[SisterK]

Have you ever noticed that for the past 15 years during a quarterly fundraiser that someone swoops in at the last minute and settles it?
Maybe this site will die? Once we’re no longer useful.

which is probably why attendance has dropped
the spies, foreign and domestic

[KitJ]

"spies, foreign and domestic"

Some instigate, some support, some are just here to create friction and fracture.

All designed to influence public opinion. I believe that, back in the 90s, Clinton turned the USG on to FreeRepublic. Remember when FReepers used to organize demonstrations in D.C.? That garnered attention. From everyone. Good and bad.

Many governments, allies and enemies, monitor this site. Some even post.