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Hey John, how about setting me up with an email address on Free Republic? I know email boxes can take up space, so how much will it cost? I think this may be the perfect way to support (and simultaneously advertise) Free Republic. If bandwidth demand is a problem just set up another server elsewhere on the 'net as 'mail.freerepublic.com' or something such....

DALLAS UP 1-0 AFTER ONE PERIOD. Tonight will make history for the Stars Franchise. Sorry Buffalo. Bridesmaids again!

Al Gore--you know, the Vice President?--was in Philadelphia today to speak to a conference of elected Latino officials. I was there to object to his presence. At one level it wasn't a smashing success; I was the only Freeper there. At another level, though, it was a success. He actually saw me and my sign, and I pointed the finger of accusation at him as he looked at me, smiling and waving. I arrived at the Wyndham Hotel not in the best of spirits. I was running late, traffic and parking were a mess, and I'd missed my chance to ...

India uses 'dirty war' tactics in Kashmir The border conflict with Pakistan is going badly, so Muslims at home are suffering, says Peter Popham We drove down a narrow lane alongside a gravel river bed, in a town of high poplars and willows and big, brick-built houses with steep gabled roofs in the north-west of the valley of Kashmir - and came face to face with the London Blitz. An area of two acres densely packed with just such houses lay in smoking ruins. Some had been flattened. Others were charred shells, the roofs and ceilings and staircases burned ...

Drudge on Fox at 6:00 Pacific. He's talking about Hillary moving to NYC in the Fall of 1999---16 months before Bill. Who cares? I wish there could be a news black-out on Hillary "news." The Village Voice is covering the Clinton "deep doo-doo" scandals.

we are continuing to post the list of Rhodes Scholars year by year as we get them typed, copied and pasted on FR.

Please note that this posting does not promulgate any particular position regarding race or racism. It is posted solely to stimulate civil discourse and philosophical inquiry regarding the phenomenon of racism. Your thoughts and comments regarding the issue are solicited. Recently, a poster using the screen name Volusian was banned - according to my very limited knowledge of the issue - from the FR site for posting in violation of the rules, specifically the prohibition on racist posts. This triggered a thread in which the issue was discussed from several perspectives. Some of the discussion seemed rather passionate. It ...

The End: NATO’s Strategic Confusion and Diplomatic Brilliance 1840 GMT, 990619 The agreement reached with the Russians over their role in Kosovo ends the first phase of the Kosovo war. Although NATO strategic and operational policy was unfocused and incoherent during the war itself, NATO diplomacy at the end of the war was skillful and deadly. All of this merely sets the stage for a long and painful NATO involvement in the Balkans. However, the fact that strategically little was gained should not detract from our admiration of the unscrupulous cunning shown by NATO’s leaders in closing out this ...

In 1996, a moist-eyed President Clinton vowed at the Jerusalem graveside of a slain Israeli-American soldier that he would not pressure Israel to pursue the peace process with the Palestinians until the man responsible for the murder was brought to justice.Only four other people were there to hear the promise. One was Esther Wachsman, the mother of 19-year-old Nachson, whose 1994 kidnapping and murder at the hand of Islamist Palestinian gunmen stunned the nation."He said it with tears in his eyes, and his hands on the stones," Mrs. Wachsman told CNSNews.com Wednesday."And three years later, Mohammed Deif is walking around ...

Sweden investigates US Industrial Espionage via Echelon U.S. Industrial Espionage Is Confronted By Göran Andersson The Swedish government will investigate if the U.S. uses signals intelligence, meant for national security purposes, in a way that is a disadvantage for Swedish corporations. A highly controversial report about signals intelligence was given to the European Parliament, and has now reached the Sweden's Ministry for Foreign Affairs. [Text of image of the front-page of the EuroParl report.] In a report written for the European Parliament it is claimed that information from United States military signals intelligence is used to benefit American corporations. The ...

Hello, You are invited to read my article titled "Martin Luther's Table Talk." It is located on my home page: David Mathews' Home Page Thanks, David Mathews

TIRANA, Albania, June 19 (UPI) - The Albanian government has asked U.S. Gen. Henry Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for a permanent stationing of U.S. troops in Albania. "This invitation is very much appreciated and we will take it into consideration," Shelton said today during a visit to Albania's capital, Tirana. It is Shelton's second visit to the Balkan state since April. Albanian Prime Minister Pandeli Majko told the general that establishing a U.S. military base in Albania would help guarantee peace and security in neighboring Yugoslavia. "Albania's government is ready to welcome the presence of ...

Insiders at NBC tell TV Guide in an upcoming issue that "Hardball" host Chris Matthews' new contract calls for a greater presence on CNBC, MSNBC and NBC. According to sources, the new contract gives Matthews a pay hike and a greater presence on NBC's cable networks. The deal is also expected to include appearances on the "Today" show.

An angry parade of anarchists and other activists broke store windows, threatened motorists, beat on cars and threw rocks at Eugene police Friday in a five-hour march downtown that began as a colorful but relatively tame protest against capitalism. Police, who initially directed traffic around activists and kept their distance, ultimately deployed tear gas and arrested 15 people for riot, a felony, and other charges. Three officers suffered minor injures in the rioting, as did an unknown number of protesters. For angry motorists and businesspeople, police didn't act fast enough. For protesters, any movement by officers was reason to shriek ...

Individual activism on behalf of the right to keep and bear arms can still pay big dividends as the June 9 repeal of the South Carolina ban on semi-automatic military style rifles reveals. The state legislature voted to change the language so as to safeguard thousands of gunowners who could have been prosecuted under the old statutory language which was an outright ban on all rifles, shotguns and handguns which had originally been designed and manufactured under a military contract. The new language amending the statute is more precise to the legislature's intent. It reads: "Military firearm" means any ...

Central NY, After the Meet Report! EAGLES UP!! The meeting was held at the Ramada Inn, in Liverpool NY at 1:30 pm., Crossroads of Interstate I-81 & I90 (NYS Thruway). 27 individual emails were received during the intial startup phase of "The Gathering of Eagles", Due to Graduations, Wedding's (there was a wedding there, we should have invited themJ) close to 20 had to cancel, however we picked up 3 more in the straggler column due mostly to Couple I want to thank, D&M M.!! WE HAD A GREAT GROUP!!, For those that are thinking of getting going, this is ...

We Hold These Values To Be Our Preferences? By Thomas L. Krannawitter {Will appear in the June 20, 1999 edition of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review} Is a "self-evident truth" really true? Is it proper for educators to teach the Declaration of Independence, which puts forth a series of self-evident truths? For most Americans, throughout most of American history, the answer to both these questions would be an immediate, "Of course." Today it's debatable. In fact, it's being debated in Trenton, New Jersey at this very moment. An amazing story is unfolding in the New Jersey state legislature. A bill just ...

Clinton Pushes for Strong Gun Laws By SANDRA SOBIERAJ Associated Press Writer COLOGNE, Germany (AP) - President Clinton challenged lawmakers in Washington to ``learn from the lessons of Littleton'' and mark the two-month anniversary of the Colorado school shooting by undoing their vote against gun control. His weekly radio address, taped here and broadcast back home, aimed to stir public anger over what Clinton said was a congressional majority taking its orders from the National Rifle Association. ``We can't allow the gun lobby to rewrite our laws and undermine our values,'' Clinton said. To the NRA, he said, ``I wish ...

ISI USING NEPAL AS SPRINGBOARDThe HinduSaturday, June 19, 1999 Patna, June 19 - The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan, using Nepal as a springboard, has intensified its trans-border operations against India in the border areas of north eastern Bihar and north Bengal following intrusion of the Pakistani army and militants in the Kargil sector. Siliguri in north Bengal and Kishenganj and Purnea districts, located at the tri-junction of India, Nepal and West Bengal, are the focal point of anti-Indian operations where the ISI is smuggling arms, narcotics and counterfeit Indian currency, according to high level intelligence sources. Nine ISI agents ...

Somalian Warlord Gets Arms Shipment The Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - More than 125 tons of weapons and munitions destined for warlord Hussein Aidid, including 5,000 AK-47 assault rifles, were unloaded Saturday from an unmarked ship at Fah, an Indian Ocean coastal village north of the Somali capital, witnesses said. The witnesses, who are close to businessmen involved in the deal, said the consignment was the third for Aidid from the Eritrean government. The anti-aircraft heavy machine-guns, German-made G-3 rifles and AK-47s as well as ammunition and explosives soon would be shipped 310 miles south from Fah to Mogadishu, ...