http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/puppetmasters/ en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:56:42 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050512/posts Top Astronaut: 'Aliens Do Exist' 11:37am UK, Thursday July 24, 2008 Aliens do exist and have even contacted humans on Earth, according to top astronaut Dr Edgar Mitchell who was the sixth man on the Moon. l-alien Dr Edgar Mitchell says aliens are just like little men The truth has been hidden by governments for more than 60 years, the Moon walker says. And he claims he is lifting the lid on a conspiracy to keep aliens a secret. Dr Mitchell, who was on Apollo 14 in 1971, has told how he was aware of many UFO visits to Earth... Sky News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050512/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:56:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958871/posts FORT WORTH — So much for aliens in Texas dairy country. At least that's what the military said today, reporting that 10 F-16 fighter jets were training in the Stephenville area the night dozens of residents reported seeing a UFO. Although Air Force Reserve officials at the Joint Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth initially said none of their planes were in the area Jan. 8, they said today that they had made a mistake and wanted to set the record straight "in the interest of public awareness." Some residents aren't buying it, though, saying the military's revelation... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958871/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:40:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1991665/posts AZTEC'S annual UFO Conference is this weekend. Featured speakers are: Stan Friedman Duane Tudahl Timothy Good Ted Phillips Dr. Jesse Marcel Jr. Dennis Balthaser ( emcee ) Scott Ramsey Ken Storch James P. Carrion As you can see--there are some HEAVY DUTY HEAVY HITTERS IN THE GROUP. Their bio's follow Title: "Flying Saucers and Science" Brief Bio Nuclear Physicist-Lecturer Stanton T. Friedman grew up in Linden, NJ, spent 2 years at Rutgers University, and then received his BSc.and MSc. Degrees in physics from the University of Chicago in 1955 and 1956. He was employed for 14 years as a... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1991665/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:27:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1968122/posts QUIX NOTE: 1. The following article is posted on FR by the kind written release and authorization of Steve Hammons. Email verification is available on demand. 2. The following is one of many good articles by Steve Hammons at AMERICAN CHRONICLE on a diversity of topics including UFO’s—a field he has done extensive high quality research and reporting on. Beyond that, he is actively seeking the truth with quality research teams focused on priority cases. I’m newly aware of him and his writing and research efforts. I’m very impressed with the quality of both as well as with his background... AMERICAN CHRONICLE WEBSITE OF STEVE HAMMONS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1968122/posts#comment Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:43:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1806377/posts The Aztec library UFO SYMPOSIUM fundraiser got off to it's usual start Friday evening with the MEET N GREET dinner--this time in the library closed for the evening. After the dinner, the event's main guest speakers traveled to the different tables for small group chats. Disappointingly, Travis Walton (movie FIRE IN THE SKY was about his experience) was late and will evidently arrive Sunday for his morning presentation. FEATURED SPEAKERS THIS YEAR INCLUDE: Stalwart Roswell resident and researcher Dennis Balthaser--who has been at all 10 Aztec Symposiums. Dennis has done over 350 TV, radio and other media interviews on the... Quix http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1806377/posts#comment Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:51:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711256/posts "Global Trends 2015" Terrorism-Related Excerpts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following items are terrorism-related items from the National Intelligence Council's "Global Trends 2015: A Dialogue About the Future With Nongovernment Experts" report (December 2000). Transnational Terrorism (page 50) States with poor governance; ethnic, cultural, or religious tensions; weak economies; and porous borders will be prime breeding grounds for terrorism. In such states, domestic groups will challenge the entrenched government, and transnational networks seeking safehavens. At the same time, the trend away from state-supported political terrorism and toward more diverse, free-wheeling, transnational networks—enabled by information technology—will continue. Some of the states that actively sponsor... CIA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711256/posts#comment Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:18:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703928/posts Report of an Independent Task Force, Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations with the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and the Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales, May 2005. (70-page pdf) List of Task Force members on page 9 and information on page 40. Little long, but very important. Source Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703928/posts#comment Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:21:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679491/posts Tehran & Damascus Move to Lebanon Lebanon-born Walid Phares is a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Author of the recent book Future Jihad, he was also one of the architects of 2004’s United Nations resolution 1559, which called for the disarming of Hezbollah. NRO editor Kathryn Lopez recently talked to Phares about what’s going on in the Mideast, what happened to the Cedar Revolution, and this war we’re all in. Kathryn Jean Lopez: What is “Future Jihad”? Are we seeing it in the Mideast now? Walid Phares: “Future Jihad,” which has already begun, refers to... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679491/posts#comment Mon, 7 Aug 2006 22:43:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668045/posts Senator Lindsey Graham often plays the contrarian, the conservative Republican willing to poke a stick in the eye of the White House. Mr. Graham advocates using the existing court-martial system as the basis for trying suspects, a position that has drawn fire from many other Republicans. Last year, against the wishes of the Bush administration, he was one of the key forces in helping pass a ban on torture. While some other Republicans argue that terrorists do not deserve legal or human rights, Mr. Graham has insisted that only a system grounded in the fundamental rights of the military code... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668045/posts#comment Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:09:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650751/posts The Islamist Challenge to the U.S. Constitution by David Kennedy Houck First in Europe and now in the United States, Muslim groups have petitioned to establish enclaves in which they can uphold and enforce greater compliance to Islamic law. While the U.S. Constitution enshrines the right to religious freedom and the prohibition against a state religion, when it comes to the rights of religious enclaves to impose communal rules, the dividing line is more nebulous. Can U.S. enclaves, homeowner associations, and other groups enforce Islamic law? Such questions are no longer theoretical. While Muslim organizations first established enclaves in Europe,[1]... the Middle East Quarterly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650751/posts#comment Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:08:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1646897/posts OTTAWA -- Greeted at the airport by limousine drivers holding single-letter "B" signs, global luminaries such as Henry Kissinger, David Rockefeller and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands began arriving in Ottawa Thursday for the annual gathering of the ultra-secretive Bilderberg Group. Over the next three days, they and other prominent political and business leaders from North America and Europe are expected to discuss issues such as the security threat posed by Iran and the direction of oil markets. The group's discreet approach was evident as attendees arrived at the Ottawa International Airport. Outside the airport, a phalanx of limousines queued... The Vancouver Province http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1646897/posts#comment Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:06:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628273/posts FORT TARIK, Iraq, May 7 (Reuters) - A senior U.S. general flew to Iraq's vast desert frontier with Iran on Sunday and vowed to stop what he said was the smuggling of bomb materials from Iran that is wreaking havoc among American troops. Landing by helicopter under the gun sights of Iranian border guards perched on a watchtower across the frontier, Lieutenant General Peter Chiarelli, the No. 2 U.S. general in Iraq, said U.S. and Iraqi forces securing the border will do "all we can" to stop roadside bombs. Known as improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, the home-made bombs are... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628273/posts#comment Sun, 7 May 2006 19:40:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1628267/posts UFO study finds no sign of aliens Mark Simpson BBC News The 400-page report was kept secret for six years Alleged UFO sightings A confidential Ministry of Defence report on Unidentified Flying Objects has concluded that there is no proof of alien life forms. In spite of the secrecy surrounding the UFO study, it seems citizens of planet Earth have little to worry about. The report, which was completed in 2000 and stamped "Secret: UK Eyes Only", has been made public for the first time. Only a small number of copies were produced and the identity of the man who... BBC NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1628267/posts#comment Sun, 7 May 2006 19:25:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628222/posts Been nice knowin' ya, America By Dimitri Vassilaros TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday, May 7, 2006 Will the next generation of U.S. citizens consider themselves Americans or post-Americans? Better still, why wouldn't they consider themselves post-Americans? Considering how quickly this republic is unraveling, is it too late to ask rhetorical questions? The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628222/posts#comment Sun, 7 May 2006 17:28:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625307/posts he new Republican presidential candidate must be agile, quietly brilliant, intuitively political, a cross between Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan -- overwhelmingly charming and deceptive enough to achieve our national goals without anyone seeing his lips or his fingers move. Who's waiting in the Republican wings that fits that description? Few, if any. ... .....So how does one choose the right man? C. Northcote Parkinson of Parkinson's Law fame had the answer. For every impossible job -- as per Winston Churchill or FDR in World War II or Reagan in the Cold War -- there is only one person who... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625307/posts#comment Tue, 2 May 2006 15:27:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1625361/posts <p>Seven miles north of Elberton, Georgia on Highway 77 stands an enigmatic monument known as "The Georgia Guidestones." A dedication written on each side of the capstone reads "Let these be Guidestones to an Age of Reason." This dedication is carved in four "dead" languages : Babylonian Cuneiform, Classical Greek, Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Sanskrit.</p> Surfing the Apocalypse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1625361/posts#comment Tue, 2 May 2006 16:30:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625458/posts He says many other notable things as well, including the idea that Turkey's admission into the EU is a step toward the inevitable Islamization of Europe. He also denounces the Jewish and Christian Scriptures as forgeries, in accord with mainstream Islamic thinking, and asserts that they teach hatred, in a nice bit of pot-calling-the-kettle-black activity. He recommends the Medieval Muslim forgery called "The Gospel of Barnabas" as a substitute. "Libyan Leader Mu'ammar Al-Qadhafi: Europe and the U.S. Should Agree to Become Islamic or Declare War on the Muslims," from MEMRI TV, with thanks to WC: Following are excerpts from a... Jihadwatch.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625458/posts#comment Tue, 2 May 2006 19:33:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625772/posts We were informed by my child's principal that Senators Hillary Clinton and Blanch Lincoln would be at his school for a reading program presentation. The letter said that only students and faculty could attend -- no parents or friends would be admitted. Usually the school has a real open door policy for parents. The program will not be taped (for later viewing of parents) as Clinton's press secretary will not allow it. So I can't even review what was said or hold anyone accountable. Supposedly this event is not to be used for political purposes. So what is it for? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625772/posts#comment Wed, 3 May 2006 04:20:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625993/posts We review here the current political landscape and our own efforts to address the attempts to undermine science education in Wisconsin. To mount an effective response, expertise in evolutionary biology and in the history of the public controversy is useful but not essential. However, entering the fray requires a minimal tool kit of information. Here, we summarize some of the scientific and legal history of this issue and list a series of actions that scientists can take to help facilitate good science education and an improved atmosphere for the scientific enterprise nationally. Finally, we provide some model legislation that has... American Society for Clinical Investigation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625993/posts#comment Wed, 3 May 2006 15:23:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626847/posts Two years ago, Charleston's Billy Schachte was caught in the undertow of presidential campaign debates over the circumstances of John Kerry's first Purple Heart. He had commanded Kerry's first Vietnam combat mission and his recollection of the experience was very much different than Kerry's published account. Today, this tussle over truth and confusion simmers on just beneath the public's attention. That's likely to change soon. Television news veteran Marvin Kalb and his daughter are working through a Harvard-based grant to publish a book that will include commentary on the effectiveness and the credibility of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth,... The Post and Courier http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1626847/posts#comment Thu, 4 May 2006 20:13:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1627282/posts Is the national ID card the next step toward the imposition of the biblical "mark of the beast" Christians believe will be required to buy and sell during the Last Days? That's the contention of a growing group of believers who are working to turn back the approval of the Real ID Act by Congress last year. Public Law 109-13 requires the national ID portion of the plan go into effect by May 2008. "There is a prophecy in the Bible that foretells a time when every person will be required to have a mark or a number, without which... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1627282/posts#comment Fri, 5 May 2006 14:21:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627815/posts What's up with Walmart. I just came back from getting groceries there and when I got to up to the checkout area there was a large rack of caps on display and each one had a symbol of Mexico...flag, insignia, emblems etc... I was also entertained by a blaring PA system playing Tejano too, just like every Saturday morning that I go there to get groceries. I guess that Walmart wanted to sell out Americans to make money on Cinco De Mayo celebrations...the one that Mexicans celebrate here in America with more gusto than the 4th of July. I have... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627815/posts#comment Sat, 6 May 2006 14:07:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1627814/posts For all those folks following the Good Book, we have some bad news. Turns out a lot of our modern Bible was tacked on, scratched out, and just plain garbled from the original Gospels as scribes over the millennia tried to present Christianity in what they thought was its truest light. In fact, many of our modern Bibles are based on the wrong originals, says Bart Ehrman in his best-selling book Misquoting Jesus: The Story behind who Changed the Bible and Why. Even our beloved King James version has several segments based on a 12th-century manuscript that scholars now say... CanWest NS / National Post [Canada] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1627814/posts#comment Sat, 6 May 2006 14:04:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1628005/posts In 2002, Gary McKinnon was arrested by the UK's national high-tech crime unit, after being accused of hacking into Nasa and the US military computer networks. He says he spent two years looking for photographic evidence of alien spacecraft and advanced power technology. America now wants to put him on trial, and if tried there he could face 60 years behind bars. Banned from using the internet, Gary spoke to Click presenter Spencer Kelly to tell his side of the story, ahead of his extradition hearing on Wednesday, 10 May. You can read what he had to say here. Spencer... bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1628005/posts#comment Sun, 7 May 2006 00:11:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1623074/posts The Set UP: Earlier this week, Boston area talk show host Michael Graham was interviewed by Imus on several issues, for example, Tony Snow, Bush and McCain. When asked about the "right wing" efforts to paint McCain as "crazy," Graham said that most of the time McCain sounds reasonable, but there is a fear that some mornings he wakes up and says to himself: "I think I'll limit the First Amendment today." Well, Imus asked him about that this morning, and McCain said that yeah, they're talking about the Campaign Finance Reform Law, and that given the choice between (paraphrasing... Imus in the Morning http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1623074/posts#comment Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:35:44 GMT