Nine terrifying facts about America's biggest police forceThe Free Thought Project

The NYPD is the biggest police force in the country, with over 34,000 uniformed officers patrolling New York’s streets, and 51,000 employees overall — more than the FBI. It has a proposed budget of $4.6 billion for 2013, a figure that represents almost 15 percent of the entire city’s budget.

NYC’s population is a little over 8 million. That means that there are 4.18 police officers per 1,000 people. By comparison, Los Angeles, the second largest city in the U.S. with 3.8 million people, has only 9,895 officers–a ratio of 2.6 police per 1,000 people.   Continue reading “Nine Terrifying Facts about America’s Biggest Police Force”

nc barbecue restaurant robbed at gunpoint after posting no guns sign2Guns N Freedom

Even while Michale Bloomberg’s anti-gun groups celebrate their “victory” in getting Chipotle to ban guns from their stores, a story out of Durham, NC reminds us why these so called “gun free zones” are actually doing more harm than good.

At 9pm on Sunday night the “The Pit Authentic Barbecue” in Durham was robbed at gunpoint when 3 masked men entered the restaurant through the back door.   Continue reading “NC Restaurant Posts “No Guns” Sign and Then Gets Robbed at Gunpoint”

FIBEROPTIC CABLEHuffington Post – by Gerry Smith

NEW YORK — When news broke in February that streaming giant Netflix would pay Comcast for direct access to the cable company’s broadband network, some experts said it marked the beginning of the end of net neutrality.

Yet a new report says that such deals are far more widespread than many realized at the time.

Continue reading “Net Neutrality Fans Aren’t Going To Like This Report”

Rense.com – by Devvy Kidd

Here we go again. Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Bobby Jindal all want to be the next U.S. president. The only problem is, just like the impostor in the White House, Barack Obama (known aliases used: Barry Soetoro, Barry Obama, Barack Dunham and aka Barry Dunham), all three are constitutionally ineligible, contrary to declarations from their campaign managers, ignorant journalists and partisan mouth pieces.

Jonathan Tilove, The Times-Picayune: “They (Jindal’s parents) arrived Feb 1, 1971, and a bit over four months later, on June 10, 1971, Piyush Jindal was born at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, a natural-born U.S. citizen, who like every other child born in America, could, constitutionally, grow up to be president.”   Continue reading “Prez Run: Rubio, Jindal & Cruz All Constitutionally Ineligible”

Johnny Cash in 1977. (AP)The Washington Post – by Fred Barbash

Here’s a title you can’t help but read, even though it’s in a highly technical scholarly journal: “A case of musical preference for Johnny Cash following deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens.”

It’s published in the May issue of Frontiers of Behavioral Neuroscience.

And it’s one of the more unusual tales recently from the field of neuroscience, already famous for stories so fantastic that not even the authors can fully explain them, which is the case here.   Continue reading “How a brain treatment for OCD turned a man into a Johnny Cash fanatic”

Infowars- by Paul Joseph Watson

A Veterans Affairs whistleblower has exclusively revealed to Infowars that the facility at which he works has engaged in a of cover-up in response to the VA hospital scandal, while also relating the story of how one supervisor expressed his desire to see older veterans “taken outside and shot in the head.”   Continue reading “VA Supervisor: Older Veterans Should Be “Shot In The Head” To Save Money”

Constitution.org

Second Congress, Session I. Chapter XXVIII
Passed May 2, 1792,
providing for the authority of the President to call out the Militia

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, to call forth such number of the militia of the state or states most convenient to the place of danger or scene of action as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion, and to issue his orders for that purpose, to such officer or officers of the militia as he shall think proper; Continue reading “Militia Act of 1792”

wicNutritional Anarchy

Have you ever felt “shamed” by someone who hasn’t done enough research to realize the benefits of organic food?  Because of the higher price tag, it seems as though it is the territory of well-to-do families with lots of money on their hands. Some folks roll their eyes and act as though it’s the most ridiculous thing in the world to pay double the price for an untainted apple or milk free from hormones.  Despite the well-documented negative effects of pesticides, hormones, processed foods, and GMOs, opting for organics is seen by many as a frivolous expense.   Continue reading “Dear WIC: Why aren’t organics allowed for poor pregnant women and babies?”

PHOTO: Atomic Grill in Morganton, West Virginia responded to a review requester servers "show some skin" by offering a potato skin special.ABC News – by  STEFANIE TUDER

Not many restaurants have the chance to respond to a customer’s review in a smart, effective and cheeky way. Atomic Grill in Morgantown, West Virginia, however, managed to do just that.

After a customer posted a review on UrbanSpoon — which has since been deleted — requesting that the servers show more skin, owner Daniel McCawley took matters into his own hands.   Continue reading “Restaurant Responds to Review Requesting Servers ‘Show Some Skin’ In Clever Way”

Press Herald – by David Hench and Jessica Hall

A tractor trailer that spilled its load of 16 to 20 million honeybees when it rolled over in Delaware was headed for blueberry fields in Washington County.

The bee shipment of 460 crated hives originated in Florida and was intended to pollinate fields owned by Allen’s Blueberry Freezer Inc. of Ellsworth. The tractor-trailer overturned on the sharp curve of an on-ramp to Interstate 95 near Newark, Delaware just after 6 p.m. Tuesday.   Continue reading “Crashed truck with millions of bees was headed to Maine blueberry fields”

View image on TwitterHuffington Post – by Kim Bellware & Jillian Berman

OAK BROOK, Ill. — Police arrested a rabbi and others who took part in a protest on the campus of McDonald’s headquarters on Wednesday afternoon.

After protesters passed through a security kiosk onto McDonald’s property, police issued an order to disperse and began arresting protesters lined up behind a barrier erected in front of a headquarters building. Despite the arrests, the atmosphere seemed collegial. “We’re all on the same team,” a police officer told the unnamed rabbi.   Continue reading “McDonald’s Protesters Arrested Outside Corporate Headquarters”

Dry fields and bare trees in California's drought-stricken Central Valley.LA Times – by Louis Sahagun

The Central Valley’s 7 million acres of irrigated farmland are best known as the richest food-producing region in the world.

But a new study by UC Davis researchers forecasts severe socioeconomic impacts ahead in the area where many of the nation’s fresh fruits, nuts and vegetables are grown.   Continue reading “Drought could cost Central Valley farms $1.7 billion and 14,500 jobs”

Wake Up From Your Slumber

Audra West was vacationing in Fort Lauderdale last month when she was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct.

A day later, the Texas hairdresser was taken to the Broward Sheriff’s Office north jail in Pompano Beach. That’s where she alleges she was beaten up by corrections deputies.

“I went into jail with no bruises and I came out covered in bruises,” West told Local 10 in a Skype interview from her home in Texas.    Continue reading “Woman brutally beaten in jail for asking cops for a tampon”

CBS New York

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Angry demonstrators took to the streets Wednesday demanding a halt to the city’s plans to remove a row of 30-year-old pear trees to build a controversial garbage dump.

In their latest attempt to derail the building of the garbage transfer station at Asphalt Green, angry Upper East Side residents hit the city with charges of arboricide because the Department of Sanitation is going to remove a row of eight pear trees as part of the construction, CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer reported.   Continue reading “Fight Over Pear Trees Is Latest Front In War Over UES Garbage Transfer Station”

POSTAL SERVICEHuffington Post – by Pauline Jelinek

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans would no longer get mail delivered to their door but would have to go to communal or curbside boxes instead under a proposal advancing through Congress.

The Republican-controlled House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on an 18-13 party-line vote, approved a bill Wednesday to direct the U.S. Postal Service to convert 15 million addresses over the next decade to the less costly, but also less convenient delivery method.   Continue reading “Door-To-Door Mail Would Stop For Millions Under Proposed Law”

NIGERIAHuffington Post

WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) – The United States has deployed about 80 military personnel to Chad as part of its effort to help find and return more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militant group Boko Haram, President Barack Obama said in a letter to Congress on Wednesday.

“These personnel will support the operation of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft for missions over northern Nigeria and the surrounding area,” Obama said in the letter.
Continue reading “U.S. Marines To Join Search For Nigeria’s Missing Girls: White House”

SAM AT GRADUATIONHuffington Post

Seven borrowers who had been paying their Sallie Mae student loans on time for years were unexpectedly threatened with asset seizures after a Sallie Mae contractor demanded they immediately repay tens of thousands of dollars simply because a family member had died.

Regina Kibler, a retiree who lives off payments from her late husband’s life insurance policy, spent days agonizing over how to help her son, Christopher, pay back nearly $22,000 neither had. Samantha Flora hired a lawyer to fight attempts to recoup some $20,000 from her dead grandmother’s estate that have turned members of her family against one another.   Continue reading “Sallie Mae Torments Faithful Student Borrowers After Co-Signers Die”

Fox News

It might be the first order U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi doesn’t obey.

The mother of the reservist, who is being held in a Mexican jail after mistakenly crossing the border with registered guns, told FoxNews.com her son just got an “Order to Muster” letter from the Marines telling Tahmooressi to report to the 4th Civil Affairs Group in Hialeah, Fla., on June 14. Although a Marine spokeswoman later told FoxNews.com that the corps is aware of Tahmooressi’s current circumstances and does not expect him to report, failure typically can result in “other than honorable discharge” and affect Veterans Administration benefits.   Continue reading “Marine jailed in Mexico receives order to report to USMC superiors”