http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/needlesslyexcerpted/ en-us Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:35:57 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090871/posts THE daughter of hate cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed is a POLE DANCER, The Sun can reveal. Busty Yasmin Fostok, 27, leads a secret life after rebelling against her fanatical Muslim dad — who rants against Western “depravity”. She has performed in London pole dancing bars and gyrated half-naked in cages at club nights. And she admitted: “I’m willing to go topless if the venue is right.” Yasmin, a party-loving girl who quit the family home in North London four years ago, added: “I don’t get on with my dad.” Bakri, 50 — in Lebanon after being kicked out of Britain... The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090871/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:35:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081898/posts JOHN LENNON fantasised about having sex with his mother Julia, according to a leaked audio diary which it is claimed he recorded a year before his death. His widow YOKO ONO and BEATLES bandmate PAUL McCARTNEY are furious about forthcoming book John Lennon: The Life by Philip Norman, which makes the lurid accusation. However on the tape - which you can listen to by clicking here- a voice alleged to be John’s can be heard noting: “I was just remembering the time I had my hand on my mother’s t*t in 1 Blomfield Road. “It was when I was about... Sun UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081898/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:19:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078821/posts US presidential race hopeful Sarah Palin can trace her family tree back to 18th century NORWICH, historians revealed last night. The Vice-President candidate’s great, great, great, great, great grandfather Robert Gower was baptised in the Norfolk city in 1723, according to ancestry.co.uk. Gower, who is from her mum’s side of the family, then left for the US in the 18th Century, and his son James was born in Maine. Mum-of-five Palin, 44, dubbed the Republican Pitbull in Lipstick, also claims an Irish connection, like Democrat rival Barack Obama. The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078821/posts#comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:20:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052550/posts Schools are telling children to change out of uniform to avoid being attacked on their way home, a government adviser revealed today. [ ED: Liberalism at its finest in the UK ] Evening Standard (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052550/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:12:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031257/posts Don't listen to the liberals - Right-wingers really are nicer people, latest research shows George Orwell once wrote that politics was closely related to social identity. 'One sometimes gets the impression,' he wrote in The Road To Wigan Pier, 'that the mere words socialism and communism draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, nature-cure quack, pacifist and feminist in England'. Orwell was making an observation. But today a whole body of academic research shows he was correct: your politics influence the manner in which you live your life. And the news is not so... The Daily Mail (Great Britain) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031257/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:29:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031473/posts George Orwell once wrote that politics was closely related to social identity. 'One sometimes gets the impression,' he wrote in The Road To Wigan Pier, 'that the mere words socialism and communism draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, nature-cure quack, pacifist and feminist in England'. Orwell was making an observation. But today a whole body of academic research shows he was correct: your politics influence the manner in which you live your life. And the news is not so good for those on the political Left. There is plenty of data that shows... The Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031473/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:48:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029535/posts A girl of 12 brought up by her parents on a strict vegan diet has been admitted to hospital with a degenerative bone condition said to have left her with the spine of an 80-year-old. Doctors are under pressure to report the couple, from Glasgow, to police and social workers amid concerns her health and welfare may have been neglected in pursuit of their beliefs. The youngster, fed on a strict meat- and dairy-free diet from birth, is being treated at the city’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children. She is said to have a severe form of rickets and to... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029535/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:38:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029495/posts After a nightmare evening trapped between two egos, Sabine Durrant set out to discover when and why men started boring for Britain Recently, at a friend's 40th birthday dinner, I sat between an advertising executive who expounded on his son's musical talent and academic promise, and a commercial lawyer who was keen to drum home the possessive in the phrase "my team". 'There seem to be genuinely primitive pairings between vivacious, chatty women and men who are the opposite' By pudding, I wanted to push back my chair and introduce them. "John, meet Josh. You've a lot in common. He's... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029495/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:29:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024463/posts Conservative bloggers and talk radio hosts have noticed the rash of gaffes — some goofy, some more serious — emanating from Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama lately, but the mainstream media’s coverage of Obama’s bouts with foot-in-mouth disease has been sparse, to say the least. In the case of one of Obama’s more recent gaffes, however, a CNN reporter did Obama the favor of editing the gaffe right out of his story. On Monday, Obama weirdly talked about honoring the nation’s “unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience today.” In a report... News Busters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024463/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 18:21:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018217/posts The names of over 31,000 American scientists that reject the theory of anthropogenic global warming are to be revealed Monday. ... this will occur at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018217/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 18:56:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016815/posts One of the nine Afghans who won the right to live in Britain after hijacking a plane is now working at Heathrow airport as a cleaner, it emerged last night. Nazamuddin Mohammidy was one of a group who took over an internal Afghan flight in 2000 and landed it in the UK, where they threatened to kill those on board unless they were granted asylum. Now it has emerged Mohammidy, 34, was recently arrested while driving a car around the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport. Police suspected he was an unlicensed cab driver but were stunned when checks revealed... The Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016815/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 12:44:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004879/posts Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time to replace GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true centre of the Earth. ...SNIP... The meeting also reviewed what has been described as a Mecca watch, the brainchild of a French Muslim.br> BBC NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004879/posts#comment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:24:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952945/posts Do 'no-go' zones for non-Muslims exist in Britain, as the Bishop of Rochester claims? Olga Craig reports from some of Yorkshire's Asian-dominated areas It has been more than 40 years since Tim Carbin walked the length of Oak Lane, the Bradford backstreet of his boyhood. Then, when he lived with his grandmother Florence Pawson, a matriarch within the community, his task after school was to run errands. Down to Foster's, the baker's, for a loaf of bread and a pound of bacon from Donald Gilbank the butcher. "And mind it isn't too fatty," Florence would tell him. Mr Carbin, then... Telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952945/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:41:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953294/posts A Muslim police officer given bacon and wine as a "Secret Santa" gift decided to treat it as a harmless if tasteless joke. But a non-Muslim colleague failed to show the same level of tolerance. The officer who supplied the gift, 26-year-old PC Rob Murrie, was reported to his superiors for racism. And PC Murrie subsequently came under such pressure that he felt he had no option but to resign from the Bedfordshire force. Yesterday the target of the joke, 31-year-old Arshad Mahmood, said he still regarded PC Murrie as "a good officer and a good friend", while Muslim community... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953294/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:44:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949707/posts Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali's warning that Islamic extremism is creating 'no-go' areas in parts of Britain has provoked a predictable barrage of outrage. He has been condemned for making 'inflammatory' remarks, distorting the truth about our inner cities and 'scaremongering' against the Muslim population. But, paradoxically, this reaction from the politically-correct establishment is an indicator of the weight of his case. If our ruling elite were not so worried that his views would strike a chord with the public, it would not have been so anxious to condemn him. His statement about the dangers of the rise of radical Islam matches... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949707/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jan 2008 18:05:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948801/posts In a troubling disclosure, the Russian Federal Customs Service has revealed that authorities thwarted more than 850 attempts to smuggle highly radioactive materials... ABCnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948801/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jan 2008 17:09:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943869/posts Shirley Bassey rarely does "behind the scenes". In fact, she rarely does interviews of any kind, preferring to let her prodigious voice and that painstakingly cultivated air of glamour do the talking. So it is a little disappointing to find she is not glugging the pink Cristal champagne rumoured to sustain her day to day. She is making do instead with a single cup of fresh mint tea. Neither is she wearing a show-stopping creation from Julien Macdonald or Vivienne Westwood. And, when we meet, she most certainly does not offer to sing. She is very much off duty, sporting... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943869/posts#comment Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:18:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904381/posts A KEY suspect in the alleged plot to mount an attack in Germany on the scale of 9/11 is on the run in Britain, German security officials disclosed yesterday. Scotland Yard counterterrorism detectives are hunting the man, who escaped from Germany after a plot to explode bombs at Frankfurt airport and a US airbase. The collective power of the bombs would have exceeded those in Madrid and London in 2004 and 2005. The plot was foiled on September 4 when three men were arrested at a rented holiday apartment near the central German town of Kassel. Police recovered chemicals and... times online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904381/posts#comment Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:45:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897787/posts IT was just after midnight when the 69th Squadron of Israeli F15Is crossed the Syrian coast-line. On the ground, Syria’s formidable air defences went dead. An audacious raid on a Syrian target 50 miles from the Iraqi border was under way. At a rendezvous point on the ground, a Shaldag air force commando team was waiting to direct their laser beams at the target for the approaching jets. The team had arrived a day earlier, taking up position near a large underground depot. Soon the bunkers were in flames. TimesOnline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897787/posts#comment Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:05:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898307/posts However, while Senator Kerry was responding to a student’s question, all of a sudden Meyer rushed to the microphone with cops in pursuit. At that point no one knew what was going on. Could he have a gun, a bomb? Immediately, Meyer began yelling into the microphone that he had been waiting in line forever and that Senator Kerry should “spend time to answer everyone’s questions!” Senator Kerry tried to calm the student down by telling him that he would “stay here as long as it takes to get the questions answered.” The police approached Meyer who began taunting them... Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898307/posts#comment Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:07:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891841/posts Public libraries are stocking hundreds of Islamic books by advocates of "holy war", with many glorifying acts of terrorism, a new report claims. Council taxpayers' money has been spent on the books, with one library stocking works by the convicted preachers Abu Hamza and Abdullah al-Faisal. An investigation by a leading think-tank found extremist literature at six libraries, three in the London area, two in the Midlands and one in the North. It raises fears that public libraries could inadvertently fuel the radicalisation of young Muslims. The recent case of Dhiren Barot, who was jailed for 30 years for plotting... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891841/posts#comment Thu, 6 Sep 2007 06:54:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1887839/posts An iron-lunged pensioner has celebrated her 100th birthday by lighting up her 170,000th cigerette from a candle on her birthday cake. Winnie Langley started smoking only days after the First World War broke out in June 1914 when she was just seven-years-old - and has got through five a day ever since. She has no intention of quitting, even after the nationwide ban forced tobacco-lovers outside. Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1887839/posts#comment Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:27:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851160/posts Britain was appalled by the horrific 'honour killing' of a girl murdered by her father for daring to kiss the man she loved. Here, her sister, who narrowly escaped death herself and now lives in fear of her life, breaks her silence. Every time Bekhal Mahmod leaves the safety of her home, she wears the hijab with a black veil covering her face - even though she would give anything for the freedom not to have to. She has no family to turn to, few friends, and has to lie to new acquaintances about who she is and where she... The Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851160/posts#comment Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:36:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1799668/posts While conservative pundit Ann Coulter has been dropped by several newspapers for using an anti-gay epithet regarding Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, she remains in good standing with her book publisher. The Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House Inc., plans an October release for her next book, "If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1799668/posts#comment Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:26:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777217/posts Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic candidate for president, is at it again with another rude gaffe, this one providing an unintended glimpse of the way many contemporary cosmopolitan elites characterize their homeland when abroad. In the past, Kerry has said that our soldiers were "terrorizing" Iraqi civilians in their homes. He has also warned that uneducated Americans "get stuck in Iraq" -- a supposedly botched joke. Now, he assures an audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that the United States is a "sort of international pariah." Kerry, who appeared on stage in Davos this past weekend... RealClearPolitics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777217/posts#comment Thu, 1 Feb 2007 05:56:47 GMT