http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/other/ en-us Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:25:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1940023/posts Even the LA Times had to admit this plot had something to it ! Usually they blow terror plots off as "exaggerated", but this one was in (Gasp !) California - rather than in Flyover country. Finneran Lane http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1940023/posts#comment Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:25:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1907552/posts Mr. Meangenes showed up this morning,appropriated my cereal,and showed off his "country" accent....an' stuff. Finneran Lane http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1907552/posts#comment Sat, 6 Oct 2007 20:27:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1824022/posts Blu-ray burning its high-def DVD rival Blu-ray accounts for three of every four high-def discs sold Thomas K. Arnold April 23, 2007 (Reuters) -- Of the high-definition discs bought by consumers in the first quarter, 70% were in the Blu-ray Disc format, and 30% were HD-DVD, according to sales figures provided by trade publication Home Media Magazine. Blu-ray took the lead in February, and its percentage of total sales accelerated to the point where it accounted for nearly three out of every four high-definition discs sold in March. What's more, when given the choice, consumers are going with Blu-ray.... Computerworld http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1824022/posts#comment Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:57:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716983/posts Nine Somali immigrant employees at poultry processor Gold'n Plump Poultry Inc. alleged in a federal lawsuit that they were discriminated against because of their race and religion at the company's Cold Spring, Minn., plant. The group alleges the St. Cloud-based company would not permit them short breaks during the day to pray. The Muslim faith, the lawsuit says, requires five prayers a day at times defined by position of the sun. The lawsuit also claims that the company was more likely to force Somalis than whites to work the night shift and do the least desirable jobs in the factory.... Pioneer Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716983/posts#comment Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:01:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1663463/posts Gorillas infecting each other with Ebola 17:00 10 July 2006 NewScientist.com news service Debora MacKenzie Lowland gorillas are catching the devastating Ebola virus not just from the virus's normal host, thought to be bats, but also from each other. So conclude Damien Caillaud and colleagues at the University of Rennes in France, who began watching 377 gorillas in Odzala National Park in Congo in 2001. "Maybe 30 are left now" of that original group, Caillaud told New Scientist.(There are other gorillas in the park that were not in the study group, which was defined by their use of the observation... New Scientist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1663463/posts#comment Tue, 11 Jul 2006 03:07:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637818/posts WASHINGTON, May 24, 2006 – The National Guard's support for the border security mission won't detract from its warfighting and disaster support roles, but will actually sharpen its ability to carry them out, senior defense officials told Congress today. "National Guard combat readiness will not -- will not -- be degraded," Army Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, told the House Armed Services Committee today, putting added emphasis on his second "will not." President Bush proposed using up to 6,000 National Guard members on a rotational basis for up to a year to support the... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637818/posts#comment Thu, 25 May 2006 00:27:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577028/posts There's no helping you. This site is now just a diversion -- like a train wreck. This site is inherently for and about raving egomaniacs, and Jim's site policies -- which amount to excluding reality and actual dialogue in favor of political/militaristic pornography -- is conducive to cognitive dissonance, which at the times your worldview is threatened leads you into psychotic breaks (on the political cognitive plane, that is, and just maybe in other realms too). Not to mention that your baseline politics is based in mythology about American demographics, science, economics, ethics etc. You spoonfeed each other in the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577028/posts#comment Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:39:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1559585/posts There is only ONE truth which says that there is only ONE GOD. Apparition photos of the Holy Mother of Christ presenting a tablet with her son's image as a blessing into our home on 24 Jan 2005. Believe in the one Lord, Jesus Christ. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1559585/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:49:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516979/posts The other side of Aulnay By Joseph Winter BBC News website, Aulnay-sous-Bois After a week of riots during which a Renault showroom was destroyed along with the hundreds of cars inside, the Paris suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois has become known around the world as a place of violence and poverty. Aulnay-sous-Bois is a town of contrasts And yet just a mile or so from where the menacing, dilapidated tower blocks have seen nightly clashes between angry youths armed with petrol bombs and the police, is the Vieux Pays (Old country) district of Aulnay which has the feel of picture-postcard France. People... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516979/posts#comment Mon, 7 Nov 2005 01:10:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506716/posts Despite the governor's best efforts to sell Proposition 76 as the cure for what ails our state's budget process, it isn't. Instead, it's a direct assault on our democratic system of checks and balances. It would deliver a crushing blow to our public schools and could devastate state funding for local health care, transportation and public safety. Proposition 76 makes major changes in California's constitution, dramatically expanding the governor's power over the state budget and giving him the authority to cut spending for schools, public safety, health care, transportation and other programs "of the governor's choosing," without voter approval or... Sac Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506716/posts#comment Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:48:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1502707/posts WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2005 – A new Defense Department report sent to Congress today cites strong forward momentum in developing Iraq's security forces, noting a 50 percent increase in the number of troops capable of taking the lead in combat operations. The Report to Congress Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq, the second quarterly "report card" on the security, political and economic environment in Iraq, addresses specific baseline metrics, measurements and indicators of Iraq's security, political and economic environment. Peter Rodman, assistant secretary of defense of international security affairs, told Pentagon reporters today not all aspects of progress or lack... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1502707/posts#comment Fri, 14 Oct 2005 23:23:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1501583/posts Liberally-biased press ignores Democratic blunders October 12th, 2005 Dan Hemp, regular columnist Over the past weeks, the media’s judgment of what stories deserve front page news coverage has been controversial to say the least. One such story takes place in Austin, Texas. The district attorney for that area, a hopelessly partisan Democrat named Ronnie Earle, indicted House Majority Leader Tom Delay for conspiring to break Texas election laws with little or no evidence to make his case. Once he realized that he had no chance in court, he re-indicted Delay with the new and more serious charge of money laundering.... Collegiate Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1501583/posts#comment Thu, 13 Oct 2005 05:00:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1419887/posts So far this fiscal year, the Border Patrol has apprehended almost 100,000 undocumented migrants from countries other than Mexico, commonly called OTMs, says a report in GovExec.com. The number of OTMs is projected to reach about 150,000 by the end of this fiscal year, which is a 200 percent increase compared to fiscal 2004, according to the Border Patrol. Concerns about OTMs from special interest countries - such as Iraq, Syria and Iran - were highlighted in Capitol Hill testimony in February by former Homeland Security Deputy Secretary James Loy: "Recent information from ongoing investigations, detentions and emerging threat streams... NEWSMAX.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1419887/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jun 2005 23:08:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1418473/posts US destroys rebels bunkers Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1418473/posts#comment Wed, 8 Jun 2005 01:20:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1408426/posts A girl who was watching American and Iraqi soldiers on patrol in front of her house smiles when she sees a news photographer as Airman First Class Andrew Pulido is on guard during a foot patrol in a northern neighborhood of Mosul May 10, 2005. He is assigned from the US Airforce to the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment of the Styker Brigade, for the purpose of coordinating air support. Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1408426/posts#comment Mon, 23 May 2005 01:56:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1403364/posts On patrol in Baghdad, from left: Sgt. Todd Chapin, Wade Devlieger and Brent Pingeon wait outside of Adnon Palace in Baghdad. Richard Sennott Star Tribune Published March 19, 2005 Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1403364/posts#comment Sun, 15 May 2005 02:23:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1402186/posts Two Iraqi girls, refugees from the embattled city of al-Qaim fetch water from a truck after fleeing with others into the desert, about 45 km (29 miles) south of al-Qaim, in western Iraq, Thursday, May 12, 2005. Near the Syrian border, hundreds of American troops in tanks and light armored vehicles rolled through desert outposts as Operation Matador entered its fifth day, the U.S. military said Thursday. Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1402186/posts#comment Fri, 13 May 2005 02:15:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1400627/posts 04/28/05 - U.S. Marine Cpl. Randolf Ramirez conducts one on one security patrol training with an Iraqi Security Force (ISF) Soldier at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, on April 28, 2005. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, are training ISF soldiers to take over security operations in Fallujah. DoD photo by Cpl. Robert R. Attebury, U.S. Marine Corps.. Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1400627/posts#comment Wed, 11 May 2005 01:15:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1397616/posts Army Sgt. Chris Branson prepares a M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun on top of his Humvee prior to departing for a live fire weapons training exercise for the Iraqi National Guard at Forward Operating Base Duke in Najaf, Iraq, on April 13, 2005. The U.S. Army is currently assisting in establishing Iraq's defensive forces as part of the rebuilding process of Operation Iraqi Freedom. DoD photo by Chief Petty Officer Edward G. Martens, U.S. Navy. (Released) 050413-N-6501M-002 Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1397616/posts#comment Fri, 6 May 2005 02:23:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1396932/posts U.S. Army Spc. Brendan Piper, a civil affairs specialist with the 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion, carries a stubborn sheep to a needy family in Baghdad, Iraq, April 20, during Operation Sheep Drop. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Dan Balda Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1396932/posts#comment Thu, 5 May 2005 01:53:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1396826/posts Medford, Oregon - There's nothing so special about two gays living together, or two lesbians living together, that should cause Oregon's Legislature to treat them any differently than the members of any other special family unit. If those in non-married, non-traditional relationships, want the same benefits as marrieds, all Oregonians should all be treated the same. Discrimination by any other name is still discrimination. Gays and lesbians in Oregon have claimed that they are a discriminated class of Americans because they are denied the same legal status and the same tax and estate planning benefits as married, heterosexual couples. By... GLENDALEOREGONNEWS,COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1396826/posts#comment Wed, 4 May 2005 22:46:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1396169/posts U.S. Army Spc. Evelyn Plocienik, assigned to the 940th Military Police Company, based out of Walton, Ky., stands guard during a contraband search in an internment camp at Camp Bucca, Iraq, April 23, 2005. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Arthur D. Hamilton Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1396169/posts#comment Wed, 4 May 2005 00:50:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1395519/posts U.S. soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment prepare to enter the home of a suspected insurgent during an early-morning raid in Baghdad, Iraq, April 30, 2005. U.S. Army photo Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1395519/posts#comment Tue, 3 May 2005 00:57:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1390444/posts 04/15/05 - The Honor Guard aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) post the colors during a burial at sea ceremony in the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 2005. The Mayport, Fla., based aircraft carrier Kennedy is currently conducting scheduled carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Tommy Gilligan) Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1390444/posts#comment Mon, 25 Apr 2005 04:35:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1390101/posts U.S. Navy sailors man the rails on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, as the ship returns to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., April 18, 2005. The Truman spent four months in the Persian Gulf before returning home to Norfolk, after completing a scheduled six-month deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Courtesy photo by Amanda Hoyle Various Media Outlets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1390101/posts#comment Sun, 24 Apr 2005 14:11:19 GMT