http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/frinthenews/ en-us Tue, 1 Dec 2009 03:40:52 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397369/posts (Reason #)8. A right-wing blogosphere that is almost universally dominated by raging hate speech (see: Hot Air, Free Republic, Ace of Spades, etc.) Little Green Footballs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397369/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 03:40:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380759/posts Yesterday, the White House announced that it was removing Alma Thomas’ plagiaristic piece “Watusi (Hard Edge)” from its walls. The White House announced that the painting was moved “because it didn’t fit the space right.” The Washington Post pointed out that posters at FreeRepublic.com had examined the similarity between “Watusi (Hard Edge)” and Henri Matisse’s “The Snail” (1953), ignoring the fact that Big Hollywood actually broke the story. The Washington Post covered for the White House, explaining, “Stephens’s explanation makes sense because it is inconceivable that the White House’s art experts would imagine Thomas’s painting was fraudulent or a copy... bighollywood.breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380759/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:20:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2357750/posts Yesterday, the NYT ran a story about the White House acquiring art. It included a slide show of a dozen artworks. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/arts/design/07borrow.html?_r=1 This Freeper took a look and found one abstract work he admired:"Watusi (Hard Edge)," by Alma Thomas, a longtime Washington resident who is an African-American painter. Photo: Gift of Vincent Melzac/Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. As I admired it, I thought it reminiscent, even derivative of a favorite artwork of mine by Matisse. I recall seeing that one decades ago at the Tate Gallery in London. A giant collage (about ten feet tall) from late in Matisse's life,... Freeper Investigation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2357750/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 19:05:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379322/posts A painting by the artist Alma W. Thomas, which had been selected to go on Michelle Obama's wall in her East Wing office, will no longer be mounted. "The reason why it was moved was because it didn't fit the space right," Semonti Stephens, the first lady's deputy press secretary, said of "Watusi (Hard Edge)," which had been borrowed from the Hirshhorn Museum. Stephens noted that the Obamas still "have a piece of [Thomas's] work in the residence. So they appreciate the artist's work." A Thomas artwork titled "Sky Light," also on loan from the Hirshhorn, hangs in the family's... The Washington Post.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379322/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:34:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378715/posts .SNIPARTnews has reported that the White House has quietly de-listed a painting by Alma W. Thomas that it chose last month, among some 45 pieces borrowed from several Washington museums, to decorate the private White House residence and the West and East Wings. Titled, “Watusi (Hard Edge)” from 1963, the work takes a Matisse collage and, as Holland Cotter wrote in The New York Times, praising the selection, “shifts the pieces around, cools the colors down, and adds a title that refers to a Chubby Checker song.” “But through copying Matisse,” Mr. Cotter added, “she began to work out a... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378715/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:20:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2360828/posts <p>Every so often, actual breaking news is so absurd that parody is the only answer. After news of President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize broke on Friday, the website, FreeRepublic.com was deluged by its members with Breaking News! parody posts.</p> <p>The faux headlines kept me giggling all day, and a few have already made it into my inbox via e-mails gone viral. Sometimes, ya just have to laugh.</p> SunSentinel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2360828/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:41:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357336/posts Larry King Live featured a long session with Ann Coulter and Kiki McLean Wednesday night.During the interview, King asked Coulter about the recent Saturday Night Live skit about Obama running through a check list of his failures as president and whether this was the beginning of a trend of media criticism of Obama.Ann said Michelle Obama would turn on Obama before Saturday Night Live would and that the skit was good fun.She then noted that websites like Free Republic were criticizing CNN for fact-checking the comedy skit.Check this link later for CNN's transcript of the show. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357336/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 04:41:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354714/posts <p>Those who read the New York Times's coverage of the unsuccessful results of Barack and Michelle Obama's attempt to seal the 2016 Summer Olympics bid for Chicago on Friday afternoon ('For Obama, an Unsuccessful Campaign") might want to read it again.</p> NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354714/posts#comment Sun, 4 Oct 2009 18:40:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2328816/posts Silky, straight hair has long been considered by many black women to be their crowning glory. So what if getting that look meant enduring the itchy burning that's a hallmark of many chemical straighteners. Or a pricey dependence on "creamy crack," as relaxers are sometimes jokingly called. Getting "good hair" often means transforming one's tightly coiled roots; but it is also more freighted, for many African-American women, and some men, than simply a choice about grooming. Straightening hair has been perceived as a way to be more acceptable to certain relatives, as well as to the white establishment. "If your... Mpls (Red) Star-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2328816/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:55:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305807/posts http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3179840 As some of you may have noticed, recently the Republican Party has begun cracking down on the "birthers", realizing that openly supporting the most crazy members of your party is, well, problematic for appealing to non-crazy people. This, of course, leads to even more crazy, as they turn on their leaders for hiding the "truth". It's a drat shame to let all this crazy go to waste, when properly cultivated and raised it could be so much more. So welcome to the first FreeRepublic Infiltration Contest! We're going to infiltrate freerepublic as agents provocateur. This can take several forms;... forums.somethingawful.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305807/posts#comment Sat, 1 Aug 2009 07:31:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303571/posts ...The site is a venerable and storied Web forum for American arch-conservatives. Funded by member donations, it was founded in 1996 as an anti-Clinton grandstand, and soon became a place where members could post news stories and discuss them -- though "discussion" might be the wrong word. More often, it's a kind of pantomime, where the name of the game is to cheer the good guy and boo the bad guy every time he creeps on stage... Globe and mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303571/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:13:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297023/posts <p>We are making a difference, maybe too much of a difference. We have been attacked by every blogger who wants to see his name in lights. Yet they can't even spell his name right.</p> <p>If you believe that Jim Robinson is a radical nutjob, if you believe all the bloggers jumping on the anti-Free Republic bandwaggon, please do not contribute to the fundraiser.</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297023/posts#comment Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:27:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292614/posts The runner-up, Jim Thompson, the owner of the right wing website Free Republic, which has moderated comments, meaning a grown up is supposed to read them and delete the crazier ones. But Thompson‘s folks waited as long as three days removing a comment thread devoted to the racist rage of a disturbing large number of his posters, possibly some of the same people who had previously conducted polls on the site on how best to topple the freely elected government of the United States. After President Obama‘s daughter appeared in a t-shirt with a peace sign on it at the... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292614/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:11:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292889/posts Jim Thompson, the creator and owner of Free Republic should be a bit upset with Crissie. At least Kieth Olbermann knows the real name of the owner of this site!From the re-write: The writer has a point," wrote site owner Jim Robinson sarcastically. "We should steer clear of Obama's children. They can't help it if their old man is an American-hating Marxist pig." "I agree Jim," wrote commenter, by the nickname NoobRep. "The kids didn't pick their commie pinko pansy of a father. Nor did they choose to be put into the spotlight... ***** One poster by the name of... vancouversun.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292889/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:09:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292065/posts "To entertain her daughter, Michelle Obama loves to make monkey sounds." Photo caption of Michelle Obama speaking to her daughter Malia posted on The Free Republic. Disclaimer on The Free Republic: "Free Republic does not advocate or condone racism, violence, rebellion, secession, or an overthrow of the government. " For those of you who have argued vociferously with me that we are living in a "post-racial America" rather than an America in which Jim Crow is on steroids, you apparently have not read the daily diet of racism that the readers and bloggers on this site consume and then regurgitate.... The Daily Voice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292065/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:26:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/745340/posts We do not share this information to encourage people to engage in criminal acts against certain people or groups. There are other ways to handle them if one feels they need to, although it will depend on how one prefers to approach a situation. Some of the information may be very useful in a trial if any of the groups and/or individuals we are documenting are being sued or charged with a crime. We do recognize however that going to law enforcement is not a favorable approach for some people as law enforcement has had a history of oppression (and... web http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/745340/posts#comment Thu, 5 Sep 2002 23:09:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269880/posts <p>If you tell the lie often enough people will believe it. The libs are going to tag this on us and who will stand in their way besides talk radio?</p> youtube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269880/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:24:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263219/posts The murder over the weekend of Dr. George Tiller, one of a handful of physicians who performed late-term abortion, is an absolute tragedy. As Kristen wrote yesterday, many are in mourning and angry over this disgusting and hate-filled act. This was an act of political aggression against a doctor who helped people who were in absolutely desperate circumstances: Anti-choice activists often cast late-term abortions as the murder of a viable baby at the whim of a woman who doesn't wish to be inconvenienced, carried out by a doctor who looks at her and sees only cartoon dollar signs. They're egged... Blue Oregon.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263219/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 20:57:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260234/posts (Note: this report is a paraphrase based on memory, not tape. Any inaccuracies will be corrected down thread by me or other FReepers.)Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly responded on The Factor tonight to criticisms of his attacks last night on Free Republic and Hot Air by the sites' respective founders, Jim Robinson and Michelle Malkin. The segment last night was on reaction by right and left wing websites on the Judge Sotomayor nomination to the Supreme Court. Free Republic was singled out for an obnoxious comment about Sotomayor being diabetic. Hot Air was singled out for an impolitic strongly... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260234/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 01:21:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259751/posts FOX News' Bill O'Reilly has been attacking the liberal blog Daily Kos, and liberal blogs in general, over some extreme comments left by some of our visitors. It's interesting therefore that O'Reilly's own Web site contains some of the most hideous hate you've ever seen. Over the next few hours, we'll be documenting some of that hate. And you'll be interested to know that while O'Reilly holds others responsible for the words strangers leave on their Web sites, on O'Reilly's Web site, he's not responsible at all for the hate and threats his readers leave behind. And I quote O'Reilly's... American Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259751/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 12:55:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259490/posts Re: Your on-air bashing of Free Republic So, you think that because one poster on FR comments that a diabetic supreme court nominee might not live to a ripe old age that all 350,000 of us are insensitive right-wing loons? Got news for you pal. The owner of Free Republic (namely me) is diabetic and I've already lost one leg due to this despicable disease and the other leg looks like it's ready to fall off any day now. My sister died of complications brought on by juvenile diabetes at the tender age 43. I've out-lived her in years, but... Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259490/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 02:09:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2259441/posts Anyone else just catch O'Reilly slur of Free Republic He quotes a post says that bama's nominee has diabetes and may not live as long as other recent judges on the SC He sure does like to bash FR!! Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2259441/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 00:27:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224046/posts Taking aim at the way news is spread across the Internet, The Associated Press said on Monday that Web sites that used the work of news organizations must obtain permission and share revenue with them, and that it would take legal action against those that did not. A.P. executives said they were concerned about a variety of news forums around the Web, including major search engines like Google and Yahoo and aggregators like the Drudge Report that link to news articles, smaller sites that sometimes reproduce articles whole, and companies that sell packaged news feeds. They said they did not... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224046/posts#comment Tue, 7 Apr 2009 13:58:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199403/posts Freerepublic.com is going to get shut down by the Secret Service for threatening President Obama's life. If it doesn't happen because of a flimsy proviso in the post discussed here, then we live in a still more dangerous world. AirAmerica http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199403/posts#comment Wed, 4 Mar 2009 23:54:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159958/posts I was listening to Bill O'Reilly's Radio Factor this afternoon, when lovely Freeper Ann Coulter came on the air for her book promotion interview (Guilty, by Ann Coulter). I was listening to the back-and-forth between the two when Ann interjected a plug for the Free Republic. We Freepers "get it" when it comes to the political stuff her books deal with, insists our brilliant Annie. I didn't realize till much later that she kept injecting her point about Free Republic till she got it through O'Reilly's subtle avoidances. Coulter was sticking it in O'Reilly's eye for her fellow members of... Bill O'Reilly's Radio Factor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159958/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:47:51 GMT