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Adam Curtis has recut his explosive war on terror documentary The Power of Nightmares into a feature film - and is taking it to the…Cannes Film Festival…Curtis argues that politicians such as Bush and Blair have stumbled on a new force that can restore their power and authority - the fear of a hidden and organised web of evil from which they can protect their people. In a still-traumatised US, those with the darkest nightmares have become the most powerful and Curtis's film castigates the media, security forces and the Bush administration for extending their power in this way. "It...

Dreams and Nightmares An examination on better dreaming By Amin Emilio Aun Joven I grant this manuscript to the public domain. Preface My intention in writing this book is to improve the quality of your dreams. This book is theoretical in its approach to counteracting the problems of nightmares. It is up to you to prove the theories in this manuscript correct and know them as truth by practice and experimentation. I have come to realize that the entities described in religions of old: the devils, the demons, the antichrists, and the dajjals, all point to the same entity, the...

A Vietnam veteran questions how Kerry can cavalierly parade his Vietnam experience, considering service in Vietnam was a nightmarish experience that still brings back unpleasant flashbacks. [Zak became an anti-Kerry activist following the DNC convention, and wrote this moving piece for Intellectual Conservative.com at that time.] At age 57, I still relive Viet Nam every day. How someone else who has been there could be so cavalier about the subject is beyond me. I’ve never seen a “home movie” of Viet Nam before, until the Prince of Boston showed us his. This man, so proud of throwing his ribbons and...

WHAT IF: kerry picked someone for vice president solely based on popularity, and won in November. THEN, after a decent amount of time had passed, this person, for one reason or another, decided to resign the office (or got 'Fostered' or 'Browned'). WOULD kerry then get to choose his own vice president without any accountability to the general electorate? The question comes up because we were playing 'remember when' at work today and when I asked someone about Spiro Agnew's problems that led to his resignation and all of a sudden it hit me that the same thing could happen...

<p>Today we begin a five-part series on the mysteries and meanings of dreams. The series will feature dream excerpts from local residents, as well as stories on the history of dream research; nightmares and how to confront them, strange sleep disorders that include people who walk, fight and eat while dreaming; and the controversial topic of lucid dreaming -- being able to know you're in a dream and partially control it.</p>

A sleep disorder, in which sufferers unknowingly act out violent nightmares, could be aggravated by chocolate, scientists warn. Rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder, or RBD, affects around one in 200 people, mainly men. In RBD, sleepers also thrash about and shout as they dream. But scientists have reassured chocolate and cocoa lovers that there is no evidence linking chocolate to violent sleep patterns in the general population. There's no cause for panic or to stop eating good chocolate Vorona suggests that the caffeine in chocolate helps to block a natural process called atonia that paralyses people during dreams. That...