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Years ago a professor of film studies told me that "Breaking Away" was one of the best "coming of age" films he'd ever seen because it didn't involve sex, but rather a boy being disillusioned with his cycling childhood heroes. "Richard Jewell" is in many respects a coming of age movie. Most people know the story: Atlanta Olympic Games security guard Richard Jewell (Paul Walter Hauser), who had been fired from a police department and from a college for excessive enthusiasm, finds a bomb in a backpack left at the Atlanta Centennial venue. He calls the police, assists in moving...

The newly-released movie Midway has generated some interest and a 150-post Freeper thread yesterday: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3793171/postsIn the video below a professor at the US Navy War College hits key info helping an viewer who choses to see this great movie. A key one that I'd read long ago but had not fully embraced: US damage control was considerably better than that of Japan. When Japanese pilots hit the USS Yorktown, they returned to their carriers joyous, "We have sunk a US carrier..!" Yet inside of an hour or so US damage control had bent Heaven & Earth to save her; the...

The protesters outside Donald Trump Jr.’s Triggered book event—organized by the Los Angeles chapter of Refuse Fascism—didn’t silence him Sunday. Instead, according to The Guardian, conservative fans inside got rowdy after being informed that Trump did not have time to take questions.

Have any Freepers seen this film? Can you talk about if you liked it, and if so, why..? For this type of thing I rely on Freepers. Brad Pitt is selected for a space mission that apparently involves his long last father.

I am not a contractor, as I believe you will conclude: (Foreword: The tape you observe in the photos was a TEMPORARY measure for initial tubing mount) My goal is to enhance the aesthetic of the auto watering system that I expanded, and ran up the side of a verticle wall, from which I have taken down very many plants for now. The timed watering system goes up outside of concrete wall via 0.5 inch plastic RainBird type irrigation tubing. Right now the aethetics of my set-up aren't great: After I take down the temporary stuff, I want the irrigation...

On August 25th Swedish YouTuber "PewDiePie" Felix Kjelberg passed the 100 million subscriber mark, becoming the most popular YouTuber in history. YouTube has send him a Red Diamond award marking his achievement. Along with the award YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki also sent Kjelberg a letter congradulating him on his recent marriage to fiance Marzia Bisognin after eight years of dating. Kjelberg took the occaision to announce that he would be celebrating the massive milestone by donating a whopping $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League. The sudden generosity is puzzling, given ADL's leadership role in tarring Kjelberg with allegations he has a...

On MTV’s newest series, ’Lip Locked,’ the premise is simple: Can the chemistry between couples be tested by seeing if they can identify a loved one from a lineup based solely on a kiss..?"Whether they’re dating, besties, or even in the friend zone, this test won’t be easy for ANYONE!"-blares the show's carnival-barking promoters. Meh, simple enough, not really evil from just that, maybe. But there's more: The male contestant to be tested is GAY, and not just a faint whiff of Liberace, either. And the unknown ringer girls (?) to be kissed are all from different ethnicities. The kisses?...

When a frustrated loner gains popularity as an Alt-Right vlogger, the online echo chamber turns his fears into a deadly rage. An isolated and unstable man becomes increasingly unhinged as he explores the hateful rhetoric of an online alt-right community. "When the fire comes, you're gunna burn." Gravitas has debuted an official trailer for an indie film titled Cuck, an intriguing take on an issue in American society today. When a frustrated loner gains popularity as an Alt-Right vlogger, the online echo chamber he finds solace in turns his insecurities into a deadly rage. The term "cuck" (while also...

Two urban high-school girls perform extended in-class beating of their teacher. No word on the condition of the teacher, the current legal disposition of the perps, or even in what part of the country this happened. Many states like California under Obama undertook the position that certain ethnicities more frequently were expelled. They therefore undertook new legal measures assuring that perps of this type cannot be expelled for similar actions. Publik Skool teachurz and there relatives are encouraged to chime in regarding similar experiences and stories. How much would you have to be paid in order to put up with...

Midland Texas Officer Zack Owens was shot multiple times in the hand and arm when he fought off the mass-shooting by now deceased suspect, Seth Ator, shot dead by responding officers. Flying glass shards also entered the eye of Officer Owens, an injury soon requiring ophtalmic surgery. Officer Owens is a huge fan of the popular YouTube channels of Dr. Matt Carriker, a Texas video creator and veterinarian for VetRanch and OffTheRanch, channels with over 10 million video followers. Learning that the injured officer is a dedicated follower, Dr. Carriker drove 10 hours through the night to pay a surprise...

Pixel Masters use fast processing and video wizardry to map the dynamic, seemingly alive face of Elon Musk onto the visage of the astronaut movie actor in the, "open the pod bay doors, Hal"-scene from the movie Space Odyssey, 2001. Freepers will wonder about implications for the 2020 Election: If hobbyists working in their garage in their free time can do this, what might desperate media libs pull a year from now using high-end computing power..? What might an entity at the STATE level be capable of..? "Elon's" lips perfectly match the dialogue. How soon will we see a...

Have you heard about China’s social credit system? It’s a technology-enabled, surveillance-based nationwide program designed to nudge citizens toward better behavior. The ultimate goal is to “allow the trustworthy to roam everywhere under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step,” according to the Chinese government. In place since 2014, the social credit system is a work in progress that could evolve by next year into a single, nationwide point system for all Chinese citizens, akin to a financial credit score. It aims to punish for transgressions that can include membership in or support for...

Yeah, he decorated his departure a little with some pleasant words about needing to nurture his son: We all like that father/son fishing image, it's somehow comforting. Isn't it more likley that they SUSPENDED Tucker..? Isn't this just a LITTLE bit suspicious..? He says White Supremacy Is a Hoax, then there's this emergency father/son fishing trip..?

Remember when Hollywood low-life Harvey Weinstein was trying to payoff or shutup the girls decrying his sexual behavior..? Remember that BLACK CUBE, the IDF-affiliated, Blackwater-style private intel group was what Weinstein used to fakeBefriend and then spy on and harass the girls into silence..? HOW did the services of Black Cube come to Harvey Weinstein’s attention..? The freaking ex-Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, introduced them to Weinstein..! Can you believe this..? Barak, left And how did Ehud Barak know Weinstein? Via EPSTEIN..!! Yes, Ehud Barak was visiting Epstein’s NYC mansion and flying out to Rape Island. Isn’t this amazing?...

(snip) The financial record, released to WPTV through a records request, shows Epstein’s company, the Florida Science Foundation, paid Palm Beach Sheriff's Office $128,136 during his incarceration...(snip) The agreement also kept Epstein out of prison, and instead, allowed him to serve his sentence out at the local county jail...the convicted sex offender was granted work-release benefits, and allowed to leave his cell six days a week, 12 hours a day, to work at his Florida Science Foundation (snip) Meanwhile, a Fort Lauderdale attorney claims “more than one woman” was propositioned by Epstein at his Florida Science Foundation office, while visiting...

Detective Mike Fisten retired from New York City's homicide division, figuring a South Florida retirement gig would be a tropical breeze but his first case involved an Epstein victim, the first of very many to follow: Both during his fake Florida jailing and during his probation, Epstein hired PI's to actively intimidate the girls he had been abusing. If the victim pulled up to a gas station, the hired guns would pull up right behind her, making no effort to conceal what they were doing. If she went to the grocery store, they would pull in next to them, hoping...

After Jeffrey Epstein got out of the Palm Beach County Jail in 2009, having served 13 months out of an 18-month sentence resulting from a plea deal that has been widely criticized, he began a media campaign to change his public image.

A federal judge on Thursday denied Jeffrey Epstein’s request for bail pending his trial on sex-trafficking charges in Manhattan. (short exerpt cuz NYT)

The Pharr International Bridge was temporarily closed Friday morning after a group of undocumented immigrants attempted to rush the bridge to enter the United States, according to a release from Customs and Border Protection. “At about 4 a.m. today[Friday], a group of 47 undocumented individuals attempted to illegally enter the United States in three waves via the Pharr International Bridge. Ignoring commands to stop, the group suddenly rushed the temporary barricades, bent metal poles and disabled the concertina wire affixed to the barrier,” states the release. (more at link)