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The implications surrounding the Feds decision are wide reaching. The reaction to this announcement will be almost instant in some markets. http://www.forexfactory.com/market.php Watch this !!

CAIR Offices Evacuated After Receiving 'Suspicious Substance' By Mail The Council on American-Islamic Relations building in D.C. is currently under evacuation, after the office received an envelope filled with a suspicious substance. "We're all outside the building," says Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR's National Communications Director. The only exception: the several staffers who remain quarantined inside the building on New Jersey Avenue SE. D.C. Fire has responded to the scene with hazmat gear. "We receive threats on almost a daily basis, so it's nothing new for us," says Hooper. "But a suspicious substance—that's new. We don't normally publicize threats to ourselves but...

You can watch the full 14 minute speech here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2RJhdQzd68 At ~5:35 "Fourth, with American leadership, the international community has begun to establish a process — and timeline — to pursue ceasefires and a political resolution to the Syrian war. Doing so will allow the Syrian people and every country, including our allies, but also countries like Russia, to focus on the common goal of destroying ISIL — a group that threatens us all." Ceasefires and a political resolution? WTF? This is what 0bama said and I have yet to hear anyone ask the White House about this.

Just for a little fun. Take the survey. It might be fun to add/change the questions and put it out to a more diverse crowd. http://kwiksurveys.com/s/vZaZowzr

As the shooting in San Bernardino was playing out live on TV and here on FR, there were a number of Freepers that were tuned into the police scanners and posting reports. I was just one of them. When the name of the "Suspect" was stated, we heard at least one LEO asking or confirming. "Is this the guy we were looking at last week?" I contend that LEO's knew of this guy before hand. It is the White House, FBI and others that are trying to pretend they are "Surprised" or can't say it's terrorism yet. But if they...

The German Government’s Strategy After Paris: Target the Right After Islamic Terror in Paris: Federal Government to Intensify the “Fight against the Right” Federal Minister Thomas de Maizière, after a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other responsible ministers, spoke on the consequences of the terrorist attack on Paris: Germany, too, is still strongly in the crosshairs of international terrorism … the Islamic threats to public safety will be monitored, but we will also monitor the right-wing extremists who might react to it. [The author, Alster, links to the German news portal, web.de, for his source (14 November 2015)] Since...

My idea is to leverage the limitless talent on FreeRepublic to produce a weekly audio/video clip of current events that can be picked up and played by conservative news outlets. It would be "quasi open-source", FR only. The theme. The theme and presentation would mirror what was done at NFL Films but with a political/social/conservative message instead of football. Those familiar with NFL Films and the work of Ed Sabol with the voice of John Facenda, combined with the background music should know what I'm talking about. I firmly believe the talent here on FR can reproduce that style and...

The following video is a compilation of footage related to the European “migration” crisis taken in the last five or six years. I’ve seen most of these clips before, and Vlad and I have done our own subtitled versions of some of them. The person who put the video together recommends that viewers download it and mirror it, because it probably won’t stay up on YouTube for very long. Yes, I know it’s got a section with Nick Griffin ranting on about Zionists and banks and whatnot. But not counting that, it’s a pretty good collage of what’s been going...

Once upon a time America fought a great war to rid the world of the Nazis, but now we have become just like them. In fact, I would venture to say that the Nazification of the United States is pretty much complete. As you will see below, we have a heavily socialized economy where tax rates are out of control and lots of freebies are given out just like the Nazis did. And just like the Nazis, our society has become highly militarized and our government has become increasingly obsessed with watching, tracking, monitoring and controlling the general population. But...

Our Israeli correspondent MC returns with an essay about the current media manipulations that have given us both the “refugee” crisis and the demonization of Israel. I get very bored when people tell me (which is often) that “Israel murders Palestinians”. Whilst it is true that Palestinians get murdered in Israel, what this statement fails to comprehend is that Israelis get gaoled for murdering anybody, including Palestinians, as in any civilized Western country, but unlike most Middle Eastern countries including the Palestinian Authority (PA). The difference here is the relentless propaganda to demonise Israel. Jews have been demonised down through...

Dear "The Donald", I love what you have brought to this election and I wish you well. There is however a few questions that I'd like you to address in your business mind, from your gut. Yes, no, or we need to look deeper into that, are all acceptable answers. I'd like to get a deeper understanding of who I may be supporting in this upcoming election. Best regards.

I've been hanging around FreeRepublic in since 1999 in one capacity or another and I wouldn't change a single thing. I love this place. Recently, however, it has struck me that my attempts over the years to recruit others to join have been complete failures and I honestly don't know why. I am curious to know the experiences of my fellow Freepers regarding this in order to learn what I can do differently. I understand the issue of "trying too hard" and the natural push back that people have. I tried the "soft", "check it out" to the hard push...

Are you reading this because you chose to? Or are you doing so as a result of forces beyond your control? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130924-how-belief-in-free-will-shapes-us After thousands of years of philosophy, theology, argument and meditation on the riddle of free will, I'm not about to solve it for you in this column (sorry). But what I can do is tell you about some thought-provoking experiments by psychologists, which suggest that, regardless of whether we have free will or not, whether we believe we do can have a profound impact on how we behave. The issue is simple: we all make choices, but could...

Tuna Fish. Like Rino’s they come packaged and present themselves for appeal. I’m not sure anymore if I want to buy “Chunk” or “Solid”, given their labels it’s hard to tell the difference. And really, what’s the difference between “Chunk” and “Solid”? What’s the difference in the meanings of the words they chose? Why can’t they be clearer? “Prepackaged for your convenience and ready for your consumption.”

While I have a handful or more favorites, I am curious who my fellow freepers elevate to the top of their list? My list starts with; Annie Lennox Kate Bush Tracey Thorn (Everything but the Girl) And oddly enough Cindi Lauper There's soo many more. Dolly Parton is right up there.

UK trader in fraud arrest over US 'flash crash' A financial trader has been arrested in the UK after US authorities accused him of contributing to the 2010 Wall Street "flash crash". The US Department of Justice wants to extradite Navinder Singh Sarao, 36, on charges of wire fraud, commodities fraud and market manipulation. The crash wiped billions of dollars off the value of US shares in minutes.

I have recently secured a Domain address. I'm trying to set up a "Free Email" with Zoho. My domain host has indicated that I have or can create two email addresses, Which I did. When I log into Zoho and go through their "set-up" protocols to "verify" my domain they are asking for stuff that makes no sense to me. I can log into my domain "portal" but can't seem to figure out what ZOHO is looking for. My Domain host is Verio. I would be happy to run a "Join me" session. Please reply with the standard FR jokes....

I have noticed that there seems to be more and more posters on FR that have accounts from the 1990's or early 2000's, that are posting a lot more frequently. I can't be the only one that has noticed this. Maybe it was Ted Cruz, I don't know, but I'd like to know that I'm not alone here.

I'm hoping to tap into the creative, talented and passionate people here at FreeRepublic. Please submit your ideas for campaign slogans, Bumper Stickers, Yard signs, T-shirts etc Slogans that you, me or others including the "Cruz for President" campaign may actually use.

At the end of the day, the debate comes down to "how committed" are those that claim to stand for Liberty and our Constitution.