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Microsoft will remove Managed Accounts from the standalone Skype communications application from March 30 this year and replace them with standard personal accounts. Skype Managed Accounts is a feature that allows a central administrator to create and maintain accounts for the program. It is aimed at business users, and part of the web-based Skype Manager administration utility. But Managed Accounts will soon be transitioned into standard personal Skype accounts, subject to Microsoft's consumer terms of use, the company said. Allocated Skype credits, subscriptions and numbers will be moved to the personal accounts. Administrators will need to ensure that a valid...

At the end of the day, it's about business. Trump doesn't have the organization Cruz does and won't want to spend the money to build it from scratch. Picking Cruz as Veep allows him to get his organization "wholesale" out of "bankruptcy" at a price that can't be beat "free." Donald's not stupid. He'll make the deal if Cruz is agreeable to it and they can figure out a working partnership.

1. Trump, A+ -- Fought like a champion. Finally, someone with the guts to call out our nation for being 15 years at war, still killing our sons and daughters so politicians can put a feather in their cap, and most of them calling for more war. Bush wants BWIII, Bush War III 2. Carson, A-, quietly but effectively said that he was in it for the people, that he'd been asked to run, and that he wasn't there for any other reason. Outstanding. 3. Rubio, B+, Say what you like, but Rubio wiped the floor with Cruz on the...

What's the best way to cripple America? Well, for one, I'd do it in secret because angry Americans are historically pretty lethal. Secondly, I would do it slowly so that even though I will be boiling the frog, he won't notice until it's too late. I would befriend people high up in the government or rise to high posts in the government. Then, I would strike at the heart of America because when you want to kill something you strike at its most vital part. All this is pretty common sense so far, right? So what is the most vital...

Thanks for standing with me all of these years. Your steadfast support and commitment to fighting important conservative battles has meant so much to Karen and me. As you may have heard, I announced tonight that I will be ending my Presidential campaign. While the results were not what we had hoped, the experience of running for President was tremendously gratifying and something I won't soon forget. And as Karen and I discussed leaving the Presidential race, we also talked about who we should support now that I am stepping aside. There are many qualified, conservative candidates in the race...

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With over 1,000 restaurants in the continent, KFC is the leading fast food chain in Africa. But its dominance is limited to South Africa, home to about 80 percent of them. Despite its success, the company faces many challenges as they try to establish the brand in other regions, for example by making sure its food is relevant and recognizable to Africans. Serving jollof rice, a spicy dish native to West Africa, is one way in which KFC is improvising to win over palates in Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria.

TRUMP: I would like to wish everyone A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR. WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER TO, FINALLY, MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN AND GREAT AGAIN!

I know a guy who wanted to catch Santa on camera for his daughter last year. So this guy called his crazy friend (Freepers?) to help set up a camera to catch not only Santa but also Rudolph on camera. Yes, Santa really did come out of the dirty fireplace and yes he really did bring a large reindeer into the house! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOHFfScTD_8

Kimmel tonight. Adam Carolla's podcast Friday.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. - Actor James Woods says God and his Jeep saved him from a near-catastrophic pileup in Colorado. The 68-year-old actor and six other drivers wrecked in the Glenwood Canyon portion of I-70 on Monday. Woods recounted the crash, which nearly sent him over a cliff, in more than a dozen tweets. He wrote another man was driving 75 mph on icy roads and spun out. According to Woods, he hit a wall trying to avoid the other vehicle, and spun in the opposite direction going 60 mph. "Huge drop 100 feet into river below, but the guardrail...

What is a brokered convention? A candidate must secure a majority - not just a plurality - of votes prior to the convention. If a candidate has not secured a majority of votes prior to the convention, then there will be a first ballot at the convention. Delegates must vote to their pledged candidate on the first ballot. If after the first ballot, there is still no majority, then the convention becomes brokered. At this time, the delegates are released from their pledges and the deal making begins. The last GOP brokered convention was in 1948. The last Democratic brokered...

My thread was pulled by JR labeled 'garbage'. I still don't know if there's any merit to the BS I sourced. I was looking for others' feedback on it and whether or not there was anything but Trump's interview denial on it in dealing with the topic being used to smear Trump. The article was thrust in my face by a former friend that campaigned for Zero and I wanted to nail him. I would understand such a thread being pulled out of 'news'. I did not do that. It was in CHAT. If requested feedback from FReepers in CHAT...

As you know, most American kids get visited by Santa at Christmas, the Easter Bunny at Easter, and the tooth fairy after losing a tooth. I guess some weird kids might get visited by the Great Pumpkin. Being married to a Mexican, I know that kids there visited by The Reyes Magos (the Wisemen) shortly after Christmas, and a tooth mouse when they lose teeth. I believe in Some places in Holland the good kids get a Christmas by Saint Nick, and the bad ones from his black faced friend ( Zwart Piet?). I'm curious if anyone here knows about...

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Suppose Baraq Obama was on national television tied up with Wonder Woman's magic lasso and he would be forced to answer completely and truthfully whatever question you were to present to him. What ONE question would you ask him if he would have to answer truthfully with the entire world watching?

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Proviso – for those who know the answer right off the bat this is entirely obvious. But there are new people to the fight for our God-given and Constitutionally affirmed Civil-Rights just entering the fray and so this is for them. So why does the #nationalSocialistLeft obsess over this issue. It wouldn’t of helped in many recent shootings so it’s a pointless exercise if it is supposed to ‘solve’ this problem. So why do the gun gabbers keep circling back to carp on this talking point ad nauseam? It’s simple to understand if one just works backward from the gun...

The Establishment is going to be VERY, VERY pissed at all of us! They're power is crumbling, and their neat little line of successors is no more!

I was just in a conversation with a business partner who has been working on making a large sale to a liberal state out east. I asked him if he got the sale yet and he told me "yes, I got the sale with requirements. I must prove that my business is "woman owned" in order to close on the sale. So I have been working on the paperwork to give my wife ownership of my business." Yes, it's that insane, that a major factor of the state of buying is based on the owner of the business. But, my...