Dixie
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Dixie
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I'm not putting up with any bullshit from you or me.
where life is always changing Katılım Şubat 2013
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Do you realize how lucky we are to follow a team with such a storied history?
I can't imagine following another team.
#STLCards

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12-YEAR-OLD INDICTED BY GRAND JURY IN WALTON COUNTY STABBING INCIDENT, WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT
WALTON COUNTY, Fla - A grand jury has indicted the 12-year-old following an attack at Walton Middle School on March 24th.
A Walton County Grand Jury indicted Landon Robinson on charges including attempted first-degree premeditated murder, two counts of aggravated battery while wearing a mask, possession of a weapon on school property while wearing a mask, and tampering with evidence. Robinson will be tried as an adult.
On the day of the incident, Walton County Sheriff's Office Investigators determined Robinson armed himself with a knife before leaving home that morning and brought a mask with the intent to carry out an attack at the school.
When he got to the school, Robinson entered a restroom, put on the mask, and went into a hallway armed with the knife.
Robinson then attacked individuals at random, stabbing two students and a school employee, resulting in serious injuries.
The incident was captured on the school’s surveillance system.
Witnesses inside the school provided critical, real‑time information to 911 dispatchers, which assisted responding law enforcement.
After fleeing the school, Robinson threw the weapon into a retention pond. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office later recovered the knife as part of the investigation.
Robinson was apprehended and taken into custody shortly after by the Office of the City Marshal, DeFuniak Springs Police, and the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.
@WCSOFL remains committed to the safety of our students, educators, and community, and will continue to work closely with our partners at the Office of State Attorney, First Judicial Circuit of Florida, to pursue justice in this case.

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Indiana author and Civil War General Lew Wallace was born in Brookville, Indiana 199 years ago tomorrow. Take a moment tonight and read this terrific Slate article about him, so you can celebrate properly tomorrow:
slate.com/articles/life/…

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Love to see @conlin_lauren on @jessecordweber's show!!!!!
And this story keeps getting more wild!
Jesse Weber Live@JesseWeberLive
MISSING MINDS MYSTERY: 9 scientists tied to some of America's most sensitive tech have died or gone missing since 2023. The disappearance of Air Force Gen. William Neil McCasland has drawn attention to their cases. LA Magazine contributor Lauren Conlin joins Jesse to discuss.
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A day in the life of Ancient Rome wasn’t a cake walk. If you were going to make a decent life for yourself, you had to be tough. You didn’t wear your heart on your sleeve – you wore a penis fascinus ’round your neck, prayed to the gods, and hoped for the best. A curious little historical relic, the phallic amulet paid homage to the eponymous god of vitality and power, and was treasured by its wearers not as a romantic instrument, but as a necessary precaution against evil. (In fact, it was often bestowed upon young girls and boys for protection). In that sense, these little weiners were rather remarkable in the holistic, unstigmatised bridges they built between ones sexual, physical, and spiritual identity.
Ancient Romans loved their deities, a lot. There was a goddess for bread breaking, and another for bees; a god for mowing fields, and a god for every direction of the wind. Fascinus was the god of “masculine generative power,” and, naturally, represented by a phallus in everything from mosaic art to jewellery – and not just any phallus. A phallus with wings. A phallus with feet. A phallus with all the trappings of speed and strength that one would need to combat evil forces, and look utterly fascinating while doing so.
The word “fascinating,” in fact, originates from fascinus’ ability to “bewitch” all those who look upon it. There’s even an ancient wind chime of a gladiator fighting his own, ehrm, fascinus-turned-rabid-dog.
The phallus also represented fertility and good health, and as such, says historian Philip Matyszak, “was naturally the body part most likely to be injured by the glare of a jealous individual.” So the amulet of a phallus became a kind of spiritual armour for a guy’s junk on the battlefield. Another common trope that emerged was that of “the Evil Eye v. Fascinus,” in which case the latter “acted as a sort of psychic lightning rod, attracting and absorbing the worst of the impact of an envious gaze.”
Fascinus charms were just one of the ways in which wieners manifested themselves in everyday life; there were phallus mosaics, and wind chimes; giant paper phalluses on parade, and phallus lamps. One ancient mosaic depicts a dwarf whose penis seems to have a mind of its own, defying anatomical logic to combat an Evil Eye, a raven, a scorpio, and other mean critters.
But there was nothing sexy – or rather, provocative – about wearing a fascinus. This wasn’t a risqué fashion statement, a phallus ring was an ideal gift for an otherwise defenceless infant or child.
Some historians even look to fascinus as the ultimate dispeller of black magic – kind of like a guardian angel. Which would explain not only the wings prevalent on so many charms, but its popularity in Pagan and Wiccan practices. In The Encyclopedia of Wicca & Witchcraft by Raven Grimassi, the fascinus is cited as one of the most effective talismans against dark sorcery. Funnily enough, although the rise of Christianity naturally saw the decline of fascinus worship, contemporary Wiccan covens around the world have helped preserve its meaning and use in their rituals. In fact, you can see various talismans and drawings referencing the fascinus at “The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic” in Cornwall, England…
📷 : A 3rd-1st Century BC, Graeco-Roman gold and coral phallic pendant. The coral genitalia naturalistically modelled, capped with a gold coil tubular-shaped loop, the pubic hair below rendered in three rows of separately applied tight snail-like curls. (Christie's)
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Gardez donc.
University of Louisiana Lafayette made it less than two days before getting the boot.
These couyons packed more than 50 in this house on Ellis Road in Miramar Beach. Mais là.
It wasn’t long before noise complaints and calls about underage drinking turned into a walk-through by the property management company. @WCSOFL was called to assist in making sure they vacated the premises.
The house was so trashed they immediately decided to evict these Ragin’ Cajuns.
Mais what a mess. Well, va t'en!

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That time in 2001, when Jack Buck honored Harry Caray AND trolled the Cubs fans at Wrigley Field all within 1 minute and 21 seconds.
Chip Caray, who was the Cubs TV broadcaster at the time, sure seemed to enjoy it!
@ChrisCaray @StefanCaray
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