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  • Our children as props (WA Gov signs gay rights bill in a pre-school)

    05/19/2009 6:27:51 PM PDT · by llevrok · 23 replies · 777+ views
    KIRO Radio (Seattle) ^ | 5/19/09 | Dori Monson
    Tuesday, May 19, 2009 @ 11:24am Dori writes... People asked me why I didn't talk about the governor signing the "everything but marriage" bill yesterday. I didn't address it on the air because to me, there's nothing controversial about the bill. I think homosexuals should have the same legal rights as heteros - but I do not think we should redefine marriage. I am perfectly fine with this bill. But I am NOT fine with the outrageous use of children in the photo-op of the governor signing the bill. Gregoire surrounded herself with a group of four year olds as...
  • Fifty Years of Math 1959 - 2009 (in the USA )

    05/01/2009 7:46:39 AM PDT · by Fawn · 30 replies · 1,362+ views
    an Email ^ | 5/1/09 | unknown
    Fifty Years of Math 1959 - 2009 (in the USA ) Last week I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2 and I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on her register. I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help...while he tried to explain the transaction to her, she stood there and cried. Why do I tell you this? Because...
  • Vitamin D May Not Be The Answer To Feeling SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)

    03/19/2009 11:03:19 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 18 replies · 433+ views
    Medical News Today ^ | 18 Mar 2009
    A lack of Vitamin D, due to reduced sunlight, has been linked to depression and the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), but research by the University of Warwick shows there is no clear link between the levels of vitamin D in the blood and depression. Exposure to sunlight stimulates vitamin D in the skin and a shortage of sunlight in the winter has been put forward as one possible cause of SAD. However Warwick Medical School researchers, led by Dr Oscar Franco, have discovered low levels of vitamin D in the blood may not be connected to depression. The...
  • 13-Year-Old Accused Of Killing Half Brother (to take over Dad's drug ring)

    03/03/2009 4:21:10 PM PST · by Mikey_1962 · 11 replies · 724+ views
    WaPo ^ | 3/3/09 | Mikey_1962
    HYANNIS, Mass. -- Police have accused a 13-year-old of masterminding the slaying of his 16-year-old half brother so he could take over a drug operation they are alleged to have inherited from their father. Jordan Mendes was found shot, stabbed 27 times and dumped into a pit, where his body was torched. District Attorney Michael O'Keefe said Mendes was a "significant drug dealer." Authorities said Mykel Mendes, a seventh-grader, was jealous of the money his half brother was making selling OxyContin and cocaine and wanted to take over. A 13-year-old friend and a 20-year-old cousin also are charged with murder.
  • FAX, EMAIL TO YOUR REPS (PORKULUS 101)

    02/07/2009 3:54:36 PM PST · by tomnbeverly · 16 replies · 628+ views
    02-07-09 | tomnbeverly
    Dear Elected Representative, TEACHING POINTS PORKULUS 101: 1. GOVERNMENT DOESN’T CREATE JOBS IT CREATES MORE GOVERNMENT. 2. LEAVE JOB CREATION TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, STIMULATE WITH TAX CUTS. 3. GOVERNMENT JOBS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED ARE UNSUSTAINABLE TAX BURDENS FOR THE REST OF US. 4. IF YOU WANT MEN TO FEED THEMSELVES THEN TEACH MEN TO FARM, DON’T GROW GOVERMENT. 5. IT’S GETTING WAY PAST TIME TO THROW SOME MORE TEA IN THE HARBOR. 6. ONE TRILLION TAX DOLLARS CREATE 1.5 MILLION HOLE DIGGERS AND 1.5 MILLION HOLE FILLERS FOR 5 YEARS @ 50K PER YEAR PLUS THE COST OF SHOVELS....
  • Yule be in tears at Christmas

    12/24/2008 9:23:33 PM PST · by Cyberrat · 29 replies · 1,188+ views
    The Sun ^ | 12/24/08 | STAFF REPORTER
    THERE can be only one thing worse than not getting the present you want this Christmas – and that’s finding your most wanted gift is just an empty box. But that’s exactly what happened to this young lad – who thought he was unwrapping the Xbox360 console he had been dreaming of all year.
  • Bernie Buescher (D) is Colorado’s next secretary of state

    12/19/2008 5:33:15 PM PST · by Impy · 9 replies · 365+ views
    The Colorado Independent ^ | 12-19-08 | Cara Degette
    Gov. Bill Ritter has picked state Rep. Bernie Buescher as Colorado’s next secretary of state. “Thank you for the confidence,” Buescher told the governor. “I will work hard and try to do a good job.” Ritter announced his pick at a news conference in his office this morning. The position came open when Mike Coffman was elected to congress. In all, 20 people applied; that number was whittled to three finalists, including Buescher, as well as outgoing House Speaker Andrew Romanoff and Senate Majority Leader Ken Gordon. During the news conference, Ritter thanked all for applying, and said Buescher is...
  • The Placebo Effect: Not All in Your Head

    12/03/2008 6:50:35 PM PST · by neverdem · 4 replies · 633+ views
    ScienceNOW Daily News ^ | 2 December 2008 | Rachel Zelkowitz
    Enlarge ImageReal effect. Patients with a certain copy of a serotonin gene showed less amygdala activity (left), indicating reduced anxiety, after treatment with placebos. Credit: T. Furmark et al., Journal of Neuroscience To get a drug to market, pharmaceutical companies have to show that it works better than a placebo. But sometimes the placebo is just as powerful as the real thing. Just why our bodies respond so strongly to fake medicine has long been a mystery, but researchers are a step closer to solving that riddle, having picked out a particular gene that may be responsible for one...
  • Kanjorski beats Barletta in northeastern Pa.

    11/04/2008 8:40:40 PM PST · by Impy · 6 replies · 902+ views
    Centredaily ^ | 11-04-08 | AP
    PHILADELPHIA — Paul Kanjorski has fought off a nationally known crusader against illegal immigration to keep his northeastern Pennsylvania congressional seat. Kanjorski, a Democrat, beat Republican Lou Barletta in the 11th District.
  • Record 259 US Companies Cozy With Homosexuals

    09/13/2008 1:32:06 PM PDT · by hardhead · 76 replies · 321+ views
    WorldNetDaily ^ | Sep 13, 2008 | WorldNetDaily
    Below is the list, in alphabetical order, of companies scoring a perfect 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign's 2009 Corporate Equality Index, with policies beneficial toward homosexuals: 3M Co. AAA Northern California, Nevada and Uta Abercrombie & Fitch Accenture Ltd. Aetna Agilent Technologies Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld Alaska Airlines Alcatel-Lucent Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America Allstate Corp.
  • Why are conservatives happier than liberals?

    05/09/2008 12:25:31 PM PDT · by avacado · 39 replies · 100+ views
    CNN Online ^ | May 9, 2008 | Jack Cafferty
    Why are conservatives happier than liberals?FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty: Conservatives are happier than liberals. A study published in the journal “Psychological Science” says it’s because conservatives are better at rationalizing inequalities. Regardless of someone’s income, marital status or church attendance, people with right-wing ideologies report greater satisfaction with their lives than those with left-wing beliefs. Researchers found that conservatives also score highest when it comes to the ability to justify inequalities. For example, a conservative might support the idea of a meritocracy – that if you work hard and perform well, you’ll move up the economic ladder… and if you...
  • Gandhi, Churchill 'myth', Sherlock real for Britons

    02/26/2008 9:05:21 AM PST · by Brainhose · 8 replies · 185+ views
    ExpressIndia.com ^ | Today | Brainhose
    London, February 4: Mahatma Gandhi never existed while Britain's wartime Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill was a fictional character. Don't fret. This is only what most Britons think about the great leaders. According to a survey carried out in Britain, many believe that Mahatma Gandhi and Churchill are just mythical figures like Florence Nightingale, popularly known as the 'Lady with the Lamp'. In fact, almost a quarter of the population have the popular notion that Churchill, "the greatest Briton of all time", was made up. Moreover, despite his celebrated military reputation, 47 per cent of respondents feel the 12th-century English...
  • Interview With An Upset Primary Results Conservative

    02/11/2008 3:30:36 AM PST · by joesbucks · 135 replies · 103+ views
    self | self
    I thought principled politics was supposed to be all about me. And if it doesn't go my way, I'm allowed to throw a tantrum, turn blue, kick my feet, flail my arms, threaten to support and vote for Hillary or Obama just to make my point. I mean, I didn't get my way. This is just like not getting my candy at the checkout counter. I didn't get my toy in the toy department. People took me out of control of my party and I'm mad. If I can't control my party, then I have to play nice and be...
  • Plugs pulled on FBI wiretaps due to unpaid bills

    01/10/2008 11:48:34 AM PST · by SubGeniusX · 26 replies · 33+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | Jan 10 08 | By LARA JAKES JORDAN
    WASHINGTON — Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau's repeated failures to pay phone bills on time. A Justice Department audit released today blamed the lost connections on the FBI's lax oversight of money used in undercover investigations. Poor supervision of the program also allowed one agent to steal $25,000, the audit said. In at least one case, a wiretap used in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act investigation "was halted due to untimely payment," the audit found. FISA wiretaps are used in the government's most sensitive and secretive criminal investigations,...
  • Fate of World Economy Lies with U.S. Housing --Greenspan

    10/02/2007 7:27:22 AM PDT · by ex-Texan · 80 replies · 240+ views
    Sign on San Diego ^ | 10/1/2007 | Sumeet Desai
    LONDON – The fate of the world economy hinges on what happens to house prices in America and that may not be a good thing, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Monday. Speaking at the Reuters headquarters in London, the former Fed chair delivered a gloomy prognosis on the state of the global economy – U.S. house prices are likely to fall further and they could drag the rest of the world with them. * * * “The critical variable in this judgement is the price of homes in the United States,” said Greenspan, who ran the U.S....
  • Does Your Mood Take A Nosedive Each November? (SAD)

    09/30/2007 3:33:12 PM PDT · by blam · 74 replies · 101+ views
    Science Daily ^ | 9-30-2007 | Loyola University Health System
    Source: Loyola University Health System Date: September 30, 2007 Does Your Mood Take A Nosedive Each November? Science Daily — If you notice that your mood, energy level and motivation take a nosedive each November only to return to normal in April, you may have Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), according to Loyola University Health System doctors. “This condition, characterized by depression, exhaustion and lack of interest in people and regular activities, interferes with a person’s outlook on life and ability to function properly,” said Dr. Angelos Halaris, chair of Loyola’s department of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences. But people should not...
  • Hispanic influx gives Liberal, Kan., a new face

    09/02/2007 7:16:22 AM PDT · by Sig Sauer P220 · 48 replies · 3,001+ views
    The Wichita Eagle ^ | 09/02/07 | Brent D. Wistrom
    LIBERAL - Ignacio Rivas stands at his paletas cart chatting with another guy who also pushes frozen fruit treats on a three-wheel cart. It's about 7 p.m. in downtown Liberal, a town proud of its Yellow Brick Road and annual Fat Tuesday pancake race. But as Rivas tilts his straw cowboy hat down and pushes across the city's main drag before sundown, the scene looks like one out of Mexico. Perhaps a third to half of the independent business storefronts advertise in Spanish. Most others note that they habla español. This snapshot reflects what's happening in Liberal -- the heart...
  • Boy Killed During Potty Training, Police Say

    07/19/2007 11:45:14 AM PDT · by Lucky9teen · 151 replies · 3,235+ views
    http://www.kcra.com/news/ ^ | 5:52 am PDT July 19, 2007
    Mom's Boyfriend Charged CINCINNATI -- A judge ruled that a teenager will be tried as an adult for the death of an 18-month-old boy whose mother testified that he was repeatedly swung like a bat against the wall when the teen became frustrated during toilet training. Derris Smith, 18, the mother's live-in boyfriend, has been charged with murder. He was 17 on June 27, when, police said, he delivered the beating that led to Malakai Glenn's death four days later. The impact of the child hitting the wall left drywall stuck to his head and cracked a wooden door, said...
  • Boy, 8, Kills Baby Sister, Police Say

    06/13/2007 8:54:53 PM PDT · by freespirited · 12 replies · 585+ views
    FOX News ^ | 6/13/07 | CHARLES J. HANLEY
    <p>NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas — An 8-year-old boy dropped or threw his infant twin sisters down the stairs, killing one and injuring the other, authorities said. He is too young to be detained or charged, they said.</p> <p>The boy has a "diminished mental capacity," police said. A child must be at least 10 to be in the juvenile court system, Larry Irving, an investigator with the North Richland Hills Police Department, said Wednesday.</p>
  • Paris banged up ... again (Prisoner Riot Feared over Hilton Special Treatment)

    06/09/2007 9:34:01 AM PDT · by Anti-Bubba182 · 611 replies · 12,447+ views
    The Sun ^ | 6-9-07 | EMILY SMITH
    PETRIFIED PARIS HILTON mouthed “I love you” to her parents last night — before being carted off to face a hostile reception in prison.....[snip] [snip]Prisoner number 9818783 was put back in her special cell — isolated from other inmates — amid fears the angry lags could RIOT over her special treatment. Wardens even ordered a lockdown as prisoners — who think Paris pretended to be sick to con doctors — threatened a revolt. An insider at the prison in Lynwood, California, said: “The women inside the jail are seething. They say if you’re a rich white girl you get special...
  • Silly is very sad tonight; come say hi tomorrow and cheer him up... Happy Hour at The Irish Pub

    03/29/2007 10:47:15 PM PDT · by Silly · 75 replies · 430+ views
    March 30, 2007 | Silly
    Folks in Freeper land, I could use your encouragement, prayers, comfort and support tonight. After battling my employer over a verbally and physically abusive boss, I had to clean out my office today. Don't panic yet -- I'm continuing on payroll indefinitely. But after I reported the abuse, and was removed from her building, I was given an office from which I could search for a job. I needed that, because I need to be around midtown for interviews (and I have had some). Tomorrow in fact I have two interviews. I'll try to summarize this quickly: My boss is...
  • Mike Evans, original Lionel Jefferson, dead

    12/23/2006 6:39:32 PM PST · by Rodney King · 16 replies · 1,425+ views
    CNN ^ | today | staff
    TWENTYNINE PALMS, California (AP) -- Actor Mike Evans, best known as Lionel Jefferson in the TV sitcoms "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," has died. He was 57. Evans died of throat cancer December 14 at his mother's home in Twentynine Palms, said his niece, Chrystal Evans. Evans, along with Eric Monte, also created and wrote for "Good Times," one of the first TV sitcoms that featured a primarily black cast. Michael Jonas Evans was born November 3, 1949, in Salisbury, North Carolina. His father, Theodore Evans Sr., was a dentist while his mother, Annie Sue Evans, was a...
  • Father of Chelsea's Boyfriend in Prison for Fraud, Scams

    12/08/2006 11:55:51 AM PST · by agooga · 38 replies · 984+ views
    ABC News ^ | 12/08/06 | Brian Ross and Joseph Rhee
    If reports are true that Chelsea Clinton and her boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky are considering marriage, the father of the groom won't be able to attend the wedding until he is released from prison in November 2008. Ed Mezvinsky, a former Iowa Congressman, is serving a seven-year sentence for fraud after getting caught up in a series of Nigerian e-mail scams.
  • Farewell Marine

    10/13/2006 9:44:07 AM PDT · by meandog · 5 replies · 766+ views
    Sarah Lee (James) Gilcher
    Apologies if this was previously posted but it is a tribute to the Marines who have paid the supreme sacrifice to their country. WARNING: Extremely sad on this, the birthday of the United States Navy and its seaborne infantry--the Devil Dogs of the U.S. Marine Corps.
  • GOP Funds Ahmadinejad-Chavez Speaking Tour

    09/21/2006 8:09:59 AM PDT · by Lucky9teen · 13 replies · 382+ views
    http://www.scrappleface.com/ ^ | September 21, 2006 | by Scott Ott
    (2006-09-21) — The Republican National Committee (RNC) today offered to fund a coast-to-coast U.S. speaking tour featuring Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, in the weeks leading up to November’s Congressional elections. The offer comes in the wake of two days of public remarks by the two foreign leaders before the United Nations, the Council on Foreign Relations and U.S. news media. Their diplomatic pronouncements included… – denying the Holocaust, – calling the U.S. president “the devil“, – praying at the U.N. for the return of Islam’s fabled 12th Imam, – praising Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, –...
  • Animated 9/11 Tribute-Really Moving

    09/10/2006 10:52:39 AM PDT · by Ptarmigan · 4 replies · 636+ views
    Here's a moving animated video tribute to 9/11, called I Miss You Daddy - September 11th Tribute. Really sad. Puts a human face to this horrible terrorist attack.
  • Defeating Depression Part I [Charismatic Devotional Thread]

    08/22/2006 7:56:23 PM PDT · by JockoManning · 255 replies · 2,449+ views
    Kad-Esh Shabbat Letter 16th of June MAP Ministries ^ | 16 June 2006 | Rabbi Baruch, Bishop Dominiquae Bierman
    16th of June DEFEATING DEPRESSION PART 1 “Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad” Proverbs 12:25 Depression- from Webster’s New Unabridged Dictionary Low spirits, gloominess, dejection, sadness, a decrease in force, or activity, or amount, a decrease in functional activity. An emotional condition either normal or pathological characterized by discouragement, a feeling of inadequacy, the act of humbling abasement as a depression of pride. Abasement, reduction, sinking, fall, humiliation, dejection, melancholy. Major Depression Facts Major depression is the No.1 psychological disorder in the western world.(1) It is growing in all age groups,...
  • Israel Army Girls!

    07/21/2006 8:57:18 AM PDT · by dennisw · 212 replies · 70,001+ views
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  • GENDER IDENTITY: 5-year-old 'girl' starting school is really a boy

    07/10/2006 11:32:19 AM PDT · by rightinthemiddle · 133 replies · 2,422+ views
    The Miami Herald ^ | July 10, 2006 | Roberto Santiago
    Broward County schools' progressive policy on transgendered children will be tested by the admission to kindergarten this fall of a boy who believes that he's a girl. BY ROBERTO SANTIAGO rsantiago@MiamiHerald.com One little girl entering Broward County kindergarten this fall is actually a boy. Few will know this genetic truth, because the 5-year-old's parents and school administrators have agreed that it's in his best interest to blend in as a female. Mental health professionals have diagnosed Pat -- not his real name -- with gender dysphoria, a condition in which a person believes that he or she is the opposite...
  • Hi - I'm new here and like to post random items I receive in email, please don't ZOT me.

    06/10/2006 4:25:12 PM PDT · by concernedcitizenusa · 95 replies · 5,994+ views
    snopes ^ | 6-10-2006 | ConcernedCitizenUSA
    THESE ARE THE SENATORS WHO VOTED TO GIVE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS TO ILLEGAL ALIENS REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PARTY, THESE POLITICIANS NEED TO BE DEFEATED IN 2006, 2008 OR 2010, WHENEVER THEY NEXT COME UP FOR OFFICE. SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW; THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION -- THAT IS, UNLESS THEY DO NOT MIND SHARING THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY WITH FOREIGN WORKERS WHO NEVER PAID INTO IT AND AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE BEING LEFT OUT. Grouped by Home State Alabama: Alaska: Stevens (R-AK), Yea Arizona: McCain (R-AZ), Yea Arkansas: Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Pryor (D-AR),...
  • Malvo and the War Debate (ZOT!!! Why not to go off antipsychotic meds without a doctor’s guidance)

    05/29/2006 6:48:25 AM PDT · by DanPride · 80 replies · 3,911+ views
    Me | Today | Dan Pride
    I am curious why none of the media covers the most important aspect of the Malvo shootings. If you look at Newspapers on the dates when the shootings are underway you discover something I find quite interesting. The shootings begin to dominate the news the day before the debate on the Iraq war starts and they catch them the day after the declaration of war??? If you ask most people "do you remember the debate about starting the second Iraq war", they will all answer "yes of course". But if you followup with the question "name one point in the...
  • What is a FReeper? (zot)

    05/30/2006 12:41:24 PM PDT · by Uddercha0s · 183 replies · 6,430+ views
    5/30/06 | Uddercha0s
    I recently received a reply to a post that stated: "This should be beneath a "freeper". Sad." So I asked.. what is it that makes a FReeper? My reply (and I will admit was tasteless) was also questioning. It stirred controversy and was removed? Why Moderators? Can you not tell me? Did it not meet with your "FReeper" mentality? According to all posted guidelines it should be listed but no, you chose to delete it. Yes.. I'm the first one IBTZ, I'm sure you'll nick me for speaking up..
  • CDN:17 year old Grad drinks with dad

    05/26/2006 4:30:54 PM PDT · by llevrok · 2 replies · 189+ views
    PORT McNEILL - A 17-year-old caught drinking with his father received 10 hours of community work and a six-month conditional discharge, May 9 in provincial court. The father and son were found drinking together Apr. 9 at the Dalewood Inn, but that was just the beginning of his case, Crown counsel Leslie Fillingham told court. The youth was first arrested for causing a disturbance after he fingered a police officer earlier in the year, and released on the condition that he not drink, said Crown counsel Leslie Fillingham. That charge was eventually dropped, but not before the youth twice breached...
  • Man kills self over genital size

    04/26/2006 11:46:31 PM PDT · by M203M4 · 81 replies · 1,945+ views
    Hindustan Times ^ | Singapore, April 20, 2006 | AFP
    An 18-year-old Singaporean student committed suicide last month because he was convinced his penis was too small, a report said on Wednesday. State Coroner Tan Boon Heng said the case highlighted the importance of sex education in schools and recommended the details be forwarded to the education ministry, the Straits Times reported. The teenager, who was not named, jumped from a building on March 3. A suicide note explained why, an investigation to determine the cause of death said. "He said it was not due to the stress of his examination, but it was more about his physical development... He...
  • My Death Space dotcom

    03/30/2006 7:55:35 PM PST · by Number57 · 13 replies · 1,048+ views
    My Death Space ^ | 3.30.06 | Mydeathspace.com
    Only three things are certain in life. MySpace, Taxes, and Death. If you have a MySpace account and you die, this is where you will end up. MyDeathSpace.com memorializes deceased MySpace users and picks up where a regular obituary leaves off. Click the MySpace Deaths link at the top to view the latest MySpace Deaths!
  • Majority of NOLA Residents Approve of Mayor's Response to Katrina

    03/01/2006 6:29:53 AM PST · by Ellesu · 61 replies · 1,016+ views
    poll.gallup.com ^ | 03/01/06 | Joseph Carrol
    Blacks much more likely than whites to approve of job done by local leaders: PRINCETON, NJ -- A majority of current New Orleans residents say they approve of the job mayor Ray Nagin did in responding to the effects of Hurricane Katrina, according to a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll. Residents also have a positive view of how the city's police handled the situation, but are much more critical of Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco, President George W. Bush, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Most residents are not offended by Nagin's recent statement that New Orleans should be rebuilt as...
  • 'Gun that Won the West' fades into sunset

    01/19/2006 3:12:20 AM PST · by SLB · 44 replies · 4,243+ views
    Casper Star Tribune ^ | January 19, 2006 | MATT APUZZO
    NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The traditional Winchester rifles carried by pioneers, movie stars and Wild West lawmen will be discontinued in March, a Belgian manufacturer said Wednesday, confirming the end of an American icon that became known as "The Gun that Won the West." Once the U.S. Repeating Arms plant closes March 31, the only new rifles carrying the famous Winchester name will be the modern, high-end models produced in Belgium, Japan and Portugal. The older models, including the famous Winchester Model 94, will be scrapped. "The name will continue, but not with those traditional products," said Robert Sauvage, a...
  • A special message from the Department of Troll Control, come and get it!

    01/12/2006 8:39:35 AM PST · by dhls · 6,335 replies · 36,222+ views
    Department of Troll Control | Another Ignorant Troll
    Fellow Americans, there comes a time every mans life when we must give up ourselves before we are worthy to recieve. There comes a time in this war on terror when in order to protect liberty, we have to give it up in the mean time for safty. That's right folks. Today, Americans have forsaken the creator for the creation and have decided that they would value our "civil liberties" than protecting western civilization and rich white people from the tender mercies of radical Islamic terrorists. Selfish liberals insist and whine that Bush has no right to spy on Americans...
  • Depressed Hamsters Shed Light on Seasonal Disorder

    01/10/2006 1:44:43 PM PST · by billorites · 29 replies · 644+ views
    ABCnews.com ^ | December 9, 2005 | Amanda Onion
    As the days grow shorter and cold, and darkness settles in, some begin to feel a little blue -- hamsters and people alike. Up to 20 percent of Americans report they feel more depressed during the winter months as a result of a condition known as seasonal affective disorder. Now scientists have shown that hamsters experience the same sluggishness when their exposure to light is reduced. By studying these sad hamsters, the researchers hope to find new ways of helping people combat seasonal depression. "Hamsters aren't perfect models, but the mechanisms may be similar -- as in what's going on...
  • Bye-bye Delay! So long crooks! Goodbye world, I'm gone by ZOT!

    01/08/2006 6:43:32 PM PST · by SoLongCrooks · 317 replies · 8,600+ views
    Yaa, you repukes are not doing so well, huh? Imagine, you repukes control the presidency, both houses of Congress, and appointed 7 of the 9 Supreme Court justices. Yet the Supreme Court thre out sodomy laws in all 50 states and recognized the right of government to seize land for any reason. And you couldn't pass your Social Security changes could you? Sorry, that was your last shot. Come November, we're going to start seeing more Democratic faces in the House. It's the end for you guys. You guys are celebrating when Bush's numbers go *up* to 45%. Then Faux...
  • Bush's Job Growth WORST in 50 Years (Roll out the red carpet for this “staunch Bush supporter.”)

    01/03/2006 8:29:33 AM PST · by intruder alert · 344 replies · 11,610+ views
    bopnews ^ | Hale Stewart
    Bush’s giant Right Wing Noise Machine (RWNM) loves to preach about the Bush economic miracle. In fact, the RWNM’s current thinking is Bush doesn’t spend enough time talking about his economic triumphs. If only he did, then everyone would fall in line and believe in the great Bush economic miracle. There is one problem with this argument: it’s a lie. Any way you look at the Bush economy, it comes up short. Today, I want to compare Bush’s job creation record with other economic recoveries. As usual, Bush comes up way short. The national Bureau of Economic Research has identified...
  • Seriously, Why Don't You Trolls Try Something Original?

    01/01/2006 9:27:23 AM PST · by inquisitive · 171 replies · 7,317+ views
    Why does anybody support George w Bush as President? He is clearly the worst President I have ever seen -- a complete disaster. And before you say anything, I have been a registered Republican for 25 years.
  • SICK OF PEOPLE IMPOSING THEIR RELIGOUS BELIEFS ON OTHERS

    12/27/2005 10:42:05 AM PST · by proud republican woman · 569 replies · 16,032+ views
    Freeper | December 27, 2005 | Proud Republican Woman, zotted by Archpriestess Helga, Church of the Viking Kittens
    After reading all of the crap that people have been saying regarding Adult Private Social Clubs, I felt that I had to post an article and give my opinion. I am sick and tired of all the religous groups that are saying that there are drugs, prostitution, minors, non-consenting people, and just immoral people at these clubs! First of all, who do these people think they are to decide what is morally right or wrong for me? I believe that I have a good set of morals. I am a law abiding, tax paying citizen, I work full time and...
  • ZOT! Censorship alleged

    12/17/2005 5:27:56 AM PST · by Dances With Fascists · 337 replies · 7,449+ views
    Censored News & Ideas ^ | 9/11/04 | unknown
    Lies of omission about 9/11 -- stoking fears of terrorism THEY WANT YOU TO BE AFRAID The following post was censored by freerepublic.com shortly after it was posted on their "public" forum on 9/11/04. That forum is designed to appear as though it is a community forum open to all, but this post only received three responses before it and its replies were deleted, and a repeat posting at 4 am PST on 9/20/04 didn't stay online for 5 minutes! Someone is apparently watching closely over the content of the freerepublic.com forums and censoring them 24/7 (though they might have...
  • Something Every Zottee Should Realize

    11/17/2005 6:15:41 AM PST · by Turkey Day · 270 replies · 7,192+ views
    <p>You people are jerks. Not likeable jerks either, but the kind folks would like to smack in the back of the head with a shovel. Think Judge Snells from Caddyshack or Neidermier from Animal House.</p> <p>I know this probably comes as a shock to you, but if you do some serious soul searching, you'll realize that I am right.</p>
  • Mother blames school after boy is blinded by eclipse

    11/09/2005 7:02:11 AM PST · by ElkGroveDan · 30 replies · 1,144+ views
    Telegraph ^ | 09/11/2005 | Stewart Payne
    A boy of 10 was blinded in one eye as he watched the recent partial eclipse of the sun from his school playground. The parents of Conor Howard expressed their concern yesterday about playground supervision after learning that the damage is permanent. Conor, who wanted to be a pilot when he left school, is having specialist treatment. He had perfect 20/20 vision but now has severely restricted sight. Conor was at morning break in the playground of St Nicholas School in Cranleigh, Surrey, last month when a friend shouted for him to look at the eclipse. Closing one eye, he...
  • Russian ZOT "Meta-Group" Behind 9/11?

    11/03/2005 4:55:34 PM PST · by snowback · 148 replies · 3,663+ views
    Lobster. The Journal of Parapolitics ^ | 10/29/05 | Peter Dale Scott
    Concluding Question: The Meta-Group and the United States Government It seems clear that the meta-group, with its influential connections on at least three continents, was powerful enough to effect changes, through the Russian 9/11, in Russian history. The question arises whether they could similarly effect changes in American history as well. As we have seen Russian sources claim that the U.S. Government has had access to he meta-group, for such especially sensitive projects as the assassination of Abu al Walid al-Hamadi. They claim the meta-group's involvement in a number of U.S.-sponsored regime changes in eastern Europe, from the overthrow of...
  • Caption This: Help Matt Drudge out with Maureen Dowd Photo! (It's getting beer-thirty am)

    10/30/2005 9:28:18 AM PST · by DCBryan1 · 225 replies · 10,779+ views
    Drudge Report ^ | 30 OCT 05 | DCBRYAN1
    NEW IN TOWN SAILOR? (Click here to see current captions).
  • I am not a poster. I am a crispy critter.

    10/27/2005 8:31:33 AM PDT · by The Zontron 7000 · 10,061 replies · 35,424+ views
    I am an internet java script sent to infiltrate your site and transform you from political neanderthals into a modern 21st Century progressive mode. This is your first warning. Do not try and resist. It is useless. Accept your fate. You will be assimilated.
  • CARTOONS: Depressed Dems

    09/25/2005 5:05:18 PM PDT · by opineapple · 6 replies · 1,211+ views
    "And then depression set in ..."