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Isn't it funny how the word "right" is synonymous with being conservative, and being correct?

Or how about...

Isn't it funny how Bernie Sanders' initials are also what he's full of?

BREAKING: Dolly Parton Passes Away at 80 [UPDATED With Statements]

https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2026/08/25/breaking-dolly-parton-passes-away-at-80-n4956540

One of the truest legends, who was also one of the most incredible human beings of our time, has died. Dolly Parton has passed away at the age of 80. Her nephew, who also served as her head of security, announced his aunt’s passing on social media.
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Her life was a literal rags-to-riches tale. She was born into a poor family in the mountains of Tennessee as one of a dozen children. She discovered her musical talent early on and began writing songs at age seven. It didn’t take her too many years to turn her talent into a lucrative career. With hits to her credit like “9 to 5,” “I Will Always Love You,” "Jolene," and “Here You Come Again,” Parton left a tremendous legacy across the landscape of country and pop music, and she even recorded a rock album in 2023. Parton was also an entertainment magnate with the successful Dollywood theme park in Sevierville, Tenn., and theaters in tourist-trap towns across the country.
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Parton was also an incredible philanthropist, donating millions to various causes, especially in the South. Her Imagination Library put books in the hands of countless kids, and she most recently donated to help Southeasterners recover from hurricanes in 2024. She was such a positive force for simply treating people well that she was a beloved figure on the right and the left.
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She was also a woman of deep, sincere Christian faith, so I have no doubt that the chorus around the throne of heaven has gotten louder and more fun. As her nephew said, Dolly Parton is “in the arms of Jesus.”

Her "Imagination Library" sent children under Kindergarten age a book a month, done to honor her father, who had been illiterate and unable to write.

Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music, Dies at 80

https://variety.com/2026/music/news/dolly-parton-dead-dies-country-music-1236842727/

Singer-songwriter-actress Dolly Parton, whose glittering country music stardom was matched by her pop fame and popular parallel careers in film and TV, died on Aug. 25. She was 80 years old, with her family not releasing a cause of death, but saying she “died peacefully today in Nashville.”

The announcement came on her official Instagram, with a video from her nephew Bryan Seaver on behalf of the Parton family.

I first heard of her on the Porter Wagoner TV show, back in the 1960s. She was one of those musicians capable of and chose to be bigger than "just" her chosen preferred musical style ... and bigger/better than "just" her career.

Federal Judge to Ghislaine Maxwell: Thanks for Proving the Jury's Point

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/08/25/federal-judge-to-ghislaine-maxwell-thanks-for-proving-the-jurys-point-n3818341

When you have nothing to lose, you roll the dice and hope to get lucky. That rarely works out in casinos, nor does it succeed much in appeals of criminal convictions. But when all you have is money and time, like Ghislaine Maxwell, it doesn't hurt to give it a try.

Jeffrey Epstein's wingwoman tried to appeal her conviction and 20-year sentence in federal court, claiming procedural errors in the trial and purportedly new evidence that might exculpate her. US District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer shot down the appeal today in a 67-page decision, essentially thanking Maxwell for confirming the verdict with the new evidence:

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The judge said claims raised by Maxwell were "meritless" and "frivolous."

"The vast majority are procedurally barred — either because Maxwell made and lost the same arguments on direct appeal, or because she could have made such arguments on appeal but elected not to do so," he wrote.

Engelmayer said that new evidence that Maxwell raised in her petition, including recently released documents from the federal investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, "incriminates her or reinforces the correctness of the legal rulings Maxwell challenges." The judge called her filing "lengthy and rambling."

I think Dante would have placed a female procuror of innocent girls for a predatorial perv's pleasures in one of the lowest circles of the Inferno.

the_liberal_grandpa's stupidity needs to be painful ... made so with liberal whacks to his head, alternately, with a dictionary (maybe an unabridged OED? ) and a copy of Das Kapital.