

    05/10/2019 1:20:58 PM PDT · by Drastic · 29 replies
    Trending Politics ^ | 5/10/2019 | Frank
    Nevermind what they were discussing, but this hug had people cringing into next Tuesday. This is the most fake and awkward hug of all time. It wasn't even a full hug! I guess socialists hate each other too!
  • This kindergarten classroom greeting routine will warm your heart

    11/13/2018 3:46:03 PM PST · by Freedom'sWorthIt · 23 replies
    WTVD11 - ABC News ^ | 11/13/18 | ABC News
    A pleasant break from our national nightmare news.
  • ***THE OFFICIAL FRIDAY SILLINESS THREAD***

    01/06/2017 4:21:06 AM PST · by Lucky9teen · 47 replies
       I love cuddling.......technology  Dun...dun.......dun..dun.....dun..dun....dun..dun.....dun...dun....da..da..da....  But I LOVE you!  That's harsh   Not feeling the love  Cats, be like...
  • Dogs Hate Hugs, Study Suggests

    04/26/2016 4:26:19 PM PDT · by SMGFan · 89 replies
    If you love your dogs, you should hug them, right? Wrong. In an article published in Psychology Today, psychology professor and neuropsychological researcher Stanley Coren argues that most dogs are actually stressed out by hugs. The study analyzed 250 Internet photos of people hugging their dogs, scanning for for known signs of anxiety in the dog, including turning their head away, showing the whites of the eyes and slicked back ears. Coren's data revealed that 82 percent of dogs in the photos showed at least one of those signs of stress. About 8 percent of dogs seemed happy with the...
  • John Kasich brought to tears in a touching moment with a supporter

    02/18/2016 2:23:03 PM PST · by Java4Jay · 46 replies
    Republican presidential candidate John Kasich was brought to tears during a rally in Clemson, South Carolina, on Thursday after a supporter revealed his emotional story and his admiration for the candidate.
  • Help honor the "Hug Lady" who cared for our troops (FReep a Petition!)

    12/26/2015 12:25:20 PM PST · by Marie · 6 replies
    Change.org ^ | Nov, 2015 | Jeffrey Wolf
    This is a petition to honor Miss Elizabeth (the Fort Hood Hug Lady) by posthumously renaming the Fort Hood Deployment center the Elizabeth Laird Deployment Center. Miss Elizabeth has doled out more than half a million hugs to soldiers leaving and coming home from Ft. Hood. She's touched so many lives. For some, her's was the last hug that they had on this earth. For others, her's was the first good thing that happened to them when they got home. She was there days, nights, weekends, holidays... rain or shine, Miss Elizabeth was there for our troops. And she did...
  • Netanyahu hugs black Jewish soldier who was assaulted by Israeli police officers sparking riots

    05/04/2015 10:18:22 PM PDT · by Nachum · 20 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 5/4/15 | Associated Press and Tim Macfarlan For Mailonline
    Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with the Ethiopian Jewish soldier whose beating by two police officers, captured on CCTV, sparked days of violent unrest fuelled by decades of repression suffered by the minority community. Netanyahu met Israeli soldier Damas Pakada a day after thousands demonstrators, who saw the footage as evidence of police racism and brutality, clashed violently with officers on the streets of Tel Aviv. In a tweet on the prime minister's Twitter account accompanying a picture of himself and Mr Pakada embracing, Netanyahu wrote: 'I was shocked by the pictures. We cannot accept it, we will...
  • Cuddling Biz Expected To Grow For Holidays

    11/26/2014 8:14:43 AM PST · by Enterprise · 15 replies
    kmjnow.com ^ | November 26, 2014 | Unknown
    Nine months after opening, the Cuddle Connection is now in a different location and the client list is in the hundreds. Kelly Peterson is proving the human touch is powerful, even if it comes from a stranger. “It’s been an amazing journey,” she said. Peterson is a professional cuddler, and since her business opened in Roseville in March, there has been no shortage of clients looking for a cuddle. “It continues to grow the phone is ringing with new client requests everyday,” she said. She says many of her clients keep coming back for a warm embrace, and even travel...
  • Attorney General Holder visits Ferguson as grand jury probes Michael Brown shooting

    08/21/2014 6:20:40 AM PDT · by KeyLargo · 19 replies
    NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ^ | Aug 21, 2014 | Meg Wagner , Corky Siemaszko
    Attorney General Holder visits Ferguson as grand jury probes Michael Brown shooting; demonstrators detained in NYC WARNING GRAPHIC LANGUAGE IN VIDEO: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke with students near the strife-filled Missouri town, and also talked with police boss state Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson — even as one law officer brought in from out of town was videotaped threatening protesters. In New York, demonstrators took to the streets early Thursday. BY Meg Wagner , Corky Siemaszko NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Thursday, August 21, 2014, 3:50 AM Declaring “change is coming,” the nation’s top law enforcement officer arrived...
  • Hug Your Cat Day is Wednesday, June 4!

    06/04/2014 4:25:32 AM PDT · by Gefn · 44 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | June 3, 2014 | Jack Phillips
    Hug your cat is one of those seeming pleasing straightforward holidays. Quite simply, it's a day which cat owners everywhere are encouraged to hug their cats.
  • USDA to Grandparents: Read Government Bedtime Stories to Encourage Healthy Eating

    03/31/2014 2:37:08 PM PDT · by Biggirl · 25 replies
    The Washington Free Beacon ^ | March 31, 2014 | Elizabeth Harrington
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is giving advice to grandparents on how they can get their grandkids to eat healthier, including instructions to give them “hugs” instead of treats, and read government bedtime stories.
  • Today is National Hug Your Cat Day

    06/04/2013 7:50:22 AM PDT · by Gefn · 94 replies
    Examiner ^ | June 4, 2013 | Joseph Kaborsky
    Millions of pet lovers currently have a cat or have owned a cat at some time in their lives. In fact cats are the second most popular pets in America, second only to mans best friend, the dog.
  • Happy Birthday fatima!!

    03/04/2011 8:48:46 PM PST · by Brad’s Gramma · 133 replies
    Top Secret | March 4, 2011 | No One
    Happy Birthday fatima!!!
  • How to Give the Perfect Man Hug

    07/28/2010 3:39:43 PM PDT · by mlizzy · 35 replies · 4+ views
    Reflections of a Paralytic ^ | 7-23-10 | Chelsea Zimmerman
    Ha! After this week’s post on manliness, I just couldn’t resist sharing this one. I found it via Joe Carter’s First Things post "50 Things a Man Should Be Able To Do Enjoy": How to give the perfect man hug from Charles Clayton on Vimeo.Narrator: “The modern world is a complex place for many men.” So true. There is no doubt, our society is very sexually confused. Related: What it Really Means to Be a Man
  • Obama hugs Crist tighter, may abandon Kendrick Meek

    05/10/2010 9:50:30 AM PDT · by Nachum · 23 replies · 717+ views
    washington examiner ^ | 5/10/10 | David Freddoso
    A group of Florida Democrats have been urging the White House to abandon their own Senate candidate, Rep. Kendrick Meek, in all but name. And they appear to have succeeded. The Wall Street Journal reports that President Obama is seriously considering offering only half-hearted support to his party’s nominee, the only serious black candidate for Senate in the United States this year, so as to help Republican-turned-Independent candidate Gov. Charlie Crist win the seat.
  • Inside VIDEO of a MOSSAD ceremony in 2009

    02/15/2010 12:29:20 PM PST · by drzz · 9 replies · 331+ views
    www.drzz.info ^ | 02/15 2010 | drzz
    Inside video of a ceremony organized by the Israeli intelligence community on July 1st, 2009, to celebrate an agent having conducted undercover activities in Morocco in the 60s. With the presence of Ephraim Halevy, former head of the Mossad (1998-2002) and the current deputy director of the Mossad, whose identity is classified. Classified identities have been masked in the video. The film has been authorized for publication to the author of this post by the Israeli Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center. Note that the comment of the article is in French but THE VIDEO IS IN ENGLISH. Enjoy.
  • Suddenly, Europe looks pretty smart to Americans-(Zdrastvuyte Tovarish Comrade )

    10/20/2008 8:58:56 PM PDT · by Flavius · 11 replies · 1,047+ views
    iht ^ | October 19, 2008 | By Nelson D. Schwartz
    In recent years, as Wall Street boomed, Americans often dismissed Europe as a place for languorous meals and vacations, not economic innovation. London remained a financial hub, of course, but it was often treated dismissively — as a flashy aberration pumped up by petrodollars from Russia and the Gulf, an exception to the otherwise somnolent Continent.