http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/disgusting/ en-us Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:44:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402132/posts LONDON: Tiger Woods is set to confess all his affairs and liaisons in a tell-all with Oprah Winfrey on TV in a bid to save his marriage and half his 600 million-pound fortune, according to reports. The troubled golfer is considering an "enticing" offer to appear on Winfrey's top-rated chat show. In a damage-repair move for his "Mr. Clean" image, he wants wife Elin Nordegren, 29, to join him on the famous sofa. According to American TV insiders, 33-year-old Tiger will have to tell all if he is to save his crumbling reputation. "Tiger absolutely hates talking about his private... The Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402132/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:44:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400156/posts The fatal shooting of four police officers in Washington state this week has set off angry finger-pointing between Washington and Arkansas over why the suspect in the killings — a man convicted of at least five felonies in Arkansas and charged with at least eight more in Washington this year alone — was not behind bars. Much of the attention so far has focused on former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s (R) decision to commute the sentence of the suspect, Maurice Clemmons, nine years ago. Clemmons — who was killed by a Seattle police officer on Tuesday (Dec. 1) after a... www.stateline.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400156/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:27:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2398038/posts An image of an obese passenger squeezed into an economy airline seat has reopened a debate about how airlines deal with growing numbers of oversized passengers. The picture, posted on an aviation blog, was reportedly taken by a flight attendant to illustrate to airline managers the difficulty of dealing with passengers who cannot fit into seats. telegraph.co.uk/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2398038/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:54:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372243/posts DAYTON — A woman accused of celebrating her 55th birthday by having sex with a 12-year-old boy pleaded guilty to one count of gross sexual imposition of a person under age 13 on Friday, Oct. 23. Gloria J. Murphy, of 5440 Rawlings Drive, appeared before Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Katherine Huffman, who set sentencing for Dec. 2. The charge is a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison. Gloria J. Murphy, who uses a walker and an oxygen tube, appeared frail. Dayton Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372243/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:57:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2368920/posts Michelle Obama swivelled her hips 142 times during a hula hoop demonstration at a healthy kids fair on the White House South Lawn. She had worse luck, however, when she attempted to skip double-dutch style. The fair was designed to promote healthy eating and exercise for America's children. She also urged those in attendance, mostly local students, not to whine when vegetables appear on their plate. BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2368920/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:57:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360278/posts Gavin Newsom loves Twitter. The San Francisco mayor is convinced his hometown microblogging service will change the world. How heartbreaking it must be, then, to read that a key Twitter coder can't wait to escape his "filthy... disastrous" town. gawker - ValleyWag http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360278/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:09:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356387/posts Mary Cheney, the former vice president’s daughter, and her long-time partner, Heather Poe, are expecting their second child, a source close to the family told True/Slant. [Ed. Note: Since publishing this piece, Cheney has confirmed that she and Poe are expecting their second child in mid- to late November.] Cheney has worked as a principal at Navigators Global, a bi-partisan communications firm, but recently announced that she would be leaving the company for maternity leave and to begin a new consulting firm with her sister, Liz. Close friends were informed that she was expecting a second child about four months... True Slant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356387/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 01:17:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347118/posts Germany is traditionally tolerant of nudity, but a plan to give naked ramblers their own wilderness path is still some way from the sunny uplands. ... A sign has been put up warning those averse to naturism that they might prefer to go elsewhere. "If you don't want to see people with nothing on then you should refrain from moving on," it reads. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347118/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:43:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2342185/posts A FILM about Tasmania's cannibal convict Alexander Pearce has caused some audience members to vomit. The Mercury reports Van Diemen's Land follows Pearce's 1822 escape from the penal settlement on Tasmania's Sarah Island with seven other convicts, and the brutal dispatch of his fellow escapees. Director Jonathan Auf Der Heide said he was surprised people had reacted so strongly. "The vomiting thing was a real surprise to me - we had two people vomit in New Zealand, and a couple of people have fainted during the first killing scene," he said. news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2342185/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:52:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2342101/posts A mother who killed herself and her disabled daughter in a blazing car had faced constant abuse and threats from a gang of youths, an inquest heard today. Fiona Pilkington made dozens of calls to the police and council officials to complain about the way her daughter, Francecca Hardwick, was being picked on. The single mother was told to ignore the 16-strong gang. When Miss Pilkington called to complain that youths were trampling her hedge, police told her to close the curtains in her front room. The 38-year-old set light to her car with Francecca, 18, and herself inside. Daily mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2342101/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:14:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2338813/posts Parents Who Claimed Their Disabled Daughter Had Been Kidnapped Are Charged With Her Murder By PETER ALLEN 13th September 2009 Victim: Marina Sabatier's body was found three days after she was reportedly abducted [Pic in URL] The parents of an eight-year-old schoolgirl have been charged with murder after beating her to death and hiding her corpse in a trunk load of cement because she was ‘greedy’. The Mafia-style disposal of the body of Marina Sabatier, from the French city of Le Mans, followed months of abuse by Eric Sabatier, 37, and his partner Virginie Darras, 30. Prosecutors today told how... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2338813/posts#comment Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:28:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337386/posts San Diego County Man Guilty Of Killing Baby, Former Lover Dennis Potts, 25, was convicted of first-degree murder in the strangling deaths of his 10-month-old son and the boy's mother, Tori Vienneau, who was pushing for a paternity test. Associated Press September 10, 2009 A San Diego County man was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday for strangling his 10-month-old son and the baby's mother because she was pressuring him to take a paternity test. A Superior Court jury deliberated for two days before convicting Dennis Potts, 25, of killing 22-year-old Tori Vienneau and their child, Dean, in 2006. In closing... LATimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337386/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:18:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334486/posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYjp5zRbR6E www.youtube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334486/posts#comment Tue, 8 Sep 2009 12:30:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332910/posts NEW YORK – Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed disappointment Friday at news outlets that used a picture taken and distributed by The Associated Press depicting a U.S. Marine mortally wounded in combat in Afghanistan. The AP distributed the picture despite personal pleas from Gates and the dead Marine's family in a case that illustrated the difficult decisions in reporting on a conflict where Americans have seen relatively few images of fallen U.S. troops over eight years. The picture, by AP photographer Julie Jacobson, showed Lance Cpl. Joshua "Bernie" Bernard, 21, lying on the ground with severe leg injuries after being... www.drudgereport.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332910/posts#comment Sat, 5 Sep 2009 16:51:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327964/posts Amanda Kurowski is a 10-year-old homeschooled girl who performs well academically and is socially well-adjusted. But her strong Christian beliefs were reason enough for a New Hampshire court to order her out of homeschooling and into a public school. The daughter of divorced parents, Amanda has been homeschooled by her mother, Brenda Voydatch since first grade. Her father, Martin Kurowski, is opposed to homeschooling, arguing that it prevents "adequate socialization" for Amanda with other children. He requested that she be placed in a government school. In the process of renegotiating the terms of a parenting plan for the girl, the... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327964/posts#comment Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:37:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2327280/posts We freep polls all the time, but now we need to freep an online petition. Brianna lopez, killed by her own parents in 2002 after being brutalized in ways unimagineable to a half-normal human being. She was just 5 months old when she died in July 2002. Her body laid in the morgue, no one claiming it until the community came together to claim the little girls body and bury her. Her parents and uncle that brutalized and killed her are in prison, but other family members have come forward, claimed the gravesite and erected a cage around it, blocking... Right In A Left World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2327280/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:34:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324881/posts A U.S. defense official confirms that the late Ted Kennedy will be buried at Arlington Cemetery -- date and time still TBD. The official expects he will be buried at the John F. Kennedy gravesite, but that is also still TBD. Any sitting or former senator is eligible for burial at Arlington Cemetery, but Kennedy's military service alone does not qualify him for burial there since he did not retire from the Armed Forces. His military service alone only qualifies him to be cremated and inurned at the Columbarium at Arlington MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324881/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:08:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321099/posts Mired in the summer of his discontent, President Obama on Thursday coined a new phrase for the absurdity of a Washington August, when lawmakers and lobbyists vacation outside the Beltway but pollsters and chatterers go right on polling and chattering. "There's something about August going into September where everybody in Washington gets all wee-wee'd up," the world's most powerful man observed. "I don't know what it is, but that's what happens." So, it made perfect sense that, during wee wee'd Washington's "silly season," the president took to the conservative radio airwaves to declare that he wants a bipartisan fix for... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321099/posts#comment Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:38:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319711/posts Rapper Lil Wayne is expecting two little bundles of joy this year... but they're not twins. Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., is expecting a child with his on-again, off-again girlfriend Nivea. Now the rapper has confirmed rumors that he is also due to be a dad with actress Lauren London, MTV.com reports. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Lauren London, she fine," Los Angeles Power 106 jock Fuzzy said to Wayne. "She very pregnant with your baby." To which Wayne responded, "Very pregnant, yes," and accepted congratulations from the DJ. The children will be Wayne's third and fourth, respectively. The... aol.com news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319711/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:20:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308697/posts Why do this?? To young girls? Just read below. I kept a running log that includes my thoughts and actions, after I saw this project was going to drag on. November 5, 2008: Planned to do this in the summer but figure to stick around to see the election outcome. This particular one got so much attention and I was just curious. Not like I give a flying fcuk who won, since this exit plan was already planned. Good luck to Obama! He will be successful. The liberal media LOVES him. Amerika has chosen The Black Man. Good! In light... georgesodini.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308697/posts#comment Wed, 5 Aug 2009 15:38:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307719/posts SEATTLE -- An Everett mother says she's outraged over a weekend protest full of naked cyclists. The group was riding along the Seattle waterfront Friday night wearing nothing but smiles to expose some of the dangers they face. But not everyone was smiling. "I looked and there were naked men with their genitals hanging out," said Marcy Hayes, who was there with her 6-year-old daughter Ashland. "I'm yelling at my daughter to look away." Hayes says she and her daughter walked out of the Seattle Aquarium and right into the path of a pack of cyclists and all their nakedness.... KOMO News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307719/posts#comment Tue, 4 Aug 2009 06:33:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305464/posts Comedian Roseanne Barr has seriously pushed the bar with a new photo spread that depicts her as a domesticated version of Adolf Hitler for Jewish humor magazine Heeb. At her request, Heeb photographed Barr wearing the infamous Hitler moustache and a swastika, holding and preparing to take a bite of what the article refers to as “burnt Jew cookies.” The shocking photos and interview are the first time the comedian has been seen after a “self-imposed” exile. The article describes Barr – who is Jewish – as nailing the “Fuehrer’s facial expressions with twisted glee. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305464/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:49:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2302324/posts Valerie Beale, 23, smiled at her baby's father as she was brought into the courtroom to be charged with attempting to murder their 13-month-old girl. The smile might have been unexpected since it was the baby's father, Alan Charbonneau, who provided the statements to police that got Beale arrested. Police say the incident happened Sunday evening in the couple's Burlington apartment when their baby daughter wouldn't stop crying and Beale became enraged. "At some point in time she picked up a knife, she went to shut the baby up in her words, and to carve a smile on the baby's... WCAX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2302324/posts#comment Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:14:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295540/posts The leader of a pro-family organization says families across the nation need to contact their U.S. senators now to try to derail a legislative plan that already has passed the U.S. House and is being awaited by President Obama – after a Democrat confirmed it would protect "all 547 forms of sexual deviancy or 'paraphilias' listed by the American Psychiatric Association." WND columnist Janet Porter, who also heads the Faith2Action Christian ministry, today cited S. 909, dubbed the "Pedophile Protection Act," as an extreme danger to America. As H.R. 1913, the House version of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295540/posts#comment Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:43:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294915/posts A 3-month-old Westwego girl covered in rat bites was found dead in her home Thursday, and authorities were trying to determine whether they played a role in her death. Natalie Hill was found shortly after 7:30 a.m. in her crib by paramedics responding to an emergency call. When paramedics and police officers arrived, they found the child's father standing in front of the house in the 700 block of Central Avenue, yelling that his daughter was dead inside, said Westwego Police Chief Dwayne Munch Sr. The parents were identified by neighbors as Robby Hill and Casey Laine. Munch said the... times picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294915/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:54:39 GMT