http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/punks/ en-us Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:11:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124759/posts On Fox News now: Republicans: 2 Black Panthers with night sticks blocked polling place in Philly. Police were called.... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124759/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:11:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084780/posts Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois today exhorted his supporters to get extremely aggressive in their communities to persuade their neighbors to vote for Obama in November.Speaking to a crowd in Elko, Nevada, Obama was quoted by the AP as urging the people to be his 'ambassadors':"I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face. "And if they tell you that, 'Well, we're... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084780/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:34:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084874/posts Now we know where Obama’s mean, nasty, abusive followers get their marching orders. At a Nevada rally Wednesday, Obama said this to about 14,000 people: “I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face,” Nice. So much for the politics of hope and unity. So much for teaching our youth how to be good citizens and neighbors. So much for teaching tolerance, respect, and bi-partisanship.... TD Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084874/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:16:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040315/posts Cabbagetown has had an ongoing problem with graffiti. Early Sunday morning, resident Rodney Bowman took the matter into his own hands. Bowman perched himself in a tree to catch vandals who had been spray-painting a concrete wall that runs along a set of railroad tracks and borders his neighborhood. Around 2:20 a.m., they showed up. Two young men, Joshua Ward, 19 and Jesse Jaeger, 21, started spray-painting the wall when Bowman sprang from the tree and attacked Ward, according to an Atlanta police report. "It took me a few seconds to realize what was going on," Jaeger said Wednesday. "This... Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040315/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:00:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039653/posts FALMOUTH – A 14-year-old boy was arrested yesterday after he pushed a senior citizen off a dock because he “thought it would be funny,” police said. The North Falmouth teen – whose name was not released because he is a juvenile – was at Megansett Beach when the 2:20 p.m. incident occurred. Police said the boy ran up behind the 71-year-old victim, who was fishing off the dock with his grandson, and pushed him off the dock and into the ocean. The man suffered lacerations to both knees and lost his prescription glasses, police said. Although the boy fled into... Cape Cod Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039653/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:10:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999172/posts DREAMS FROM MY FATHER, LAME EXCUSES FROM MY GRANDFATHERApril 9, 2008 Since a Chinese graduate student at Columbia University, Minghui Yu, was killed last Friday when black youths violently set upon him, sending him running into traffic to escape, I think B. Hussein Obama ought to start referring to the mind-set of the "typical Asian person." As of Wednesday, police had no motive for the attack, and witnesses said they heard no demand for money or anything else. The Associated Press reports that the assailant simply said to his friend, "Watch what I do to this guy" before punching Yu.... AnnCoulter.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999172/posts#comment Wed, 9 Apr 2008 21:36:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949837/posts Ron Paul Lunatics Sean returns to his hotel after crazy Ron Paul protesters rallied outside of a restaurant he was visiting in Manchester, New Hampshire. Video Link: http://zshn.fimc.net//Article.asp?id=543226 --my comments-- According to Ron Paul forums, about 200 Paul supporters were part of this attack on Sean. They claim they were only throwing snowballs but the videos make it clear they were throwing bottles and other items other than snowballs. Warning, foul language by Paul supporters. fimc.net via Hannity.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949837/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:57:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947895/posts PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ― Police are searching for two suspects wanted in connection with an assault on a Geno's Steaks employee just two days after Christmas. Surveillance video shows the suspects at the world-famous cheesesteak shop in South Philadelphia in the early morning hours of December 27. Police said the unidentified males reportedly were verbally harassing a female employee at about 6:30 a.m. A 32-year-old male employee, who was outside power-washing, tried to intervene when the suspects turned their attention to him. Following a brief argument, one of the males allegedly picked up the employee up and flipped him onto... CBS 3 (Philadelphia) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947895/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jan 2008 21:14:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926353/posts BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) ― Eyewitness News has learned a Baltimore County teacher is accused of stabbing a student in the hand. The incident happened Wednesday morning at Randallstown High School. Baltimore County police tell Eyewitness News the 17-year-old boy was standing over the teacher's desk. The teacher had asked the boy to be seated several times. Finally, the teacher told the boy to step back and when he didn't, she stabbed him in the hand with either a pen or a pencil. Police are still investigating the incident, but so far no charges have been filed. (© MMVII, CBS... WJZ-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926353/posts#comment Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:02:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913789/posts Local D.C. TV News stations are reporting in their 11 p.m. newscasts that a woman was hit in the head with a brick, store windows smashed and a man had his camera destroyed by anarchists protesting the annual IMF meeting in Washington, D.C. this weekend.The protest is called 'October rebellion' and has been endorsed by leftist groups including Code Pink.News footage showed black-clad people with bandanas covering their faces marching down M St. An agitated man told a news crew his video camera was taken and smashed by the protesters because he was wearing a Fox News ballcap.A woman in... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913789/posts#comment Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:14:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1903688/posts On the September 28th Democracy Now! broadcast, hostess Amy Goodman led off the program's headlines with... Black Teen Jailed in Jena Six Case Freed on Bail In Jena, Louisiana, the seventeen year old Mychal Bell -- one of the Jena Six -- has been released on bail after ten months in prison. Bell and five other African American high school students were arrested last year for beating a white student during a schoolyard fight. The fight occurred after white students hung three nooses in a tree in the schoolyard. An all-white jury convicted Bell of aggravated second-degree battery. Bob Parks: Black & Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1903688/posts#comment Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:55:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860695/posts FORT WORTH -- One teen-ager is in custody Wednesday and two suspects are being sought in connection with a robbery at a supermarket where the husband of an employee waiting outside confronted the suspects and opened fire, according to reports.The 17-year-old showed up at Huguley Memorial Medical Center in south Fort Worth where doctors called police as the teen was treated for gunshot wounds to his backside and foot , KRLD reported.The robbery occurred at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday when three suspects with yellow bandanas robbed customers and workers at an Albertsons at 3525 Sycamore School Road in south Fort... Star-Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860695/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jul 2007 12:56:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1853790/posts Nick Ut / AP Manuel Hernandez reacts after his car and other impounded vehicles were crushed at Ecology Auto Parts in Rialto, Calif., on Wednesday.Southern California authorities crack down on illegal hot rods, street racingRIALTO, Calif. - Charles Hoang winced when the whoosh went out of the tires. Daniel Maldonado took pictures with a digital camera as glass exploded and rained down to the ground. The cars the teens had so meticulously souped up and tricked out were crushed Wednesday as part of a crackdown on illegal street racing in Southern California. "That's my heart, my dream," said Hoang,... AP via MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1853790/posts#comment Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:31:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1841472/posts Standing ramrod straight in dress blues and crisp khakis, the seven color guard members lifted their rifles for one of the most solemn moments of any Memorial Day parade, the 21-gun salute. Hundreds who had gathered to witness the tribute watched in silence. Just then, the eggs came flying. One glanced off a tree branch, and landed far away from the marchers in yesterday's Memorial Day Parade in Rockland, said Ryan Durfee , a former Marine who was marching in the color guard. Another crashed 8 feet in front of the color guard... After the throwing , Durfee said he... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1841472/posts#comment Tue, 29 May 2007 17:02:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789567/posts WASHINGTON (AP) -- Determined to challenge President Bush, Senate Democrats are drafting legislation to limit the mission of U.S. troops in Iraq, effectively revoking the broad authority Congress granted in 2002, officials said Thursday. While these officials said the precise wording of the measure remains unsettled, one draft would restrict American troops in Iraq to combatting al-Qaida, training Iraqi army and police forces, maintaining Iraq's territorial integrity and otherwise proceeding with the withdrawal of combat forces. The officials, Democratic aides and others familiar with private discussions, spoke only on condition of anonymity, saying rank-and- file senators had not yet been... breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789567/posts#comment Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:41:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1785306/posts SANTA CRUZ — A police officer was attacked on Pacific Avenue Tuesday evening, the first night of a concerted city effort to crack down on bad behavior downtown. Santa Cruz Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1785306/posts#comment Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:49:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1744960/posts Video here: http://www.kctv.com/global/video/popup/pop_player.asp?ClipID1=1087789&h1=Neighborhood%20Defiantly%20Displaying%20Christmas%20Decorations&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=139266&LaunchPageAdTag=Homepage&activePane=info&playerVersion=1&hostPageUrl=http%3A//www.kctv.com/&rnd=8373932 KCTV Channel 5 (Kansas City) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1744960/posts#comment Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:50:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726379/posts Repeated vandalism of mosque stirs fear BY BETH AARON AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Members of a Lubbock mosque fear for their safety as vandals have continuously defaced their place of worship. Within the last month, the Islamic Center of the South Plains at 3419 La Salle Ave. has been vandalized at least three times. Between 11 p.m. Monday and 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, someone wrote the misspelled word "Redemtion" in black spray paint and scribbled lines on the sidewalks. "I don't know what is the message they're trying to give," said Faiz Rahman, a member of the mosque and the adviser to Texas Tech's... Lubbock Avalanche-Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726379/posts#comment Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:23:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1700803/posts <p>MONTREAL (CP) - Students at a Montreal college say they have heard several shots in the building and that four people have been shot.</p> <p>One student at Dawson College said she saw two people who had been shot, including one who had been hit in the neck. The student said a friend told her four people had been shot.</p> AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1700803/posts#comment Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:42:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689645/posts CARACAS, Venezuela -- Authorities seized several U.S. diplomatic bags at Venezuela's main airport on Thursday, prompting protest from embassy officials and a probe into the Americans' actions by prosecutors. Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez said prosecutors would investigate U.S. officials for allegedly sidestepping official regulations and checkpoints when bringing the diplomatic bags into the South American country. Rodriguez made the announcement after Venezuelan National Guard troops seized the bags earlier Thursday from four U.S. embassy vehicles stopped outside Caracas' Simon Bolivar International Airport. The vehicles had just picked up the bags from a U.S. military aircraft on the tarmac, he said. AP via Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689645/posts#comment Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:42:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1684974/posts Teenagers to serve time - after football KENTON, Ohio — Two teenagers who pulled a stunt last winter that left a man physically disabled and his friend brain-damaged will each spend 60 days in juvenile detention, but not before they finish the upcoming high-school football season. Judge Gary F. McKinley told a standing-room-only crowd in his courtroom yesterday that he knows his decision to allow standout Kenton High School athletes Dailyn Campbell, 16, and Jesse Howard, 17, to play sports before serving their sentences will be unpopular. Five deputies were on hand during the sentencing hearing in Hardin County Common... The Columbus Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1684974/posts#comment Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:52:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1660388/posts San Juan, Jul 4 (EFE).- Four men who fired off guns on a beach in southern Puerto Rico were killed by an angry father who mistakenly thought his daughter had been struck by one of their shots, police said Tuesday. Ernesto Albarran, 19; Cristian Flores, 21; Armando Castro, 25, and his brother Angel, 20, fired shots Monday night on La Jungla beach in the town of Guanica, according to the preliminary investigation. Adan Torres Quiñones noticed the gunplay and thought his daughter had been hit when he saw her throw herself on the sand to dodge the bullets. Enraged, he... Agencia EFE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1660388/posts#comment Tue, 4 Jul 2006 22:53:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1646768/posts David Groth Tyler Groth West Bend - Two cousins were charged with a felony crime each on Friday in the desecration of Holy Hill and, according to authorities, the older of the two admitted what he did but had no regrets.Tyler B. Groth, 21, of Neosho and David J. Groth, 17, of Hartford each face up to 3 1/2 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted of criminal damage to religious property. Tyler Groth told investigators that he and his cousin used red spray paint in a spree of vandalism at Holy Hill on Tuesday, according to... Journal Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1646768/posts#comment Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:22:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1629410/posts ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay prospect Delmon Young, who plays for the Triple-A Durham Bulls, was suspended for 50 games without pay by the International League on Tuesday for throwing a bat that hit a replacement umpire in the chest. IL president Randy Mobley said he believed the suspension was the longest in the league's 123-year history. Young was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 draft and was chosen the 2005 minor league player of the year by Baseball America. His brother is Detroit Tigers star Dmitri Young. "The Tampa Bay Devil Rays fully support the decision,"... FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1629410/posts#comment Tue, 9 May 2006 21:23:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1623378/posts Last weekend, the University of Minnesota hosted a conference to celebrate the achievements of several returning alumni. High officials gathered to thank and applaud the visitors. There was a campus tour, a banquet and a panel discussion. Events at the U of M's Morrill Hall nearly four decades ago were the focus of all this hoopla. What happened that day? Did the honorees announce an exciting scientific breakthrough? No, they led a group that trashed university offices, stuffed student records in toilets and injured a fellow student. Yellowed press clips from the Minneapolis Star and Tribune tell the story: At... Minneapolis Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1623378/posts#comment Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:28:26 GMT