http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/death/ en-us Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:07:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421008/posts Fiscal Policy: The new year saw the death of the estate tax. But like Freddie Krueger, this epitome of class warfare and wealth redistribution is sure to return to wreak havoc among the living. Once dubbed the "Paris Hilton" tax, the levy is supposed to target the inherited wealth of the super-rich who really didn't earn it or don't really need so much of it. Or so we're told. But at some point, even inherited wealth was created and taxed in its creation. The death tax is double taxation, and just because you can't take it with you doesn't mean... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421008/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:07:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420670/posts Station editorial about our political correctness and administration failures. WTOC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420670/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 17:42:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417449/posts In some of the rooms in the hospice unit at Franklin Hospital, in Valley Stream on Long Island, the patients were sleeping because their organs were shutting down, the natural process of death by disease. But at least one patient had been rendered unconscious by strong drugs. The patient, Leo Oltzik, an 88-year-old man with dementia, congestive heart failure and kidney problems, was brought from home by his wife and son, who were distressed to see him agitated, jumping out of bed and ripping off his clothes. Now he was sleeping soundly with his mouth wide open. “Obviously, he’s much... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417449/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:35:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416289/posts In five days the United States will enter the New Year with the mother of all loopholes. The estate death tax is abated for one year: 2010. That’s the good news. The bad news is that in order to take advantage of this chasm, one has to pay the ultimate price. He or she must die before next year is over. In order to prevent the government from reigniting the theft of already taxed booty from those six feet under, retroactive to the beginning of the New Year, the wealthy need expire at the last possible moment to take advantage.... www.daveweinbaum.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416289/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:53:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413640/posts (CNN) -- The recent passing of actress Brittany Murphy adds another high-profile name to the list of those who have died in 2009. The year seems to have been filled with an inordinate amount of high-profile deaths -- some even on the same day. Among those who passed: Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Natasha Richardson, Bea Arthur, Dom DeLuise, Karl Malden, David Carradine, Patrick Swayze, John Hughes, Ed McMahon, Walter Cronkite and Don Hewitt. Authors John Updike, Frank McCourt and Dominick Dunne died, as did blues legend Koko Taylor, Ventures guitarist Bob Bogle, Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary, guitar... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413640/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:50:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413249/posts Brittany Murphy's husband and mother made a frantic attempt to revive her before paramedics arrived ... this according to notes written by an investigator from the L.A. County Coroner's office. And, there were a shocking number of strong prescription meds on Brittany's nightstand. TMZ has reviewed the documents, written by Investigator Blacklock. According to his notes, Brittany Murphy "had been complaining of shortness of breath and severe abdominal pain" for 7 to 10 days prior to her death. According to the notes, Murphy went into the bathroom at around 7:30 AM Sunday and shut the door. A half hour later... TMZ.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413249/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:31:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412667/posts As the world continues to ponder the death of Brittany Murphy, many are curious as to exactly who her husband Simon Monjack is. While there's still absolutely no evidence to suggest he played a part in her death, many people and media outlets both past and present are raising a suspicious eye towards the British screenwriter. Monjack -- who penned and produced 2006's 'Factory Girl' -- wed Murphy in 2007 in a small, private ceremony at their house that seemed to come out of nowhere. The couple never announced their engagement, and hardly ever made public appearances together. Their nuptials... Pop Eater http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412667/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:47:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411370/posts Two wheelchair-bound men in an East Village shelter got into a name-calling argument early today that ended with one man stabbed dead and cops struggling to explain why they missed a chance to break up the fatal feud with an arrest. The deadly episode began around 3:30 a.m. when the men, both paralyzed, got into an argument in the cafeteria of Freedom House on East 2nd Street. Others at the shelter said the victim, Ronal Garcia, 24, "had a really foul mouth," and would often get into arguments with older residents. The alleged stabber, Felipe Cruz, 52, had been drinking... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411370/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:02:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2407968/posts "Because too many people are not [ready to meet God]. They're just goofing off, laughing their way through life, like everything's a big joke. They don't pray, they don't trust God, they're not in Church on Sunday, they're in serious mortal sin, and they think they're going to be ready to meet God, and it does not work that way." . . . Patrick Madrid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2407968/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:05:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406923/posts Eric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a droid the size of a washing machine. "I remembered thinking, 'Whoa, this is scary,' as it whirled around, almost knocking me down," the Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) researcher recalled. "Then, I thought, 'What if I were a patient?' There could be big issues here." ect http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406923/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:27:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405853/posts This is America's Death Panel: These Death Culture Politicians voted against the amendment to prohibit the use of Federal funds for abortions - These ARE the Death Panel: Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Burris (D-IL) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Collins (R-ME) Dodd (D-CT) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY) Hagan (D-NC) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kerry (D-MA) Kirk (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) McCaskill (D-MO) Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR) Mikulski (D-MD)... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405853/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:22:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2405519/posts Dr. Paul Kengor: Dinesh, your last book was What’s So Great About Christianity, which did quite well, and which we profiled in a series of Q&As last year ( Part I , Part II , Part III ). It led to, among other things, an ongoing fascinating series of public debates you’ve had with Christopher Hitchens. It appears that your latest book, "Life After Death: The Evidence," came from those experiences. Tell us what prompted this book-which, for the record, I recommend as a Christmas gift for both believers and (especially) non-believers.Dinesh D’Souza: Intellectually, yes, I was provoked by the... Catholic Exchange http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2405519/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:32:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404545/posts Islamabad -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday he envisioned "a series of investigations" into the arrest of five people in Pakistan whom a police official there described as American. The five had been reported missing from Virginia, and police are confident they were planning terrorist acts, a Pakistani police official told CNN... The five were from Virginia and their families had contacted the FBI soon after they went missing, he said. They include two Pakistani-Americans, two Yemeni-Americans and an Egyptian-American. The arrests came after a raid on a home in Sargodha, about 120 miles south of Islamabad, said the... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404545/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:26:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404331/posts A Chinese national who is believed to have manipulated her fingerprints to slip past Japan's fingerprint identification system has been arrested for violating the Immigration Control Law, the Metropolitan Police Department's Organized Crime Control Bureau announced on Monday. mainich http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404331/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:01:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403063/posts KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned for renting to homosexuals. Gay rights activists say the bill, which has prompted growing international opposition, promotes hatred and could set back efforts to combat HIV/AIDS. They believe the bill is part of a continentwide backlash because Africa's gay community is becoming more vocal. "It's a question of visibility," said David Cato, who became an activist after he was... AP/Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403063/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:11:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403049/posts Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) will press Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner this week on supporting a major overhaul of the tax system in 2010. Rangel told corporate executives attending a tax conference in Washington that he was trying to “persuade” Geithner and members of his committee that they would serve Congress and the country better “if we reform the tax system that we have.” “As a legislator, I can’t think of anything more important for my committee to do,” Rangel told the audience attending the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Global Tax Symposium. The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403049/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:01:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2400505/posts (St. Francisco Borgia performing a deathbed exorcism, by Francisco Goya) There is a particular reason why we Catholics invoke the powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary when we say, "Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen." In addition to Scripture's repeated reminders that the devil is actively seeking the spiritual destruction of as many men and women as he can possibly destroy, many of the great saints (too many to be numbered here) have attested to the fact that the evil one is allowed by God to harass people with all kinds... Patrick Madrid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2400505/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 21:39:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399523/posts Dyron HartA young African-American man from Mississippi who admitted in August to sending death threats over Facebook while posing as a white supremacist received three years of probation from a federal court judge in New Orleans on Wednesday. The Times Picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399523/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 18:54:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2394207/posts A recently uncovered dramatization of Obamacare (with thanks to Monty Python). http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2394207/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:30:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2391548/posts Buddy Lou, a 10-year old tabby cat, has become the first feline death from H1N1 in the United States. It appears the cat acquired the H1N1 virus from the owner’s niece who had been sick with an influenza-like illness the previous week. H1N1 in cats: Buddy Lou’s illness The cat was brought to the Animal Clinic in Lebanon, Oregon, on November 4, with labored breathing and was initially diagnosed with pneumonia. His breathing worsened by the next day and the cat was admitted to the veterinary clinic for treatment with antibiotics and oxygen. Buddy Lou did not respond to treatment... examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2391548/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:21:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2393697/posts An excerpt from last Sunday's 60 Minutes segment, "The Cost of Dying": Charlie Haggart is 68 years old and suffering from liver and kidney failure. He wants a double transplant, which would cost about $450,000. But doctors have told him he's currently too weak to be a candidate for the procedure. At a meeting with Haggart's family and his doctors, Dr. Byock raised the awkward question of what should be done if he got worse and his heart or lungs were to give out. He said that all of the available data showed that CPR very rarely works on someone... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2393697/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:41:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2393690/posts In a world going increasingly off the rails, we offer these occasional rants and reality checks as a public service. Just how mad is the world? Or rather, how much madder is it since our last rant (what, three days ago?)? More importantly, is it correct grammar to nest question marks like we just did? We'll discuss some recent happenings, and you can decide for yourself. Item: A particular brand of baby crib has been on the market from 1993 to 2008. That's 15 years. It comes to light just now, a year after the model has been discontinued, that... My Favorite Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2393690/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:30:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392378/posts In case you hadn’t heard, the US Marxist Party’s Senate vote to ostensibly “continue debate” on its draconian version of “we will now control everything you say and do” ObamaCare proposed bill passed by 60-39—along straight party lines. The last minute purchase of corrupt Marxist-Democrat Senator votes (with OUR tax money) at over $100Millions a pop clenched the deal. The ObamaGov is placing the final nails in the coffin of our Republic and is replacing it with its onerous and totalitarian Marxist presence. Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392378/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:24:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391661/posts Germans don't want KSM or the other turds to die. FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391661/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:32:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390500/posts I'm usually adept at catching the embedded politics, in tv and movies, and I usually change the station or turn it off when I do. Tonight was the first time, and I was taken aback by it, that I discerned such tactics in the series "Bones" http://www.fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=bones http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390500/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:46:09 GMT