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I left the Space Program as a contractor back in 2009, my wife and I have been raising Alpacas on our farm though since 2005. My wife is big into the Social Networking thing especially Facebook and various Yahoo Groups. Last night she was reading a very interesting post from a Fellow Alpaca Rancher in the South. He stated that he was getting multiple phone calls from Chinese students at a nearby university asking about the Alpacas and how easy they were to raise, The fiber products made from them, etc. He then stated that he was now having carloads...

A COUPLE who had dreamed of farming alpacas near North Nibley have been told they have nine months to find somewhere else to live. Emma and Rodney Bird, of Bird Farm Stancombe, have had their dreams shattered after their appeal against Stroud District Council’s decision to refuse them permission to live on their alpaca farm failed. The couple’s second appeal against an enforcement notice issued by the district council for placing a caravan on site without planning permission was also unsuccessful. Mrs Bird said: "It has been a bitter blow for us to lose our appeal to live onsite with...

I received this Youtube Link in an e-mail. I thought it was excellently done and I wanted to share it with you all. Also I think it is a devastating commercial and really should be shown on National TV during this campaign period.

<p>It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes God smiles on us. Last week, he smiled on investigative reporters everywhere, when the lawyers for Goldman, Sachs slipped on one whopper of a legal banana peel, inadvertently delivering some of the bank’s darker secrets into the hands of the public.</p>

Justice for Sabina: Man, 20, jailed for life after dragging petite waitress from bike, raping her and strangling her to death with her bra Defiant to the last, Johnson asked judge, 'How can you clearly say I did anything?' Weeping O'Donnell family hug jurors, saying justice has finally been done Twenty-year-old Donte Johnson has been sentenced to life in prison plus 40-80 years for the 2010 rape and murder of Philadelphia waitress Sabina O’Donnell. Although the jury took under four hours to find Johnson guilty of dragging Miss O'Donnell from her bike, raping her and then strangling her to death...

TOPEKA, KS (KCTV) - A Kansas board that denied a licensed doctor of osteopathic medicine a license was primarily concerned about the man's political views. The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts is a 15-member panel appointed by the governor and decides the fate of doctors in Kansas. Terrence Lee Lakin rose to the ranks of lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. He served on the front lines in Afghanistan and the war zone in Bosnia as well as a medical mission to Honduras. He saved lives around the world and received a Bronze Star for his service.

Though they happened more than three years ago, the events still burn in Rodney Cochran’s memory like a hot coal. Cochran hasn’t had any of “that” since Sept. 8, 2008, when all of his personal property — valued at $150,000 — was seized as he was being evicted from a three-bedroom home he was renting in Moreland. He was $1,225 behind on his rent. (Snip) Cochran, who now lives in his native Casey County, has been trying to prove it shouldn’t have happened ever since. He’s got a lawsuit pending in U.S. District Court in Lexington that alleges the Gilliams...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) - The financially troubled Postal Service is suspending its employer contribution to the federal employee retirement system.</p> <p>The agency said Wednesday it was acting to conserve cash as it continues to lose money. It was $8 billion in the red last year because of the combined effects of the recession and the switch of much mail to the Internet. It faces the possibility of running short of money by the end of this fiscal year in September.</p>

A vanity question here. A friend of my wife was asking for advice. The situation: Her Husband works for the City. They just received a notice that all of the spouses of the covered employees MUST show up, as in mandatory, for a meeting with the Health Care insurer for a question and answer session and then give a blood sample. So, with that as the situation. Her question to my wife was; Why do they want a blood sample from the spouses? I don't know anything further than what she told my wife. So I think that what I...

My wife just read the following Rhyme to me and I liked it so much that I wanted to share it with my Friends on Free Republic. I do not like it Uncle Sam, I do not like it Sam I am. I do not like these dirty crooks, Neither how they cook the books. I do not like when Congress steals, I do not like their secret deals. I do not like the speaker Nan, I do not like this 'YES WE CAN'. I do not like this kind of hope,... I do not like ... it..., nope, nope,...

Welcome AIG, Citicorp, GM and other stimulees to the financial controls of the stimulator, the federal government. But wait, it is now not just the recipients of Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) money and other taxpayer funds who are to be regulated. According to "sources," the White House is considering salary controls for "all financial institutions" and "publicly traded companies," not just those receiving "federal bailout money."

State Attorney Steve Meadows announces the plea, in Bay County Circuit Court, of Bobby James Allen, Jr., to four counts of Armed Burglary, three counts of Sexual Battery while Armed, and one count of Attempted Sexual Battery while Armed. These pleas resolve a number of cases which arose in late 1998 and 1999. Allen is to be sentenced on September 20, 2007, at 8:30 a.m. The agreed-upon sentence will be 25 years prison, as a dangerous felony sex offender and, by law, Allen will serve 100 per cent of that sentence. The prison term will be followed by 10 years...

My Significant other has a wonderful suggestion for the 10's or 100's of millions of US dollars found with Saddam when he was captured. She suggests that a trust fund be setup to provide for the Soldiers and their dependents who were killed or injured by insurgents since we occupied Iraq. Comments, Suggestions?

Good Morning to you all. A very strange thing happened to me last night while using Internet Explorer. I was browsing a online comics site. (www.Kingfeatures.com) The event was that a red screen came up and covered the entire screen. It had a small dialogue box that said "If you want to see a neat trick press Enter" and there was a yes/no button set underneath. I tried to clear it off and then a 10 second timer started up. At that point I just powered the PC down. When I rebooted I had no problems and I ran a...

A friend who has relatives flying just told me that all the planes at the T.L Green Airport in Warwick Rhode Island have been de-boarded and all passengers must be re-screened. Expect MAJOR delays if your loved ones are flying out of or into this Airport.

If you have a Link to a "good" MP3 for the following catagories then please post them. Parodies - songs that mock current events. Political - songs that are definitely political in intent. Patriotic - Songs that are Patriotic and uplifting to the spirit. My thanks to all of you for your input! Also, please keep this one clean. Just links and explanations of what the link is to and what it is about.

I was surprised at my reaction to Security Forces at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. I took my som and my Girlfriend to the Visitor Center at Kennedy Space Center yesterday. Now I am quite aware of hightened scurity at Military bases and Airports and such. But I was still surprised at my reation. After getting our tickets to get in we were met by a row of metal detectors just like you would see at the County Courthouse. Every person was scanned and the wand was used if the bady scanner went off. Every one of the ...