https://freerepublic.com/tag/barrystrashbin/ en-us Thu, 8 Oct 2026 21:14:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4398467/posts Few things bring me more workday pleasure than an opportunity to mock The Lightbringer, the man whose very nomination caused the oceans to stop rising (or maybe stop receding), healed our racial divisions (except for those tricksy Jews and also white guys), and ushered in "a new way of being on the planet." Of course, it's even more pleasurable when I don't have to think about Barack Obama at all, but he was never one of those "absence makes the heart grow fonder" people, so I have to leap on those mocking opportunities whenever they present themselves. Today, for example,... PJ Media https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4398467/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2026 21:14:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4398463/posts Employees at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago are unionizing over their working conditions, claiming their benefits have been cut and workloads are increasing just four months after the center opened in June. Workers circulated a letter to staff Wednesday announcing their intent to unionize, complaining about “increasing” workloads “vague responses” from administrators to a list of complaints they’d raised, the Chicago Sun Times reported. Some of the complaints suggested that the $900 million presidential center could already be facing financial trouble. Such complaints have led to a “high turnover rate,” with exiting employees “taking with them their institutional knowledge... NY Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4398463/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2026 20:49:49 GMT