Free Republic

From Plato all the way to today, many scholars in the field have contemplated the existence of this highly technologically advanced ancient civilization and the reason for its downfall. If you start talking about the lost ancient city of Atlantis, most people will probably think you’re living in ‘la la’ land. Many people are unaware that this city has been studied seriously for hundreds of years. For example, we can see that it was a subject of significant importance for researchers at the Smithsonian Institution, as emphasized by their Annual Report of the Board of Regents of The Smithsonian Institution...

<p>What do you think about all of these celebrities who have come out against a war with Iraq? FNC's Bill O'Reilly gets into a slugfest with one of their ilk: Janeane Garafalo. Plus — The goods on yuppie nudist colonies...</p>

COLTON - It was the swat heard 'round the world. An angry mayor mashed a giant fly swatter against a podium at a news conference in September. The mayor, Deirdre Bennett of Colton, declared war on a federally protected fly that many say is exterminating the city's economy by halting development projects. The story had wings. National media seized on the news of a mayor challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, saying her city would no longer try to provide the healthy habitat for the only fly on the endangered-species list. Colton's battle with the protectors of the Delhi...

Tonight, the "Is it real or fake" item is Tourist Guy. Apparently, they say it is fake............. I refuse to believe them.

July 12, 2002 It was a race to crawl out of the Nielsen cellar on Thursday among the Big Four primetime networks. Fox failed to generate much heat with the debut of its news magazine "The Pulse" (5.2 million viewers) and the return of "Beyond Belief." ABC was scraping bottom with its 8-10 p.m. telecast of "Star Trek: First Contact" (4.2 million viewers) and even NBC couldn't draw much of a crowd with reruns of its regular Thursday slate. CBS won the night by a wide margin (9.3 million viewers, 3.4 rating/11 share in adults 18-49) on the strength of...