re: #298 Anymouse

Is it too much to hope for that Free Republic is gone for good? Took the money and ran?

Probably. I would love to know what their finances look like. Those grift-a-thons are so similar in their trajectory, and they always make their goal that I’m inclined to think they have something in common with Bernie Madoff’s fund returns.
I did note that they were running a bit slow this quarter. The Facebook page has a bit of discussion about FR accepting advertising so they could make the site a bit more stable, but it seems to me that if they haul in the $85,000 per quarter they say they do, they should be able to afford what they need.