https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:slapshot/ en-us Tue, 7 Apr 2020 02:25:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3832481/posts The U.S. Supreme Court overruled a lower federal court’s ruling and said that absentee ballots in Wisconsin’s April 7 Spring Election must be postmarked by Election Day in order to be counted. The Court did not change the April 13 deadline as the final day for counting absentee ballots. Right Wisconsin https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3832481/posts#comment Tue, 7 Apr 2020 02:25:50 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3023651/posts .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj-xqbMdrSY This is what we have to think like Thunderstruck. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3023651/posts#comment Sat, 25 May 2013 08:27:53 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021073/posts This is the garbage going out on a daily basis from OFA This is what we are dealing with Myles, a 7-year-old from Milwaukee, wrote Vice President Biden a letter to suggest that if guns shot chocolate bullets, no one would get hurt. The Vice President wrote back. Take a look at his response, then share it with your friends: Dear Myles -- I am sorry it took me so very long to respond to your letter. I really like your idea. If we had guns that shot chocolate, not only would our country be safer, it would be happier.... https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021073/posts#comment Sat, 18 May 2013 18:17:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3017718/posts Dear Speaker Boehner To paraphrase Dean Wormer in Animal House: "tan drunk and stupid is no way to go through life" https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3017718/posts#comment Fri, 10 May 2013 04:25:09 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2989999/posts HAMMOND | Former Lake County Clerk Thomas Philpot was sentenced to 18 months in prison Thursday for stealing thousands of dollars in public child support incentive funds over which he had control. Philpot, who also served as Lake County coroner, was ordered to surrender April 3 to a federal correctional camp in Pekin, Ill. Federal defendants usually serve at least 85 percent of their sentence, which means Philpot likely will spend at least 15 months in prison. Senior U.S. District Court Judge James Moody asked himself out loud, why did Philpot, an intelligent, well-trained man familiar with the proper workings... Northwest Indiana Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2989999/posts#comment Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:32:42 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2955470/posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNtJ41A_rLA Can anyone overlay a Gadsen Flag on this video? https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2955470/posts#comment Tue, 6 Nov 2012 02:57:06 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2762720/posts Chicago, August 11, 2011 – This week U.S. Senator Dick Durbin held a press conference with members of the mainstream media to talk about the downgrade crisis. But the Senator’s scripted storyline veered off-course when a conservative reporter – me – showed up to ask an embarrassing question. Namely, “Senator, you’ve blamed the tea party…but do you bear any responsibility for this downgrade crisis?” Video at link posted Washington Times Via Drudge https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2762720/posts#comment Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:07:07 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2748258/posts | A Schererville woman who was shot in the head Sunday on Chicago's Southeast Side died at the hospital Monday morning. Her father was placed in intensive care after suffering a medical problem while he was en route Sunday to where she was hospitalized. Holly Hieber, 26, was shot a little after 9:15 p.m. Sunday in a garage in the 11100 block of South Ewing Avenue, Chicago police said. She died Monday morning at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill., the Cook County medical examiner's office said. Read more: http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/schererville/article_6e641594-9cb7-5b65-ac2d-8e181beb4e20.html#ixzz1S2pZQFqA Northwest Indian Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2748258/posts#comment Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:15:51 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2620177/posts Buh Bye Foster Another Obamacare dembot. vanity https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2620177/posts#comment Wed, 3 Nov 2010 03:27:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2611525/posts Time to pump it up The "Ultimate Tea Party Starts 11/02/10 Message below for "Esteemed Sens. McConnell, Lugar, Graham. McCain, Snowe, Collins, Scott ad nauseum.. NO MORE Listen Below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT1LXhgXPWs https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2611525/posts#comment Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:39:07 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2610756/posts Battle of the sewer rats going on. Kirk has edge since Gianoulias is real slime https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2610756/posts#comment Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:37:38 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2584682/posts Daley announces he will not seek re election Chicago Tribune https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2584682/posts#comment Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:58:37 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2571907/posts http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ray+stevens+we+the+people&aq=3 you tube https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2571907/posts#comment Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:19:24 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2568437/posts Pres Truman Thank you for the hard decisions that allowed my grandpa to live https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2568437/posts#comment Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:48:43 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2547487/posts Reports Bob Probert has passed away Rest in Peace 24 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2547487/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jul 2010 04:39:24 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2525691/posts Given the pressures and volume observed, does this blowout indicate a significant find? https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2525691/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jun 2010 01:31:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2455058/posts HAMMOND | Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. said Tuesday he is running for U.S. Senate and may already have backing from at least two of the party leaders whose support he will need to be named the Democratic nominee for Sen. Evan Bayh's seat. Bayh, D-Ind., announced Monday he won't run for re-election, and no Democrat met Tuesday's deadline to submit the 4,500 signatures necessary to get on the primary ballot. The 32-member Democratic State Central Committee will meet sometime before June 30 to pick a nominee to run against the Republican primary winner in the fall. Three of those committee... Northwest Indiana Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2455058/posts#comment Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:55:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400515/posts Computers with Blagojevich evidence stolen from law firm Chicago tribune https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400515/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 21:49:42 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362454/posts The public is being warned to avoid downtown Chicago expressways after pavement was damaged during construction work on the northbound Kennedy Expressway at Adams Street. "We're advising people to stay off the downtown expressways for the next 24 hours," said Marisa Kollias, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Transportation. "This is a major crisis." Workers were pumping concrete into an underground freight tunnel this morning when "pressure made the road erupt," according to an IDOT dispatcher. Two right lanes of the northbound Kennedy have been closed. It was not known how long the lanes would be shut down. The... Chicago Tribune This is an excerpt https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362454/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:06:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112365/posts HAMMOND | Early voting satellite centers in Gary, Hammond and East Chicago will remain open following a Wednesday ruling in Lake Superior Court. In her ruling, Judge Diane Kavadias-Schneider struck down Republican efforts to have the satellite voting locations deemed illegal and shut down. The judge granted a petition by Democrats and the United Steelworkers union to keep the sites open on grounds the centers provide better access to early voting to minority communities, which don't have the time or transportation to reach the early voting center Northwest Indiana Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112365/posts#comment Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:17:03 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105364/posts CROWN POINT | Lake Circuit Court Judge Lorenzo Arredondo on Tuesday morning ordered election officials immediately to open early voting centers in Gary, Hammond and East Chicago, giving Democrats, the NAACP and the United Steelworkers union at least a short-term victory..........Arredondo ruled it is unfair to bar early voting centers in the county's largest cities. He agreed with Democratic arguments that early voting was essential to avoid long lines expected on Election Day. Arredondo's ruling follows a Hammond federal court decision to leave the early voting question up the county courts Northwest Indiana Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105364/posts#comment Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:13:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026044/posts Rezko guilty counts now increased to 16 out of 25 Chicago Sun Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026044/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:08:14 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1923816/posts U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky finds himself at the center of the national firestorm over "pork" spending, those pet projects members of Congress fund with earmarks to major bills. The Indiana Democrat has been identified as the sixth-biggest earmarker in the U.S. House, with $116.8 million set aside for special projects in fiscal 2008 budget bills, according to figures compiled by Taxpayers for Common Sense. In a CNBC interview, one Washington watchdog group accused Visclosky of pioneering "green pork," which are earmarks masquerading as seed money for environmental breakthroughs. In his first response to numerous reports in national media, Visclosky on... Northwest Indiana times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1923816/posts#comment Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:57:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821863/posts Just starting an open thread for stanley cup discussion for the remainder of the playoffs. Are the games beamed over to the other side of the world to our guys and our Canadian brethren? https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821863/posts#comment Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:20:17 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717568/posts A federal grand jury has indicted Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a top fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich, on charges that he demanded millions of dollars in kickbacks from investment firms seeking business from the state teachers' pension system, according to an indictment unsealed today. Chicago Tribune https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717568/posts#comment Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:40:53 GMT