https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:ultrasonic007/ en-us Sat, 29 Aug 2026 19:14:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4393561/posts On Dec. 13 last year, a stranger in a Brown University bathroom noticed a man dressed head to toe in black, wrong for the weather, mere hours before that same man opened fire on Brown University’s campus, killing two and wounding eight before vanishing. Investigators had almost nothing: no name, no plate, just a tip describing a gray Nissan with Florida plates. But that was enough: Providence police ran it through a network of more than 70 Flock Safety cameras, which reached back through 30 days of history, and found the car had passed 14 times since Dec. 1. “We... Fortune https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4393561/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2026 19:14:19 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4390943/posts Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have signed a joint defence agreement, saying an attack on one of them would be seen as an attack on all three. The pact was announced at a meeting between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the Saudi city of Mecca. The three countries have been looking to strengthen security ties as the war between the US and Iran has drawn in Saudi Arabia and disrupted maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial oil shipping channel, and the Red Sea. Saudi... BBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4390943/posts#comment Fri, 7 Aug 2026 14:48:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4389747/posts ...the problem is not the young lady bleeding to death on the sidewalk, but those seeking to "politicise" the event. If that does not seem terribly logical, you forget that, for most of the ruling elite, it is too late to "save" old France or old Germany, even if they wanted to; therefore, the best that can be done is to use the daily human sacrifices to accelerate the transition to whatever's next. Once you discern that that's all the plan there is, the statements of Merz and Macron calling on us to resist those who would "divide" us make... Steyn Online https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4389747/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:29:53 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4388380/posts A recent article from The Cut received a huge amount of attention: ‘It’s Hard to See My Parents Live So Lavishly While We’re Struggling’. The piece includes vignettes of Millenial hardship:…his dad, Steve, sold his company to a private equity firm about five years ago, which enabled him to retire comfortably in his mid-60s…Two years ago, Joe asked his dad for a loan. He wanted to start a lawn-care business and needed capital for commercial-grade equipment and a trailer, at least $15,000. He presented Steve with his business plan, which included a schedule to pay back the money. Still, Steve... Twitter https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4388380/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:30:23 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4387989/posts ...Professor Michael Hudson characterizes the relationship between creditors and debtors as a 5,000 year long war which in our time is being won by the creditors. Indeed, an independent oligarchy of creditors has been created and is currently buying up land that the population itself cannot afford to own. As Professor Hudson puts it, when you look at history in terms of the fight between creditors and debtors, it is a debt crisis that enslaved the Roman Empire and led to the fall of Rome. You have had the same tension in miniature in almost every subsequent economy. It is... Youtube [Transcript] https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4387989/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:08:32 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4386118/posts When Senator Jacob Howard explained the Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause, he said: "This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States." Most people today read this statement and assume Howard was listing four separate categories of people who would not receive birthright citizenship: Foreigners Aliens People who belong to families of ambassadors Foreign ministers This interpretation has shaped decades of constitutional debate, but it's based on a fundamental misunderstanding of how Howard structured his sentence.... Increasing Learning https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4386118/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:56:46 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4386030/posts CUSTER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) has ordered mandatory evacuations due to the "Aspen Acres" fire, which is approximately 23,000 acres with 0% containment as of 5:24 p.m. PCSO says that due to 100-mph winds, air support is currently unavailable. Law enforcement says multiple homes have been affected, but an exact number is unavailable at this time. Officials report that 2,732 households have been asked to evacuate. According to PCSO, around 4,200 people are in the evacuation zone. Smoke from the fire covers most of Pueblo County and likely will spread across nearby counties east... KRDO https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4386030/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2026 02:45:31 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385421/posts WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with the maker of Roundup weedkiller Thursday in a ruling expected to block thousands of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people the product could cause cancer. The case came before the justices after a tidal wave of litigation that included some multibillion-dollar verdicts against Bayer, a Germany-based agrochemical manufacturer that acquired Roundup when it bought its original producer Monsanto in 2018. The decision is a victory for President Donald Trump’s administration, but it provoked outrage from allies in the “ Make America Healthy Again” movement who want to rein in pesticide use.... The Associated Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4385421/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:25:16 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4384533/posts [Translated from Hebrew by Twitter.] For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep. All of Lebanon must burn! With all due respect to the Americans, Israel must make it clear to the entire world that the blood of our sons and the security of our citizens are not forfeit. All of Lebanon must burn. Our supreme duty is to protect the citizens of Israel and the soldiers of the IDF, and this commitment takes precedence over every other consideration. I told the Prime Minister, even in our private meetings: For every tear of an Israeli... X (f/k/a Twitter) https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4384533/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:55:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384531/posts The three Colorado Republicans running for governor defended their qualifications, described their visions for the state and traded jabs over each other’s character at an often contentious televised debate that routinely veered into unusual territory Tuesday night in Denver. The 60-minute debate at the University of Denver, sponsored by 9News, The Denver Gazette and Colorado Politics, featured state Rep. Scott Bottoms, state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer and missionary leader Victor Marx. It stands to be the only primary debate to include Marx, a first-time candidate and the race’s fundraising leader, who has declined to participate in the GOP’s other gubernatorial debates,... Colorado Politics https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384531/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:51:22 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383159/posts WASHINGTON (CN) — The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel released an opinion Tuesday concluding the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s guidelines prohibiting policies that unintentionally harm minority groups, known as disparate impact liability, are unconstitutional. The Office of Legal Counsel issued the opinion in response to the Supreme Court’s June 2 decision in Allen v. Milligan. There, the justices blocked a lower court order prohibiting the use of Alabama’s 2023 electoral maps after finding the court failed to consider if Republican lawmakers were acting with good faith when leaving Black voters in the minority in all but one congressional... Courthouse News Service https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4383159/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:13:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382231/posts House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) lambasted Democrats for suggesting that President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence could imperil reauthorization of the nation’s foreign spy powers that are due to expire next week. Johnson said in a press conference Wednesday that it is “absolutely outrageous” that Democrats are suggesting that they would withhold their votes “because of an interim appointment that is the president’s choice to do.” “It is the most important intelligence tool that we have,” Johnson said of the foreign spy powers. “The idea that they would try to play politics right... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4382231/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2026 22:09:17 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4381482/posts (In the first step towards shifting aid further into the shadows, the House's 2027 NDAA would all but fuse the two countries' armed forces together) At a time when the American public is expressing unprecedented levels of distrust in the Israeli government, Congress just proposed tying the U.S. to the Israeli military more than ever before. Buried in the House's version of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) released on Tuesday, is section 224, entitled “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative.” The provision would arguably do more to intertwine the U.S. military with the Israeli military than the more... Responsible Statecraft https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4381482/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2026 20:25:05 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4381085/posts LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Ori Solomon, the property manager arrested in connection with an illegal biolab at a Las Vegas short-term rental, is no longer facing federal charges. Channel 13 learned that Solomon's federal charges were dismissed without prejudice; however, he still faces a criminal charge in Clark County for the improper disposal of hazardous waste. This all stems from an investigation after local and federal officials discovered what has been called an illegal biological lab inside a home he managed near Washington Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard. Solomon's federal charges came after authorities found multiple firearms at his residence during... ABC 13 Las Vegas https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4381085/posts#comment Tue, 26 May 2026 22:08:40 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4380086/posts Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is projected to lose his Kentucky House primary race to President Trump-endorsed challenger Ed Gallrein, according to Decision Desk HQ, a major victory for the president in his bid to oust Republican lawmakers who openly defy him. Gallrein, a retired Navy SEAL and farmer, was projected to win the GOP primary in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District, ending Massie’s 14-year tenure in the deep-red seat. Trump recruited Gallrein to run against Massie after the incumbent congressman broke with the president on a series of high-profile issues. Tuesday’s results mark the latest example of Trump’s firm hold on... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4380086/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2026 23:59:42 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379836/posts ATLANTA (CN) — An 11th Circuit panel on Friday unanimously overturned an $8.2 million jury verdict in favor of former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore in his defamation lawsuit against a Democratic super PAC, ruling the Republican politician failed to show the group knew there were implied falsehoods in a TV ad recounting sexual misconduct accusations against the 2017 U.S. Senate candidate. Moore claimed an advertisement created by the Senate Majority PAC (SMP) implied he solicited sex from Wendy Miller, a then-14-year-old girl who was working as a Santa’s helper at a shopping mall. The ad, which the group helped... Courthouse News Service https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379836/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2026 17:16:01 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379704/posts The pro-Israel lobby that’s pumped millions into Democratic primaries this year is facing the next test of its political power on the right in ruby-red Kentucky. [AIPAC] and other pro-Israel interest groups have uncorked over $9 million in a bid to unseat Republican Rep. Thomas Massie on Tuesday in a competitive primary that has shattered spending records. Prominent pro-Israel GOP donors have funneled millions more into a super PAC stood up by President Donald Trump’s political operation that has spent nearly $7 million on the race. Overall ad spending has topped $32 million, making it the most expensive House primary... Politico https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379704/posts#comment Sun, 17 May 2026 17:42:22 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379209/posts The Supreme Court of the United States handed down its decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, this morning. It was unanimous. Nine to zero. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the opinion. Justice Brett Kavanaugh filed a concurrence, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, saying the case was closer than the majority opinion suggested, but agreeing with the result. A negligent-hiring claim against a freight broker is not preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act. The FAAAA’s safety exception, 49 U.S.C. Section 14501(c)(2)(A), saves it. States retain authority to regulate safety “with respect to motor vehicles,” and require a... Freight Waves https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379209/posts#comment Thu, 14 May 2026 15:41:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379072/posts Lake Tahoe doesn’t know where its power will come from after next ski season—and it’s a major problem for the 49,000 residents who call the region home. The Sierra Nevada tourist hub—home to ski resorts, lakeside casinos, and roughly 25 to 28 million annual visitors—is facing an energy crisis with a familiar culprit: the data centers powering the AI boom. NV Energy, the Nevada utility that has supplied the bulk of Lake Tahoe’s electricity for decades, told Liberty Utilities—the small California company that services the region—that it will stop providing power after May 2027. The reason? NV Energy needs the... Fortune https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379072/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2026 17:10:48 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379065/posts [snip] Cynthia West, a former congressional aide now running for school board in Florida, has alleged that Massie secured her a job in Congress, in the office of Republican Representative Victoria Spartz of Indiana, after the pair struck up a romantic relationship. However, West said Massie soon began engaging in behavior she "wasn't comfortable" with, after which she ended the relationship. West said Massie offered her $5,000 after she said she would file a wrongful termination complaint against Spartz, who she said had fostered a toxic work environment. West said she declined this as well as a $60,000 settlement payment... Newsweek https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379065/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2026 16:29:19 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4378868/posts U.S. gasoline inventories are on pace to drop to historical seasonal lows by late summer, further straining a tight fuel market upended by the war in Iran. Stockpiles are expected to fall below 200 million barrels by the end of August, Morgan Stanley analysts wrote in a May 4 note. The projections for record seasonal low fuel inventories are the latest indication that the global energy supply crunch appears set to continue for months to come. “The U.S. gasoline market is genuinely tight and tightening further into summer,” Morgan Stanley analyst Martijn Rats and strategists Charlotte Firkins and Amy Gower... Transport Topics https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4378868/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2026 16:00:52 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4378392/posts WASHINGTON — A massive gilded statue of President Donald Trump installed at his Miami golf course is definitely not a “golden calf” to be worshipped, the pastor who led a dedication ceremony for the eyebrow-raising effigy insisted Friday. Financed by cryptocurrency entrepreneurs and supporters of Trump, the 15-foot (4.6-meter) tall bronze statue is covered in gold leaf — a favorite style of the president — and its fate had been uncertain as its creator awaited final payment for months. But the “Don Colossus” statue, which depicts Trump raising his fist after surviving an assassination attempt in 2024, was finally unveiled... Inquirer.net https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4378392/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2026 22:57:33 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4377630/posts [...] “You may still be seeing the inflationary impact of food industry costs for the next 12 to 15 months,” he said. [...] If this sounds hyperbolic, consider the importance of fertiliser. Some 40-50 per cent of the world’s food production depends on artificial nitrogen-based fertiliser, which is created by combining nitrogen from the air with hydrogen from natural gas to make ammonia. In turn, this is combined with either nitric acid or carbon dioxide to produce ammonium nitrate, or urea. The problem is that 34 per cent of global urea passes through the Strait of Hormuz, having been produced... The Sunday Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4377630/posts#comment Mon, 4 May 2026 19:04:58 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4377214/posts [...] So the two no-longer-quite-so-superpowers of the Cold War are both fighting proxy wars: Since Lindsey Graham backdoored his way into the "Maidan Revolution" in 2012, America has been using Ukraine to get at the Russians. And yet America is now totally stunned that Russia is happy to use Iran to get at the Americans: witness Putin giving the Iranian foreign minister, on this week's visit to Moscow, the King Charles treatment. Meanwhile, China sits off to one side, staying focused on its overriding goal of ensuring the end of what it regards as an aberrent half-millennium of Euro-American domination.... Steyn Online https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4377214/posts#comment Fri, 1 May 2026 14:59:49 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376426/posts TEHRAN/ANKARA: Iran has inflicted more “extensive” damage to United States bases and equipment in the Middle East since the start of US and Israeli strikes against Iran on February 28, NBC News reported on Saturday, citing sources. The report said that the damages from Iran’s retaliatory strikes against US military bases in seven Middle Eastern countries were “far worse than publicly acknowledged and is expected to cost billions of dollars to repair”. Iran has hit dozens of targets, including warehouses, command headquarters, aircraft hangars, satellite communications infrastructure, runways, high-end radar systems and dozens of aircraft, the report said. It added... Pakistan Today https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376426/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:35:40 GMT