http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/chat-forum/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:33:40 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286449/posts A Stockton family says the image of Michael Jackson appeared on his tree stump the day the King of Pop died. Like the "Virgin Grilled Mary" or "Cheesus," the family thinks they've got an unusual spiritual image staring right at them from their own front yard. Felix Garcia has lived in the house for 22 years, and has never noticed the apparent image in his birch tree stump. "I was standing by that bush, and I looked up and saw that image here," Felix said. Many people in the crowd who gathered to look at the stump Sunday afternoon saw... CBS13.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286449/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:33:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286435/posts An Israeli company has sold a one-third interest in a medical device it developed to a British-Taiwanese company for $370 million – making the total value of SafeSky's LifeKeeper Patch over $1 billion. The deal, between SafeSky and Micro-Star International (MSI), is one of the biggest ever in relative terms for an Israeli hi-tech industry. SafeSky will retain 67% of the ownership of the patch, and MSI has an option to purchase a bigger share later on – at five times the price it paid this week. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286435/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:13:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286402/posts Word For The Day, Monday, 7/6/09 In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day". frisson;noun a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill: The movie offers the viewer the occasional frisson of seeing a character in mortal danger Etymology: 1770–80; < F: shiver, shudder, OF friçons (pl.) < LL frictiōnem, acc. of frictiō shiver (taken as deriv. of frÄ«gÄ“re to be cold), L: massage, friction Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286402/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:24:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286397/posts Obama hits head on White House door Politico Friday, 3 July 2009, 8:01 am He used walking into the door as an excuse for his inability to articulate his "raising taxes is good" message to the American people: President Obama acknowledged the disappointing jobs report at the White House, but quickly urged Americans to be patient as the country waits for the economy to improve. "As I've said from the moment I walked into the door of this White House, it took years for us to get into this mess and it will take us more than a few months... Appalachian Forums http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286397/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:17:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286387/posts Obama’s Tax Promise: A Timeline of Conflicting Statements David Axelrod refused three times to affirm President Barack Obama’s central campaign promise not to raise taxes on families making less than $250,000 per year, WH spokesman Robert Gibbs did the same. Americans For Tax Reform http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286387/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:48:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286373/posts The crew of our aircraft awoke late afternoon on July 4, 2009 to find the camp decorated in red, white and blue ribbons, balloons, and posters in preparation for scheduled 4th of July events. I began my day a couple of hours earlier. I dressed in a digital camouflaged kilt and went about the camp to honor those working. I played God Bless America in front of Operations. My aircraft commander went with me to maintenance to thank them for the hard work they do in keeping our planes in the air. It was the Wild Blue Yonder (Air Force... Personal Friend http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286373/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:13:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286317/posts The wife of the new head of Britain's spy agency has posted pictures of her husband, family and friends on internet networking site Facebook, details which could compromise security, a newspaper said on Sunday. In what the Mail on Sunday called an "extraordinary lapse," the new spy chief's wife, Lady Shelley Sawers, posted family pictures and exposed details of where the couple live and take their holidays and who their friends and relatives are. Publishing the story on its front page and the pictures on a double-page spread, the Mail on Sunday said the information "could potentially be useful to... THE AUSTRALIAN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286317/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 05:39:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286307/posts About 800 pages of the earliest surviving Christian Bible have been recovered and put on the internet. Visitors to the website www.codexsinaiticus.org can now see images of more than half of the 1,600-year-old Codex Sinaiticus manuscript. Fragments of the 4th Century document - written in Greek on parchment leaves - have been worked on by institutions in the UK, Germany, Egypt and Russia. Experts say it is "a window into the development of early Christianity". bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286307/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:59:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286305/posts I pretty well nailed Governor Palin’s strategy when she announced. Today there is little doubt to what she intends to do: “I am now looking ahead and how we can advance this country together with our values of less government intervention, greater energy independence, stronger national security, and much-needed fiscal restraint,” the former Republican vice presidential candidate wrote in a posting on her Facebook page. Palin’s spokeswoman, Meghan Stapleton, confirmed Palin wrote the entry. One thing I did forget to mention in the previous post which is clear today - Palin is going to shove as much crow down as... Strata Sphere Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286305/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:53:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286294/posts KISS man calls for abuse accusers By Nick Patch, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Gene Simmons says he's heard enough celebrity tributes to Michael Jackson, and wants to hear from the kids who accused the late pop singer of molestation. Simmons, the bassist/vocalist for classic rock stalwarts Kiss, says he's less interested in Jackson's talent than he is in accusations that the singer molested young boys. "I want the kids who've accused him, to be blunt, of molestation, to have their say," Simmons told The Canadian Press in a telephone interview from Los Angeles on Thursday. "I want to hear... Canoe.ca http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286294/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:29:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286282/posts Mac clone maker begs out of Chapter 11 after payment plan with its legal team falls throughPsystar, the Mac clone maker embroiled in a legal dispute with Apple, asked a federal judge last week to dismiss its bankruptcy case, saying that it had been unable to reach a payment agreement with its law firm. At the same time, Psystar said in a letter to customers that it is "again ready to battle Goliath," a reference to Apple, as it announced a new clone powered by Intel's Xeon quad-core "Nehalem" processor. In the motion submitted last Thursday, Psystar asked a Miami... Computerworld http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286282/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:10:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286281/posts Consider first an op-ed article in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times by Martha Nussbaum, a well-known professor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago. The article was headlined “Terrorism in India has many faces.” But one face that Nussbaum fails to mention specifically is that of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Islamic terror group originating in Pakistan that seems to have been centrally involved in the attack on Mumbai. New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286281/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:10:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286280/posts The American Queen and Empress of the North have been put up for sale by the U.S. Maritime Administration, or Marad, bringing all the old questions to bear about the future and viability of U.S. river cruising and more specifically of the two ships in question. Marad hired investment banking firm AMA Capital Partners to assist with the sale of the former Majestic America Line ships. When the American Queen and the Empress were turned over to Marad last year (in August and November, respectively), they carried approximately $28.3 million and $37.3 million in debt, respectively, according to Majestic's parent,... Professionaltravelguide.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286280/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:10:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286260/posts The annual World Wife Carrying Championship, in its 14th year, has taken place in Sonkajarvi, eastern Finland. A total of 36 competitors from 13 different nations took part in the championship. Some participants came from as far away as Australia, Japan and the United States. This year the title was won by a Finnish couple. bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286260/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 03:09:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286259/posts [Pics in URL] British artist Alice Newstead, a former employee of Lush cosmetics, hangs by shark hooks in a Lush store in Paris, to protest against "shark slaughter" Telegraph(UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286259/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 03:07:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286254/posts Drinking five cups of coffee a day could reverse memory problems seen in Alzheimer's disease, US scientists say. The Florida research, carried out on mice, also suggested caffeine hampered the production of the protein plaques which are the hallmark of the disease. Previous research has also suggested a protective effect from caffeine. bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286254/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 02:43:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286231/posts Nouriel Roubini | Jul 2, 2009 The June employment report suggests that the alleged ‘green shoots’ are mostly yellow weeds that may eventually turn into brown manure. The employment report shows that conditions in the labor market continue to be extremely weak, with job losses in June of over 460,000. With the current rate of job losses, it is very clear that the unemployment rate could reach 10 percent by later this summer, around August or September, and will be closer to 10.5 percent if not 11 percent by year-end. I expect the unemployment rate is going to peak at... Nouriel Roubini's Global EconoMonitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286231/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:56:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286227/posts If you haven't read Matt Taibbi's recent Rolling Stone piece on Goldman Sachs, make sure to get your hands on it ASAP. It's a must read on how Goldman Sachs and the U.S. government work hand in glove to produce giant investment bubbles... bubbles that allow Goldman to work over investors for hundreds of billions of dollars. We don't think you can lay all the blame for the housing bubble and the tech bubble at Goldman's feet... but we do find it suspicious that a ton of high level government posts are staffed by Goldman employees. It's close to a... Rolling Stones http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286227/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:47:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286214/posts Well, I'm sorry to say that no good opportunity to speak materialized. I sent a copy of A Fourth of July Tea Party Speech to the Sandpoint group, but got a 'no thanks' response. The Sandpoint group had a venue and speakers. Nothing was scheduled for the Spokane area. Finally, I figured that I'd just show up at the Coeur d'Alene event - but all that turned out to be was a parade and a picnic. Don't get me wrong it was nice day - a little hot for these parts - but a nice day anyway. The parade had... Self-reporting http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286214/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:30:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286209/posts Good evening.President O has flown to Moscow, and I'm telling you, Watch out! 2 very untrustworthy leaders meeting = TROUBLE!In other news, Congress may return from July 4 recess to once again torment us...And across the nation, patriots met at modern-day Tea Parties this weekend.Hope it was a good one for you...I'm still aware of a sense of sadness to be honoring a holiday & its principles I believe too many in DC no longer hold dear themselves. All of Us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286209/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:20:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286207/posts ORLANDO -- The Celtics [team stats] have reached agreement with free agent forward/center Rasheed Wallace tonight on a contract that starts at the midlevel exemption of $5.8 million. Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286207/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:15:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286206/posts Sinister forces are at work to destroy America. The totalitarian legislation passed in only 100 days is merely the tip of the iceberg of what is to come. This pro-Arabic, pro-globalist administration is preparing to swap U.S. sovereignty for a higher level presence within the United Nations, a plan that includes reducing your individual rights and those of your children. The “perfect storm” is coming together. We begin our troubles on the nation’s college campuses; those bastions of taxpayer funded brick and mortar which house a cadre of communist professors who preach and teach Marxist ideals instead of America‘s founding... Welcome to the Patriot's Creed http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286206/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:15:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286203/posts Rihanna just can't catch a break now can she? According to sources, Rihanna may be arrested for tattooing civilians. Anyone who is anyone knows that Rihanna has a slight obsession with body art, so much so that she has decided to become a student to the pen, the tattooing pen that is. examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286203/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:06:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286201/posts Envy is a terrible liberal curse and is the driving force behind socialism; failure, ignorance and the equal sharing of misery. Liberals view happy, successful people as the mirror of their own inadequacy; a lack of appreciation of their own self-worth. Envy of someone’s accomplishments builds bitterness and hatred in the mind of an underachiever - a resentfulness about the world, more specifically their culture, just not being “fair.” Success, and acceptance among the “happy conservatives,” represents something liberals will never attain. A good example of this is Western liberals teaming-up with Muslims to destroy their own civilization; one which... Welcome to the Patriot's Creed http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286201/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:04:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286191/posts With Lance back in the Tour, I watched this video today of his 2001 climb of Alpe d'Huez.Thought you Tour, biking, and climbing fans might enjoy it! It's one of my favorites!Video Link DarkSkiesBlog.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286191/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:49:18 GMT