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More than just calling for a ban on assault weapons, Obama moves to reinstate federal research on gun violence over the NRA’s objections

By Mark | January 16, 2013

The gun control debate in the United States went into overdrive today, as the President, surrounded by children who had written letters to the White House about gun violence, called on Congress “to renew a prohibition on assault weapons sales that expired in 2004, require criminal background checks on all gun purchases, including closing a [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other | Also tagged arming kids, Art Kellermann, ATF, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, conspiracy theories, crisis actors, data, David Barton, FEMA, gun control, gun violence, guns, guns in schools, knowledge, National Rifle Association, National Violent Death Reporting System, NRA, Obama, research, research funding, Sandy Hook, Todd Tiahrt | 14 Comments

The relationship between Stress and Compulsion

By Mark | August 18, 2009

I’m too busy at the moment (fulfilling compulsions) to add much in the way of context, but it occurred to me that I wouldn’t be a very good OCD blogger if I didn’t link to this article in today’s New York Times. Here’s a clip: …As though it weren’t bad enough that chronic stress has [...]

Posted in Mark's Life, OCD, Other | Also tagged blood pressure, chronically stressed rats, cognition, compulsions, depression. Alzheimer's, diabetes, executive decision-making, goal-directed behaviors, habit, habitualization, immune system, mental health, neural circuitry, Nuno Sousa, OCD blogger, Portugal, rat race, stress, the brain, University of Minho, vicious circle | 10 Comments

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