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she was seconds away from folding completely in front of Engfa ๐Ÿ˜ญ girl was holding on by a single nerve [Left] Enjoy: At that moment, I really, really needed to go to the loo, so I had to go to the toilet. Then Pโ€™Fa said to me, โ€œYou look so beautiful in person. We finally met!โ€ and I was like, โ€œYeah!โ€ I was so excited that I didnโ€™t even know what to say. Nothing came out. I was just so happy. And right then, I needed to pee so badly but also didnโ€™t want to stop talking to her. So I went to the toilet, and when I came out, she was still there!!! Then the staff started calling us to walk the red carpet, so I went. After it was over and I came back to the roomโ€ฆ she was there AGAIN! I also know Pโ€™Michelle. Weโ€™ve known each other since we were kids, back when she was in CH3. Iโ€™ve always supported her and cheered for her. I wanted to take a photo with Pโ€™Fa, so I told Pโ€™Michelle, and she said she would ask her for me. I didnโ€™t want to disturb Pโ€™Fa too much because I wanted her to rest, but finally, I got to take a picture with her. And let me tell youโ€ฆ seeing Pโ€™Fa in real life was something else! She is SOO BEAUTIFUL, SOOO COOLโ€ฆ soo.. I couldnโ€™t even speak. Her look todayโ€ฆ I could die! If you guys see her, youโ€™ll know what I mean! Pโ€™Fa is so beautiful!! [Right] Enjoy: And then when they called us over to take our seats at the arranged tables, I was like, โ€œOhโ€ฆโ€ because I saw Pโ€™Michelle walking toward me with Pโ€™Charlotte. So in my head Iโ€™m thinking, Waitโ€ฆ does that mean Pโ€™Fa is also going to sit at the same table as me? And then it happened.. she walked over and sat down. At that moment, I felt so cold, happy, and super excited all at once. It was this mix of emotions all at once.. Today, Iโ€™m honestly on cloud nine. Iโ€™m beyond ecstatic!! ENJOYJUNE X HOWE AWARDS #HoweAwards2025xEnjoyJune #Enjoyyotdr #EngfaWaraha #EnjoyJune #เน€เธญเธ™เธˆเธญเธขเธ˜เธดเธ”เธฒเธฃเธฑเธ•เธ™เนŒ #เธญเธดเธ‡เธŸเน‰เธฒเธงเธฃเธฒเธซเธฐ #เน€เธญเธ™เธˆเธญเธขเธˆเธนเธ™
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This game is legendary! I lost count of the hours I spent playing it with friends, and every moment was worth it! Andy Davidson was just 19 when he created Worms on his Commodore Amiga using Blitz BASIC. He developed the original Worms prototype, 'Total Wormage,' right in his bedroom. He entered it into Amiga Format magazine's Blitz BASIC contest which was flooded with entries but Total Wormage was disqualified for lacking source code. Undeterred, Andy pitched to publishers... and heard nothing back. Luckily for us long time Worms fans, Andy didn't give up, he closed his computer shop for a day and traveled to London for the European Computer Trade Show (ECTS) Spring 1994 to find a publishing company. His Total Wormage Amiga game was about 80% complete on a floppy disk, he showed Martyn Brown and Debbie Bestwick at the Team17 booth and they couldn't stop playing it -they signed him on the spot. And the rest is history... with a name change, exploding sheep and a few other weapons it has become a truly iconic game franchise. For me Worms is a defining Amiga game, but I noticed in polls I run here on X, it never rates well with voters. Are there any other Worms fans out there? POLL BELOWโฌ‡๏ธ
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46,350 views โ€ข 7 months ago

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30,505 views โ€ข 1 year ago

Jim Jarmusch on how he got the idea to make "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" (1999): "It really came about from wanting to work with Forest Whitaker, who I met when I was going to the Super-8 lab when I was working on 'Year of the Horse' (1997), or maybe on the video. I ran into him a couple of times and we would just start talking and he said to me the first time, "Hey, if you ever think of anything for me, let me know, I'd love to work with you." I couldn't get him out of my head, certain qualities that he has and it was more from talking to him as a person than his work. I was very, very moved by his portrayal of Charlie Parker in 'Bird' (1988). I thought it was a beautiful performance, although I'm a big be-bop fan and I did not like the movie in terms of its slant on depicting the life of Bird - how can you make a film about Bird in which Miles Davis is never even mentioned? There were a lot of things really odd to me about it. Miles' estate probably refused to let him use his name. With good reason. They usually use this very soft, gentle, poignant side of Forest and he gets cast as the loveable soft guy. And I'm really attracted to that quality, but there is a whole other side to him, just physically, his presence, there's more there than that and I wanted to get both of those things in a character. So I started thinking how can I do that? He should be a warrior and I thought he should be a hitman, that sort of clichรฉ and then the samurai thing came to me because in eastern-culture warriors, there is a whole spiritual side to their training. If you look at the Shaolin monks in China, they're martial arts experts, but they are priests; they are enlightened religious teachers, but the physical side is also completely intertwined. So that gave me the idea to give him some depth. Then the book 'Hugga Kurai', because it's a text from the 1750s written by an old samurai as a guide to samurai life and philosophy. It contains so many things, minor, mundane details about the food you eat, or how your house is built, how often you clean your armour, to incredibly deep Zen philosophy, and it's all in this book and it jumps from one to the next. Then I just started collecting disparate ideas; I was interested in the decline of organised crime families in New York because I used to live right across from the Gambino family social club in Little Italy, and in the late 70s and early 80s when they were unravelling, and I would always see them on the street - John Gotti and Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano and Neil Belacroche and all those wise guys. So I collected some ideas about them, and the idea of pigeons came from the fact that on the roof behind me, there was an old Italian guy who had a pigeon coop for years. He died just before we started filming actually, and his birds were moved away, but I used to watch him fly his birds a lot and there was something very beautiful in that movement. Sometimes I'd just look out the window on a Saturday morning and see them moving, and the light would shift and they would go from black to white to black to white to black to white, and that was a detail. I would just collect and collect, and then I sat down and tried to weave all these disparate things into something." ("Jim Jarmusch - part three", The Guardian, 2000) P.S: On this day, 27 years ago, "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" (1999) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, France.
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Jim Jarmusch on how he got the idea to make "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" (1999): "It really came about from wanting to work with Forest Whitaker, who I met when I was going to the Super-8 lab when I was working on 'Year of the Horse' (1997), or maybe on the video. I ran into him a couple of times and we would just start talking and he said to me the first time, "Hey, if you ever think of anything for me, let me know, I'd love to work with you." I couldn't get him out of my head, certain qualities that he has and it was more from talking to him as a person than his work. I was very, very moved by his portrayal of Charlie Parker in 'Bird' (1988). I thought it was a beautiful performance, although I'm a big be-bop fan and I did not like the movie in terms of its slant on depicting the life of Bird - how can you make a film about Bird in which Miles Davis is never even mentioned? There were a lot of things really odd to me about it. Miles' estate probably refused to let him use his name. With good reason. They usually use this very soft, gentle, poignant side of Forest and he gets cast as the loveable soft guy. And I'm really attracted to that quality, but there is a whole other side to him, just physically, his presence, there's more there than that and I wanted to get both of those things in a character. So I started thinking how can I do that? He should be a warrior and I thought he should be a hitman, that sort of clichรฉ and then the samurai thing came to me because in eastern-culture warriors, there is a whole spiritual side to their training. If you look at the Shaolin monks in China, they're martial arts experts, but they are priests; they are enlightened religious teachers, but the physical side is also completely intertwined. So that gave me the idea to give him some depth. Then the book 'Hugga Kurai', because it's a text from the 1750s written by an old samurai as a guide to samurai life and philosophy. It contains so many things, minor, mundane details about the food you eat, or how your house is built, how often you clean your armour, to incredibly deep Zen philosophy, and it's all in this book and it jumps from one to the next. Then I just started collecting disparate ideas; I was interested in the decline of organised crime families in New York because I used to live right across from the Gambino family social club in Little Italy, and in the late 70s and early 80s when they were unravelling, and I would always see them on the street - John Gotti and Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano and Neil Belacroche and all those wise guys. So I collected some ideas about them, and the idea of pigeons came from the fact that on the roof behind me, there was an old Italian guy who had a pigeon coop for years. He died just before we started filming actually, and his birds were moved away, but I used to watch him fly his birds a lot and there was something very beautiful in that movement. Sometimes I'd just look out the window on a Saturday morning and see them moving, and the light would shift and they would go from black to white to black to white to black to white, and that was a detail. I would just collect and collect, and then I sat down and tried to weave all these disparate things into something." ("Jim Jarmusch - part three", The Guardian, 2000) P.S: On this day, 27 years ago, "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" (1999) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, France.

DepressedBergman

19,466 views โ€ข 3 months ago

Sidney Williams, a WWII veteran, explains why he would never volunteer for war again, and why no one else should either: When asked about his experiences, Sidney recalls a haunting encounter in no man's land. "One Jerry who I laid out sniped him and he laid down out in no man's land. He was there for about over ten minutes, about 20 yards out." Sidney dragged the wounded German soldier back to his lines, but the man was already dying. "I laid him on the first day... it was all blue in the face. I said to him, 'You're a fool. You should have given yourself up and you'd have been taken prisoner. But he turned to run, so I shot him in the back of the head.'" Another memory haunts him even more deeply. A young soldier had wandered into the wrong lines: "I never forgot that fella. He was only a young fella, only about 15 or 16. He had a brand new uniform on and he must have got lost, coming from his own lines into our lines and just strayed. I felt sorry. He was only a kiddie. I'm sorry I did it to him." When asked how many people he killed during the war, Sidney can't give a number: "Oh God, couldn't say. I was in the Lewis guns, blazing by penny... I'm still here, still alive and kicking." Beyond the killing, Sidney describes the relentless misery of daily survival in the trenches. The impossibility of staying clean, the constant hunger, and the lice: "Trying to keep clean, you're smothered in lice. You thought you got rid of them, you got more on you. They used to breed... it just simply comes up to you. Through a good night's rest and then... I've got the memories." When finally asked the question that cuts to the heart of it all, was it all worth it? Sidney's answer is unequivocal: "No. Never ever. Never volunteer. You're old enough now, and they will get me again. The volunteer? Not me. Never." His reasoning is simple and devastating: "I've seen all this butchery. I know what I've been through. I'll never volunteer for anything else." Sidney Williams' testimony is a reminder that behind every war statistic is a human being carrying memories that never fade. The young German with the new uniform. The man shot in the back of the head. The lice. The hunger. He survived. But he carried it all with him for the rest of his life.
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Sidney Williams, a WWII veteran, explains why he would never volunteer for war again, and why no one else should either: When asked about his experiences, Sidney recalls a haunting encounter in no man's land. "One Jerry who I laid out sniped him and he laid down out in no man's land. He was there for about over ten minutes, about 20 yards out." Sidney dragged the wounded German soldier back to his lines, but the man was already dying. "I laid him on the first day... it was all blue in the face. I said to him, 'You're a fool. You should have given yourself up and you'd have been taken prisoner. But he turned to run, so I shot him in the back of the head.'" Another memory haunts him even more deeply. A young soldier had wandered into the wrong lines: "I never forgot that fella. He was only a young fella, only about 15 or 16. He had a brand new uniform on and he must have got lost, coming from his own lines into our lines and just strayed. I felt sorry. He was only a kiddie. I'm sorry I did it to him." When asked how many people he killed during the war, Sidney can't give a number: "Oh God, couldn't say. I was in the Lewis guns, blazing by penny... I'm still here, still alive and kicking." Beyond the killing, Sidney describes the relentless misery of daily survival in the trenches. The impossibility of staying clean, the constant hunger, and the lice: "Trying to keep clean, you're smothered in lice. You thought you got rid of them, you got more on you. They used to breed... it just simply comes up to you. Through a good night's rest and then... I've got the memories." When finally asked the question that cuts to the heart of it all, was it all worth it? Sidney's answer is unequivocal: "No. Never ever. Never volunteer. You're old enough now, and they will get me again. The volunteer? Not me. Never." His reasoning is simple and devastating: "I've seen all this butchery. I know what I've been through. I'll never volunteer for anything else." Sidney Williams' testimony is a reminder that behind every war statistic is a human being carrying memories that never fade. The young German with the new uniform. The man shot in the back of the head. The lice. The hunger. He survived. But he carried it all with him for the rest of his life.

History Nerd

184,779 views โ€ข 3 months ago

This is Apollo. This story still stings. I returned from a tour in Iraq in early 2015. My wife was pregnant with our first son. I knew I would not be going anywhere for several months, unless there was a dire need. We decided the time was right to get a dog to add to our growing family. I don't remember how we found Apollo. We got him from the shelter, but I don't know if Dolly saw him online or if we just stumbled across him. I was struck by his amazing eyes. I'd had an Australian Shepherd before and I knew it was a breed that I loved. He hopped right in my car. Dolly even took the back seat so I could sit next to my new best friend. Together, we brought him to his new home. What a great dog he was. We immediately became tied at the hip. I took him for walks, runs, and hikes off leash. I put in the time to train him; we would walk to the bakery or the butcher shop (at the time, we lived the town life), tell him to sit outside, and he would be there on the sidewalk still sitting here when we came out. It was wonderful having such a happy and well-trained dog. Everybody loved him. They'd never seen a dog with eyes like his. I'm sure he loved all the attention too. My first concern came with my newborn son. He did not do as well with children as I would have liked. At times, he gave him a sideways glance that I didn't like. I kept an eye on him as best I could when he was around my son, but he had given me no reason not to trust him, so I didn't worry much. He was wonderful in every other way. Then, suddenly, he wasn't. We had a notary over to collect signatures from us so we could close on a refinance of our home. After sitting at our dining room table for about an hour, signing papers, the notary rose to leave. Apollo, who had been sitting at my feet, must have been startled by the sudden movement. Like a bolt of lightning, he bit. Just once, but it was a shock. The notary was a real mensch. He didn't get angry. He showed humanity. He knew that we would never have had Apollo unrestrained if we had had any idea that he would do something like that. If only everyone was so understanding as he. But fear crept into my heart that there was something about my dog that was not compatible with the family life that we had. We kept Apollo on a shorter leash after that, both figuratively and literally. The off leash hikes were a thing of the past, but we hoped this would prove to be just a one-off anomaly. It wasn't. A month and a half later, just days out from another deployment, I was sitting in my living room talking to a very good friend, a Master Gunnery Sergeant in the USMC (who, as an aside, donated $1,000 to our GiveSendGo campaign to #SaveLucy, thank you ๐Ÿ™). Apollo was familiar with him already, so I was off my guard, and didn't notice Apollo giving him the stinkeye until it was too late. Apollo lunged and bit. He immediately backed off, but the horrid realization came to me at that moment that my fears were true. My options were limited on the eve of a deployment. To socialize Apollo and train this behavior out of him would take time. I didn't have time. We also didn't have family in the area and Dolly was pregnant again. I couldn't leave my pregnant wife alone for the duration of my tour with a dog who had shown a tendency to bite. I couldn't turn a blind eye to the sideways look he occasionally gave my infant son. Not anymore. I made the devastating decision to rehome him. On what I knew would be our final ride together, he hopped right into the front seat and looked at me, tongue dangling out of his mouth in a happy, sloppy pant, his nub of a tail bobbing up and down, wondering what wonderful adventure daddy was taking him on this time. I'm sure he was confident it was going to be a great time no matter what. It felt like betrayal to me. When we reached the shelter, he faithfully followed me in. We sat in a corner. He leaned against my legs and I stroked his head one final time. It felt like we sat there forever, but I didn't mind. I would have been happy for time to stop, to stay in that moment, just me and my dog, stripped of all externalities, for eternity. But time didn't stop. At length, the door opened and a lady entered. Apollo pressed in against my shins. His 40 pound weight felt heavy. Crushing. I gave him one last embrace, then closed my eyes. "That's a good boy," I whispered, though I couldn't bring myself to look. "I'll always love you." She took Apollo and led him through the door, never for me to see him again. Even today, when I close my eyes, I can still feel the weight of his warm body pressing against mine, trusting me to keep him safe. That was as hard a thing as I've ever done in my life. It was a no-kill shelter, but I played things close to the chest. I did not tell them the worst details. I only mentioned my fear of possible aggression against my child while I was deployed. I did not want to jeopardize Apollo's chance at another opportunity. For months, I kept checking the shelter's website for information about him, but I never saw an update. I do not know what became of him, sadly. I got back home and Dolly asked me where Apollo was. I don't remember if I said anything. I was numb. I hadn't told her where I was going or what I was doing. I had not wanted anything to change my mind. I knew my heart wasn't in it, but I wasn't going to be stopped. It was the right thing to do for my wife, son, and community. Her tears flowed when she realized what I had done. She also loved Apollo. I went to lay on the bed upstairs and be alone. Just weeks later, in a mudhole in the desert, I met my sweet Lucy and my heart began to heal. Saving her from that war zone helped me deal with the lingering guilt I felt about Apollo. I continue to feel the sting of that experience. I wouldn't change what I did though. I love dogs. I will always stand up for dogs when they are mistreated. I will adopt unwanted dogs when I am able. A great measure of a man is how he treats dogs. I aim to always pass that test. But I will always defend human life. Only humans are made in the image of God. I hope and pray that God has a place for dogs when this life is over, but humans He created with souls destined for glory. "You have never talked to a mere mortal," CS Lewis explained. "Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors." I completely agree. I love dogs. They have no guile in them, no duplicity. A dog will not tell you a lie. I like them better than I like people, often. But I cannot choose a dog over a life that was uniquely created to glorify the Almighty (Isaiah 43:7). I will always protect human life. That is why I served. That is why I deployed several times. To protect people, even when they didn't realize they needed protecting. I failed once. I received a report about a plot to blow up a bomb in Beirut. I got it out with all the speed and precision I could, but it got bogged down by the sideshow of the editing process for hours. I got distracted and didn't follow up on it aggressively. In the end, I'm sure the bureaucrats in their cubicles transliterated the names correctly. I'm sure they crossed every T and dotted every I. But at a price. A devastating price. I woke up the next morning to read in the news that a bomb had gone off in Beirut. It was carried out by the people my report said would carry it out. It took place in the exact locale I said it would take place. 43 people dead. Hundreds wounded. Families shattered. I didn't know these people, but my heart sank. Human life is sacred. I will always work to defend it. If I can save a few dogs along the way, great. That is also the Lord's work. But I will never keep a dog that is a danger to my neighbors. Whatever their sins, their harassment, libel, and cunning deceits, they are made in the image of God with souls destined for eternity. Lucy, my 11-year-old dog that survived ISIS, is no danger to my them. I know it in my very bones. The Mountains Have Eyes said that the DA told him I was not a responsible dog owner when he called to inquire about Lucy. This viewpoint is informed by a false impression given to her by our gossipy, well-connected neighbors, not by the facts. I want to tell her about Apollo. Dolly Spice- Jones ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŽต Leisha
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This is Apollo. This story still stings. I returned from a tour in Iraq in early 2015. My wife was pregnant with our first son. I knew I would not be going anywhere for several months, unless there was a dire need. We decided the time was right to get a dog to add to our growing family. I don't remember how we found Apollo. We got him from the shelter, but I don't know if Dolly saw him online or if we just stumbled across him. I was struck by his amazing eyes. I'd had an Australian Shepherd before and I knew it was a breed that I loved. He hopped right in my car. Dolly even took the back seat so I could sit next to my new best friend. Together, we brought him to his new home. What a great dog he was. We immediately became tied at the hip. I took him for walks, runs, and hikes off leash. I put in the time to train him; we would walk to the bakery or the butcher shop (at the time, we lived the town life), tell him to sit outside, and he would be there on the sidewalk still sitting here when we came out. It was wonderful having such a happy and well-trained dog. Everybody loved him. They'd never seen a dog with eyes like his. I'm sure he loved all the attention too. My first concern came with my newborn son. He did not do as well with children as I would have liked. At times, he gave him a sideways glance that I didn't like. I kept an eye on him as best I could when he was around my son, but he had given me no reason not to trust him, so I didn't worry much. He was wonderful in every other way. Then, suddenly, he wasn't. We had a notary over to collect signatures from us so we could close on a refinance of our home. After sitting at our dining room table for about an hour, signing papers, the notary rose to leave. Apollo, who had been sitting at my feet, must have been startled by the sudden movement. Like a bolt of lightning, he bit. Just once, but it was a shock. The notary was a real mensch. He didn't get angry. He showed humanity. He knew that we would never have had Apollo unrestrained if we had had any idea that he would do something like that. If only everyone was so understanding as he. But fear crept into my heart that there was something about my dog that was not compatible with the family life that we had. We kept Apollo on a shorter leash after that, both figuratively and literally. The off leash hikes were a thing of the past, but we hoped this would prove to be just a one-off anomaly. It wasn't. A month and a half later, just days out from another deployment, I was sitting in my living room talking to a very good friend, a Master Gunnery Sergeant in the USMC (who, as an aside, donated $1,000 to our GiveSendGo campaign to #SaveLucy, thank you ๐Ÿ™). Apollo was familiar with him already, so I was off my guard, and didn't notice Apollo giving him the stinkeye until it was too late. Apollo lunged and bit. He immediately backed off, but the horrid realization came to me at that moment that my fears were true. My options were limited on the eve of a deployment. To socialize Apollo and train this behavior out of him would take time. I didn't have time. We also didn't have family in the area and Dolly was pregnant again. I couldn't leave my pregnant wife alone for the duration of my tour with a dog who had shown a tendency to bite. I couldn't turn a blind eye to the sideways look he occasionally gave my infant son. Not anymore. I made the devastating decision to rehome him. On what I knew would be our final ride together, he hopped right into the front seat and looked at me, tongue dangling out of his mouth in a happy, sloppy pant, his nub of a tail bobbing up and down, wondering what wonderful adventure daddy was taking him on this time. I'm sure he was confident it was going to be a great time no matter what. It felt like betrayal to me. When we reached the shelter, he faithfully followed me in. We sat in a corner. He leaned against my legs and I stroked his head one final time. It felt like we sat there forever, but I didn't mind. I would have been happy for time to stop, to stay in that moment, just me and my dog, stripped of all externalities, for eternity. But time didn't stop. At length, the door opened and a lady entered. Apollo pressed in against my shins. His 40 pound weight felt heavy. Crushing. I gave him one last embrace, then closed my eyes. "That's a good boy," I whispered, though I couldn't bring myself to look. "I'll always love you." She took Apollo and led him through the door, never for me to see him again. Even today, when I close my eyes, I can still feel the weight of his warm body pressing against mine, trusting me to keep him safe. That was as hard a thing as I've ever done in my life. It was a no-kill shelter, but I played things close to the chest. I did not tell them the worst details. I only mentioned my fear of possible aggression against my child while I was deployed. I did not want to jeopardize Apollo's chance at another opportunity. For months, I kept checking the shelter's website for information about him, but I never saw an update. I do not know what became of him, sadly. I got back home and Dolly asked me where Apollo was. I don't remember if I said anything. I was numb. I hadn't told her where I was going or what I was doing. I had not wanted anything to change my mind. I knew my heart wasn't in it, but I wasn't going to be stopped. It was the right thing to do for my wife, son, and community. Her tears flowed when she realized what I had done. She also loved Apollo. I went to lay on the bed upstairs and be alone. Just weeks later, in a mudhole in the desert, I met my sweet Lucy and my heart began to heal. Saving her from that war zone helped me deal with the lingering guilt I felt about Apollo. I continue to feel the sting of that experience. I wouldn't change what I did though. I love dogs. I will always stand up for dogs when they are mistreated. I will adopt unwanted dogs when I am able. A great measure of a man is how he treats dogs. I aim to always pass that test. But I will always defend human life. Only humans are made in the image of God. I hope and pray that God has a place for dogs when this life is over, but humans He created with souls destined for glory. "You have never talked to a mere mortal," CS Lewis explained. "Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors." I completely agree. I love dogs. They have no guile in them, no duplicity. A dog will not tell you a lie. I like them better than I like people, often. But I cannot choose a dog over a life that was uniquely created to glorify the Almighty (Isaiah 43:7). I will always protect human life. That is why I served. That is why I deployed several times. To protect people, even when they didn't realize they needed protecting. I failed once. I received a report about a plot to blow up a bomb in Beirut. I got it out with all the speed and precision I could, but it got bogged down by the sideshow of the editing process for hours. I got distracted and didn't follow up on it aggressively. In the end, I'm sure the bureaucrats in their cubicles transliterated the names correctly. I'm sure they crossed every T and dotted every I. But at a price. A devastating price. I woke up the next morning to read in the news that a bomb had gone off in Beirut. It was carried out by the people my report said would carry it out. It took place in the exact locale I said it would take place. 43 people dead. Hundreds wounded. Families shattered. I didn't know these people, but my heart sank. Human life is sacred. I will always work to defend it. If I can save a few dogs along the way, great. That is also the Lord's work. But I will never keep a dog that is a danger to my neighbors. Whatever their sins, their harassment, libel, and cunning deceits, they are made in the image of God with souls destined for eternity. Lucy, my 11-year-old dog that survived ISIS, is no danger to my them. I know it in my very bones. The Mountains Have Eyes said that the DA told him I was not a responsible dog owner when he called to inquire about Lucy. This viewpoint is informed by a false impression given to her by our gossipy, well-connected neighbors, not by the facts. I want to tell her about Apollo. Dolly Spice- Jones ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŽต Leisha

Brendan M. Jones ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

15,769 views โ€ข 3 months ago

The blockbuster animated feature "The Ox Comes" has surpassed 500,000 yuan in single-day box office, with total box office breaking through 1 million yuan!! Currently, screenings have been ramped up to 2,500 shows!! Theaters are packed, ticket price is 18 yuan, and throughout the entire viewing experience, everyone was laughing. One audience member said: "After watching it, I sat there for 3 minutes without snapping out of it, my mind completely blank. Is this modeling from 2026 technology? Even AI couldn't write such an outrageous plot, including the subtitles that have typos in them." A close friend of the director said this is a film created single-handedly by the director and his mother, with their own hands. It took 5 years, no team was hired, all done by manual crafting. The film's distributor mentioned that the director is an acquaintance and friend. When they first saw the finished product, they advised him against releasing it, but he insisted on going ahead. "It was made with so much effort, so we just helped him get it into theaters."
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The blockbuster animated feature "The Ox Comes" has surpassed 500,000 yuan in single-day box office, with total box office breaking through 1 million yuan!! Currently, screenings have been ramped up to 2,500 shows!! Theaters are packed, ticket price is 18 yuan, and throughout the entire viewing experience, everyone was laughing. One audience member said: "After watching it, I sat there for 3 minutes without snapping out of it, my mind completely blank. Is this modeling from 2026 technology? Even AI couldn't write such an outrageous plot, including the subtitles that have typos in them." A close friend of the director said this is a film created single-handedly by the director and his mother, with their own hands. It took 5 years, no team was hired, all done by manual crafting. The film's distributor mentioned that the director is an acquaintance and friend. When they first saw the finished product, they advised him against releasing it, but he insisted on going ahead. "It was made with so much effort, so we just helped him get it into theaters."

The Great Translation Movement ๅคง็ฟป่ฏ‘่ฟๅŠจ

17,282 views โ€ข 5 days ago

This has got to be one of the BEST stories in sports card history, and it happened to me this morning. Warning: this story involved a $35,800 transaction, a German wedding, and Lamine Yamal This morning, I woke up and saw a Lamine Yamal /10 Base Prizms Gold NFT for sale on the #PaniniBlockchain for $35,800. I felt that the price was fair and I purchased at 5am. Seconds later, I get a dm from the anonymous seller on Instagram. โ€œHey this is Brianโ€. A German guy, few followers. What I learned next is nothing short of f*cking legendary. Iโ€™ll let him tell the story from here, and Iโ€™ll accompany the epic tale with photo and video proof. Sit down, and buckle up. โ€œTwo days before my wedding, the four of usโ€”my best man, my wife, my cousin, and Iโ€”went out and bought a few Panini packs together. Just for fun, we agreed that each of us would keep one pack sealed and save it for the wedding day. The plan was to open them together after the ceremony and see what we got. What made it even more special was that my best man had never opened a trading card pack in his life. It was also my wife's first real experience with the hobby. My cousin and I had opened cards before, but none of us expected anything crazy. Our friend from Prime Collectors was there as well. Since he creates card content, he had his camera rolling the entire time, so every reaction you see in the video is completely genuine. After the ceremony, we all sat down and started opening our packs. My best man went firstโ€”nothing special. Then my wife opened hersโ€”a few nice cards, but nothing huge. My cousin was next, and again, nothing out of the ordinary. Then it was my turn. I started going through the cards one by one until I saw a flash of gold. The moment I saw it, I knew it could be something big. When I turned the card over, it was a Lamine Yamal Panini NFT numbered 8/10. For a few seconds, nobody said a word. Then everyone completely lost it. You can hear in the video the exact moment everyone realizes what had just been pulled. Even Prime Collectors, who has seen countless incredible pulls, couldn't believe he had just captured that moment on camera. but honestly, the value wasn't the most important part. What made it unforgettable was that it happened on my wedding day, from the one pack I had intentionally saved two days earlier. It's also important to mention that the wedding was already fully paid for, so this wasn't a story about "paying for the wedding" with the card. It was simply an unbelievable coincidence and one of those once-in-a-lifetime moments that you could never plan. Looking back, I honestly don't think I'll ever experience another moment quite like it. On the same day that I married the love of my life, I also pulled one of the biggest cards I've ever held in my hands. That's what makes this story so special.โ€ Panini America
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This has got to be one of the BEST stories in sports card history, and it happened to me this morning. Warning: this story involved a $35,800 transaction, a German wedding, and Lamine Yamal This morning, I woke up and saw a Lamine Yamal /10 Base Prizms Gold NFT for sale on the #PaniniBlockchain for $35,800. I felt that the price was fair and I purchased at 5am. Seconds later, I get a dm from the anonymous seller on Instagram. โ€œHey this is Brianโ€. A German guy, few followers. What I learned next is nothing short of f*cking legendary. Iโ€™ll let him tell the story from here, and Iโ€™ll accompany the epic tale with photo and video proof. Sit down, and buckle up. โ€œTwo days before my wedding, the four of usโ€”my best man, my wife, my cousin, and Iโ€”went out and bought a few Panini packs together. Just for fun, we agreed that each of us would keep one pack sealed and save it for the wedding day. The plan was to open them together after the ceremony and see what we got. What made it even more special was that my best man had never opened a trading card pack in his life. It was also my wife's first real experience with the hobby. My cousin and I had opened cards before, but none of us expected anything crazy. Our friend from Prime Collectors was there as well. Since he creates card content, he had his camera rolling the entire time, so every reaction you see in the video is completely genuine. After the ceremony, we all sat down and started opening our packs. My best man went firstโ€”nothing special. Then my wife opened hersโ€”a few nice cards, but nothing huge. My cousin was next, and again, nothing out of the ordinary. Then it was my turn. I started going through the cards one by one until I saw a flash of gold. The moment I saw it, I knew it could be something big. When I turned the card over, it was a Lamine Yamal Panini NFT numbered 8/10. For a few seconds, nobody said a word. Then everyone completely lost it. You can hear in the video the exact moment everyone realizes what had just been pulled. Even Prime Collectors, who has seen countless incredible pulls, couldn't believe he had just captured that moment on camera. but honestly, the value wasn't the most important part. What made it unforgettable was that it happened on my wedding day, from the one pack I had intentionally saved two days earlier. It's also important to mention that the wedding was already fully paid for, so this wasn't a story about "paying for the wedding" with the card. It was simply an unbelievable coincidence and one of those once-in-a-lifetime moments that you could never plan. Looking back, I honestly don't think I'll ever experience another moment quite like it. On the same day that I married the love of my life, I also pulled one of the biggest cards I've ever held in my hands. That's what makes this story so special.โ€ Panini America

Blake Rocha

54,141 views โ€ข 1 month ago

Jaylen Brown says Kobe Bryant inspired him to start his own brand, 741, after turning down nearly $50,000,000 in deals โ€œI passed on almost $50 million worth of deals in order to start something on my own. Not because I didn't like money, those type of deals didn't work for me. Honestly, where I got the idea was from Kobe, may he rest in peace. Before he passed away, I remember seeing an article come out that Kobe was launching his own brand. He had planned on signing athletes, giving better deals and better percentages. I thought that was dopeโ€ โ€œAlso, just going through my own experiences dealing with some major corporations and how they value your creativity, how they value you. I met with every brand in hopes of signing with somebody, and none of them stood out to me. They all kind of approached things the same, and I think it's a little dinosaur. I was looking for the brand of the future, not the brand of the past. I couldn't find it, so I had to start itโ€ โ€œIntellectual property and that stuff is important because when you get older, when the ball stops, you still want to be able to present your shoes or go back to your neighborhood and do some projects or events. Just because your career stops doesn't mean your influence and your likeness stop. But if somebody owns that, they tell you when you can do what you want to doโ€ โ€œThere are certain older players that I've had conversations with, being a union member, who are extremely upset by the fact that they've had signature lines and the company they were aligned with told them, โ€˜We're not putting out, you can't put out any more shoes.โ€™ They're frustrated by thatโ€ โ€œOur youth need to hear that frustration. They've seen you at your highest, but they need to see that too because it can help inform their decision making. It might be somebody else in the next generation who wants to start their own business. They might start the next Nike. They might start the next Yeezyโ€
1:53

Jaylen Brown says Kobe Bryant inspired him to start his own brand, 741, after turning down nearly $50,000,000 in deals โ€œI passed on almost $50 million worth of deals in order to start something on my own. Not because I didn't like money, those type of deals didn't work for me. Honestly, where I got the idea was from Kobe, may he rest in peace. Before he passed away, I remember seeing an article come out that Kobe was launching his own brand. He had planned on signing athletes, giving better deals and better percentages. I thought that was dopeโ€ โ€œAlso, just going through my own experiences dealing with some major corporations and how they value your creativity, how they value you. I met with every brand in hopes of signing with somebody, and none of them stood out to me. They all kind of approached things the same, and I think it's a little dinosaur. I was looking for the brand of the future, not the brand of the past. I couldn't find it, so I had to start itโ€ โ€œIntellectual property and that stuff is important because when you get older, when the ball stops, you still want to be able to present your shoes or go back to your neighborhood and do some projects or events. Just because your career stops doesn't mean your influence and your likeness stop. But if somebody owns that, they tell you when you can do what you want to doโ€ โ€œThere are certain older players that I've had conversations with, being a union member, who are extremely upset by the fact that they've had signature lines and the company they were aligned with told them, โ€˜We're not putting out, you can't put out any more shoes.โ€™ They're frustrated by thatโ€ โ€œOur youth need to hear that frustration. They've seen you at your highest, but they need to see that too because it can help inform their decision making. It might be somebody else in the next generation who wants to start their own business. They might start the next Nike. They might start the next Yeezyโ€

dank

159,610 views โ€ข 1 month ago

So y'all wanna see why they never wanted the J6 footage released? THIS๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ is a 4 minute clip from the West Tunnel at the Capital. It shows a completely different story than the one you probably saw on the news!! Victoria White, 39 year old single mother, BEATEN by 3-4 cops after she had been pushed in the tunnel and was trapped and couldn't get back out... Who beat her? Lt. Jason Bagshaw - POS #1 Officer Sarah Beaver - POS #2 Officer Neil Mcallister - POS #3 Remember those names!! They have been lying for 3 DAMN YEARS!!! Bagshaw had his body camera conveniently stop working twice, but via other cameras you can see what he did. This clip is just a part of an incredible 34 minute segment that Lara Logan did. I have the link to the full video in the comments and I highly recommend watching the entire thing for the full story!! They never wanted this footage out!!! So you can imagine how worried they are as people comb through the rest of it...
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So y'all wanna see why they never wanted the J6 footage released? THIS๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ is a 4 minute clip from the West Tunnel at the Capital. It shows a completely different story than the one you probably saw on the news!! Victoria White, 39 year old single mother, BEATEN by 3-4 cops after she had been pushed in the tunnel and was trapped and couldn't get back out... Who beat her? Lt. Jason Bagshaw - POS #1 Officer Sarah Beaver - POS #2 Officer Neil Mcallister - POS #3 Remember those names!! They have been lying for 3 DAMN YEARS!!! Bagshaw had his body camera conveniently stop working twice, but via other cameras you can see what he did. This clip is just a part of an incredible 34 minute segment that Lara Logan did. I have the link to the full video in the comments and I highly recommend watching the entire thing for the full story!! They never wanted this footage out!!! So you can imagine how worried they are as people comb through the rest of it...

SaltyGoat

682,098 views โ€ข 2 years ago

She was a woman my brother loved and protected with everything he had. On the 20th of December, she got married while heavily pregnantโ€”about eight months along. We didnโ€™t hear this from her directly; we found out on TikTok. When my brother passed away in November, she brought the children to us in January, saying she wanted to pursue her masterโ€™s degree and continue her education. At the time, my mother felt sad that she seemed to move on quickly, but I told my mum that life doesnโ€™t stop completely just because someone has passed. However, finding out later that she was already far along in another pregnancy broke my heart deeply. It meant she became pregnant just a few months after my brotherโ€™s passing. That realization was very painful for me. What makes it harder is remembering what happened shortly before my brother died. I visited them two days before his passing and was meant to stay for a week. Her car had broken down that day, and my brother took her to work. After work, she called him to come and pick her up. My brother asked her to take a ride instead because he was busy with me at the time. She refused and insisted he must come. At that period, my brother was on leave and had planned to stay home, which was why he invited me over. She continued insisting. When my brother hesitated, she became upset and accused him of causing tension at home. I suggested that I go pick her up since I could drive. My brother even handed me the car keys because he was already getting frustrated. But once she heard that I was coming instead, she insisted that only my brother should come for her. After a long back-and-forth, my brother finally decided to go. On his way, there was a serious accident involving a large vehicle, and my brother lost his life. I didnโ€™t immediately understand the seriousness. She was the one who called me, saying she couldnโ€™t reach him and that people said he had been in an accident. I only realized the reality when I got there. It was devastating. I was angry because the entire situation happened right in front of me. My brother did not want to go out that day, but he went because he was pressured. I understand that death is something no one can control. But moving on so quickly after such a loss feels deeply hurtful. My brother stood by this woman completely. He supported her education, protected her, and never allowed anyone to disrespect her. We all respected her because of him. Seeing how things turned out is painful. It doesnโ€™t feel fair, and it hurts deeply. At first, we didnโ€™t interfere with any property matters. But now, I feel that whatever my brother left behind should be preserved for his two sons, to be accessed when they are adults. None of us wants his propertyโ€”we are all doing fineโ€”but we want to protect his childrenโ€™s future. Iโ€™m not writing this out of bitterness. Iโ€™m writing because Iโ€™m hurting. I wish my brother hadnโ€™t gone out that day. I wish things had turned out differently. Life can be very unfair, and this pain is something Iโ€™m still trying to understand. โ—Miss Favour
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She was a woman my brother loved and protected with everything he had. On the 20th of December, she got married while heavily pregnantโ€”about eight months along. We didnโ€™t hear this from her directly; we found out on TikTok. When my brother passed away in November, she brought the children to us in January, saying she wanted to pursue her masterโ€™s degree and continue her education. At the time, my mother felt sad that she seemed to move on quickly, but I told my mum that life doesnโ€™t stop completely just because someone has passed. However, finding out later that she was already far along in another pregnancy broke my heart deeply. It meant she became pregnant just a few months after my brotherโ€™s passing. That realization was very painful for me. What makes it harder is remembering what happened shortly before my brother died. I visited them two days before his passing and was meant to stay for a week. Her car had broken down that day, and my brother took her to work. After work, she called him to come and pick her up. My brother asked her to take a ride instead because he was busy with me at the time. She refused and insisted he must come. At that period, my brother was on leave and had planned to stay home, which was why he invited me over. She continued insisting. When my brother hesitated, she became upset and accused him of causing tension at home. I suggested that I go pick her up since I could drive. My brother even handed me the car keys because he was already getting frustrated. But once she heard that I was coming instead, she insisted that only my brother should come for her. After a long back-and-forth, my brother finally decided to go. On his way, there was a serious accident involving a large vehicle, and my brother lost his life. I didnโ€™t immediately understand the seriousness. She was the one who called me, saying she couldnโ€™t reach him and that people said he had been in an accident. I only realized the reality when I got there. It was devastating. I was angry because the entire situation happened right in front of me. My brother did not want to go out that day, but he went because he was pressured. I understand that death is something no one can control. But moving on so quickly after such a loss feels deeply hurtful. My brother stood by this woman completely. He supported her education, protected her, and never allowed anyone to disrespect her. We all respected her because of him. Seeing how things turned out is painful. It doesnโ€™t feel fair, and it hurts deeply. At first, we didnโ€™t interfere with any property matters. But now, I feel that whatever my brother left behind should be preserved for his two sons, to be accessed when they are adults. None of us wants his propertyโ€”we are all doing fineโ€”but we want to protect his childrenโ€™s future. Iโ€™m not writing this out of bitterness. Iโ€™m writing because Iโ€™m hurting. I wish my brother hadnโ€™t gone out that day. I wish things had turned out differently. Life can be very unfair, and this pain is something Iโ€™m still trying to understand. โ—Miss Favour

Senior Pst Okezie James Ataรฑi.

40,849 views โ€ข 7 months ago

Scott Eastwood shares his traumatic experience of not being able to grieve after his girlfriend died in an airbag accident Dax Shepard: Yeah. This is the crazy one of the craziest ways I've ever heard someone's died. Scott Eastwood: Yeah. Dax Shepard: Is her airbag went off and it was defective. Scott Eastwood: Yeah, yeah, they had a, um, a recall on the airbag, and, uh... and, and what would have been a, uh, a fender bender... Dax Shepard: Yeah. Scott Eastwood: ...uh, you know, probably most people would survive. Yeah, she, uh... she was essentially shot by the airbag. Monica Padman: Oh, my god. That's horrifying. Dax Shepard: And... Monica Padman: So sad. Dax Shepard: How are you juggling what I would imagine... like, for me, if I were you at 28... Scott Eastwood: Yeah. That sounds about right. Dax Shepard: Did you had you just finished Fury? Scott Eastwood: I was on another film set at the time. Dax Shepard: You were. Scott Eastwood: I was on another film set. And as you know, being on a film set when someone passes or something happens, it's really tough because, and this had happened before, actually. I had lost, um... lost Paul Walker on Fury, and he was one of my... Dax Shepard: Oh, you guys were... Monica Padman: Oh, my god. Dax Shepard: ...close friends? Uh-huh. Scott Eastwood: ...close friends. When you're on a film set, you don't have time to grieve because the show must go on. Dax Shepard: You might be shooting the happiest scene your character has an hour after you hear this. Monica Padman: Ugh. Scott Eastwood: Exactly, yeah. So, you can't fly home. You're stuck. you've got to work. And it actually happenedโ€”well, I got the call actually during a filming day. Um... and I think I did a, you know, a classic defense mechanism, just punt that to later. Dax Shepard: Compartmentalized. Scott Eastwood: Compartmentalized that to later. Dax Shepard: Yeah, "That's going to be miserable and we're going to deal with that at some point that's not today." Scott Eastwood: Yeah. Yeah, brutal having to deal with that and then, and then, um... yeah, not being able to go through that. I grieved later. Dax Shepard: Yeah. Scott Eastwood: I grieved later, um... You know, I think, and that's not a great thing because I think you do want to grieve with the people that are around that you know, that were part of their lives as well. Dax Shepard: Yeah! Scott Eastwood: Yeah. That's like an important part of the grieving process. Dax Shepard: I agree. It's kind of the... sweetest, nicest part. And then you go to the funeral, and you think that's going to be miserable, but it's like, no, you see all these people are dealing with the same thing. It can be weirdly beautiful if you get to do that part. Scott Eastwood: Yeah. Yeah. And see, I never got to do it, and I actually, uh... I think I compartmentalized it so much I couldn't go to the... Well, I don't actually remember if I actually couldn't because of filming or if I just completely blacked it out, but... Yeah, I had to process that grief later. That was tough. Dax Shepard: Fuck.
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Scott Eastwood shares his traumatic experience of not being able to grieve after his girlfriend died in an airbag accident Dax Shepard: Yeah. This is the crazy one of the craziest ways I've ever heard someone's died. Scott Eastwood: Yeah. Dax Shepard: Is her airbag went off and it was defective. Scott Eastwood: Yeah, yeah, they had a, um, a recall on the airbag, and, uh... and, and what would have been a, uh, a fender bender... Dax Shepard: Yeah. Scott Eastwood: ...uh, you know, probably most people would survive. Yeah, she, uh... she was essentially shot by the airbag. Monica Padman: Oh, my god. That's horrifying. Dax Shepard: And... Monica Padman: So sad. Dax Shepard: How are you juggling what I would imagine... like, for me, if I were you at 28... Scott Eastwood: Yeah. That sounds about right. Dax Shepard: Did you had you just finished Fury? Scott Eastwood: I was on another film set at the time. Dax Shepard: You were. Scott Eastwood: I was on another film set. And as you know, being on a film set when someone passes or something happens, it's really tough because, and this had happened before, actually. I had lost, um... lost Paul Walker on Fury, and he was one of my... Dax Shepard: Oh, you guys were... Monica Padman: Oh, my god. Dax Shepard: ...close friends? Uh-huh. Scott Eastwood: ...close friends. When you're on a film set, you don't have time to grieve because the show must go on. Dax Shepard: You might be shooting the happiest scene your character has an hour after you hear this. Monica Padman: Ugh. Scott Eastwood: Exactly, yeah. So, you can't fly home. You're stuck. you've got to work. And it actually happenedโ€”well, I got the call actually during a filming day. Um... and I think I did a, you know, a classic defense mechanism, just punt that to later. Dax Shepard: Compartmentalized. Scott Eastwood: Compartmentalized that to later. Dax Shepard: Yeah, "That's going to be miserable and we're going to deal with that at some point that's not today." Scott Eastwood: Yeah. Yeah, brutal having to deal with that and then, and then, um... yeah, not being able to go through that. I grieved later. Dax Shepard: Yeah. Scott Eastwood: I grieved later, um... You know, I think, and that's not a great thing because I think you do want to grieve with the people that are around that you know, that were part of their lives as well. Dax Shepard: Yeah! Scott Eastwood: Yeah. That's like an important part of the grieving process. Dax Shepard: I agree. It's kind of the... sweetest, nicest part. And then you go to the funeral, and you think that's going to be miserable, but it's like, no, you see all these people are dealing with the same thing. It can be weirdly beautiful if you get to do that part. Scott Eastwood: Yeah. Yeah. And see, I never got to do it, and I actually, uh... I think I compartmentalized it so much I couldn't go to the... Well, I don't actually remember if I actually couldn't because of filming or if I just completely blacked it out, but... Yeah, I had to process that grief later. That was tough. Dax Shepard: Fuck.

Emmy๐Ÿงก

159,641 views โ€ข 17 days ago

Stop Telling Witnesses and Whistleblowers What to Do "I believe [that] lethal action has been taken against people that tried to get the truth out." ~MB "I woke up in the middle of the night and the physical response in my brain was, commit suicide." ~DB (For those calling for whistleblowers to come forward because you cherry picked what Kirk McConnell said and made it all about not being prosecuted, remember what they told you. Full video clips below, as these are partial transcripts. First, Matthew Brown, Matthew.) "With the job with government, my career is dead." "If all of us (Brown, Borland, and other whistleblowers who haven't come forward yet) die or are imprisoned, the seeds have been planted. More will come." "I believe [that] lethal action has been taken against people that tried to get the truth out, or maybe were just considered wild cards, not able to be officially controlled, no longer useful. I think once you taste the darkness, you like using it." "I'd like to spend that time with my wife, my family, not in a cell or in the ground. But this is bigger than me, it's bigger than us. This is the fate of our people. And to me, I'm willing to pay that price." "I'd like to say, directly, to the members of our military and our intelligence community: the time is now where you must choose whether you honor your oath or you orders. And if you have courage, you already know the answer. But for the rest of you? Lead, follow or get out of the way. Get out of the way." "There's more than me. More will come. I could say more, if I wanted to." ~~~ (And more DID come. Here are some quotes from the Dylan Borland clip. Both interviews were on "Weaponized" with George Knapp and Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell.) Borland: "We went into [the VA] psychological eval from the suicide we both witnessed together. They accused me of faking a police report. Wrote in my official medical records - which have hindered me 'til this day, it's still ongoing - that I am a liar, I am prone to delusions, I make everything up. That was the first thing the VA did to me." "I was put into a hypnosis biofeedback program. I'm hooked up to this polygraph machine and I have to count backwards from 100, by 7, while they're flashing images. And if I got the number wrong, like 100, 93, 86, and I said 77, they'd start screaming at me, honking an air horn, and I'd have to restart." "I had to pull my 401(k) because I didn't have a clearance, I couldn't get a job. I almost lost my house. I had to fight BAE and the agencies I worked for, for unemployment which was $270 a week in Northern Virginia. Which, if you know anything about Northern Virginia, it's the richest part of America. It is not feasible to even get groceries off of that. Basically, I lost everything but my house." "The VA is denying I did the jobs I did, denying I have the issues I have. I began to, honestly, consider and look at non-violent offenses in order to have three hots (meals) and a cot (in jail), because I was very quickly approaching a point in time where I would probably be a disabled homeless vet." "There was a doctor who filed a complaint...on my behalf because they were, in his opinion, trying to get me to kill myself. They put me on a prescription medication for PTSD and depression. I woke up in the middle of the night and the physical response in my brain was, commit suicide. The VA psychologist was a CIA employee of all things, or was, said, 'Oh, this is common, you need to increase your dose.'" The psychiatrist who filed the complaint on his behalf said, "Dylan, you need to do everything in your power to live through this. What they are doing to you is wrong. Do not trust any of these doctors. And he resigned." Corbell: "In protest, he resigned because of what they were doing to Dylan."
9:25

Stop Telling Witnesses and Whistleblowers What to Do "I believe [that] lethal action has been taken against people that tried to get the truth out." ~MB "I woke up in the middle of the night and the physical response in my brain was, commit suicide." ~DB (For those calling for whistleblowers to come forward because you cherry picked what Kirk McConnell said and made it all about not being prosecuted, remember what they told you. Full video clips below, as these are partial transcripts. First, Matthew Brown, Matthew.) "With the job with government, my career is dead." "If all of us (Brown, Borland, and other whistleblowers who haven't come forward yet) die or are imprisoned, the seeds have been planted. More will come." "I believe [that] lethal action has been taken against people that tried to get the truth out, or maybe were just considered wild cards, not able to be officially controlled, no longer useful. I think once you taste the darkness, you like using it." "I'd like to spend that time with my wife, my family, not in a cell or in the ground. But this is bigger than me, it's bigger than us. This is the fate of our people. And to me, I'm willing to pay that price." "I'd like to say, directly, to the members of our military and our intelligence community: the time is now where you must choose whether you honor your oath or you orders. And if you have courage, you already know the answer. But for the rest of you? Lead, follow or get out of the way. Get out of the way." "There's more than me. More will come. I could say more, if I wanted to." ~~~ (And more DID come. Here are some quotes from the Dylan Borland clip. Both interviews were on "Weaponized" with George Knapp and Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell.) Borland: "We went into [the VA] psychological eval from the suicide we both witnessed together. They accused me of faking a police report. Wrote in my official medical records - which have hindered me 'til this day, it's still ongoing - that I am a liar, I am prone to delusions, I make everything up. That was the first thing the VA did to me." "I was put into a hypnosis biofeedback program. I'm hooked up to this polygraph machine and I have to count backwards from 100, by 7, while they're flashing images. And if I got the number wrong, like 100, 93, 86, and I said 77, they'd start screaming at me, honking an air horn, and I'd have to restart." "I had to pull my 401(k) because I didn't have a clearance, I couldn't get a job. I almost lost my house. I had to fight BAE and the agencies I worked for, for unemployment which was $270 a week in Northern Virginia. Which, if you know anything about Northern Virginia, it's the richest part of America. It is not feasible to even get groceries off of that. Basically, I lost everything but my house." "The VA is denying I did the jobs I did, denying I have the issues I have. I began to, honestly, consider and look at non-violent offenses in order to have three hots (meals) and a cot (in jail), because I was very quickly approaching a point in time where I would probably be a disabled homeless vet." "There was a doctor who filed a complaint...on my behalf because they were, in his opinion, trying to get me to kill myself. They put me on a prescription medication for PTSD and depression. I woke up in the middle of the night and the physical response in my brain was, commit suicide. The VA psychologist was a CIA employee of all things, or was, said, 'Oh, this is common, you need to increase your dose.'" The psychiatrist who filed the complaint on his behalf said, "Dylan, you need to do everything in your power to live through this. What they are doing to you is wrong. Do not trust any of these doctors. And he resigned." Corbell: "In protest, he resigned because of what they were doing to Dylan."

Joe Murgia

12,377 views โ€ข 6 months ago

๐ŸšจEXCLUSIVE๐Ÿšจ Joe Kent, former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center who resigned in principled opposition to the Iran War, spoke with our Chairman Dan McKnight at the Ron Paul Institute. Kent was an early endorser of Defend The Guard in 2022. "When I saw the casualties starting to come in, that for me was like, this is going to keep going and I can't be a part of this. I need to speak out to hopefully prevent more casualties from continuing to come in and to stop the bleeding," Kent explained. "The level of Israeli influence within our government, it's something I didn't understand until I was actually in it. And that's something major that we have to get out of our political system." Kent's proposal is that the Trump administration take a page from Ronald Reagan, and use his precedent from Lebanon in 1984 to withdraw our troops from the Middle Eastโ€”removing Iranian targetsโ€”and let the situation deescalate in lieu of a final deal. "I would like to say to [the president] as a supporter, I truly believe in your message and your mission. You did do amazing things for this country. Come backโ€”77 million of us do still support you; you can walk this back. We want to help you." So far, National Guard units from 18 states have participated in the Iran War, continuing to act as the backbone of the U.S. Armed Forces. "The dirty secret of the War on Terror, but really a lot of our enduring overseas deployments, is we need the Guard to actually do those. When I was over in Syria...I visited with the Iowa National Guard. They were running most the operations inside of Syria, they were the ones who lost those three to the Al-Qaeda insider attack. So, the U.S. military would be in a very bad way if they couldn't immediately grab National Guard guys to fill in all these different gaps and capabilities." Kent supports the Defend the Guard Act, which would prohibit the deployment of a state's National Guard into overseas combat unless Congress has voted to declare war, utilizing federalism as a way to enforce Article I, Section 8. "I think the states grabbing control of that, it gives us more power as the American people." "We definitely have a problem right now where we want an empire, and we're not very good at empire, and it's costing us our republic," Kent counseled. Our organization was founded in 2019 by veterans of the Global War on Terror opposed to endless, undeclared wars. Kent said he'd like to see more veterans take up initiative for the good of the country. "I don't get a lot of push back from War on Terror vets. I get a lot of support. And I think the more War on Terror vets we have step up into some sort of leadership position, especially in the foreign policy realm, I think the better off we'll be because we can say this is a bad idea. I think had more of us been in the room when these decisions were being made on this last iteration of war, I don't think it would have happened." When asked why it's so difficult for the ideas of Dr. Paul to penetrate Congress and the bureaucracy, Kent explained, "There's no special interest groups that are going to get rich by saying we don't need more war...There's just so many moneyed interests which are making a killing off of sending us to war." Our team is immensely grateful for Joe Kent's service, his patriotism, and most importantly his loyalty to the men and women he served with ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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๐ŸšจEXCLUSIVE๐Ÿšจ Joe Kent, former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center who resigned in principled opposition to the Iran War, spoke with our Chairman Dan McKnight at the Ron Paul Institute. Kent was an early endorser of Defend The Guard in 2022. "When I saw the casualties starting to come in, that for me was like, this is going to keep going and I can't be a part of this. I need to speak out to hopefully prevent more casualties from continuing to come in and to stop the bleeding," Kent explained. "The level of Israeli influence within our government, it's something I didn't understand until I was actually in it. And that's something major that we have to get out of our political system." Kent's proposal is that the Trump administration take a page from Ronald Reagan, and use his precedent from Lebanon in 1984 to withdraw our troops from the Middle Eastโ€”removing Iranian targetsโ€”and let the situation deescalate in lieu of a final deal. "I would like to say to [the president] as a supporter, I truly believe in your message and your mission. You did do amazing things for this country. Come backโ€”77 million of us do still support you; you can walk this back. We want to help you." So far, National Guard units from 18 states have participated in the Iran War, continuing to act as the backbone of the U.S. Armed Forces. "The dirty secret of the War on Terror, but really a lot of our enduring overseas deployments, is we need the Guard to actually do those. When I was over in Syria...I visited with the Iowa National Guard. They were running most the operations inside of Syria, they were the ones who lost those three to the Al-Qaeda insider attack. So, the U.S. military would be in a very bad way if they couldn't immediately grab National Guard guys to fill in all these different gaps and capabilities." Kent supports the Defend the Guard Act, which would prohibit the deployment of a state's National Guard into overseas combat unless Congress has voted to declare war, utilizing federalism as a way to enforce Article I, Section 8. "I think the states grabbing control of that, it gives us more power as the American people." "We definitely have a problem right now where we want an empire, and we're not very good at empire, and it's costing us our republic," Kent counseled. Our organization was founded in 2019 by veterans of the Global War on Terror opposed to endless, undeclared wars. Kent said he'd like to see more veterans take up initiative for the good of the country. "I don't get a lot of push back from War on Terror vets. I get a lot of support. And I think the more War on Terror vets we have step up into some sort of leadership position, especially in the foreign policy realm, I think the better off we'll be because we can say this is a bad idea. I think had more of us been in the room when these decisions were being made on this last iteration of war, I don't think it would have happened." When asked why it's so difficult for the ideas of Dr. Paul to penetrate Congress and the bureaucracy, Kent explained, "There's no special interest groups that are going to get rich by saying we don't need more war...There's just so many moneyed interests which are making a killing off of sending us to war." Our team is immensely grateful for Joe Kent's service, his patriotism, and most importantly his loyalty to the men and women he served with ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Bring Our Troops Home

174,849 views โ€ข 3 months ago

A Song Written from Real Heartbreak That Hasnโ€™t Faded ๐Ÿ’” โ€œBaby Come Backโ€ is Playerโ€™s biggest hit, released in 1977 and reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks in January 1978. Itโ€™s a soft-rock song full of quiet emotion, written by founding members Peter Beckett and J.C. Crowley. Every time I hear it, I still stop. Not just because the melody is catchyโ€”though it is. But because the feeling inside the song hasnโ€™t faded after nearly fifty years. I first heard it on an old radio, then on cassette tapes, and later during long drives. Whenever that familiar melody comes on, it pulls me into a very private space. The song came from real heartbreak. Peter Beckett, from Liverpool, moved to Los Angeles with his wife. Life there was completely different. One day he returned from a work trip and she wasnโ€™t at the airport to pick him up. When he got home, the apartment was empty. She had packed everything and gone back to England without a word. At the same time, J.C. Crowley was also going through a breakup. The two of them met by chance at a Hollywood party where everyone was supposed to wear white. They were the only ones in jeans. From that meeting, they started writing music together. โ€œBaby Come Backโ€ was written while both were still carrying that pain. Peter Beckett later said it was simply โ€œa song from the heart from two guys dealing with breakups.โ€ Once I learned the story, I heard the song differently. It stopped being just an old hit. It became a very honest admission from someone who had lost something important. The lyrics stand out to me for their honesty. The man doesnโ€™t blame anyone. He admits, โ€œYou can blame it all on me / I was wrong.โ€ Lines like โ€œTrying to keep up a smile that hides a tearโ€ and โ€œAs the sun goes down, I get that empty feeling againโ€ describe so clearly the effort of trying to act normal while feeling hollow inside. The chorus โ€œBaby come backโ€ฆโ€ doesnโ€™t feel like begging to me. It feels more like a late realization, spoken after everything has already become clear. The part I always notice most is the guitar solo at the end. It doesnโ€™t show off complicated technique. The melody is smooth, memorable, and very much in the Yacht Rock style. Every time it arrives, it feels like the song slows down just a little, leaving space for the emotion to settle before it ends. When I watch the 1970s live performance, I see Peter Beckett standing under the dim stage lights, singing with complete focus. Nothing flashy. Just the voice, the melody, and that solo. It reminds me of the times I used to listen to this song aloneโ€”in the car or late at night. That feeling is still very clear. For me, โ€œBaby Come Backโ€ is still alive because it doesnโ€™t try to do anything more than tell the truth about one emotional state. It offers no explanations or conclusions. It just sits thereโ€”simple and honest. Nearly fifty years have passed. I still listen. And every time I do, it still touches a very private corner of my memory.
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A Song Written from Real Heartbreak That Hasnโ€™t Faded ๐Ÿ’” โ€œBaby Come Backโ€ is Playerโ€™s biggest hit, released in 1977 and reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks in January 1978. Itโ€™s a soft-rock song full of quiet emotion, written by founding members Peter Beckett and J.C. Crowley. Every time I hear it, I still stop. Not just because the melody is catchyโ€”though it is. But because the feeling inside the song hasnโ€™t faded after nearly fifty years. I first heard it on an old radio, then on cassette tapes, and later during long drives. Whenever that familiar melody comes on, it pulls me into a very private space. The song came from real heartbreak. Peter Beckett, from Liverpool, moved to Los Angeles with his wife. Life there was completely different. One day he returned from a work trip and she wasnโ€™t at the airport to pick him up. When he got home, the apartment was empty. She had packed everything and gone back to England without a word. At the same time, J.C. Crowley was also going through a breakup. The two of them met by chance at a Hollywood party where everyone was supposed to wear white. They were the only ones in jeans. From that meeting, they started writing music together. โ€œBaby Come Backโ€ was written while both were still carrying that pain. Peter Beckett later said it was simply โ€œa song from the heart from two guys dealing with breakups.โ€ Once I learned the story, I heard the song differently. It stopped being just an old hit. It became a very honest admission from someone who had lost something important. The lyrics stand out to me for their honesty. The man doesnโ€™t blame anyone. He admits, โ€œYou can blame it all on me / I was wrong.โ€ Lines like โ€œTrying to keep up a smile that hides a tearโ€ and โ€œAs the sun goes down, I get that empty feeling againโ€ describe so clearly the effort of trying to act normal while feeling hollow inside. The chorus โ€œBaby come backโ€ฆโ€ doesnโ€™t feel like begging to me. It feels more like a late realization, spoken after everything has already become clear. The part I always notice most is the guitar solo at the end. It doesnโ€™t show off complicated technique. The melody is smooth, memorable, and very much in the Yacht Rock style. Every time it arrives, it feels like the song slows down just a little, leaving space for the emotion to settle before it ends. When I watch the 1970s live performance, I see Peter Beckett standing under the dim stage lights, singing with complete focus. Nothing flashy. Just the voice, the melody, and that solo. It reminds me of the times I used to listen to this song aloneโ€”in the car or late at night. That feeling is still very clear. For me, โ€œBaby Come Backโ€ is still alive because it doesnโ€™t try to do anything more than tell the truth about one emotional state. It offers no explanations or conclusions. It just sits thereโ€”simple and honest. Nearly fifty years have passed. I still listen. And every time I do, it still touches a very private corner of my memory.

Music over time๐ŸŽป

11,409 views โ€ข 1 day ago

I've watched this one multiple times and I still have no idea what half of what this guy is saying. This is next level gone. โ€‹When officers in Athens, GA, found a red Toyota RAV4 sitting motionless at a green light at the intersection of US 29 and Hull Road, they knew they weren't dealing with a simple mechanical breakdown. What followed was a masterclass in "circular logic" and one of the most disoriented interactions caught on camera. Geronimo โ€‹Hernandez was found completely unresponsive, slumped over the wheel with the car still in Drive. This created a high-stakes tactical problem: if officers tapped the glass and he startled, his foot could slip off the brake, sending the SUV into a busy intersection. Officers had to perform a "Pin Procedure," pulling a patrol unit directly against his front bumper to act as a physical stop. โ€‹When they finally poked him awake with a metal tool through a gap in the door, the car rolled forward, striking the police cruiser. Hernandez didn't even blink. โ€‹As seen in the bodycam footage, the communication gap between Hernandez and the officers was a mile wide. Every time the police asked a logistical or safety question, Hernandez responded with "facts" that had zero relevance to the question being asked. โ€‹ When the officer noticed a physiological red flag and asked, "What's wrong with your left eye?"โ€”referring to his pinpoint pupils and lack of reactionโ€”Hernandez immediately deflected by claiming he simply had a birthmark. He was trying to use a physical trait to mask a narcotic symptom. โ€‹ While being investigated for being passed out in a highway, he began rambling about his work week, stating he works Monday through Friday and has Thursdays off. It was a clear attempt to perform "normalcy" while his vehicle was literally leaking fluids onto the road from the impact. โ€‹ Despite appearing completely "zombie-like," he was adamant that he was "good" and didn't need medical attention, even though he couldn't explain how or why he had parked in the middle of a major thoroughfare. โ€‹Officers observed classic signs of Narcotic Analgesic impairment. His slurred speech, heavy eyelids, and "pinpoint" pupils were the dead giveaways. The "leaking fluids" mentioned at the end of the clip wasn't just a random observation; it was the physical evidence of the RAV4 being drivenโ€”and eventually rolledโ€”into a state of disrepair. โ€‹ โ€‹Geronimo Hernandez was arrested on the scene and transported to the Athens-Clarke County Jail. He was officially charged with: โ€‹DUI - Drugs (Less Safe) โ€‹Stopping/Standing/Parking in a Prohibited Place โ€‹Ultimately, the case highlightโ€™s a terrifying reality of the "Slumber" phenomenon: a driver so impaired they believe they are having a normal conversation about their work schedule while their car is being used as a police-unit bumper stop.
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I've watched this one multiple times and I still have no idea what half of what this guy is saying. This is next level gone. โ€‹When officers in Athens, GA, found a red Toyota RAV4 sitting motionless at a green light at the intersection of US 29 and Hull Road, they knew they weren't dealing with a simple mechanical breakdown. What followed was a masterclass in "circular logic" and one of the most disoriented interactions caught on camera. Geronimo โ€‹Hernandez was found completely unresponsive, slumped over the wheel with the car still in Drive. This created a high-stakes tactical problem: if officers tapped the glass and he startled, his foot could slip off the brake, sending the SUV into a busy intersection. Officers had to perform a "Pin Procedure," pulling a patrol unit directly against his front bumper to act as a physical stop. โ€‹When they finally poked him awake with a metal tool through a gap in the door, the car rolled forward, striking the police cruiser. Hernandez didn't even blink. โ€‹As seen in the bodycam footage, the communication gap between Hernandez and the officers was a mile wide. Every time the police asked a logistical or safety question, Hernandez responded with "facts" that had zero relevance to the question being asked. โ€‹ When the officer noticed a physiological red flag and asked, "What's wrong with your left eye?"โ€”referring to his pinpoint pupils and lack of reactionโ€”Hernandez immediately deflected by claiming he simply had a birthmark. He was trying to use a physical trait to mask a narcotic symptom. โ€‹ While being investigated for being passed out in a highway, he began rambling about his work week, stating he works Monday through Friday and has Thursdays off. It was a clear attempt to perform "normalcy" while his vehicle was literally leaking fluids onto the road from the impact. โ€‹ Despite appearing completely "zombie-like," he was adamant that he was "good" and didn't need medical attention, even though he couldn't explain how or why he had parked in the middle of a major thoroughfare. โ€‹Officers observed classic signs of Narcotic Analgesic impairment. His slurred speech, heavy eyelids, and "pinpoint" pupils were the dead giveaways. The "leaking fluids" mentioned at the end of the clip wasn't just a random observation; it was the physical evidence of the RAV4 being drivenโ€”and eventually rolledโ€”into a state of disrepair. โ€‹ โ€‹Geronimo Hernandez was arrested on the scene and transported to the Athens-Clarke County Jail. He was officially charged with: โ€‹DUI - Drugs (Less Safe) โ€‹Stopping/Standing/Parking in a Prohibited Place โ€‹Ultimately, the case highlightโ€™s a terrifying reality of the "Slumber" phenomenon: a driver so impaired they believe they are having a normal conversation about their work schedule while their car is being used as a police-unit bumper stop.

Giggling Ganon

20,268 views โ€ข 3 months ago