http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/news-forum/ en-us Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:09:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383230/posts If the standard, boring, 1001bhp, open-top Veyron Grand Sport is just too commonplace for your exacting standards, how about a one-off Grand Sport Sang Bleu? Bugatti unveiled this special edition convertible Veyron at Pebble Beach over the weekend. As the Sang Noir special edition Veyron featured a black-on-black livery, so the Sang Bleu – yep, it means ‘blue blood’ in French – is decked out in blue carbon fibre and polished aluminium. Mechanically, the Sang Bleu identical to the standard Veyron Grand Sport – though it’s tough to argue with a thousand-bhp 8.0-litre W16 engine and a 0-60mph time... Top Gear.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383230/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:09:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383228/posts McALLEN(Texas) — Immigration advocates shouted support for health care reform Monday afternoon as Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison was ushered away from the airport during a campaign stop in the Rio Grande Valley. As health care reform takes center stage in the U.S. Senate, the shouting over one divisive and complicated issue won’t stop soon. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are grappling with how to handle illegal immigrants — an issue, along with abortion, that at times threatened to derail reform efforts in the House — in the health care bill. While both chambers seem to agree that taxpayers shouldn’t subsidize health... The Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383228/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:07:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383227/posts There is little to salvage from last week’s mass murder at Fort Hood, Texas, but there are some stark realizations this heartbreaking horror exposes. One is the wishful but mistaken notion that such incidents can be prevented by laws prohibiting or strictly restricting access to firearms. The Second Amendment not with standing, U.S. military bases prohibit unauthorized personnel from carrying firearms on base. Access to military weapons is carefully restricted and weapons are secured in armories. Never the less, even within the well regulated conditions of a military base, a man was able to acquire and conceal two powerful personal... The Daily Sound (Santa Barbara, Calif.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383227/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:07:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383226/posts KABUL – International troops and Afghan police seized 250 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer — enough to make up to a couple hundred roadside bombs, the Taliban's most lethal weapon in what has been the deadliest year of the war, NATO announced Tuesday. Separately, video footage emerged of insurgents brandishing what appears to be limited stocks of U.S. ammunition in a remote area of eastern Afghanistan where eight Americans died in a battle last month. NATO officials hoped Sunday's raid in the southern city of Kandahar would hurt Taliban militants, whose homemade bombs have become the biggest killer of U.S.... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383226/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:05:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383224/posts To hear them as they tear into Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the Silver State will be the site of a conservative resurgence that not only will sweep true-believing Republicans into office in 2010 but will also improve the breed by weeding out those squishy middle-grounders called RINOs. (Republicans In Name Only.) They're signing anti-tax pledges and strapping on their libertarian political six-shooters, firing at big-government Democrats and treating chamber of commerce Republicans like members of the Neville Chamberlain Fan Club. The RINOs will be an endangered species if they have their way. Surely that belief in revolution gives Gov..... Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383224/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:05:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383223/posts Join Jim and Rose every morning 6-9 AM on WPGB. You can go to www.warroom.com for information and joining up and getting the show archives and other goodies..plus they will use your donations to give a ServiceMan or Woman free acces to their Show and website. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383223/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:04:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383222/posts On CNN's American Morning show yesterday, reporter Carol Costello quoted the mother of a Muslim U.S. soldier as fearing "a backlash against Muslim American soldiers." "She knows some are already reaching conclusions as to why Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly opened fire on his fellow soldiers," Costello stated. Continued Costello: "The right-wing website, Pajamas Media, is an example. Phyllis Chesler writing, 'I knew in my bones that the shooter or shooters were Muslim. We must connect the dots before it's too late.'" Costello was referring to a Pajamas Media column entitled "The Jihadist is always the victim," in which Chesler... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383222/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:04:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383221/posts All telecoms companies and internet service providers will be required by law to keep a record of every customer’s personal communications, showing who they have contacted, when and where, as well as the websites they have visited. Despite widespread opposition to the increasing amount of surveillance in Britain, 653 public bodies will be given access to the information, including police, local councils, the Financial Services Authority, the ambulance service, fire authorities and even prison governors. They will not require the permission of a judge or a magistrate to obtain the information, but simply the authorisation of a senior police officer... Telegraph UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383221/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:04:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383218/posts SEOUL, South Korea – A badly damaged North Korean patrol ship retreated in flames Tuesday after a skirmish with a South Korean naval vessel along their disputed western coast, South Korean officials said. The first naval clash between the two sides in seven years broke out just a week before President Barack Obama is due to visit Seoul, raising suspicions the North's communist regime is trying to ratchet up tensions to gain a negotiating advantage. There were no South Korean casualties, the country's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. South Korea's YTN television reported that one North Korean... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383218/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:00:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383216/posts PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (MarketWatch) -- Now repeat after me: Unemployment is a lagging indicator. It does not cause recessions ... it is caused by them.Unemployment is always low when recessions begin and high when they end. That said, some business cycles are more severe than others. This downturn was one of them, so it is not surprising that the unemployment rate is much higher. In addition, whenever the origins of a recession are financial -- as this one was -- the recession tends to be more severe than usual. On top of this, labor productivity has grown much more than... MarketWatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383216/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:59:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383210/posts According to The Huffington Post, Michelle Malkin, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck and other right-of-center stars that regularly dominate the New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction Bestsellers List are - or should be - in a league of their own. No, that isn't Arianna Huffington's blog heaping praise on conservative authors. It's a literal suggestion. With right-leaning books and authors holding so many spots on the list, and more to come - former Sarah Palin, former Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush all have books due out -Huffington Post suggests conservatives should have their own category to differentiate from other works... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383210/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:52:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383208/posts Click on the photos...This is craziness. The political correctness of the military. The Army and Marines are more trained with weapons and safety than the police. Why would they embarrass our Soldiers by making them pull guard with empty weapons... Yahoo News Photos http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383208/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:51:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383206/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton is urging Senate Democrats to put aside their differences and pass a health care overhaul bill. Clinton, who failed in his reform bid nearly 20 years ago, spoke to lawmakers Tuesday at their weekly luncheon. Emerging from the closed-door session, Clinton said passage of a bill was critical in a time of job losses and rising health care premiums. Relating his remarks to reporters, he said of finishing legislation: "This is an economic imperative." Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383206/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:50:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383203/posts WASHINGTON - The man at the center of the investigation for the sniper shootings says he won't be at John Allen Muhammad's execution Tuesday night. "I don't think I will be personally interested. I have seen a lot of death and destruction and I don't think I am interested anymore," former Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose tells Channel 5. Moose was the face of law enforcement during those three terrifying weeks in October 2002. Muhammad is scheduled to be executed at 9 p.m. for the killing of Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas gas station. Meyers is one of... WTOP.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383203/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:45:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383202/posts The U.S. drops its support for Honduran former president Manuel Zelaya. Hugo Chávez says nothing, a development in itself. The October 30 Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord (translated here), under which the United States and other nations are to recognize the results of the November 29 Honduran elections, was hailed by the U.S. government and by the Organization of American States (OAS) as “as bringing an end to a months-long political crisis.” It seems to have fizzled because former President Manuel Zelaya insisted that he be reinstated before the unity government took office. Under the accord, the unity government took office, as... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383202/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:44:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383197/posts Although the actual title of today's WSJ article, "Fed Officials See No Need to Raise Rates Soon", neither of the two Federal Reserve Presidents interviewed said anything but the usual Fedzilla dribble, one comment did stand out. Janet Yellen, head of the San Francisco Fed, said "the current consensus among Fed officials was that unemployment would likely remain high for several years". Which says that in effect there will be no recovery for several years!!!! link in the body of the thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383197/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:32:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383196/posts Awww, she looks like a sweet grandma who loves little ones. But it is the face and the voice of death. Dear doug, The House passed an anti-choice measure that would essentially eliminate insurance coverage for abortion in the new system. Help us fight back and stop the ban on women’s insurance coverage for abortion. Add your name to our petition to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid by 12 noon (EST) on Friday, November 13. Anti-choice politics shouldn’t trump women’s health in Congress. It’s unacceptable. Yet that’s what happened when the House passed the last-minute anti-choice Stupak-Pitts amendment to its... email from witch in favor of butchering innocent babies in the womb http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383196/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:29:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383195/posts In Peter Kings Monday Morning Quarterback column he says this in 10 e. : "My heart goes out to the victims of the Fort Hood and Orlando shootings and their loved ones. Senseless, senseless incidents. I will not go quietly into the night on this one. America needs to do something about idiots with handguns. How many more Fort Hoods and Orlandos do there have to be before our political leaders have the guts to severely restrict access to murderous weapons?" Sports Illustrated http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383195/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:29:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383194/posts Recently I attended a domestic violence conference hosted by a church in my community. "The Church's Role in Addressing Domestic Violence in the Faith Community," the glossy brochure explained. The program featured a Proclamation by President Barack Obama filled with heart-rending language about the "devastating impact" of domestic violence on women and children. The conference included a workshop a dramatic presentation of The Yellow Dress, a play based on stories of women who were victims of dating violence. I opted to screen a video called "Defending our Lives," featuring the accounts of five women incarcerated for murdering their partners. All... Renew America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383194/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:28:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383192/posts Gerald Walpin, the AmeriCorps inspector general fired by the White House in July during his probe of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, has been cleared of a complaint by the acting U.S. attorney in Sacramento that he had acted improperly. Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383192/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:26:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383188/posts Rabbit recipients of artificially grown penises are eager to copulate with female partners We've seen all sorts of tissue engineering examples -- from bone, to brain tissue, to nerves, to vascular tissue, and even muscles -- but a new study from the Wake Forest University’s Institute of Regenerative Medicine has surpassed all of these in pure strangeness. The study used advanced tissue regrowth techniques to create and endow lab rabbits with fully functional replacement penises. The research was led by the institute's director, Anthony Atala, M.D., who is most famous for devising a cell seeding technique that involves spraying cells... Daily Tech http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383188/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:24:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383187/posts A Democrat, and independent liberal have won the last two elections at U4prez. This time a Republican is ahead. The voting goes all week and you have to register with a valid email to vote. This is quite a change as this is the first "virtual candidate for president" to possibly win this yearly contest. u4prez http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383187/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:23:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383184/posts 'Negative feedback' at work off AntarcticaBoffins from the British Antarctic Survey say that melting of ice shelves and glaciers in Antarctica over recent decades has allowed green plants to grow, creating a massive new carbon sink which is removing the equivalent of 12.8 megatonnes of CO2 from the seas and skies each year. The BAS scientists say that during the last 50 years, melting ice has exposed an area of seawater the size of Wales (24,000 km2) which has now - as it now receives sunlight - got phytoplankton in it. According to the boffins' estimates, this new population of... The Register (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383184/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:19:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383183/posts Israel must prepare itself for the fact that in a coming war, the IDF will not be able to block all incoming rockets from hitting civilian areas, despite the anticipated deployment of the Iron Dome system in 2010, IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday morning. During the general periodical briefing to the powerful committee, the commander of the IDF focused heavily on Iran and Israel's security, offering cautious optimism regarding the efficacy of international sanctions, while warning that with Teheran's help, Hezbollah had amassed "tens of thousands" of... The Woodward Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383183/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:19:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383181/posts 911 Error Sends Firemen to Wrong House Updated: Monday, 09 Nov 2009, 4:00 PM PST Published : Monday, 09 Nov 2009, 3:57 PM PST By LILY FU (MYFOX NATIONAL) - A mistake by a 911 operator sent a fire truck to a wrong address in Queens, N.Y., where a house fire killed three people on Saturday. The New York Post reports that the operator mistakenly typed a "2" instead of a "5" in the address. The firefighters were sent to an address three blocks away from where the actual fire was. By the time the fire trucks made it to... myfoxla http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383181/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:17:32 GMT