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On May 4, 1956, some kids from Norfolk, Virginia, walked into a house in a quiet part of Nashville, Tennessee, and changed the world. It was on that day when “Be-Bop-A-Lula” was recorded by Gene Vincent, Cliff Gallup, Jack Neal, Wee Willie Williams, and Dickie Harrell. They weren’t just some teenagers trying to sound like Elvis Presley. They brought together elements of jazz, be-bop, country and western, and rhythm and blues in a way that still sounds fresh today. Let’s look at the meaning of “Be-Bop-A-Lula.” The Origin The song’s birth has always been a mystery, as different people have...

"The military writes that the occupiers have Starlink with licensed accounts," Andriy Tsaplienko, a Ukrainian journalist, said on his Telegram channel ... "They began to deliver Starlink en masse, via Dubai, accounts are activated, they work in the occupied territories" ... "SpaceX does not do business of any kind with the Russian Government or its military," the statement said. "Starlink is not active in Russia, meaning service will not work in that country. SpaceX has never sold or marketed Starlink in Russia, nor has it shipped equipment to locations in Russia. If Russian stores are claiming to sell Starlink for...

TOKYO -- Semiconductor equipment maker Tokyo Electron upgraded its consolidated net profit forecast for the year ending March to 340 billion yen ($2.28 billion), a 33 billion yen increase, on Friday as its earnings are lifted by strong China sales and AI-related demand. "The self-sufficiency rate of China's semiconductor industry is still low, and active investment will continue in the future," Hiroshi Kawamoto, Tokyo Electron senior vice president, said at an online briefing. The upgraded forecast for consolidated net profit is still a 28% decline, but it is also 8% higher than the QUICK Consensus average market estimate. The annual...

Gun control activists are thrilled that a federal appeals court has allowed the government of Mexico's lawsuit against several major U.S. gun makers to proceed, at least for the time being, because they're hoping that the litigation will lead to the obliteration of the firearms industry. A new op-ed in Newsweek from Jonathan Lowy, head of Global Action Against Violence, makes that clear. Lowy, who was formerly the general counsel and vice president of Brady's legal team, is the architect of Mexico's lawsuit, though you have scroll all the way to the bottom of his op-ed to discover his role...

A new IRS inspector general report said the nation’s tax collection agency continued to give 19 contractors access to sensitive systems despite having background reports that were returned as “not favorable.” Despite having the unfavorable rating returned as recently as July 13, 2023, “These contractors still retained their access to one or more sensitive systems because the IRS did not take action to suspend or disable the contractors from the IRS’s systems, as required,” according to a report issued this week by the Treasury Department’s inspector general for tax administration. IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel — who took over the agency...

President Biden Thursday night hit rock-bottom as he gave a mean-spirited distortion of the special counsel’s report. And in the process, Biden further embarrassed himself, his toady press, and the country at large. In sum, the press conference disintegrated into an embarrassing free for all. Note that following: 1. To prove that he is cognizant, and does not believe that some dead European leaders are still alive, Biden assured us that President el-Sisi of Egypt was actually the President of Mexico, and almost seemed to believe that the Gaza corridor to Egypt was on our southern border. The more he...

Accused double murderer OJ Simpson was diagnosed with prostate cancer. “According to sources, Simpson, 76, who previously lived in South Florida, was diagnosed with prostate cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy in Las Vegas.” Local 10 News reported. “Simpson has been reportedly telling his friends and family that he’s been hearing rumors that he’s in hospice care, but announced on X Friday that that is not the case.” the outlet said. OJ Simpson denied he was receiving hospice care in a video posted to X. "Hospice? Hospice? Hahaha!” OJ said in the video. “I’m not in any hospice but I...

Denver will cut hours at recreation centers, end in-person vehicle registration renewals and eliminate spring flower beds to save $5 million this year, a response to the migrant crisis that is expected to cost the city $180 million. Mayor Mike Johnston on Friday blasted Congress for failing this week to pass a $118.3 billion bill aimed at stopping the flow of illegal entry at the southern border and making it easier for migrants who enter legally to get work permits. About 40,000 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, have arrived in Denver over the past year, and more than 3,500 are living...

Embattled District Attorney Fani Willis has been accused of lying about the timeline of her relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade in a bombshell new court filing. Mike Roman, who alongside Donald Trump is being charged with election fraud by Wade and Willis in Fulton County, Georgia, made a late Friday filing in the case. In it, his lawyers claim Wade’s former law partner Terrence Bradley will testify their romantic relationship began before he was appointed to prosecute in 2021, according to the Washington Post. “The romantic relationship between Wade and Willis began prior to Willis being sworn as the...

Joe Biden on Friday hosted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House. 81-year-old Biden mumbled incoherently as he read from a notecard during the meeting with Olaf Scholz. Biden also said it would be “close to criminal neglect” if Congress didn’t pass more funding for Ukraine. WATCH:

Joe Biden didn’t remember what year his beloved son Beau died. He wasn’t sure which years he served as Vice President. He had “limitations in his recall” during interviews with investigators. Those are all observations that Special Counsel Robert Hur decided to include in his 388-page report released Thursday on why he wasn’t pursuing charges against Biden over classified documents found in his Penn Biden Center office and his Wilmington home. White House officials immediately thought Hur, a Republican and former Trump appointee, crossed a line, and implied some of those observations might not be true. Hours later, Biden himself...

On February 1, 2024, a contentious decision shook the Netherlands to its core: law enforcement officers (Boa’s) in Utrecht were granted permission to wear sharia-compliant headscarves. The motion initiator is Turkish-tied Muslim Mahmut Sungur from the Islamic Denk (or “Think”) party, lauding Utrecht’s “pioneering stance.”This move, endorsed by the left-wing city council and led by a controversial Muslim politician and political party operating on behalf of Turkey, represents a profound victory for Islamic supremacists trying to conquer The Netherlands. It is more than just a nod to religious diversity; it’s a capitulation to the demands of a growing sharia-adherent Muslim...

The Epoch Times @EpochTimes Mail-In Ballot Fraud Study Finds Trump ‘Almost Certainly’ Won in 2020 A new study of mail-in ballot fraud challenges the official results of the 2020 presidential election. From theepochtimes.com 4:12 PM · Feb 9, 2024

Why was the so-called “Bi Partisan” border bill so important to President Joe Biden, his Democrats, the Republican Combine, MSNBC, CNN and all the rest of left-wing corporate media? Because if the bill had passed and given them all political cover for what they’d done on the border, it would have then been pushed into America’s memory hole, that place where modern America drops ideas we can’t deal with. And left-wing media–meaning all of corporate legacy media–have one job. To seal that hole shut so that what’s inside passes from memory and is forgotten. But first they must memory hole...

Melania Trump is back to making public appearances, as she was seen alongside her husband, Donald Trump, in Mar-a-Lago. The wife of the former president lost her mother, Amalija Knavs, to an undisclosed illness last month. Knav's illness had caused Melania to be missing from a number of gatherings, including a Trump family Christmas party last year. Melania has now been spotted attending a party with Trump, her first since her mother was laid to rest. According to several reports, Melania appears to be moving on from the loss of her mother, Amalija Knavs. Previously absent from many public appearances...

Henry Fambrough, the last surviving founding member of the legendary R&B/soul group The Spinners, died Wednesday, February 9, at age 85 of natural causes, the Detroit Free Press reported. According to a post on the group’s social media sites, Fambrough passed away “peacefully in his northern Virginia home." Fambrough was known for his rich baritone voice, his smooth stage moves, and his trademark handlebar mustache. While he generally sang backing vocals and harmonies on most songs, he was featured on lead on a number tunes, including the Top 30 1973 hit “Ghetto Child.” About The Spinners While The Spinners are...

[Catholic Caucus] Hypocrisy and same-sex blessingsBlessing couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples is not analogous to blessing an individual businessman who may exploit people.Today I saw the headline, “Pope denounces ‘hypocrisy’ of those who criticise LGBT blessings.” I found that disconcerting, because I have been critical of LGBT blessings. It grieves me to be regarded as a hypocrite by the Holy Father.Why does Pope Francis call such criticism hypocrisy? He explains: “Nobody gets scandalised if I give my blessings to a businessman who perhaps exploits people, and this is a very grave sin. But they get scandalised if I...

Rush University in Chicago, Illinois, continues to mandate the “COVID” mRNA injection, according to an analysis by Best Colleges. Nationwide, their analysis found that 95 colleges still mandate the injection. The mRNA injections are more commonly known as “COVID vaccines.” Dr. David Martin, founder and chairman of M-CAM Inc, said the “vaccines” are actually gene therapy. “It is not a vaccine. What is this doing? It’s sending a strand of synthetic RNA into the human being and is invoking within the human being, the creation of the S1 spike protein, which is a pathogen,” Martin told the Weston A. Price...

Titled Glen Campbell Duets - Ghost on the Canvas Sessions, the full-length is a track-for-track reworking of his album Ghost on the Canvas, only this time around, Campbell has plenty of famous friends joining him–posthumously, that is. Campbell’s vocals remain the same, but now each track is a collaboration, and the order in which the songs appear on the record has been changed to make this feel both familiar and fresh at the same time.The new collaborative album includes duets with Brian Wilson of Beach Boys fame, Carole King, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Sting, Daryl Hall, and Dolly Parton, among...

NEW YORK (AP) — Even as Catholic dogma continues to repudiate same-sex marriage and gender transition, one of the most prominent religious orders in the United States — the Jesuits — is strengthening a unique outreach program for LGBTQ+ Catholics. The initiative — fittingly called Outreach — was founded two years ago by the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit who is one of the country’s most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. Outreach, a ministry of the Jesuit magazine America, sponsored conferences in New York City in 2022 and 2023, and last year launched a multifaceted...