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It's the best time of the week! Time for another episode of It's A Blast Podcast! This week, I am talking to SGM (R) Mike Vining. Mike is a military legend. From his time as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician in Vietnam, to the founding of the United States Army's premiere counter terrorism force, Delta Force, he has done it all. In this episode, We sat down and talked about his time in the Army to include being EOD, Vietnam, civilian life, and the founding of Delta Force. I even asked him some of the questions you all asked. And of course I had to ask about the Hurt Locker. It was great to sit down and talk EOD. SGM Vining has done a lot of interviews about his time in Delta, so this was a piece of the story that needed to be told. There were a couple of minor technical issues in the beginning of the recording. SGM Vining even offered to rerecord the entire episode, but it would have lost some of the magic. On Apple and Spotify and all other streaming platforms tomorrow!

It's the best time of the week! Time for another episode of It's A Blast Podcast! This week, I am talking to SGM (R) Mike Vining. Mike is a military legend. From his time as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician in Vietnam, to the founding of the United States Army's premiere counter terrorism force, Delta Force, he has done it all. In this episode, We sat down and talked about his time in the Army to include being EOD, Vietnam, civilian life, and the founding of Delta Force. I even asked him some of the questions you all asked. And of course I had to ask about the Hurt Locker. It was great to sit down and talk EOD. SGM Vining has done a lot of interviews about his time in Delta, so this was a piece of the story that needed to be told. There were a couple of minor technical issues in the beginning of the recording. SGM Vining even offered to rerecord the entire episode, but it would have lost some of the magic. On Apple and Spotify and all other streaming platforms tomorrow!

Happy Captain

501,234 views • 2 years ago

In 1962, following a tour with the British SAS, Charlie Beckwith wrote a paper proposing the U.S. Army create a counterterrorist unit based on his experience with the 22 Special Air Service. In late 1975, after commanding Project Delta in Vietnam and following a series of terrorist attacks in Europe, he was asked to dig that paper out for a meeting in Washington, D.C. Later, at an August 1976 conference at Fort Benning, Georgia, a plan to establish what would become one of the most elite counterterrorist units in the world began to take shape. The following year, in December of 1977, Colonel Beckwith returned to the JFK Special Warfare Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina from a trip to Europe where he was meeting with the SAS and German GSG 9. Catching up on message traffic he found one dated November 19, 1977. This message officially authorized the activation of Delta Force. For more information on the creation of this legendary unit, read DELTA FORCE by Charlie Beckwith.

In 1962, following a tour with the British SAS, Charlie Beckwith wrote a paper proposing the U.S. Army create a counterterrorist unit based on his experience with the 22 Special Air Service. In late 1975, after commanding Project Delta in Vietnam and following a series of terrorist attacks in Europe, he was asked to dig that paper out for a meeting in Washington, D.C. Later, at an August 1976 conference at Fort Benning, Georgia, a plan to establish what would become one of the most elite counterterrorist units in the world began to take shape. The following year, in December of 1977, Colonel Beckwith returned to the JFK Special Warfare Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina from a trip to Europe where he was meeting with the SAS and German GSG 9. Catching up on message traffic he found one dated November 19, 1977. This message officially authorized the activation of Delta Force. For more information on the creation of this legendary unit, read DELTA FORCE by Charlie Beckwith.

Jack Carr

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JP Dinnell spent nearly a decade in the SEAL Teams. Three combat deployments. In 2006 he went to Ramadi with Task Unit Bruiser as point man, machine gunner, and lead sniper for Delta Platoon. Chris Kyle was in Charlie Platoon. He came home with a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars with Valor, and an Army Commendation with Valor. Task Unit Bruiser became the most decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War. Then he went back to work for Jocko as an instructor at Training Detachment. Now he's Chief Training Officer at Echelon Front. This one is about the part nobody talks about. Twenty years after Ramadi, his platoon sat down together for the first time. Montana. Fly fishing, blacksmithing, and the conversations they never had. He watched men he looked up to carry weight he never knew was there. Their medic is fighting terminal cancer from a burn pit next to the building they slept in. We get into the difference between the price and the cost. The price is what you pay up front. The cost comes due decades later, in marriages, in kids, in the men around you. Join the Cleared Hot Newsletter: Take the Operator Code Assessment:

JP Dinnell spent nearly a decade in the SEAL Teams. Three combat deployments. In 2006 he went to Ramadi with Task Unit Bruiser as point man, machine gunner, and lead sniper for Delta Platoon. Chris Kyle was in Charlie Platoon. He came home with a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars with Valor, and an Army Commendation with Valor. Task Unit Bruiser became the most decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War. Then he went back to work for Jocko as an instructor at Training Detachment. Now he's Chief Training Officer at Echelon Front. This one is about the part nobody talks about. Twenty years after Ramadi, his platoon sat down together for the first time. Montana. Fly fishing, blacksmithing, and the conversations they never had. He watched men he looked up to carry weight he never knew was there. Their medic is fighting terminal cancer from a burn pit next to the building they slept in. We get into the difference between the price and the cost. The price is what you pay up front. The cost comes due decades later, in marriages, in kids, in the men around you. Join the Cleared Hot Newsletter: Take the Operator Code Assessment:

Andy Stumpf

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John Lincoln Clem — one of the youngest soldiers to ever serve in the U.S. Army. Born in Ohio in 1851. His mother was killed in a train accident in 1861. Two years later, at age 9, he tried to enlist in the Union Army and was turned away for being too small. He didn’t go home. He followed the 22nd Michigan anyway and became their unofficial drummer boy. The men took him in and paid him from their own pockets. Shiloh, 1862: artillery fire tore his drum apart. From then on, they called him “Johnny Shiloh.” He officially enlisted in 1863 as a musician. Chickamauga, age 12: during the Union retreat, a Confederate officer reportedly ordered him to surrender. Clem fired a sawed-off musket and made it back to Union lines through the chaos. Gen. George H. Thomas later promoted him to sergeant, making him one of the youngest non-commissioned officers in Army history. Newspapers dubbed him the “Drummer Boy of Chickamauga.” He was wounded, captured, exchanged, and mustered out at just 13. Most kids would be done. Clem wasn’t. Ulysses S. Grant later helped him secure a commission. Clem stayed in the Army for decades in quartermaster roles, rising steadily through the ranks. He retired in 1915 as a brigadier general. Congress advanced him to major general on the retired list the next year. He was buried with full honors at Arlington. From runaway kid to general officer. Stories like this are why Civil War history still hits hard. What’s another real military underdog story people should know? 🇺🇸

John Lincoln Clem — one of the youngest soldiers to ever serve in the U.S. Army. Born in Ohio in 1851. His mother was killed in a train accident in 1861. Two years later, at age 9, he tried to enlist in the Union Army and was turned away for being too small. He didn’t go home. He followed the 22nd Michigan anyway and became their unofficial drummer boy. The men took him in and paid him from their own pockets. Shiloh, 1862: artillery fire tore his drum apart. From then on, they called him “Johnny Shiloh.” He officially enlisted in 1863 as a musician. Chickamauga, age 12: during the Union retreat, a Confederate officer reportedly ordered him to surrender. Clem fired a sawed-off musket and made it back to Union lines through the chaos. Gen. George H. Thomas later promoted him to sergeant, making him one of the youngest non-commissioned officers in Army history. Newspapers dubbed him the “Drummer Boy of Chickamauga.” He was wounded, captured, exchanged, and mustered out at just 13. Most kids would be done. Clem wasn’t. Ulysses S. Grant later helped him secure a commission. Clem stayed in the Army for decades in quartermaster roles, rising steadily through the ranks. He retired in 1915 as a brigadier general. Congress advanced him to major general on the retired list the next year. He was buried with full honors at Arlington. From runaway kid to general officer. Stories like this are why Civil War history still hits hard. What’s another real military underdog story people should know? 🇺🇸

Jake

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🚨EXPOSÉD: Pastor Rob McCoy's DARK TIES to ELITE SPECIAL FORCES – Did He ORCHESTRATE the Charlie Kirk Hit? 😱 You won't believe this. Rob McCoy – the "pastor" who has been grifting off Charlie Kirk – brags in a video about hosting Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, the FOUNDER OF DELTA FORCE, at his church on a previous occasion. Motive? Check. Means? A guy who built the world's deadliest unit? DOUBLE CHECK. Boykin isn't just a war hero – he's neck-deep in McCoy's money-grubbing "ministry" schemes AND has DEEP ISRAELI connections. Coincidence? Or a black ops blueprint for the "accident" that nearly took Kirk out? Watch McCoy gloat: "That's a beautiful area. It's time for a walk. Oh, you know what? This Sunday we got Lieutenant General Jerry Boykin. He's coming to speak. The guy started Delta Force... that's just pretty remarkable. So you're gonna wanna come this Sunday." Any Google Trends spiking on Boykin yet? Follow the money, the military, and the Mossad whispers. Who's REALLY pulling strings in the "patriot" pulpit? Follow My Bro Travis Who pointed this out! RT if you're wide awake!

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Project Constitution

157,428 views • 8 months ago

Chuck P. Ritter is a Retired U.S. Army Special Forces Sergeant Major Green Beret. Having served multiple combat deployments - 17 in total - to areas including Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, & Syria, Chuck has an extensive military career spanning over 27 years in service, primarily with the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). He was blown up by an IED in 2008, shot three times by a PKM in 2013, and caught another bullet in his right hand in 2014, earning him the unofficial title of 'bullet magnet', and he has received numerous awards for his valor including the Silver Star, Bronze Star for Valor, and three Purple Heart Medals. Recently, Chuck completed his tenure as the Deputy Commandant for the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School’s (USAJFKSWCS) Non-Commissioned Officer Academy at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He founded Lycos Group LLC, a leadership consulting company and also co-hosted the podcast 'Pineland Underground' for the Special Warfare Center and School. Since then, he's co-founded Objective Arete, an organization focused on personal excellence and self-efficacy, where he also co-produces 'The Objective Arete Podcast.' Chuck Ritter | Mike Drop 243

Chuck P. Ritter is a Retired U.S. Army Special Forces Sergeant Major Green Beret. Having served multiple combat deployments - 17 in total - to areas including Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, & Syria, Chuck has an extensive military career spanning over 27 years in service, primarily with the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). He was blown up by an IED in 2008, shot three times by a PKM in 2013, and caught another bullet in his right hand in 2014, earning him the unofficial title of 'bullet magnet', and he has received numerous awards for his valor including the Silver Star, Bronze Star for Valor, and three Purple Heart Medals. Recently, Chuck completed his tenure as the Deputy Commandant for the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School’s (USAJFKSWCS) Non-Commissioned Officer Academy at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He founded Lycos Group LLC, a leadership consulting company and also co-hosted the podcast 'Pineland Underground' for the Special Warfare Center and School. Since then, he's co-founded Objective Arete, an organization focused on personal excellence and self-efficacy, where he also co-produces 'The Objective Arete Podcast.' Chuck Ritter | Mike Drop 243

Mike Ritland

33,485 views • 1 year ago

In 1942, Clark Gable's wife, Carole Lombard, passed away in an airplane crash. He was emotionally and physically devastated, and decided to join the Army Air Force. Although he was beyond the draft age at the time the U.S. entered World War II, he enlisted as a private in the Army Air Force on Aug. 12, 1942, at Los Angeles. He attended the Officers' Candidate School at Miami Beach, Florida, and graduated as a second lieutenant on Oct. 28. He then attended aerial gunnery school and in February 1943, on personal orders from Gen. Hap Arnold, went to England to make a motion picture about aerial gunners in action. He was assigned to the 351st Bomb Group at Polebrook, and although neither ordered nor expected to do so, flew operational missions over Europe in B-17s to obtain the combat film footage he believed was required for producing the movie, titled "Combat America." Gable returned to the U.S. in October 1943 and was relieved from active duty as a major on June 12, 1944, at his own request, since he was over-age for combat. Because his motion picture production schedule made it impossible for him to fulfill his AAF Reserve officer duties, he resigned his commission on Sept. 26, 1947. Two years after the death of his wife, Clark joined Irene Dunne to launch the USS Carole Lombard, in honor of Carole and her dedication to her country. After leaving the military, Gable jumped back into acting and retained his star status. #oldhollywood #clarkgable #carolelombard

In 1942, Clark Gable's wife, Carole Lombard, passed away in an airplane crash. He was emotionally and physically devastated, and decided to join the Army Air Force. Although he was beyond the draft age at the time the U.S. entered World War II, he enlisted as a private in the Army Air Force on Aug. 12, 1942, at Los Angeles. He attended the Officers' Candidate School at Miami Beach, Florida, and graduated as a second lieutenant on Oct. 28. He then attended aerial gunnery school and in February 1943, on personal orders from Gen. Hap Arnold, went to England to make a motion picture about aerial gunners in action. He was assigned to the 351st Bomb Group at Polebrook, and although neither ordered nor expected to do so, flew operational missions over Europe in B-17s to obtain the combat film footage he believed was required for producing the movie, titled "Combat America." Gable returned to the U.S. in October 1943 and was relieved from active duty as a major on June 12, 1944, at his own request, since he was over-age for combat. Because his motion picture production schedule made it impossible for him to fulfill his AAF Reserve officer duties, he resigned his commission on Sept. 26, 1947. Two years after the death of his wife, Clark joined Irene Dunne to launch the USS Carole Lombard, in honor of Carole and her dedication to her country. After leaving the military, Gable jumped back into acting and retained his star status. #oldhollywood #clarkgable #carolelombard

CineAura

501,564 views • 6 days ago

Some will ask “why is this guy wearing his medals like this?” Because he can! This is Vincent Speranza, the American paratrooper who became known as the soldier who doled out beer to his wounded comrades during the Battle of the Bulge, he passed away last yesterday at the age of 98. Unbeknownst to him,the private’s act of kindness on December 17, 1944, became the stuff of legend in the town of Bastogne. Brasserie Lamborelle, a brewery in Bastogne, even created Airborne Beer that was served in helmet-shaped ceramic bowls to commemorate the paratrooper’s beer-carrying mission. “After being a machine gunner at the Battle of the Bulge, earning a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star and spending two decades as a public school teacher, Airborne Beer is what I’m famous for,” Speranza told Stars and Stripes. In subsequent years, Speranza traveled across the U.S. and Europe, recounting his wartime stories to soldiers and veterans alike — even going viral in 2016 for his rendition of “Blood on the Risers” at the Frederick Army Air Field in Oklahoma. RIP Hero! March 23, 1925 – August 2, 2023

Some will ask “why is this guy wearing his medals like this?” Because he can! This is Vincent Speranza, the American paratrooper who became known as the soldier who doled out beer to his wounded comrades during the Battle of the Bulge, he passed away last yesterday at the age of 98. Unbeknownst to him,the private’s act of kindness on December 17, 1944, became the stuff of legend in the town of Bastogne. Brasserie Lamborelle, a brewery in Bastogne, even created Airborne Beer that was served in helmet-shaped ceramic bowls to commemorate the paratrooper’s beer-carrying mission. “After being a machine gunner at the Battle of the Bulge, earning a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star and spending two decades as a public school teacher, Airborne Beer is what I’m famous for,” Speranza told Stars and Stripes. In subsequent years, Speranza traveled across the U.S. and Europe, recounting his wartime stories to soldiers and veterans alike — even going viral in 2016 for his rendition of “Blood on the Risers” at the Frederick Army Air Field in Oklahoma. RIP Hero! March 23, 1925 – August 2, 2023

Stolen Valor

702,212 views • 2 years ago

Meet the expert team that responds when things go off track! Your 2026 AMR Safety Team is ready at any point throughout the race weekend to provide care at a moment’s notice! Introducing: Mark D. IMSA Track Services Team Member since 2021! "I am a Firefighter/Critical Care Flight Paramedic. I served 31 years in the US Army where I started as a Combat Medic and ended my career as Critical Care Flight Paramedic. Combat Tours include Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq), Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). Total Combat Time: 60 Months. I Retired as a Sergeant First Class Started in 2016 at Watkins Glenn as a Jump Medic. I have always been a fan of motorsports and jumped on the opportunity to get involved. I Worked NASCAR, IMSA, SRO, and numerous other racing events. I am a member of the local fire department. I volunteer as a firefighter/paramedic. I am also a purchasing/warehouse manager for a Commercial Electrical Company." #IMSA #JoinAMR | American Medical Response

Meet the expert team that responds when things go off track! Your 2026 AMR Safety Team is ready at any point throughout the race weekend to provide care at a moment’s notice! Introducing: Mark D. IMSA Track Services Team Member since 2021! "I am a Firefighter/Critical Care Flight Paramedic. I served 31 years in the US Army where I started as a Combat Medic and ended my career as Critical Care Flight Paramedic. Combat Tours include Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq), Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). Total Combat Time: 60 Months. I Retired as a Sergeant First Class Started in 2016 at Watkins Glenn as a Jump Medic. I have always been a fan of motorsports and jumped on the opportunity to get involved. I Worked NASCAR, IMSA, SRO, and numerous other racing events. I am a member of the local fire department. I volunteer as a firefighter/paramedic. I am also a purchasing/warehouse manager for a Commercial Electrical Company." #IMSA #JoinAMR | American Medical Response

IMSA

15,593 views • 1 month ago

In 2007, a Spanish comedian named Juan Joya Borja sat down for a television interview in Seville, Spain and tried to tell a story about the time he worked as a kitchen porter at a beach restaurant. He could barely get through it. The story was simple. One night he tied twenty large cooking pans to sticks in the sand by the shore and left them in the shallow water overnight to soak and clean. When he came back the next morning, the tide had taken nineteen of them out to sea. Only one was left. His wages were docked to pay for the replacements. The story is not especially funny written down. But the way he told it, interrupting himself every few seconds with a high-pitched wheezing laugh he could not control, toothless and bent double in his chair, was something else entirely. His nickname was El Risitas. It means Giggles. The clip sat quietly on YouTube for eight years. Then in 2015 someone added fake subtitles making it look like he was a designer mocking the new MacBook. Five million views in a month. The format spread everywhere. Politicians, tech companies, sports scandals. His face became one of the most used meme templates on the internet. His laughing close-up became a Twitch emote called KEKW used over 400 million times. When he became seriously ill in 2020 and needed his leg amputated, fans who had never met him raised over fourteen thousand euros for his medical care and a wheelchair. He sent a video thanking them. He passed away on April 28, 2021. He was 65.

In 2007, a Spanish comedian named Juan Joya Borja sat down for a television interview in Seville, Spain and tried to tell a story about the time he worked as a kitchen porter at a beach restaurant. He could barely get through it. The story was simple. One night he tied twenty large cooking pans to sticks in the sand by the shore and left them in the shallow water overnight to soak and clean. When he came back the next morning, the tide had taken nineteen of them out to sea. Only one was left. His wages were docked to pay for the replacements. The story is not especially funny written down. But the way he told it, interrupting himself every few seconds with a high-pitched wheezing laugh he could not control, toothless and bent double in his chair, was something else entirely. His nickname was El Risitas. It means Giggles. The clip sat quietly on YouTube for eight years. Then in 2015 someone added fake subtitles making it look like he was a designer mocking the new MacBook. Five million views in a month. The format spread everywhere. Politicians, tech companies, sports scandals. His face became one of the most used meme templates on the internet. His laughing close-up became a Twitch emote called KEKW used over 400 million times. When he became seriously ill in 2020 and needed his leg amputated, fans who had never met him raised over fourteen thousand euros for his medical care and a wheelchair. He sent a video thanking them. He passed away on April 28, 2021. He was 65.

Lemma the Optimist

1,170,372 views • 4 months ago

🇬🇧 Most British schoolchildren are taught about Magna Carta. They are taught it was sealed in twelve fifteen at Runnymede. They are taught it is the foundation of English liberty. They are taught it is one of the most important documents in human history. They are not taught what came next. They are not taught about the eighty years between twelve fifteen and twelve ninety-five when ordinary Englishmen forced three successive kings to write down, for the first time in any kingdom in medieval Europe, what English law was, what English liberty was, and how an English king must govern. They are not taught about the Charter of the Forest, which restored the right to graze, gather firewood, and live on common land, and which remained in force for seven hundred and fifty-four years. They are not taught about the Provisions of Oxford in twelve fifty-eight, often called England's first written constitution, which placed the king under a council of fifteen and required Parliament to meet three times a year. They are not taught about the Provisions of Westminster in twelve fifty-nine, which subjected the barons themselves to the same law they had forced upon the king. They are not taught about Simon de Montfort, an earl born in France who died for England, who summoned the first Parliament in English history to include ordinary commoners alongside the great lords. They are not taught about the Statute of Marlborough in twelve sixty-seven, which is the oldest piece of statute law in the United Kingdom still in force today. ⚖️ Seven hundred and fifty-nine years old. If you've ever taken a debt to court in England, you've used it. 🏠 If you've ever rented a home, you've been protected by it. 👑 If a creditor can't lawfully drag your possessions into the street to settle what you owe, that's because of a law signed seven hundred and fifty-nine years ago. They are not taught about the Model Parliament of twelve ninety-five, summoned by Edward the First, which became the shape of every English Parliament since. Eighty years. Three successive kings. The first written constitution in any kingdom in medieval Europe. It was not given to them. It was not handed down from God or king or Pope. ✍️ It was written. By Englishmen. For England. 🇬🇧 The British write their own history. They always have. This one needed more than a thread. The full story is in our video, watch it below 👇 Help us remember who we are. Help us remember every British achievement. 👇🙏 👉 👈 Be part of us. ☝️🇬🇧 Be Proud Of Us. 🙏🇬🇧

🇬🇧 Most British schoolchildren are taught about Magna Carta. They are taught it was sealed in twelve fifteen at Runnymede. They are taught it is the foundation of English liberty. They are taught it is one of the most important documents in human history. They are not taught what came next. They are not taught about the eighty years between twelve fifteen and twelve ninety-five when ordinary Englishmen forced three successive kings to write down, for the first time in any kingdom in medieval Europe, what English law was, what English liberty was, and how an English king must govern. They are not taught about the Charter of the Forest, which restored the right to graze, gather firewood, and live on common land, and which remained in force for seven hundred and fifty-four years. They are not taught about the Provisions of Oxford in twelve fifty-eight, often called England's first written constitution, which placed the king under a council of fifteen and required Parliament to meet three times a year. They are not taught about the Provisions of Westminster in twelve fifty-nine, which subjected the barons themselves to the same law they had forced upon the king. They are not taught about Simon de Montfort, an earl born in France who died for England, who summoned the first Parliament in English history to include ordinary commoners alongside the great lords. They are not taught about the Statute of Marlborough in twelve sixty-seven, which is the oldest piece of statute law in the United Kingdom still in force today. ⚖️ Seven hundred and fifty-nine years old. If you've ever taken a debt to court in England, you've used it. 🏠 If you've ever rented a home, you've been protected by it. 👑 If a creditor can't lawfully drag your possessions into the street to settle what you owe, that's because of a law signed seven hundred and fifty-nine years ago. They are not taught about the Model Parliament of twelve ninety-five, summoned by Edward the First, which became the shape of every English Parliament since. Eighty years. Three successive kings. The first written constitution in any kingdom in medieval Europe. It was not given to them. It was not handed down from God or king or Pope. ✍️ It was written. By Englishmen. For England. 🇬🇧 The British write their own history. They always have. This one needed more than a thread. The full story is in our video, watch it below 👇 Help us remember who we are. Help us remember every British achievement. 👇🙏 👉 👈 Be part of us. ☝️🇬🇧 Be Proud Of Us. 🙏🇬🇧

Proudofus.uk

358,753 views • 2 months ago

Try to name one leader alive today who would do this. In 325 BC, in the middle of a desert that was killing his army, Alexander the Great was handed the only water his men had found for miles. He had brought them there himself. Coming home from India there were safer roads, but he chose the Gedrosian Desert, in what is now southern Iran and Pakistan. The Greek historian Arrian is clear that he knew what he was doing. He went that way because almost nobody had ever brought an army through it alive: legend said the queen Semiramis came out the other side with twenty men, and Cyrus the Great with seven. Alexander wanted to beat them both. The crossing took sixty days. Arrian writes that the suffering on that march was out of all proportion to anything his troops had endured in Asia. They moved at night, and men fell asleep where they collapsed. The sick were left at the roadside, because there was nobody to carry them and no time to stop. Somewhere in the middle of it, a few soldiers went looking for water and found a tiny trickle in a gully. They scraped up what they could, tipped it into a helmet, and carried it back to their king... Every man watching him was dying of thirst. So was he. "Alexander, with a word of thanks for the gift, took the helmet and, in full view of his troops, poured the water on the ground." There was not enough for all of them, so he would not take what he could not give. And Arrian records what that did to an army of men who could barely stand: "So extraordinary was the effect of this action that the water wasted by Alexander was as good as a drink for every man in the army." They got up, and they marched. We now live in an age of leaders who start wars their sons will never fight, who ask for sacrifices they would never dream of making themselves, who are always the first to be spared and the last to pay the price. Alexander was often ruthless and deeply flawed, yes, but he was a true leader and he knew that real power has never come from standing above your people, but from going thirsty beside them…

Try to name one leader alive today who would do this. In 325 BC, in the middle of a desert that was killing his army, Alexander the Great was handed the only water his men had found for miles. He had brought them there himself. Coming home from India there were safer roads, but he chose the Gedrosian Desert, in what is now southern Iran and Pakistan. The Greek historian Arrian is clear that he knew what he was doing. He went that way because almost nobody had ever brought an army through it alive: legend said the queen Semiramis came out the other side with twenty men, and Cyrus the Great with seven. Alexander wanted to beat them both. The crossing took sixty days. Arrian writes that the suffering on that march was out of all proportion to anything his troops had endured in Asia. They moved at night, and men fell asleep where they collapsed. The sick were left at the roadside, because there was nobody to carry them and no time to stop. Somewhere in the middle of it, a few soldiers went looking for water and found a tiny trickle in a gully. They scraped up what they could, tipped it into a helmet, and carried it back to their king... Every man watching him was dying of thirst. So was he. "Alexander, with a word of thanks for the gift, took the helmet and, in full view of his troops, poured the water on the ground." There was not enough for all of them, so he would not take what he could not give. And Arrian records what that did to an army of men who could barely stand: "So extraordinary was the effect of this action that the water wasted by Alexander was as good as a drink for every man in the army." They got up, and they marched. We now live in an age of leaders who start wars their sons will never fight, who ask for sacrifices they would never dream of making themselves, who are always the first to be spared and the last to pay the price. Alexander was often ruthless and deeply flawed, yes, but he was a true leader and he knew that real power has never come from standing above your people, but from going thirsty beside them…

James Lucas

72,227 views • 1 day ago

Restaurateur Jeff Zalaznick says the "most iconic sign in fine dining" only exists because an angry former tenant shattered the original out of spite: “The sign is a crazy story.” “We'd been looking for a space for Carbone for over a year.” “One day a guy came up to me and said, ‘I think I have a space you might be interested in.’” “As we're walking up the block, I look at him and say, ‘We'll take it.’ Just from seeing the sign.” “The place is a mess. It hasn't been maintained in years. There's some old Italian guy in the corner smoking cigarettes that's been there not paying rent for six months.” “We put in the lease that we needed the sign. The sign had to stay. It didn't seem like a big ask.” “It's this old sign that says ‘Rocco Wines & Liquor.’” “Right before we were going to execute it, I get a phone call that the owner wants $10,000 for the sign to keep it there.” “Even though we gave him the money, in classic New York fashion, he was so angry that he was being removed, even though he hadn't paid rent in close to a year.” “When I show up on January 1st, there's shattered glass. All the neon had been shattered by him as like a ‘fuck you’ on the way out.” “After a few minutes, I'm like, I think this guy gave me the biggest gift he could have given me.” “We're going to keep this sign and instead we're going to put ‘Carbone’ in neon on top of the Rocco sign and put back the Wines and Liquor.” “And that became what is probably the most iconic sign in fine dining restaurants in the world.” “Only because he broke all those lights did it become the quintessential Carbone sign that it is.”

Restaurateur Jeff Zalaznick says the "most iconic sign in fine dining" only exists because an angry former tenant shattered the original out of spite: “The sign is a crazy story.” “We'd been looking for a space for Carbone for over a year.” “One day a guy came up to me and said, ‘I think I have a space you might be interested in.’” “As we're walking up the block, I look at him and say, ‘We'll take it.’ Just from seeing the sign.” “The place is a mess. It hasn't been maintained in years. There's some old Italian guy in the corner smoking cigarettes that's been there not paying rent for six months.” “We put in the lease that we needed the sign. The sign had to stay. It didn't seem like a big ask.” “It's this old sign that says ‘Rocco Wines & Liquor.’” “Right before we were going to execute it, I get a phone call that the owner wants $10,000 for the sign to keep it there.” “Even though we gave him the money, in classic New York fashion, he was so angry that he was being removed, even though he hadn't paid rent in close to a year.” “When I show up on January 1st, there's shattered glass. All the neon had been shattered by him as like a ‘fuck you’ on the way out.” “After a few minutes, I'm like, I think this guy gave me the biggest gift he could have given me.” “We're going to keep this sign and instead we're going to put ‘Carbone’ in neon on top of the Rocco sign and put back the Wines and Liquor.” “And that became what is probably the most iconic sign in fine dining restaurants in the world.” “Only because he broke all those lights did it become the quintessential Carbone sign that it is.”

David Senra

219,956 views • 5 days ago

🚨 VETERAN’S WARNING TO TEXAS LEADERS: “ACT FIRST - DON’T WAIT.” When retired Army officer Mike Madden took the microphone at the Josephine City Council, no one expected the quiet, commanding message that followed. He wasn’t there for politics - he was there because, like many Texans, he’s alarmed by the massive EPIC City development, now deceptively renamed “The Meadows.” “My name is Mike Madden. I’m a retired Army officer and a resident of Collin County,” he said. “One of the things that was beat into me as an Army officer was this: you act first. You don’t wait for the other guy to act. You get ahead of what they call the decision cycle.” With a soldier’s urgency, Madden urged officials to stop waiting and start defending their community: “Act now. Go to the county commissioner. See if you can get a one-year moratorium put on this thing. I believe it is about Sharia law - it’s not a religion. And I’ll be there at the county commission of court in support of you.” 🔥 The audience erupted in applause as the veteran finished his warning. 🇺🇸 Our veterans never stop fighting for us - even when our leaders won’t. It’s time for every Texan - especially the next generation - to learn from heroes like this and take up the local fight to save America. God Bless You Mike - Happy Veteran's Day sir!

🚨 VETERAN’S WARNING TO TEXAS LEADERS: “ACT FIRST - DON’T WAIT.” When retired Army officer Mike Madden took the microphone at the Josephine City Council, no one expected the quiet, commanding message that followed. He wasn’t there for politics - he was there because, like many Texans, he’s alarmed by the massive EPIC City development, now deceptively renamed “The Meadows.” “My name is Mike Madden. I’m a retired Army officer and a resident of Collin County,” he said. “One of the things that was beat into me as an Army officer was this: you act first. You don’t wait for the other guy to act. You get ahead of what they call the decision cycle.” With a soldier’s urgency, Madden urged officials to stop waiting and start defending their community: “Act now. Go to the county commissioner. See if you can get a one-year moratorium put on this thing. I believe it is about Sharia law - it’s not a religion. And I’ll be there at the county commission of court in support of you.” 🔥 The audience erupted in applause as the veteran finished his warning. 🇺🇸 Our veterans never stop fighting for us - even when our leaders won’t. It’s time for every Texan - especially the next generation - to learn from heroes like this and take up the local fight to save America. God Bless You Mike - Happy Veteran's Day sir!

Amy Mek

60,713 views • 8 months ago

Powerful testimony by dr. Jessica Rose... "Thanks. I'd like to thank senator Johnson for this incredible opportunity to speak today. It is in fact the third invitation extended to me, but only the first that I could attend due to draconian impositions on freedom of movement that we've all been subjected to over the past four years." "Thank you all for attending and caring, so much about each other and the injured. Today, I speak for the people injured by the COVID-19 injectable products through VAERS data." "Analysis of the VAERS pharmacovigilance database in the context of the COVID nineteen injectable products has revealed strong emergent safety signals from myocarditis to death that are not being acknowledged by the owners of the data." "This goes against standard operating procedures and begs the question, why are the injured being hidden? Fact. The Bradford Hill criteria are used to assess causality in epidemiological data such as the VAERS pharmacovigilance system." "Fact. The proportional reporting ratio is used to assess whether or not a particular adverse event is more commonly reported in the context of a particular drug. If the PRR is greater than one, a causal effect is indicated. Fact. The PRR calculation for death from VAERS in the context of the COVID nineteen shots using current VAERS data is 3.6." "Fact. The underreported number of deaths successfully filed to VAERS by 01/20/2021 was six hundred and thirty four. Based on historical guidelines, this was a sufficient this was sufficient as a signal not only to prompt an investigation but to shut down the rollout of the COVID nineteen shots." "Fact, in 1999, a rotavirus vaccine designed to prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis was pulled from the market due to an intussusception signal emanating from VAERS, which comprised 584 cases. Question, if five hundred and eighty four cases of intussusception were enough to prompt product removal, then why weren't six hundred and thirty four cases of death not enough to prompt COVID nineteen product removal?" "Fact. The early death count was hidden. Fact. Currently, 1,615,998 reports of adverse events have been successfully filed to VAERS in the context of the COVID nineteen injectable products with a staggering one million thirteen thousand four hundred and forty two reports filed in 2021 alone when considering both the foreign and domestic datasets." "The number of adverse events reported to the domestic VAERS data set for all vaccines combined has been on average thirty nine thousand in total per year and has been very slowly and steadily increasing in direct proportion to the increasing number of vaccine products on the market. See slide one." "In 2021, however, a fourteen hundred and seventeen percent increase in reporting occurred whereby ninety three percent of these reports were in the context of the COVID-19 products." "Fact. Age is not deterministic for adverse event reporting. Since administration of the COVID nineteen products to the zero to four age group commenced, the rate of adverse event reporting has been increasing faster than for any other age group." "Fact. The argument that this spike protein the spike in reporting spike protein this spike in reporting is due to increased shot administration is false. Slide two shows the comparison of the number of adverse events per million doses in the context of influenza vaccines and the COVID-19 injectable products in 2019 and 2021 respectively." "On the left are the total adverse events, on the right are the deaths. The COVID nineteen injectable products are associated with a twenty six and a 100 fold increase in total adverse events and deaths respectively when compared per million doses with influenza vaccines in the same time frame." "Fact. The Bradford Hill criterion reversibility is satisfied. When a drug is withdrawn, the side effects disappear. A strong correlation of r equals point eight and a high covariance exist between shot rollout data and myocarditis reports filed according to our world and data, new vaccination data, and various data respectively. As shot demand wanes, so do the myocarditis reports. See slide three a." "Fact, the Bradford Hill criterion specificity is satisfied. A very specific population at a specific site and disease is reported with no other likely explanation. Dose two is associated with a fourfold increase in reporting of myocarditis in 15 year old boys. This indicates specificity with regard to age and gender. See slide three b." "Fact. The Bradford Hill criterion dose response is satisfied. Greater exposure leads to greater incidence of the effect. Following dose two, an increase in signal occurs. See slide three b." "Fact, myocarditis is not transient or mild. A new paper published by Rose et al in the journal Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety shows that myocarditis is associated with hospitalization in seventy six percent of reports. There are seven more Bradford Hill criterion criteria that are satisfiable. That's a 10 out of 10. Bingo." "Conclusion. Standard operating procedures for analysis of safety signals emergent from VAERS when utilized reveal causal links between the COVID nineteen injectable products and the adverse events investigated." "Standard operating procedures are not being followed by the owners of the data, namely CDC, HHS, and FDA, and this equates to hiding the millions of people reporting not only adverse events but injuries in the context of the COVID nineteen injectable products."

Powerful testimony by dr. Jessica Rose... "Thanks. I'd like to thank senator Johnson for this incredible opportunity to speak today. It is in fact the third invitation extended to me, but only the first that I could attend due to draconian impositions on freedom of movement that we've all been subjected to over the past four years." "Thank you all for attending and caring, so much about each other and the injured. Today, I speak for the people injured by the COVID-19 injectable products through VAERS data." "Analysis of the VAERS pharmacovigilance database in the context of the COVID nineteen injectable products has revealed strong emergent safety signals from myocarditis to death that are not being acknowledged by the owners of the data." "This goes against standard operating procedures and begs the question, why are the injured being hidden? Fact. The Bradford Hill criteria are used to assess causality in epidemiological data such as the VAERS pharmacovigilance system." "Fact. The proportional reporting ratio is used to assess whether or not a particular adverse event is more commonly reported in the context of a particular drug. If the PRR is greater than one, a causal effect is indicated. Fact. The PRR calculation for death from VAERS in the context of the COVID nineteen shots using current VAERS data is 3.6." "Fact. The underreported number of deaths successfully filed to VAERS by 01/20/2021 was six hundred and thirty four. Based on historical guidelines, this was a sufficient this was sufficient as a signal not only to prompt an investigation but to shut down the rollout of the COVID nineteen shots." "Fact, in 1999, a rotavirus vaccine designed to prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis was pulled from the market due to an intussusception signal emanating from VAERS, which comprised 584 cases. Question, if five hundred and eighty four cases of intussusception were enough to prompt product removal, then why weren't six hundred and thirty four cases of death not enough to prompt COVID nineteen product removal?" "Fact. The early death count was hidden. Fact. Currently, 1,615,998 reports of adverse events have been successfully filed to VAERS in the context of the COVID nineteen injectable products with a staggering one million thirteen thousand four hundred and forty two reports filed in 2021 alone when considering both the foreign and domestic datasets." "The number of adverse events reported to the domestic VAERS data set for all vaccines combined has been on average thirty nine thousand in total per year and has been very slowly and steadily increasing in direct proportion to the increasing number of vaccine products on the market. See slide one." "In 2021, however, a fourteen hundred and seventeen percent increase in reporting occurred whereby ninety three percent of these reports were in the context of the COVID-19 products." "Fact. Age is not deterministic for adverse event reporting. Since administration of the COVID nineteen products to the zero to four age group commenced, the rate of adverse event reporting has been increasing faster than for any other age group." "Fact. The argument that this spike protein the spike in reporting spike protein this spike in reporting is due to increased shot administration is false. Slide two shows the comparison of the number of adverse events per million doses in the context of influenza vaccines and the COVID-19 injectable products in 2019 and 2021 respectively." "On the left are the total adverse events, on the right are the deaths. The COVID nineteen injectable products are associated with a twenty six and a 100 fold increase in total adverse events and deaths respectively when compared per million doses with influenza vaccines in the same time frame." "Fact. The Bradford Hill criterion reversibility is satisfied. When a drug is withdrawn, the side effects disappear. A strong correlation of r equals point eight and a high covariance exist between shot rollout data and myocarditis reports filed according to our world and data, new vaccination data, and various data respectively. As shot demand wanes, so do the myocarditis reports. See slide three a." "Fact, the Bradford Hill criterion specificity is satisfied. A very specific population at a specific site and disease is reported with no other likely explanation. Dose two is associated with a fourfold increase in reporting of myocarditis in 15 year old boys. This indicates specificity with regard to age and gender. See slide three b." "Fact. The Bradford Hill criterion dose response is satisfied. Greater exposure leads to greater incidence of the effect. Following dose two, an increase in signal occurs. See slide three b." "Fact, myocarditis is not transient or mild. A new paper published by Rose et al in the journal Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety shows that myocarditis is associated with hospitalization in seventy six percent of reports. There are seven more Bradford Hill criterion criteria that are satisfiable. That's a 10 out of 10. Bingo." "Conclusion. Standard operating procedures for analysis of safety signals emergent from VAERS when utilized reveal causal links between the COVID nineteen injectable products and the adverse events investigated." "Standard operating procedures are not being followed by the owners of the data, namely CDC, HHS, and FDA, and this equates to hiding the millions of people reporting not only adverse events but injuries in the context of the COVID nineteen injectable products."

Camus

51,299 views • 1 year ago

John Carpenter on how Howard Hawks's "Rio Bravo" (1959) inspired him to become a filmmaker: "As I got older I began to see that certain directors did certain things. One of the earliest examples of this was Roger Corman. I started going to see these exciting, fast, kind of cheesy but really fun monster movies, and there was one name that kept coming up on the screen: Roger Corman. 'It Conquered the World' (1956), 'Not of This Earth' (1957), 'Attack of the Crab Monsters' (1957), 'The Undead' (1957)... But | really understood for the first time what a director did when I saw 'Rio Bravo' in 1959. There was something about that movie that was like home and I can't really explain it. It was held over in Bowling Green for three or four weeks in a row because people kept coming to see it. I abandoned to see what was new in the other movie house in town to see this movie every weekend again and again because there was something in it that was different from the other westerns I had seen. I had certainly seen John Wayne before. He had become a part of my growing-up experience. He was the action guy, the cowboy. He was the guy in 'Flying Tigers' (1942) who was flying the airplanes. So what was so different about that movie? Then I became aware of this credit: “Howard Hawks’ Rio Bravo.” I looked at the poster and I said to myself, “Who is this guy? He didn't write the movie and he wasn't starring in it so why is his name up here? And why is he last in the credits?” All these things started to occur to me, but it was the emotional impact of the film that got me to start using my brain. Some way I figure out that this director made that movie." ("The Prince of Darkness: The Prince of Darkness", Gilles Boulenger, 2001) P.S: Remembering the great American filmmaker Howard Hawks on his 130th birthday.

John Carpenter on how Howard Hawks's "Rio Bravo" (1959) inspired him to become a filmmaker: "As I got older I began to see that certain directors did certain things. One of the earliest examples of this was Roger Corman. I started going to see these exciting, fast, kind of cheesy but really fun monster movies, and there was one name that kept coming up on the screen: Roger Corman. 'It Conquered the World' (1956), 'Not of This Earth' (1957), 'Attack of the Crab Monsters' (1957), 'The Undead' (1957)... But | really understood for the first time what a director did when I saw 'Rio Bravo' in 1959. There was something about that movie that was like home and I can't really explain it. It was held over in Bowling Green for three or four weeks in a row because people kept coming to see it. I abandoned to see what was new in the other movie house in town to see this movie every weekend again and again because there was something in it that was different from the other westerns I had seen. I had certainly seen John Wayne before. He had become a part of my growing-up experience. He was the action guy, the cowboy. He was the guy in 'Flying Tigers' (1942) who was flying the airplanes. So what was so different about that movie? Then I became aware of this credit: “Howard Hawks’ Rio Bravo.” I looked at the poster and I said to myself, “Who is this guy? He didn't write the movie and he wasn't starring in it so why is his name up here? And why is he last in the credits?” All these things started to occur to me, but it was the emotional impact of the film that got me to start using my brain. Some way I figure out that this director made that movie." ("The Prince of Darkness: The Prince of Darkness", Gilles Boulenger, 2001) P.S: Remembering the great American filmmaker Howard Hawks on his 130th birthday.

DepressedBergman

55,467 views • 1 month ago

Please spare a thought for Michael Ward, who was born on this day (yesterday, sorry Michael!) in Carnmenellis, Cornwall in 1909. Michael was the very first actor I plucked up the courage to contact for an interview, way back in April 1989. He’d recently celebrated his 80’s birthday yet was wheelchair bound, had no family and had basically been forgotten about by the industry. As well as getting my interview we became firm friends and I kind of looked after him for the last eight years of his life. Every Sunday I’d arrive at his flat in Maida Vale and take him to my mum’s place where we’d have lunch and watch videos of some of the films he was in. Apart from the odd television repeat I don’t think he’d really seen himself on TV much and as the memories came flooding back he’d reel off story after story. One of my last memories of Michael happened shortly before he died in 1997. He’d decided to grow a beard and when I saw him I said something along the lines of, ‘My word, you look very distinguished’. ‘Surely you mean extinguished,’ he replied.

Please spare a thought for Michael Ward, who was born on this day (yesterday, sorry Michael!) in Carnmenellis, Cornwall in 1909. Michael was the very first actor I plucked up the courage to contact for an interview, way back in April 1989. He’d recently celebrated his 80’s birthday yet was wheelchair bound, had no family and had basically been forgotten about by the industry. As well as getting my interview we became firm friends and I kind of looked after him for the last eight years of his life. Every Sunday I’d arrive at his flat in Maida Vale and take him to my mum’s place where we’d have lunch and watch videos of some of the films he was in. Apart from the odd television repeat I don’t think he’d really seen himself on TV much and as the memories came flooding back he’d reel off story after story. One of my last memories of Michael happened shortly before he died in 1997. He’d decided to grow a beard and when I saw him I said something along the lines of, ‘My word, you look very distinguished’. ‘Surely you mean extinguished,’ he replied.

James Hogg

24,900 views • 3 months ago

Joel Schumacher on the surprising & frightening opening of the "Politically incorrect" 'Falling Down' (1993) & how it impacted American culture: "When we first showed it to an audience, the marketing people at Warner Bros, predicted we’d get sixty to a hundred walkouts because people would not tolerate that kind of politically incorrect tone in a him. No one left. They cheered. That was one of the most surprising, most frightening things for me. When Michael Douglas walked into that Korean grocery store and started beating this guy the audience cheered. When he took a baseball bat to the street gang they cheered. When he took out the gun in the Wham Burger, which is my favorite scene in the movie, there was pandemonium to create that kind of response. At the same time, that wasn’t the point of the movie. 'Falling Down' became a news story in itself. It was on the cover of Newsweek. Ebbe’s script had touched a nerve in the culture. There was a lot of ink in those days about the fading white middle-class American male, which is what the Newsweek cover story was about. They used Michael’s character in the film as an example of that. That’s some of what the movie was about also. There was endless debate, some of it pro and some of it con, about whether Michael Douglas’s character was the good guy or the bad guy. Not for one minute did Michael or I ever think he was the good guy. We always knew he was the bad guy. He’s a man who winds up on the end of a pier waving a loaded gun at his ex-wife and child." ("The Directors: Take Two", Robert J. Emery, 2002) P.S: On this day, 33 years ago, Joel Schumacher's "Falling Down" (1993) starring Michael Douglas & Robert Duvall was released in the USA.

Joel Schumacher on the surprising & frightening opening of the "Politically incorrect" 'Falling Down' (1993) & how it impacted American culture: "When we first showed it to an audience, the marketing people at Warner Bros, predicted we’d get sixty to a hundred walkouts because people would not tolerate that kind of politically incorrect tone in a him. No one left. They cheered. That was one of the most surprising, most frightening things for me. When Michael Douglas walked into that Korean grocery store and started beating this guy the audience cheered. When he took a baseball bat to the street gang they cheered. When he took out the gun in the Wham Burger, which is my favorite scene in the movie, there was pandemonium to create that kind of response. At the same time, that wasn’t the point of the movie. 'Falling Down' became a news story in itself. It was on the cover of Newsweek. Ebbe’s script had touched a nerve in the culture. There was a lot of ink in those days about the fading white middle-class American male, which is what the Newsweek cover story was about. They used Michael’s character in the film as an example of that. That’s some of what the movie was about also. There was endless debate, some of it pro and some of it con, about whether Michael Douglas’s character was the good guy or the bad guy. Not for one minute did Michael or I ever think he was the good guy. We always knew he was the bad guy. He’s a man who winds up on the end of a pier waving a loaded gun at his ex-wife and child." ("The Directors: Take Two", Robert J. Emery, 2002) P.S: On this day, 33 years ago, Joel Schumacher's "Falling Down" (1993) starring Michael Douglas & Robert Duvall was released in the USA.

DepressedBergman

294,740 views • 4 months ago

Danny Trejo recalls meeting Charles Manson in jail years before Manson became one of America's most infamous criminals. Chris: You met Charles Manson in prison. What was he like? Danny Trejo: Charlie wasn't the guy you saw on TV later. "He was about 5'4", skinny, broke... he used a piece of string as a belt because he couldn't afford one." "Some of the inmates wanted to take advantage of him because he was so small." "Then we found out he could hypnotize people... so we let him sleep outside our cell to make sure nobody messed with him." "He hypnotized us into feeling like we'd smoked weed. Then I told him, 'Get us loaded on heroin.'" "Me and another guy started throwing up like we'd actually taken heroin... even though there wasn't any in the room." Chris: So there wasn't any weed or heroin... he was doing all of this through hypnosis? Danny Trejo: Exactly. I was actually sorry when they transferred Charlie out. "Back then he was just a petty thief." "The girls who followed him later... they were broken. He showed up and basically said, 'Let me lead you.' They looked at him like he was the Messiah."

Danny Trejo recalls meeting Charles Manson in jail years before Manson became one of America's most infamous criminals. Chris: You met Charles Manson in prison. What was he like? Danny Trejo: Charlie wasn't the guy you saw on TV later. "He was about 5'4", skinny, broke... he used a piece of string as a belt because he couldn't afford one." "Some of the inmates wanted to take advantage of him because he was so small." "Then we found out he could hypnotize people... so we let him sleep outside our cell to make sure nobody messed with him." "He hypnotized us into feeling like we'd smoked weed. Then I told him, 'Get us loaded on heroin.'" "Me and another guy started throwing up like we'd actually taken heroin... even though there wasn't any in the room." Chris: So there wasn't any weed or heroin... he was doing all of this through hypnosis? Danny Trejo: Exactly. I was actually sorry when they transferred Charlie out. "Back then he was just a petty thief." "The girls who followed him later... they were broken. He showed up and basically said, 'Let me lead you.' They looked at him like he was the Messiah."

Voss ×͜×

237,369 views • 18 days ago

Hey folks, I want you to meet someone special— my friend Kurt Muse. Back in the day when I was in Delta Force, we rescued him from Cárcel Modelo Prison in Panama on the eve of his execution during a secret op code-named Acid Gambit. This man's unbreakable grit carried him through nine months in solitary confinement for standing up against the dictator Noriega. Knew him then, know him now—he's the real deal, a true American patriot through and through. Lately, Kurt and his wife Anne have poured their hearts into the Muse Foundation, providing merit-based scholarships to the families of our U.S. Army Special Operations soldiers—the quiet professionals who put it all on the line to rescue Kurt. Swing by check it out, and if you can, pitch in what you're able. Help the Muses honor our heroes by forging the next generation of American leaders. Let’s jumpstart 2026 with gratitude, generosity, and that unbreakable American spirit. God bless Kurt and Anne, our troops, and our Country.

Hey folks, I want you to meet someone special— my friend Kurt Muse. Back in the day when I was in Delta Force, we rescued him from Cárcel Modelo Prison in Panama on the eve of his execution during a secret op code-named Acid Gambit. This man's unbreakable grit carried him through nine months in solitary confinement for standing up against the dictator Noriega. Knew him then, know him now—he's the real deal, a true American patriot through and through. Lately, Kurt and his wife Anne have poured their hearts into the Muse Foundation, providing merit-based scholarships to the families of our U.S. Army Special Operations soldiers—the quiet professionals who put it all on the line to rescue Kurt. Swing by check it out, and if you can, pitch in what you're able. Help the Muses honor our heroes by forging the next generation of American leaders. Let’s jumpstart 2026 with gratitude, generosity, and that unbreakable American spirit. God bless Kurt and Anne, our troops, and our Country.

Larry Vickers

73,664 views • 6 months ago