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Detroit may be trying to repair it's public image by calling Devil's Night Angel's night but the fact is Detroit is infamous for the arson spree taking place on Halloween night. Firefighters will face another night of it on Saturday and though the fires now don't burn like they did in the 80's and 90's the danger is still there. Right now, as this post is typed, Detroit firefighters are operating on a heavily invloved structure on Casper Street. It's nothing new to Detroit. Fire activity has been high for 35 years as Detroit has gone from a city to...

Listening to the radio this morning, I heard a caller identify herdelf as a native of Yuma, Arizona.

MSNBC cable news just had an announcement up with the newsanchor saying that "McCain is to appear on SNL this weekend." They did't expand on it further than that.

SABBATH VS. SUNDAY: THE REST OF THE STORY'Deception': Christians war over worship day Two thousand years after Jesus walked the Earth, Christians are at war with each other concerning – as strange as it may sound – a day of the week mentioned in the Ten Commandments. The issue boils down to: "When is God's Sabbath?" In other words, what is His holy day of rest? Most Christians today think it's Sunday, when the majority of churches hold services. But others confidently say it's Saturday, calling Sunday worship "the most flagrant error of mainstream Christianity," believing Sunday-keepers are victims of...

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David Broder calls South Carolina a must-win for Barack Obama, perhaps the 3,471st time a pundit has designated a state as such for a political candidate this year -- and we're only at January 23rd. Broder argues that after supposedly underperforming in New Hampshire and Nevada, Obama has to win the Palmetto State to maintain credibility. He has it exactly backward: South Carolina has become a must-win state for Barack Obama. Whatever the outcome of Saturday's Democratic presidential primary here, the Illinois senator has the money and the organization to compete in the nearly two dozen states voting on Feb....

SIERRA VISTA — The public is invited to honor and support veterans and active duty soldiers by attending the Veterans Day Parade on Saturday. The parade is scheduled to step off at 9 a.m. at Seventh Street and Fry Boulevard and will travel east on Fry to Veterans’ Memorial Park. Fry will be closed between these points beginning at approximately 8:50 a.m. through the duration of the parade. Seventh Street, Marianne Drive, Lenzner Avenue and Wilcox Drive (between Seventh Street and Lenzner Avenue) will be closed to traffic beginning at 7 a.m. to provide the staging area for the parade....

The most important aspect of immigration reform is to secure the border. The media and the pro-illegal agenda have created the myth that we can’t secure the border unless we do something for the 11 million. All of the bills being proposed in the US Senate only delay the House bill that deals directly with the border problem. American voters want to remove the 11 million out of this country by attrition and enforcement • The recall election of Pro-illegal immigration Governor Grey Davis was won by Arnold Schwarzenegger, who also got 31 percent of the Hispanic vote after opposing...

2006 ABC Saturday Night College Football schedule • Sept. 2, 8 p.m. ET: Notre Dame at Georgia Tech • Sept. 9, 8 p.m. ET: Ohio State at Texas • Sept. 16, 8 p.m. ET: Nebraska at USC • Sept. 23, 8 p.m. ET: Notre Dame at Michigan State; USC at Arizona • Sept. 30, 8 p.m. ET: Ohio State at Iowa or Michigan at Minnesota* • Oct. 7, 8 p.m. ET: Oregon at California; ACC, Big 12 or BIG EAST (12-day selection) • Oct. 14, 8 p.m. ET: Michigan at Penn State; Arizona State at USC • Nov. 4, 8...

For some students at the New School, in Manhattan, their institution and conservative politicians go together as well as Swiss cheese and peanut butter. Bob Kerrey, the institution’s president and a former Democratic governor and senator from Nebraska, announced this spring that U.S. Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican and past and possibly future presidential candidate, would be the commencement speaker at the New School. Kerrey said the senator’s acceptance “is a big honor for our graduates and their families.” But hundreds of students, staff and faculty members at the institution of about 9,000 students have signed paper and online...

April 22, 2006 Saturday in the Octave of Easter Psalm: Saturday 18 Reading 1Acts 4:13-21 Observing the boldness of Peter and Johnand perceiving them to be uneducated, ordinary men,the leaders, elders, and scribes were amazed,and they recognized them as the companions of Jesus.Then when they saw the man who had been cured standing there with them,they could say nothing in reply.So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin,and conferred with one another, saying,“What are we to do with these men?Everyone living in Jerusalem knows that a remarkable signwas done through them, and we cannot deny it.But so that it may...

Shuttle from Selma taking marchers to New Orleans By Cassandra Mickens Tuesday, March 28, 2006 8:58 PM CST The Selma Times-Journal The Dallas County New South Coalition, the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, the 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement and the Dallas County Democratic Conference have joined together to shuttle area residents to the Return, Vote and Rebuild March in New Orleans Saturday, April 1. Those interested in marching will board charter buses at Memorial Stadium at 3 a.m. Saturday. The cost of the trip is $30 per person. Call (334) 418-0800 or (334) 875-3947 for more information. The...

Shouldn't we Keep Sunday in Honor of the Resurrection? It is true that Jesus rose on the first day of the week, but nowhere is there the slightest intimation in the Bible for anyone to keep that day holy. The basis for Sabbathkeeping is the direct handwritten command of God. Many wonderful events occurred on certain days of the week, but we have no command to keep them holy. Jesus died for our sins on Friday. That is probably the most significant event in all of recorded history. It marks the moment my death sentence was commuted and my salvation...

Guess who's hosting this edition of the singles thread!?! Scary, ain't it folks. Anyhow, in the process of cleaning out boxes, it came to me....the questions that we all ask ourselves as we uncover chunks of our long lost past..... What WAS I thinking!?! So, my questions to all of you are: What hobby or interest did you have when you were younger that you still have a passion for? Ok, now....is there something you used to do that you now think "I can't believe I used to like that!" Same with music--- What was your favorite band/song in highschool,...

Pakistanis 'killed in US strike' Two Pakistani nomad women have been killed after a rocket fired across the border from Afghanistan landed on their tent, Pakistani officials say. Four children were hurt in the attack late on Saturday in North Waziristan. Locals say US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan fired four rockets into Pakistan's tribal area after coming under fire from unknown attackers. A US spokesman confirmed coalition forces had returned fire into Pakistan, but was not aware of casualties. Post 'attacked'The incident is the third this year in which civilians have been killed inside Pakistani territory in apparent missile strikes...

Washington, D.C. 'Out of Iraq' Town Hall Meeting This Saturday Thu Jan 5, 11:07 AM ET To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor Contact: Karen Bradley, 202-669-3927; or Christine Yorty, 703-447-6726 News Advisory: WHO: -- David Swanson, moderator, co-founder, After Downing Street -- Allan J. Lichtman, history professor, American University -- Lila Rajiva, author of Abu Ghraib and the Media, The Language of Empire -- Cliff Kindy, Christian Peacemaker Teams -- Kevin Zeese, peace activist, Democracy Rising -- D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (invited) WHAT: Out of Iraq Town Meeting WHEN: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 7 WHERE: Washington, D.C....

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 4, 2006) -- The 6th annual U.S. Army All-American Bowl will showcase the best high-school football players in the nation as it airs nationally on NBC beginning at noon (Central Standard Time) Jan. 7. The game will also be streamlined live on the Web through Army Knowledge Online at www.us.army.mil. AKO access requires an account, officials pointed out, and they added QuickTime software will also be required to view the game. All Soldiers and Army civilian employees are authorized AKO accounts. Family members and others can receive guest accounts if sponsored by an AKO account...

Reporter's Notebook: The Making of "Winning Iraq" By Greg Palkot FNC's Greg Palkot It was one of those good news/bad news offers. The good news is you get to go to Iraq to do something more than the typical schedule of live shots. The bad news is you get to go to Iraq and do more than the typical schedule of live shots. Meaning: You put yourself in as much harm's way as nearly possible to find out how people not trying to cause harm are living. You see the point is, we, out of necessity in the business,...

N.C. Hearing Opens on 1979 Klan Killings By TIM WHITMIRE, Associated Press Writer 32 minutes ago Signe Waller, right, is comforted by Cory Wechler, a friend, on stage as she reads her prepared statement, Friday, July 15, 2005, during the public hearing of the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Greensboro, N.C. Waller was at the November 3, 1979 anti-Ku Klux Klan rally when a violent confrontation between Communist Workers Party members and the Ku Klux at Morningside Homes in Greensboro, left five CWP members dead, including her husband Dr. Jim Waller. (AP Photo/Lynn Hey) GREENSBORO, N.C. - The widow...

Couldn't find it last week... can't find it today !!! Searches do not provide any Saturday Canteen Jukebox for 21 May 2005 !!!

Most candid souls will admit that the world is in spiritual pain. Continual disregard of Fatima's warning will doom generations to spiritual bankruptcy. This is especially true in the disregard for the First Saturday devotions. The America Needs Fatima campaign is making a special effort to help Catholics remember. Our Blessed Mother has given us the means to heal and restore order, harmony and peace with a simple solution of prayer and penance, and following the Five First Saturday's specific instructions. The America Needs Fatima staff is promoting this devotion in a 425,000 prayer-card campaign. Five individual cards have been...

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Dec. 14, 2004 22:43 | Updated Dec. 15, 2004 19:49 Saturday's slippery slope By WENDY BLUMFIELD As the controversy resurfaces about Shabbat shopping, opinions are divided. Do Israelis have the right to spend their one day of leisure as they wish? It is not simply a divide between Orthodox and secular. While the Orthodox do not want their neighborhoods disturbed by commercial traffic on Shabbat – as will happen if the status quo changes in Haifa and the Grand Canyon mall stays open seven days a week – not all secular people want to see Shabbat degenerate into yet another...

2004 VOTE GOP Convention Highlights This Saturday, C-SPAN is reairing some key Republican Convention speeches from earlier this week. Speakers include: Graham, McCain, 9/11 Families, Giuliani, George P. Bush, Steele, Schwarzenegger, Laura Bush, Miller, V.P. & Lynne Cheney, Franks, Pataki, and Pres. Bush. SAT. FROM 10AM-3PM ET

Former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, dispatched by the CIA in February 2002 to investigate reports that Iraq sought to reconstitute its nuclear weapons program with uranium from Africa, was specifically recommended for the mission by his wife, a CIA employee, contrary to what he has said publicly. -------- snip! ---------- Wilson's assertions -- both about what he found in Niger and what the Bush administration did with the information -- were undermined yesterday in a bipartisan Senate intelligence committee report. ...

This is an update to my previous post: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1147151/posts The meeting time is --11:30 a.m.-- and we are still meeting at Embarcadero bart. Also, Channel 7 news called me and said they are interested in meeting us. I advised them of our final rally point, Justin Herman Plaza. Anyone who can show up should definately try to be here. We are anticipating our largest group to date. We welcome you all to attend if you can.

Please join us in 1st year Celebration. Car Wash/Rally/BBQ & Troop Support. Almaden Feed & Fuel, 18950 Almaden Road, San Jose, Calif. 11:30a -2:30p.

What could be more entertaining than Al Sharpton winning the Democratic nomination for president? Probably won't happen but, it's fun watching Democrats squirm at the prospect. (www.republicansforsharpton.com) All Republicans should be working to help Big Al receive as much media attention as possible. I hope he does well on SNL tonight...talk about leading the Democratic Party into oblivion. Run Al, Run! - Metro

I walked into the living room and fell on the couch laughing - why? Al Sharpton is going to be on Saturday Night Live this weekend. The man is emulating Al Gore!! I wonder if he is as good as actor as Gore is?

Speech Iowa Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner Democratic Party, Iowa Hillary Rodham Clinton , D-NY 8:30 pm EST

It's not easy being a humorist. Some days you wade knee-deep in a flood of ideas, quips and witty repartees. The only problem you have then is deciding which of your comic gems to use and which to save for the drought that you know is coming. And the droughts always come. That's most days. I know I've written some really funny pieces. And I also know that I've written some real clunkers. The way I know that I'm really hitting my comic stride is when I laugh out loud as the words pour from my keyboard (Alas, it's been...

Calling all Central Ohio FReepers!!!"OPERATION RALLY-FEST" Supporting our Delaware County TroopsSaturday April 12, 2003 ---- 2pm-7pmDowntown Winter StreetFeaturing live performance- The Gambler BandVery large raffle, FREE booths, Salvation Army Canteen, Kids Entertainment, Guest Speakers!ALL PROCEEDS will be presented to Delaware County Armed Forces at 6pm same day

G'day, I just managed to get onto Les Kinsolving's show (which you can hear at www.wcbm.com) and discussed Freerepublic.com and the Patriot's Rally we are going to have Saturday. Being the gentleman that he is, he repeated the information I gave him 3 times.

Pro-US Rally By Korean-Americans to Be Held in Washington March 1st by Joo Yong-joong (midway@chosun.com) Korean-American organizations in Washington DC will hold a demonstration against anti-United States sentiment in S. Korea in front of the White House on March 1, while mass gatherings will be held in Seoul opposing the withdrawal of the US Forces Korea. The demonstration in Washington, organized by the Asia Pacific Human Rights Conference and sponsored by Maryland Korean Church Council, will also demand democratization in North Korea and measures to be taken for North Korean refugees. The organizing committee said Tuesday that the security of...

<p>A meeting of the Heart of Texas Chapter of FreeRepublic.com will be held this Saturday, March 1. Most of those attending the meeting will meet first at the Capitol in Austin at 2 PM for a pro-America rally to support our nation, President, and troops. From the rally, we will go to my (basil's) house for dinner and a movie.</p>

Hey, how bout a live thread for the SNL show? Let's see if Senator Showbiz will be a patriot or a self-serving smug clown? LET'S FIND OUT!!!!!!!!!!!

Is anyone getting groups together to head up to the Capitol?

Will not practice with the team, but will play Saturday.Could be an emotional lift for the Hoosier Daddies against Oklahoma..