http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/violence/ en-us Mon, 6 Oct 2008 02:58:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098396/posts Sandra Bernhard is "terribly upset" to be dropped from a woman's shelter fundraiser following her controversial comments about US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The comedienne allegedly shocked fans at a show in Washington D.C. last month when she said that Palin would be gang-raped if she ever set foot in New York. According to reports, the star said the Alaskan Governor could expect to be "gang-raped by my big black brothers" during the on-stage rant aimed at pro-life Palin, who has said she opposes abortion in cases of rape and incest. Organisers for Rosie's Place shelter in Boston, Massachusetts subsequently... 3news.co.nz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098396/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 02:58:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088126/posts WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2008 – Violence in Iraq – even in the midst of the holy month of Ramadan, which has seen increases in violence in the past – continues its downward trend, the commander of coalition ground forces in Iraq said today. Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, Multinational Corps Iraq commander, spoke to Pentagon reporters via teleconference from his headquarters in Baghdad. Austin charted the continued progress in Iraq. “We've experienced continued low levels of violence, with 15 of the last 16 weeks remaining below the 200-attacks-per-week mark,” he said. “In Baghdad, … we've averaged less than... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088126/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:53:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077349/posts Russia’s Restless Muslim Republics By Uwe Klussmann Although Russia is celebrating the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, it still has its own problems in the region as its Muslim republics are drifting toward a partisan war. Last Monday, an eerie funeral procession passed through the center of Nazran in the Russian republic of Ingushetia. Hundreds of people silently crowded around the coffin of Magomed Yevloyev. The 37-year-old lawyer and founder of a Web site ( www.ingushetiya.ru) that was critical of the government was killed in police custody. The authorities said that he was shot in a police car “inadvertently”... Spiegel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077349/posts#comment Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:08:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072448/posts MEXICO CITY -- Moving quickly to address mounting anger over crime, President Felipe Calderon promised Sunday to adopt several proposals from civic groups who led more than 100,000 Mexicans in marches against daily kidnappings and killings. Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072448/posts#comment Mon, 1 Sep 2008 16:56:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069046/posts There’s nothing surreptitious about the message of Boston rap trio East Coast Avengers’ new single. In “Kill Bill O’Reilly,” the lyrics call for the Fox News star to “be hanged like Benito Mussolini and otherwise killed.” The song is causing outrage - and not just among admirers of right-wing personality O’Reilly. The lyrics are so extreme that even O’Reilly’s fiercest media enemy, TV pundit Keith Olbermann, has condemned the East Coast Avengers. Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069046/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:55:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068117/posts Excerpt - A day of relative quiet that had observers wondering what happened to the large demonstrations expected in Denver this week turned violent Monday night as police fired pepper balls and pepper spray at protesters. Police dressed in riot gear and wearing gas masks clashed with scores of people who refused to leave a one-block stretch of 15th Street near Civic Center Park. Police made 91 arrests. No serious injuries were reported. ~ snip ~ Rocky Mountain News (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068117/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:21:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065803/posts DNC Disruption 2008 dncdisruption08.org/ RNC Welcoming Committee www.rncwelcomingcommittee.org/ Found on the Tribe.NET http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065803/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:52:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064015/posts WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2008 – From Mosul in the north to Basra in the south, insurgent-committed violence in Iraq continues to decrease as stability visibly increases, a senior U.S. military officer posted in Iraq said today. Video “For 10 of the last 11 weeks, we’ve sustained less than 200 attacks per week nationwide,” Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of Multinational Corps Iraq, told Pentagon reporters during a satellite-carried news conference from his Baghdad headquarters. Attacks in Iraq had once reached more than 1,500 a week a few years ago during the zenith of insurgent-committed violence. “It... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064015/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:58:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057929/posts To make good on his offer to help Chicago combat violence, Gov. Blagojevich envisions putting speed cameras on interstates across Illinois -- and using the revenue to form an "elite tactical team" that would operate in Chicago and other cities. The idea is in its infancy, with no budget and no timetable. About 50 Illinois State Police employees have been assigned to work with Chicago Police on everything from tracking down illegal gun buyers to hunting for criminals on Chicago's expressways, Guerrero said. "I want to be judged not by the number of people we provide, but by the results... Chicago Sun Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057929/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:17:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057878/posts A 31-year-old woman was shot when she tried to flee an armed robbery attempt Tuesday night in Mid-City, police said. The woman was shot in the chest, but the wound apparently was not life-threatening, police said. The Times Picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057878/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 06:23:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2056650/posts Apparently, some people got all exercised over my articles on "Homosexuality in America," especially by my referencing Dr. Paul Cameron who gays seem to believe is the Devil Incarnate. I hereby post their comments, with my rejoinders, [in brackets] I also took the opportunity to contact Dr. Cameron. His response can be seen on my website, http://genelalor.com/ Freeper mommy. said, in August 3rd, 2008 at 8:19 pm Wow, what good references you have! [SARCASM?] ........................................................ Zoe Brain said, in August 4th, 2008 at 2:26 am The source for the Family Research Council’s pamphlet is Dr Paul Cameron. He either resigned... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2056650/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 05:37:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2055897/posts In days of old when knights were bold/ And “gay” was not invented,/ They went along their hidden way/ And seemed to be contented. That bit of doggerel is simplistic, of course, but it did seem that forty years ago homosexuals seemed happier in the closet. That may not have been altogether true but prior to co-opting and misusing the word “gay,” they definitely seemed gayer than they seem today. Perhaps gays were seething underneath, and it’s true that some may have been bullied and ridiculed, but they didn’t seem violent before the mass outings that began with the Stonewall... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2055897/posts#comment Sun, 3 Aug 2008 21:46:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2055559/posts Most haughty Europeans look down their nose at we "violent Americans." They sniff the air at the ugly American and assume that they are, one and all, more "civilized" than we gauche colonials. Look at all the gun violence in America, they say. They tsk. tsk us for the deaths by gun. Certainly they are better than we? Now shocking news emerges out of England this month. It is estimated that 25,000 stabbings have occurred in Jolly, more civilized ol' England in the last 12 months alone. You read that right, there have been 25,000 incidents of knife violence in... publiusforum.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2055559/posts#comment Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:06:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053347/posts OVERALL violence in Iraq is declining to almost "normal" levels, General David Petraeus said today, following a string of attacks the day before. The commander of US forces in Iraq told USA Today however that the trend could be reversed by "sensational attacks" like those yesterday in Baghdad and Kirkuk that killed some 56 Iraqis. "If you could reduce these sensational attacks further, I think you are almost approaching a level of normal or latent violence," he told the newspaper from Baghdad. "The fact that the levels of violence have come down so significantly and stayed down now for some... Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053347/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:06:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051438/posts A Rhode Island author claims in his book that Islamic violence against Jews and Christians has been part of the religion since its origins 1,200 years ago. Andrew Bostrom, associate professor of medicine at Brown University, wrote in his book, The Legacy of Islamic Anti-Semitism: from Sacred Texts to Solemn History, that Muslim governments dating back 1,000 years forced Jews and Christians to show deference to Muslims and wear clothing that distinguished them from followers of the official state religion, IsraelNN.com reported Friday. Bostrom claimed the Koran itself is anti-Semitic, with references to the prophet Mohammed's poisoning death at the... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051438/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:32:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049781/posts Police say it was a jealous rage that led to the attack. She was dragged into the street away from her house. Press Enterprise http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049781/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:17:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047987/posts WASHINGTON -- A 13-year-old boy was killed, seven people shot and a person stabbed within minutes of each other in a spate of violence in the Trinidad section of NE shortly after midnight Saturday. Police said between midnight and four in the morning a person was also stabbed and another shot citywide. DC Police Inspector Rodney Parks says the shootings appear to have taken place in connection with three attempted robberies. Police are looking for a gold or metallic colored car, possibly a Dodge Intrepid, spotted at each crime scene. The police have no suspects in custody at this time.... WTOP.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047987/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:55:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047762/posts "Two policemen were attacked by a 30-strong mob including schoolchildren after asking a 15-year-old to pick up her litter. They were bitten, punched and kicked and had to call for back-up to escape serious injury. Witnesses to the attack, on a busy shopping street in Croydon, South London, feared that the uniformed officers would be beaten to death." MailOnline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047762/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:22:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047359/posts Violence erupts over Pakistan stock drop By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad Published: July 17 2008 09:23 | Last updated: July 17 2008 19:06 Investors upset over falling Pakistan share prices smashed windows of the Karachi Stock Exchange on Thursday during a day of protests that led to scuffles between traders and investors demanding the temporary closure of the stock market. The KSE 100 index dropped by 2.7 per cent to close at 10,212.92 points. The index has plunged 35 per cent from a record high reached on April 21. “I am upset because I am constantly losing money and there... FT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047359/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:38:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045748/posts Our Constitution is one of our greatest assets in the fight against terrorism. A free-flowing marketplace of ideas, protected by the First Amendment, enables the ideals of democracy to defeat the totalitarian vision of al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. That free marketplace faces a threat. Individuals with alleged connections to terrorist activity are filing libel suits and winning judgments in foreign courts against American researchers who publish on these matters. These suits intimidate and even silence writers and publishers. Under American law, a libel plaintiff must prove that defamatory material is false. In England, the burden is reversed....Consequently, English... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045748/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:59:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045324/posts Three genes may play a strong role in determining why some young men raised in rough neighborhoods or deprived families become violent criminals, while others do not, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. One gene called MAOA that played an especially strong role has been shown in other studies to affect antisocial behavior -- and it was disturbingly common, the team at the University of North Carolina reported. People with a particular variation of the MAOA gene called 2R were very prone to criminal and delinquent behavior, said sociology professor Guang Guo, who led the study. "I don't want to say... Reuters via Yahoo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045324/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:01:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043324/posts TAMPA - A Tampa woman bit off another woman's fingertip during an argument at a Tampa meat market. Police say two women were waiting to be served Monday when they began arguing about who was next in line. Customers take a number to order when they enter the market, but another customer who left before ordering had given Pamela Bumpers her number. South Florida Sun-Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043324/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:45:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043164/posts BAGHDAD, July 9, 2008 – If you asked Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin in April which cities in Iraq were the hot spots and would be the focus of his forces’ efforts, he would have replied quickly: Basra, Mosul, Diyala and Baghdad’s Sadr City district. But when reporters asked the commander of Multinational Corps Iraq about those same cities today during a media roundtable at Al Faw Palace here, his reply was quite different. Today, the Iraqi government is “firmly in control of Baghdad, Basra and Mosul,” Austin said. “We’ve made some significant gains here in terms of security,... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043164/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:15:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042448/posts ....U.S. law enforcement authorities helped facilitate a $32,000 ransom payment in Mexico for a relative of a U.S. congressman who was kidnapped by gunmen in Ciudad Juarez, a border city across from El Paso Texas with rampant drug smuggling, gunfights and corruption. According to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff asked for an investigation into Immigration and Custom Enforcement´s (ICE) recent efforts in procuring the release of a Mexican woman kidnapped in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The family raised the money, according to the memo. On June 21,... american chronical http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042448/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:35:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042247/posts Karen Coughlin, a psychiatric nurse in Taunton, Mass., remembers the evening four years ago when her 14-year-old son asked her if any patients had tried to kill her that day. “I was astounded, but he was serious because he’d heard about co-workers going to the hospital for injuries,” Ms. Coughlin said. “I’ve been hit, I’ve been kicked and spit on. I’ve had a knife pulled on me. I love what I do and many of the patients I work with, but I don’t love the conditions I work in.” Three years ago, an enraged patient — 6 feet 4 inches... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042247/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:39:50 GMT