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I have no problems with Drudge. He's pretty fair and balanced and that's all I require. I don't need him to be slanted to the right (so long as he's not slanted to the left). Other news aggregators mentioned here are good as well, Drudge need not be the only one. I've been going to the Breitbart page a lot more but they really need a professional web designer as their layout is a hot mess. Content there is good though and is constantly getting updated.

I see a lot of people on the thread complaining about the ads on various sites. Well guess what folks, content ain't free. I thought we were all capitalists here and not a bunch of socialists. You either pay for a subscription or you put up with the ads. The content providers needs to get paid one way or another. So choose your poison.

That also ties into this here Free Republic, which is always in constant fund-raising mode - probably due to the same folks who are always complaining about the ads on the other sites not kicking in a few bucks from time to time.

Now this website doesn't have the ad revenue option to cover costs so they can only get it through donations. Even a $5 monthly spend by each regular user would easily cover the costs.

So there you go, I'll get off my soapbox.

Excellent points all...particularly pointing out that content ain’t free.

We’ve never had so much to chose from on the net that appeals to our side.

Great times.

You either pay for a subscription or you put up with the ads.

This applies only to the old-style ads that were just GIF image banners. "Modern" ads that use active content (JavaScript, Flash, etc.) are a common vector for malware and it is important to block these. Blockers that focus on active content (like NoScript or strong browser security settings) would not block ads that are simple images.