https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:maigret/ en-us Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:16:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336008/posts The liberal idiots are at a Facebook page for Wilson attacking him, this needs some serious freeping! http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=congressman+joe+wilson&init=quick#/group.php?gid=27779867562 They are also piling on him on Twitter, go get em! https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336008/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:16:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297748/posts IS ABORTED FETAL DNA LINKED TO AUTISM? By Theresa A. Deisher, Ph.D. Just when the pharmaceutical industry thought the vaccine-autism controversy had been resolved, the National Vaccine Advisory Committee has recommended further study of vaccine safety. A perceived fear of the safety of the U.S. vaccination schedule has led increasing numbers of parents to opt out of full compliance. The numbers of children who are not fully vaccinated has now reached a point where “herd” immunity may be compromised, compelling the Centers for Disease Control to hold town-hall meetings and convene a Vaccine Safety Working Subgroup. Despite research ruling out... American Life League https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297748/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:33:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280367/posts For years, supermarkets, drugstores and discount retailers packed their shelves with an ever-expanding array of products in different brands, sizes, colors, flavors, fragrances and prices. Now, though, they believe less is more. Pharmacy chain Walgreen Co. is cutting the types of superglues it carries to 11 from 25. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has decided that 24 different tape measures is 20 too many. Kroger Co. has tested stripping out about 30% of its cereal varieties. In the next year or so, these and a few of the other largest retailers are expected to slice the assortment of products in their stores... Wall Street Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280367/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:23:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194649/posts As the worldwide slump deepens so must worries that the economic crisis will spill out onto the streets. In December, France's president Nicolas Sarkozy warned that les évènements of May 1968 could repeat themselves, and not only in the land of the torched auto. That same month IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn used the possibility of social unrest--in rich countries as well as poor--to drum up support for aggressive fiscal expansion. Now it's reported that the leaders of the EU's member states will spend part of their March summit discussing signs of growing disorder across their increasingly embattled union. After weeks... Weekly Standard https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194649/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:37:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2191953/posts NEW CASTLE, Ind. -- Folks here figured the mile-long stretch of a hundred-plus yellow rail cars, which divides this small town like a graffiti-covered wall, would leave soon after it arrived. That was a year ago. "They stayed and they stayed and they stayed," says Bruce Atkinson, a local resident. "Then more moved in." Tens of thousands of boxcars are sitting idle all over the country, parked indefinitely by railroads whose freight volumes have plummeted along with the economy. And residents of the communities stuck with these newly immobile objects, like the people of New Castle, are hopping mad about... WSJ https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2191953/posts#comment Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:52:02 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2190343/posts By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to take a coordinated and comprehensive approach to developing and implementing an effective strategy concerning urban America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. About 80 percent of Americans live in urban areas, and the economic health and social vitality of our urban communities are critically important to the prosperity and quality of life for Americans. Vibrant cities spawn innovation, economic growth, and cultural enrichment through the businesses, universities, and civic, cultural, religious, and nonprofit... White House Website https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2190343/posts#comment Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:02:59 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189278/posts Drudge has a screaming headline about this video, don't miss it! http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1039849853 CNBC.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189278/posts#comment Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:07:42 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163187/posts Upcoming PBS Program LOOKING FOR LINCOLN SHEDS A SCHOLARLY NEW LIGHT ON THE LINCOLN LEGEND New York, NY (November 20, 2008) – Public media provider WNET.ORG is playing a major role in the nationwide Lincoln Bicentennial celebration in 2009 with Looking for Lincoln, an unprecedented two-hour broadcast, online, and outreach project that explores the life and legacy of the man widely considered one of our best and most enigmatic presidents. The documentary, hosted by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (African American Lives, Oprah’s Roots), addresses many of the controversies surrounding Lincoln – race, equality, religion, politics, and depression –... Thirteen/WNET https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163187/posts#comment Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:54:40 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948998/posts The last few days we've been assaulted by explicit commercials for HBO's lesbian show, The L Word, during prime time viewing of some of our favorite programs on HGTV and the Food Network. I realize they have had a dedication to promoting a homosexual agenda for some time, but this is a leap that needs to be protested. If you'd like to address comments to the President of Scripps Networks, the owner of these networks, you can do so by writing to - John Lansing President Scripps Networks P.O. Box 51850 Knoxville, TN 37950 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948998/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jan 2008 02:02:41 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898088/posts Barry Manilow to Elisabeth Hasselbeck: Your "View" is Dangerous Posted Sep 17th 2007 1:16PM by TMZ Staff Filed under: TV, Celebrity Feuds UPDATE: A source tells TMZ that it's not Barry who's writing this song -- in fact, "View" producers pulled the plug on Manilow's performance when his people demanded that he appear on the show without Elisabeth. Manilow has in fact performed on the show twice before -- both last year -- when Hasselbeck's been co-hosting. TMZ has learned that legendary singer Barry Manilow has pulled out of his scheduled appearance on "The View" tomorrow -- because he strongly... TMZ https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898088/posts#comment Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:56:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778612/posts Imam leads Democrats in prayer of conversion Muslim leader at party's winter meetingalso asks Allah to stop 'the occupation' Posted: February 3, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern Husham Al-Husainy With heads bowed reverently, Democrats were led in prayer yesterday by a Muslim imam who essentially asked Allah to assist in converting the party members to Islam, according to a scholar and author. Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch and author of "The Truth about Muhammad," took note of the invocation given at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting by Husham Al-Husainy, imam of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center, a shiite mosque... World Net Daily https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778612/posts#comment Sat, 3 Feb 2007 16:43:51 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1453128/posts Much Depends on Dinner Families don't sit down to eat together anymore. Something has been lost. BY CAMERON STRACHER Friday, July 29, 2005 12:01 a.m. The recent death of Gerry Thomas, whom many credit with inventing the TV dinner (think Swanson), draws to a close the kinder, gentler era when happy families gathered around a television set, aluminum trays in hand, enjoying their chopped sirloin beef and sweet green peas in seasoned butter sauce while laughing at the wacky antics of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Today, televisions are a lot bigger (and flatter), the frozen-food industry has grown into... Wall Street Journal Online https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1453128/posts#comment Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:10:54 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1340812/posts Senate OKs Limit on Class Action Lawsuits By JESSE J. HOLLAND WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate approved a measure Thursday to help shield businesses from major class action lawsuits like the ones that have been brought against tobacco companies, giving President Bush the first legislative victory of his second term. Under the legislation, long sought by big business, large multistate class action lawsuits could no longer be heard in small state courts. Such courts have handed out multimillion-dollar verdicts. Instead, the cases would be heard by federal judges, who have not proven as open to those type of lawsuits. The... AP News via Drudge https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1340812/posts#comment Fri, 11 Feb 2005 03:49:43 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1334638/posts <p>Policemen guarding a polling station in Baghdad's Mansour neighborhood Sunday recognized the suicide bomber immediately. The young man was wearing Chinese-made high-top tennis shoes, a leather jacket and a red head scarf - the same kind of clothes as worn by an attacker at another site that same day.</p> yahoo.com & USA Today https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1334638/posts#comment Wed, 2 Feb 2005 23:45:47 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1332244/posts 'If you don't take a job as a prostitute, we can stop your benefits' By Clare Chapman (Filed: 30/01/2005) A 25-year-old waitress who turned down a job providing "sexual services'' at a brothel in Berlin faces possible cuts to her unemployment benefit under laws introduced this year. Telegraph Financial Services & Reader Guides Prostitution was legalised in Germany just over two years ago and brothel owners – who must pay tax and employee health insurance – were granted access to official databases of jobseekers. The waitress, an unemployed information technology professional, had said that she was willing to work in... telegraph.co.uk https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1332244/posts#comment Mon, 31 Jan 2005 01:35:27 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1325718/posts Sharansky Book a Blueprint for U.S. Foreign Policy WASHINGTON -- The foreign policy keyword in President George W. Bush's second-term inauguration address Friday was "liberty." Bush said he would make the spread of liberty and democracy to "outposts of tyranny" still mired in famine and oppression a core foreign policy goal. Such pronouncements owe much to "The Case for Democracy" by Israeli politician Natan Sharansky, a book many see as a blueprint for U.S. foreign policy under the second Bush administration. It raises the following issues. The "town-square test" and differentiating "fear" and "free" societies Can a person walk into... Chosun South Korean https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1325718/posts#comment Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:27:15 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1320204/posts Psst, the Deficit’s Shrinking Why won’t anyone say it? Here’s one story you won’t find on tomorrow’s front pages: “The U.S. Budget Deficit Is Shrinking Rapidly.” The headline would be accurate, but the mainstream media is much more interested in talking down this booming economy than telling it like it is. This week’s Treasury report on the nation’s finances for December shows a year-to-date fiscal 2005 deficit that is already $11 billion less than last year’s. In the first three months of the fiscal year that began last October, cash outlays by the federal government increased by 6.1 percent while... National Review https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1320204/posts#comment Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:37:18 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1320192/posts "Ali G" Risks Riot At US Rodeo 14/01/2005 08:14 AM Reuters Comedian Sasha Baron Cohen has escaped a near-riot at an American rodeo while filming his satirical Da Ali G Show. According to a report in the Roanoke (Virginia) Times, a man who was introduced as Boraq Sagdiyev from Kazakhstan - in reality a Cohen character named Borat - appeared at the rodeo over the weekend after organisers agreed to have him sing the national anthem. After telling the crowd he supported America's war on terrorism, he said, "I hope you kill every man, woman and child in Iraq, down... Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1320192/posts#comment Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:12:00 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1317198/posts First Post-War Survey of Iraqi Women Shows Women Want Legal Rights; Dispels Notions That Women Believe Tradition, Culture Should Limit Their Participation in Government Despite Violence, More than 90% of Iraqi Women Optimistic About The Future, But New Government Could Open or Close Windows of Opportunity, Women for Women International Warns Washington, DC – The first survey of Iraqi women since the outbreak of the war was released today by Women for Women International, one of the few non-governmental organizations remaining in Baghdad. The groundbreaking survey paints a vivid and even surprising portrait of Iraqi women in transition and dispels... Press Release Women for Women.org https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1317198/posts#comment Sun, 9 Jan 2005 18:07:22 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1316703/posts Too Nice for Our Own Good Democrats undermine efforts to gather information from captured terrorists. BY HEATHER MAC DONALD Saturday, January 8, 2005 12:01 a.m. Senate Democrats decided to turn the confirmation hearings of Alberto Gonzales into a referendum on the war on terror--specifically, on the Bush administration's decision that the Geneva Conventions do not apply to al Qaeda terrorists. They implied that the denial of prisoner-of-war status to al Qaeda fighters resulted in the torture of prisoners in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. This "torture narrative" is gospel truth among elite opinion-makers, yet it is false in every detail. It... Wall Street Journal Online https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1316703/posts#comment Sat, 8 Jan 2005 16:13:33 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1314519/posts Indian Blogger on Relief Efforts Despatches 30: Uncivil war One of the saddest things I have seen in my journey through Tamil Nadu is that in village after village, the villagers fight with each other to get hold of relief material. Say a truck comes with food handouts. Immediately crowds gather around it and fight to get the supplies being given. Many of the relief organisations that drive down don’t bother to actually spend time in a village and assess its needs – they simply thrust things into the hands that reach out into their truck, and then they drive... India Uncut Blog https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1314519/posts#comment Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:31:38 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1314496/posts http://www.christianfreedom.org/messages.aspx?id=546 Christians Devastated on Nias Island, Indonesia JAKARTA, INDONESIA -- A Christian Freedom International coworker reporting from Indonesia informs of hundreds of minority Christians in need of food, clothes, and shelter on mostly Christian Nias. Alhtought the report is sketchy at best here is what was received by CFI headquarters in Front Royal, Virginia: “I have contacted Christian friends in Gunung Sitoli, Nias Island, a few minutes ago” said a CFI coworker (name cannot be given for security reasons in this mostly Muslim nation). “They told me that the areas that are severely damaged in Nias are Sirombu and Mandrehe... Christian Freedom International https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1314496/posts#comment Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:07:25 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1313917/posts Aid effort shows limits of China's rising power By Jim Yardley The New York Times Tuesday, January 4, 2005 Significant response quickly loses luster BEIJING China's new and growing influence in Asia, which some analysts say has come at the expense of the United States, is showing its limits as the aspiring superpower plays an active but secondary role in responding to the tsunami disaster. The Chinese response is significant by even the recent standards of its inward-looking history. But it is also a reminder that the world's most populous country is far from being the dominant power in Asia.... The International Herald Tribune https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1313917/posts#comment Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:23:14 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1313125/posts Starving islanders kidnap officials Protest follows rising criticism of Indian relief effort Luke Harding in Port Blair, on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Monday January 3, 2005 Guardian A desperate group of starving survivors in one of the tsunami-hit Nicobar islands kidnapped the island's top civilian official and its police chief in protest at the inadequate relief operation, it emerged yesterday. The survivors from Great Nicobar Island spent four days without food before trekking through the jungle to the wrecked headquarters settlement at Campbell Bay. When they arrived they discovered the island's assistant commissioner and deputy assistant of police eating... The Guardian https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1313125/posts#comment Mon, 3 Jan 2005 20:05:54 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1312987/posts BEIJING BEAR HUG By PETER BROOKES (Heritage Foundation) January 3, 2005 -- WITH each passing week the news from Russia be comes increasingly glum. First, there was Moscow's meddling — and blustering — over the recent Ukrainian presidential elections. Then, there was the sell-off and nationalization of Yukos, one of Russia's largest private oil companies. And now the latest bad news: Russia's growing military cooperation with Asia's rising superpower, China. According to Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Ivanov, "For the first time in history, we have agreed to hold quite a large military exercise together with China on Chinese territory in... NYPost online https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1312987/posts#comment Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:21:48 GMT