Free Republic

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Seven-year-old Heaven Sutton was selling cold drinks and candy at a street stand with her mother when she was shot to death, becoming the 253rd victim this year of Chicago's surging murder rate, police said on Thursday. Sutton and her mother, Ashake Banks, were about to close up their stand on Wednesday night when two men approached and began shooting. Heaven was shot in the chest, and a 19-year-old man standing nearby was wounded in the leg, police said. "This is not about crime. This is about values. Take your gang conflict away from a 7-year-old," Chicago...

(VIDEO AT LINK) Mitt Romney's Presidential campaign launched a stealth ad in Ohio, POLITICO first reported this morning. The ad is also running in Iowa, Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado, New Hampshire, and Nevada, according to the tracking service TVEyes. It began airing on morning television programs today. The ad features Hillary Clinton attacking Obama during the contentious 2008 Democratic primary, for spending "millions of dollars perpetuating falsehoods." She adds, "So shame on you, Barack Obama." Obama campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith sends this response to the ad: “Mitt Romney might not like the facts of his private sector record: that he...

If the MANDATE in Obamacare only survives as a Tax, as ruled by the Supreme Court, how can anyone Waive Taxes with Obamacare Waivers ? This and other questions still need to be answered, because we have Videos of Obama saying "This is not a Tax". ...

Prep Time: 15 Min Cook Time: 15 Min Ready In: 30 Min Ingredients 1/2 pound peppered bacon, diced 2 tablespoons chopped green onion 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes 1 teaspoon dried basil 1 teaspoon salt ground black pepper to taste 1 (16 ounce) package linguine pasta 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese Directions Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, reserving drippings, and set aside. Saute green onion and garlic in bacon drippings over medium heat for one minute. Stir in tomatoes, basil, salt and ground black...

So now, it is the federal government that picks and chooses the laws that shall be enforced, and unwarranted privilege is given to the illegal alien criminal to sidestep the law, but all citizens should be wary of crossing the line and daring to pursue their U.S. Constitutional justice. When the lawless decide the laws and the law abiding citizens become the victims of this presidential imposed lawlessness now unleashed upon the nation, every citizen must stand for regaining justice for the citizen, the family and for each and every American. Justice Scalia is quite clear where he stands on...

MESA, Ariz. -- Three Mexican men face federal charges after agents busted an alleged drop house in Mesa on Wednesday. Jesus Castillo-Mejia, 47, and Genaro Guzman-Guzman, 29, appeared in federal court Thursday where they were charged with human smuggling. Marco Guzman-Guzman, 27, was charged with illegally re-entering the United States following a previous deportation order.

« on: June 27, 2012, 06:40:39 PM » Quote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TERRY ANDERSON, A BLACK LOS ANGELES TALK RADIO HOST, WENT DOWN A LIST OF THINGS SENATOR OBAMA HAS SAID THAT AREN'T EXACTLY CORRECT. 1.) Selma March Got Me Born - NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. (Google 'Obama Selma ' for his full March 4, 2007 speech and articles a bout its various untruths.)! 2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - NOT EXACTLY, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who...

President Obama is always harping about all Americans paying their fair share of taxes. While it may be legal to have back taxes, the Internal Revenue Service has found that more than 279,000 federal employees and retirees owed $3.4 billion, yes, billion, in back income taxes. Some members of Obama's executive staff of nearly 1,800 owed the government $833,970 in back taxes. My first question would be, why does it take 1,800 employees to staff the executive office? Most federal employees are paid much more with better benefits than those who have similar jobs in the private sector. Another question,...

Since taking office three years ago, President Barack Obama has signed into law twenty-one new or higher taxes on the American people: 1. A 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco: On February 4, 2009, just sixteen days into his Administration, Obama signed into law a 156 percent increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco, a hike of 61 cents per pack. The median income of smokers is just over $36,000 per year. 2. Obamacare Individual Mandate Excise Tax (takes effect in Jan 2014): Starting in 2014, anyone not buying “qualifying” health insurance must pay an...

It really is happening. Until this week, investors were waiting to see what the Supreme Court would do about the 3.8 percentage-point surtax on investment income, part of President Obama's health-care overhaul. The Internal Revenue Service hasn't yet released guidance on the new tax. So when the court affirmed the law on Thursday, investors—and tax advisers—started scrambling.

The Supreme Court’s Obamacare ruling on Thursday cuts right to the very fabric of the relationship between a once-limited government and a once-free citizen, but the eternal struggle between liberty and tyranny endures. It is a beginning, not an end. As enormously important as the high court’s Obamacare ruling is - and it’s huge - it’s not the final word. The legal and political dust has not yet settled, and it will take some time for the unpredictable ripples to form the powerful waves of history. Yet, history waits for no man, so we begin by asking: What now? First,...

Full Title: Finn is now at peace: TOBY HARNDEN recounts the final, heart-rending days of the beloved rescue dog who was put to sleep in his arms Finn is now at peace: TOBY HARNDEN recounts the final, heart-rending days of the beloved rescue dog who was put to sleep in his arms When the end was nigh for Finn, my faithful shaggy companion for more than 14 years, he knew it and I knew it. We had travelled a long way together, from Belfast to Washington to Israel to London and ultimately to the suburbs of northern Virginia but it...

I still remember the first time I tasted bread pudding — a heavenly concoction conjured up at Commander’s Palace in New Orleans. But it was only recently that I learned how easy it is to make bread pudding at home after trying a chocolate-pumpkin bread pudding recipe from the vegan chef Chloe Coscarelli. (Coconut milk makes it irresistible.) This week, Martha Rose Shulman takes the dish to the next level, offering both savory and sweet varieties certain to please any bread pudding aficionado. She writes: The savory bread puddings I’ve always made have been Italian strata, casseroles made with cubes...

In a brief televised statement following the decision, Romney vowed that his first priority upon entering the White House would be repealing the so-called Obamacare law. President Obama may have won the health care battle at the Supreme Court, but Mitt Romney is claiming a victory in the money wars. Since the court released its stunning 5-4 decision upholding Obama’s health care law Thursday morning, the Romney campaign has taken in a flood of donations from Republican supporters angry about the ruling. Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul tweeted Friday that the campaign received more than 47,000 online donations totaling $4.6 million...

Greek shipping heir Peter Nomikos started a nonprofit to pay the country's debt. SPIEGEL ONLINE: Mr. Nomikos, your organization buys up Greek bonds and then forgives the debt. Are you serious? Nomikos: I deal with distressed debt. Greece has a historical opportunity. The Greeks can buy back debt at very low prices and reduce the Greek debt burden with relatively little expenditure. SPIEGEL: You ask your countrymen for donations. What do you tell them? Nomikos: Each Greek owes around €25,000. So I tell my fellow citizens to make themselves debt-free. Greek government bonds with a nominal value of one euro...

The most revolutionary innovation needed in the next 10 years is the thorium portable nuclear reactor. Why? Because Bill Gates says repeatedly that the most important thing we need is a non polluting source of energy that’s 1/4 the cost of the coal energy. Why? Cheaper energy will lead to the next industrial and agricultural revolution. Everyone from the very poorest to the very richest will benefit. Government coffers will be refilled. Mr Gates believes nuclear energy will do this. Which nuclear design? Thorium fits the bill. Especially the liquid fluoride thorium reactor designs. Why? Besides producing electricity for ¼...

The Arabunna people live in the area around Lake Eyre in Southern Australia. It is a hot, hostile desert region, which is no surprise, because … well … it’s in Australia. ------------------------ (Lake Eyre region in South Australia.) ------------------------ A new report from the University of Everybody-Panic is a study of the horrendous future faced by these poor folks: "The first stage of University of Adelaide research released today shows that South Australia’s Arabunna country, which includes Lake Eyre in the far north, is likely to get both drier and hotter in decades to come. “'Temperatures could increase up to...

The first amendment of the constituion of the US: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Because the mandate is now a "tax", and you are forced to pay it if you are alive and breathing and don't pay for insurance, it becomes a tax on breathing. Since it is necessary to breathe to be alive, it is a tax on being...

WILLISTON, N.D.—With the nearby oil boom draining this city of many of its service workers, businesses here are relying on a cultural-exchange program for foreign college students to keep the local economy humming. More than 500 foreign students—from Thailand, Jamaica and about a dozen other countries—are staffing nearly every hotel, car wash and fast-food place in town, tending to the troops of roughnecks from the oilfields. "Without them, I don't know what we'd do," said Ward Koeser, mayor of this city of 16,000, citing long lines, slow service and limited hours at stores and restaurants before the students arrived. But...