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A terrible loss for country music. Richard Sterban, the legendary bass voice for The Oak Ridge Boys who provided the iconic “oom papa mow mow” in their hit song “Elvira,” passed away on Saturday, November 14 due to complications from bronchitis and pneumonia following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

A recent Mojo ranking names Violator Depeche Mode’s best album of all time. With hits like “Personal Jesus” and “Enjoy the Silence” on the track list, this ranking is tough to deny. The album explores dark themes and blues-inspired guitar riffs in a way that sounded both experimental and surprisingly mainstream. Depeche Mode had always been a highly visual band, with the band’s leather-leaning style and lead singer Dave Gahan’s undeniably swoonworthy swagger at the forefront… Cinematic and moody, Dutch photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn helped set the tone, creating imagery that is now synonymous with Depeche Mode, including the...

One of the first casualties of a new Florida law that prohibits taxpayer dollars from going toward diversity initiatives is a St. Patrick's Day parade in a beach town that has been celebrating its Irish American community for nearly 60 years. The city of Delray Beach announced this week that it was canceling its popular St. Patrick's Day festivities in compliance with a new law that takes effect on Jan. 1. The city will also withdraw its sponsorship of LGBTQ Pride celebrations in June, officials said. The law, backed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is part of the state's...

What to know Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Anthony Santander has apologized after sharing Islamophobic posts on his Instagram story following the Nov. 4 U.S. midterm elections. Santander says he recognizes that the content caused harm and that he should have been more thoughtful about what he shared. The player also reaffirmed his respect for the Muslim community, saying everyone deserves dignity and respect regardless of their religion or background. The Blue Jays previously condemned the posts and apologized to the Muslim community and fans, but have not publicly indicated whether Santander will face disciplinary consequences. Blue Jays’ right fielder Anthony...

Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono has been suspended for 12 games after he received a red card for a reckless on-field collision with Jesús de Miguel that resulted in the death of the Tenerife striker. The Spanish soccer federation's disciplinary committee issued the suspension Friday, 10 days after De Miguel died a day after his clash with Owono. The disciplinary committee said Owono used "excessive force" in the collision.

The irony was thick enough to cut with a butter knife. On Friday’s Morning Joe, Scarborough lectured the GOP for living in an “echo chamber” of X and friendly TV that only fed them what they wanted to hear—while sitting on the set of the ultimate liberal echo chamber. Republicans, Scarborough lectured, were "wrong on every major issue," from war to tariffs to data centers and AI. SCARBOROUGH: So my question today is, how could any Republican be surprised? And the only answer is, they were locked in this bubble, this echo chamber between X and whatever TV stations they...

Explanation: Put on your red/blue glasses and gaze across the western Ocean of Storms on the surface of the Moon. The 3D anaglyph shows Apollo 12 astronaut Pete Conrad visiting the Surveyor 3 spacecraft in November of 1969. Surveyor 3 had landed at the site on the inside slope of a small crater about 2 1/2 years earlier in April of 1967. Visible on the horizon beyond the far crater wall, Apollo 12's Lunar Module Intrepid touched down less than 200 meters (650 feet) away, easy moonwalking distance from the robotic Surveyor spacecraft. This stereo image was carefully created from...

Texas Democrats Push Gun Confiscation After Election Sweep Texas Democrats are wasting no time pushing new gun restrictions following last week’s election sweep, filing legislation that would allow judges to order firearms confiscated without a prior hearing. Read more at Texas ScorecardDemocrat Lawmakers Move to End Mandated Participation in Immigration Enforcement Program Two Democrat lawmakers have filed bills to repeal a Texas law that required county sheriffs to enroll their departments in a federal immigration enforcement participation program. Read more at Texas ScorecardDemocrats Move to Abolish Death Penalty The bill would eliminate capital punishment in Texas and require life imprisonment...

A milestone in the development of the human race just occurred ... and no one else seems to have posted it to FR, so here it is: Starship has landed and been caught safely by Mechazilla. The world just changed a lot in the last few minutes.

Economy is doing great. MSM, Tucker, et al, greatly upset. War going good, too. Here are receipts.

After a 10-year marriage, Gayla Thompson got a fresh start — in a pigsty. Freshly divorced, the 33-year-old Nashville native traded in her messy husband for an even messier pig pen. In November 2025, Thompson welcomed eight-week-old Daisy — a tiny nine-pound piglet. “I traded one pig for another,” Thompson said. The divorcee says finalizing the split was the moment she decided to do something just for herself — securing the baby pig. Rolling in the mud, Daisy quickly grew into the center of her world. “My ex-husband always told me I couldn’t have a pet pig,” Thompson said. “So...

Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and Co-CEO Comcast Corporation Comcast Center 1701 John F. Kennedy Boulevard Philadelphia PA 19103By no coincidence Kate Smith first performed “God Bless America” the day before Veteran’s Day in 1938. She was a patriotic American, who wanted to encourage her fellow citizens as they suffered through a terrible depression and saw a world torn apart by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. She wanted to reach Americans with the faith she felt for the future of the nation.As a leading performer in a radio market reaching nearly every household in the country, her way would be through...

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An AI-generated parody of the classic sitcom Seinfeld that pokes fun at the Democratic Socialists of America is circulating on X, posted on the same day the group’s New York City chapter held its biennial convention. The roughly two-and-a-half-minute video, posted Saturday by the account NYC Common Sense with the caption “yada yada yada,” had drawn more than 377,000 views within hours. The clip uses artificial intelligence to recreate the show’s four main characters, who gather in a New York diner as Jerry mocks the DSA crowd and its ideals. “Socialists don’t need jobs, Jerry!” one line in the clip...

It appears one party now hates us and wishes us harm … and the other really isn’t willing to do much about that. Democrat Rep. Robert Garcia chairs the House Oversight Committee. He is also an illegal alien from Peru, amnestied in 1986. And he’s gay. An angry man, he wants to go after conservatives; is desirous, in fact, of holding even those no longer in office “accountable.” For what specifically, I have yet to hear him say. (Republicans won’t even hold the worst criminals in office accountable. Not only couldn’t they keep illegal aliens from voting, they, apparently, but...

Thune has done 'a good job,' and nobody wants that Senate Minority Leader job in a room full of rampant Democrats, anyway.

Jefferson County Constable Robert de Buys posted a photo to Facebook on Election Night of dozens of Alabama’s new “I Voted” stickers arranged on a dining table to spell “8647,” numbers the U.S. Department of Justice charged former FBI Director James Comey with using as a threat to kill President Donald Trump. “Voting like ****ler is on the ballot,” de Buys wrote above the photo at 8:58 p.m. Tuesday, about two hours after Alabama’s polls closed. He tagged the United States Department of Justice and the FBI in the post. The “****ler” portmanteau is a slur used by Trump critics...

It is tragically ironic that, after more than 20 years in the Middle East, we have allowed our homeland to be invaded, degraded, and threatened … largely by many of the same people who we are fighting “over there.” By contrast, legitimate wars to protect the homeland must be fought, no matter what, no matter the cost, no matter what others may think … because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.

The University of Texas at Austin’s Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice offers grants of up to $2,500 for graduate student work on 'reproductive justice.' The center has offered the grants in previous years for themes such as 'environmental justice' and 'peace,' but added 'reproductive justice' this past year. The University of Texas at Austin’s Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice offers grants of up to $2,500 for graduate student work on “reproductive justice.” The center has offered the grants in previous years for themes such as “environmental justice” and “peace,” but added “reproductive justice” this past year....

The Federal Aviation Administration has officially lifted the nationwide ground stop after flights were halted for roughly four hours, the agency announced Friday evening. [snip] Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called on Congress to provide the Trump administration with $50 billion to “fix” the nation’s air traffic control system. “It's the old hardware that went down. And I think the question for the American people is, do you want your Congress to fund this?” Duffy said after the FAA lifted a nationwide ground stop on air travel. He continued, “We had a down payment — President Trump asked for it in...