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Mr. Gil is 92 years old, and works at the Chick-fil-A on Oleander Drive in Wilmington, NC. He spent decades working in the natural gas industry and when he retired, he greeted people at Sam's Club for 12 MORE years, until they eliminated his position. Most people would call that a sign to finally rest, but not Mr. Gil! Two months into retirement, he got bored... so he walked into Chick-fil-A and put in an application. He was 86 years old at the time. He's been there ever since. Not one or two shifts a week either. Monday through Friday....

Voters in country after country have grown weary of the same experiment: ballooning welfare states, open-border policies, identity-driven governance, and supranational rules that delivered stagnation, insecurity, and a quiet erosion of national sovereignty.French politician and lawyer Marine Le Pen has launched a new candidacy for the French presidency, hoping to ride a global political pendulum as it swings from socialism and leftism back toward the right. "I do think you're seeing all that take place. But populism, focusing on what's best, what's common sense, what's good for the people of your country, what's good for your country, is, I think,...

There are some naked lies so offensive that profanity is valid response. Such is the case with Minnesota Governor and failed Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz claiming that illegal alien pedophile rapist Tou Lue Vang shouldn’t have been deported because people shouldn’t be judged on their “worst day.” I’m pretty sure lots of people can remember their worst days: They got in a car wreck, they got fired, they found out their wife has cancer, their dog died. Raping a ten year old girl doesn’t qualify. “Honey, I got fired, wrecked the car, and, oh yeah, raped a ten year...

In this previous blog post, I posted a news article about how liberals in Hamtramck, Michigan celebrated the election of the city’s Muslim-majority city council, but were later shocked and surprised when that same Muslim-majority city council banned the pride flag. Well now I’ve got a new incident which is just as good at showing off liberals’ ignorance and stupidity about how Muslim-majority institutions treat LGBTQ people.An LGBTQ cruise ship tried to dock in two different Muslim-majority countries – first Egypt, and then Turkey – and got rejected by both countries.What kind of ignorance and stupidity would they have to...

U.S. authorities have approved an emergency plan to move 28 beluga whales from the shuttered Marineland theme park in Ontario to four accredited American aquariums, including SeaWorld San Antonio. The plan calls for 13 whales to go to SeaWorld San Antonio, three to SeaWorld San Diego, 10 to Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and two to Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Two additional belugas are expected to move to Oceanogràfic València in Spain, but the Spanish facility is still awaiting necessary permits. Canadian authorities endorsed the broader relocation plan in June, and U.S. approval allows the American facilities to begin the rescue...

I asked Grok: “What do you think would happen if Bernie Sanders’ proposal for the government to own 50% of AI companies were to happen? What kinds of incentives or disincentives would this create? What would be the results of these incentives or disincentives?” This is Grok’s answer: If implemented, Sanders’ proposal — a one-time 50% stock “tax” on major AI companies (those hitting ~$200M in annual AI revenue), creating a ~$7 trillion sovereign wealth fund managed by a 7-person presidentially appointed commission with voting shares and board influence — would represent a major shift toward state-directed capitalism in a...

Here’s a heart-warming video about a German who moved to America to get married, only to discover most of what he thought he knew was wrong. “Europe lied to me about America, but not in the way you think. Because I didn’t move here because I hated Germany. I moved here because I fell in love with an American. And two years later, I have to admit something that makes many of my old friends angry. Because the country I was taught to look down on made me more hopeful, more ambitious, and more free than I ever imagined. And...

Seems like I might be looking at left hip replacement surgery in coming weeks. Has anyone had this done? If so, at what age? What were symptoms that led to the decision for the surgery? Experience with pain, hospitalization, PT, general recovery? Anything you wish you had done differently either before or after? Thank you. This is not something I ever really thought would be part of my future and am trying to prepare myself for whatever is to be expected.

He was a fabrication from the start. The son of a wealthy lawyer presented as a working class hero. No one cared that it was a lie. No one cared that he was credibly accused of rape. Until they did.I’m going to veer from sports today to venture into politics. Maine politics. Democrat Party politics. And Graham Platner, the Democrat nominee for Senate in Maine who recently suspended his campaign after so much dirt came out on him that his numbers finally started dropping. Only when the polling dropped did the Democratic Party descend to say yeah you gotta go....

OK. So Helen’s beauty sparks a war. Athena is a strategic goddess guiding Odysseus. Penelope embodies clever loyalty. Circe turns men into pigs, which frankly is still the most realistic female character arc in literature. Calypso traps the hero on an island for seven years. Cassandra can literally see the future but nobody listens, making her the first woman in recorded history to experience a meeting. The Sirens weaponize music. Nausicaa saves Odysseus when he washes up naked and useless. Andromache gives one of the most devastating anti-war speeches in the Iliad. Hecuba is basically the emotional wreckage of empire...

Most people think a civil war starts with a gunshot. It doesn't. It starts the moment half the country concludes the rules of the game have been permanently rigged against them — and that there is no legitimate way to change that. We may be closer to that moment than most people realize. And I can show you exactly how we get there — step by step.

Democrat candidates and incumbent lawmakers have not been shy when it comes to bashing the country that allowed them to make it to their privileged positions. As Americans gear up to celebrate the incredible milestone of 250 years of American grit and freedom, several far-leftists have spent the last several years using their positions of power to bash the land of opportunity. It certainly is a time of celebration for the vast majority of Americans, and while patriotism often overshadows the negativity — particularly right ahead of Independence Day — it is important for Americans to remember what they are...

Another take on ChristopherNolan's The Odyssey.

"Communism is an ideology of mass theft, mass control, mass lies, and mass murder—It is the Enemy of July 4th, 1776"As Americans celebrate the country's Semiquincentennial, the White House did not fail to deliver. What is one of the very best speeches of Donald Trump's career is a message, from Mount Rushmore, as much to Americans themselves as it is to Europeans and to the rest of the international community.After stating that "America was founded on liberty and independence — not government coercion, domination, and control; we are born free, and we will stay free" at his State of the...

...(text of Declaration of Independence et al) To the Founders: It hasn't been easy. We've made mistakes in the past two and a half centuries. But a lot of us still regard with precious sentiment that you pledged your lives, your fortunes, and your sacred honor. I have tried to uphold the duties imparted unto me as a citizen of this land. In reflecting upon the occasion, I am impressed with the conviction that my efforts have been found lacking. Very, very few of us, it must be said, have dedicated ourselves to uphold the responsibilities that come with the...

The FreeRepublic user ransomenote uses AI to curate posts and generate a bit of content for her posts: https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:ransomnote/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change I'm really REALLY good with AI development. I use it every day, and have spent hundreds of dollars in AI credits during my coding work. So ... since ransomenote is populating FR with AI-generated content, what are your thoughts about my using AI to create posts on FR? It's pretty easy for me to do. Is anyone opposed to me following ransomenote's lead, and flooding FR with AI-generated stuff?

USA Today recently offered readers an “in-depth” investigation of the life of Michelle Obama and her relationship with her famous husband. Forcing myself to read this bilge made me aware that one would have to turn to the Soviet press under Comrade Stalin to find anything quite so cloying. The fact that this national newspaper and others like it cannot discuss their puffed-up heroes and heroines without nauseating exaggeration has left me feeling even more depressed about American journalism than ever. Michelle’s life has been made “fuller,” USA Today assured me, because it’s been associated with a truly great man....

... Wiener is the Democratic front-runner looking to replace Nancy Pelosi in the House. He’s also a gay, pro-trans leftist who’s described Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide and called for the U.S. to stop giving military aid to Israel. So he attended the trans march, as he does every year, to stand with those he thought of as his people. But Wiener is Jewish, and he took a bit too long in deciding that he needed to mimic faithfully the hardcore anti-Israel monomaniacs. So they’re now teaching him an important lesson: A Jew who shows any ambivalence about...