http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bad/ en-us Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:56:34 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135683/posts It's kind of hard to be surprised by bad economic and budget news in California these days. After all, there's virtual unanimty that we're in deep you-know-what. And yet, today's full analysis by the Legislature's nonpartisan budget watchers is still shocking... probably for its opinion that the problems stretch across almost every single aspect of state revenues and expenditures. The annual fiscal outlook, the first under newly minted Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor, adds some details to the gloomy projections the LAO released just nine days ago. That projection focused on a $28 billion gap by July 2010. Ready for some... KQED - Capitol Notes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135683/posts#comment Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:56:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2130724/posts Well, the election is over, and 65 million Americans chose Barack Obama to be their President despite his lack of experience, troubling associations and socialist ideals. Yes. Apparently, most Americans were willing to put these pesky details aside in order to usher in an Era of Good Feeling. Of course, I can’t help but fear that we’ve actually begun the Era of Bad Thinking. That remains to be seen, however, so in the meantime, let’s take a closer look at the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the 2008 Presidential Election. The Good Believe it or not, there is... www.therightangler.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2130724/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:05:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129453/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) – As President-elect Obama visits the White House, a new national poll suggests that the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the most unpopular president in the six decades since presidential approval ratings were first measured. Seventy-six percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday disapprove of how George W. Bush is handling his job as President. That's an all-time high in CNN polling, or in Gallup polling dating back to World War II. "No other president's disapproval rating has gone higher than 70 percent. Bush has managed to do that three times... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129453/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:09:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105492/posts WASHINGTON -- Bush administration officials today unveiled a dramatic partial nationalization of the U.S. financial system, a series of "unprecedented and aggressive steps" to pour at least $250 billion into the banking system and expand federal insurance protection in the largest government intervention since the 1930s. "Today, we are taking decisive actions to protect the U.S. economy. We regret having to take these actions," said Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. "Today's actions are not what we ever wanted to do, but today's actions are what we must do to restore confidence in our financial system." President Bush announced the... Los Angeles times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105492/posts#comment Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:44:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2093885/posts In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers, the Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders. The action, which will begin as a pilot program involving 24 banks in 15 markets -- including the New York metropolitan region -- will encourage those banks to extend home mortgages to individuals whose credit is generally not good enough to qualify for conventional loans. Fannie Mae officials say they hope to make it a nationwide program by next spring. Fannie Mae, the nation's biggest... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2093885/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:17:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092603/posts As I have followed recent events, particularly of the past three weeks, I am compelled to share some thoughts about what is going on in banking: Merrill Lynch. Lehman Brothers. Fannie Mae. Freddie Mac. It's a who's who of Wall Street giants - all in trouble. If these giants can't survive the country's economic woes, what chance can the smaller community banks have? The answer is most community banks did not participate in the subprime mess responsible for the upheaval across the country. We are going about business as usual, working hard for our communities and doing fine. http://www.istockanalyst.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092603/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:12:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2077069/posts For the money being paid, this has to be one of the worst commercials made. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiVMPgCf6YY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiVMPgCf6YY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2077069/posts#comment Mon, 8 Sep 2008 03:41:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066545/posts I would like to reinforce the disaster [Romney] was for our state, said Walsh. There were 40,000 fewer people working in Massachusetts when he left than when he arrived. That is because we actually had a loss in population for two consecutive years under his stewardship. That is why Mitt Romney was so unpopular when he left. Forty-one percent of Massachusetts voters would be less likely to vote for John McCain if Mitt Romney were on the ticket. // For more information go to www.TheNextCheney.com http://www.innewsweekly.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066545/posts#comment Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:31:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066368/posts During the primaries, McCain considered Romney an opportunist who would say or do anything to get elected. Of Romney he said, "Never get into a wrestling match with a pig. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it." Will McCain flip for a flip-flopper? Romney is a fabled flip-flopper, changing from mild-mannered moderate to indignant conservative. McCain sarcastically told Romney, "You are the candidate of change." If McCain picked Romney he'd seem like a flip-flopper himself. And Romney, as the loyal running mate, would have to flip back to positions he had flopped from before. His rhetorical contortions would... http://www.boston.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066368/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:15:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033066/posts Bad guys really do get the most girls 18 June 2008 NewScientist.com news service Mason Inman NICE guys knew it, now two studies have confirmed it: bad boys get the most girls. The finding may help explain why a nasty suite of antisocial personality traits known as the "dark triad" persists in the human population, despite their potentially grave cultural costs. The traits are the self-obsession of narcissism; the impulsive, thrill-seeking and callous behaviour of psychopaths; and the deceitful and exploitative nature of Machiavellianism. At their extreme, these traits would be highly detrimental for life in traditional human societies. People... New Scientist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033066/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:04:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006984/posts Lynching lawyers, as Shakespeare once suggested, has never appealed much to the legal profession itself – literally or figuratively. But an exception apparently will be made for a group of attorneys who advised President Bush and his national security staff in the aftermath of 9/11. They've been subject to an increasingly determined campaign of public obloquy by law professors, activist lawyers and pundits. Their legal competence and ethics have been questioned. Suggestions have even been made that they can and should be held criminally responsible for "war crimes," because their legal advice supposedly led to detainee abuses at Abu Ghraib... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006984/posts#comment Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:36:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992826/posts WASHINGTON, March 27, 2008 – Army officials announced today that the service has suspended its contract with a company that delivered ammunition from China for use by Afghan army and police forces in a way that violated the contract terms. Officials from the Army Legal Services Agency notified Edraim Diveroli, president of the Miami Beach-based AEY Inc., that his company is suspended from future contracting with any U.S. government agency. That letter, dated March 25, follows an Army investigation launched in November regarding AEY’s violation of its contract. The Army contracted with AEY in January 2007 to supply various types... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992826/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:28:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1970476/posts Today, I cover (briefly) some advice to guys about Valentines, and such. Finneran Lane http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1970476/posts#comment Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:31:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929436/posts HONOLULU: The top U.S. military commander in the Pacific said Thursday he is "perplexed and concerned" by China's last-minute decision to deny a U.S. aircraft carrier entry to Hong Kong for a previously scheduled port visit. The USS Kitty Hawk and its escort ships were due to dock in Hong Kong for a four-day visit Wednesday until they were refused access. Hundreds of family members who had flown to Hong Kong to spend Thanksgiving with their sailors were stranded by the move. "It's hard to put any kind of positive spin on this," Adm. Timothy Keating told The Associated Press... The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929436/posts#comment Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:38:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887972/posts Source: Association for Psychological Science Date: August 28, 2007 We Remember Bad Times Better Than Good Science Daily — Do you remember exactly where you were when you learned of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks? Your answer is probably yes, and researchers are beginning to understand why we remember events that carry negative emotional weight. In the August issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston College psychologist, Elizabeth Kensinger and colleagues, explain when emotion is likely to reduce our memory inconsistencies. Her research shows that whether an event is pleasurable or... Science Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887972/posts#comment Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:38:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834889/posts PARACHINAR: Tension gripped Kurram Agency on Wednesday as the Pakistan Army sent reinforcements to the Pak-Afghan border following reports that the Afghan National Army had deployed in significant numbers on the Durand Line along with extra artillery and mortar guns. The situation became even more serious in the evening when the political administration decided to make announcements from mosques and through vehicles fitted with loudspeakers about the possibility of outbreak of firing on the Pak-Afghan border. It advised the people not to become scared due to intense firing because this would be due to the situation on the border and... the news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834889/posts#comment Thu, 17 May 2007 01:56:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1830252/posts Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore thinks TV is worse than it used to be - because the BBC is run by women. The presenter of The Sky At Night also belittled female newsreaders in an interview with the Radio Times, describing them as "these jokey women". Sir Patrick, 84, criticised the BBC for showing interesting programmes late at night, especially the 650th edition of The Sky At Night, which went out at 2am Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore sky news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1830252/posts#comment Tue, 8 May 2007 17:37:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820770/posts New details emerged about a massive bombing that was averted two months ago when the explosive device failed to go off, YnetNews reported. 25-year-old Omar Ahmed Abu al-Rob traveled from Jenin to Tel Aviv via Jerusalem, exploiting gaps in the separation barrier. The whole time, he carried the explosive device in his backpack, with the batteries not yet connected. When he arrived in Tel Aviv, he connected the batteries to the explosive device, apparently incorrectly. israelinsider.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820770/posts#comment Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:09:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1818173/posts WOMEN are more prone to ogling than men despite the widespread belief they are less focused on the physical, a study suggests. Scientists used eye-tracking technology to pinpoint what people looked at when shown a series of sexy photos. They expected women to be more interested in faces, and men in genitals. To their surprise, they found almost the reverse was true. Men were more likely than women to linger on the face before diverting their attention to other parts of the body. But women spent longer poring over images of couples performing sexual acts. Desire ... women ogle more... news.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1818173/posts#comment Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:22:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1811420/posts Michigan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1811420/posts#comment Tue, 3 Apr 2007 20:10:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1771055/posts That's right. John Piper is Bad. See the video here. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1771055/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:28:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1755604/posts Apparently, Kevin Federline wasn't the only warm-blooded being Britney Spears ousted from her home this year. Once the proud owner of pampered pooches Bit-Bit, Lacy and Lucky, Spears ended the year dog-less, a feat that earned her the title of World's Worst Celebrity Dog Owner in an online poll of readers of Hollywood Dog and New York Dog magazines. "Britney was the overwhelming choice," editor Hilary O'Hagan said in a statement. "She once had three Chihuahuas and never left home without at least one of them on her arm. As soon as she met K-Fed and had kids, they disappeared."... Yahoo Music http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1755604/posts#comment Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:08:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1718462/posts Via Tim Chapman, political analyst Larry Sabato is now predicting that the Democrats will take control of the House this November. In the end, he says, they will claim 221 to 225 total seats (with 218 needed to for the majority). Club for Growth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1718462/posts#comment Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:10:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672162/posts YUSUFIYAH – The sounds of car horns honking and chickens squawking were a soundtrack for prosperity at a market just south of Baghdad on July 13, where vendors displayed everything from clothing to ice and vegetables in this once insurgent-infested town. American, British and Iraqi forces fought pitched battles here in the fall of 2004, during a sweep of insurgents still loyal to Saddam's regime. Today, the market is full of faces looking forward to peaceful and uneventful days. “Before the American Army came to this area, it was full of insurgents and thieves and killers,” said Ali, who declined... Multi-National Forces-Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672162/posts#comment Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:52:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637007/posts PHOENIX -- An Arizona man is betting that a chance at $1 million will bring more people to the polls. Dr. Mark Osterloh is a Tucson, Ariz., ophthalmologist and political activist who headed and bankrolled the campaign to get a proposal on the state's November ballot that would give one lucky voter $1 million. Under the proposal, anyone who actually casts a ballot would be eligible. Osterloh and other supporters submitted petitions Monday bearing what they said were more than 185,000 signatures of registered voters. That's well over the 122,000 required to put a proposed state law on the 2006... WBAL-TV NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637007/posts#comment Tue, 23 May 2006 18:39:47 GMT