Free Republic

Ancient “Monster” Insect Found Fly in amber: This ancient "unicorn" fly that lived 100 million years ago in Burma has a "horn" in the center of its forehead, capped with three small eyes. Courtesy of George Poinar Researchers have announced the discovery of a new, real-world “monster” — what they are calling a “unicorn” fly — that lived about 100 million years ago and is being described as a new family, genus and species of fly never before observed. A single, incredibly well-preserved specimen of the tiny but scary-looking fly was preserved for eternity in Burmese amber. It had...

Almost $10 million in union contributions went to the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN), and its affiliates according to U.S. Department of Labor financial disclosure forms called LM-2’s. The bulk of the donations came from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which contributed $7.4 million between 2005 and 2008 to the national organization, state chapters and allied groups. SEIU’s single largest donation of $1.5 million went to the ACORN Community Labor Organizing Center (ACLOC) in 2006. SEIU also made a $1.3 million donation to ACORN International in 2005.

i think we could form a more perfect union if we could find peace in the nation and abroad.we should not be dictators.dictatorship ended in the early 1960's.some say cummnuism is where you share your countrys' wealth.i'm more in favor sharing wealth with the united and free world.

Long before he became one of the most liberal Republicans in the Senate — and the target of Congressman Pat Toomey's GOP primary challenge — Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania demonstrated a knack for notoriety. In 1964, as a member of the Warren Commission, he invented the "single-bullet theory" to explain how Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President Kennedy. Conspiracy junkies have obsessed over him ever since. (In Oliver Stone's movie JFK, Kevin Costner's character labels Specter "an ambitious junior counselor" behind "one of the grossest lies ever forced on the American people.") Between serving on the Warren Commission and becoming a...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will break a campaign pledge and sign a budget bill laden with millions in lawmakers' pet projects, administration officials said. Administration budget chief Peter Orszag and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel both downplayed the $410 billion spending bill and signaled Obama would hold his nose and sign it. Orszag said: "We want to just move on. Let's get this bill done, get it into law and move forward. Said Emanuel: "That's last year's business." [snip] Either way, it is far more than Obama promised as a candidate. He refused "earmarks" for the economic...

'Arctic unicorns' in icy display Remarkable footage of elusive narwhal has been captured. A BBC team used aerial cameras to film the creatures during their epic summer migration, as they navigated through cracks in the melting Arctic sea ice.

Speaking of strange art - here is a nude Obama riding a unicorn…. It was created by Dan Lacey, who normally paints photos of people with pancakes on their heads: “The Barack Obama Victory Unicorn. I’ll be selling these to the crowd outside the Excel Energy Center in St. Paul Minnesota later tonight.” Full size inside, if you should want a closer look!

Single-horned 'Unicorn' deer is found in Italy By MARTA FALCONI , Associated Press Writer This undated photo provided by the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, Italy, Wednesday, June 11, 2008, shows a deer with a single horn in the center of its head. The one-year-old Roe Deer - nicknamed 'Unicorn' - was born in captivity in the research center's park in the Tuscan town of Prato, near Florence, Gilberto Tozzi, director of the Center of Natural Sciences, said. He is believed to have been born with a genetic flaw; his twin has two horns. (AP Photo/Center of Natural Sciences)...

Fox News ought to buy a copy of Monday's Democrat debate on CNN to play over and over during the general election campaign. For now, the Democratic candidates need to appeal only to their nut-base. So on Monday night, the candidates casually spouted liberal conspiracy theories that would frighten normal Americans, but warm the hearts of losers blogging from their mother's basements. B. Hussein Obama got the party started by claiming he couldn't get a cab in New York because he's black. This line was a big hit with white liberals in the audience who have never been to New...

Unicorn buck makes Crestline hunter a legend John Moore, 32, of Crestline shows off the unicorn buck he killed in Knox County on the opening day of gun season. "I think I missed him three years ago ... I know some people were hunting it, Moore said. "I noticed there was a cut on his leg that probably came from a crossbow. CRESTLINE -- John Moore went into the woods as just another hunter, but he emerged a star. That's what getting a unicorn deer can do for a guy. "It's pretty cool. I never knew it would go this...

Man shoots Unicorn That's what getting a unicorn deer can do for a guy.

Einhorn found guilty of first-degree murder From The Inquirer Staff Associated Press Ira Einhorn was convicted this morning of first-degree murder in one of the city's most notorious crimes: the death 25 years ago of girlfriend Holly Maddux, whose mummified remains were found in a steamer trunk in Einhorn's Powelton Village apartment. The jury of six women and six men deliberated for about an hour yesterday before retiring to their hotel. They resumed today at 9 a.m. and reached a verdict about 90 minutes later. The verdict was announced an hour later. The first-degree conviction brings with it an automatic...

Holly's sisters arrive at court. The men and women who will judge the guilt or innocence of Ira Einhorn will get to hear from the former hippie himself, his attorney said today. Einhorn plans to tell jurors that the mummified corpse of his former girlfriend found inside a locked steamer trunk in his apartment was planted, possibly by government agents, defense attorney William Cannon said during opening arguments. Einhorn, 62, is expected to testify that he never brutalized Holly Maddux. He will explain why he disappeared on the eve of trial in 1981 and lived a life on the run...