Tony Hawkins

@bennyjohnson Very difficult to watch, but I did because Jesus really suffered for us. People need to understand what He went through. Dying was the easiest part....

Miracles Witnessed While Filming of The Passion of the Christ: ✝️ No Hollywood studio would agree to make The Passion of the Christ, so Mel Gibson decided to create his own production company and fund the entire film himself. While casting the role of Jesus, Mel Gibson warned Jim Caviezel: "Playing Christ will be incredibly difficult. If you do this, you'll likely be rejected by Hollywood." Jim took a day to pray. Then he told Mel: "We have to make it, even if it is difficult. My initials are J.C., and I am 33 years old. The same age as Christ. I didn't realize that until now." Mel paused: "You're really scaring me, you know." And hung up the phone. What followed was the most brutal movie role in Hollywood history. – Caviezel lost 45 pounds – Was struck by lightning twice – Whipped accidentally, leaving a 14-inch scar – Dislocated his shoulder – Suffered pneumonia & hypothermia after hanging the cross for hours in only a loincloth – Filming the crucifixion took 5 weeks – Later required TWO open-heart surgeries due to stress from the role And still, his purpose was clear: "I didn’t want people to see me. I just want them to see Jesus. Conversions will happen through that.” And they did: - Pedro Sarubbi, the actor who played Barabbas, said of Cavezel: “His eyes had no hatred... only mercy and love.” He later converted to Christianity. - Luca Lionello (Judas): Former atheist, converted to Christianity after the film & baptized his children - A Muslim technician on the movie converted to Christianity after the film. Countless millions around the world were converted to Christianity through the film. It grossed $611 million worldwide, becoming the most successful R-rated film in history. But more than that—it changed hearts around the world showing the true pain of Christ’s suffering. Jim Caviezel now proclaims Christ boldly: A role that nearly destroyed him became the one that saved countless others.

@aakashgupta They are too visible. Now, make them smaller & less conspicuous and we can talk.

Apple accidentally built the world's largest hearing aid company. AirPods Pro 2 got FDA clearance as a clinical-grade over-the-counter hearing aid in September 2024. The average American pays $4,700 for a pair of prescription hearing aids. AirPods Pro cost $249. That's a 95% price reduction for mild to moderate hearing loss, which covers roughly 30 million American adults. But the price gap isn't even the real story. The real story is the stigma math. Nearly 1 in 5 adults over 40 believe society judges people who wear hearing aids. The average person waits 4 years after noticing hearing loss before doing anything about it. A 78-year-old man threw away his hearing aids, popped in AirPods, and his niece didn't even register it as a medical device. That's the product working exactly as designed. The hearing aid industry spent decades engineering smaller, more invisible devices to reduce stigma. Apple solved the problem from the opposite direction: make everyone wear something in their ears first, then add the medical function later. By the time the FDA cleared the software update, a billion people were already wearing the hardware. The clinical study that earned the clearance enrolled 118 people. Self-fitted AirPods matched professionally fitted devices on perceived benefit, amplification, and speech comprehension scores. The audiologist appointment, the $200 fitting fee, the three follow-up visits bundled into that $4,700 price tag: optional. Every hearing aid company spent the last century trying to make their product disappear. Apple made theirs a status symbol and added hearing restoration as a software update.

@MattWalshBlog It's a "life position", so how do you "retire him"?

Clarence Thomas is a brilliant man and one of the greatest justices of all time. He also needs to retire immediately. He's 77 years old. If Democrats win the midterms and then the presidency, which they very likely could, there's a significant chance they will get to replace him with another Kentanji Brown Jackson. That would be a disaster for the country. We need to get young conservatives on the court right now. Alito, too. He's 76.

@hawkinscm12 It answered the question. Isn't answering questions how it was programmed?

lol, this is stupid Also, there is some kind of fetish with forcing a one word response. You can't force a person to do it, so I guess people are forcing AI to do it and getting satisfaction out of it.

@hawkinscm12 And in this system, a catcher that knows the zone and only challenges them when he's right. That way, each correct challenge doesn't count against you. We saw that last night, and Salvy was a master.

ABS system means it's important for your catcher to know the zone and handle even more responsibility.

@AGHamilton29 @robbysoave I agree. The 2nd list shows he's butt-hurt about Israel, and affects his views in 1st list.

@robbysoave Iran wasn’t pursuing nukes (pre last June) is also unserious, but the real point is that the latter list should disqualify the individual as a credible source for anything. The arguments in list one can be had without the contribution of someone like that.

Joe Kent ideas I can take seriously: - Attacking Iran isn't in our interests - Iran wasn't pursuing nukes - Israel has more to gain than US does Joe Kent ideas I cannot take seriously, sorry: - Israel's fault his wife died - Israel involved in Charlie Kirk's death - Blocked from investigating Kirk's death

@hawkinscm12 The only way to know for sure puts us in a trial or error mode, which with the world as it is today with life being so trivial, is really risky.

The absence of hijackings is not perfect evidence but is certainly something.

@Ella__Dorsey @SMHonk1983 @ATLNewsFirst @GAFollowers The two US Senators from Georgia are democrats. Both voted for this. When they travel to and from DC and Atlanta they are escorted through the lines right to their airplane. YOU wait 6 hours

@elonmusk That kinda tells you all you need to know about ChatGBT!

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@hawkinscm12 It shows a lack of seriousness towards what is really important. It's not really the loss of a day or two of education - it's the message it sends to the kids about what is important, and what is not.

When the Chiefs won their recent super bowls, schools closed for the parade. It's outrageous.

@hawkinscm12 Forget what Israel wants. Iran building ICBMs. Iran holds 60% uranium. Iran shouts DTA! What exactly are we waiting for that would be better outcome?

@TPHawk7 Right. But people like him live in an alternate reality where they're the good guys opposing the Jewish cabal.

Maybe Charlie Kirk would really oppose the war in Iran. We don't really know. But also... Oh well. He was a strong advocate of free speech and built a Republican Party campaign apparatus. It doesn't make him right about everything.

@hawkinscm12 I guess my answer would be "haven't you watched how Trump operates without concern for what people think"?

@TPHawk7 His letter of resignation basically talks about the Jews being behind all of this, so there's your answer.

@hawkinscm12 The Dems in red states will probably have to go on record, and will setup campaign videos for their Rep opponents. We'll see, but I'm not hopeful. The Dems, with their stance on DHS funding are already showing themselves - and they don't care....

This means nothing has changed and it still won't pass. And there is not a majority willing to abolish the filibuster.

@hawkinscm12 I'm thinking it's quite possible that Biden waited too long to leave, which caused decisions to be made that, had he planned better, wouldn't have to be made.

If only whoever was president before Joe Biden had not signed an agreement with the Taliban that the US would be leaving with a certain deadline, and if only he had required something other than a promise from terrorists before beginning the drawdown.

@hawkinscm12 That's the way it used to be. The other team, while wearing the uniform and in spectator eye, is the enemy. No gladhanding or fraternizing under those conditions. Glad to see that hasn't gone away.

Ballplayers can go with their preference. It doesn't make them bad guys if they prefer to fraternize outside of work hours.

@KatiePavlich Yep, didn't play the game that's called "degree". But instead created his own degree.

“Without at least a bachelor’s degree” Senator Markwayne Mullin owns a plumbing business, one of the biggest and most successful in Oklahoma. He also owns restaurants, an environmental services company and is a rancher.

@hawkinscm12 @MarcusHUSA Probably because, in the current world of politics, the Dems stick together (except for a few), and est. Reps won't, so to keep being steamrolled by Dems we pick Reps who won't be steamrolled.

@TPHawk7 @MarcusHUSA BTW Obama wasn't saying that as an insult. But also, my point here is, "why are the most socially conservative people preferring immoral candidates when they have better options?" I think it's because politics is the new religion.

Christian conservatives for the win once again.

@hawkinscm12 @MarcusHUSA Be careful - wouldn't want to touch the "bibles and guns" statement.

@MarcusHUSA We need to find out what world rural Republican voters are living in. They seem to have muscle memory that makes them want to vote for any candidate that has extreme moral failings. Almost like, if those things are reported, they support that person more.

@MattWalshBlog Nukes, Matt. It's the nukes that they were going to create and use soon. "Use" also means them being able to use what they possess to do things we shouldn't have to do.

I can't take the gaslighting, guys. I really can't. Conservatives are now running around saying "Iran has been waging war on us for 47 years." Okay then why didn't any of you call for an attack on Iran at any point until now? Why didn't you make a case for Trump "ending the war, not starting it" until precisely the moment when Trump did it? You and I both know that you are latching onto a talking point you never used until 45 seconds ago. You and I both know that almost every conservative influencer in the business was opposed to war with Iran until just now. And now you're trying to use justifications that stretch back decades. It doesn't make any sense. If you changed your mind, fine. Say so. Explain why. You're allowed to change your mind. I've changed my mind about things. But don't try to rewrite history. Be honest about it. There's too much at stake to play these games.