http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/50/ en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:00:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416761/posts "The 5.0 is back! The 2011 Ford Mustang GT arrives with an all-new advanced 5.0-liter V-8 engine, developed by a passionate cadre of enthusiastic engineers who rallied around the common goal of delivering more than 400 horsepower. The modern 5.0-liter four-valve Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing (Ti-VCT) V-8 engine in the new Mustang GT will deliver 412 horsepower and 390 ft.-lb. of torque. At the same time, fuel economy is projected to be better than the previous model and unsurpassed in the segment." Ford Video http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416761/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:00:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398361/posts As Congress and the Secret Service probe how Tareq and Michaele Salahi gained entrance to President Obama's state dinner last week without being on the guest list, I've learned that the Obama White House has 28 holiday parties planned over the few weeks with more than 50,000 people expected. And social office staffers--who were not posted near the entrance to check off guests coming into the state dinner--now will be more visible at the upcoming events. Chicago Sun Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398361/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:24:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273844/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday there may be 50 or more trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees as the Obama administration works to shut the detention center by early next year. Holder discussed the plan before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where the senior Republican called him "too soft" on terrorism while a second GOP lawmaker said he was on the right track in handling detainees. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., criticized Holder for the release of Bush administration memos that authorized harsh interrogation techniques. Sessions said the memos gave important information to America's enemies. breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273844/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:51:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207657/posts I thought it might be interesting to see which right-of-center websites actually receive the most traffic. So, I went to Alexa.com and ranked the 50 sites on the right. Do keep in mind that... 1) Alexa doesn't distinguish between top level domains and their sub-directories. So, for example, a blog on Townhall and Townhall itself would have the same rating. Additionally, websites hosted at places like Blogspot, which list each blog on a sub-directory, can't be measured. My guess is that it only knocked 2-4 websites max off the list including Ace of Spades HQ, Gateway Pundit, & Big Hollywood.... Right Wing News, et al http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207657/posts#comment Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:36:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2133177/posts Marg Helgenberger is an established dramatic actress whose prominence has been steadily increasing. Her work has been noted on stage, film and TV. Most of her career has been spent in dramatic roles on television, but she has also had a noteworthy presence in feature films. imdb.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2133177/posts#comment Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:20:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2030282/posts HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Vinny Appice, Anita Baker, Jello Biafra, Andrea Bocelli, Simon LeBon, Kate Bush, Belinda Carlisle, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shaun Cassidy, Darby Crash, Randy DeBarge, Bruce Dickinson, Thomas Dolby, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Siobhan Fahey, Neil Finn, Bela Fleck, Martin Fry, Lisa Germano, Grandmaster Flash, Jools Holland, Ice-T, Alan Jackson, Michael Jackson, Tony James, Joan Jett, Al Jourgensen, Nik Kershaw, Sammy Kershaw, Limahl, Madonna, Bird McIntyre, Mike Mills, Thurston Moore, Alannah Miles, Gary Numan, Michael Penn, Vicki Peterson, Prince, Stacey Q, Will Sergeant, Nikki Sixx, David Sylvian, Toyah, Tanya Tucker, Paul Weller, Jane Wiedlin, Jah Wobble. Born in 1958 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2030282/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:21:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023846/posts 50 Cent's mansion goes up in smokeLast Updated: 30 May 2008 10:24 PM A "suspicious" fire has burned down a multimillion-dollar home owned by rapper 50 Cent. Arson squad investigators were on the scene of the blaze which injured six people. A lawyer for the Grammy-nominated rapper's former girlfriend, Shaniqua Tompkins, said the woman lived in the Long Island house with two of her children. A fire service spokesman said all six people were taken to hospital where they are in a stable condition after suffering smoke inhalation. Earlier this year, Tompkins filed a lawsuit against 50 Cent, whose real... Evening Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023846/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 02:44:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867563/posts Sydney residents 'must carry survival bags' By Mark Chipperfield in Sydney Last Updated: 2:12am BST 18/07/2007 The easy-going residents of Australia's biggest city are being urged to carry personal "survival bags" to help them cope with a future terrorist attack or natural disaster. The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, says citizens should pack a "Go Bag" containing such essentials as toilet paper, running shoes, spare keys, a torch, disposable gloves, adhesive tape, a transistor radio and sun cream before they leave home each day. Miss Moore, who has yet to pack her own Go Bag, says it is her... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867563/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:18:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878461/posts FALFURRIAS, Texas - Federal agents at an inland immigration checkpoint found 50 illegal immigrants locked inside a tractor trailer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday. None of the immigrants required medical attention after they were found Tuesday, though agents said the trailer was not air-conditioned and many were sweating. All were being processed for deportation. The driver and passenger in the truck's cab were arrested and charged with alien smuggling. Their identities were withheld pending further investigation. forbes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878461/posts#comment Thu, 9 Aug 2007 01:00:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829371/posts Movie star JANE FONDA kicked off a televised tribute to CNN anchorman LARRY KING by turning up in person to honor her pal. Wearing a white suit, the actress stunned the broadcaster during a special show to honor his 50 years in the business, which aired in America the other night. She said, "Hey Larry, I thought I’d just stop by and say, ‘50 years, you’ve gotta be kidding…’ He doesn’t look a day over 50." She then spoke fondly of her special friendship with the newsman, adding, "You’ve always been a real good friend and you’re one of my... TIMES SQUARE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829371/posts#comment Mon, 7 May 2007 01:22:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752079/posts Nearly 900 police stations have closed in England and Wales in the past 14 years, according to government figures obtained by The Daily Telegraph, while the vast majority of those still operating are only open to the public for limited hours. A survey of opening times on the websites of a dozen forces, with more than 400 stations, shows that only 24 — fewer than six per cent — are advertised as open 24 hours a day. Most close during the night. The police service's retreat from open-door access at the times when criminals, particularly drunken thugs, are most active... The Daily Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752079/posts#comment Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:58:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1672124/posts LOS ANGELES - Investigators said Tuesday they are trying to find at least 50 women they have linked to a photographer on death row for murdering two aspiring models in the early 1980s. Authorities are looking into whether the women were raped or killed between 1975 and 1984 by William Richard Bradford, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Web site. In the 1970s and '80s, Bradford posed as a freelance photographer in the West Los Angeles area, taking sexually explicit photos of women he met at bars and auto races, according to the site. The site showed women... http://www.comcast.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1672124/posts#comment Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:51:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668896/posts TOPEKA, Kan. -- Fifty airmen from the Kansas National Guard have been ordered to go to the U.S.-Mexico border to help with security and curbing the flow of illegal immigrants. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that the airmen heading to Arizona were from the 184th Civil Engineering Squadron, based at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita. It is the first use of Kansas National Guard members to assist with President Bush's plan to secure the border with Mexico. Bush announced in May a plan to deploy up to 6,000 Guard troops along the border for about two years. Sebelius said... KVOA Tucson Channel 4 News (AP Story) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668896/posts#comment Thu, 20 Jul 2006 02:25:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654133/posts TORONTO (CP) - It could take half a century or more for someone infected with prions - the cause of mad cow-like diseases - to start showing symptoms, say researchers, who drew that conclusion after studying a similar illness among Papua New Guinean people who once feasted on their dead. Their findings suggest that the number of human cases of variant Creutzfeld-Jacob disease (vCJD) could end up being much larger than originally suspected, say the researchers, whose study is published in Friday's edition of The Lancet. With 160 cases, the United Kingdom has the highest number of recorded cases in... Canada.com (The Canadian Press) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654133/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jun 2006 04:52:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650092/posts Firm lent Jefferson at least $50,000Business pressed FCC to launch satellite Thursday, June 15, 2006 By Bill Walsh and Bruce Alpert - Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, who is at the center of a federal criminal bribery probe, received a personal loan from a satellite radio executive who has had business before the federal government, financial records released Wednesday show. Noah Samara, CEO of WorldSpace Inc., loaned Jefferson between $50,001 and $100,000, according to Jefferson's financial disclosure form for 2005. The date of the loan is not given, but Samara's company was pressing the Federal Communications... NOLA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650092/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:46:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1645645/posts Was putting something together to do some audio when I realized how boring my voice is.... Let's start in California and the special election for the California District 50 House seat Tuesday. I refuse to call it Duke Cunningham's seat. It isn’t. He simply occupied it. The seat belongs to the people of California District 50. It is apparent that the Republican, Brian Bilbray, has defeated the Democrat Francine Busby. We’ve heard this mantra for weeks. This is a heavily populated Republican district (no it's not) and Bilbray should have walked away with the election. But because of the "culture... markbureau.us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1645645/posts#comment Thu, 8 Jun 2006 16:25:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1634810/posts SHANGHAI (AP) - Tropical Storm Chanchu swept into the East China Sea Friday leaving behind a path of destruction in southern China, where it killed at least 11 people and left 27 Vietnamese fishermen missing after their boats sank in Chinese waters. Chanchu, downgraded early Thursday from a typhoon, has killed at least 50 people in Asia, including 37 last weekend in the Philippines, where it destroyed thousands of homes. There were fears the death toll could rise dramatically. Chanchu hit China Thursday, flooding scores of homes and forcing the evacuation of more than 1 million people before weakening to... http://www.philstar.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1634810/posts#comment Fri, 19 May 2006 04:45:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1623592/posts The Church Report is pleased to announce this year’s list of The 50 Most Influential Christians in America. Thanks to the readers of the magazine as well as the online readers for contributing over 150,000 nominations. Each of the people on this list is most deserving of this recognition. As with all types of lists, there are those who are not on the list – not because they weren’t deserving – but simply because we did not have enough space to publish a list of the 100 most influential. The staff of The Church Report did not choose this list;... Church Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1623592/posts#comment Sat, 29 Apr 2006 04:01:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1622084/posts Fifty ways to kill Zacharias Moussaui It looks like Zacharias Moussaui may have to be sent to meet the 72 virgins in hell. With that in mine, here are some the ways the Government can administer Justice to Zacharias Moussaui. 1. Place Zacharias Moussaui in a chair. Using an industrial strength crane, hoist 150 ft. above Zacharias Moussaui a 900 lbs. pot-belly pig. Drop the 900 lbs. pig onto Zacharias Moussaui. 2. Force Zacharias Moussaui to watch GIGLI, BASIC INSTINCT 2, ALEXANDER, CATWOMAN, SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2, WHITE CHICKS, JERSEY GIRL, and other Razzie Award winning movies. This will force... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1622084/posts#comment Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:44:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1606931/posts Time to dust off the whoopee cushions and hand buzzers. April Fools' Day is here and there's no better place for wisecracks and shenanigans than at work. In its annual April Fools' Day survey, CareerBuilder.com found 33 percent of workers have played a practical joke on a co-worker and 17 percent are planning office tricks for this year's holiday. Although it might be thrilling to finally one-up the office funnyman, pranks also help beat something that's no laughing matter: workplace stress. More than half of workers reported working under stress in another CareerBuilder.com survey. Stress and worry on the job... Careerbuilder.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1606931/posts#comment Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:17:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1594148/posts THE 50TH FREEPTOON Welcome, welcome, welcome! Tonight we are celebrating the most monumental occasion in the history of the world: This is the 50th FReeptoon drawn and posted by the man of the hour, pcottraux. I can honestly say that when I first started, I didn’t think I’d make it this far. I’d like to thank everyone on my ping list, first and foremost, and all the kind words they like to give. I’d also like to thank everyone who didn’t like and/or insulted my cartoons, because it gives me a rush of righteous indignation to thank the detractors. Okay,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1594148/posts#comment Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:58:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1589007/posts Can someone comment on this picture of this M2 and it's ammo? US Navy "Eye on the Fleet" Photo Gallery. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1589007/posts#comment Fri, 3 Mar 2006 04:07:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1534574/posts With “Powerful Rifle” article, journalist shoots self in the foot Michael Marks Director of Legislative Affairs Fifty Caliber Institute Nov. 29, 2005 Journalism is a venerable and timehonored profession, steeped in tradition and burdened with the singular responsibility to tell the truth. The very concept of freedom of the press is founded upon the belief that the public need for reliable information outweighs many of the barriers set up by individuals, companies and governments. It is therefore incredulous when members of this ostensibly noble brotherhood are so will to flush their profession, good name and credibility down the toilet. Nowhere... Fifty Caliber Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1534574/posts#comment Tue, 6 Dec 2005 00:28:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1528206/posts Dog survives 50-mile ride clinging to front of car By Tom Peterkin, Ireland Correspondent (Filed: 25/11/2005) A dog has survived a 50-mile journey clinging to the front of a car as it sped down the motorway. The resilience of the black and white collie cross-breed has astounded vets, not to mention the driver of the car, who was astonished to discover the dog trapped in the grille at the front of his vehicle. The motorist, who was travelling from Coleraine to Belfast in Northern Ireland, remembered hearing a thump as he was driving his Peugeot 306. Thinking he had hit... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1528206/posts#comment Fri, 25 Nov 2005 05:02:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519908/posts HOMESTEAD, Pa. - The new 50 Cent movie "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" has been pulled from a theater where a man was fatally shot even though officials said Thursday they do not know whether the film was a factor in the slaying. Loews Corp. decided to stop showing the rapper's bullet-ridden bio while the investigation is going on, said John McCauley, the company's vice president of marketing. "We're unclear whether there is a direct connection," McCauley said. He said the company is doing all it can to make sure patrons are safe at the 22-screen multiplex in a popular... miami herald.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519908/posts#comment Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:14:26 GMT