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Feds spend over $400,000 on underwear that senses cigarette smoke

Sussex County Angel — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:41:15 +0000

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, has granted more than $400,000 to a research project that involves something unconventional. The University of Alabama has received two grants from NIH that total $402,721 to create a monitoring system involving underwear that can detect when a person smokes cigarettes. So far, the project has produced a “very early prototype” of the monitoring system. The current prototype fits like a vest.

MO State Senator: Ban Seersucker Suits for Ages Above 8

EcstaticShock — Fri, 03 May 2013 04:39:49 +0000

Nutty MO state senator wants to ban seersucker suits for ages 9 and up simply because he doesn't like how it looks.

Bloomberg Refused Second Slice of Pizza at Local Restaurant

StrayLite — Thu, 02 May 2013 23:51:11 +0000

From The Daily Currant and the "Serves" Him Right Department... they are thinking of his health, of course -- it's for his benefit.

Florida Teen Charged With Felony After Science Experiment Goes Bad

phonon — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:48:00 +0000

At 7 a.m. on Monday, the 16 year-old mixed some common household chemicals in a small 8 oz water bottle on the grounds of Bartow High School in Bartow, Florida. The reaction caused a small explosion that caused the top to pop up and produced some smoke. No one was hurt and no damage was caused. After the explosion Wilmot was taken into custody by a school resources officer and charged with possession/discharge of a weapon on school grounds and discharging a destructive device. She will be tried as an adult. She was then taken to a juvenile assessment center.

7-year-old boy, Josh Welch, suspended for shaping his food into a gun

Sussex County Angel — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:38:30 +0000

Josh Welch is a seven-year-old-boy who attends Park Elementary School in Brooklyn Park. The Maryland school has a breakfast “snack time” and provided pastries on Friday. Josh was trying to turn his pastry into a shape. Josh chewed his breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun and was suspended for two days.

Man charged with felony for releasing helium balloons

phonon — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:44:54 +0000

Anthony Brasfield saw romance when he released a dozen heart-shaped balloons into the sky over Dania Beach with his sweetie. A Florida Highway Patrol trooper saw a felony.

Families try to prevent boys playing girls' sports

Erin Jane — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:17:52 +0000

A mother and her daughter seek to reverse legislation from 1979 and ban boys from playing on female competitive sports teams. The daughter suffered a concussion after colliding with a boy during a field hockey game. Though I can see why the mother would be concerned, I am unable to support new legislation that would allow a girl to play on a high school football team but not allow a boy to play on high school field hockey team.

Bill proposed in Oregon would make cigarettes prescription-only drugs

pete1071 — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:58:09 +0000

Rep. Mitch Greenlick, from Portland, is sponsoring a bill that makes cigarettes a Schedule III controlled substance, meaning it would be illegal to possess or distribute cigarettes without a doctor's prescription.

NYPD "Takes Delivery" Of Body Scanners To Scan public

Freedomcam.net — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:23:50 +0000

The device reads a specific form of natural energy emitted by people and objects known as terahertz. If something is obstructing the flow of that radiation, for example a weapon, the device will highlight that object. Over the past twelve months, we’ve been working with the vendor and the London Metropolitan Police to develop a tool that meets our requirements. We took delivery of it last week.

Timed Bathroom Breaks

LoveFreedomAndLiberty — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:31:44 +0000

News from China: Workers are allowed 2 minutes to use the restroom.

Indian Tribe gets fined and harrased

krf — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:23:07 +0000

Indian tribe gets fined for using river that was closed for boating that they had asked to be closed.

Gun Control Advocate Shot Down by her Own Ignorance

Grey — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:42:48 +0000

Check out a Democratic gun control advocate trying to make her point on regulating guns, while not even understanding the very thing she's trying to regulate.

Voluntaryists have made the list!

VoluntaryistRJ — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:40:44 +0000

SPLC has bestowed threat status to Voluntaryists and AnCaps -- "hyper-antigovernment ideology."

Bondage club can use school logo, but legalization group can't

phonon — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:43:33 +0000

University administrators met Thursday with NORML ISU, the campus chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, about the use of the school’s mascot on their club shirts. The T-shirts say NORML ISU on the front, with Cy’s head in place of the “O.” On the back is the slogan “Freedom is Norml at ISU” and a marijuana leaf. Now, Montgomery said, the group feels unfairly targeted, because other clubs on campus can still use Cy, with university approval.

Fla. Woman Arrested for Touching a Manatee

snowdog2012 — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:19:35 +0000

The incident first came to the public's attention when Sheriff Bob Gualtieri held a news conference on Oct. 2 and asked for help in identifying the woman photographed riding the manatee at nearby Fort De Soto Park in late September.

Gutierrez has admitted touching the endangered sea mammal, the sheriff's office said. She told deputies that she was new to the area at the time and didn't know it was illegal to touch a manatee. The manatee was not hurt.

Arguments Against Gay Marriage That Insult Straight People

dumthumbs — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:13:19 +0000

It's really "cute" that the government think we need their seal of approval before we a procreate.