Posts on politics are necessary, helpful, valuable, even important, however, some of my favorite FR posts are articles like this and science providing an uplifting message that there were/are things other than the cesspool of politics.
Sometimes, when I think I just don't feel like logging in (but do) and I come across threads like this and Yo-Yo's "When General MacAuliffe made his legendary comment “Nuts!”, maybe he just wanted a salty snack to go with Vincent Speranza’s beer..." it reminds me again of why I come back to, and pay money for, my spot on Free Republic!
Thank goodness. Sometimes the other stuff brings me so far down, I need things like this to buoy me up! (Again, a thank you to you, JR!)