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Even a boost from Michelle Obama hasn't helped ease New York designer Tracy Feith's financial woes. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/10/25/2010-10-25_designer_tracy_feith_faces_unfashionable_financial_woes_despite_highprofile_clie.html#ixzz13Q2mprsp

By this time last year, I was finalizing my plans for the Freeper convention/TEA Party protest/9-11 observance; we talked about doing it again this year but I've not seen anything on FR about it. Are we on for this September? Do they need a project coordinator? Is it too early to plan it? Inquiring minds want to know...

This is a public thank you to all the Freepers who made the weekend in DC so memorable: THANK YOU! Special kudos go to Jim Robinson for making the site possible, Brytani and seekthetruth for all the hard work arranging such a great experience and to all the speakers and musicians at the vigil and banquet who challenged us, and the DC Chapter of Free Republic for their self-sacrificing work EVERY WEEK at Walter Reed! You guys are the absolute greatest!What an uplifting, exhilarating, educational and historical event.Thanks also to TCH, Glock_Fan, RightwingIntelligensia, Streetsmart, Mrs. Streetsmart, Wicked Smaht and other...

Ladies, What are we wearing to the Freeper Convention? Is the banquet formal? Business Casual? Casual? Clothing Optional? (just kidding!) Since we will be in the same city as the 'Fashion Icon' we'll need to put our best foot (or arms as the case may be) forward! What say you?

All of you FR shootists, I have a question for you: Would it be possible/likely to INTENTIONALLY graze a man's head without killing him, shooting at night in a wind, with no scope using an 1870's rifle? Supposedly the person making this shot was a Civil War trained sharp shooter. The target is moving into the light of a wind blown campfire when he is shot. I say this is hard to believe. Can any of you shooters give me your two cents? Oh, this is fiction for a western someone is writing.

Mayor Mike Fahey wants to add surveillance cameras in violent areas, boost the Police Department units that serve those neighborhoods and stiffen local gun laws in response to the spike in gun violence that has left nearly 40 people wounded in shootings since July 1. The mayor delivered his ideas today as the city marked a period of peace - 44 hours and counting without a shooting. Thirty-one people were hit by gunfire in July, including an 18-year-old killed outside a northwest Omaha apartment complex. Six more people have been wounded and one man was killed in shootings this month....

I need the expertise of the Freepers. Last night at my writer's meeting, another author described a scene from his current work in progress. The gist was that the protagonist could tell that the safety was off and a round was chambered in a weapon that was being pointed at him. The weapon was an AK-47. Can a person tell by looking at a gun currently being pointed at them that the safety is off and a round is chambered? When I called the man on it, he told me that one could tell a round was chambered by the...

This is for any of you Freepers who have published books. I am done with the first 400 of hopefully 500+ pages of a novel. I'm wondering if I really do need an editor to get the thing published. I talked to a local person who advertises as an editor and she quoted me a rate of $3.00-$5.00 PER PAGE! Is that normal? Reasonable? All I think I need is someone to tell me if it is in the right format to submit to a publisher; does that really cost $1200-2000? I have had several friends read it over for...

Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services: Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa. The Fasting and Prayer Conference includes meals. The sermon this morning: 'Jesus Walks on the Water'. The sermon tonight: 'Searching for Jesus'. Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8PM in the recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the King. Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid...