Free Republic 1st Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $74,893
92%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 92%!! Thank you everyone!! God bless.

Keyword: beard

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Arab ambassador discovers bride is bearded and cross-eyed behind veil

    02/10/2010 3:07:43 PM PST · by Pearls Before Swine · 18 replies · 798+ views
    Telegraph --UK--online ^ | 02/10/10 | Telegraph -- UK
    (Excerpt): he envoy had only met the woman a few times, during which she had hidden her face behind a niqab, the Gulf News reported. After the marriage contract was signed, the ambassador attempted to kiss his bride-to-be. It was only then that he discovered her facial hair and eyes. ... He sued for the contract to be annulled ....
  • FBI Gunfight Leaves Mich. Suspect Dead: Suspect Was Leader of Sect Seeking Islamic State in U.S.

    10/28/2009 9:26:28 PM PDT · by iowamark · 17 replies · 974+ views
    ABC News ^ | 10/28/2009 | JASON RYAN and PIERRE THOMAS
    FBI agents hoping to break up an alleged interstate crime ring dealing in arson, fraud and possibly stolen vehicles, ended up in a gunfight at a Detroit-area warehouse, after which a suspect lay dead. The FBI sought to arrest Luqman Ameen Abdullah, a.k.a. Christopher Thomas, 53, who a criminal complaint said was the imam of a radical fundamentalist Sunni group called Masjid Al-Haqq that seeks to establish a sovereign Islamic state inside the United States... Abdullah and 10 others were charged today in a criminal complaint with conspiracy and theft of interstate shipments, mail fraud to obtain the proceeds of...
  • Justice Dept says Abdulmutallab has been charged with attempting to bring down Northwest flight

    12/26/2009 1:07:52 PM PST · by GOP_Lady · 54 replies · 2,347+ views
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | 12-26-09 | The Wall Street Journal
    HEADLINE ONLY. Article will be posted when available.
  • What's up with Obama's beard? Michelle, that is.

    03/11/2009 8:07:32 PM PDT · by 51773photo · 108 replies · 7,317+ views
    Yahoo ^ | 3-11-09 | Jesse Eliis
    Showdows of things to come? Now we see why she wears the pants in the Family.
  • Muslim PC sues after workmates 'laughed at his beard'

    03/08/2009 6:52:01 PM PDT · by TornadoAlley3 · 67 replies · 2,200+ views
    dailymail.co.uk ^ | 03/09/09 | Andrew Levy
    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...
  • Report: Girlfriend of Obama's Speechwriter Is a Maxim Model

    01/26/2009 6:25:07 PM PST · by markomalley · 26 replies · 1,737+ views
    Fox News ^ | 1/26/2009
     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...
  • Obama's 27-year-old Whizz Kid Speechwriter 'Dating Former Maxim Model

    01/26/2009 9:45:55 AM PST · by Steelfish · 52 replies · 3,550+ views
    Daily Mail(UK) ^ | January 26, 2009
    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.
  • Florida Governor Gets Married

    12/13/2008 4:46:00 AM PST · by rightwingintelligentsia · 49 replies · 2,707+ views
    AP via AOL News ^ | December 12, 2008 | BRENDAN FARRINGTON
    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.
  • Matthews Wowed by Obama Response to Query about Bill Richardson's Beard

    12/03/2008 4:47:20 PM PST · by chessplayer · 26 replies · 1,159+ views
    Newsbusters ^ | December 3, 2008 | Geoffrey Dickens
    "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.
  • Muslim corrections officer forced out over beard, suit claims

    07/16/2008 2:54:45 PM PDT · by forkinsocket · 8 replies · 576+ views
    Daily Herald ^ | 7/16/2008 | Josh Stockinger
    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...
  • Florida Gov. Charlie Crist Engaged

    07/03/2008 10:33:35 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 59 replies · 458+ views
    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....
  • Report: Gov. Charlie Crist gets engaged

    07/03/2008 4:09:43 PM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 102 replies · 210+ views
    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.
  • THE MCGREEVEYS' SECRET [Menage a Trois Alert!]

    03/16/2008 3:49:56 PM PDT · by melt · 104 replies · 4,542+ views
    NYPost..com ^ | 3/16/08 | JEANE MacINTOSH
    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...
  • She's Florida's first girlfriend

    03/06/2008 6:24:33 AM PST · by Armando Guerra · 90 replies · 857+ views
    The St. Petersburg Times ^ | March 6, 2008 | Times staff
    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...
  • Elizabeth Edwards says shopping for U.S.-made toys is a challenge

    12/21/2007 11:46:15 PM PST · by Baladas · 36 replies · 179+ views
    Associated Press ^ | December 21, 2007 | Associated Press staff
    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.
  • Haircut Charity Attracts Edwards

    12/04/2007 2:13:17 AM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 6 replies · 292+ views
    Breitbart ^ | December 3, 2007 | DAVID TIRRELL-WYSOCKI
    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...
  • Elizabeth Edwards: 'Betray us' ad unfair

    09/15/2007 9:23:10 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 35 replies · 1,964+ views
    The Des Moines Register | September 15, 2007 | Tony Leys
    http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070915/NEWS09/709150332/1001/NEWS Cannot be posted due to copyright issues.
  • Only his hairdresser knows for sure (bin Laden's beard) O

    09/07/2007 2:41:55 PM PDT · by CHEE · 15 replies · 720+ views
    JIHAD WATCH WEB-SITE ^ | September 7, 2007 | Robert
    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...
  • Elizabeth Edwards Responds To Attack Over Parenting Skills (Mom Blogger Chastises Elizabeth Edwards)

    08/28/2007 6:39:54 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 42 replies · 1,472+ views
    ABCNews.com ^ | August 28, 2007 | ABCNews.com
    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...
  • The man behind the haircut

    08/16/2007 9:47:56 PM PDT · by SmithL · 23 replies · 949+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 8/16/7 | Debra J. Saunders
    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...