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Hope everyone is having a Happy FReeper Halloween. Do the Dem.s ever trick-or-treat or do they just trick & trick & trick? The blue wave is being dwarfed by the red tide, and the red tide is about to turn into a red tsunami.

Currently using Firefox to login and post because, today, I can no longer login with IE9 as I have for 15 years. I reach the main forum page, nut not logged in as usual (convenient was selected). Tried to login and got: "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" What's up with that? My system info: IE-9 (both 32 & 64-bit) Version: 9.0.8112.16421 Update Version: 9.0.59 (KB4012204) Cipher Strength: 256-bit Product ID: 03553-997-7332157-00141 Windows Vista HP SP2 64-bit AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core Processor 2.30 Ghz Ram: 4.00 GB (browser used for this post: Firefox ESR 52.4.0 (32-bit)) I prefer IE for...

"If Donald Trump exceeds 1,100 votes, he will become the nominee even though he may not have 1,237," Evans said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

WASHINGTON — The Navy said Saturday it is replacing the admiral in command of an aircraft carrier strike group in the Middle East, pending the outcome of an internal investigation into undisclosed allegations of inappropriate judgment. Rear Adm. Charles M. Gaouette is being sent back to the USS John C. Stennis' home port at Bremerton, Wash., in what the Navy called a temporary reassignment. Read more here: http://www.bradenton.com/2012/10/27/4255242/navy-replaces-admiral-leading.html#storylink=cpy

Very funny video. Thanks to Basil who posted the link on the Texas state board. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MApJnyk1PV8

National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman John Cornyn of Texas, is supporting RINO's instead of conservatives in distribution of campaign funds.

RECOMMENDATIONS WANTED FOR REBUILDING MY COMPUTERI built this system 7 years ago and it has performed well until now.  The motherboard won't post, so I have decided to upgrade but would like to use as much of the legacy devices that I have as possible.  Here's the main specs on the system I want to upgrade: Motherboard (non-posting now): Soyo SY-KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum (ATX form factor - Soyo no longer makes motherboards) Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2100 (socket A) Video card: BioStar GeForce 6800 (128mb, AGP) Ram: Corsair DDR 3 1024gb dram sticks   HHD: 2 Maxtor 80gb ATA...

Don't let Fred quit.   Fred HAS to win the Republican nomination!!!  Here's why: Our country has never faced greater peril than now.  Islam seek our destruction and the establishment of a world-wide caliphate.  Illegal aliens have invaded who threaten the rule of law and are continuing to do so.  Socialists are destroying the moral fabric and character of our country by advocating government control over every aspect of our lives.  Communism has resurfaced to threaten  Judeo-Christian values and promote atheism and mediocrity and the undermining of our economy.  We are under unprecedented physical, spiritual, moral, and financial attack by our enemies.Our country,...

Fred Thompson and Duncan Hunter are the only conservatives in the Presidential race.  Their message, policy positions, and experience  are exactly what the vast majority of conservatives believe and want.  Yet neither one is the current front-runner.  Why not?  Many conservatives are focusing on only their own hot-button issue, dividing conservatives into separate groups of fiscal, social, or defense/foreign policy advocates, i.e. single issue voters. Elections are, in reality, marketing campaigns, a national advertising effort which ultimately demands salesmanship.  The sale of any product or idea depends on emotion.  Either ‘desire for gain’ or ‘fear of loss’ is essential for...

I received this by e-mail & know some of you will get a kick out of it. BEER TRAPPolice are warning all men who frequent clubs, parties, and local pubs to be alert and stay cautious when offered a drink from any woman.  Many females use a date rape drug on the market called “Beer”.The drug is found in liquid form and is available anywhere.  It comes in bottles, cans, or from taps and in large “kegs”.  Beer is used by female sexual predators at parties and bars to persuade their male victims to go home and sleep with them. ...

This is a prayer request thread for my mother, Margie, who is very ill. She is 77 and in the ICU at the local hospital and Dr.s are having trouble regulating her blood pressure.  The Dr.s say there's not much more that they can do.  Her body has to start regulating itself. She had an infection which caused sepsis or septic shock. She has a trach tube connected to a ventilator to regulate her breathing and she's now retaining fluids which are also being given to help with the medication to regulate her blood pressure and antibiotics. She's had a...

Why Harriet Miers? Why now?  JMHO2 scenarios to consider:  1. filibuster of a judicial nominee and 2. outright rejection by the Senate. A filibuster on a judicial nominee probably can not be broken. There are at least 6 RINOs in the Senate who, from their track records, very likely would not support breaking the filibuster on any judge with a strict constructionist record on the Constitution or with a pro-life record.  Neither would they be likely to vote to confirm if the filibuster were broken.Either way, this would be a major defeat for the Republican party with profound consequences in...

A petition for the impeachment of the 5 socialist SC Justices is being circulated.  As of this post, it only has 1101 signatures.  Let's get on this NOW - we should have tens of thousands of signatures.See this thread:    Petition for Redress of Grievances (Kelo v. New London)Sign the petition hereLet's get another petition going while we're at it - only include more demands - wait until a good outline forms on this thread & then ping the FReeper legal eagles to write and post it.  Here are my ideas:One of our legal eagle FReepers, (one that has plenty of...

New worms spreading through MSN Messenger -- and its bundled-with-Windows Windows Messenger version -- via links to a malicious site are infecting users and leaving their PCs open to hacker hijack, security vendors reported Monday. The new worms, tagged as Kelvir.a and Kelvir.b, appeared over the weekend and on Monday, respectively, anti-virus vendors said. Both use the same mechanism to attract users and infect Windows-based PCs: they include a link in the instant message. That link, in turn, downloads a malicious file -- the actual worm, a variant of the long-running Spybot -- which opens a backdoor to the compromised...

A new chain letter is being forwarded by e-mail claiming that Microsoft and AOL have joined in a beta-test of a new e-mail tracking system that will track all forwarded mail.  The supposed intent is to find a way to cut down on spam and viruses.  It also promises to pay thousands of dollars to all participants in the beta-test during the 30 day trial.   Now get this - it was forwarded to me by a former software tech who should have known better.  There's no way to track forwarded e-mails.   How lame is this.  Some people will fall for...

---snip---Anyway, the military tribunal was all set to try Hamdan when U.S. District Court Judge James Robertson  ruled the Bush administration had no right to declare the man an enemy combatant. Robertson went on to say Hamdan should be classified a prisoner of war and given Geneva Convention protectionsRobertson ruled this despite these facts: Hamdan was not fighting for any country, Hamdan wore no uniform on the battlefield, Hamdan was a member of at least one terrorist group, possibly two.Judge Robertson also ruled that the Geneva Convention  protections supersede any presidential order or designation by military tribunal. In effect, the...

CBS & Rather says Kerry will make statement shortly. Kerry will probably try to claim Ohio & victory. WHAT A JERK. Don't worry - W has won & he won't let kerry steal it.

Announcer: Here's what Howard Dean said, December 15th, 2003, in a speech at the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles:Dean Sound bite: "... is the wrong war at the wrong time in the wrong way ..." Announcer: And this was John Kerry's response, December 16th, 2003, at Drake University in Iowa:Kerry Sound bite: "Those who doubted whether Iraq or the worldwould be better off without Saddam Hussein and thosewho believe today that we are not safer with his capturedon't have the judgment to be president or the credibility to be elected president." Announcer: Kerry finally gets something right....

Rumors of DRAFT persist.  This thread is from a Yahoo group to which I subscribe.  I've edited the names and Yahoo group name to preserve privacy and avoid legal hassles.   One particularly obnoxious and obviously Dem post is from  "C"  (3rd from last).   My response is from  "S"  and is the last one shown.   Both are italicized, in bold, and use colored fonts. From:  "A" Date:  Wed Jun 2, 2004  12:33 am Subject:  Government's quiet attempt to reactivate the draft http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1228178,00.html I don't agree with it but I guess it would solve unemployment problems. From:  B Date:  Wed Jun 2, 2004  12:55 am Subject:  Re:...

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