http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:39:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415365/posts FOX news is reporting that a "Government official" acknowledges that the Dept. of Homeland has known about the terrorist for more than two years. In an interview with the House Chairman on Homeland security, he promised increased measures... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415365/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:39:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411514/posts White-Collar Jobless Join FedEx, UPS For Holidays By SAMANTHA BOMKAMP, AP Transportation Writer December 19, 2009 Ed Gullo never thought he'd be on this side of a package delivery. Gullo, 61, of Newburgh, N.Y., is driving a truck for FedEx during the holiday shipping rush that started after Thanksgiving. Gullo is no veteran truck driver. He's a news writer with experience at ABC and CNN, who found gigs hard to come by in the weak economy. FedEx and UPS, the world's two largest package delivery companies, hire thousands of extra workers every holiday season, usually college students and 20-somethings. This... SFChronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411514/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:26:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411433/posts ... All told, Connolley created or rewrote 5,428 unique Wikipedia articles. His control over Wikipedia was greater still, however, through the role he obtained at Wikipedia as a website administrator, which allowed him to act with virtual impunity. When Connolley didn’t like the subject of a certain article, he removed it — more than 500 articles of various descriptions disappeared at his hand. When he disapproved of the arguments that others were making, he often had them barred — over 2,000 Wikipedia contributors who ran afoul of him found themselves blocked from making further contributions. Acolytes whose writing conformed to... Financial Post (Canada) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411433/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:17:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411350/posts Not that this will come as any great shock, but Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), the lone Democrat holdout against the current iteration of healthcare reform, announced Saturday he will vote for the bill. Also unsurprising: much like Mary "Louisiana Purchase" Landrieu (D-La.) before him, Nelson sold his vote and his very soul for some financial benefits to his state. As Politico reported moments ago: Sen. Mary Landrieu got the "Louisiana Purchase." Sen. Ben Nelson got the federal government to pick up most his state's future Medicaid tab -- forever. As part of the deal to win Nelson's support, the federal... newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411350/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:09:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411183/posts He's one tough snowball! Watch the video. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411183/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:36:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411170/posts This just in, reported by The Washington Post: "Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.), the final Democratic holdout on health care, announced to his caucus Saturday morning that he would support the Senate reform bill, clearing the way for final passage by Christmas". Yesterday we ran the article which follows and today Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson (Dem) has announced his support for Health Care Reform. Was he bribed? Look for earmarks for Nebraska on the bill. Was he threatened? TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411170/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:17:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410956/posts Palestinian Authority Special Forces were praised this week by an American general for becoming the founders of a new Arab country within Israel's current borders. Addressing a battalion in Tulkarm that recently finished training in Jordan, US lt. General Keith Dayton said: "As I look at you, I couldn't be more proud of the fact that you stepped up to be the founders of a Palestinian state." The United States plans to expand a program to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's security forces in the occupied West Bank, the general in charge of training and equipping them said Monday. "We... The Jerusalem Gift Shop http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410956/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:23:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409703/posts TIME magazine has named Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke its 2009 Person of the Year. "The recession was the story of the year,'' Time managing editor Richard Stengel said in a statement. "Without Ben Bernanke, Time's 2009 Person of the Year, it would have been a lot worse. "We've rarely had such a perfect revision of the cliche that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it,'' Mr Stengel said. "Bernanke didn't just learn from history; he wrote it himself and was damned if he was going to repeat it.'' Time said the runners up... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409703/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:35:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409661/posts We can't say we've ever heard of a $26 Russian program called SkyGrabber before, but it's about to get famous real fast -- according to the Wall Street Journal, Iraqi insurgents have been regularly using the satellite-snooping software to monitor live Predator video feeds. Apparently the Predator transmits video over an unencrypted link, so there's no major hacking or security breach going on here, but it's obviously a huge issue -- and we'd say the bigger problem is that Pentagon officials have known about this flaw since the 1990s, but they didn't think insurgents would figure out how to exploit... Engadget.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409661/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:55:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409555/posts Reading Going Rogue was something of a test for myself - could I find the place of appreciation, respect, and even love for Sarah Palin? What I found is that it wasn't really that hard, actually, simply by taking the time to meet her on her own turf rather than through sounds bites, spin, and polarized media battles. Reading someone's personal memoir is an intimate journey into their inner sanctum, and I developed a real appreciation for Sarah in reading the book. Aspects of her that seemed coarse, simplistic, or combative during the campaign were revealed to be a product... Governor Palin 4 President http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409555/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:11:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409565/posts If I were a senator, I would not vote for the current health-care bill. Any measure that expands private insurers' monopoly over health care and transfers millions of taxpayer dollars to private corporations is not real health-care reform. Real reform would insert competition into insurance markets, force insurers to cut unnecessary administrative expenses and spend health-care dollars caring for people. Real reform would significantly lower costs, improve the delivery of health care and give all Americans a meaningful choice of coverage. The current Senate bill accomplishes none of these. Washington comPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409565/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:27:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409109/posts Climategate just got much, much bigger. And all thanks to the Russians who, with perfect timing, dropped this bombshell just as the world’s leaders are gathering in Copenhagen to discuss ways of carbon-taxing us all back to the dark ages. (snip) What the Russians are suggesting here, in other words, is that the entire global temperature record used by the IPCC to inform world government policy is a crock. (snip) As Richard North says: This is serial. UPDATE: As Steve McIntyre reports at ClimateAudit, it has long been suspected that the CRU had been playing especially fast and loose with... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409109/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:16:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408801/posts TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Charlie Crist responded this morning to questions about the latest Rasmussen poll, showing him in a 43-43 tie with Marco Rubio in the race for U.S. Senate. From Rasmussen Reports: "Crist's support has fallen from 53% in August to 49% in October. Rasmussen Reports noted at the time, 'The fact that Crist has fallen below 50% in a primary against a lesser known opponent suggests potential vulnerability.' "Rubio's name recognition has grown in recent months and he is now viewed Very Favorably by 34% of Likely Primary Voters. That's up from 18% in August. As his name... Tampa Bay Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408801/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:59:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408722/posts Just heard them say that Ben Bernanke is the Time magazine Man of the Year. Fox News Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408722/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:12:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406880/posts President Barack Hussein Obama hit his own record today with an approval index of -19%. The Rasmussen Poll shows that only 23% of voters strongly approve of the way he’s handling his job, while 42% of voters strongly disapprove. Let’s see how low his poll numbers will get. We the people are tired of socialism. I think they’ll listen to us once we show them that we are their bosses and that they won’t be hired once again. A Blog For People Who Love America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406880/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:09:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406709/posts The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 23% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -19. Rasmussen Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406709/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:25:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2393952/posts Who's your daddy? Oh, damn. It's Charles Manson. A 41-year-old man, who was adopted as a 10-year-old and raised in Illinois, spoke out recently about the harrowing discovery. "It was like finding out your father is Hitler," Matthew Roberts told The Sun newspaper. Roberts found out about his long-lost daddy about a dozen years ago after using a search agency to find his birth mother. The birth mother told him that she had been raped and that the 1960s Helter Skelter killer was his father. ------ "I'm a peaceful person - trapped in the face of a monster," Roberts said.... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2393952/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:33:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371464/posts Let’s get the boring stuff out of the way. Albert Freed (pictured) won a trip to Hawaii (not pictured). As part of the vacation celebration, Mrs. Freed bought her husband some new Hanes brand briefs. But Mr. Freed is a husky gentleman, and apparently the new trunks couldn’t contain all of his junk. He sued Hanes, claiming they made “defective” underwear. Above the Law http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371464/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:29:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366695/posts net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366695/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:50:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2363730/posts IDF units responsible for guarding Israel's expansive western border with Egypt said Thursday that there are one million would-be infiltrators from Africa waiting to cross the mostly barrier-less border and enter Israel illegally... The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2363730/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:40:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356290/posts We've received many requests from freepers requesting that other freepers not post to them. There are several problems with this. 1. It's impossible for us to enforce.2. We don't have the time to enforce these requests.3. We don't have the software to keep track of these requests.4. Thick skin helps.5. Ignore the poster, if you don't reply, they won't reply. Free Republic does not need a bozo filter, bozo filters are for wimps. Final note: Trolls, troublemakers, disruptors, forum pests, malcontents, RINOs, liberals, stalkers, et al, would continue posting to (harassing) someone after being asked to stop. Conservative FReepers would... Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356290/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 22:55:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344545/posts Breaking News Alert The New York Times Sun, September 20, 2009 -- 11:57 PM ET ----- The top military commander in Afghanistan warns in a classified assessment of the war there that he needs additional troops within the next year or else the conflict "will likely result in failure." The grim assessment is contained in a 66-page report that the commander, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, submitted to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Aug. 30, and which is now under review by President Obama and his top national security advisers. New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344545/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:28:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343264/posts Federal Judge Clay Land may have made good on his threat of sanctions against a lawyer for an army officer fighting deployment on the claim that President Barack Obama was not born in this country. In an order today Judge Land denied a motion for a Stay of Deployment for Captain Connie Rhodes, filed by Attorney Orly Taitz yesterday. The motion was filed after Judge Land threatened sanctions and dismissed the complaint calling it frivolous. Taitz has 14 days to show why a $10,000 penalty as a sanction should not be imposed against her. We tried reaching Taitz. She has... WRBL News, Columbus GA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343264/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:11:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2341037/posts While guest hosting The View last week, the subject of Tyra Banks appearing on her show without a weave or a wig came up during the Hot Topics segment. I have long been a huge Tyra fan and consider her an inspiration to young women, including me. The idea of her being seen without fake hair was another awesome moment of Tyra bridging the gap between reality and television. The conversation soon turned to our own hair—real and otherwise. Sherri Shepherd admitted that when she was little she wanted “Marcia Brady hair” like I had. For that matter, I said,... The Daily Beast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2341037/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:39:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2339832/posts Did I hear O'Reilly says on the Fox news Factor that 75,000 attended the September 12 rally in DC? This guy is a fool. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2339832/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:04:55 GMT