http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/pig/ en-us Mon, 7 Dec 2009 18:06:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402154/posts <p>Less than two weeks after Tiger Woods' Thanksgiving weekend car crash outside his home, 10 women have been alleged to have had affairs with the married golf legend.</p> <p>Woods may be laying low – even skipping out on his own charity golf tournament this weekend – but it has not slowed the tarnishing of his once spotless public image, as bikini models, pancake house waitresses and reality show contestants come forward to reveal what they say are details of Woods' infidelities.</p> Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402154/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 18:06:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400503/posts Contentious exchanges between White House press secretaries and members of the media have been fairly commonplace during the past few presidential administrations. However, the one that took place Wednesday between White House press secretary Robert Gibbs and April Ryan of American Urban Radio, in which Gibbs essentially compared Ryan to a petulant child, is among the most heated (and entertaining) in recent memory. The testy exchange was sparked by Ryan's insistent questioning of White House social secretary Desiree Rogers' role at the recent state dinner, which has been in the headlines because of the fallout from Tareq and Michaele Salahi's... yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400503/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 21:35:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2393491/posts Right after Palin captured the adoration of a huge segment of America, Obama used his classless misogynistic expression, “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig.” Even his audience of Liberal faithful was shocked into silence, Hussein realized he had dropped a bomb, a stink bomb. Of course he used the standard line that people were misreading his line that it was a common expression and that he loved this country too much to let the campaign slide into the gutter. This seemed to console his women voters and the supposedly forward thinking, gender neutral,... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2393491/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:11:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387472/posts CHICAGO — A disturbing video released exclusively to Fox News by the animal rights group Mercy for Animals (MFA) shows a string of alleged abuses at one of the nation's largest pig farms, including footage of employees picking up baby pigs and tossing them like footballs. ("In other news, 1.2 million abortions occured in 2008. And now a word from our sponser, Mr. Clean.") Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387472/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:21:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372243/posts DAYTON — A woman accused of celebrating her 55th birthday by having sex with a 12-year-old boy pleaded guilty to one count of gross sexual imposition of a person under age 13 on Friday, Oct. 23. Gloria J. Murphy, of 5440 Rawlings Drive, appeared before Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Katherine Huffman, who set sentencing for Dec. 2. The charge is a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison. Gloria J. Murphy, who uses a walker and an oxygen tube, appeared frail. Dayton Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372243/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:57:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371217/posts http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aTBiDsqJtOTI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371217/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:19:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2367498/posts Rosie O'Donnell has confirmed that she and longtime girlfriend Kelli Carpenter are on the rocks. In a new interview with USA Today, she says, "We're a family. We will remain a family forever. And we are working on our issues." The 47-year-old O'Donnell -- who has been suggesting a split on her blog -- wouldn't confirm a National Enquirer report that Carpenter, 42, has moved out of their Nyack, NY, home and into Manhattan. (USA Today notes that Carpenter was not at the house during the interview.) Meet Rosie O'Donnell and other stars' surprise BFFs "We're a family, we remain... Us Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2367498/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:48:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364149/posts The image of a drunk student urinating on a war memorial has provoked a furious backlash from relatives who had laid wreaths of poppies in tribute to their loved ones. John Ievers, the grandson of a World War I soldier who died in 1917, branded student Philip Laing, 19, a 'drunken idiot' for desecrating the memorial in Baker's Pool, Sheffield. The 49-year-old software sales consultant said: 'I am annoyed - he's a drunken idiot. 'He should be made to clean the streets of Sheffield or do some kind of community service.' Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364149/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:44:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2362558/posts A baby pig abandoned by her mother has found a new home after being adopted... by a Rottweiler. The little piggy called Apple Sauce faced starving when she was rejected by her mum as the runt of a litter of 13.  But animal lover Heidi Rhiann hoped her pet Rottweiler Sasha might help after having eight puppies of her own.   Ham-azing friendship: Apple Sauce the piglet sleeps with a litter of Rottweiler pups after she was abandoned by her mother at birth The family were delighted when the piglet was accepted by Sasha - and became piggy in... The Daily Mail (U.K.) / various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2362558/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:44:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2350193/posts Harsh words? Hardly. First it must be said, Roman Polanski did endure unspeakable tragedies in his life. Forced into the Krakow ghetto under Nazi persecution, he and his father survived, but his mother died at Auschwitz. And years later, both his wife, Sharon Tate, and their unborn child were brutally murdered in an incomprehensible rampage. AND the miscarriage of justice for his own unspeakable act, and the sympathetic support he is receiving from a certain sector, are just as incomprehensible to me.For those who may have heard some vague account, it should be made clear --  Polanski was charged at the age of 44 with forcible... Clearly Nebulous http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2350193/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:47:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339101/posts Loopey might be an unorthodox best friend, but she's a good one. Share Fayetteville, N.C., city council turns down family's plea to keep their pet pig. She was sweet and playful and didn't seem to notice her buddy's quirks like others did. Now, more than a year after Loopey -- a black pet pot-bellied pig -- made fast friends with 8-year-old Anthony Pia, the autistic boy's parents are battling their city's ban on hogs. It's been three months since Lisa Pia and Bobby Tibbetts, fearing fines from the city, removed Loopey the pig from their Fayetteville, N.C., home and took... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339101/posts#comment Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:17:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331702/posts Johnstown, Pa. If you hate the hubbub of crowded airports, you might want to consider flying out of Johnstown, Pa. The airport sees an average of fewer than 30 people per day, there is never a wait for security, you can park for free right outside the gate, and you are almost guaranteed a row to yourself on any flight. You might wonder how the region ever had the air traffic demand to justify such a facility. It didn't. But it is located in the district of one of Congress's most unapologetic earmarkers: Democrat John Murtha. In 20 years, Mr.... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331702/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:15:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326019/posts THE HAGUE, 28/08/09 - Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders has seized on a news report from Saudi Arabia for peppery written questions to the cabinet. In these, he compares the Islamic prophet Mohammed to a pig. Wilders has requested clarification from Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen on a marriage in Saudi Arabia between an 80 year old man and a 10 year old child. The child had run away from her elderly husband, but was brought back to him by her father, the English-language website Arab News reports based on a Saudi newspaper. Wilders asks the minister if he... NISNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326019/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:53:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308601/posts Maybe he was blinded by grief, but is anyone else weirded out by Ryan O’Neal’s admission in Vanity Fair that he tried to hit on his own daughter at the funeral of his lady love Farrah Fawcett? Ew. “I had just put the casket in the hearse and I was watching it drive away when a beautiful blonde woman comes up and embraces me,” O’Neal admits in the September issue. “I said to her, ‘You have a drink on you? You have a car?’ She said, ‘Daddy - it’s me, Tatum!’ I was just trying to be funny with a... boston herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308601/posts#comment Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:03:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2289647/posts repubblica.it http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2289647/posts#comment Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:25:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284836/posts NEW DELHI, India - Three people have been killed in religious rioting in southern India between Muslims and Hindus, police said Friday. Widespread violence broke out in Mysore Thursday after somebody threw a dead pig into the compound of an under-construction mosque, city police commissioner Sunil Agarwal told CNN. More than a dozen people were injured in the clashes, he said. cnn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284836/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:25:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270393/posts WASHINGTON, June 11, 2009 (Reuters) — The new H1N1 virus, which has caused the first pandemic of the 21st century, appears to have been circulating undetected among pigs for years, researchers reported on Thursday. Although health officials have been watching for new influenza viruses in humans, animal health regulators have missed the opportunity to check swine, the researchers reported. Britons Andrew Rambaut of the University of Edinburgh and Oliver Pybus of Oxford University, and Yi Guan of the University of Hong Kong examined the genetic sequence of the new H1N1 swine flu virus. Like others who have done the same,... newsdaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270393/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:47:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265946/posts High on the hog: Slaughtered pig traded for crack, Syracuse police say by Robert A. Baker / The Post-Standard Friday June 05, 2009, 3:44 PM Syracuse, NY -- A Fulton resident was arrested Thursday for drug possession after police witnessed a drug transaction that was paid for, in part, with a half of a slaughtered pig, Syracuse police said. Police were conducting surveillance about 7:40 p.m. in the 200 block of Merriman Avenue when they saw the two men conduct a drug transaction including the half of pig, Lt. Joe Cecile said. The half of pig and $10 were used... The Post-Standard (Syracuse) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265946/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 01:36:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263485/posts Pigs offer new stem cell source Pig organs are similar to their human equivalents Chinese scientists have given cells from adult pigs the ability to turn into any tissue in the body, just like embryonic stem cells. They hope the breakthrough could aid research into human disease, and the breeding of animals for organ transplants for humans. It may also enable the development of pigs that are resistant to diseases such as swine flu. The study appears online in the Journal of Molecular Cell Biology. This breakthrough to produce pig stem cells potentially reinvigorates the quest to grow humanised pig... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263485/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 03:49:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262298/posts This giant feral pig was shot on a Pilbara, Australia, cattle station after it was spotted eating a dead cow. FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262298/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:15:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261906/posts THIS giant feral pig was shot on a Pilbara cattle station after it was spotted eating a dead cow. The picture has been circulating on the internet alongside claims the boar was killed at various locations across Australia. It was written off as a hoax by many, including WA's Department of Environment and Conservation, and sparked much debate when published on website PerthNow. But The Sunday Times has confirmed that the pig was shot on a Pilbara cattle station near Newman, 1200km northeast of Perth. Sources close to the family of the man in the photo have confirmed he is... Sunday Times (Western Australia) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261906/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 03:13:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2253197/posts This man is such a blathering idiot without his teleprompter. Video is on site: http://www.notoriouslyconservative.com/2009/05/lipstick-is-off-pig-obama-without-his.html If you prefer, it is also on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/v/g8Tg6gkKBVE&hl=en&fs=1 notoriouslyconservative.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2253197/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 15:02:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2250656/posts Gibbs with his real hair on Pink Day You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2250656/posts#comment Thu, 14 May 2009 10:46:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2246897/posts Thousands of Malaysian Hindus are seeking blessings from a group of wild boars believed to possess magical powers, shrugging off concerns about a global outbreak of "swine flu," a local newspaper reported Monday. The Sun reported a Hindu temple in the northwestern Malaysian state of Perak has been drawing a steady stream of thousands of visitors daily, eager to feed and touch dozens of wild boars. The boars, which started to appear near the temple about a year ago, are believed by devotees to possess magical powers and can bring good luck. Among the busloads of devotees and visitors from... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2246897/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 14:11:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246627/posts Afghanistan's only known pig has been quarantined because of fears over swine flu, officials from Kabul Zoo say. The pig, a curiosity in a country where pork products are illegal, lives at the zoo, where he had previously enjoyed grazing next to deer and goats. However visitors expressed fears that the animal could be carrying the H1N1 virus and he was moved into isolation. The director of the zoo, Aziz Gul Saqib, says the pig, whose name is Khanzir, is strong and healthy. Speaking to the BBC World Service, Mr Saqib says: "The only reason we moved him was because... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246627/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 02:37:47 GMT