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Just voted in Fairfax county. Machine takes ballot and simply indicates that I voted. It doesn't provide any indication of how it actually scanned my ballot so as far as I know, I could've just voted for Dr.Doolittle. Sounds like good potential for electronic voting fraud here.

May today be the day of defeat that you so richly deserve. That is all!

As you may have noticed, I'm a newbie.....but not really. I'll explain. I was a newbie to Free Republic.....well over ten years ago. Actually, I was a Lurker for a while before becoming a newbie over ten years ago. Yes, I know. According to my account, I'm 3 days old in Freeper years, but I'm not. I'll explain. My account was compromised. My previous account, that is, and so I had to create a new Freeper identity. I've made a few discoveries upon creating my new old identity. Unless I'm mistaken, and it has been well over tens years since...

""Such protections would be temporary since the president lacks authority to give people permanent legal status." This title from a quote in the WSJ article on "Executive Amnesty".I contend the first potential GOP candidate for POTUS that announces they will immediate, upon taking office, rescind this illegal act, and use all information gathered to enforce existing immigration law, will be elected in a LANDSLIDE. It's an opportunity as big as Alaska.

If the Republicans gain control of both houses, they will encounter a dangerous environment. When they got control during the Clinton administration, Clinton modified his behavior and signed bills like Welfare Reform. Clinton's popularity results from his shift to the winds. Obama has no intentions of shifting. Instead he will go further left and further damage the country. He will blame Republicans for all the damage. Unfortunately, Republicans won't respond. So the question arises - how does this translate for 2016?

It appears that the one of the CDC's Ebola patient planes will soon be on the move again, heading to Africa. This is from the flight-following website FlightAware. 23-Oct-2014 GLF3 Bermuda Int'l (TXKF / BDA) Dakar (GOOY / DKR) 06:25AM ADT 03:33PM GMT Scheduled 23-Oct-2014 GLF3 Cartersville (KVPC) Bermuda Int'l (TXKF / BDA) 02:10AM EDT 05:27AM ADT Scheduled http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N163PA

For a relatively historical red state, I could not believe what I recently learned about one of Ohio's laws regarding AR's. You can use 30 round AR's all day long, and you are good to go. But insert a mag containing 31 or more cartridges into the gun, and the state considers this a machine gun. WTF? If any law ever needed to be changed, this is it.

had some maroon claim he was buying a house and then he disappears. our realtor says we'll never get the earnest money because it's all just a theoretical thing everyone puts on paper but nobody ever gets because it usually costs more money persuing it than the amount of the money is. anyone know how to stop the Craigslist-type driveby morons from doing this ?

Remember what happened the last time a virus was granted it's own human rights status? Positive and proud? El Viro Unido, no sera vencido. Grr.

CDC no head gear needed On the Kelley files Tom Frieden said the need for protective head gear was unnecessary !!!!! Duncan was projectile vomiting yet the Obama admin says no need for face shield or any googles or head gear of any kind needed !!!!!!!! "We know how ebola spreads" , he kept repeating. Transcript: KELLY: OK. But when I look at the CDC's website, it says that when you're putting on the protective gear as the medical personnel, and you know that the nurses have come out and complained that in some of these hospitals, they're just posting...

Last year I took an Ethics class at school. Our professor gave us a lecture about the pros and cons of Capitalism. And at the end of the lecture, he asked us if we could define "crony capitalism". We all drew a blank. We'd all heard the phrase, but we didn't quite understand it. So he broke it down to us in very simplistic terms: "Let's sat that you own a cow. And your neighbor owns one hundred cows. But he's so greedy that he wants your cow, too. So he bribes corrupt politicians to pass laws that will take...

I learned today that my son was directed, by TWO teachers, to throw away a granola bar because it has nuts in it. Apparently, Coppell Middle School West is a "no nuts" campus...other than the faculty and administrators, apparently. I took the extra step to see if the Coppell ISD website had any mention of a "no nuts" policy district wide. Although I was unable to find any mention of such a policy, I found the following under their "Departments" tab for Child Nutrition: Healthy Snacks Available: Don’t have time to pack a classroom snack for your elementary student? We...

When I was growing up, my mother made me write and send Thank You notes to each and every person who ever gave me a gift—Christmas gifts, birthday gifts, graduation gifts, you name it. It’s a habit I carried into adulthood. When my wife and I were married, we had Thank You cards in the mail within a week of the occasion. We have been blessed with a 17-year-old son. Ever since he’s been old enough to grasp a pen, he has been sending out Thank You cards for every gift received on every occasion. It’s only right and proper....

Another Freeper just shared the information to this FaceBook Page of the OK beheader. I thought it's interesting and informative enough that should have its thread of its own. Some of the comments are statements like It's somewhat interesting to see his conversion to ISLAM. About a year ago his postings were relatively normal, like excited about his new job, about the SuperBowl, and typical jive talk stuff." His rantings become insane as soon as he obviously became Muslim. " Dnt yall knw why the Eastern part of the world hates Amerika? Everything God says don't do Amerika does. 1.Don't...

I know this story has been posted several times, but Nolan's religion has not been mentioned. It is here: http://www.19actionnews.com/story/26631238/suspect-identified-in-ok-workplace-stabbing-shooting "According to sources, Nolen had recently converted to Islam and became a Muslim. However, that's not been proven to be a factor in his fatal rampage." One freeper stated that on Fox9, one person said he did this in the name of Allah also. Remember, you first saw it here!

A.) If no one alive today was there when He spoke, how then do we know which Jesus quoted from - the Masoretic Text or the Septuagint? B.) If he did quote from the Masoretic Text, and His quotes, parables, etcetera, were later translated into Greek in the middle of the first century AD - independently of the Septuagint - how would we know given that none of these Original Manuscripts have survived. And though this translation work would undoubtedly differ slightly from the Septuagint, none have survived. Since no Original Manuscripts - showing one way or the other -...

Hey! To all you O's fans out there, congrats! Thank God I'm A Country Boy

I have not been able to access Google Chrome all day- I keep getting a message that Google Chrome has crashed and Windows is looking for a fix. My other browsers (IE; Mozilla) work fine. Anyone else experiencing this problem??

Is it legal to use Deadly Force to stop a Felony? A felony that is not life threatening? For example in my uber blue CA: CAL. PEN. CODE § 197 : California Code - Section 197 - See more at: http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/cacode/PEN/3/1/8/1/s197#sthash.9DjRSFwJ.dpuf Homicide is also justifiable when committed by any person in any of the following cases: 1. When resisting any attempt to murder any person, or to commit a felony, or to do some great bodily injury upon any person; or, 2. When committed in defense of habitation, property, or person, against one who manifestly intends or endeavors, by violence...

I work about a mile from the Smithsonian museums and like every good Washingtonian, I never visit the famous sites. Today, being Labor Day, and having nothing else to do, I decided to go the Smithsonian Museum of American History. In one area they had a poll, taken by the museum visitors (how many thousands would that be?), voting for the greatest president in history. George Washington came in first, Abraham Lincoln second, Barak Obama third. I always thought "my jaw dropped" was just a fanciful expression, but my jaw DID drop. Reagan, by the way was 4th.