http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/news/ en-us Wed, 6 Jan 2010 00:40:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421810/posts News consultant Andrew Tyndall has added up minutes each network news correspondent spent on the air in the last decade. And the winner? TV Newser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421810/posts#comment Wed, 6 Jan 2010 00:40:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2421530/posts This seems to have happened about an hour ago. Apparently, Michael Yon was arrested at the Seattle Airport after refusing to tell airport security how much money he earns! This seems like a resonable reason to detain someone... On Michael Yon's Facebook Fan Page, the following updates were posted: Got arrested at the Seattle airport for refusing to say how much money I make. (The uniformed ones say I was not "arrested", but they definitely handcuffed me.) Their videos and audios should show that I was polite, but simply refused questions that had nothing to do with national security. Port... NetRight Nation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2421530/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 18:40:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419109/posts Here's a quick look back at a few of 2009's highlights (lowlights) ... President Obama orders government to stop using all those zeros to describe the debt Instead of writing $1 trillion ($1,000,000,000,000) the White House now mandates: READ MORE...    Does it smell like sulfur in here? BFF! Buyer's Remorse Set in Quickly The Democratic Socialist Party Repeatedly Gave American Citizens the Finger  Rush Limbaugh tried to buy an NFL team, but the libs were onto him!  They unveiled his nefarious plot to institute modern-day slavery, sparking angry Spendmas riots at Wal-Marts all across the country Finally, we... Western Hero http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419109/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:13:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418883/posts Russia's population statistics are rising for the first time since 1995, says Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Mr Putin said that for the past five years the number of deaths had declined, while births had risen. He said statistics to be released shortly would show life-expectancy had almost reached the age of 69. As president, Mr Putin brought in policies to stop population decline, which has been blamed on emigration, alcoholism, and poor health care. 'Symbolic amount' "We can say with a high degree of confidence that Russia will register a growth in population for the first time since 1995," said... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418883/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 11:36:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418082/posts After listening to the condesending Bill O'Reilly towards Sarah Palin, and having my blood pressure raise about 40 points. Bill is a know-nothing globalist that continues to lie and cover-up the facts. Plain and simple. He lied about the Birth certificate and ridculed anyone that brought that up. Well here is my poster of the real Bill O'Reilly syc1959 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418082/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:11:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417731/posts MEXICO UNDER SIEGE Faced with drug-cartel violence and signs of vigilantism against the gangs, ordinary people would argue that it doesn't pay to get involved. Reporting from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico -- The mayor had good news: A notorious thug from one of the drug cartels had been found killed. Hector "El Negro" Saldana would no longer menace the people of San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico. Trouble was, Saldana's body hadn't yet been discovered when Mayor Mauricio Fernandez made the announcement with a flourish at his swearing-in ceremony in October. How did Fernandez know about... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417731/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:03:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416866/posts Opinionated talk is big business on cable news networks when the sun goes down. During the day, though, it's the opposite. MSNBC is shuffling its daytime lineup early next year because its strategy of spreading personality-driven programming throughout the schedule isn't working. The new approach will emphasize a fast-paced review of the day's big stories as they break. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416866/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:24:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416703/posts Computerworld - A New Jersey judge has ordered the shutdown of three H-1B opposition Web sites and seeks information about the identity of anonymous posters. On Dec. 23, Middlesex County Superior Court Judge James Hurley ordered firms that register domains and provide hosting services -- GoDaddy Inc., Network Solutions, Comcast Cable Communications Inc. and DiscountASP.Net, to disable the three sites, ITgrunt.com, Endh1b.com, and Guestworkerfraud.com. Facebook Inc. was also ordered to disable ITgrunt's Facebook page. www.computerworld.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416703/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:57:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416437/posts Photo that "could have changed history" actually from a Playboy shoot...see don't trust TMZ, they may have gotten Michael Jackson announced death first but they are trash just like all other media is trash!! DECEMBER 28--In a colossal screw-up, the gossip web site TMZ.com today published a photo purporting to show John F. Kennedy frolicking on a yacht with a harem of naked women--except that the image actually appeared as part of a November 1967 Playboy photo spread, The Smoking Gun has learned. The TMZ hoax was billed as an "exclusive" featuring a photo that "could have altered world events."... SmokingGun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416437/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:25:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415967/posts Here is video of the nephew of Iranian opposition leader Ali Mousavi, reportedly laying on the ground shot in the back on Azadi Street, or Freedom Street, during clashes in which security forces reportedly fired on demonstrators. There were protests all across Tehran today against the thug Ahmadinejad's regime. A crowd in the Southern city of Sajin also fought police today to try and rescue two prisoners who were being hanged. . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415967/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:02:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411689/posts Pass the popcorn and pull up a front row seat. Infighting between Democrats is escalating as leftists and “progressives” turn their sights from conservative media onto each other. What could propel a party in control of both the executive and legislative branches to descend into rancor and morass? Answer: equal parts lust for power, greed, and a need to control. But to control America, first they have to break it. And to break America, healthcare reform and cap-and-trade must be swiftly implemented with minimal attention to the movement’s true radical agenda (single-payer.) Hardcore leftists within the mainstream media and... NewsRealBlog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411689/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:59:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411615/posts Will Bill O'Reilly be one of the "founding fathers" of the latest American political party, the Tea Party, which is being taken very seriously by many Americans? It may well be. IrishCentral.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411615/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:11:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410798/posts "Hoor, hoor [Hear, hear]!" shouted the square-jawed Afrikaner farmers and their dutiful wives, as one speaker after another referred to the guest of honor as "a gladiator," "a saint" and "a savior." Dour and unsmiling, he sat stolidly, barely nodding his acknowledgment of the eulogies. When at last he took the platform, surrounded by the orange, white and blue posters of the National Party, which has ruled South Africa for 29 years, Balthazar Johannes Vorster, 61, could almost have been stepping to a throne. After the wild applause there was sudden silence: a pause of anticipation, and die volk were... Time http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410798/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:25:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410074/posts A leftist La Raza activist previously forced out of a U.S. ambassadorship for her close ties to a terrorist-sponsoring foreign government has been nominated by President Obama to a key administration post. Mari Del Carmen Aponte, a former director at the extremist Mexican group National Council of La Raza (see the press release applauding her nomination) and the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, has been handpicked by Obama to be the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador. That means Aponte, an attorney and independent consultant, will represent the State Department in the civil war-ravaged Central American country. In 1998... Judicial Watch Corruption Chronicles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410074/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:59:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409730/posts Wednesday, 12/16/09 Diario de Yucatan (Merida, Yucatan) & Excelsior (Mexico City) 12/15/09 Chinese caught en route to the U.S. Odd noises from inside a truck stopped at a highway checkpoint led to the discovery of ten Chinese being smuggled en route to the U.S.; the truck was on a highway between Cosoleacaque, Veracruz, and Nuevo Teapan, Tabasco [an area on the north end of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, near the port city of Coatzocoalcos.] The seven males and three females, all illegally in Mexico, told federal officials that they had traveled from China to Nepal to India and then to... National Assn of Former Border Patrol Officers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409730/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:01:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409460/posts Fox News will finish 2009 as the top-rated cable news network, a perch it has enjoyed for eight years running. But 2009--the first year of the Obama administration--also marks FNC's highest rated year in the channel's 13-year-history. FNC topped the competition in all dayparts: morning (1 million total viewers, 340,000 viewers in news' target demographic of 25-54-year-olds); total day (1.2 million viewers, 323,000 in the demo); primetime (2.2 million viewers, 551,000 in the demo). Those numbers mark year-to-year demo gains of 14% in the morning, 16% in total day and 10% in primetime (Mon-Sun), according to Nielsen. FNC saw double-digit... Broadcasting and Cable http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409460/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:32:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408172/posts if the debt ceiling isn't increased by the end of this year, the nation is likely to default on its debt. That would unleash a chain of events that could devalue U.S. bonds and seriously harm the nation's reputation with creditors around the world. In short, it's not something lawmakers can afford to let happen. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408172/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:39:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395650/posts War On Terror: As Khalid Sheikh Mohammed receives the benefits of U.S. justice, three Navy SEALs face court-martial for allegedly punching a captured terrorist who hanged Americans from a bridge in Fallujah. Apparently our efforts to impress the world about the marvels of our criminal justice system require us to give foreign terrorists such as Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the man who invented the manned cruise missiles that flew into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and plowed into a Pennsylvania field on its way to the Capitol Building, the full rights and protections of the American citizens he conspired... Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395650/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:09:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406046/posts Senate Poised to Advance $1.1T Spending Bill ____________________________________________ WASHINGTON - The Senate is poised to clear away Republicans' attempt to block of a huge end-of-year spending bill rewarding most federal agencies with generous budget boosts.... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406046/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:30:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403920/posts The latest campaign-finance reports show that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign owes about $2.5 million to the firm of Mark J. Penn, who quit as chief strategist after embarrassing the campaign and left a leadership shake-up in his wake. The debt persisted on the campaign's ledger for February, according to reports filed for the March 20 deadline, despite payments of more than $3 million to Mr. Penn's polling firm that month, according to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Mr. Penn, who has long been a source of internal strife at the campaign, stepped... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403920/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:26:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403706/posts Maybe the recession is good for more than just rebalancing family roles. Maybe it can bring a new level of sobriety to parenting itself. "I love this recession for families," says Wendy Mogel, a clinical psychologist and author. "It's helping kids learn to tolerate disappointment and frustration." I'm not sure I love the recession http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403706/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 15:12:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403217/posts The New York Times Talks Tough By MarketWatchDec. 8, 2009, 4:24 p.m. EST NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Stop kicking sand at the New York Times Co. already. It's hard to know what to make of the Times sometimes. The publisher boasts the best-known name in media, and yet has often had lots of trouble maximizing the glitter over the years. The Times' problem seems to be indecisiveness. The company understands that the momentum in the media world nowadays seems to be swinging toward charging individuals for content online. Advertising spending continues to be dicey, and media firms must find revenue... Market Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403217/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:46:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403191/posts Greta Van Susteren feels sorry for CNN. On her blog today, she writes: So why do I feel bad (almost) for CNN? Because I have friends there...friends who now whisper to me everytime they see me, "what do you think is going on here? The place feels awful...it is dying." I worry about them. I want my friends to have jobs. Don't get me wrong I want to continue to win, but not to the extent their place goes belly up and my friends lose jobs. You should hear what is being said inside CNN. It is really bad when... TV Newser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403191/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:09:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402593/posts The government’s attempt to defend the constitutionality of the accounting oversight board went very badly. The argument before the court turned on whether the president has sufficient control over the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to make it constitutional. The government argued that the PCAOB was sufficiently controlled by the president because the president has the power to control the SEC by removing the chairman, and the SEC has “comprehensive control” over the PCAOB. The government’s position is likely to be supported by the four most liberal justices on the court and opposed by the four most conservative justices. This... The Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402593/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 03:50:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399920/posts An amendment to a bill currently being considered by the Senate would deny ordinary citizens doing vital investigations in the public interest the same legal protections as professional journalists. If it were to become law, the change could significantly stifle important citizen journalism efforts similar to the recent ACORN expose Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399920/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 03:56:20 GMT