https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:billcompton/ en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2015 17:19:30 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3363678/posts San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Visualizing Impact launched Onlinecensorship.org today, a new platform to document the who, what, and why of content takedowns on social media sites. The project, made possible by a 2014 Knight News Challenge award, will address how social media sites moderate user-generated content and how free expression is affected across the globe. Controversies over content takedowns seem to bubble up every few weeks, with users complaining about censorship of political speech, nudity, LGBT content, and many other subjects. The passionate debate about these takedowns reveals a larger issue: social media sites have... EFF https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3363678/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2015 17:19:30 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2955678/posts This is a long shot, but it looks to me like this sign stealer on PowerLineBlog is the same person as currently pictured on the Drudge Report. Here is a side by side comparison. What do you think? pictureIt is a Reuters photo that I have not been able to find. Was the Reuters photo from Minnesota? http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RnKMF4SDVF3jqeNCFbD3fQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD01OTY7cT04NTt3PTUxMg--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-11-05T224243Z_1215114636_GM1E8B60ILQ01_RTRMADP_3_USA-CAMPAIGN.JPG Anyone know how I can find the original Reuters photo to see if it gives any information? Bill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2955678/posts#comment Tue, 6 Nov 2012 13:58:27 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2434867/posts I would like some opinions on where the following stands from a Political (left/right) point of view. Currently, when cartons of produce (tomatoes, etc) arrive at a grocery store, very little information is available about where the product came from and how it got there. This is how almost the entire tomato industry was shut down in the summer of 2008 Wikipedia link. 257 people were hospitalized and one person died. The tomato growers were financially devastated. It turned out to not be tomatoes at all (Mexican jalapeño peppers.) The CDC had 50 people trying to trace through the shipping... Vanity https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2434867/posts#comment Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:55:33 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417784/posts I used the think the acrimony between Mitchel, Dole, Foley, Gingrich, etc. was bitter. No more. They at least talked to each other. I used to think that the arguments I used to get into with my liberal friends were heated. No more. I don't ever talk to liberals anymore. Now the bitter fights I have are with people on my side of most arguments; my natural political allies. And the feelings engendered by these debates make me just as mad as the old ones I had with Democrats. There is something going on that I do not believe is... Selft https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417784/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:29:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388855/posts This is mind blowing ignorance on the part of Al Gore. Gore in an 11/12/09 interview on NBC’s tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, speaking on geothermal energy, champion of slide show science, can’t even get the temperature of earth’s mantle right, claiming “several million degrees” at “2 kilometers or so down”. Oh, and the “crust of the earth is hot” too.Link to Youtube video WattsUpWithThat.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388855/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:08:42 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913660/posts I am one of the Republicans who was shouted down in the Bush-backed immigration debate. Actually, the words were so hot here, I didn't even bother. I respect those here that feel strongly about the mass of illegals entering the country and I won't go into the reasons I thought the Bush approach was to some degree constructive. The will of the people has been heard. Now the issue is very different for me. I am heartbroken. My wife teaches high school here in Live Oak, FL. She is relatively new, so she gets lower level students. Every semester, a... https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913660/posts#comment Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:25:01 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879683/posts For several weeks now, questions have been raised about Scott Beauchamp's Baghdad Diarist "Shock Troops." While many of these questions have been formulated by people with ideological agendas, we recognize that there are legitimate concerns about journalistic accuracy. We at The New Republic take these concerns extremely seriously. This is why we have sought to re-report the story, in the process speaking with five soldiers in Beauchamp's company who substantiate the events described in Beauchamp's essay. Indeed, we continue to investigate the anecdotes recounted in the Baghdad Diarist. Unfortunately, our efforts have been severely hampered by the U.S. Army. Although... The New Republic https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879683/posts#comment Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:33:15 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868291/posts Who knew Bill Kristol had such a flair for satire? How else to read his piece for Outlook on Sunday, in which he declared, "George W. Bush's presidency will probably be a successful one"? Surely Kristol, the No. 1 cheerleader for the Iraq war, was mocking himself (and his neoconservative pals) for having been so mistaken about so much. But just in case his article was meant to be a serious stab at commentary, let's review Kristol's record as a prognosticator. snip Washington Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1868291/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:02:38 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852129/posts Remember in January when the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its good friends in media trumpeted that 2006 was the warmest year on record for the contiguous United States? NOAA based that finding - which allegedly capped a nine-year warming streak "unprecedented in the historical record" - on the daily temperature data that its National Climatic Data Center gathers from about 1,221 mostly rural weather observation stations around the country. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852129/posts#comment Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:24:20 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1845733/posts In my work I have to read Digg. The moonbats are insufferable over there. This morning I saw a story entitled: O’Reilly Falsely Claims NYT Failed To Cover JFK Terror Plot On Front Pagedigg story I did not want to click on ThinkProgress link, but they claimed to have a picture. Indeed they did. I read this in the Opinion Journal two days ago and also on Boortz. Here's the thing: sure they got it technically wrong, but is it possible for the Times to have had it on the Front page in a more obscure location? Unfortunately, we would... New York Times, Digg, Opinion Journal, Think Progress https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1845733/posts#comment Wed, 6 Jun 2007 12:57:18 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1819384/posts By JOHN GLEESON An unbiased observer doesn't need to look beyond what's happening on the ground today in Iraq and Afghanistan to conclude the War on Terror has been a brutal, manipulative means to a transparently self-serving end. None of this is news, however, to proponents of "9/11 Truth," a worldwide movement that seems to keep growing despite an unofficial media blackout on their questions and investigations. So what are these "Truthers" saying? Many people were quick to declare 9/11 a possible "inside job" based on the visible facts themselves, in particular the blanket failure of air defence, which even... Winnipeg Sun https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1819384/posts#comment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:30:28 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711612/posts After winning the primary with not quite 50 percent of the vote, U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris is shoring up her Republican base as she faces a tough incumbent who is far less polarizing and has far more campaign cash. But beyond red-meat Republicans, the Longboat Key congresswoman is not getting much more in the way of votes, according to a Zogby International poll conducted for The Miami Herald that shows she trails U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson by 27 percentage points. Miami Herald https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711612/posts#comment Sun, 1 Oct 2006 14:41:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1710605/posts The anchor on Fox News was just interviewing the Polk County Sheriff. Suddenly, the Sherrif said there were "hundreds" of shots. Then he said he had to go. Fox News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1710605/posts#comment Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:03:10 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1478288/posts I have not seen any video of structures reduced to match sticks in the city of New Orleans. There was damage, to be sure, but not like the environs east of there. So how did the supposed 10,000 die? Storm runoff from the 5 inches of rain or so, no doubt flooded parts of the city. But I doubt that killed anyone. Wind might have killed a handfull, though normally it does not kill many at all. Hurricane Andrew blew down many thousands of homes, but only killed a total of 26 people. So we are left with the flood... Self https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1478288/posts#comment Tue, 6 Sep 2005 09:33:59 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1386152/posts Germany's new 'great depression' The Deutsche Bank headquarters, Frankfurt Vast swathes of German office space now stand empty Record numbers of Germans are suffering from depression and other mental illnesses, a new report says. According to the research, by a German health insurance firm, cases of depression among Berliners have risen by 70% since 1997. Up to 70% of Germans also say they are prepared to seek professional help for psychological problems. Mental health experts blamed the rise on Germany's faltering economy, which has seen unemployment rise to over 5m. German insurance firm DAK surveyed 2.6m employed Germans in an... BBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1386152/posts#comment Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:02:49 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1372562/posts As to arguments about ''Congressional overreaching'' and ''states' rights,'' which is more likely? That Congress will use this precedent to pass bills keeping you -- yes, you, Joe Schmoe of 37 Elm Street -- alive till your 118th birthday. Or that the various third parties who intrude between patient and doctor in the American system -- next of kin, HMOs, insurers -- will see the Schiavo case as an important benchmark in what's already a drift toward a culture of convenience euthanasia. Here's a thought: Where do you go to get a living-will kit saying that in the event of... Chicago Sun Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1372562/posts#comment Mon, 28 Mar 2005 22:00:22 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1332982/posts This is just so classic: From the thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3029263#3029358 Go to post 7.1 where "Riding this Donkey" sez: "there were only 1.1M registered voters out of 14 million eligible voters. That means that 67% of 1.1M voted and that puts the number at approximately 67,000 that voted, if my math is correct. SO 67,000 OUT OF 14,000,000 ELIGIBLE VOTED!" WHOPPING SUCCESS HUH?!?!? https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1332982/posts#comment Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:00:57 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1272631/posts Holy Cannoli the tinfoil hats are out this morning. I just listened to at least ten calls in a row, all DUmmie sorts. Three were harping about Diebold voter machines and pushing websites (blackBoxVoters.org). Some were just typical ignorant complaints that can be ignored. But, there is a clear agenda at play when you listen. "No Paper Trail" and "Diebold said they would deliver Ohio for Bush" and "illegal modem activity." They have about twenty minutes of Democrat only calls coming up. It might be a good idea if some voices of reason made an appearance. (hint, hint). CSPAN Mourning(sic) Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1272631/posts#comment Sat, 6 Nov 2004 12:49:31 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270278/posts Gainesville Sun https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270278/posts#comment Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:13:22 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1237661/posts Picture this: Just viewing a photograph on the Internet could allow a hacker to take over your computer.Such a thing hasn't happened, but computer security experts say this scenario is not only possible, but likely.Hackers have found a security flaw in several types of Microsoft software that allows them to infect JPEG images with malicious code that opens a back door to computers. The flaw is in Microsoft's Internet Explorer, its Windows XP operating system and some of its other programs. The scope of the vulnerability is dizzying: Just using Internet Explorer to view an infected JPEG image on a... Star Tribune https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1237661/posts#comment Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:16:54 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1235075/posts By Paul Majendie LONDON (Reuters) - Pop veteran Elton John has taken a foul-mouthed swipe at Madonna, saying she cheats her fans by miming on stage. But the American pop superstar was swift to rubbish his accusation, saying she does not lip-synch or criticise other artists. While collecting a song-writing award from Q music magazine in London on Monday, John suddenly launched into a tirade against Madonna when he discovered she had been nominated for Best Live Act. "Anyone who lip-synchs in public on stage when you pay 75 pounds to see them should be shot," John said in reference... Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1235075/posts#comment Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:24:08 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/976613/posts <p>Blair has written a freelance piece for Jane magazine's "It Happened to Me" column: a first-person narrative about the affair that eventually forced the resignation of Blair and the paper's two top editors. . . .</p> <p>He mentions some of the problems that led to his downfall and advises people not to do likewise. For instance? "If you take the company car from New York to Maryland for a personal trip, you might not want to get a speeding ticket and then throw it in the trash--only to have the business administrator discover it when a late notice arrives."</p> Opinion Journal (Wall Street Journal) https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/976613/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2003 15:09:38 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/893574/posts <p>"The Chronicle apologizes for the objectionable illustration on the cover of today's Book Review. Editors noticed it too late to stop the presses and remake the page.”</p> SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (via Neal Boortz Website www.boortz.com) https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/893574/posts#comment Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:19:38 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/892221/posts MARINE COMBAT HEADQUARTERS, April 13 -- U.S. Marines today rescued seven American soldiers who were being held prisoner by Iraqi forces north of Baghdad, Marine officers said. The rescued prisoners, all U.S. Army soldiers, were reported in good condition, although two had suffered gunshot wounds, the officers said. The rescued soldiers were being flown to a military medical facility near Baghdad. The soldiers were not identified; the Pentagon currently lists seven U.S. services members as prisoners of war and six others as missing in action. Washington Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/892221/posts#comment Sun, 13 Apr 2003 12:34:24 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/863775/posts The Yanks are going home Mark Steyn says that the high-minded, pacifist tax-and-spend ideology of ‘Eurabia’ means the future is American (but not Canadian) New Hampshire In 1898, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, prime minister of Queen Victoria’s great white north, declared that just ‘as the 19th century was the century of the United States, so shall the 20th century belong to Canada.’ The line caught on. ‘The 19th century was the century of the United States,’ James Longley, attorney-general of Nova Scotia, informed a Boston audience in 1902. ‘The 20th century is Canada’s century.’ The voice of America ‘The day... The Spectator (UK) https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/863775/posts#comment Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:01:31 GMT