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student loans: how about... we forgive the compounded interest and the borrower agrees to pay the amount they borrowed. win /win

This brave mama duck lead her brood to the water's edge. After she takes the first leap into the lake, her ducklings line up on the boardwalk, watching and waiting. One by one, they find their courage and tumble into the water to join her, creating the most adorable "splash" parade you'll see all day! 🐣💦

Vronsky: "I love you!" Anna: "Why?" Vronsky: "You can't ask Why about love!" Tolstoy “Anna Karenina”

@imcoolchristian the deception is the important piece [12] But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. [13] For Adam was first formed, then Eve. [14] And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

"Nope, I don't like this"

Haitians first received TPS because of an earthquake. That was over 15 years ago. America is not their permanent motel.

@realchasegeiser Try a Catholic classical school, or one on the Newman Guide. Not all Catholic schools are fully Catholic

@realchasegeiser You can pay $2,500 a year per child for outstanding academic Christian curriculum and homeschool. That's what my husband and I chose to do. We didn't trust other people to raise and educate our children. No regrets.

433 New laws have been passed since January 2025 in Washington state. Today on the PNWGUERRILLA channel we are talking about it. Of the 400+ laws i am only talking about 15 of them. Specific mentions is: SB 5068 -Foreigners can be law enforcement and prosecutors SB 6203 - Foreigners get their records wiped when coming to Washington SB 5974 - Washington state can now appoint their own sheriffs instead of the people voting for them HB 1696 -“Reparations” AKA free money for foreigners. Go give er a watch, or don’t. Whatever.

Bro this might be the greatest thing I have ever seen in my life

Breaking: Your phone is sending data to Google every 4.5 minutes. Screen off. Phone untouched. Trinity College Dublin confirmed it in a peer reviewed study. Here are 12 settings to cut it off:

BUILDING STRONG CHILDREN,WHAT TO DO AT EVERY STAGE: 1. 0–1 year: skin-to-skin contact builds trust and brain wiring 2. 1–2 years: let them explore freely — crawling and touching builds intelligence 3. 2–3 years: read aloud daily — language at this stage shapes everything 4. 3–5 years: imaginative play develops empathy and creativity together 5. 5–7 years: teach them to lose gracefully — resilience starts here 6. 7–9 years: give them small responsibilities — confidence grows from contribution 7. 9–11 years: encourage a hobby they chose themselves — not one you chose for them 8. 11–13 years: teach emotional vocabulary before puberty hits 9. 13–15 years: listen more than you speak — this age needs witnesses not lectures 10. 15–17 years: involve them in real decisions — they rise to what you trust them with 11. 17–18 years: teach them how to fail and recover, not just how to succeed 12. All ages: eat together — the family table is the original classroom 13. All ages: model the behaviour you want — they watch everything you do 14. All ages: say sorry when you are wrong — it teaches more than any lesson 15. All ages: tell them who they are, not just what they did

During pregnancy, fetal cells can cross the placenta, enter the mother’s bloodstream, and embed themselves in her organs. They’ve been detected in maternal tissue decades after delivery. A part of your child might literally live inside you for the rest of your life.

@IterIntellectus In this post, I explained why Amish fertility is so high. x.com/MoreBirths/sta…

This should be headline news EVERYWHERE. A Pfizer insider who was former head of toxicology in Europe has just come out and said something that many "conspiracy theorists" suspected. He estimates that 20 000 to 60 000 people in Germany have died from the c*vid vaccine. This was said at a parliamentary enquiry commission in Germany. So why isn't this massive news being reported everywhere? Is the mainstream media that has recieved millions in funding from Bill Gates deliberately covering this up... 🤔

Julius Evola in a nutshell - History is a downward slope into degeneration, of which we are currently in the worst phase - Modern society is one big decay of herd mentality, comfort-obsession, and disconnect from meaning - Equality is a lie. Societies should reflect natural hierarchy - The ideal human is not happy and comfortable but rather disciplined, self-controlled, and oriented toward transcendence - To revolt against the modern world, you must not conform to modern values but rather build yourself into something higher You must transcend your internal hierarchy, reject passivity, comfort seeking, and external drive. Operate from principle, not emotion. Oppose the type of human the modern world wants you to be.

For most of my life, I considered myself a liberal. I still hold to those traditional liberal values: that all men are created equal, that no one should be judged or given preferential treatment because of the color of their skin, and that who someone shares their bed with is nobody else’s business. I haven't changed. My values haven't changed. The world has shifted under my feet. But for many years now, the Democratic Party and American liberals in general have drifted away from those principles. When 9/11 happened, I blamed George W. Bush and the conservatives, and I still believe they carry a significant part of the responsibility. So when Barack Obama was elected in 2008, I was genuinely excited. I thought I understood how politics worked, but I was wrong. It only took a few years into his presidency for me to see the truth. Obama turned out to be something very different from what he had promised... a Trojan horse quietly steering the country down the wrong path. I still didn’t align with the Republican Party, but I could no longer deny that he wasn’t the solution I had hoped for. Then came 2015 and the Democratic primaries. I watched as Hillary Clinton and the DNC stole the nomination from Bernie Sanders. That was the first time I truly noticed the mainstream media operating in perfect unison, constructing a fake version of reality. It wasn’t the first time they had done it, but it was the first time I clearly saw it happening. At that stage, I wasn’t a Donald Trump supporter. I had nothing against him, but I certainly wasn’t on his side. What I did feel strongly was disgust toward Hillary Clinton and the DNC for the way they had cheated Bernie... the deviousness, the lies, and the rigged process. I wanted Hillary to lose so badly that it actually pushed me to support Trump. If they were going to cheat, I wanted them to face the consequences. That choice became the turning point for me. Once I witnessed how the media could coordinate to build a false narrative, I started seeing the same patterns everywhere. I realized the deception had been going on for a long time. And then, right after Trump secured the Republican nomination, everything shifted dramatically... like a light switch had been flipped. The same media outlets that had given Trump constant coverage during the primaries—part of their “Pied Piper” strategy to boost him because they believed Hillary could easily beat him... suddenly turned on him with full force. The coverage flipped from building him up to tearing him down. Both major parties and the press seemed to unite against him. That moment shocked me, saddened me, and angered me. Not because I had become a die-hard Trump fan, but because I finally saw how the system really operated. The illusion had shattered, and there was no putting it back together. This is what I have to say to today's liberals... You have been manipulated. You continue to be manipulated. You have allowed the media to create a spectre out of Donald Trump in order to control you. They've created a hatred in you that has clouded your ability to see the truth of what's been happening in this country. Their continued survival depends on your hatred and blind rage. I wish you clarity. For the sake of this country, I wish you honest insight unencumbered by your hatred of Donald Trump.

Why did Tolkien call death a gift? In The Silmarillion, he writes death is an exclusive gift given to mankind by God. All other creatures envy this gift, including the immortal elves: Mankind alone, through death, is granted union with the divine. Tolkien's point is that immortality in a fallen world is not a blessing, nor man's actual purpose. To live forever in a world marred by corruption, vice, and decay is to be trapped with no escape. Death, then, is not a tragic ending, but a release — a return of creation to its creator. The humility of mortal man leads to a glory far greater than immortality. In other words, man was made for something greater than earthly pleasure. Death is the preparation for eternity. Today we tend to see this backwards. We treat death as the ultimate evil, and endless life as the ultimate good, no matter the cost. We try to preserve life indefinitely, and in doing so, lose sight of what life is actually for. Tolkien's final insight is simple: A man who refuses to die for anything will one day find he has nothing worth living for. A world that fears death above all else will never reach the highest good, for life truly begins when you discover a love greater than life itself.

“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.” — Søren Kierkegaard

WHY are we at war with Iran? This should eliminate any confusion. You're welcome.