http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/beard/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:07:52 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415449/posts HEADLINE ONLY. Article will be posted when available. The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415449/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:07:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204794/posts Showdows of things to come? Now we see why she wears the pants in the Family. Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204794/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:07:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202191/posts PC Javid Iqbal: 'My beard is an important part of my identity' A Muslim police officer claims he was forced out of his job by colleagues who made fun of his beard and called him a 'f***ing Paki'. PC Javid Iqbal, 38, said white officers openly discussed in front of him how they were ' better' than their ethnic-minority colleagues. The married father of two also claims officers pulled faces at each other if told they had to go out on patrol with him and forced him to walk home from a job instead of picking him up. Mr... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202191/posts#comment Mon, 9 Mar 2009 01:52:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2172376/posts  Maxim Ali Campoverdi (above) is rumored to be dating White House speechwriter Jon Favreau. For the bevy of single ladies interested in dating Obama’s speechwriter Jon Favreau, the news that he is off the market was sad enough. But to learn that his current girlfriend, Ali Campoverdi, not only works for the White House, but is also a former Maxim model and a Harvard grad seems a bit much. Click here to see Campoverdi bare it all in Maxim. Indeed, rumors are swirling that Campoverdi, whose spread in Maxim no doubt helped her win Favreau’s heart, has the White House’s... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2172376/posts#comment Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:25:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2172028/posts Obama's 27-year-old whizz kid speechwriter 'dating former Maxim model who is now a White House aide' 26th January 2009 He is said to work 16 hours a day and and was unable to get a date during the presidential campaign. But now Barack Obama's 27-year-old speechwriter, Jon Favreau, is dating a former Maxim model and actress who is working with him at the White House. Ali Campoverdi stripped off for Maxim in 2004 - and told the men's magazine that she was looking for a man who was 'passionate' about something. Daily Mail(UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2172028/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:45:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148126/posts ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Dec. 12) - Gov. Charlie Crist became the first sitting Florida governor to wed in nearly 42 years, exchanging vows Friday at a ceremony attended by some 200 relatives, friends and celebrities. The 52-year-old governor wed his 39-year-old bride, New York socialite Carole Rome, at First United Methodist Church, a short walk from Crist's rented condo in St. Petersburg. They had met at a dinner in New York City in September 2007 and Crist proposed less than 10 months later with a sapphire engagement ring. AP via AOL News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148126/posts#comment Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:46:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142448/posts "Wow!" That was Chris Matthews' immediate reaction to Barack Obama's response to a question from a Fox News reporter about why his pick for Commerce Secretary, Bill Richardson, shaved his beard off. After playing a clip from Obama's press conference introducing Richardson on Monday night's "Hardball," Matthews awed at the "intellectual" way Obama analyzed Richardson's personal grooming habits. Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142448/posts#comment Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:47:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046555/posts A former corrections officer has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against the Kane County Sheriff's Department, claiming he was forced to resign after refusing to shave his traditional Muslim beard. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, seeks unspecified damages and a letter of apology to Abal Zaidi, who says he was forced out of the department because of his faith. "I always had a beard as long as I can remember," Zaidi, 31, said in a brief telephone interview Tuesday. "They were just giving me a hard time." According to the lawsuit, Zaidi, of Streamwood, was a Kane County... Daily Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046555/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:54:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040617/posts TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida Gov. Charlie Crist won't be sleeping alone in the governor's mansion much longer -- he is engaged (video: MyFoxOrlando) to a woman he met in New York City last September who quickly captured his heart. Crist, 51, asked Carole Rome to marry him Thursday morning at his St. Petersburg apartment, giving her a blue sapphire ring surrounded by diamonds. She immediately said yes. "I'm very happy and couldn't be more pleased. What a great way to celebrate America's birthday," said Crist, who has been mentioned as a potential running mate for Republican presidential candidate John McCain.... My Fox 2 TV St. Louis http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040617/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 05:33:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040477/posts ST. PETERSBURG - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is engaged to a woman he met last September during a trip to New York, according to a published report Thursday evening. Crist asked Carole Rome, his girlfriend of nine months, to marry him on Thursday at his St. Petersburg apartment, the St. Petersburg Times reported on its Web site. Crist says she said yes without hesitation. Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040477/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 23:09:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1986723/posts FORMER DRIVER: I HAD THREESOME WITH JIM & DINA March 16, 2008 -- A former driver and aide for former N.J. Gov. Jim McGreevey says Dina Matos McGreevey must have always known her husband was gay - because he was the other man in bed with them. In an explosive interview with The Post, the McGreeveys' longtime man-in-the-middle, Teddy Pedersen, recounted explicit details of alleged, titillating, three-way sex romps he had with the now-divorcing duo, starting during their courtship and continuing into the marriage. Pedersen - who said he has already spilled the beans on the steamy ménage a trios... NYPost..com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1986723/posts#comment Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:49:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981273/posts For months, Gov. Charlie Crist has insisted that New York socialite Carol Rome is just "a friend," but Tuesday night at a soiree in the Governor's Mansion, he introduced her as "my girlfriend," says the Tallahassee Democrat, which snapped the picture above. In November, the New York Post reported that Rome, in the midst of divorcing Bluestar Jets CEO Todd Rome, was dating Crist. Then, the governor's staff said Rome, a mother of school-age girls, was just "a friend." Still, last month Crist took Rome to the White House for a dinner with President Bush. So far, that's two high-profile... The St. Petersburg Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981273/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:24:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943128/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - Elizabeth Edwards says avoiding the "Made in China" label on toys is not exactly child's play. With millions of recalls rolling in this year because of lead in toys, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards vowed during a debate there would be no Chinese made gifts under his Christmas tree. But, the former North Carolina senator says he immediately had to check with his wife to make sure he was right. The Edwards campaign says the kids will be unwrapping U.S.-made toys, but wouldn't get into the specifics as not to spoil anyone's gifts. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943128/posts#comment Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:46:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934373/posts CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Presidential hopeful John Edwards inadvertently made the late night comedy shows this year when his campaign spending reports included two $400 haircuts. Now Mrs. Edwards has joined other candidates helping a Concord hair stylist who wants to turn the controversy into help for a good cause. David Holden owns Hair Biz on Main Street, a couple of doors away from an Edwards campaign office. After the Democratic former senator's haircut made news last spring, Holden challenged presidential hopefuls to come in for $400 haircuts of their own, promising to donate all of the proceeds to autism... Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934373/posts#comment Tue, 4 Dec 2007 10:13:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897263/posts http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070915/NEWS09/709150332/1001/NEWS Cannot be posted due to copyright issues. The Des Moines Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897263/posts#comment Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:23:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892784/posts Characteristically, no one is picking up on the significance of the dye job. The Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence forbids men and women to dye their hair black "except when the intention is jihad...as a show of strength to unbelievers" ('Umdat al-Salik e.4.4). Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, in his The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam, says essentially the same thing: "Some of the early Muslims, including some sahabah [companions of Muhammad] such as Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, 'Uqbah ibn 'Amr, al-Hassan, al-Hussein, Jarir, and others permitted the use of black dye. Some scholars, on the other hand, do not consider... JIHAD WATCH WEB-SITE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892784/posts#comment Fri, 7 Sep 2007 21:41:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888034/posts Elizabeth Edwards Responds to Attack Over Parenting Skills August 28, 2007 7:36 PM ABC News Sunlen Miller Reports: Elizabeth Edwards is taking some heat about her parenting skills from the mom-friendly website "Silicon Valley Moms Blog." Blogger "Rebecca" wrote a fiery tirade on the site Monday morning attacking Mrs. Edwards choice to bring her two small children, Jack and Emma Claire, on the campaign trail with her while her husband, John Edwards runs for president. "…. you are being a terrible mother, forcing your young children, who should be in SCHOOL, to ride in buses and talk to the press... ABCNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888034/posts#comment Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:39:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882401/posts ELIZABETH EDWARDS complained to the Progressive magazine that anti-war critics such as Sen. Barack Obama are "behaving in a holier-than-thou" manner on Iraq. Too bad for Edwards that Obama opposed the war in Iraq in 2002, while her husband then-Sen. John Edwards - as well as Sens. Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and Christopher Dodd - voted for the Iraq war resolution. Holier-than-thou anti-war Democrats. Isn't that phrase redundant? Elizabeth Edwards now is more than John Edwards' wife. She has become his Spiro Agnew. Remember Agnew, President Richard M. Nixon's first vice president and designated hatchet man, known famously for dismissing... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882401/posts#comment Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:47:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880695/posts ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: In an interview in August's edition of The Progressive magazine, Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Senator John Edwards, D-N.C., takes candid shots at the other candidates battling for the Democratic nomination against her husband. "The problem for me with the other candidates is I don't know what it is that drives them," she explained, "I should think the president has to be somebody who has that kind of vision outside themselves." Mrs. Edwards praised her husband for apologizing for his vote in favor of the Iraq War, and questioned Senator Hillary Clinton's, D-N.Y., for not... ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880695/posts#comment Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:59:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879083/posts I just got off a conference call with John Edwards' deputy campaign manager Jonathan Prince and two supporters in the LGBT community in which the campaign sought to portray Edwards as the Democratic field's best champion of gay rights ahead of tonight's debate on gay issues in Los Angeles. Predictably, most questions focused on gay marriage. Edwards, like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, does not support gay marriage but backs civil unions. For the most part, Prince ducked the question of why Edwards does not support marriage by emphasizing the candidate's advocacy for civil unions, which he called "an issue... The New York Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879083/posts#comment Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:48:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1869753/posts Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards included Helena-West Helena in his recent eight-state tour focusing on poverty issues. But local leaders feel somewhat slighted. Mayor James Valley says Edwards' brief visit was disappointing. Valley says he had wanted to hear more about what Edwards envisioned for east Arkansas, and he had hoped to pitch to the former senator from North Carolina reasons why there should be more development in the state's struggling Delta region. The Reverend Julious McGruder of the New Zion Missionary Baptist Church said he was glad to have the chance to see a presidential candidate, but said he... KATV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1869753/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:22:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867228/posts July 17, 2007 | Elizabeth Edwards is not wasting time. She cut through the fog of sympathy and second-guessing about her decision to continue campaigning for her husband, John Edwards, despite learning in March she had incurable breast cancer, simply by hitting the campaign trail hard. By most accounts she has always been the campaign's leading strategist and still is. But lately she has emerged as its leading risk taker, too. At the end of June she won the nation's attention -- and the gratitude of many -- for confronting right-wing provocateur Ann Coulter live on MSNBC's "Hardball," after Coulter... Salon.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867228/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:18:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867054/posts Why does the elegant senator from North Carolina continue his run for the presidency? Washington correspondent Geoff Elliott reports: POOR John Edwards. He follows Barack Obama on the podium at a conference of mostly anti-war Democrats and it's like watching air whistle out of a balloon. Obama, a charismatic candidate for change in the mould of Bill Clinton and John F. Kennedy, has just worked the crowd brilliantly. Then Edwards walks in, a little later than scheduled at the Take Back America conference, thanks to an impromptu grab-and-grip show from Obama. Cameras are being pocketed again and seats resumed for... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867054/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:28:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867032/posts Elizabeth Edwards told a prominent gay rights group Saturday night that her husband, presidential candidate John Edwards, would help repeal more than a thousand laws that discriminate against same-sex couples. As she campaigns for her husband in California, Elizabeth Edwards has staked out an independent position on gay rights. She appeared last month at a breakfast before San Francisco's gay pride parade, where she announced her support for gay marriage. The next day, her husband, John Edwards, said her position surprised even him. The former North Carolina Sen. opposes gay marriage but supports civil unions. Her speech Saturday to the... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867032/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:50:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1862918/posts "Democratic presidential hopeful, former U.S. Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, left, helps Richard Knight, right, and David Martin with a firehose at a firefighter's muster in Moultonborough, N.H., Saturday, July 7, 2007. Edwards is vacationing in New Hampshire with his family. ""Rain begins to fall as Democratic presidential hopeful former U.S. Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina walks with his family, wife, Elizabeth and children, Jack, and Emma Claire, at a firefighter's muster in Moultonborough, N.H., Saturday, July 7, 2007. Edwards' is vacationing in New Hampshire with his family." Yahoo! News Photos http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1862918/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jul 2007 11:36:28 GMT