http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/rerun/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 17:05:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3022570/posts Lois Lerner, director of the IRS division that singled out conservative groups, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refused to testify at a House oversight hearing on the scandal. Lois Lerner, director of the IRS division that singled out conservative groups, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refused to testify at a House oversight hearing on the scandal. Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3022570/posts#comment Wed, 22 May 2013 17:05:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3012109/posts Outraged parents say a New York middle school instructed young female students to ask one another for a lesbian kiss – and boys learned how to spot young sluts – in an anti-bullying presentation on gender identity and sexual orientation, according to Fox News’ Todd Starnes. According to Starnes’ Report, the children attended a special April 11 health class taught by college students at Linden Avenue Middle School in Red Hook, N.Y. Parents say they were not notified of the presentation. The students were introduced to terms such as “pansexual” and “genderqueer.” Some of the young female students said they... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3012109/posts#comment Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:02:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011814/posts Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that Tamerlan Tsarnaev returned from Russia last year "with a willingness to kill people." He was asked after a meeting in Belgium if the United States has a problem with young people being hopeless about their futures, an issue that countries like Syria are grappling with. "Well, of course we have the same problem. We just had a young person who went to Russia, Chechnya, who blew people up in Boston," Kerry said. "So he didn’t stay where he went, but he learned something where he went and he came back with a... Politico44 A Living Diary of the Obama Presidency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011814/posts#comment Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:50:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009705/posts WASHINGTON (AP) — Blocked by Congress from expanding gun sale background checks, President Barack Obama is turning to actions within his own power to keep people from buying a gun who are prohibited for mental health reasons. Federal law bans certain mentally ill people from purchasing firearms, but not all states are providing data to stop the prohibited sales to the FBI's background check system. A federal review last year found 17 states contributed fewer than 10 mental health records to the database, meaning many deemed by a judge to be a danger still could have access to guns. The... AP / Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009705/posts#comment Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:10:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2986138/posts Via the Examiner, the only thing that makes this slightly less creepy than Demi Moore’s famous pledge of allegiance to The One is the fact that Rock can always plead “it’s a joke” later on. Is it, though? If you wanted a concise explanation of why liberals are suddenly A-OK with kill lists and drone strikes, you could do worse than this. Exit question: Is the president still our dad and our boss when he’s a Republican? Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2986138/posts#comment Thu, 7 Feb 2013 05:00:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2985491/posts EL MONTE (CBSLA.com) — A teenaged boy and girl severed their fingers during a game of tug-of-war at South El Monte High School Monday. The accident happened during lunchtime homecoming week celebrations at the school, located at 1001 Durfee Avenue. “They wrapped the rope around their hands and somehow the rope when on to snap, I guess it created some extra tension and caused the injuries,” Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Brian Riley told KNX 1070. The boy reportedly lost four fingers. Officials did not say how many fingers the female student lost. Both students are reportedly athletes at the... CBSLA.com) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2985491/posts#comment Tue, 5 Feb 2013 17:10:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2976527/posts From the leader of the unfailing public servants who brought you 350,000 Chicago students abandoned for two weeks, comes this gem. Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union: In the clip, recorded Dec. 2 during her keynote address of the Illinois Labor History Society’s Union Hall of Honor dinner and posted on YouTube Monday, Lewis noted that an earlier generation of labor leaders resolved their differences with the rich with a very straightforward mantra: "Off with their heads.""Do not think for a minute that the wealthy are ever going to allow you to legislate their riches away from them,"... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2976527/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jan 2013 22:46:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2976361/posts <p>Temperatures in the contiguous United States last year were the hottest in more than a century of record-keeping, shattering the mark set in 1998 by a wide margin, the federal government announced Tuesday.</p> <p>The average temperature in 2012 was 55.3 degrees, one degree above the previous record and 3.2 degrees higher than the 20th-century average, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. They described the data as part of a longer-term trend of hotter, drier and potentially more extreme weather.</p> Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2976361/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jan 2013 14:45:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2976247/posts Urooj Khan had sworn off playing the lottery after he took an Islamic pilgrimage to the Middle East in 2010, but as he stood in a 7-Eleven near his home on Chicago's Far North Side this summer, he lost his will for a moment, handing over $60 to buy two instant-game tickets. After scratching off the second ticket, he leaped in the air, shouting over and over again, "I hit a million!" When Khan, 46, accepted an oversized check from Illinois Lottery representatives days later at the same store with his wife and teenage daughter at his side, he spoke... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2976247/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jan 2013 02:27:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2973973/posts I'm a little under the weather today --- a drag when you have family visiting from out of town --- so we're a little late getting a thread started on the Biden-McConnell fiscal-cliff deal. The Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of the package, which deals with tax rates but pushes spending decisions out another two months: The Senate, in a pre-dawn vote two hours after the deadline passed to avert automatic tax increases, overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday that would allow tax rates to rise only on affluent Americans while temporarily suspending sweeping, across-the-board spending cuts.The deal, worked out in... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2973973/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jan 2013 19:36:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2873153/posts <p>MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia handcuffed a kindergartner after the girl threw a tantrum and the police chief defended the action.</p> <p>The girl's family demanded Tuesday that this central Georgia city change policy so that other children aren't treated the same way. They say the child was shaken up by being put in a cell at the police station.</p> Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2873153/posts#comment Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:22:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2652070/posts Nearly 20 Democrats abandoned their party’s pick for speaker of the House, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a sign of their concerns about supporting the unpopular former speaker and of the difficulty she will have in marshaling her forces in legislative battles to come in the next two years. Pelosi brushed off the 18 votes for other lawmakers on Wednesday afternoon — 11 of them for North Carolina’s Heath Shuler — in a brief exchange with POLITICO. “We’re excited about the votes I got,” said the California Democrat, who handed over the speaker’s gavel to John Boehner of Ohio at... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2652070/posts#comment Wed, 5 Jan 2011 21:18:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2646651/posts Happy Festivus everyone!!!! May your Feats of Strength go well and have fun with the Airing of Grievances! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2646651/posts#comment Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:48:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2586728/posts A buxom Playboy centerfold tried to bust out -- midair -- from a jet yesterday amid a bad case of high anxiety. Sexy 21-year-old model Tiffany Livingston was aboard JetBlue Flight 522 from Orlando, Fla., to Newark when she bolted from her seat and tried to open the door of the plane, a law-enforcement official said. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2586728/posts#comment Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:11:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2548458/posts GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A man went to the police after getting robbed by a woman he intended to pay for sex, but refused when she flashed a smile full of bad teeth. The man told investigators he and a 25-year-old woman were negotiating a price until he noticed her dental problems. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2548458/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jul 2010 19:49:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2427174/posts MONDAY, JANUARY 18, FROM 8AM-7PM (ET/PT) New York, NY — January 12, 2010 — David Vincent has seen them. Returning home after a hard day, the architect parks his car in an old ghost town to rest. He is awakened in the middle of the night by a spacecraft landing nearby. From this moment, Vincent will risk his life to persuade a skeptical world that Earth has been invaded by aliens from a dying planet, who have taken human form as an advance guard paving the way for the ultimate conquest of the planet. The nightmare has begun. Syfy is... SyFy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2427174/posts#comment Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:53:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359912/posts The Talk Shows Sunday, October 11th, 2009 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Govs. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., and Mitch Daniels, R-Ind; Wynn Resorts Ltd. CEO Steve Wynn.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Lindsay Graham, R-S.C.; retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey; retired Gen. Richard Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Jack Reed, D-R.I. THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.; Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass.; retired Army Gen. Jack Keane. STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sens.... Various driveby media television networks http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359912/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:03:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2208795/posts It's official! New Line is developing a feature film based on "MacGyver." The daughter of Dino De Laurentiis, Raffaella De Laurentiis, is producing the film through her Raffaella Prods. And Mister Laurentiis is taking the role of executive producer. According to a recent poll, "MacGyver" beat "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "24" as America's favorite TV action hero! So can "MacGyver" be a global franchise? New Line's Richard Brener says, "We think we're a stick of chewing gum, a paper clip and an A-list writer away from a global franchise." imdb http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2208795/posts#comment Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:52:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082850/posts The quality of "Saturday Night Live" season premieres is almost always on the shaky side, and the 34th season debut was no exception. It took off, however, like a skyrocket. Saturday's "cold open" sketch — a "Nonpartisan Message From Sarah Palin & Hillary Clinton" — rose to the occasion and then kept rising, right into the stratosphere. Former writer and cast member Tina Fey, making a brief return to the show, played the Republican vice presidential candidate, with pregnant cast member Amy Poehler doing her surefire, time-tested Clinton beside her. In the parlance of the show, they "killed." With CNN... San Jose Mercury News/Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082850/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:53:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2082747/posts Mickey Mouse is a corrupting influence and must die, a Muslim cleric has declared. Sheikh Muhammad Munajid claimed the mouse is "one of Satan's soldiers" and makes everything it touches impure. But he warned that depictions of the creature in cartoons such as Tom and Jerry, and Disney's Mickey Mouse, had taught children that it was in fact loveable. The cleric, a former diplomat at the Saudi embassy in Washington DC, said that under Sharia, both household mice and their cartoon counterparts must be killed. London Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2082747/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:52:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077838/posts (AP / WASHINGTON) — Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bush's tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting such an increase would further hurt the economy. Nevertheless, Obama has no plans to extend the Bush tax cuts beyond their expiration date, as Republican John McCain advocates. Instead, Obama wants to push for his promised tax cuts for the middle class, he said in a broadcast interview aired Sunday. "Even if we're still in a recession, I'm going to go through with my tax cuts," Obama... ap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077838/posts#comment Tue, 9 Sep 2008 02:20:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071492/posts A San Francisco radio host billed by his station as the "Lion of the Left" was sentenced yesterday to seven years of prison on a charge of e-mailing images of child pornography. Bernie Ward, a former Catholic priest who is now married with four children, hosted a Sunday radio program called "God Talk" on San Francisco-area radio station KGO-AM 810 and another program on weeknights devoted to news and politics. According to several reports, Ward earned his "Lion of the Left" nickname for his outspoken and staunchly liberal viewpoints. Ward came under FBI investigation last year after a woman with... worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071492/posts#comment Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:24:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056244/posts Denver, CO (LifeNews.com) -- During the Democratic convention in Denver where pro-abortion presidential candidate Barack Obama will be coronated as the party's nominee, a leading pro-abortion group will put on a big shindig. Emily's List will unite failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Obama's wife Michelle. That Barack Obama's wife would attend a gala for a pro-abortion group that supports partial-birth abortions and taxpayer-funded abortions is no surprise. Michelle Obama came under fire in May for a letter she wrote defending partial-birth abortions. The 2004 letter, written to help Obama in his campaign for his U.S. Senate seat, opposes the... LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056244/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:34:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043092/posts michaelsavage.wnd.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043092/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 21:50:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2036648/posts The Greenest Show on Earth: Democrats Gear Up for Denver From Organic Fanny Packs to 'Pure' Trash, Party Planners Face Logistical Nightmare By STEPHANIE SIMON June 25, 2008; Page A1 DENVER -- As the Mile High City gears up to host a Democratic bash for 50,000, organizers are discovering the perils of trying to stage a political spectacle that's also politically correct. Consider the fanny packs. Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2036648/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:59:44 GMT