http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/libertines/ en-us Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:41:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189368/posts Warning: This article contains sexually explicit language. I’ve been a libertarian my entire adult life. Libertarianism, as I’ve been an apologist for it, is a philosophy promoting individual rights, civil liberties, and the freedom to have manifest destiny over one’s own life and property. I am opposed to the government telling people what they can do with their minds and bodies. I am consistent on this whether the issue is consensual intimate relations between adults, or the freedom to self-medicate and self-entertain oneself using the agricultural or pharmaceutical product of one’s choice, or the responsibility of parents to choose... Rational Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189368/posts#comment Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:41:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1972200/posts You better hurry because the last batch of Ron Paul pin-up calendars is going quickly. Which pleases Juliet Annerino no end because she sank a sizable chunk of her own change into printing up hundreds of these calendars to help fund the campaign of her favorite politician. You've already missed Miss January, Lisa Kelly, a lifelong Democrat and mother of two who never dreamed she'd be posing in a slip to help a 72-year-old, 10-term Republican congressman in his hopeless run for the White House. Actually, that's her as Miss Liberty down below. LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1972200/posts#comment Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:38:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913029/posts OSLO, Norway, October 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Oslo pre-school teacher, backed by child psychologists, has suggested that kindergarten children be encouraged to “express” their sexuality through “sex-play” and games, including dancing naked and masturbating, in pre-school and day-care centres.   The English language edition of Norway’s Aftenposten newspaper reports that Pia Friis, the respected operator of an Oslo kindergarten, told an interviewer that children should be able “to look at each other and examine each other's bodies. They can play doctor, play mother and father, dance naked and masturbate”.   “But their sexuality must also be socialized, so they... LifeSite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913029/posts#comment Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:12:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884414/posts I just recently caught up with the exchange on conservatism and the culture wars between Brink Lindsey and Ramesh Ponnuru, in which Lindsey exhorts conservatives to give up any further efforts in the culture war, which he deems finished. And I also heard some of a Cato Institute talk that featured Lindsey and David Brooks, who agrees with Lindsey on this point. I agree with Peter Wood who commented on PBC that if the culture war is over, efforts to reform the university are pointless, and we obviously don't think such efforts are pointless or we wouldn't be here at... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884414/posts#comment Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:41:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830684/posts The resignation of Randall Tobias, the chief of the Bush administration's foreign aid programs, for "personal reasons" following the revelation that he had engaged the services of two escort-service workers has provided rich grist for amusement on the punditry circuit. There was indeed plenty of material for humor in the situation, from Tobias's strong stand in favor of abstinence teaching in AIDS prevention programs to his "I didn't inhale"-style assertion that he never had sex with the women. But the predictable laughs have obscured a much larger issue than hypocrisy in the ranks of social conservatives. The reason Tobias's call-girl... Reason Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830684/posts#comment Wed, 9 May 2007 13:51:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1718615/posts The actress who was engaged to Jude Law when he cheated with the nanny now says monogamy is "overrated."Sienna Miller tells Rolling Stone that "monogamy is a weird thing" for her. She says it's a hard thing to maintain because we're all "animals." She's still with Law and is hoping they'll have babies. The 24-year-old British actress has been in Pennsylvania shooting the screen adaptation of Michael Chabon's novel "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh." She got into some hot water for comments she made about the city. "Can you believe this is my life?" she told Rolling Stone. "Will you pity... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1718615/posts#comment Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:54:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1701723/posts (AgapePress) - She stands with her arms folded resolutely across her chest. In the background of the photo, you can see playground equipment. She is the mom protecting our children in this lead magazine article about the dangers of pest control spraying in the nation's schools.On the Internet, a website tracks reports of school pesticide exposure incidents. In 1995, Case #94415050501 records parents' complaints that their children had been exposed to pesticides on the school playground. One child in fifth grade broke out in hives. However, medical reports did not substantiate any claim that the child's hives were due... Agape Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1701723/posts#comment Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:49:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1699093/posts KIDS, PORN AND POLITICS Sunday, September 10, 2006 David Reinhard, Assoc. Ed. The Oregonian Editorial Rob Brading had a chance to stand up for children and blew it -- twice. The Democratic challenger to House Speaker Karen Minnis had a chance to champion the common-sense notion that children are different than adults and said nothing -- twice. Brading had a chance to protect kids from pornography when they're in Multnomah County public libraries and did nothing -- twice. First, as a member of the Multnomah County Library Advisory Board, he voted for the county to join with the American Civil... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1699093/posts#comment Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:11:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698469/posts (AgapePress) - Much has been said about fear-based sex education in the past few years. And I finally think I have figured out what they're talking about.Yes, there is a lot of fear out there in the world of sex education. It literally leaps off the pages of newspapers as editors willingly print the sound bites fed to them by people who are afraid of abstinence education. One gigantic fear, built on lots of big, big fears: Fear of admitting to differences between men and women ... hormonal, physical, and emotional differences. Any hint that men and women see... Agape Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698469/posts#comment Sat, 9 Sep 2006 18:20:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688212/posts Legislation Would Dictate Gay and Lesbian Teaching Materials Written for the web by Marcey Brightwell, Reporter Conservative groups are blasting a bill that would dictate the way public school teaching materials reflect gay and lesbians. The State Assembly passed Senate Bill 1437 Monday, prohibiting classroom instruction materials that reflect "adversely" on a person's homosexuality. "We're just the latest community to come along and say, 'Look, we're now the targets, we need protection,'" said the bill's author, Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Los Angeles. Kuehl said the bill is needed to help protect gay and lesbian students from discrimination and prevent hostile learning... kxtv http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688212/posts#comment Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:23:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1686158/posts Millions of [young adults] nationwide, including male university students, have chosen to remain virgins until marriage. In doing so they unflinchingly clash head on with a modern day culture that implicitly condones free love. ... Men with piety are often presented as genderless beings a young man would never want to imitate. On the opposite side of the spectrum is the equally distorted concept of men who are macho. Such men see the loss of virginity as not only an acceptable but even a necessary step towards their deformed image of manhood. Sherif Girgis would be the first to disagree... Tradition, Family, Property http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1686158/posts#comment Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:57:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1683140/posts Sex and the ciggie If your teens watch "Sex and the City," the sex isn't the only thing you have to worry about. Virtually every teen girl interviewed as part of a new Health Department report on smoking said the show influenced their deadly habit. "Whenever I think of how to smoke, it's the way Sarah Jessica Parker exhales, and I'm like obsessed," one 10th-grader said. "I love her, and the way she exhales is very memorable. She kind of ... elongates her neck and exhales into the air." About 11% of teenagers smoke, according to the Health Department. The... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1683140/posts#comment Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:05:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1683207/posts A rather propagandistic "Anglo" effort to impose progressive sexual values on a "judgmental" Mexican-American community. Quinceanera by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland is an Anglo take on Mexican-American culture in Los Angeles which approaches its subject with an easy sentimentality that spoils, I think, what might otherwise have been an interesting glimpse into contemporary Chicano life. As Glatzer and Westmoreland see it, all that is needed by their picturesque and sympathetic Mexicans is a wholesome lesson in socially and sexually progressive values from Anglos like themselves. Once they have understood how old-fashioned and out-of-date their attitude towards sex are, then... The American Prowler http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1683207/posts#comment Mon, 14 Aug 2006 05:20:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678062/posts (AgapePress) - Barna Research in 2002 revealed that less than 10 percent of teens believe that there are such things as moral absolutes to guide their actions. These teens were initiated into this "value-free" environment by their parents -- adults who believed in moral absolutes made up only 22 percent of the research sample. So perhaps it is fitting that My Super Ex-Girlfriend and John Tucker Must Die were released as this summer's one-two PG-13 punch. If we are going to encourage a new generation of morally ambivalent teens, after all, we need to make sure they can attend... Agape Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678062/posts#comment Sat, 5 Aug 2006 01:06:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1676148/posts NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infections with the virus that causes genital herpes are common among teen girls, a new study shows. While none of the young women in the study had oral or genital herpes symptoms, some of those who tested positive for the virus were shedding it in their vaginal area, meaning it would be possible for them to transmit the infection to others, Dr. Kenneth H. Fife of the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis and colleagues report. "It was something that we sort of expected to find based on the incidence of other sexually transmitted... Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1676148/posts#comment Wed, 2 Aug 2006 03:00:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668122/posts (AgapePress) - I think she still holds it against me. As a teen today, it's absolutely ludicrous to think that my niece Katie needs to hold my hand while crossing the street.But way back when, when Katie was just three, our battle of wills produced fierce tears. On a shopping trip, I her aunt, was entrusted with her safety. All was going well ... until the moment I grabbed Katie's hand before we crossed the busy parking lot in front of the store.Katie jerked her hand away from me. Hearing a car's motor on the left, I reached out... Agape Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668122/posts#comment Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:42:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1656261/posts New strains of highly potent cannabis are as dangerous as heroin and cocaine and the drug can no longer be dismissed as "soft and relatively harmless", the United Nations said yesterday. In an implied criticism of Britain's decision to downgrade cannabis, Antonio Maria Costa, the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, said that countries got the "drug problem they deserved" if they maintained inadequate policies. His comments indicated deep unhappiness with the Government's decision to reclassify cannabis from a Class B drug to Class C. Heroin and cocaine are Class A substances, attracting the toughest penalties for... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1656261/posts#comment Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:38:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1608866/posts When writer Marcia Segelstein headed to the bookstore to scout out books for her 12-year-old, she wasn’t sure what to expect. But she certainly didn’t expect rampant drinking, drug use, profanity, and explicit descriptions of sex and nudity. Nevertheless, that’s exactly what she found. Segelstein’s daughter had been clamoring to read the Gossip Girl series, which “‘all’ of her friends were reading,” she said. After seeing what was in the books, Segelstein was floored. But a school librarian confirmed, “They’re very popular among sixth and seventh graders.” Even worse, the librarian added, “Some parents are so happy that their kids... Breakpoint with Charles Colson http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1608866/posts#comment Tue, 4 Apr 2006 13:29:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1608360/posts CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sexually charged music, magazines, TV and movies push youngsters into intercourse at an earlier age, perhaps by acting as kind of virtual peer that tells them everyone else is doing it, a study said Monday. "This is the first time we've shown that the more kids are exposed to sex in media the earlier they have sex," said Jane Brown of the University of North Carolina, chief author of the report. Previous research had been limited to television, said the study which looked at 1,017 adolescents when they were aged 12 to 14 and again two years... Yahoo!News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1608360/posts#comment Mon, 3 Apr 2006 17:36:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1592490/posts HARRISBURG -- Cash with far higher-than-normal trace levels of cocaine can be seized as contraband from speeding drivers, a divided state appeals court ruled today. The 5-2 Commonwealth Court decision concerned the seizure of $451,000 from two separate vehicle stops by state police on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in 2002 and 2004. Tribune Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1592490/posts#comment Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:00:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556626/posts Pool Area Not For Breastfeeding, Ann Arbor Woman Told YMCA Rule Concerns Food, Drink By Pool And Distraction To LifeguardsPOSTED: 4:12 pm EST January 11, 2006 An Ann Arbor woman says she was asked to stop breastfeeding her baby in public at an area YMCA. Now she hopes by speaking out, the gray line about breast-feeding in public is eliminated. On Dec. 22, Kelly Fuks took her 6-month-old daughter, Ansley, and her 3-year-old son, Maxwell, to the swimming area of the YMCA in Ann Arbor. According to Fuks, a lifeguard of the YMCA approached her and told her she could... ClickonDetroit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556626/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:34:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548478/posts Letter: 'Gay Day' not for 'the public' Wednesday, December 28, 2005 A few days before Newton North's all-day "Gay Day" assembly, a parent called and asked me to attend it for him because he had to work. I'd been to several over the past few years, when my own children were students. (It was on Dec. 7 - they had Gay Day instead of Pearl Harbor Day.) I called the superintendent's office and was told that this year "the public" was not allowed. Taxpayers in Newton who aren't Newton North parents have been to assemblies there in the past without... Newton(MA) Tab http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548478/posts#comment Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:39:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546980/posts Essay one addressed Modern Liberalism as the religion, albeit the false religion, that it is. Next, enter stage right, Libertarianism. Libertarianism, or at least that mainstream brand of Libertarianism which zealously waves that oxymoronic political banner "Political Conservative, Social Liberal," has its own pint-sized political party, but more importantly the faith of Libertarianism has a Titanic-sized impact upon the religious inclinations of the leadership ranks of the Republican Party, and upon many of the prestigious think-tanks which preach republicans their gospel. Libertarianism's central claim to fame from a political standpoint is that it represents an anti-statist, limited government answer to... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546980/posts#comment Mon, 26 Dec 2005 00:45:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543650/posts (AgapePress) - A Maryland school board is under fire for placing members of three pro-homosexual groups on its new Citizens Advisory Committee on Family Life and Human Development (CAC). Among the groups represented on the committee are the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), and Teach the Facts, a homosexual advocacy group whose founder has close ties to the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN).Members of a conservative parents group called Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum (CRC) are criticizing the Montgomery County Public Schools ((MCPS) for the pro-homosexual appointments to its... Agape Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543650/posts#comment Tue, 20 Dec 2005 01:23:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1531582/posts WINONA, Minn. - Winona Senior High School has prohibited students from wearing a certain style of baggy pants because of safety concerns. Although the straps haven‘t caused any injuries at the school, Sampson said they could possibly hook students onto something or someone and would be especially dangerous around shop class equipment. Students said the new prohibition is aimed at groups who some label as "Goth" or "freak." They said teachers have been less stringent enforcing the dress code among students in other groups who wear skimpy blouses, T-shirts promoting alcohol or pants that show underwear. brocktown news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1531582/posts#comment Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:45:11 GMT