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Browsing through social media but never liking or commenting on posts may be a sign of a mental health condition, a new study has revealed. Researchers at the Central China Normal University found that people who use platforms 'passively' are more likely suffer from social anxiety compared to people who use it actively - uploading posts and sharing life updates. The team surveyed more than 500 college students on their mental health and social media use, finding that 'voyeurs' were more afraid of unfamiliar situations in their physical lives. On the other hand, those who used social media actively found...

Donald Trump Jr. slammed attorney L. Lin Wood for asking Republican Georgia voters to withhold their votes during the upcoming runoff election, which will determine what party controls the Senate. In a Monday tweet, Trump Jr. told GOP voters to “IGNORE” people calling for a boycott on voting for Georgia Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.

Everyone please send whatever you are able to, whether it is $10, $100 or $1,000+. The Left loves to see these go on and on. Better for us to just help with what we can. Maybe you can donate as a memorial for a lost loved one, a friend, a servicemember who never made it home or was disabled defending our country or another hero. Perhaps you'd like to give to keep free discussion alive and to show them that we're not knuckling under. I'm sure a well thought out or prayerful meditation will lead you to see the need...

So I'm at the local sports big box store and a clerk from the gun counter tells me that the government has chemist working on ammunition that will only have a 5 month shelf life. I tell him I never heard of this. He tells me to look it up. So I went home and I did. All I could find on the internet were rumors, nothing solid.I ask a fellow I know who works in the sporting section at Walmart about this. He told me he has had several people ask him if our ammo is the kind with...

Glenn Beck TV thread December 7th 2010 Welcome to the GLENN BECK television thread...Stand. Never give up. Never give in. Well we did it, it wasn't perfect but it was never intended to be more than a start. Now we look forward to our next battles and to our next election. Ya done good America. infidels, sick twisted freaks, ilks and lurkers are welcome and are encouraged to participate in the thread.

...But every now and then, when the posters on these sites start muttering about “lurkers,” I shudder like a Soviet mole in the Pentagon. Because, yes, I lurk: I visit boards but don’t post; I read without writing; I take without giving. And I’m sorry. If lurkers are condemned with less venom than other message-board scourges — spammers (who post ads), trolls (who promote controversy) and sock puppets (who burnish their own reputations under aliases) — this may be only because lurkers are ubiquitous. . But lurking is very not in the spirit of interactive media. When Michael Hirschorn recently...

Funny how the current poll is moving lower a tenth of a point every half a day or so. We have all seen this happen before but I think it's funny how the come lately's think that; 1) at 90+ % it really makes a difference to move it at this rate. 2) and that the one or two that are doing it spend so long clearing their cache and cookies (reloading windows) or whatever and revoting.

Clinton's Popularity Up in State, Even Among Republicans By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ Published: February 22, 2005 Remember Hillary Rodham Clinton and the conventional wisdom about how polarizing a figure she is? Well, think again. Recent polls have shown that Mrs. Clinton, the junior senator from New York, may have turned a corner politically, sharply reducing the number of voters in the state who harbor negative views of her. Pollsters say the change is remarkable for a woman who has long been shadowed by a seemingly implacable group of voters - commonly referred to as Hillary haters - who dislike her, no...

The New York Times September 28, 2004 Prewar Assessment on Iraq Saw Chance of Strong Divisions By DOUGLAS JEHL and DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 - The same intelligence unit that produced a gloomy report in July about the prospect of growing instability in Iraq warned the Bush administration about the potential costly consequences of an American-led invasion two months before the war began, government officials said Monday. The estimate came in two classified reports prepared for President Bush in January 2003 by the National Intelligence Council, an independent group that advises the director of central intelligence. The assessments...

Just a suggestion or something for open discussion: Earlier today, there was a thread that had a brief run before being justifiably pulled. The stated subject was "Free Speech". However, the real subject just seemed to be to challenge this forum and how it is operated. Which, it seems to me, is pretty much the way many of these discussion boards are run? Therefore, I ask the following question: Could one board be set up in which dissenter’s could be allowed to post on topics of their choosing? Of course, the expected rules of decorum would have to be followed,...

As we saw from another post here today, Sean Hannity is a FR Lurker. Which makes me wonder, WHO are the other Famous FR Lurkers? According to summer, Jeb Bush is also a FR Lurker. Could a certain brother of his also lurk here? Rush Limbaugh has mentioned the FR numerous times so he is definitely an FR Lurker as is Matt Drudge. I would love to know who the other famous FR Lurkers are. But, of course, they won't reveal themselves if they are Lurking only.

Calling all Lurkers What brings you to freerepublic. Come on out and say hello on this thread if you wish. A big hello to all the lurkers. Isn't this a really interesting and informative news forum? Thanks to Jim Robinson and the FReepersSo Hello Lurkers and welcome to FR....