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There exists somewhere in FReeperland, a master list of all of the ping lists, and I used to keep a copy of it on my computer. Unfortunately, when my old computer died, it did so suddenly and I didn't have that particular file backed-up.Jim suggested that I post a thread asking for assistance, because he did not have a link to the thread that I'm looking for. I sent a FReepmail to the FReeper who used to keep the master list and I didn't receive a reply. After looking at the posting history of the FReeper, I see that she...

Just wondering, but are most people reluctant to type a title or keyword in Search before posting a topic? Oh, I try my best to see if a topic has been started before I post something. But multiple posting of a breaking news story? Nothing is so urgent that it needs to be posted so quickly. Sometimes scrolling down the first or next page will show a story has already been posted.

See that yellow bar up there? It's a FReepathon tally. Give it up for JR as a 14th anniversary present.

Let's see how liberal commentators try to spin this one! And please don't use that "Well Despite The Ohio Loss,It Really Depends On Who The Nominee Is" excuse. Christ! A Dead Candidate Will Beat Obama At This Point If It Means Killing The Health Bill !! And we can add Virginia to the list! This leaves Pennsylvania,North Carolina and Florida of the five states Romney or Cain will have to flip from the 2008 Election and Bambi Is Toast !!!

What we need is an EASY Button. Every day, especialy early morning, we are invaded by trolls, especialy on the local boards who's only purpose is to sign up and disrupt. Even though we FReepmail the mods about them sometimes it takes hours to get them removed. Teddy WAlmat and the many variations of thet name and many other. It would be nice to have an alarm button where we could just flush these guys down the old tube in short order.

Freepers we have been hoodwinked by these Occupy Wall Street Protesters here in Washington D.C. Today I was asked by a good friend in the media to go down and interview some of the protesters, I arrived at Freedom Plaza expecting to see 100's of the same protesters from last weekend that were covered by the local media and Washington Post. If there were 30 protesters, activists or whatever you want to call them milling about and moving stuff around, you would be lucky. The most damning factor that behind this astrotruf was the fact that there more tents there...

As a noob to the FR, I noticed that when I post a reply to a topic that I get a message saying that my post "will be looked over" or something to that effect before it actually gets posted. Now, I know that this must be a security barrier to keep left-wing trolls at bay, but it is also a slight hindrance to free flow of conversation in a dissucssion if you have to wait 24 hours or whatever for EVERY post you reply to show up. Is there somekind of seniority system? Like, after so many accepted posts...

I posted a link to CNN news on it, it got deleted. I did multiple searches using multiple keywords and combos and can't see anything about it. Considering FReepers usually post breaking news within minutes of it being announced, I cant figure out what's going on. Software glitch? Deliberate censorship?

Hello. Like most of you, I've had it up to here with Dear Leader. It's good to laugh at him and criticize, etc., but when he keeps insisting on destroying America (latest proposal of huge tax increases), it's hard to bear. I know that those tax increases probably won't come to pass (for now anyway), it's just hateful that he is that clueless/evil. So, I see that in Virginia 10,000 signatures (400 from each district) are required to run for Senate. I will be voting for George Allen, so I don't mean anytime soon. But for the future sometime, how...

In a nutshell, - I received a new credit card this month (updated expiration date), - It's been accepted at stores throughout our city, - FR won't accept the updated info so I can renew my monthly donation.I keep getting the message "An error occurred during processing. The card was declined. Please ensure the billing address is correct.".The information is correct, I've tried FireFox and Internet Explorer.

Why do so few people bother to cleanly post a story anymore here on Free Republic? Not to pick on anyone in particular but I see this type of posting all the time and it drives me crazy. Here are but a couple of examples: "Gerald Celente Disses Roubini After Moving 100% Into Gold Gus Lubin Aug. 30, 2011, 6:21 AM Image: KWN Notorious trend forecaster Gerald Celente has been fairly accurate of late, predicting a double dip and revolutions around the world." In reading the summary why must the reader be tormented by the extraneous, unnecessary and worthless text:...

It would appear that a Perry/Rubio Ticket is Obama's worst nightmare.{Agreed?}If not,even a Perry/Romney ticket would also cause a 55/45 Landslide in 2012. The best advantage with Perry is that he represents the deep red south! Obama can kiss North Carolina,Colorado & Florida good-bye.Nevada? well,Obama can kiss Nevada good-bye as well so long as Harry Reid doesn't try to pull a fast one again with his union buddies "Upgrading The Voting Machines". A Perry/Bachmann ticket will work well too,but we need Rubio more.Marco Rubio=65% Of Hispanice Votes.

<p>Although I was zotted from there (I am the former Freeper known as Screaming_Gerbil) I do check into FreeRepublic from time to time to check for breaking news and related links to breaking news stories and discussions.</p>

Past what...who thinks what...now?

I've been around here well over a decade. Happily so. Usually when I logon to FR..I'll check my Freepmail first, then pings ( scroll down and click on those that interest me) , then Articles ( same as with pings)..Once in a while I'll click on "Commments." Just now, while attempting to eat AND FReep at the same time, I clicked on "Activity" by accident...

Sushi - It's delicious, nutritious and made from fishes, but for some folks that's just not enough. Ignoring the traditional mother's maxim of "Don't play with your food!" and then taking it to a whole new level, we present the Top 'Ate' Strangest Sushi. 8) Chocolate Sushi Sushi isn't for everyone, and there are those who've just got something against raw fish or confectionery that looks like raw fish - which happens to describe this item. White and dark chocolate, fruit-flavored butter cream and crispy rice biscuits are artfully molded to resemble the real deal. Imagine getting one of these...

if mlb adds two teams in baseball i feel they should add an american league team in atlanta ga with the nl best braves if they should move an nl team to the al it should be the phillies cause penn has 2 nl teams phils an pirates

How about a post from FR on what the h**l is going on. Page loads are erratic and more often than not fail. How long until we can expect resumption of normal service? What gives. (I've seen several comments to posts also complaining about problems. I'm not having problems with any other sites, just Free Republic.)

Something interesting just happened tonight when I just tried posting an entire article from The Des Moines Register... It isn't allowed to because of a copyright complaint... So now I can't point to articles in the largest newspaper in my state because people don't realize you don't post entire articles here (or anywhere) without permission. But let's just continue to whine about excerpts. Here's a question, if we aren't supposed to do it, why does Free Republic give us that option when we post? When we post entire articles it is not fair to the authors of the original content...

This article was pulled for copyright violationhttp://004eeb5.netsolhost.com/hc133.htmI have searched the list of copyright complainants on the FR main page and "NorthStar Writers Group" is nowhere in evidence.Can I post this article?Can I link to it from within a thread?How can I point Freepers to the specific statements made by Herman Cain in this article, some of which he may now regret??

I've downloaded Drudge & The Blaze apps.... what are some of the other higher quality content apps? I'd love to see a FR app, but realize the expense may not fit into this year's budget. Capital project for 2012????

Check out Chris Matthews who now decides he is ashamed as an American on how we are dealing with our ally Egypt. Guess Chris is starting to see what we all see. I love his line about "We can't even do transactions right."

Freerepublic is stuck at 39%. Break out the wallet!

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I've just noticed a question mark appearing after my signature, what's up? I have changed my email address, is that in question?Is this gonna be a hugh and series issue?

Is it a Bogus bunch?

Just curious, why is ther facebook links on FR for Like? I personnaly don't like Facebook and refuse to use it. I also sind FR having it annoying. I don't know ho other FReepers feel about this but would like to now why FR chose to add it.

Free Republic is a pro-life, pro-family, pro-liberty constitutional conservative activist web site. Those who cannot live with that should simply stay away!! (saves wear and tear on my zot button - bitterly clinging redneck, Jim) Romney is an unrepentant abortionist/statist lying political whore! Just to be absolutely clear, there will never ever be a RINO Romney campaign on FR!! If he somehow becomes the nominee, FR will be running a full-time campaign to DEFEAT him!! If you wish to support him then I suggest you sign off FR and onto Wankers for Mitt!! Those statments make me worry that FreeRepublic...

All of the 12 or so potential candidates seem to give reporters common answers like,I Haven't Decided,or I'm Just Gonna Wait Till January To See Who Else Runs{well not in those exact words}.Sarah Palin gave us that impression when asked.She is going to wait to see who declares his candidacy this winter.It's just like a child's game,"OK,Who Wants To Go First?"or,"I Dare You"(more like,dare you to run)Can You Imagine all 12 Candidates Playing"Spin The Bottle"? To see which 7 Candidates will run in 2012?(well we can assume all of them want the bottle to point to Sexy Sarah!)

Obama Approves Of Spending Two Billion On A "Risky Business Trip",Yet Wont Cut Taxes For The Rich? And his excuse is,"We Can't Afford To Cut Taxes For The Wealthy", BUT IT'S OKAY TO P....SS OFF TWO BILLION DOLLARS On An Asian Vacation? In hopes to create jobs here? When you hear about what caused the DOW to drop to 11,000 today, Aren't all of you OUTRAGED? !!!

I'm trying to post a link only to a news story from a Gannett newspaper. Gannett papers are suppose to be allowed as "link only" and are not to be excerpted but I can't get the story past FR's software. This story is not available from another news source or I'd just go that route. Suggestions?

Ed Schultz has devoted his "Ed Show" bashing every Conservative candidate who was a threat to the Obama Administration. 100% of the time,he just makes a total bigot of himself in front of his 42,000 viewers. Now that the USA landscape has turned RED!,what's he gonna do?There's no one left to poke fun of.The election is over,he lost. So anyone out there want to make some suggestions for Mr.Schultz's next job? Maybe CNN Janitor?

Speaking as a Brit who's just joined...

Why am I getting a "your comments were submitted for review" screen? Is this new? If so, why?MichaelP

Please bring back thread views.

Just asking. Liked seeing how many people had viewed a particular thread.

OK, someone has to say it. That donate monthly guy pointing you downward to donate is cheesy. Who designed it? The people who created pet rocks? I want to see the bird that says "Well, where's your donation?" or the bulldog that says "Drop and give me $20!" Or have a picture of the Founders asking you to donate.

The increase of vulgarity and profanity on this board is troublesome to me. It was not always so. I can remember the “olden days”. There was no profanity. None. And there was no chat. None. The first Freepers held one another to a high standard of discourse. I wonder why and how the profanity has become so common? The rule in the reply box includes “no profanity”. Do we have a problem of definition as to what constitutes profanity? Does replacing one of the letters in the “F” word with %## or ! mean that we have not used profanity...

So, up until this week, when I'd go into the "New Posts To You" menu, there is a list of my posts, and responses to my posts. However, there used to be a "Mark All as Read" option - that is now missing. Where'd it go? Is it a 'feature' that it's gone?

I've tried twice to post a "Caption this Pic" but have been thrown off FR each time and had to log back in--are these not allowed any more? Do the admin mods just yank them without letting posters know they can't be posted? < puzzled >

When you saw the last two speeches in Wisconsin&Ohio,you couldn't help but wonder if his selected audience members were LIVING UNDER A ROCK!Obama forgot to mention that he has already borrowed between $50,000-$75,000 Per American Citizen!No Mention Of IRAN's Nuclear Intentions!No Mention Of His Ignorance Towards 911 Families!This was one of those,Who Cares About Infrastructure Speeches! We all know Obama is desperate for votes and wont discuss most important issues that have the nation in a state of PANIC!

How long has the link to Facebook"like" been at the top of the FR article page? Or am I seeing things?

Why do these articles keep getting banned and deleted on FR? I don't understand how this breaks any of the rules here...have our moderators been inflitrated with Progressives, Marxists? Is FR seeing its final days?

I have never had a post deleted before. I was wondering why my Boing Boing post was. Please let me know so I dont make the same mistake again.

Didn't there used to be a view count next to each posted article? Where did it go?

My pastor challenged me to prove Obama is allowing federal funding for abortions. Recall he signed an executive order not allowing such. I told him this has been violated. Please post some links proving him wrong. Thanks

I just finished watching the most interesting film on TCM starring Spencer Tracy and Katheryn Hepburn about a widow who's husband was a patriot and a report who tries to get to the bottom of the story about how he died and winds up making a startling discovery. The discovery rings so close to what is happening right now in America it is scary. It talked about this hero (Robert Forrest) who had been built up by advertising, by reporters, by media to become an Icon and beneath it was a corp group of people setting up a facsist gov't,...

Couldn't find the help area on FR that discusses caucuses, so I am asking admins and others in the know: 1. Who can start a caucus? 2. Where do you have to go to apply for one? 3. What all different kinds of topics, issues and groups could start a caucus? for example we have both denominational caucuses in the Religion section as well as topical ones (the "rapture caucus" for one). 4. If there is a section on FR that talks about caucuses and the 'rules' of them, please point me to it.

Last night i was fooling around with my cookie settings and wound up kicking myself off from automatic (convenient) sign in to my account as MissDairyGoodnessVT here on FR. On a attempt to log in during that time I was told I didn't have a FOCUS cookie but I did 2 sys restore and couldn't get back anything (for a number of other reasons)to access my account. So now I am locked out of my MissDairyGoodnessVT account here on FR. I created this secondary account -"MissDairyGoodnessVTer" just so I could post this message to get some help from jimrob &...