http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/witch/ en-us Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:01:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279937/posts Villagers, many straight from their farms, and armed with machetes, sticks and axes, are shouting and crowding round in a big group in Kenya's fertile Kisii district. I can't see clearly what is going on, but heavy smoke is rising from the ground and a horrible stench fills the air. More people are streaming up the hill, some of them with firewood and maize stalks. Suddenly an old woman breaks from the crowd, screaming for mercy. Three or four people go after her, beat her and drag her back, pushing her onto - what I can now see - is... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279937/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:01:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274304/posts A group of British witches is claiming religious discrimination after a Stockport Catholic church banned them from using its social club for their Crystal Cauldron Witches Ball. Sandra Davis, High Priestess at the Crystal Cauldron, had reserved Our Lady's Social Club in Shaw Heath, Stockport for her Pagan group's Annual Witches' Ball, the UK Telegraph reports. But when she rang to make payment arrangements she was told the event could not be held there and, despite already having printed tickets, another venue must be found. The Diocese of Shrewsbury have since confirmed witches are not "compatible with the Catholic ethos." CathNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274304/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:49:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269267/posts Cindy Sheehan continues anti Iraqi War protests against Bush at Texas ranch. Dallas, TX(JusticeNewsFlash.com)–Cindy Sheehan, a zealous anti-war activist, whose son was tragically killed in the war on Iraq, led a protest Monday, near George W. Bush’s Preston Hollow home on Daria Place, as reported by Dallas Morning News. Organizers of the anti-war protest proclaim they are fighting for crimes against humanity that took place during the Bush Administration. The Dallas Peace Center, an organization involved with Sheehan since 2005, is sponsoring the protest. Activists gathered around 4:30 p.m. a few blocks from the Bush home in Crawford, Texas. The... Justice News Flash http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269267/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:34:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2266306/posts Boogie Nights beauty confesses to being a low-rent white witch. "I have this group of friends and we get together and we call ourselves The Goddesses and we wish for things and then a lot of amazing things have happened to all of us," Heather admitted. "We burn things -- honoring the elements of earth, wind, air and fire. You do spells. "We did this thing where we were calling on the wind and the air and this whole storm started on my roof... It was amazing... empowering." Nearly to the point of absurdity as witchy-poo Heather is convinced President... National Enquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2266306/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 19:43:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238308/posts U-S secretary of state Hillary Clinton makes a surprise visit to Iraq today.Clinton touched down in Baghdad early this morning.It's her first trip to Iraq as America's top diplomat.Clinton's visit comes after several deadly suicide bombings that have killed more than a hundred people.The secretary of state says despite the recent violence, Iraq has made great strides. AND NOW, DO YOU REMEMBER THIS??? Skip to comments.Photo of U.S. Soldier in Iraq Shaking Hands With Senator Hillary Clinton--But Not Willingly-Truth! truth or fiction dot com ^ | 7-2005 Posted on 07/19/2005 2:21:01 PM PDT by doug from upland Copyright © 1998-2005... keyc.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238308/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:04:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201882/posts AT the Church of God in Gray Court, South Carolina, Nicole Marie-Loretta Leonard has joined the funeral procession. She enacts a funeral danced in front of the service, waves a wand over the coffin, opens it and hits the deceased man on the head with a wand. By way of finale she throws the flowers from the casket at the bereaved family. She drives off in a burgundy Toyota with North Carolina plates. Police respond and pull Nicole Marie-Loretta Leonard over. She admits it all. It, says she, “felt it was the right thing to do at the time.” anorak http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201882/posts#comment Sun, 8 Mar 2009 14:19:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196002/posts Five elderly people suspected of practising witchcraft were burnt to death in western Kenya, police have said. "They include four women and a man in their 80's who were accused of having abducted a child," Kisii deputy police Commander Manasseh Musyoka said yesterday. The killings occurred at Bomatara Village in Mosocho Division. A resident who declined to be named said the abducted child was found dumped on the roadside. "He was unconscious and when he regained it, he was able to tell the names of his abductors. That is when a decision was reached in the village to hunt them... Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196002/posts#comment Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:21:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2185889/posts Are you a conservative? Then you're a d***, and there's something wrong with your brain. At least that's what "24" actress and comedienne Janeane Garofalo believes. According to the former Air America radio host, a conservative starts out an “a**hole,” and the politics come later. She asserted, “The reason a person is a conservative republican (sic) is because something is wrong with them...It really is neuroscience.” News Busters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2185889/posts#comment Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:51:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180036/posts more as it becomes available... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180036/posts#comment Fri, 6 Feb 2009 22:45:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2177603/posts Growing numbers of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being labeled as witches, and others face abduction by armed groups for use as soldiers, a United Nations watchdog said Friday. The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child called on Congolese authorities to better protect young people in their country, including those left orphaned by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. "Children, contrary to being treated primarily as victims, have been arrested, detained and tried in military courts for military offences and other crimes allegedly committed while they were in armed forces or groups," it said. Street children in the... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2177603/posts#comment Tue, 3 Feb 2009 20:01:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2167046/posts <p>In these difficult times for creditors, a Lithuanian debt collector is offering an unconventional service to retrieve arrears: witchcraft.</p> <p>The Vilnius-based firm has hired Vilija Lobaciuviene, the Baltic nation's most famous self-styled witch, to hunt down companies and individuals who are failing to pay their debts amid the credit crunch.</p> AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2167046/posts#comment Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:47:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2145549/posts Chicago (AP) -- When it comes to her weight, Oprah Winfrey has always been straightforward. The talk show queen continues the honesty, saying in the January issue of "O" magazine out Tuesday that she now weighs 200 pounds and has "fallen off the wagon" when it comes to healthy living. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2145549/posts#comment Tue, 9 Dec 2008 16:31:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140056/posts <p>They seemed such a normal couple - until they built a pagan stone circle in the garden...</p> <p>You'd think milkmen would be used to pre-dawn doorstep encounters with all manner of 'unconventional' folk, wouldn't you? Well, not in leafy Dorchester.</p> Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140056/posts#comment Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:28:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120604/posts As the race for the White House enters the home stretch, Senator Barack Obama can rest assured he has locked up at least one demographic - Peruvian faith-healers or shamans. (Oct. 30) Witch doctors ritual for Obama onenewsnow.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120604/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:51:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087492/posts CHICAGO - Democratic campaign officials say the wife of presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama will be coming to Pennsylvania this week. Officials say Michelle Obama will host a roundtable discussion with military spouses on Wednesday in Allentown. Later that afternoon, she is to attend a rally in Philadelphia. The Obama-Biden campaign says Jill Biden, wife of vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden, will also attend both events. chicago tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087492/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:58:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2069184/posts New York Senator Hillary Clinton acknowledges a 3-minute ovation during the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, August 26. Democratic women Senators appears on stage at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, August 26, 2008. U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is expected to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the convention on August 28. US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama watches New York Senator Hillary Clinton addressing the Democratic National Convention on a TV screen in Billings, Montana on August 26. Vice Presidential candidate Senator Joe Biden (R) (D-DE) stand at the podium... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2069184/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:28:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047781/posts House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called President Bush "a total failure" on Thursday, among the California Democrat's harshest assessments to date of the president."God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States -- a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject," Pelosi told CNN's Wolf Blitzer in an exclusive interview. The comments came two days after the president sharply criticized Congress over what he described as relative inaction over the course of the legislative term. At the White House on Wednesday, Bush noted that there... CNN News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047781/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:57:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039593/posts PACHUCA, MEXICO - THREE suspects confessed to strangling and cutting into pieces a woman and her three-month old daughter because they feared they were witches, police in this central Mexican town said on Tuesday. Pachuca police spokesman Ms Norberto Munoz said the remains of the woman and her infant were found 'with signs of having been strangled, quartered and burned.' The three female suspects - who police have not named - were arrested 'and declared that they committed the crime to stop supposed acts of witchcraft of the mother and her daughter,' Ms Munoz said. The remains of the victims... Asia One http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039593/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 05:35:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036653/posts While Sen. Barack Obama struggles to keep the public in the dark about the nature of his pro-UN Global Poverty Act, a recent "Bay Area Interfaith Leaders' Luncheon" was held to lobby for Senate passage of the bill, whose cost has been estimated at $845 billion. An actual witch who spoke at a "Pagan Pride" festival in San Francisco was one of the listed participants. The witch, known as the "Elder Donald Frew" of the "Wiccan Community," was interviewed by the Reverend Don Lewis of "Witch School International" for a "reality" show called "Magick TV" and is shown talking about... Family Security Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036653/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:25:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025581/posts All 3 candidates have live speeches planned tonight- incoming results from the LAST (can you believe it) of the Dem primaries- it seemed a live thread was called for! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025581/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:36:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009547/posts While Hillary Clinton aides don't acknowledge it directly, her momentum from a win in Pennsylvania may be blunted on Tuesday by one of the persistent problems of her candidacy: her struggles with black voters. While polls show her effectively tied with Barack Obama in Indiana, she would gain more among both delegates and in the popular vote if she won the other state voting on May 6, North Carolina. But experts expect that more than a third of the voters in the Tar Heel state will be black, and according to National Election Pool exit polling, Obama has won by... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009547/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 04:50:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005758/posts The Democratic contest has been a 50-50 proposition for months now--more precisely, a 51-49 percent endeavor or maybe a 52-48-percent face-off in Barack Obama's favor, according to the pledged delegate count and the popular vote. Hillary Clinton's 10-point win in the Keystone State (which apparently did not net her a significant pickup in pledged delegates) does not change this. In fact, her Pennsylvania triumph does not change the fundamentals of the race. Obama is still on track to end the primaries with a slight edge in pledged delegates. And Clinton is still in the race, clinging tightly to her candidacy... MotherJones.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005758/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:07:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2005335/posts The choice in the '08 election. On one side, you have a choice between a witch who is a lawyer married to a lawyer and a lawyer who is married to a witch who is a lawyer. On the other side, you have a true war hero married to a woman with a huge chest who owns a beer distributorship. Is there a contest here?" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2005335/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:49:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002952/posts Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama certainly did their homework before the 21st Democratic debate. Hillary Clinton knew what had been printed in the bulletin at Obama's church, and Obama knew the details of Bill Clinton's pardons. As Sen. Obama defended himself against elitism charges, he was clever enough to sneak in a reference to Hillary Clinton's famous 1992 line about how she didn't much bake cookies. This to prove that Yale-educated lawyers have just as much out-of-touch snob baggage as Harvard-educated lawyers do. Neither candidate had read up on the D.C. gun ban before the Supreme Court—because that way, they... Slate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002952/posts#comment Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:36:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979233/posts When the battleship Barham was torpedoed by the Germans in November 1941, with the loss of over 800 lives, the Admiralty delayed announcing the news to maintain morale. But the secrecy was ended within a few days when medium Helen Duncan told a couple during a seance that their son, a sailor on the ship, had appeared from the spirit world to tell them it had sunk. Witch? Helen Duncan, pictured in a portrait from 1931, was jailed for nine months in 1944 under the Witchcraft Act of 1735 In one of the most bizarre acts of the Second World... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979233/posts#comment Sun, 2 Mar 2008 18:55:54 GMT