Obamacare premiums are skyrocketing out of sight. A jump of a mere 30% looks like a good deal compared to jumps of over 50% in six states, and 93% in New Mexico.

Congratulations are in order for those living in a handful of states whose premiums only rose 20%.

Pablo Escobar took his own life to save his family from being taken hostage, his son has claimed. Sebastian Marroquin, 39, has rejected claims his infamous drug lord dad was shot by police in Colombia. He has sensationally accused coroners of faking the autopsy report.

Mr Marroquin, who changed his name from Juan Pablo Escobar , revealed his father always planned to shoot himself in the head to avoid being captured.

He claimed it was also to stop his family from being taken hostages by enemies — including the 'vigilante' group Los Pepes - People Persecuted by Pablo Escobar . The architect said: "I have the absolute certainty that my father committed suicide. Coroners who did the autopsy were threatened and forced to change the official report. My father always told me the shot that would take his life would stick."

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Noam Chomsky, who in a 2005 global poll was voted as the "world's top public intellectual", told Qatar's Al Jazeera television, in a November 24th interview, that Hillary Clinton's "positions are much better than Trump's on every issue that I can think of", so that Americans who didn't vote for her to become the next President were "making a bad mistake."

One of those issues (on which he preferred her "position") was whether to go to war against Russia — an issue on which her statements were remarkably consistent (unlike her positions on most other issues) — namely, that we should engage in a hot war against Russia, and that as the U.S. President she would do so. Trump was opposed to her position that supported each one of the three ways in which she argued for hot war between Russia and the United States (1: establishing a no-fly zone in Syria; 2: responding by physical warfare means — including bombs — against any Russian espionage that entails 'cyber' elements which harm U.S. interests or affect a U.S. federal election; and, 3: forcing Russia to restore Crimea to Ukraine). Trump opposed her on each of those three "issues": he stood against her on each one of those three pathways toward a war against Russia; he opposed each one of the three paths. This was one of the clearest differences between him and her.

Dutch MPs on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to ban the Islamic full-face burqa from some public places such as schools and hospitals, the latest such move in a European country.

"The law is adopted," said the speaker of the lower house of parliament, Khadija Arib, referring to legislation which will also ban burqas, and face coverings just with eye-slits, from public transport.

The motion "to ban all clothing which completely covers the face" from government buildings was approved by 132 members in the 150-seat house, including Prime Minister Mark Rutte's ruling Liberal-Labour coalition.

The legislation must now go before the Senate for approval before becoming law. It follows similar bans imposed in France and Belgium, and comes amid rising tensions in Europe with Islamic communities.

The Dutch cabinet had approved the plan in mid-2015, but decided not to go as far as banning wearing burqas on the streets.

If you ask the average American how they feel about the times in which we live chances are they are sensing something is wrong. Depending on who you ask, of course, you'll get different reasons but most people are probably aware of the demonstrations and riots against Donald Trump, a tension and unrest that is promising to get more intense as we get closer to Inauguration on January 20, 2017. This tension, anger and unrest manifesting itself across the country is not only engineered as I've been saying for a long time now, but those who are obeying the will of George Soros and those funded by him, (Moveon.org, Michael Moore etc), who are carrying out the agenda at play are the manifestation of what I consider to be the children of the new world order. I was reluctant at first to put this information out because many of the youth involved in the recent protests have no idea what's really happening and they wouldn't intentionally cooperate with the ruling elite's plan but I'm now compelled to say it how I see it. But before I discuss why I feel these protesters are a new brand and breed of minds which are the direct offspring of the ruling elites mass mind control and future world order, let's first take a good look at the actual election results that led to the justification for the recent chaos.

Since the Donald Trump victory over Hillary Clinton seen here where Trump defeated Clinton with 290 electoral votes to Hillary's 232, anger and mayhem on the part of the Hillary supporting left has ensued. But why? As indicated by the map, this vote count doesn't include the final 16 electoral votes that Trump will gain in Michigan barring a reversal of the current count. That will officially make the final voting results Trump 306 Hillary 232. And while we're at it, here's the election result from 2008 when Obama won the election because of his 365 electoral votes to John McCain's 173. And here's the election results from 2012 where again, Obama defeated Mitt Romney with 332 electoral votes to Romney's 206.

So what do all three of these election results have in common? They all follow the same rules. In all three, the candidate that won, won because (not in spite of) that candidate received more electoral votes (270 or more to be exact) than his opponent. And so again I'm left wondering why are these Hillary supporting "anti-Trump" demonstrators so angry? And, what agenda is at play?

A Texas Republican announced over the weekend that he plans to resign his post as a member of the Electoral College rather than cast a ballot for US President-elect Donald Trump, a man he deems "not biblically qualified for office."

Citing his Christian religion and his understanding of representative democracy, Art Sisneros wrote in a blog post that he could neither vote for Mr. Trump nor break his promise to do so by voting for anyone else. Texas does not require its 38 electors to vote in accordance with the state's presidential election results, but Mr. Sisneros says he made a pledge to the Texas GOP that his vote next month in Austin would follow the will of the general public.

"The reality is Trump will be our President, no matter what my decision is," Sisneros wrote. "Since I can't in good conscience vote for Donald Trump, and yet have sinfully made a pledge that I would, the best option I see at this time is to resign my position as an Elector."

It turns out the devastation from the recent wildfires that forced 80,000 Israelis to flee their homes wasn't enough - now they're being told by a chief rabbi that spouses whose marriage contract suffered damage can't live under the same roof.

The ruling was outlined in a statement which stipulates that no cohabitation between the married couple can take place until a new contract - or ketubah - has been drawn up.

Mordechai Abramovsky, chief rabbi of Zichron Yaakov, also holds dominion over marriage licenses in Haifa.

According to Jewish law, only a marriage certificate permits a couple to live under one roof - a rule that dates back to the Talmudic era, and was put in place to protect women's rights in marriage. Failure to possess one was equated with being in an extramarital relationship.

But other national chief rabbis quickly moved to contradict Abramovsky, according to the Jerusalem Post, stating that a couple who suffered the loss of their home in the blaze should indeed get a new certificate, but not at the cost of having to live apart.

A pilot program in Australia will see a state government pay the operator of a private women's prison a bonus for every convict who manages to keep a clean record for two years after being released. The program is focused on Western Australia's newest women's prison, which is one of three private prisons in the state and is run by international conglomerate Sodexo. The company has a two-decade record of providing detention services for the UK government.

The operator will receive 15,000 Australian dollars (US$11,000) for every inmate who stays on the right side of the law for two years after release, provided that the number of such women is above a specified level. At present, a third of all women prisoners in Australia end up re-offending.

According to Rebecca Hamilton, director of strategic policy at Western Australia's Department of Corrective Services, the initiative may solve overcrowding issues in the state penitentiary. "We've had issues with women sleeping on the floor, but rather than just put more beds in the system, we thought this was the opportunity for us to actually go for broke and get something in place based on all of the good research that's out there about what makes a difference, particularly for women," Hamilton tells the ABC.

Employers should stop worrying about offending people of other religious beliefs and allow their staff to celebrate Christmas, an independent government body has said. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said everyone had the right to freedom of religion and people's faiths should not be suppressed through fear of offending.

EHRC chairman David Isaac also warned that employers could provoke resentment by trying to be politically correct. "Freedom of religion is a fundamental human right and shouldn't be suppressed through fear of offending. Lots of employers have now become really worried about doing anything discriminatory regarding their Muslim or Jewish staff," he said.

Isaac said laws had been misinterpreted as bosses became over-sensitive about political correctness. Speaking to the Sunday Times, Isaac added: "It is OK to hold a party and send Christmas cards. Most Muslims and Jews that I know adhere to their own religious beliefs of course, but to some extent acknowledge that Christmas happens and to some extent, with a small 'c', celebrate it." Isaac warned that some employers were driven to "extreme and disproportionate behavior" which "could produce some sort of resentment about special treatment."

Some workplaces in the UK refer to the Christmas period as "winter holidays" out of fear that linking the season to Christianity could offend people. Isaac's comments come after the government's integration tsar Dame Louise Casey said in September she had met a "well-meaning white manager" who called a Christmas tree erected in a community center a "festive tree."

A US employee at Misawa base in Aomori prefecture, Japan, is being accused of slashing a local woman with a knife and reportedly injuring her face, Japanese media report. She has been taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

According to Japanese media, the incident took place on base premises at 2 a.m. local time. The victim is 50 years old and an employee at the base's accommodation facility. Japanese TV reported that the man slashed her face.

He has been taken into US custody, according to the Japanese Defense Ministry's Tohoku Bureau. His identity and rank are not being disclosed at this time, according to Kyodo, who were among the first to report on the incident.

Aomori prefecture is situated on the northern tip of mainland Japan, just south of the island of Hokkaido. American troops have been stationed in Japan since its occupation during World War II. The contingent numbers roughly 50,000 troops, with the small Okinawa Island hosting the largest portion of the force.

Many local citizens complain of problems associated with the Americans, including crimes, noise pollution from military transport and environmental damage. Civil action groups regularly stage protest in front of the US military sites on the island.