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In yet another move that feels designed to tick off long time fans while boosting the returns for short term investors, the San Francisco Giants announced this morning that effective this season, fans ages 17 and under will no longer be permitted to attend games at Oracle Park. Yes, the move is surprising, because Baseball is a kids’ game and the sport has always been a draw for families, but some stark market realities have influenced the decision. On the condition of anonymity, I exchanged some texts with an unnamed exec in the Giants front office, who had this to...

Lindsey Graham Retweeted.@LindseyGrahamSC wrote a letter addressed to President Biden regarding his "dereliction of duty" at the southern border."I think the guy deserves to be impeached for this. I really do." @ericbolling pic.twitter.com/tPIcPQ9ZvI— Newsmax (@newsmax) September 30, 2021

My girlfriend and I recently found out she is pregnant. I told her I’d support her and the baby, and secretly started saving for an engagement ring. She said she thought I would have wanted her to get an abortion. I didn’t—at least at first. She was excited and started planning the nursery. It took me two months to save up, but I finally got on one knee and popped the question. She cried and said yes. I’m still scared about being a dad, but I’ve got a good job and so does she. We’ll make a great family, just...

Pope Francis said today that he would set up a commission to study whether or not he can find more ways to confuse and frustrate the living crap out of people, revealing an openness to re-examining the church’s long-held insistence on not speaking off-the-cuff. His move was hailed as a breakthrough by those in the media who have clamored for years to be given more stuff to speculate on, and who cite research showing that a pope whose speeches were scripted and thought out produced nothing for the media to report on, and therefore, pointless. But the idea will face...

A Twitter user thought to be a teenage girl has received unwanted notoriety after she sent a terrorism-themed message to American Airlines. (snip) The girl – who identified herself as a 14-year-old named Sarah in her now-suspended Twitter account – sent this tweet to American Airlines' @americanair account Sunday morning. "hello my name's Ibrahim and I'm from Afghanistan. I'm part of Al Qaida and on June 1st I'm gonna do something really big bye." American responded, saying: "Sarah, we take these threats very seriously. Your IP address and details will be forwarded to security and the FBI." (snip) According to...

Chavez ends support of Farc rebels By Jeremy McDermott in Medellin Last Updated: 10:29PM BST 09/06/2008 Hugo Chavez said he was ending his support for Colombia's Marxist guerillas, robbing them of their most public and powerful ally. Farc rebels on patrol. Such displays of strength may be a thing of the past after their main ally, Hugo Chavez, withdrew his support The Venezuelan president said the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia were "history", and called on them to release their hostages and end a decades-long war with the government. "Enough of so much war, it is time to sit down...

I was wondering the other day, if I ran for president, what would be my campaign promises? I made a list I'm certain can get me elected. If I'm elected President, I will… Require members of Congress to work out on the Total Gym 15 minutes each day – or else they can't vote on anything. Cut spending by dismissing the Secret Service, at least for my eight years in office (why would I need them?). Resurrect Bruce Lee and appoint him head of homeland security (OK, the CIA and FBI too). Give a presidential pardon to … no one,...

JERUSALEM - Israel has put its massive new ground offensive into southern Lebanon on hold for two or three days to give the U.N. Security Council more time to come to an agreement on a cease-fire, an Israeli Cabinet minister and senior officials said Thursday. Israel's Security Cabinet on Wednesday approved an expanded ground offensive in Lebanon, but Prime Minister Ehud Olmert decided to put the campaign on hold temporarily to see whether diplomatic efforts will produce results, a senior Israeli government official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Asked by...

<p>Convicted Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui says he lied on the witness stand about being involved in the plot and wants to withdraw his guilty plea because he now believes he can get a fair trial.</p> <p>In a motion filed Friday but released today, Moussaoui said he testified March 27 he was supposed to hijack a fifth plane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House "even though I knew that was a complete fabrication."</p>

Some people in politically correct corners eat crow when they’re caught at something they shouldn’t do. Thanks to Donald E. Wildmon, Chairman of the American Family Association, NBC is losing its peacock feathers. NBC producers seem to ruffle the feathers of Christians. Their Book of Daniel went riding off into the sunset with Brokeback Mountain. Next came what was going to be the April 13 edition of NBC’s Will and Grace, aimed at mocking the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on the night before Good Friday. More,,,

When I heard that Jeanine Pirro was going to run for the senate in New York, I was in disbelief. She should not be running for office -- she should be in jail. New Yorkers, it is your state, but please consider the following: 1 - Pirro took campaign funds from Ng Lap Seng, international murder for hire thug and exploiter of young women and girls for prostitution. He made 12 visits to her, gave money to her, had dinner with her, and posed for pictures with her and her husband. 2 - Pirro's husband has sexually assaulted a string...

My Tube bomb only had flour in it, says suspect By Bruce Johnston in Rome and John Steele (Filed: 04/08/2005) Hamdi Issac, the July 21 London bomb suspect held in custody in Rome, reportedly claimed yesterday that his backpack contained only flour and was designed merely to frighten. Issac, known in Britain as Hussain Osman, was said to have "morally repented" for his alleged involvement in the abortive terrorist attacks. Osman: bombing was ‘a demonstrative action’ "I was wrong," Issac, 27, a Briton of Ethiopian origin, told his lawyer, Maria Antonietta Sonnessa. She has confirmed that he admitted taking part...

WASHINGTON The husband of the C-I-A agent whose cover was blown is clearing up some confusion over a comment he made to C-N-N. Joseph Wilson said yesterday that his wife, Valerie Plame, "was not a clandestine officer the day Bob Novak blew her identity." Today, he says he was only pointing out that once her identity was blown, his wife lost her ability to be a covert agent. He says he wasn't suggesting that she had stopped working undercover for the C-I-A beforehand. Wilson is continuing his attack on White House adviser Karl Rove, for discussing his wife with columnist...

Husband 'Kidnapped' by Poker Buddies April 14, 2005 A California woman was sure her husband was being abducted — but it turned out just to be his buddies getting him to play poker. It was close to midnight Saturday when the unnamed couple pulled into their driveway in Rialto, about 50 miles east of Los Angeles, reports The Press-Enterprise of Riverside, Calif. As they got out of their car, two strange men suddenly jumped out, threw the husband into a waiting vehicle and sped off. The terrified woman immediately called 911. "She didn't know who the guys were," Rialto Sgt....

We must fight Islamic Terrorism on the ideological front. Our government lacks the SISU & resolve required for the task. One man has demonstrated that he has those qualities, and he also has the means to communicate with the world: Mel Gibson can shake up the world by documenting the evil doctrines & practices of Islam as revealed in the Qur'an & exemplified in the hadith!! A petition asking him to take on this project langushes at http://www.petitiononline.com/MGP05/petition.html Please read and sign the petition and spread the word as far and wide as you can. The liberty you save will...

I've got a bunch of Christmas cards ("proudly MADE in the U.S.A.") that will be going with the last Christmas care packages for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan with candy canes and other goodies, and I need some fun jokes to go in them! Please both post your joke here and then send a copy to me by FReepmail with your first name, town and State at the bottom. I'll print them up and tuck them in the last 4 or 5 dozen cards going out tomorrow and Tuesday.

KERRY CHAIR SHAHEEN TO MEHLMAN ON FNC AT approx. 2:50 pm ET: "THE RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEB SITE" ... BUT NO SIGN OF THEM AT THAT TIME ... But, spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter tells ABC News' Dan Harris the campaign will post Kerry's "records and citations. No medical other than those accompanying medals ... We don't have medical ready" ... Records will be in the Veterans section of Kerry campaign Web site; timing of release TBD, Harris reports...