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  • Argentina hit by 6.3 magnitude earthquake after Haiti and Venezuela

    01/17/2010 6:06:09 AM PST · by timsbella · 136 replies · 6,593+ views
    San Fran Chronicle ^ | 17 Jan | Associated Press
    The latest news is a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Argentina after the 7.0 Haiti Earthquake and the 5.6 Venezuela Earthquake, and all less than a week.
  • Governor General eats raw seal heart to support hunters

    05/26/2009 6:58:58 AM PDT · by timsbella · 43 replies · 1,692+ views
    Canada.com ^ | 26 May 2009 | CanWest News Service
    Canada’s Governor General began her Arctic tour by gutting a freshly slaughtered seal, pulling out its heart and eating it raw, according to media reports. Michaelle Jean, the Queen’s representative to the country, did it as a gesture of solidarity with the country’s beleaguered seal hunters, the reports said, adding that Jean expressed dismay that people would call the traditional hunting practices inhumane. After eating the heart during a stop in Nunavut’s Rankin Inlet, Jean wiped her blood-soaked fingers with a tissue.
  • Has anyone noticed that almost all entries on breaking news sidebar are newbies?

    10/30/2008 6:04:38 PM PDT · by timsbella · 37 replies · 603+ views
    Freep Republic Sidebar ^ | Today | Bella
    VANITY - Is it just me or do we have a disproportionate number of newbies posting today?
  • Holocaust Survivors Detail Their Love Story

    10/12/2008 2:51:31 PM PDT · by timsbella · 6 replies · 489+ views
    FoxNews ^ | 12 October 2008 | Associated Press
    NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — In the beginning, there was a boy, a girl and an apple. He was a teenager in a death camp in Nazi-controlled Germany. She was a bit younger, living free in the village, her family posing as Christians. Their eyes met through a barbed-wire fence and she wondered what she could do for this handsome young man. She was carrying apples, and decided to throw one over the fence. He caught it and ran away toward the barracks. And so it began.
  • Ted Kennedy taken to Cape Cod Hospital

    09/26/2008 3:42:58 PM PDT · by timsbella · 307 replies · 10,071+ views
    Fox News ^ | 26 Sept 2008 | Fox News
  • Guilty Verdict In First Homegrown Terror Trial (Toronto)

    09/25/2008 8:22:46 AM PDT · by timsbella · 4 replies · 281+ views
    Canadian Press / Citynews Toronto ^ | 25 September 2008 | Canadian Press
    A youth terror suspect has been found guilty in an alleged plot to storm Parliament and behead the prime minister as the first trial in the so-called "Toronto 18" case concluded today. Ontario Superior Court Justice John Sproat rendered his verdict in Brampton, Ont., courtroom, saying evidence that a terrorist conspiracy existed was "overwhelming." In the first major decision under Canada's new anti-terrorism rules, Sproat ruled there was no doubt the youth was part of the group and knew of its murderous aims.
  • Clinton Open to Being VP

    06/03/2008 1:01:35 PM PDT · by timsbella · 90 replies · 229+ views
    FNC ^ | Today | FOX
    Hillary has reportedly told N.Y. lawmakers she would be open to becoming rival's veep nominee, saying she would consider it if it would help Dems win
  • Controversial Cell Phone Ad Pokes Fun at Holocaust

    09/14/2007 4:32:54 AM PDT · by timsbella · 27 replies · 3,690+ views
    City News Toronto ^ | 14 September 2007 | City News Staff (Toronto)
    It was supposed to be a harmless advertisement for a telecommunications company, but all it ended up demonstrating was an advertiser's negligence and extremely poor taste. The Solo Mobile ad, which Thursday hung high above the crowds inside Downsview Station, depicts a tearful woman wearing a series of buttons, one of which reads "Belsen was a gas," a reference to Bergen-Belsen, a Nazi concentration camp used during the Second World War. CityNews was notified of the offensive ad by an angry viewer, who like many we spoke to, had little to say in favour of the tasteless display. "I was...
  • Hundreds of Saudi camels die from mystery ailment

    08/19/2007 8:51:17 AM PDT · by timsbella · 69 replies · 1,637+ views
    Reuters ^ | 19 Aug 2007 | Reuters
    RIYADH (Reuters) - Hundreds of camels have died in Saudi Arabia this week from a mystery ailment. The Agriculture Ministry has said 232 camels died in the space of four days in the Dawasir Valley, 400 km (250 miles) south of Riyadh. King Abdullah has promised compensation for owners, who say the real number of deaths is far higher. Agriculture ministry officials have denied an infectious disease caused the deaths and blamed them on animal feed supplied by food storage authorities.
  • Tehran Condemns "anti-Iranian" Movie 300

    03/12/2007 12:51:43 PM PDT · by timsbella · 139 replies · 20,647+ views
    playfuls.com ^ | 12 March 2006 | playfuls team
    Iran on Monday strongly condemned the US film company Warner Bros. over the allegedly "anti-Iranian" blockbuster film 300. Javad Shamqadri, art advisor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, told Fars news agency that the film was an insult to Persian culture and in line with the American "psychological war" against Iran. Zack Snyder's film, based on a comic book by Frank Miller, tells the story of the battle of Thermopylae in Greek history in which 300 Spartan warriors led by King Leonidas heroically fought a massive Persian army attack, delaying an invasion by King Xerxes' forces and giving Greeks time for a...
  • Hillary Fashion Hits the Runways (caption time)

    02/02/2007 6:52:39 AM PST · by timsbella · 28 replies · 1,269+ views
    Drudge Report ^ | 2 February 2007 | unknown
    culture: for the woman with everything
  • How Obama's filthy habit could win him the presidency. (Smoker!)

    01/26/2007 9:52:52 AM PST · by timsbella · 25 replies · 1,659+ views
    Slate ^ | 16 January 2007 | Juliet Eilperin
    Sen. Barack Obama has the sort of voice that political consultants dream of: It's authoritative but comforting, rich and resonant and wise.
  • Is Bush on the right track in Iraq? (Poll to Freep)

    01/11/2007 6:52:51 AM PST · by timsbella · 22 replies · 810+ views
    The Globe and Mail (Canada) ^ | 11 January 2007 | Globe and Mail
    Do you believe U.S. President George W. Bush is on the right track with his latest proposals regarding Iraq?
  • Freep this poll: Can Liberal Dion overcome Conservative Harper?

    12/03/2006 1:27:27 PM PST · by timsbella · 15 replies · 536+ views
    Globe and Mail ^ | 3 December 2006 | Globe and Mail
    Do you think Stephane Dion and the Liberals can defeat Stephen Harper and the Conservatives in the next federal election?
  • Safe Injection Sites for Drug Users in your Community (Freep!)

    08/17/2006 3:16:11 AM PDT · by timsbella · 20 replies · 395+ views
    The Globe and Mail ^ | 17 Aug 2006 | Globe and Mail (TO & National Newspaper)
    Would you support the creation of safe-injection sites for drug users in your community? * Yes * No
  • Calling all Freeps - Another Poll blaming US & Israel for situation in Lebanon

    07/31/2006 8:27:37 AM PDT · by timsbella · 58 replies · 1,304+ views
    The Globe and Mail (Toronto) ^ | 31 July 2006 | Globe and Mail
    Which nation or organization is most responsible for the carnage in Lebanon? * Hezbollah * Iran * Israel * United Nations * United States * Lebanon
  • Public Opinion of Stephen Harper (Please freep stupid poll and send a message to Canuck Media)

    07/27/2006 9:10:48 AM PDT · by timsbella · 64 replies · 996+ views
    Globe and Mail ^ | 27 July 2006 | Globe and Mail
    Has your opinion of Prime Minister Harper changed because of the adamant pro-Israel position he has taken in the current Mideast crisis? * Yes, for the better * Yes, for the worse * No, it's still the same
  • Hamas minister stopped with $20 million in suitcase

    06/14/2006 1:55:24 PM PDT · by timsbella · 39 replies · 1,255+ views
    Times Online (UK) ^ | 14 june 2006 | Simon Freeman
    The financial crisis enveloping the Hamas government escalated today when unpaid civil servants stormed parliament demanding wages and a minister was stopped at the border carrying $20 million cash in a suitcase. Mahmoud al-Zahar, the Palestinian Foreign Minister, was stopped crossing into Gaza by presidential guards loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the rival Fatah party. It was unclear whether he would be permitted to pass with the money: all sums above $2,000 must be declared and their provenance verified. Dr al-Zahar has visited Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, China, Pakistan, Iran and Egypt on a fundraising tour in recent weeks,...
  • Freep Poll on Iraq's stability (post-Zarqawi)

    06/10/2006 6:03:52 AM PDT · by timsbella · 6 replies · 320+ views
    The Globe and Mail ^ | 10 June 2006 | Globe and Mail (TO & National Newspaper)
    How do you think the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi will effect the situation in Iraq?
  • Freep this poll (Canadian Leaders & their Muslims/Imams)

    06/05/2006 5:27:38 AM PDT · by timsbella · 7 replies · 325+ views
    The Globe and Mail ^ | 5 June 2006 | Globe and Mail (TO & National Newspaper)
    Are moderate Canadian Muslim leaders doing enough to combat radicalism? They changed the question between 6am and 8:30 because the poll had over 4000 replies/89% negative. Please vote and send a message to the lefty media up here before they blame our Conservative, Bush-friendly PM, our police & RCMP, etc (i.e. anyone who has values and intends to make a difference.) Thanks.