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On a July day in 1958, the performing talents of Buddy Holly were intertwined with the writing nous of Bobby Darin. The net result was a peculiar chart battle and Top 40 hits for both of them, with “Early In The Morning.” It was the seventh of Buddy’s mere eight Top 40 singles in the US, and the tale behind it takes some believing. Written by Darin and Woody Harris, the track had a bizarre history, even by the standards of the chart battles that often took place in those days. It was recorded and released by Bobby first, not...

Back in March, The Heritage Foundation requested documents from the DOJ using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regarding the government’s investigation of Hunter Biden. Unsurprisingly, the DOJ refused. Then, on June 20th, after several years of government investigations, Hunter Biden was charged with multiple, watered-down offenses. The charges were so weak they created a presumption of corruption at the DOJ. *** Six days later, the Heritage Foundation filed a FOIA lawsuit in Washington, D.C. (good luck getting a fair shake there) and requested the court force the DOJ to disclose critical records about the Hunter Biden investigation which would...

A transgender former New Hampshire state lawmaker is facing criminal charges for allegedly conspiring with a daycare worker to gather sexually explicit photos of children. Stacie Marie Laughton, a 39-year-old who was born male but now identifies as a female, is charged with aiding and abetting the sexual exploitation of children, the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston said in a statement. Laughton was arrested in connection with the arrest of daycare worker Lindsay Groves, 38, who is said to have been dating Laughton at one point and the two are believed to have worked together to take sexually explicit photos...

A whistleblower claims Fox News is matching employee contributions to charities and causes its viewer base typically does not support, including The Satanic Temple....On Friday (July 21), ...a conservative media outlet with ties to climate change denier and controversial former Fox News host...According to an alleged whistleblower believed to be an ex-Fox News staffer, charitable organizations available for Fox News employees to donate to include The Trevor Project, Planned Parenthood and The Satanic Temple, ...

Nowland, a dementia patient, was 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighed 95 poundsA new report on the death of a 95-year-old woman in Australia after police used a stun gun on her has found that the officers administered "a grossly disproportionate response and excessive use of force." Clare Nowland died after police shocked her during an encounter at the Yallambee Lodge care facility, where New South Wales officers found her wandering around with her walker while holding two steak knives. Nowland fell as she convulsed and hit her head, putting her in critical condition before she died.

Sucker punch somebody on a sidewalk Carjack an old lady at a red light Pull a gun on the owner of a liquor store Ya think it's cool, well, act a fool if ya like Cuss out a cop, spit in his face Stomp on the flag and light it up Yeah, ya think you're tough Well, try that in a small town See how far ya make it down the road Around here, we take care of our own You cross that line, it won't take long For you to find out, I recommend you don't Try that in...

A police department in Wisconsin says a former K-9 died this week just a short time after retiring. According to the UW–Madison Police Department, K-9 Maya died suddenly on Friday after becoming very ill earlier in the morning. “It is with profound sadness that we share news of the sudden passing of retired K-9 Maya,” the police department shared. The department noted that Maya was surrounded by loved ones when she died. Maya had just retired last month after serving in the Wisconsin police force for a decade. Authorities said she answered the call more than 370 times during her...

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said he is 100% sure that the federal government is covering up documents about UFOs — and he’s not alone among members of Congress in trying to push for more information about what could be out there. “We’ve requested documents, we’ve gone to interview pilots and been stonewalled by our Pentagon. It’s ridiculous, it’s been going on since the ‘40s,” Burchett said Saturday afternoon on Fox News. “We are taking the gloves off.” Public interest in the possibility of extraterrestrial life, officially labeled as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) in government circles, has bubbled for decades —...

One can only imagine what it feels like to testify in front of individuals who decide what does and does not become law in California. To put it into one word: scary. I have testified before, but this time felt different. On July 11, in front of the California Assembly Committee on Public Safety in support of Senate Bill 14 to make the sex trafficking of children a serious felony, I felt like I was on trial, defending my life and the horrific experiences I have endured that have made me into who I am today. But I did not...

Geologist, Professor Ian Plimer, utterly demolishes the human-induced "climate emergency" fairy tale in three and a half minutes... ( video at link ) https://patriots.win/p/16bihrmd2e/geologist-professor-ian-plimer-u/c/

Explanation: A photograph of Buzz Aldrin standing on the Moon taken by Neil Armstrong, was digitally reversed to create this lunar selfie. Captured in July 1969 following the Apollo 11 moon landing, Armstrong's original photograph recorded not only the magnificent desolation of an unfamiliar world, but Armstrong himself reflected in Aldrin's curved visor. In the unwrapped image, the spherical distortion of the reflection in Aldrin's helmet has been reversed. The transformed view features Armstrong himself from Aldrin's perspective. Since Armstrong took the original picture, today the image represents a fifty-four year old lunar selfie. Aldrin's visor reflection in the original...

American soldier Travis King had shown signs of possibly defecting from the Army nearly a year before he fled into North Korean territory, telling military officials while serving in South Korea that he would not “return to post or America.” *** It was not the first sign of trouble for the Wisconsin native, who was facing assault allegations over a fight at a club on Sept. 25. [On] Sept. 4, while serving at Camp Bonifas near the southern end of the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea, King skipped out on his daily formation and took off to...

"And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him." "And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. "And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy...

President of the Bahamas National Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention Reverend Lloyd Smith has died. Smith, who was the pastor of Mount Horeb Baptist Church, was at the place of worship today when he collapsed. Worried parishioners called an ambulance and emergency medical services personnel rushed him to hospital. However, he died a short time later. Smith, who was installed as the convention’s president in 2018, is well known as the owner of construction firm Holiday Industrial Builders. May he rest in peace.

An investigation is underway after a man died while being detained by officers in north Phoenix on Thursday. Around 2 p.m., officers were called out to check on a man at a shopping plaza near 19th Avenue and Union Hills Drive. Police arrived and tried to talk to the man, but he began to walk away from them. Police say that officers continued watching the man and saw him fall into a landscaping wall. Officers detained the man and called Phoenix firefighters for assistance. Just before fire crews got to the scene, the man suddenly became unresponsive, police said. He...

A “sexual predator” who allegedly removed his ankle monitor and then overdosed, was taken back into custody just one day after he was released from a more than nine-year prison sentence for lewd and lascivious battery with a victim 12-15 years old, according to the sheriff’s office. Albert Lee Gardner, 29, was released from his nine-and-a-half-year sentence on July 7 and was arrested on July 8 after authorities found his ankle monitor in a convenience store trash can, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said in a release. A probation officer called deputies to the 7-Eleven in Brooksville, Florida, after noticing...

The European Union's health regulator on Friday backed authorization of Pfizer's (PFE.N) vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) for use in babies and older adults. If the European Commission authorizes its use, the shot, called Abrysvo, could become the bloc's first to protect infants up to six months of age from the virus when given to pregnant women. The commission last month approved the region's first RSV vaccine, branded Arexvy, from rival GSK (GSK.L) for older people.

Zully Vasquez Ventura, from Cleveland, Texas, was on a regular drive when she encountered a skinny dog in the middle of the road. She stopped to check on the dog but unfortunately, the dog ran away before Ventura could do anything. The next time Ventura saw the dog, she was heartbroken to see that the dog was malnourished and in distress.

“Khrushchev saw the transfer as a way of fortifying and perpetuating Soviet control over Ukraine now that the civil war had finally been won. Some 860,000 ethnic Russians would be joining the already large Russian minority in Ukraine.” “The transfer of Crimea to the UkrSSR also was politically useful for Khrushchev as he sought to firm up the support he needed in his ongoing power struggle with Soviet Prime Minister Georgii Malenkov, who had initially emerged as the preeminent leader in the USSR in 1953 after Joseph Stalin’s death.”

Rodney Thomas, the father of Indianapolis Colts safety Rodney Thomas II, has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a bald eagle. The senior Rodney Thomas was indicted by a Pittsburgh federal grand jury for violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, per the New York Post. Rodney Thomas allegedly killed the eagle with an air rifle in Mount Pleasant, Pa. on May 12, and he turned himself in to the authorities shortly after the incident. The eagle was one of two that nested in the area, and a couple of residents told the Post that people in the...