Jerry DeBonis

Because of conventional medicine: Your mother didn't die in childbirth You didn't get polio as a kid You've never seen smallpox Your friend with type 1 diabetes is alive because of insulin You recovered from that infection because of antibiotics Science saves lives!

When asked: “What’s the most important thing you can do to improve your life and make yourself a better person?” His Holiness didn’t say meditate daily. He said read and study to understand the causes & consequences of our actions, and develop real wisdom for greater goodness in ourselves and the world. 📖📷#DalaiLama #Wisdom #ReadAndStudy

His Holiness the Dalai Lama urges devotee to think holistically when facing difficulties, not to think only from one angle, but to consider the broader perspective with patience, wisdom, and compassion. 📹 | OHHDL

The Source of Inner Joy - His Holiness the Dalai Lama shares his fundamental belief — that whether you are a believer or non-believer, remaining truthful and honest is the real source of inner joy. When we live with honesty, anxiety is reduced, fear is reduced, and distrust fades away resulting in a peaceful atmosphere of genuine human friendship. Video originally recorded May 3, 2010.

Why I Cannot Be Silent A person recently reached out to me, saying that I am too critical of Trump and the current U.S. administration — and that, as a Christian, I should be more uplifting. I appreciate the concern. But it is precisely because I follow Jesus that I cannot remain silent in the face of a morally bankrupt government. History teaches us a sobering lesson. Most Christians in Germany did not speak out against Hitler. In fact, many supported him, helping to solidify his authoritarian power. But there were also those who refused to remain silent. Among them was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who said: “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” As a Christian, I cannot choose silence when truth, justice, and human dignity are at stake. To be uplifting does not mean ignoring evil; it means standing against it in both word and deed. That is why I will not be silent.

When this administration dismisses @NATO, it forgets what NATO has meant for America: collective security, shared values, and decades of peace. You don’t walk away because allies disagree. You strengthen it and preserve it.

@MarkWarner I hope not but Congress has done anything of substance for decades.

NATO is the most successful military alliance in history. Congress will not sit by while this president tries to unravel it. Our commitment to NATO is ironclad, and we will use every tool available to defend it.

“I don’t walk as easy as I used to. I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to. But I know what I do know: I know how to tell the truth."  - Joe Biden👇👇

@MikeNellis Good for Charles, I have a lot of respect for him by the way he treats everyone.

Charles Barkley risked getting fired on CBS last night, calling out Trump for attacking immigrants: “The way some of these immigrants are getting treated in our country right now is a travesty and a disgrace. What we’re doing to some of these amazing immigrants is really unfortunate and really sad.”

TWEEPS: Trump votes by mail in every election, yet he's pushing the SAVE Act to end mail-in voting for millions of Americans. If it’s secure enough for him, it’s secure enough for us. I need 1,000 fast RTs and replies using #TrumpVotesByMail. Please and thank you! 🙏💪

@Brcremer Isn’t that what the Pharisees used to do?

@ronsterd89 Depends on the service. If ok $12.00 but if it was exceptional I would tip $15 - $20

@Osinttechnical Love the A-10

USAF A-10 Warthog participating in the U.S. campaign against Iran. A-10s have been primarily hitting Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, this Warthog seen carrying a pair of Maverick air-to-ground missiles, APKWS rockets, and a pair of AIM-9L/M Sidewinders for drone hunting.

@ratlpolicy Congress declared war before Midway happened

The impatience around the Iran war has been genuinely astounding to see. And it's an indictment of modern American culture. Imagine if the media reaction after the Battle of Midway was to criticize FDR for the loss of a carrier & ask when we'd retake the Philippines. Absurd.

@Roshan_Rinaldi That was good got a good laugh

BREAKING: A beer was thrown at President Trump during a press conference this afternoon in Washington. Trump was unharmed. Since the beer was a draft,... he was able to dodge it.

@danzu72 @RachBlevins I’m happy to hear that

@RachBlevins I retired a few years ago, but I still have many friends in uniform and some in the 82nd Airborne and NOBODY is happy about this shit.

No, seriously, what do they have on this man? No one in their right mind would consider ground troops in Iran

@Mr_Husky1 I liked CBS CC News and watched it most of the time. Now however I will not watch anything from CBS News.

On July 20, 1969, as the lunar module descended toward the Moon, Walter Cronkite sat in the CBS newsroom surrounded by charts, models, and blinking monitors. For nearly twenty seven hours, he had been live on air, guiding viewers through one of the most complex scientific missions in human history. CBS had committed more than thirty hours of continuous coverage. It was a bold gamble for a network news division that usually measured airtime in minutes, not days. Millions were watching. Eventually, an estimated six hundred million people worldwide would tune in. Cronkite had prepared carefully. In the weeks before launch, he visited NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, studying orbital mechanics, fuel calculations, and landing procedures. He wanted to translate technical language into something ordinary families could understand. When the lunar module Eagle began its descent, he read altitude and velocity numbers aloud, almost like a sports announcer calling a final inning. Then the mood shifted. Fuel levels dropped lower. Computer alarms sounded. The tension inside Mission Control was palpable. Cronkite leaned forward, glasses in hand, tracking every detail. At 4:17 p.m. Eastern Time, the voice of Neil Armstrong came through the speakers: “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” Cronkite removed his glasses. He looked down for a moment and quietly said, “Oh boy.” Then he stopped speaking. For several seconds, the newsroom fell nearly silent. No analysis. No dramatic narration. Just the weight of history unfolding. In that pause, viewers felt what he felt. Awe. Relief. A recognition that something irreversible had happened. Cronkite never treated the mission as spectacle. He explained that Apollo 11 had landed with only seconds of fuel remaining. He clarified that the 1201 and 1202 computer alarms were overload warnings, not total system failures. His goal was not to exaggerate, but to educate. Science deserved clarity, not drama. The trust between NASA and Cronkite ran deep. During the crisis of Apollo 13 in 1970, NASA leadership understood that his explanations shaped public confidence. When the damaged spacecraft returned safely, he again focused on engineering decisions and human skill rather than sensational fear. To many Americans, Cronkite became the steady voice of the space age. His authority did not come from volume or certainty. It came from credibility. From preparation. From restraint. The defining moment of the Moon landing was not simply Armstrong’s words on the lunar surface. It was the moment the nation’s most trusted broadcaster removed his glasses and let silence carry the meaning. Walter Cronkite did not make history louder. He made it human. And in doing so, he reminded millions that sometimes the greatest achievement is so profound, even the most practiced voice must pause before speaking.

There has been no harsher critic to U.S. military action in Iran than Pope Leo XIV: “War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading.  The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined. “Peace is no longer sought as a gift and a desirable good in itself, or in the pursuit of the establishment of the ordered universe willed by God, with a more perfect form of justice among men and women.” “Instead, peace is sought through weapons as a condition for asserting one’s own dominion. “This gravely threatens the rule of law, which is the foundation of all peaceful civil coexistence.”

On this day in 1803, the Supreme Court decided Marbury v. Madison, affirming a foundational principle of our Republic: “The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men.” The Rule of Law — applied faithfully, without fear or favor — is a cornerstone of American Exceptionalism. As Secretary of State, I will always defend the Constitution and uphold the law equally for every Georgian. #RuleOfLaw #MarburyvMadison

JFK at the UN: We are opposed to apartheid and all forms of human oppression. Our concern is the right of all men to equal protection under the law and since human rights are indivisible this body cannot stand aside when those rights are abused and neglected by any member state.