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I have found that the site Replace smart quotes with regular straight quotes fixes the problem Free Republic recently has with quotes and dashes. For example, a New York Times article As Germany Welcomes Migrants, Sexual Attacks in Cologne Point to a New Reality that when originally pasted looks like this: COLOGNE, Germany — In early December, the Cologne police made their New Year’s Eve preparations. Drawing on the previous year’s experience, they identified their biggest worry as pickpocketing and fireworks among the crowds. So they increased their holiday deployment, to 142 from 88, concentrating on the banks of the...

Question: Somehow, my sig got messed up and I can't figure out how to change it to what I want. Can anyone help me with this? Thank you.

Many have remarked on the messed up fonts now appearing in so many posts. This can be avoided, though it is a bit of a bother. These bad fonts stem from cutting and pasting apostrophes (') and quotation marks ("). The marks produced from cutting and pasting these marks has always looked different from those caused by hitting the key on one's keyboard. Up until now, though, when posted they have been turned into apostrophes and quotation marks. That is no longer happening. While typing the marks on one's keyboard continues to work fine, cutting and pasting them does not....

It has become more difficult to read posts on Free Republic lately. Strange characters are appearing in text that has apostrophes or quotation marks. If I copy and paste text that contains apostrophes or quotation marks, from another website, when I Preview or Post the copied text into a Free Republic thread these strange characters appear. Has there been a recent change in the coding here that is causing this? Anyone know?

Much to my surprise this evening, I fired up Google Chrome to come to FR and was blocked with a warning that FR contained Malware. Chrome wouldn't let me access FR as a result. Firefox did the same thing. God help & forgive me, but I then had to use the dreaded Internet Explorer to access FR and view posts. Anyone else having this problem? (Well, if you are you're obviously not here are you!)

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Circulating on the web tonight: During an appearance on the Alex Jones Show, Drudge asserted that copyright laws which prevent websites from even linking to news stories were being advanced. “I had a Supreme Court Justice tell me it’s over for me,” said Drudge. “They’ve got the votes now to enforce copyright law, you’re out of there. They’re going to make it so you can’t even use headlines.” “To have a Supreme Court Justice say to me it’s over, they’ve got the votes, which means time is limited,” he added, noting that a day was coming when simply operating an...

I am finding that I got the malware page warning now every time I click on a link to the original source page. However, I am finding this doesn't happen if you click from the link to the story from the main Forum page, rather than clicking on the link to the FR story page and then clicking to the original source link from there. I'll be interested to know whether this solution works for anybody else.

Oops. Ran out of diskspace. John shuffled things around a bit to get us going again, but says we're going to have to upgrade again. Hopefully, we'll be adding some more disk very soon. Growing pains.

OLLLLD Free Republic thread...

How do I take a photo from my Android phone and post it to a thread on FReepers?

It occurs to me after reading so much about Donald Trump, and connecting the dots ....

What better way to show where your political heart is Mr. Trump? Fund the best conservative site on the world wide web (for the duration of your campaign).

How do I post pictures from my picture library to FR????

Internet Revolts Against Local Car Dealership that Harassed Pizza Delivery Guy Over Tip F&R Auto Sales in Westport, Mass. was flooded with negative reviews after a video showed workers berating the man over a $7 tip. A local car dealership incurred the ire of the Internet after a video showed workers berating a pizza delivery driver over a $7 tip. Workers at F&R Auto Sales can be seen in a video hassling the Pizza Palace driver after he dropped off their food order—only to drive back a second time when they called back and demanded he return with their change....

I want to remove old bookmarks and really not sure how to go about it. Thanks in advance for any help.

Hey everyone, The Ninth annual Texas Cowboy Memorial Shoot concluded last weekend, and so much fun was had by all who attended, that a few of us have decided to keep the momentum of fellowship and fun going here in North Texas. For those who missed it, the annual Shoot was held at a private shooting range just south of Dallas this year. The live thread (with a bazillion photos) can be found here: 9th Annual TexasCowboy Memorial Shoot (Live Thread) We're calling our little follow-up gathering, the FR North Texas Turkey Shoot. No, we won't be hunting any turkeys,...

This keep occurring with increased frequency.

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ ARABIAN NIGHTS U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Janet Lee signals to pilots assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26 on the flight deck of the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey in the Arabian Gulf, July 22, 2013. The Monterey is deployed to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Lee is a boatswain's mate. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Billy Ho Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies'...