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Senate Democrats voted early Saturday morning to defeat a pro-life amendment that would have stopped the COVID relief bill from using tens of millions and perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars to fund killing babies in abortions. The Senate voted 52-47 to defeat the pro-life amendment offered by Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma to apply the Hyde Amendment to the COVID bill. Every Republican voted for the amendment along with Democrat senators Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Joe Manchin of West Virginia. Senator Sullivan of Alaska did not vote. The amendment failed because it did not reach the 60-vote threshold...

The Wild Hog Explosion has been called off by the Bandera County Library’s board of directors after a Bandera treatment center backed out of an agreement to operate the annual fundraising event in the face of angry criticism and reportedly threats from an animal rights organization that was protesting the show. John Pearce, the vice president of the library’s board of directors, said the board met on Monday, March 4, and decided unanimously to cancel the Wild Hog Explosion because Warriors Heart had advised it by letter that it was withdrawing from a one-year agreement to host all but one...

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Dutch insurer Aegon said it may buy a small U.S. thrift company to qualify for potentially more than $1 billion in U.S. government support, sending its shares down more than 8 percent. "This is part of our strategy to ensure Aegon has the strongest capital position possible," said Aegon spokesman Greg Tucker. "If Aegon is eligible, we would seek the minimum range of funding possible." The range was 1 to 3 percent of its $125 billion in U.S. assets, he said, and the application was for the so-called Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) which the U.S. government has used to...

AR Freepers: I know this is late notice (I just got my drill letter..sigh) and am back from Operation Katrina duties (yes thats right, AR 39th BCT guys are still in Nuevo Orleans). We are having our annual "Family Day" event at 39th BCT HHC (HQ) at Rick's Armory. The Armory is located at 4700 West 8th Street in Little Rock, AR. (Large Dome building just east of Travellers Baseball field and 50 meters north of I-630).Anyways, its a great time to stop by for a little BBQ and say hello (or thank you) to your AR National Guard members....

(Court TV) — Austin Gullette denies the crime, but police in Ouachita, La., say they have the right man. They've charged Gullete with having sex with his sister's pig. According to Major Royce Toney, with the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office, Gullette's sister caught the 45-year-old man in the act Aug. 30. "She heard her pig squealing around 11 p.m. and went out to investigate," Toney said. The woman reportedly observed her brother engaging in intercourse with her Vietnamese potbelly pig, P-Pie. When she confronted Gullette, he fled into the woods, she said. Deputies caught and arrested Gullette who denied the...

Members of Freerepublic.com that reside in Arkansas or are travelling through, we will meet on Thursday, August 21st at 6:00 p.m. at: the Buffalo Grill Restaurant 1611 Rebsamen Park Road Little Rock, Arkansas, 72202 (501) 663-2158 Map: (Click here for Mapquest.com link)This meeting will be in conjunction with the Pulaski County Young Republicans which will also meet at this time. Any Freerepublic.com business will be taken care of immediately after the PCYR meeting approximately 7pm. Speakers will be announced on this thread. NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE SAME BUFFALO GRILL THAT FREEPERS MET AT DURING THE HILLARY FREEP. THAT IS...