Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2026 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $31,631
39%  
Woo hoo!! And now only $769 to reach 40%!! Thank you all for your continued support!! God bless.

Forum: General/Chat

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Anniversary of D-Day June 6, 1944

    06/06/2026 4:22:12 AM PDT · by Jolla
    June 6 2026 | Jolla
    Raise the 48 Star Flag and put on the Longest Day or Saving Private Ryan. Its time to remember one of the greatest military events in all of history and an invasion which will never be eclipsed. That day when so many brave and very young men walked into hell, they should never be forgotten.
  • Test Yourself: 10 Questions About America’s Spiritual Roots

    06/06/2026 4:10:42 AM PDT · by Kid Shelleen
    Real Clear Religion ^ | 06/05/2026 | Jerry Newcombe
    How well do you think you know the Judeo-Christian roots of our nation? About 25 years ago, for the first time, I met author/speaker William J. (Bill) Federer, who knows them very well. I have interviewed him multiple times since. Bill is the author of the classic book, America’s God and Country, which contains quotes from the settlers and founders of America, documenting beyond a reasonable doubt that this nation was uniquely shaped by the Bible.
  • SpaceX has just announced that they have entered into a $920 million per month agreement with Google to provide compute capacity, according to a new filing.

    06/06/2026 3:33:16 AM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 1 replies
    X ^ | 06/05/2026 | Sawyer Merritt
    SpaceX has just announced that they have entered into a $920 million per month agreement with Google to provide compute capacity, according to a new filing. "On June 5, 2026, we entered into a Cloud Service Agreement with Google with respect to access to compute capacity. The customer has agreed to pay us $920 million per month from October 2026 through June 2029, with capacity ramping up through September at a reduced fee. The compute capacity provided includes approximately 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs, CPUs, memory, and other related components. After December 31, 2026, the agreement may be terminated by either party...
  • Today's Cryptogram

    06/06/2026 3:13:33 AM PDT · by nikos1121 · 4 replies
    BASF RCIAB UJB RJH BAS QWEB JR TJUKWSEB. BASF RCIAB BJ SUX TJUKWSEB. BASF RCIAB BJ QCPSHGBS. —RHGUZQCU X. HJJESNSQB, GUUJWUTCUI X-XGF CUNGECJU
  • USDA confirms second screwworm fly found in Texas

    06/05/2026 10:52:04 PM PDT · by OrangeHoof · 15 replies
    The Hill ^ | 06-05-26 | Sophie Brams
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a second case of a flesh-eating screwworm parasite in Texas on Friday, as it races to contain and eradicate the outbreak before it severely impacts the cattle population. A New World screwworm was detected in a one-month-old calf in Zavala County after testing a “number of suspected cases,” according to USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). It was found less than six miles away from the ranch where the pest was reported in another young calf earlier this week. ( Snip ) The New World screwworm is a species of parasitic...
  • THE FIX IS IN: Democrat LA Mayor Candidate Nithya Raman SURGES in Latest Ballot Dump Putting Spencer Pratt in Jeopardy

    06/05/2026 8:51:09 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 24 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | June 5, 2026 | Jordan Conradson
    The Los Angeles Mayoral election is becoming increasingly questionable after a damning ballot drop gave Democratic City Councilwoman Nithya Raman a substantial gain, and Los Angeles is expected to continue counting ballots through the weekend. The nearly 60,000 late mail-in ballots counted on Friday evening gave Raman over 23,000 new votes, while Pratt gained roughly 11,000. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has already been projected to advance to the November runoff. The top two candidates will advance if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote. As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, First Assistant US Attorney for the Central...
  • Rand says NIH scientists were trying to smuggle Monkeypox into the United States

    06/05/2026 8:15:15 PM PDT · by RandFan · 18 replies
    X ^ | June 5 | Rand Paul
    🚨 NEW DOCUMENTS: NIH scientists charged with attempting to smuggle monkeypox into the United States had a years-long history of skirting rules for moving dangerous pathogens.
  • California and New York Preparing to Sue to Block Paramount from Acquiring Warner Bros: Report

    06/05/2026 6:57:38 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 20 replies
    Media-ite ^ | June 05, 2026 | Sarah Rumpf
    A group of states led by California and New York is preparing to sue to block Paramount Skydance from acquiring Warner Bros., Reuters reported on Friday. Last year’s merger between Paramount and Skydance already sparked criticism over concerns about antitrust issues and the impact of centralizing control of major media and entertainment companies. The criticism grew as Paramount settled a lawsuit President Donald Trump had filed against CBS News over a 60 Minutes interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, which numerous legal experts had assessed as a fundamentally weak case on First Amendment grounds. It was widely speculated that political...
  • Karmelo Anthony Defenders Weren’t Ready for This Question!

    06/05/2026 6:55:37 PM PDT · by Morgana · 14 replies
    Conservative Twins youtube ^ | June 5, 2026 | Conservative Twins
    Show notes: They say black people can't be racist, but this video proves them wrong. Watch this. Democrats say uh diversity is this country's strength. No, it isn't. That's our weakness. So like the only thing functioning in that woman's brain is the brain stem, which pretty much means she's a vegetable. She just contradicted everything she said. Hey girl, I think her frontal lobe is working somewhat. It's just backfiring. As if she's got a frontal lobe. It's It's not firing correctly is what I'm saying.
  • How a Boy and his Eagle in Mongolia Helped a Grieving Singaporean Son to let go – and Create the Book he Needed

    06/05/2026 6:55:36 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 11 replies
    Artist Siyuan Aw's debut picture book Our Wings As One began with a solitary journey to Mongolia, and an extraordinary meeting with a boy and his eagle – who taught him the strength to let go, and the courage to begin again.The first time Siyuan Aw met Bekku, the 17-year-old was standing on top of his family’s hut somewhere in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains, phone raised skywards trying to catch a signal and frustrated by the choppy connection. And then he called out to his golden eagle, which emerged from the clouds and landed on his outstretched arm. It was a...
  • New Mexico jury returns $13 million verdict in death of 'Star Trek' actor Nichelle Nichols

    06/05/2026 6:18:21 PM PDT · by CedarDave · 16 replies
    The Albuquerque Journal ^ | June 5, 2026 | Olivier Uyttebrouck
    A jury in Silver City awarded a $13 million verdict in a medical malpractice case to the family of Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood with her portrayal of Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” television series. Jurors deliberated about two hours before returning the verdict Thursday against a Grant County hospital where the 89-year-old actor sought treatment in the days before her death in 2022. Attorneys for the family alleged that employees at Gila Regional Medical Center failed to appropriately diagnose and treat Nichols for symptoms of acute heart failure. "Miss Nichols came to...
  • Hunter Biden charm offensive even has Trump talking 2028 as former first son tries to rewrite scandal-plagued history

    06/05/2026 5:07:37 PM PDT · by Libloather · 26 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/05/26 | Emily Goodin
    WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden is marking his seventh year of sobriety with a social media blitz that’s taking the internet by storm. Hunter, 56, began posting on his X account last month after years of dormancy, a move so surprising some wondered if the messages were fake. The account proved both genuine and a hit, quickly amassing nearly half a million followers, most of whom have cheered Hunter’s purported honesty and dry sense of humor. After Hunter posted a message celebrating being seven years sober Monday, one user accused him of being the owner of a bag of cocaine left...
  • Four D.C.-Area Youths Get a Rude Awakening When They Try to Carjack a Marine Veteran at Gunpoint (VIDEO)

    06/05/2026 4:46:16 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 32 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | June 5, 2026 | Cullen Linebarger
    Four violent D.C.-area youths had the tables turned on them after trying to rob a Marine veteran of his vehicle. As FOX 5 DC reported, an Oxen Hill, Maryland man named Jheyco Borda was operating on his vehicle near Oxon Hill High School around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday when four teenagers sauntered up to him on the sidewalk. Oxon Hill is a suburb in Maryland located just southeast of D.C. Video shared by FOX 5 DC next shows the youths cornering Borda at the bed of his truck. One youth wearing a red, white, and blue sweatshirt then pulls out...
  • Max Muncy knocked out of Dodgers game in ‘violent’ collision

    06/05/2026 2:41:15 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 15 replies
    ny post ^ | 06/05/2026 | Jack Harris
    PHOENIX –– Max Muncy and Ildemaro Vargas both ran full speed to first base in the fifth inning of Thursday’s game between the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks. In a brutal moment that forced both players to exit early –– and left Muncy with shortness of breath and a cut on his nose –– neither got out of the way in time to avoid a frightening head-on collision. “It was pretty violent,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. The good news: Neither Muncy nor Vargas seemed to have sustained serious injuries on the play. Muncy passed concussion protocol, saying afterward that he...
  • Astronauts return to ISS after sheltering during air leak repair attempt

    06/05/2026 2:32:51 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 10 replies
    bbc ^ | 06/05/2026 | Pallab Ghosh, Dan Sales
    Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were ordered to shelter in an attached spacecraft after the structure suddenly started leaking more air. Five of the seven crew were directed to go into the docked SpaceX shuttle Dragon "Freedom" on Friday afternoon and were braced for a potential evacuation. Meanwhile, two remaining personnel - a pair of Russian cosmonauts - attempted to repair a part of the Russian segment of the ISS, where the leaks had started increasing on Monday. The repairs were paused and the crew ordered back onto the ISS by Nasa on Friday afternoon.
  • Man Screams “Help Me” During Botched Euthanasia

    06/05/2026 1:23:32 PM PDT · by Morgana · 37 replies
    Life News ^ | June 5, 2026 | Alex Schadenberg
    On May 27 an article by Brian Williams and Sharon Kirkey that was published by the London Free Press on May 27, 2026 reported on the euthanasia deaths by Dr James MacLean. Dr James MacLean is one of the few doctors to be sanctioned for unprofessional conduct related to his euthanasia deaths. One of the complaints included a euthanasia assessment that was done at a Tim Horton’s coffee shop while another concerned a “botched” euthanasia death whereby MacLean declared the man dead, when he wasn’t dead… Sharon Kirkey wrote a difficult article that was published by the National Post on...
  • Anthony Stewart Head, Star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Merlin, Dies at 72 from Pneumonia Complications

    06/05/2026 12:44:40 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 21 replies
    Yahoo News ^ | 06/05/2026 | Alexandria Ingham
    Anthony Stewart Head, best known for his roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Merlin, has died at the age of 72. He was surrounded by family at the time of his death, with his daughters, Emily Head and Daisy Head, sharing the heartbreaking news with the BBC. They shared he "passed away peacefully after complications from pneumonia." Initially known for his Nescafe commercials, Head gained international fame when he landed the role of Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He took on a fatherly role for Buffy Summers, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, as he helped guide her...
  • Wendy's Testing New 'dynamic Pricing': Will You Pay More?

    06/05/2026 12:37:08 PM PDT · by Cronos · 95 replies
    Mshale ^ | 6th June 2026 | Tom Gitaa
    Wendy's announced that it will be testing something calling "dynamic pricing." Will you pay more for the same product? Dynamic pricing at fast food restaurants means your favorite sandwich or chicken nuggets could cost more -- or less -- depending on what time of day you go. The busier the restaurant is, the more it'll cost you. Dynamic pricing is similar to the surge pricing model used on apps like Uber or Lyft, waltham forest where prices go up and down based on customer demand. Food industry experts say dynamic pricing could soon take over the entire industry in the...
  • Ned Jarrett, two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, dies at age 93

    06/05/2026 12:12:49 PM PDT · by WhiteHatBobby0701 · 12 replies
    NASCAR ^ | 5 June 2026 | NASCAR
    Ned Jarrett, twice a NASCAR premier-series champion as well as a second-year inductee into the NASCAR Hall of Fame and one of the first competitors to make a successful transition from the race car to the television booth, has died. He was 93. The Jarrett family made the following statement: “With profound sadness, the family of NASCAR Hall of Fame driver and radio/TV personality, Ned Jarrett, announces his passing on Thursday, June 4, 2026. He died peacefully of natural causes at his home in Newton, North Carolina, with his family by his side. He was 93 years old. Our father...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies

    06/05/2026 12:08:42 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 9 replies
    NASA ^ | 5 Jun, 2026 | Image Credit & Copyright: Rafael Sampaio
    Explanation: Within our own Milky Way galaxy, two bright, spiky stars stand like sentinels in the foreground of this cosmic snapshot. Far beyond them are the galaxies of the Hydra Cluster. In fact, while the spiky foreground stars are hundreds of light-years distant, the Hydra Cluster galaxies are well over 100 million light-years away. Three large galaxies near the cluster center, two yellow ellipticals (NGC 3311, NGC 3309) and one prominent blue spiral (NGC 3312), are the dominant galaxies, each about 150,000 light-years in diameter. An intriguing overlapping galaxy pair cataloged as NGC 3314 lies above and left of NGC...