Free Republic

Does anyone know how old the Free Republic software is? Doesn't appear to have been updated in at least the 20 years that I've been here. It would be nice to have hyperlinks and better interfaces and a better search function. Not just text and photo files in line. It looks like Craigslist looked about 25 years ago. Anybody with software experience have any thoughts on this?

Hello everyone! I recently released my very first science-fiction, political-thriller novel on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. I've been told that the work seems to embody the writing style of a Tom Clancy or a Michael Crichton, blended with an Isaac Asimov. While this is high praise, indeed, I want to go to the next level. Enter an analysis of a very quiet, very low-action scene in the first season of Game of Thrones. That analysis is here.The analysis is stellar. The writing is stellar. The analysis talks about how: Robert Baratheon was not a lecherous drunkard, but actually a very...

Ten or twenty bucks a month will keep this thing going. I've donated anonymously back since 1997 when I found this site. When this the only place on the interwebs reporting on Xlinton's malfeasance. True, the site is now dominated by crippled, angry, old men, and fat, blue-haired old bitties whose nipples drag on the floor when they walk. Aside from all that, please consider donating to Free Republic. I've set up an automatic payment, by check, through my online banking/bill pay. Mailed to: Free Republic, LLC PO Box 9771 Fresno, CA 93794 Because the online payment system FOOKIN SUCKS!!!!...

We either go bankrupt or we go to subscription only or we need to get busy today.

Thought you should know - Thanks in advance for fixing this

Dear Freepers After almost 25 years of freerepublic.com being a rare bastion of sanity in this crazy world, I will be ending my time as a member of this once great site. The quality of FR has degraded to the point that I no longer find much usage for the site that I can’t find on other platforms and sources. I have had multiple conversations with many freepers, both in the forum and privately and many of them agree with some of my points of contention: A) The primary reason I am leaving is the failure of FR to address...

Sad news, Freeper JustAmy has passed on. Her real name was Amy Defendis. More information will be posted as it becomes available.

About a month ago, the world was treated to the spectacle of a little punk named Karmelo Anthony stabbing to death a young White man named Austin Metcalf in a dispute that took place at a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas. Anthony was inside another school’s tent and was asked to leave by Metcalf, but refused to do so. When Metcalf went to pick up Anthony’s backpack to encourage him to leave, he pulled out a knife and stabbed Metcalf multiple times, who died on the spot. For reasons that are inscrutable to the average normie but apparent...

Three hours since a new article was published. Is this thing on?

Does anyone remember the Freeper “CNN”? I think it stood for cringing news network. He was always talking about bringing back US jobs, manufacturing jobs especially from China. I think he’s long gone, but I’ll bet he would’ve liked “liberation day”

Woo Hoo! Our credit card program is up and running! And we now have less than $10k left to go in our FReepathon and 6 days to bring it in. Let's get 'er done. Click here: to donate by Credit CardOr here: to donate by PayPal Thank you all very much! God bless.

Dear FRiends: Please DO NOT use our credit card program for the time being. It's online but it's in TEST MODE and will not work. Please use paypal or mail-in checks for now. [FReepathon] We are very sorry about this inconvenience however we have to get this work done. Our system has been abused by fraudulent credit card testers using bots to process hundreds of fraudulent entries. we are working to make our system bot-proof so that we can get our merchant account approved again. And, unfortunately, this delay has caused our FReepathon to fall way behind and it's going...

I've noticed, over the years, that very old Free Republic accounts, accounts that have been inactive for months or years, suddenly reactivate.... but their politics are suddenly suspect. Be they Zeeper-oriented (that is, super-favorable to Ukraine) or, conversely, super-favorable to Russia, or even suddenly-liberal... these accounts reactivate with a flurry of posts that are contrary to conservatism. Are these real Freepers who have had a change of heart about their politics? Are these real Freepers who feel the need to jump on the forum with propaganda and support for one side or the other per the Ukraine/Russia war? Or are...

Just saw this post on his Facebook page, written by his wife and guardian angel, Mrs Mayor. I’m broken.....💔 We all are. >>>>>He fought the good fight, and he fought the good fight of faith. Rest in peace Rus Thompson, together forever with our Lord.<<<<<

<p>Just received a message from our new merchant services provider. They've temporarily halted credit card activity on our account until we make certain changes.</p><p>They're saying that we have too many 'card testing' attempts. This is the same thing that happened last October with our old provider. We don't want to lose another one - they're too hard to hook up with.</p>

I don’t know the mayor personally but Jim has told me about him and as a student of the Bible, I appreciate his daily scriptural post. I Understand he’s in the hospital and could use our prayers, Thank you , God bless you and have a blessed day ❤️🙏

I am on some some great lists here on FR, but can't seem to find what other lists are available to subscribe. Thanks!

Six years ago, FReeper “dainbramaged” (a guy I eventually knew In Real Life named “Rich”, last name withheld for his family’s anonymity) and I were FReepmailing about firearms. He mentioned he had a Winchester Model 94 in .30-30 that his Great Grandfather had bought new in 1898, and that he had no heirs who would care to have it, having only had one uninterested daughter in his life. So we kinda agreed that if and when he ever considered disposing of it, that he would call me, as I live just 40 miles away. Two years passed, and Rich called:...

Rus [freeper: The Mayor] is in the hospital

I've been around FR for awhile, much longer than my registration. Something I remember from January 2017: Free Republic couldn't be reached at all in the day or so leading up to and on Trump's first inauguration.After the lights came back on, some on here wondered if everyone watching the site and trying to party together is what brought the place down for that day and a half.There were many however who suggested something more nefarious. Mainly, that the outgoing administration's lackeys launched a denial of service attack on Free Republic, out of spite.Should we put it past the Biden...