Terry LaForest Lynch

This reminds me of a patient I had in labor & delivery. She was having her 5th baby. I said something about her family & she said, “I don’t live with my family.” I asked where she lived & she said “with my husband &children.” I said that’s your family. She said “My husband &children aren’t my family. My family is my parents & siblings.” Could not convince her otherwise.

This right here is the problem Adam Francisco tries to have a conversation with a Latina girl in Nashville that was born in America No matter how many times he tries to get her to understand Americans are her people, she doesn’t agree She says her people are Mexicans, the people who look like her and have the same skin color as her No matter how many times he tries to explain that no, it’s a nationality loyalty not a race loyalty she doesn’t agree She only sees Mexican. This is why immigration will end America. Our education system is failing

@ok6ixx Wonderful thought. You might enjoy “The Practice of the Presence of God” by Brother Lawrence. It’s all about making everything you do a prayer.

Visited a small shrine in the mountains outside Kyoto. Barely anyone there, just me and this old man sweeping leaves. I did the whole ritual - bow, toss coin, ring bell, pray, bow again. Probably messed it up because I'm not religious and was just copying what I saw other people do at bigger shrines. The old man came over after. Thought he was going to correct me or tell me I did it wrong. Instead he asked in broken English "what did you pray for?" I told him I didn't really pray for anything specific. Just kind of stood there and thought about my life. He nodded and said "that is the best prayer. No asking. Just thinking." We sat on the shrine steps together for a while. He told me he comes every day to sweep, even though he's not a priest or official shrine keeper. He just lives nearby and likes keeping it clean. "Shrine is for everyone," he said. "I sweep so everyone has a clean place to think." I asked if he prays when he comes. He laughed and said "no no. I sweep. Sweeping is my prayer." That stuck with me. The idea that taking care of a space for others is its own kind of prayer. Before I left, he gave me a small omamori (charm) from his pocket. Said his daughter made them as a hobby. "For your thinking," he said. I still carry it.

@PhotiustheGreat @EricLDaugh The info may be there and probably is but that doesn’t mean the Pope sees it. All leaders have people who take it upon themselves to regulate what info the leader actually sees. That is part of what is known as the deep state and even the Vatican has been infiltrated.

@EricLDaugh The Vatican has the most extensive and oldest intelligence network in the world. I don't think he is unaware...

🚨 JUST IN: Sec. Marco Rubio reveals he told Pope Leo how MASSIVE of a threat Iran is to the world "I expressed to them on the situation with Iran, expressed our point of view about why this was an important and the danger that Iran posed us to the world, which is largely recognized." "The Holy Father is a spiritual leader, he's the first and foremost, that's his role to play, and obviously the church has always interacted on behalf of a mission for peace and a respect for all of humanity." "But at the end, it was very cordial and important meeting, and it's important to share our points of view and an explanation and an understanding of where we're coming from, and I thought it was very positive." THANK YOU MARCO!

@godwizard @JeremyTate41 @RCCoulombe Why do you care? It was money freely donated by the local community. They wanted to offer their best to God. I suggest you read 2 scriptures. Exodus 25-28, 30, 31. And Mark 14:3-11.

@JeremyTate41 @RCCoulombe How much money was spent on it?

Your brain says Europe, but it's actually Ohio. This is the Church of Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral in Toledo.

I knew someone who was donating a kidney. The night before, a nurse came in to give instructions but the info was for the recipient. He corrected her. The next morning a different nurse was telling him the schedule & again gave the info for the recipient. He corrected him. Then the anesthesiologist came in & told my friend how much better he was going to to feel once he got his new heart. He had his wife write all over his body: KIDNEY DONOR triple underlined, front & back. “My heart is fine. Do not take” on his chest. He couldn’t walk out. His sister was depending on him.

I had knee surgery as a teenager. The dr brought me a sharpie and told me to circle the correct knee and put an X on the other then he left the room. So I did exactly as instructed. Then I drew arrows to the circle and wrote "Operate here" and drew more Xs on the other leg and wrote "Do not touch". I sat there bored for another 30 minutes writing random stuff all over my body like "You can't have my appendix" and "Why are you looking up here? Focus on the knee". I even had my mom write on my back something like "If you can read this, wrong side. Flip me over." Then I covered up with the sheet and the anesthesiologist showed up. I was told that I said some weird stuff while I was going under, but that is a different story. The surgery went fine, I had to stay in the hospital overnight. When the dr came into my room to check on me, he said that I had thrown off their schedule because when they uncovered me and saw all of the notes that they laughed for 10 minutes. When they finally got their composure, they rolled me up on my side to get me onto the operating table and saw the note on my back and lost it again. He said that the surgery started about 30 minutes later than it was supposed to thanks to my drawings and notes.

@realMaalouf Bye

Muslims in Florida are reportedly outraged and threatening to leave the state if Gov. Ron DeSantis bans cousin marriage. “Cousin marriage is part of our culture. Banning it would be Islamophobia. We will have no choice but to leave Florida!” Thoughts?

It’s not just language. People carry the entirety of knowledge in their pockets but don’t have any desire to learn anything. They’ll make up things, believe anything if it confirms their biases, live their lives firmly convinced that if they don’t already know something, then it must not be worth knowing.

My vocabulary is less "obscure" and "high flown" than it is the case that the vocabulary of the average American is embarrassingly bad. And recently so. Yes, I have a larger vocabulary than most people, and always have had. Yes. I was that bookworm/literary kid. Yes, I know lots of words, and use lots of words, that aren't in the most common circulation. But stop. A great deal of my vocabulary would not have been considered "arcane" *even just 15 years ago*. I've watched this happen. The words and associated concepts-including actual history, European folktales, foundational Western works of literature and plays-that Americans don't know today is astounding. I'm talking about references that *any literate person, no college degree required* would have known 15 to 20 years ago. No, it's not that "the information is obsolete/it's just time marching on." It's NOT that. That phenomenon exists, but this is not that. This is a profound cliff drop in literacy, and cultural literacy, that happened almost overnight with Millennials and Gen Z. I didn't get "more arcane" recently. The population got signficantly more ignorant recently, and noticeably, and faster than we've ever seen in prior generations. Hell--I'm watching fully grown adults react to seeing a word I use that they don't know exactly the way kids in 4th grade did when they picked on the bookworm kid. That's embarrassing. You're THIRTY and instead of wanting to know what "Habsburg" refers to, you respond with "lol what does that EVEN mean ur so cringe." I'm not the one who's "cringe." -J

@SaveAmericaNew A criminal is someone who breaks the law, so, yes.

🚨Very simple question. Does it automatically make them a criminal? YES or NO?

@LizaRosen0000 Not “medieval values”. Islamic values. Nowhere in medieval Europe were woman forbidden from singing. Or required to cover even their faces & hands. Dogs were everywhere.

Iranian woman: “Iranians are not Muslim. We all hate Islam after 47 years of Islamic regime. Under Sharia, we can’t have dogs, women can’t sing, and I would be killed for dressing like this. We’re peaceful people.” This is the voice the world needs to hear. After nearly five decades of oppression, torture, executions, and forced hijab under the Islamic regime, the Iranian people are speaking out. They are not the regime. They never were. The Islamic revolution turned Iran into a prison where basic human joys, owning a dog, singing, dressing freely, are criminalized. Women are beaten, jailed, and even executed for refusing to submit to medieval rules. Yet the Western media and politicians still pretend that the Iranian people support this death cult. They don’t. They hate it. They have been living under its boot for 47 years. This woman’s words are a powerful reminder: the Iranian people are not the enemy. The Islamic regime is.

@StandUpForFact Not until we clean up the courts. You know as well as I do, that this would be weaponized against anyone who challenges TPTB. And real pedaphiles will still get let off.

🚨This is: United States Representative Tim Burchett: Any pedophile, found guilty of crimes against children should be “hung publicly.” Do you support this 100%? YES or NO? IF Yes, Give me a THUMBS-UP👍!

@BasBasmuh @NewswirePatriot Thou shalt not bear false witness.

@NewswirePatriot she kept quiet despite hearing the cries of the 11 yr old altar boys being raped in the rectory over and over again. if she hates you you are on the right path to god

Mother Miram has ENRAGED the religious community by labeling Muslim-Christian unity as "Santanic." "Embracing Islam is NOT of God! " Mother Miram said. Critics have called her comments "hateful." 👉 Is she "hateful," or does she have a point?

The hierarchy justifies Muslim-Christian unity by saying there is only one God. I agree. But I also know there are multitudes of false gods. Trying to convince people the Jesus who died for us is the same as A***h who rewards the slaughter of innocents is blasphemy. Even if it’s a Pope (or 2) who says it.

@dacuvic @QuotesforGoal Thou shalt not bear false witness.

@QuotesforGoal Pero violar niños y niñas por parte de estos cardenales de la iglesia son aceptados

“La mujer es la criatura más bella de la creación y no hay nada más repugnante que un hombre tratando de emularla” Cardenal Robert Sarah

@tutesisdigital @QuotesforGoal Thou shalt not bear false witness

@QuotesforGoal Pero violar niños matarlos, vivir de la corrupción de la fe de otros es menos repugnante... Vaya vaya los católicos y sus representantes fariseos

@Aqui_mi_casa I once heard a child psychologist say that one of the worst things a parent can do to a child is to raise them to be completely unlikable.

Restaurante lleno. Sábado. Mesa de 6. Padres, abuelos y un niño de 8 años corriendo entre camareros con una tablet en la mano. Gritando. Saltando. Metiendo los dedos en los vasos de otra mesa. El camarero se acerca: —Perdona, ¿podéis decirle al niño que no corra? Hay platos calientes. La madre ni levanta la vista del móvil. —Es que es muy intenso. El niño pasa otra vez. Casi tira una bandeja. El camarero respira. —De verdad, se puede quemar. El padre sonríe como si estuviera en una charla TED de crianza consciente. —No queremos coartar su personalidad. Claro. Su personalidad. Antes se llamaba educación. Ahora es “expresión emocional”. El niño agarra una aceituna de una mesa ajena. La señora se gira. —Oye, que eso es mío. Y ahí salta la madre: —Tampoco hace falta hablarle así. Es un niño. Es un niño. La frase comodín. Rompe algo: es un niño. Molesta: es un niño. Pega: es un niño. Invade mesas ajenas como si estuviera colonizando América: es un niño. Piden la cuenta. El niño tira un vaso al suelo. Cristales. Agua. Gritos. El camarero vuelve. —Por favor, ahora sí necesito que se siente. El padre se pone serio. —No me gusta cómo le estás hablando a mi hijo. —Solo le he pedido que se siente. —Pues igual deberíais tener un restaurante más adaptado a familias. Adaptado a familias. Traducción: “Mi hijo puede comportarse como un gremlin mojado y tú tienes que sonreír.” Salen indignados. Media hora después, reseña en Google: “Sitio poco recomendable. No respetan a los niños. Personal muy seco. No volveremos.” Y ahí está el problema. No es el niño. El niño hace lo que le dejan. El problema son adultos que confunden educar con aplaudir cualquier salvajada. Padres que no quieren poner límites porque les da pereza sostener un berrinche de 4 minutos. Y luego llaman “sociedad hostil” a cualquier persona que no quiera aguantar el resultado. Resumen: Tu hijo puede ser libre. Pero si su libertad consiste en molestar a todo el restaurante, igual no estás criando un niño con personalidad. Igual estás criando una factura emocional que algún día pagarán los demás. Y seguramente tú también.

Some restaurants do this for tables with a specific number of guests but when I’ve seen this it is described as a minimum tip and is clearly spelled out on the menu. Some pizza places put a service charge on deliveries. If the “service charge” is not clearly addressed on the menu, I would refuse to pay it. I would give the server cash directly into their hand.

Is a service charge the same as a tip? Would you do both?

@CrazyVibes_1 What happened to the baby?

Hey friends, picture this: At just 19, Stefani Germanotta was grinding in tiny New York clubs, scribbling songs in a cramped apartment, and chasing that impossible music dream. Then a producer she trusted promised to help her break through... and instead, he raped her. He left her pregnant on a street corner at her parents’ house while she was vomiting and sick. The trauma hit so hard it triggered a total psychotic break—she couldn’t get out of bed, couldn’t eat, couldn’t even recognize herself. But in that darkness, Stefani made a choice: This wouldn’t be her ending. She transformed her pain and became *Lady Gaga*. With those bold costumes, fearless energy, and massive hits like “Just Dance,” “Poker Face,” and “Bad Romance,” she exploded into a global superstar—Grammys, stadium tours, the whole world dancing along. But behind the spotlight? The trauma lived on in her body as fibromyalgia (that cyclone of chronic pain tied to PTSD, anxiety, and depression). Flashbacks would hit without warning. The girl the world saw as unstoppable was still fighting to survive every single day. Then she turned her story into something bigger. In 2012, she and her mom launched the Born This Way Foundation to support youth mental health and kindness. She started speaking her truth—first revealing the rape in 2014, then opening up fully in 2021 about the pregnancy and psychotic break. No sugarcoating, just raw honesty. Survivors flooded her with messages saying, “You made me feel less alone.” Her role in A Star Is Born poured every ounce of that vulnerability into “Shallow”—and yes, she took home the Oscar. Through therapy, medication, and her foundation’s work training thousands in mental health first aid, she’s been funding trauma research and turning stages into safe spaces for healing. Today, Gaga’s living proof that trauma doesn’t write your final chapter. She took the worst thing that ever happened to her and used it to light the way for millions. Your pain doesn’t define you—your healing does. It wasn’t your fault. You’re not alone. And yes, healing is possible. Drop a ❤️ if this story hits you, and share it if someone needs to hear they can rise too.

@pro_individual @WallStreetApes Not if your printer is HP. I had the subscription but when my job changed, I didn’t need as much ink. The plan made no economic sense for me any longer. I canceled the plan & HP bricked my printer. I had HP printers for over 20 yrs. I now have Epson.

@WallStreetApes She chose the ink maintenance plan. They own the ink and you are just renting pages. HP has been doing this for a while now. You could buy your own ink, put it in your printer, then print to your hearts content.

American bought a brand new printer. She bought the ink for the printer, she bought the paper for the printer, now she’s at home and is ready to print She can’t print “They remotely shut off my printer until I paid $7.50 cents to print in my own home, to print on my printer, that I own in my home” This is the new $7.50 subscription plan by HP Printers Here’s how the plans work HP’s Instant Ink and newer All-in Plan programs are subscription services options: - You pay a monthly fee based on pages printed (not ink used). - Plans start low, from $1.79–$7.99 per month for 10–100 pages - $7–$8 per month plans are for around 100 pages If your payment fails. HP will remotely shutoff your printer

Many local homeschooling groups have been doing this for years. 40 yrs ago, I knew a group that had a music teacher, a PHD chemist, a nurse, & coaches for several sports. The kids all got together every week for instruction in music, science, biology & health, & as needed for sports.

The missing idea: what if “homeschooling” doesn’t have to mean only parents teaching everything? What if it becomes a local learning network? The nurse teaches first aid. The veteran teaches survival and discipline. The mechanic teaches engines. The chef teaches cooking. The history nerd teaches Rome, empires, wars, civilization. The founder teaches building. Parents don’t have to be the whole school. The city becomes the school. This is what I’m building with @classquake

These anti-homeschool arguments always compare homeschooling to to a perfectly functioning public school system that only exists in their imagination. Meanwhile in the real world, 54% of American adults read below a 6th grade level.

That’s the whole point. K-12 government schools are not teaching reading, writing, arithmetic. 30 school districts in IL have 0 (zero) children who are proficient in math. This is not uncommon, unfortunately. Students somehow get into Harvard & then need remedial reading instruction. CUZ THEY CANNOT READ. But yeah, give the teachers unions more money and power.

The inverse of this is just as valid. Is it ok for a parent to decide they do not want to teach their child reading, writing or basic math? If not then what should be done in the case of a parent who refuses to teach those things as part of their home schooling. If that happened in k-12 people would absolutely be fired.