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R&B singer Akon may have been born in the United States, but he wants to go back to his roots — which, to him, means constructing a city in his family’s ancestral home of Senegal, which he describes as a “real-life Wakanda.” Ordinarily, I’d just think this was some idle talk by someone not in compos mentis. After all, one of Akon’s best-known songs was a collaboration with enthusiastic marijuana endorser Snoop Dogg (“I Wanna Love You”), so maybe Akon’s been hitting the wacky tobaccky a bit too often. However, nothing short of megadoses of LSD could possibly have produced...

HANCOCK — The Sideling Hill Welcome Center is now more than just the most scenic set of fair-weather restrooms in Western Maryland after Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford and a host of elected officials on Friday reopened the facility, which has been closed for the last six years. Perched on the east side of Sideling Hill near Hancock, where a massive cut in the mountain rock allows Interstate 68 to pass through, the center was closed in 2009, in a move by former Gov. Martin O'Malley that did not sit well with many area residents. "It was done for political...

Arizona (IMpossible News) -- Finally, someone has come up with a very welcome solution to the immigration crisis on the American-Mexican border. Welcome Centers are slated to be built every 100 miles along the border to assist Mexican migrants with efficient processing of visas, temporary work permits or American citizenship applications. Each center will be as modern and welcoming as our highway rest stops. Features included will be a free clinic for basic health check ups, a library of free American literature, coffee bar, spacious bathrooms with showers and baby care rooms, free survival supplies for those who must return...

Welcome to Free Republic! .......... Our heroes seem to like white hats.... but .... Don't mess with U.S.! If you are already feeling warm and comfortable - that's a good sign you've found a home in cyberspace. Welcome!!! The posters here are scratching their heads and digging in their bookmarks trying to find just exactly the right links, pictures and information that might be useful to you as you unpack and settle in. So please be patient with us while we try to get this thread better organized for you. Here are some things the posters (called "Freepers") believe you ...