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(Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania – 09/10/08) - Philip J. Berg, Esquire, the Attorney who filed suit against Barack H. Obama challenging Senator Obama’s eligibility to serve as President of the United States, filed a Motion for Extensive and Expedited Discovery including the Depositions of Barack Obama and Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee [DNC] with a Special Master in the case of Berg vs. Obama, Civil Action No. 08-cv-4083, on 09/09/08. Berg stressed to the Court the urgency of this case as, we the people, are heading to a “Constitutional Crisis” if this case is not resolved forthwith.

The 2007 FreeRepublic LexiconAKA "The Freepism, Freepology, Lingo, Dictionary, Terminology, Lore Handbook" A revised and condensed version of The Lexicon of FreeRepublic, culled from Lexicon of FreeRepublic - 4th Edition and Freeper Lingo Thread (the history and meening of 'Freepisms' including pictures). Thanks to the many Freepers who contributed! (see also The 2007 FreeRepublic Lexicon) I have attempted to include all definitions and histories provided to me and give credit to those who provided me the information. I apologize, in advance to those I failed to credit, but please understand that it was very difficult to keep up with all...

A former pastor at Plano’s Prestonwood Baptist Church now faces six more counts of online solicitation of a minor, authorities said. Joe Barron was first arrested by the Bryan Police Department last month after he tried to meet with a person he believed to be a 13-year-old girl for sex, authorities said. The two had communicated online. Mr. Barron was charged with one count of online solicition of a minor. He later posted $7,000 bail and was released. He was arrested again Wednesday afternoon and faces four additional counts of online solicitation from the Bryan Police Department and two additional...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. needs a new, modern arsenal of nuclear weapons to use as a deterrent to attacks from other nations for the remainder of the 21st century, the top military commander for strategic warfare said Tuesday. Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton, head of the military's Strategic Command, said if the Pentagon develops an improved, more reliable nuclear weapon, the U.S. will be able to reduce the number of warheads it keeps on hand. “So long as there are other countries in the world that possess enough nuclear weapons to destroy the United States of America and our way...

Gulf Region North district encompasses 66,000 square miles in seven of Iraq’s 18 provinces, north and east of Baghdad. Its four strategic cities are Mosul, Samarra, Kirkuk and Baqubah. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has project and construction management responsibility for the Iraq Reconstruction Program; and it assists Iraq’s provincial governments as they assume responsibility for managing their infrastructure development, and the capability to sustain it. COB SPEICHER — In the city of Samarra, Iraq, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed 40 of the 45 planned projects in the Iraq Reconstruction Program. “We’re joining the Iraqi people...

My eWEEK Labs colleague Andrew Garcia has independently confirmed a report that will appear in tomorrow's Windows Secrets newsletter: Windows Update is fetching and installing some updates without end users' consent. Windows Secrets contacted eWEEK and Microsoft Watch earlier this afternoon about the discovery. Tomorrow, Windows Secrets' Scott Dunn will report that Windows Update has started "altering files on users' systems without displaying any dialog box to request permission. The only altered files that have been reported to date are 18 small executables used by WU itself. Microsoft is patching these files silently, even if auto-updates have been disabled on...

The Senate did not meet again today, and that’s a big mistake. We are running a very real risk of another Gray-Davis-sized fiscal crisis next year and for exactly the same reason: the governor increased spending much too fast, the economy is now cooling, and the level of spending cannot be sustained. We have to take decisive action now to avert far more difficult choices in the immediate future. The proper parliamentary process is to put forth a clean senate bill that can be amended – and then to allow individual amendments to be presented – one after another –...

Frontpage Interview’s guest today is R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., the founder and editor in chief of The American Spectator. [Snip] FP: What inspired you to write this book? Tyrrell: The rogue himself. He is one of the most preposterous figures in American political history. [Snip] FP: Illuminate for us a few of the ingredients that make Bill Clinton a tortured man in his retirement. Tyrrell: He senses that he has failed as a President—there are many examples of this in the book. Hence you see his angry outbursts in the book. But he also, being a sociopath, cannot perceive that...

I thought I would put up this vanity for the benefit of those (myself included) who missed the recent 'dust up' over Giuliani. Obviously, there have been strong feelings over the Republican candidates with te various sides knocking each other around on the issues and, unfortunately, on meaningless personal items. Things came to a head about a week ago with Jim Robinson's post regarding Giuliani and FR's principles (the post has since turned into an undead/bugzapper thread). Ultimately, several Freepers (of various 'ages' - some old, some new) had their accounts terminated by request, opus, or zot (click here if...

I have been having a recurring problem with this Windows Update for the last few months.  No matter how many times I accept the update, install it, it always "returns" at another time.  If I uncheck and then check "do not notify me about this update again", it still returns anyway.  Has anyone else had an issue with this? Maybe I would just be better off to uninstall Windows Defender?  

...“Simply put, he is reading,” said Dr. Philip Marion, the medical director for the rehabilitative medicine department. A reading test “showed that he is comprehending written material and successfully following written commands.” Mr. Johnson is also speaking in full sentences and initiating conversations. “Tim is enjoying reading the many cards and letters from his friends across the state,” said Barbara Johnson, his wife. “One of his doctors described his progress to date as miraculous. There is no doubt in my mind that the many prayers that have been offered for his recovery are being answered.”

Note: I am excerpting only some recent opinions from this long article. Most of the remainder has been posted on FR in one form or another; however, the article is well written and clear. ...His doctors say Johnson improves each week. He watches CNN. He was able to remind his therapist of his youngest grandson's name and cheer on the Indianapolis Colts. He participates in three hours of physical, occupational and speech therapy a day, and it's anticipated that recovery could take months. Three weeks ago, he was moved from the intensive care unit to the in-patient rehabilitation unit. David...

...The news from the hospital has been good, so far. "In talking to his physicians, we really feel optimistic and confident that he is going to make a full recovery," says Brendan Johnson, 31, one of the senator's three children and a lawyer in Sioux Falls, S.D. "It is something that takes time. Unfortunately, we don't have any type of exact timetable." Johnson speaks only a few words at a time. "He's not conversational, in terms of long conversation," Brendan Johnson says. "He's clearly registering when we discuss topics." Johnson undergoes three hours of therapy every day, working with parallel...

Senator Johnson is showing evidence of more functional, spontaneous speech and is indicating preferences. He is answering questions and following commands appropriately,” said Dr. Philip Marion, medical director of the hospital’s Department of Rehabilitative Medicine, where Johnson is being treated as an inpatient. Johnson was moved from the intensive care unit Jan. 11. According to a statement released by his office Thursday, Johnson’s has been watching movies with his family when he is not working with physical and speech therapists. He has asked that his television be tuned to CNN, and his wife Barbara said he is aware that President...

U.S. Senator Tim Johnson is spending Thursday, his 60th birthday, sedated in a Washington, D.C. hospital. Family members plan to be at his bedside. Senator Johnson remains sedated after undergoing emergency surgery two weeks ago for bleeding in the brain. A Johnson spokesman says his family remains optimistic but could not say how long he'll remain under sedation. The senator has been in critical condition since the surgery. He is sedated to help minimize the swelling of his brain.

Just received this e-mail from my niece, Gretchen regarding Chris.

Hot off the newswire, C|Net is reporting that Microsoft is working on an issue with the Microsoft Update platform that was delaying distribution of today’s updates. Oddly enough, as of 10 minutes ago, my update worked just fine. "Due to technical difficulties experienced on the Microsoft Update platform, security updates released today are not currently available via Microsoft Update, Automatic Updates, Windows Server Update Services or Windows Update v6," the software maker said.

The 10.4.8 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies: - connecting to wireless networks using the EAP-FAST protocol - Apple USB modem reliability - using OpenType fonts in Microsoft Word - compatibility with 3rd party USB hubs - scanner performance - RAW camera support - printing documents with Asian language names - performance of the Translation widget - broadband network performance - security updates For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n304200. For detailed information on Security Updates, please visit this...

What's New in Firefox 1.5.0.6 Firefox 1.5.0.6 is a stability update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version. Fixed an issue with playing Windows Media content Release Date: August 2, 2006 Downloading Firefox 1.5.0.6 Mozilla.com provides Firefox for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X in a variety of languages. To get Firefox 1.5.0.6, download it here. For builds for other systems and languages not provided, see the Contributed Builds section at the end of this document.

The 10.4.7 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies. It includes fixes for: - preventing AFP deadlocks and dropped connections - saving Adobe and Quark documents to AFP mounted volumes - Bluetooth file transfers, pairing and connecting to a Bluetooth mouse, and syncing to mobile phones - audio playback in QuickTime, iTunes, Final Cut Pro, and Soundtrack applications - ensuring icons are spaced correctly when viewed on desktop - determining the space required to burn folders - iChat audio and video connectivity, creating chat...

What Credit Monitoring Will VA Offer?NEW: How Will VA Provide Credit Monitoring?As part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) continuing efforts to protect and assist those potentially affected by the recent data theft that occurred at an employee's Maryland home, VA announced on June 21 that the agency will provide one year of free credit monitoring to individuals whose sensitive personal information - Social Security Number (SSN) - may have been stolen in the incident.VA also announced on June 21 the Department is soliciting bids to hire a company that provides data breach analysis, which will look for possible...

Thursday, June 01, 2006 Reuters Death Threat Update 9 Writer Tom Gross has been following the saga of the death threat we received from a Reuters employee, and he has independently confirmed that Inayat Bunglawala, media secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain, works for Reuters as a senior systems engineer at their Docklands offices in East London. Reuters “Zionist pig” death threat update. Following the previous dispatch, Reuters employee issues “Zionist pig” death threat (May 30, 2006), several journalists have asked me to confirm that Inayat Bunglawala is an employee of Reuters. He is. Bunglawala, who also serves as...

On Monday evening at about 9:10 pm, I saw an icon in my XP Home Edition (with SP2) computer, telling me that a Windows update needed to be installed. I clicked on it, and it did the installation. When I restarted Windows, and went into Word and PowerPoint, I found I could not do a save or a save as. When I tried either command, the application simply froze up (the little application icon at the top left of the window became a white rectangle). When I clicked to close the window, Windows gave me the "application is not responding"...

What's New in Firefox 1.5.0.2 Firefox 1.5.0.2 provides native support for Macintosh with Intel Core processors, and stability and security enhancements that are part of our ongoing program to provide a safer Internet experience for our users. We recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest version. Here's what's new in Firefox 1.5.0.2: Universal Binary support for Mac OS X which provides native support for Macintosh with Intel Core processors. Firefox supports the enhancements to performance introduced by the new MacIntel chipsets. Improvements to product stability. Several security fixes. The Burning Edge has more detailed lists of notable bug...

Hi FRiends ~ Sorry this update is a bit late. I have been unable to get online since Friday afternoon. After a lot of trouble shooting, my husband finally discover that the router cable to my computer had been chewed through......one of our cute neighborhood squirrels, most likely. Anyway, hubby replaced the cable this afternoon so I thought I'd come out and give you an update on what is now going with me.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- At least seven people were killed Friday by severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that swept across central Tennessee, state officials said. All seven deaths were in Sumner County northeast of Nashville, said Eddie Boatwright, spokesman for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. He said the deaths were confirmed by hospitals and emergency workers but names of the victims were not yet unavailable. Fire Chief Joe Womack said three bodies were pulled from the wreckage of homes in the Woodhaven subdivision of Gallatin, about 24 miles northeast of Nashville. The three bodies were loaded into an ambulance in the...

Minneapolis Police have made two arrests in the Uptown murder of Michael Zebuhr. Police have confirmed two black males have been arrested in the two-week-old murder. Police say one of the suspects is an adult, and the other a juvenile. Zebuhr was fatally shot the evening of March 18th after he left a restaurant with his family. Zebuhr is originally of Buckhannon, West Virginia and was a Ph. D. candidate in the bioengineering program at Clemson University in South Carolina. He and his mother were in Minneapolis to visit his sister. Police sources say the two suspects will be charged...

CINCINNATI -- Carson Palmer still faces many uncertainties as he rehabs his left knee. How many games -- if any -- will he miss this fall? And who might fill in for him now that former backup Jon Kitna signed as a free agent with Detroit? He says he expects to play in the regular-season opener, but that also might be in question. "I wish I knew when I was coming back," Palmer said Wednesday. "The last thing I need to do is push anything too early and push back the date that I can really step on the field...

Dateline: Basnar Squirrel War Headquarters Subject: WMD Night Attack Animals can communicate better than we previously thought. “Prairie dogs have a language. They talk, and they sometimes talk about us,” according to Con Slobodchikoff, a professor of biology at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, as quoted in the Jan. 6, 2005, Arizona Daily Star. For example, the rodents can tell other prairie dogs whether the approaching threat is a predator or a human. They can even detect and transmit differences in the color of the clothes that humans are wearing, Slobodchikoff says. I’ve been writing for years about the abilities...

The 10.4.4 Update delivers overall improved reliability and compatibility for Mac OS X v10.4 and is recommended for all users. It includes fixes for: - SMB/CIFS and NFS network file services - Bluetooth wireless access - Core Graphics, Core Audio, Core Image, RAW camera support, including updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers - Spotlight indexing and searching - AppleScript, iChat, DVD Player, and Safari applications - Dashboard widgets: Calendar and Stocks - Software Update and Sync Services - compatibility with USB and FireWire devices and third party applications - previous standalone security updates For detailed information on this Update, please...

I don't think we can post articles from this slimy source, but it's a severe enough alert to make it important to be widely known. Select the source above for some details.

Last month I introduced you to Nikolette Harris, a twelve year old girl from my parish who is fighting leukemia for the third time. Here are some major updates: 1. GOOD NEWS: In the past two weeks, the football fans in Oregon have discovered Nikolette's case and have helped raise $25,000 for her treatment ("only" $100,000 to go). 2. GOOD NEWS: The football trend continues: from this story: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls05/news/story?id=2261066 we find that several bowl games are competing to raise funds for Nikolette. 3. GOOD NEWS (after bad): After having all of her bone marrow inactivated by chemotherapy to put her...

About Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 3 for Mac OS X v 10.4.2 or later Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 3 allows applications and applets developed for the J2SE 5.0 platform to run on Mac OS X v 10.4.2 and later. This update does not change the default version of Java on your Mac from Java 1.4.2 to J2SE 5.0, though Java applications that require J2SE 5.0 may specifically request it. You can change the preferred Java version for applications and applets by using the new Java Preferences utility. This utility is installed by...

Hi everyone - I got news last night that my younger brother Mike had a massive heart attack yesterday. He was recovering from an aneurism in his brain (an attack he had last year). They put him on a machine to help pump blood into his heart but they plan to disconnect him from the machine on Thurs.

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 Released Thursday September 29th, 2005 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 is now available for download. Amongst other changes, this minor release includes fixes for a return receipt regression introduced in version 1.0.2 (bug 289091) and the Linux command line URL parsing security flaw.Thunderbird 1.0.7 can be downloaded from the Thunderbird product page or the Thunderbird 1.0.7 directory on ftp.mozilla.org. Refer to the Thunderbird 1.0.7 Release Notes for more information. We expect details of the security fixes in this release to be added to the Mozilla Foundation's list of known security vulnerabilities soon.

Apple has posted Security Update 2005-008, available for download either by using the Software Update system preferences pane or by visiting Apple’s Web site. Separate versions have been posted for Mac OS X v10.3.9 and Mac OS X v10.4.2. For Tiger users, the security update incorporates changes to the ImageIO, LibSystem, Mail, QuickDraw, Ruby, SecurityAgent and securityd applications. Panther users see updates to the LibSystem, LoginWindow, Mail, QuickDraw, QuickTimeJava, Safari, SecurityAgent and SecurityServer applications. Changes to Mail include a fix that prevents unencrypted responses from being generated by auto-reply rules applied to encrypted messages. QuickDraw Manager has been updated to...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2005 – Military retirees or annuitants who have relocated or changed their banking information after Hurricane Katrina must contact the Defense Finance and Accounting Service as soon as possible, DFAS officials said. Officials recommended any of three ways to report the changes: Call (800) 321-1080 Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Eastern time. Have current address, banking data and beneficiary information available when calling. Use the myPay Web site, https://mypay.dfas.mil, to update mailing and banking information. Customers can change their financial institution and designate direct deposit as the method of delivery. To establish a...

What Firefox and Mozilla users should know about the IDN buffer overflow security issue On September 6 a security vulnerability affecting all versions of Mozilla Firefox and the Mozilla Suite was reported to Mozilla by Tom Ferris and on September 8th was publicly disclosed. On September 9, the Mozilla team released a configuration change which, as a temporary measure to work around this problem, disables IDN in the browser. IDN functionality will be restored in a future product update. The fix is either a manual configuration change or a small download which will make this configuration change for the user....

Vikings All-Pro defensive tackle Kevin Williams faces a court date next week stemming from an Aug. 28 arrest for domestic violence, according to police records. Minnetonka police charged Williams with fifth-degree domestic assault, a misdemeanor, after his wife called 911 during an early-morning altercation at their home that involved a 13-inch kitchen knife. Williams' brother, Derrick, was issued a formal complaint for interfering with emergency communications.

AIR ENRON: NO LETTING UP By Michelle Malkin · August 10, 2005 01:49 PM Al Franken is laughing it off and the elite media is still blowing it off, but the Air America/Air Enron financial fiasco continues to unfold. Ed Morrissey and his legal consultant/reader Eric Costello shine renewed light on the Piquant buyout shell game here and here, previously explored by Leon H. at Macho Nachos. The Washington Times pounds the MSM and race hustlers' blackout in a new editorial today, "Air Scamerica." And in a fascinating little side development, a former Clear Channel official has been hired by...

I just ran through the Windows OS validation download update deal. Upon restart, my mouse driver was gone, my pages no longer open full screen, the way I want them to, and no telling what else it overrode and messed with. I am afraid of what I'll find next. I don't recall doing anything special to get pages to open, big enough to see, when I installed the OS on the new drive, in December, does anyone know what I need to do now? It is only an extra click involved, but not the way I want to do things....

Evryone please pray for my cousin, Cory. We just found out he was in a car with two other boys and they were hit by a semi-truck. The truck hit on his side and he has massive brain, neck and head injuries. He is not a Christian and desperately needs prayer for his soul.Thank you.ReaganandDubyaForever

Apple today released Mac OS X 10.4.2, which the company says delivers overall improved reliability and compatibility for Mac OS X v10.4 and is recommended for all users. It includes fixes for file sharing, authentication, autologin, AirPort/wireless access, several graphics updates, .Mac fixes, Apple's core applications, and more. The company also included security fixes for a TCP/IP denial of service attack and Dashboard, which may install widgets that override Apple-supplied widgets. It is available via the Software Update for Mac OS X Tiger users. Both a Delta update for Mac OS X 10.4.1 users and a Combo Update for Mac...

Scientists to begin study of ancient skeleton over Indian protest By William McCall ASSOCIATED PRESS 2:05 p.m. June 28, 2005 PORTLAND, Ore. – After nearly a decade of court battles, scientists plan to begin studying the 9,300-year-old skeleton known as Kennewick Man next week. A team of scientists plans to examine the bones at the University of Washington's Burke Museum in Seattle beginning July 6, according to their attorney, Alan Schneider. Four Northwest Indian tribes had opposed the study, claiming the skeleton could be an ancestor who should be buried. The Interior Department and the Army Corps of Engineers had...

Microsoft released a final update rollup for Windows 2000 on Tuesday (28 June) just two days before expiration of mainstream support of the still-widely-used operating system. The update contains every security patch issued since the release of Service Pack 4 and the end of April 2005 along with various non-security related software bug fixes. The release is described as a consolidated update, rated than a service pack, and contains only a few items that have not already been issued as standalone fixes. Full details of the content of Update 1 for Windows 2000 SP4 - along with download instructions -...

First, I want to thank all who posted prayers for my friend and his wife, Dolores who'd been in hospital for 12 days+ with idiopathic illness, pneumonia, high fever, etc. Your prayers and the sincerity in which they were sent is nothing short of awesome. You guys are the greatest. I have an update from my friend, and let him know that I'd post it here so that you can see that prayers DO work wonders! "AFter 14 days in the hospital Dolores Is home. Her fever fell. Her white cell count went back to normal and the Doctors felt...

Commission on 9/11 reconvenes as watchdog By Holly Yeager in Washington Published: June 6 2005 19:02 Members of the federal commission that investigated the September 11 terrorist attacks were back at work on Monday, following through on a pledge to monitor the US government's implementation of their recommendations. “We wanted to avoid the fate of so many commissions that do good work and create a brief ripple and then find their report and their recommendations slipping beneath the waves,” said Jamie Gorelick, a deputy attorney-general in the Clinton administration, who chaired the session. The 10-member bipartisan commission, which often met...

A security update for the Firefox open-source browser has been released by the Mozilla Foundation, a move that follows the public disclosure of exploit code for two "extremely critical" vulnerabilities. Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4, released Wednesday, addresses vulnerabilities that surfaced earlier this week. The update includes several security fixes, as well as a fix to DHTML errors that were encountered at some Web sites, according to a posting on Mozilla's Web site. The update is designed to address the two flaws, which when combined could allow malicious attackers to engage in cross-site scripting and remote system access. Although the two vulnerabilities...

Finger Found In Frozen Custard WILMINGTON, N.C., May 3, 2005 The fingertip (Photo: NNS/WWAY) Finger-finder Clarence Stowers (Photo: NNS/WWAY) (CBS/AP) A man found part of a severed finger packed inside a pint of frozen custard he'd bought from a Kohl's Frozen Custard shop, and officials said it belonged to a worker injured in a food-processing machine accident there. The customer, Clarence Stowers, said he put the finger in his mouth, thinking it was a piece of candy when he opened the pint at home, a Wilmington, N.C., television station reported Monday. "I thought it was candy because they put candy...

Two men who claimed in numerous national television interviews that they found buried treasure in the back yard of a home were arrested early Friday after being questioned by police, who said the money was stolen. Investigators believe Barry Billcliff, 27, of Manchester, N.H., and Timothy Crebase, 22, of Methuen, Mass., found old bank notes and bills in a house where they were doing roofing work.