Ladies of New York, you are free to walk bare-breasted through the city! New York City's 34,000 police officers have been instructedthat, should they encounter a woman in public who is shirtless but obeying the law, they should not arrest her. This is a good step towards gender parity in public spaces. This decision means that breast exposure is not considered public lewdness, indecent exposure, or disorder ...

In the new techno-thriller “Upload,” a young computer scientist with a sketchy past and distrust of society decides to take the ultimate leap forward by scanning his brain and uploading his memories, personality and consciousness into a simulated world of his own making. Raymond wants to live forever, controlling his environment and interactions with other humans as a god-like being. The novel by author Mar ...

It took the IRS scandal for British anti-Second Amendment advocate Piers Morgan to understand government is the source of tyranny. Morgan has told Penn Jillette that the IRS targeting of Tea Party and constitutionalist political groups and the Department of Justice’s seizure of AP phone records without a warrant are “vaguely tyrannical.” They’re more than vaguely tyrannical. Morgan’s admission, though, reve ...

  The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted tea party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation. Sarah Hall Ingram served as commissioner of the office responsible for tax-exempt organizations between 2009 and 2012. But Ingram has since left that part of the IRS and is now the director of the IRS’ ...

Smoking marijuana has numerous health benefits and they are: A lot of people say cannabis has no medicinal value when it is smoked. Let's finally put this myth to bed. Is smoking weed good for you? Well.... It depends... 1. Cancer  There are a lot of people that say smoking pot can cause lung cancer because your inhaling smoke, like cigarettes. This simply isn’t true. Cigarette smoke causes cancer because t ...

An earthquake with a magnitude measured at 5.9 by Japan’s Meteorological Agency has struck the northeast of the country. The epicenter was close to the Fukushima coast and only 200km from Tokyo, causing buildings in the capital to shake. RT May 18, 2013 The quake struck at 2:48 pm (05:48 GMT) in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 50km (31 miles) from land. The United States Geological Survey recorded the eart ...

A huge explosion was heard in most of central Damascus on Saturday night, according to eyewitness accounts and Akhbar Shabab Souria sources. The blast was followed by an exchange of fire. The location is still unknown so far. Syrian State TV: Scores Dead and Injured Following Blast Update by Mark Bei May 18, 2013 at 9:50pm Syrian State Television is now reporting casulaties in the aftermath of a blast that ...

During a House Ways and Means Committee hearing today, Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., grilled outgoing IRS commissioner Steven Miller about the IRS targeting a pro-life group in Iowa.“Their question, specifically asked from the IRS to the Coalition for Life of Iowa: ‘Please detail the content of the members of your organization’s prayers,’" Schock declared.“Would that be an inappropriate question to a 501 c3 ap ...

A citizens hearing on UFO disclosure was recently held at the National Press Club in Washing, DC. A number of professors, historians, scientists, high ranking political and military personnel gathered from April 29th to May 3rd to elaborate on the ongoing reality of the UFO phenomenon. High ranking political and military figures coming forward is nothing new. In recent history, we’ve seen them gather at the ...

Startup company in Japan brings back concept   In 1960, the movie "Scent of Mystery" opened in theaters, marking the first and only official attempt at Smell-O-Vision, in which strategic odors were emitted during the film from little pipes near the seats. At the time, it was big thinking and an interesting draw for moviegoers, sort of like the collective asthma attack everyone developed a few years ago ...