http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jumpedtheshark/ en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:05:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410665/posts COPENHAGEN — Has Copenhagen collapsed? That seems to be the growing sentiment inside the city's Bella Conference Center, where officials, environmentalists and even delegates to the international climate conference began streaming out Friday evening. What began with excitement and anticipation two weeks ago ended Friday night with disappointment and anger for thousands. "This is a sad day for my country," said Mama Konate, chief delegate from the West African nation of Mali. "We have worked very hard to reach this agreement. And now it seems over. Without a deadline, I don't know if we will ever finish." The conference, the... FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410665/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:05:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400442/posts A hilarious edit of an old comic book hammers Charles Johnson's decent into madness. http://racedetective.blogspot.com/2009/12/green-lizard.html Race Detective http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400442/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:12:09 GMT 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-chat/2393404/posts One day last summer, Gene Mulak, observing carnage in the sand trap, decided it was time to rescue the Leader of the Free World. "Open the clubface more!" the golf pro yelled to President Barack Obama. A rank of bodyguards stiffened when they heard the shouting, but the commander-in-chief continued to hack away, sand flying, recalls Mr. Mulak, a resident professional at the Vineyard Golf Club in Martha's Vineyard, Mass. Mr. Obama waved off the guards and welcomed Mr. Mulak into the pit. The pro says he gave the president tips on his golf stance and his swing, both of... wsj http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2393404/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:34:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380637/posts Hours after the Fort Hood massacre, a grieving nation looked to the president for consolation and leadership. Instead, it got light banter and a "shout-out" before President Obama read a perfunctory statement. The president has always had a reputation for coolness, but in this case, he was utterly detached. He can't blame the scriptwriter for his astonishing lack of empathy. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380637/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:51:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365663/posts News reporting that holds accountable those with power and influence has been a vital part of American democratic life, especially in places with daily newspapers profitable enough...to maintain substantial reporting staffs. That journalism is now at risk...American society must now take some collective responsibility for supporting news reportings....In a comprehensive report commissioned by the Columbia University Journalism School, we suggest a number of public sources of support for this news reporting: - The Internal Revenue Service or Congress should clarify tax regulations to explicitly allow new or existing local news organizations to operate as nonprofit or low-profit entities, allowing them... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365663/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:21:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364075/posts LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Simpsons" is giving one lucky contest winner the chance to make others yellow with envy by creating a character for the animated TV series. The new Springfield resident will appear in an early 2010 episode featuring Chris Martin of Coldplay as guest star. The contest, part of the Fox show's 20th-anniversary celebration, is for those 18 and older. It opens Friday and runs until 11:59 p.m. EDT Oct. 24. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364075/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:44:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2358452/posts Hitler was able to get the Olympics to Munich! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2358452/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:04:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2357824/posts Quote: President Obama took his chances on a high-profile visit to Copenhagen because the White House was getting a "clear message" that his presence could clinch the Olympics for Chicago, The Chicago Tribune reports. "The intelligence that we had from the U.S. Olympic Committee and Chicago bid team was that it was very close and therefore well worth our efforts," said Valerie Jarrett, a senior White House adviser. "The message was that...a personal appeal from the president would make a huge difference." President Obama first tried lobbying quietly through phone calls, and had not decided until a few days before... Transsylvania Phoenix http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2357824/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 20:39:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357451/posts Most presidents become a joke at some point. It's a matter of when and how. Both points should concern this president. In Winston Churchill's words, "a joke is a very serious thing." Or it can be, when the joke is about a very serious thing. "Saturday Night Live" has long been a comedic benchmark. Last weekend, SNL took its first hard hit at President Obama. Fred Armisen, who plays the president, gave an Oval Office address: "When you look at my record it's very clear what I've done so far and that is nothing. Nada. Almost one year and nothing... RealClearPolitics.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357451/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 12:00:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353661/posts Couldn't resist. He blames Bush for everything else. I guess Obama has inherited his low poll numbers from Bush too.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353661/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 19:28:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353401/posts That's it Folks wow Chicago tossed out in the FIRST round! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353401/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 15:26:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330323/posts More than $10bn in advertising disappeared from US media markets in the first six months of this year, according to new data that show intense pressure on media owners and ad agencies as they search for other business models. Preliminary figures from Nielsen show a 15.4 per cent year-on-year decline in US advertising revenues, the largest drop for any period in the decade since the marketing and media measurement group began compiling such reports. The study showed sharp differences in the behaviour of different media and product categories, with cable television the only medium on which ad spend increased, up... Financial Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330323/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 14:36:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2312528/posts After a day of spear fishing and lobster diving, a group of boaters got the scare of a lifetime when a shark jumped into their boat. Michael Powers and his friends were on-board a 21 foot boat Saturday, when a shark decided to pay them an unannounced visit. "One minute it was in the air, the next minute it was in the boat just beating everything in God's creation," Micheal recalled. "It hit one of the crew members. It hit Patricia, then it went between Paul's legs and my legs in the back. We're all scattering for cover trying to... wsvn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2312528/posts#comment Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:04:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2271405/posts Letterman has jumped the shark. The recent bad jokes about Palin and her daughter shows that Letterman has jumped the shark. A term used to describe a TV shows beginning of the end. This usually corresponds to the point where a show with falling ratings apparently becomes more desperate to draw in viewers. In the process of undergoing these changes, the TV or movie series loses its original appeal. Shows that have "jumped the shark" are typically deemed to have passed their peak. Face it if Letterman cannot or will not attack Obama or the Clintons so his show has... Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2271405/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:51:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2236936/posts TV Guide bought the famous Jump the Shark website, and pretty much got rid of it. (You can still see most of it archived at www.archive.org) So someone came along and created a brand new website to fill that void, they call it "Bone the Fish" What Happened to JTS? Jump the Shark? You can do the same here as you did on Jump The Shark. You can comment, submit topics for discussion, and vote. http://www.bonethefish.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2236936/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:57:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170471/posts Is it just me? Gerald Warner Barack Obama inauguration: this Emperor has no clothes, it will all end in tears This will end in tears. The Obama hysteria is not merely embarrassing to witness, it is itself contributory to the scale of the disaster that is coming. What we are experiencing, in the deepening days of a global depression, is the desperate suspension of disbelief by people of intelligence - la trahison des clercs - in a pathetic effort to hypnotise themselves into the delusion that it will be all right on the night. It will not be all right.... Daily Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170471/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:13:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168084/posts No intro today...instead supplies for what we will need to get through this crap. Barf bags for everyone. ***Please note Jimmay Cartah is being introduced as I did this....so I have plenty of barf bags. The EIB Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168084/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:21:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132050/posts "But if she wants to run for president she's gonna have to get somebody to move to Anchorage, Alaska and help her take her game to another level," he said smiling. "Let's be clear about this ... it's really cold there most of the year." ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132050/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:53:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118792/posts RALEIGH, N.C. – Barack Obama accused Republican rival John McCain on Wednesday of stooping to low tactics by labeling the Democrat a socialist. "I don't know what's next," Obama, the presidential candidate, said at an outdoor rally in North Carolina. "By the end of the week, he'll be accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten. I shared my peanut butter and jelly sandwich." Obama turned to ridicule to rebut McCain's daily references to Obama's encounter with "Joe the Plumber." McCain has capitalized on a moment when Obama told an Ohio plumber that he... Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118792/posts#comment Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:59:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113656/posts In a video posted Thursday on Funnyordie.com, the actor-turned-director reprises his role on "The Andy Griffith Show" as a way to rally support for Barack Obama. While speaking into the camera, Howard has his beard shaved, dons a youthful red wig and puts on the kind of outfit he would have only worn as Opie Taylor in the `60s. AP via Yahoo! via Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113656/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:57:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2095699/posts The Jack White and Alicia Keys song for the next James Bond movie finally has a video, and it's way way worse than you could have ever imagined. WWTDD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2095699/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:21:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2092096/posts OBAMA'S WORST MOMENT: EXPLOITING DEAD AMERICAN HEROES If this doesn't make your skin crawl and your blood boil, I don't know what. What a nightmare. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgNJmrQj9Bg I was enroute to DC and arrived late to my debate "party". I missed this. Bubba thanks for letting me know. Geraghty nails it over at NRO: Did Obama Have a 'Bush Looking At His Watch' Moment Tonight? I wonder if we had a "Bush looking at his watch" moment tonight. After McCain talked about the bracelet from the mother of a slain soldier, Obama mentioned that he had one, too. Unfortunately, it would... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2092096/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:30:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087449/posts Minnesota's U.S. Senate race took yet another odd turn Sunday when skirmishing broke out between the top two contenders over whether Democratic candidate Al Franken reverted to his "Saturday Night Live" days to help craft an "SNL" skit that spoofed Republican presidential candidate John McCain. The political website Politico reported late Saturday that Franken had proposed the idea for the skit and was actively involved in its creation; it cited two anonymous sources at NBC, which airs the long-running show. Franken's campaign Sunday denied that Franken had pitched skit ideas. Spokesman Colleen Murray said Franken had talked to SNL producer... StarTribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087449/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:08:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079746/posts The executive suite at MSNBC is the last hardened corner of America to concede that maybe Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews are nowhere close to the textbook definition of detached, "straight news" anchor. Their decision to abandon what was tenderly called their anchoring "experiment" only acknowledges that the idea was a bust: MSNBC was regularly coming in dead last among the commercial cable-news and broadcast-news network covering the conventions. NBC News is coming to the realization that Olbermann and Matthews aren't only suppressing MSNBC's ratings on election and convention nights, they're ruining whatever credibility NBC's brand retained. When the boos... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079746/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:20:48 GMT