Monday July 6 Reads

Obituary:  Country music singer and songwriter Charlie Daniels, 83, has died.  He died earlier today of a hemorrhagic stroke.

By the time the Charlie Daniels Band topped the charts with “Devil” in 1979, the instrumentalist, singer and songwriter had long established a remarkable, multifaceted career in Music City. As a session musician, he played on three of Bob Dylan’s albums – including the revolutionary “Nashville Skyline” – as well as recordings for Ringo Starr and Leonard Cohen.

Charlie Daniels performs at the Grand Ole Opry House Tuesday, October 15, 2019. Daniels died Monday at age 83, his publicist confirmed.
At the other end of that 60-plus year career, Daniels used more of his voice in support of U.S. veterans, and was known to speak out on their behalf on social media until his final days.

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Mary Trump's book will hit the bookshelves and eBook apps next week despite her uncle's attempt to stop publication.
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Speaking of the DM, as long as it has articles about Harry and Meghan, it will never be bereft of comments.  Fourteen thousand and counting is nothing compared to similar articles about them.
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The dude doesn't have any business silencing women given the reality he has lots of problems with credibility:

Munroe Bergdorf was let go from a children’s safeguarding charity for soliciting private messages from children in emotional distress, but has the nerve to call JK Rowling, “dangerous?”https://t.co/Z62es9400t

— WoLF (@WomensLibFront) July 6, 2020

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It is time to note another billionaire crossdresser who is bent on destruction of American society.
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Obituary:  Conjoined twins Donnie and Ronnie Gaylon, 68, passed away this weekend.  It was impossible for them to be surgically separated without one of them dying, so their parents decided against surgery.

It was tough for the pair, as they had little formal education with schools refusing to admit them--this was before IDEA and other laws on special education--but they did eke out a living performing in sideshows and the like until 1991, when they retired.

As freak shows and carnival acts became taboo in the United States during the 1970s, the 'Sensational Siamese Twins' took their act to Central and South America where they performed as the headlining act in the circus doing magic tricks.

'They were treated totally different down there,' said their brother Jim. 'They were treated like rock stars.'

Though Donnie and Ronnie mastered the art of compromise over the years, it wasn't always easy. Some arguments even escalated to fisticuffs, especially when they were teenagers. At the age of 14, one twin broke his foot after kicking a trailer in a fit of anger.

The physical blows stopped when the brothers began taking blood thinners and realized that a fight could easily turn fatal.

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