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D.C. Police responding Sunday to a report of a gunman at a popular pizza restaurant in Northwest Washington detained a man armed with an assault rifle, according to a police spokeswoman. D.C. police Chief Peter Newsham said a lone suspect in his 20s walked into the front door of Comet Ping Pong with an assault rifle. Newsham said it appeared as if the suspect may have fired one or multiple shots into the ground. The man has not yet been identified and his motives were not clear.

Americans refuse to be intimidated or to surrender to terror. We stand for freedom and we defend it with the Second Amendment to the Constitution. The National Rifle Association fights for the protection of these liberties. The NRA is Freedom's Safest Place.

I saw this ad recently on TV in California. Here's the text +++++++++++++++ Published on Mar 12, 2013 Thousands of young people throughout California can only dream about health care. They want to live healthy responsible lives. But that's hard to do when you can't see a doctor or you don't have health insurance. Check out this 30 second video, "Dreaming of Health Care." We made it in partnerships with a group of young Californians. They're all undocumented. Technically that means they're not US citizens. But we think they couldn't be more Californian. California should not be a place that...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said, “Obama told me he is still a Muslim, who supports the Muslim agenda.” Aboul Gheit made this statement on Nile-TV. Here is a report on the incident by Israeli Today, an Egyptian magazine: Aboul Gheit said he had a one-on-one meeting with Obama, where the US President told him that He was still a Muslim, the son of a Muslim father, the step son of Muslim stepfather, that his half brothers in Kenya are Muslims, and that he was sympathetic towards the Muslim agenda. Aboul Gheit claimed Obama told the Arabs to show...

All, Take a listen to this radio ad I found at the New Yorkers for Fiscal Fitness website found at: http://www.abetterchoiceforny.org Assuming my HTML works, the radio link is here Basically they want to tax the rich more to fund schools, the usual wealth distribution stuff. Folks in other states will want to listen too - it's probably headed your way soon as well. They're running this ad during Rush's show - I wish he'd play it for everyone's entertainment, hang on to your wallets! FRegards, PrairieDawg

Fellow Freepers, Please excuse this vanity, but I may have job opportunites in both Lexington, KY and Binghamton, NY and need more info. Could those who live(d) there freepmail me their thoughts (pro and con) and/or pointers to info? I know that NY suffers from taxes, but if I moved there I could vote against Shrillary. ;-) Any input would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help. FRegards, PrairieDawg

Gang, Hi! I am interviewing for a position in Warner Robins, GA next week and would appreciate any comments (good or bad) or pointers to information that you can give me. Assume that I know nothing about the area (except that the WRHS football team has a reputation for being pretty good ). Thanks in advance for any info you can give me on this! Regards, PrairieDawg

Did anyone else notice President Bush walking away from the idiot Congresswoman from Georgia, Cynthia McKinney? Not that it's a bad idea on his part - just wanted to know if anyone else saw that (or if my eyes need checking :-o ). FRegards, PrairieDawg

Hello all, A question for all of you. Has anyone ever changed jobs from the private sector to the government? I have an opportunity to do so, with the same pay doing the same job, just for the Navy as a civilian employee. Any thoughts as to the upside/downside of such a move? Stability is a plus as I don't think the Navy is going out of business anytime soon. :-) Any and all thoughts on this would be appreciated. FRegards, PrairieDawg

Hey VA people! I'm relocating to Virginia Beach in Feb. We have a place to stay for 3 months, but will have to find another place in the area after that. Which areas do I need to stay away from? I know that Norfolk and Portsmouth (sp?) have some rough areas - what other areas should I take out of consideration? I'll be working at Oceana and am willing to commute a bit. Thanks in advance for any pointers or help you can give me on this. FRegards, PrairieDawg

Gang, Hello. I'm considering selling my house here in Colorado and using the proceeds to buy a house outright in either NC or SC along the coast. If any of you have suggestions on where I can find: 1. Housing for under 80K or so. 2. Reasonable school systems for my 2 kids 3. Enough employment (WalMart?) to make living expenses and a bit more. please let me know via FReepmail. I've been a computer programmer for 20 years now and am just not liking what I see as a future in this business, hence the search for a place...

Dale Simmons is throwing out the sodas and candy on the shelves of Gettysburg Elementary School's snack shop and stocking them with healthy foods. In the spring, Simmons was appointed committee chairwoman for the Clovis school's snack shop, which, like others in the Clovis Unified School District, is run by a parent-teacher club to raise money for school supplies such as educational software and dictionaries. For two years, Simmons, whose 9-year-old daughter attends Gettysburg, lobbied to get the shop's selections changed. But because of concern from parents and school administrators that children would turn their thumbs down to the good-for-them...

Quark shifting jobs to India Denver workforce halved while 300 join firm overseas By Andy Vuong Denver Post Business Writer Friday, April 05, 2002 - Quark Inc., one of Denver's most successful software makers, has cut its workforce here in half while significantly increasing operations in India over the past year, according documents obtained by The Denver Post. The privately held company's staff in Denver has dropped to about 200 employees from about 440 in July. During that time, Quark has hired more than 300 engineers in India. The shrinking local workforce, coupled with the company's growing presence in India,...

Coloradans act as 'human shields' By Bruce Finley Denver Post International Affairs Writer Wednesday, April 03, 2002 - Denver schoolteacher Nancy Stohlman was holed up Tuesday with a wounded Japanese woman in a darkened Bethlehem hotel room, wanting to talk with her 3-year-old son back home. The two women were among hundreds of foreign "human shields" determined to protect Palestinians as Israel seized control of Bethlehem in an expanded offensive Tuesday. They believe they can deter Israeli troops. But outside the hotel, tank-mounted machine guns rattled. Helicopter gunships hovered over Bethlehem's central Manger Square, where Palestinian gunmen hid. "We need...