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There is drama playing out near America's coast right now and also over Missouri and you probably have no idea it's happening. A United States 'doomsday plane' suddenly went silent over Missouri just as a Russian submarine appeared off the coast of Florida.

The world has always been a dangerous place, but many think we're about to reach a breaking point. New nuclear threats that have been directed at targets in Missouri have led more to pursue different levels of doomsday prepping and their numbers are growing.

Call it saber rattling or whatever description you like, but Russian President Vladimir Putin's new threats of nuclear attacks on America are a potential scary problem for Illinois in ways you may not have imagined.

I am always up for a good mystery. This qualifies. It's a Russian billionaire's abandoned Illinois mansion. Why did he flee the country and why did his mansion have many hidden areas? Let's explore.

So Russia invades Ukraine, which causes rising oil prices to surge even further, and makes it an almost certainty that Illinois' gas prices (along with the rest of the country) are about to really go up.

Don't sleep with your mouth open.

If you haven't noticed the beautiful purple-hued sunsets we've been getting here recently in the Rockford area, you've been missing out on an interesting phenomenon.

"Websites could be redirected. If you're logging into an online bank, for instance, or an Amazon account, passwords could be harvested."

Everybody does crazy things when they're young and invincible. Sometimes it's harmless fun and other times you're lucky you survived your youth. Nothing embodies the insanity that is youth better than rock 'n roll. You know it, I know it and these guys know it...