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Have not seen Song Nights for some time now. Does anyone know why it is no longer being posted?

Ok, deleted 4 paragraphs.. We need to bring back the Kitties (Viking Kitties/ZoT).. It is getting 'lax' here on FR, and I have received both Freepmail and email about the currant situation...

From our things you should've learned in school dept: Don't believe everything you read in the newspapers. And infinitely more so, don't believe everything you read on the internet. Especially stuff you find on conspiracy sites or blog sites.

All I want for Christmas is . . . . .

20 years ago today after months of lurking, I joined the hallowed ranks of free patriotic Americans. Free Republic has been since then a daily part of my ritual. I've enjoyed the camaraderie, the fun, the sarcasm and even the arguments. Thanks for being the friends I'll never meet. Along the way, I've met a handful of Freepers and had the opportunity to shake Jim's hand. The absolutely amazing thing about our community is that for nearly every story, major and minor, someone in our community has a personal stake, sometimes as a true subject matter expert, sometimes as a...

What happened to the Viking Kittens? I had a FB Friend post a photo of kittens with Viking helmets and the words "We come from the land of ice and snow, from the midnight sun where the hot springs flow." It reminded me of the viking kittens. I miss them.

What a great day of news! I've never had so many posts selected for the Main page (Breaking / Front Page News). Manchin really sent the Left into meltdown. I appreciate the work of the Mods and wish to donate but noticed the Feeepathon ended today. Can you still donate when it's closed? Or should I just wait? Merry Christmas.

For those that missed the posting, Carlo Morelli passed away January 10 2021. I thought that I would post a thread that links to many of the great Thanksgiving and Christmas threads posted through the years by many FReepers.

I have been going on free republic when at work at my government job for 20 years. Freerepublic is my daily news source. Imagine my shock when I got a security pop up stating that CBP has denied access to the requested domain. this attempt has been recorded. DOMAIN: media.patriots.win I will try to post the photo of the security notification/warning. Free Republic is banned from government networks.............

I just returned from being honored as a vet.

Jim was born in Mount Pleasant, TX to Glynn and EH Freeman on November 3, 1946. Jim attended elementary school in Mt. Pleasant and then went onto San Marcos Military Academy, San Marcos, TX to complete his middle school and high school education. Jim loved the time he spent at San Marcos Military Academy; he always said those were his best years growing up. Jim continued his education at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, AK where he received a BA in Political Science in 1968. Jim was active with Mt Pleasant Boy Scouts during summer vacations…from college; he BBQed...

One of my favorite posters here. She suddenly stopped posting the end of March of 2020. Just on the eve of starting her third decade here. Hope she's okay, wherever she is. I think she had just moved out of the NYC area.

Please pray for my family and me and the adopted God family of my lovely Lady Kathleen Elizabeth. I found her dead in her recliner in the living room this morning when I woke up as I greeted her with my usual “good morning. I love you.” She had passed away, apparently peacefully about 3AM. Kathy had taken early retirement just 18 months ago, looking for a long well earned retirement after 40 years of being a Registered Nurse and Certified Case Manager for Workers Comp. She was joyful at having escaped from California’s insanity to the sane State of...

HTML SANDBOX 2021 We are so blessed by Jim and John Robinson, and by God through them, with this marvelous website. FreeRepublic has many capabilities you can use to refine your posts, to make your points more emphatically and dramatically.Many posters have given us previous versions of this Sandbox, but since the most recent was in 2016, it's now well past time for another. "HTML" is Hyper Text Markup Language, which can make your typing-text fancier and more useful. You supply invisible commands to produce remarkable effects. These commands are encased in left and right carets, like this: <command>.* Before...

Fully vaccinated people are much less likely to die with Covid-19 than those who aren't, or have had only one dose, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. Out of more than 51,000 Covid deaths in England between January and July 2021, only 256 occurred after two doses. They were mostly people at very high risk from illness from Covid-19. The figures show the high degree of protection from the vaccines against illness and death, the ONS said.

Starrgaizr collected these, and they are worth remembering (sorry for messing up his much better formatting, but this is the best I can do): Upon request, Starrgaizr collected links to many of the earliest threads from September 11, 2001 below. Starrgaizr reviewed threads from the very first FR report (http://www.freeRepublic.com/focus/fr/520255/posts)through thread number 520326. Feel free to add other significant threads, including photo archives. Bumping this thread periodically instead of the original threads will also avoid scaring people with the headlines. Bookmark this thread, and bump it from time to time when the nation and the press seems to forget why...

The news programs that I recorded starting 9/16/2001. Commercials removed. Since I recorded from the beginning, I can only assume that the first ones went out with the unlabeled tapes. Sigh. Other recorded news, wars, etc. appear in this News Playlist. And Political Music Videos (mostly Trump) Playlist.

Crossed a Line. What is going on here? I support the right of anyone to get vaccinated or not. I support free speech and free thought. However... Though I was not looking, in less than one day I have seen THREE posts by non-noob Freepers who are fully supporting Orwellian Australian tactics, and/or gleefully wishing death on those Freepers who have chosen to wait on the vaccine or chosen therapeutics, etc. If this was twitter, I would not be so distressed and surprised. But this is Free Republic where the main page Front center headline is: Welcome to Free Republic!...

It's the unofficial end of summer. Let's have a bit of fun in the midst of all the turmoil we have had this year and the turmoil upcoming with kids returning to school in masks or whatever other bizarre whatnot comes up. Give a shout out to fellow Freepers whose screennames, taglines, and/or "About" pages you have enjoyed, laughed at, drawn inspiration from, or found thought-provoking.

A few days ago, it appeared that someone had hacked their way into a few Free Republic accounts, then commenced to post ridiculous, often obscene posts. As a matter of caution, I logged out for a few days. However, since I have returned to the fray, I see articles by headline as before, but nothing shows any text as it usually does. Now, I'm under the Nancy Pelosi rules of expectation in that: I have to open the post to see what's in it. I can deal with it. At least I can read what's "Hot" with other posts, or...