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‘The Gambler’ single and album found the entertainer in the hottest form of his life.Kenny Rogers was in the hottest form of his life when he went into the studio on June 16, 1978. He was there to record the chart-topping title track from the multi-platinum album The Gambler. As he did so, the song was just finishing a modest country chart appearance for the singer, writer, and Capitol recording artist who had written it two years earlier, Don Schlitz. But his version only climbed to No.65. With Rogers the biggest male artist in country music at the time,...

RFK speaks out on senile Joe’s Ukie war.

In the recent District 26 race, the Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF) showed its true colors, claiming to stand for conservative Republican values while quietly working to undermine them. Through a manipulative, behind-the-scenes strategy, IFF and its operatives put their power over principles, supporting a spoiler candidate to weaken a genuine conservative Republican and help a Democrat win.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, putting forward a firebrand who has tussled with Jewish groups, embraced an antisemitic conspiracy theory and associated with a Holocaust denier. As attorney general, Gaetz would head the government department responsible for investigating and prosecuting hate crimes, including antisemitism... If he is confirmed to the role by the Senate, he would succeed Merrick Garland, a former federal judge who is Jewish... In 2018, the Republican Jewish Coalition and the Anti-Defamation League both criticized Gaetz, then in his first term, for inviting a Holocaust denier as his guest...

Hysteria has gripped the left. Well, more than usual. "Trump moves to burn down the rule of law," writes Public Notice's Lisa Needham. M. Gessen wrote in the New York Times, in 1,800 words, "This Is the Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump’s Return." I guess it's no longer "unspoken." M. Gessen's bio claims that "they" have written 11 books and "they" won a George Polk award for opinion writing in 2024. "They" were obviously never taught that brevity is the soul of wit. We all have examples to cite of leftist hysteria over Trump's victory. And we all know that...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhaNiF5aCCY&t=6s This is the best scientific explanation of why we'll never get the exact candidate we want. If he's perfect for us then 60 percent of the voting electorate views him as poison. Great presentation.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is certain the war with Russia will “end sooner” than it otherwise would have once Donald Trump becomes US president. Zelensky said he had a “constructive exchange” with Trump during their phone conversation after his victory in the US presidential election. He did not say whether Trump had made any demands regarding possible talks with Russia, but said he'd not heard anything from him that was contrary to Ukraine’s position. Trump has consistently said his priority is to end the war - which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 -...

“If that’s you, DM this account with your CV. Elon & Vivek will review the top 1% of applicants.” Still, only X premium subscribers are currently able to send messages to the DOGE account.

(Nov. 16, 2024 / JNS) The Israeli airstrikes on Iran last month destroyed a secret nuclear weapons research facility in Parchin, 19 miles southeast of Tehran, Axios reported on Friday. The clandestine site held sophisticated equipment used for testing explosives needed to detonate nuclear devices, the report read, citing three U.S. officials, one current Israeli official and one former Israeli official. The Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security acquired high-resolution satellite imagery of the facility, which showed that it was completely destroyed in Israel’s Oct. 26 attack. Israeli and U.S. intelligence agencies began noticing activity in the Taleghan 2...

The estate of Malcolm X is suing the federal government, accusing it of playing a role in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader. In a lawsuit filed against the Department of Justice (DOJ), FBI, CIA and New York Police Department (NYPD), the estate alleges the agencies all played a significant role in the events leading to Malcolm X’s slaying and then engaged in a decades-long cover-up of their involvement. The complaint says the quartet of agencies were aware of credible threats against Malcolm X’s life but failed to intervene. “As a direct result of the Defendants’ intentional, bad...

Muslim voters who helped swing the election for President-elect Trump because of their anger over Israel’s offensive in Gaza have decried several of his cabinet choices as too “pro-war,” according to a report. Some of Trump’s earliest cabinet have been pro-Israel die-hards, including: New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, who will become the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who has long been an outspoken supporter of Israel’s war against Hamas. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, another Zionist stalwart, will also become ambassador to Israel. “We are very disappointed,” Rexhinaldo Nazarko, executive director of the American...

Thomas Jefferson was an abolitionist. I am well aware that the above statement is going to piss off quite a many. Ask me if I care. Most of them will be progressives anyways. Today's notable release is the documentation regarding the deal Thomas Jefferson made with James Lemen, a Baptist Preacher who made it his mission to head into the new Northwest Territory and spread the good gospel of slavery abolition. At Jefferson's request, of course. Click here for the text of the documentation click here for the audio book recording of that text. Our Founding Fathers deserve every benefit...

A top aide to Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) resigned after comments Moulton made about transgender athletes were panned by state Democrats and LGBTQ groups. Matt Chilliak, Moulton’s campaign manager and director of his “Serve America” political committee, departed Moulton’s office late Thursday, The Boston Globe reported. A spokesperson for Moulton’s office did not return a request for comment on Chilliak’s departure. Responding to President-elect Trump’s win Tuesday, Chilliak wrote on social platform X, “Millions of Americans today showed that they hate immigrants and transgender people more than they fear fascism.” In a New York Times story about Democratic finger-pointing...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican analyst: Pope’s new preacher teaches ‘rainbow bible’CV NEWS FEED // Vatican analyst Luisella Scrosati has raised concerns over Pope Francis’ appointment of Capuchin Friar Roberto Pasolini as the new Preacher of the Papal Household.In a recent piece published in the Daily Compass, Scrosati critiqued the selection as evidence of a broader Vatican trend of normalizing homosexuality within Church discourse, particularly through what she describes as “ideological” reinterpretations of Scripture.Father Pasolini’s recent theological positions on homosexuality form the crux of Scrosati’s critique. The new preacher has suggested, for instance, that certain Biblical relationships — such as those between...

Mike Pence brags in his book how he pushed Trump into lockdowns and then pushed Birx to keep states locked down as long as possible. This man is not what he seems. ... Pence and his staff were the leaks from the White House during Trumps first term. ... He’s a fraud and a traitor.

[Catholic Caucus] Two more Italian priests sanctioned for claiming Francis is ‘anti-pope’ROME – Two clerics in Italy, one formerly a diocesan priest and the other a member of a religious order, have been sanctioned recently for the crime of schism, as both have publicly argued that Pope Francis was never validly elected and thus constitutes an “anti-pope.”The Archdiocese of Sassari on the Italian island of Sardinia announced on Nov. 13 that Fernando Maria Cornet, a native Argentinian who was ordained to the priesthood in 1992 and who served in Sassari since 2011, has been dismissed from the clerical state by...

Democrats and liberal commentators are desperately trying to explain away one of the biggest shocks of the 2024 election: Donald Trump’s 46% share of the Hispanic vote, a modern-day Republican record and remarkable improvement over the 32% he received four years ago. But their explanations demonstrate striking elitism and lack of self-awareness and accountability. For example, Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX), likely the next Congressional Progressive Caucus chair, chalked up Latino voter erosion to right-wing “misinformation.” Joe Scarborough, co-host of Morning Joe, blamed “misogyny” and racism from Latino men. Several pundits, such as CNN’s Jim Acosta, claimed Hispanics voted against their...

Explanation: The night side of Pluto spans this shadowy scene. In the stunning spacebased perspective the Sun is 4.9 billion kilometers (almost 4.5 light-hours) behind the dim and distant world. It was captured by far flung New Horizons in July of 2015 when the spacecraft was at a range of some 21,000 kilometers from Pluto, about 19 minutes after its closest approach. A denizen of the Kuiper Belt in dramatic silhouette, the image also reveals Pluto's tenuous, surprisingly complex layers of hazy atmosphere. Near the top of the frame the crescent twilight landscape includes southern areas of nitrogen ice plains...

[Catholic Caucus] Malta’s Archbishop Celebrates Mass Marking 20 Years of Drachma LGBTI+ MinistryArchbishop Charles Scicluna celebrating Mass for Drachma LGBTI’s 20th anniversaryA key Vatican official joined with Maltese LGBTQ+ Catholics and allies to celebrate 20 years of inclusive ministry in the country, with the prelate telling attendees: “We accept each other as siblings; and we welcome each other as a precious gift.”Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta joined Drachma LGBTI+ for Mass on September 17th to mark the organization’s two decades of pastoral work with faithful from the island nation noted both for its strong Catholic identity and leadership on LGBTQ+...

Ah, Thanksgiving. The time of year for appreciation, family, and a major food coma has arrived once again. Imagine a prolific spread of family favorites, some passed on from generation to generation and some new additions, and at the center of it all, the turkey.