Neil Smith

@valormental As on “but why”

Esta es una de las transformaciones más impresionantes que he visto.

@valormental Why?

@ByMikeWilson @Volquest_On3 Ugh

Cade Phillips is entering the transfer portal after three seasons with Tennessee, he tells @Volquest_On3. on3.com/teams/tennesse…

Understand this: The movies and shows about the crucifixion have been tame when compared to what He actually went through. Even The Passion Of The Christ was forced to hold back a little in order to avoid an X rating. Crucifixion was, and still is, arguably the most excruciating death someone can experience. The night before in Gethsemane, He was sweating blood. This is known as hematidrosis. This would have caused His skin to become extremely sensitive, thus making the beatings to come even worse. The fear He felt was the beginning of His feeling the weight of our iniquities being laid on Him. Yet - in this moment, He didn’t demand that the Father take it from Him. He only asked for the cup to pass Him over if it was within the Father’s will. Up next came the Cat of Nine Tails, or a Roman Flagrum. This was a weapon with long leather “tails”, each embedded with sharp bones and metal. He was flogged 39 times as Jewish law mandated “40 minus one”, because 40 was said to kill a man. This flogging wasn’t like being punished by your father’s leather belt. Every strike tore flesh, every strike exposed muscle. Every strike exposed nerve endings. Every strike tore flesh to the bone. This would be like getting struck with razor blades over and over again, leading to hypovolemic shock from blood loss. Oh, and the crown of thorns? These weren’t rose thorns. These were thorns which were 2-3 inches long. Beaten into his skull. These thorns would have pierced his skull, tripping the trigeminal nerve, thus causing unimaginable pain and even more blood loss from the dozens of head wounds. At this point, extreme nausea and dizziness would begin to set in. What came next? Carrying the cross. Which weighed around 300lbs. This would be like carrying two full kegs on your back. Splinters and wood grating against the open flesh on His back. And He had to carry it 650 yards, or close to a half mile. Imagine carrying a log on your back after being skinned alive. Up next? He was nailed to the cross with spikes 5-7in in length. Piercing His wrists - this no doubt pierced the median nerve, causing extreme burning sensations up and down His arms. A spike was driven through his ankles - severing nerves and tendons. This would have felt like standing on broken glass every time He pushed Himself up in order to breathe. He suffered for 6 hours. His chest muscles collapsing, making every single breath a fight for life. His shoulders were dislocated, His arms stretching unnaturally long. His heart was struggling to pump blood. He was extremely dehydrated, His lips cracking. His heart more than likely literally ruptured from the stress. And on top of all of that, He had to feel a separation with the Father for a period of time in order to REALLY bear the weight of our sin. He took up this burden for ALL sin before Him, and ALL sin which came after Him. HE DID IT ALL FOR US. To free us. To defeat sin. To give us a pathway to the Kingdom. Every sin we commit is exactly why He had to do it. And the real kicker? He knew what was coming when He rode into Jerusalem … and He didn’t turn around. He kept going. For us.

To get upset is to ignore the obvious. Formerly great American city in desperate need of capable leadership.

@bradluttrell Employees

Publix keeps snatching up property across the street from Kroger, which is so funny to me. Publix has a nice deli and bakery. Beyond that, it's like, 30-40% more expensive than Kroger. No clue why you'd prefer Publix over a Kroger.

@JohnCleese 🤣

That's whaat I really dislike about the battle of Agincourt The total lack of diversity, especially among the archers

Why aren’t any of these at risk hospitals publishing their full accounting so everyone can see where they spend their money ? All but one group of hospitals that I have looked at potentially investing in, spend so much on consultants and fees that it’s no wonder they are at risk Plus, I have NEVER seen an industry that is worse than hospitals when it comes to buying medications and items like implants, screws, other devices. They overpay for everything. And then when you show them how to save money, their “supply chain” employees resist any change. They are so set in their ways, it’s a shock more don’t go out of business. Prove me wrong.

@Grunt2A 🤣

Now that Artemis II has launched we have 10 days to get everyone on Earth a Planet of the Apes costume so we can do something hilarious when the astronauts return 😁

@SeanTrapani @HoustonChron Uh, no

@HoustonChron Good for the judge. A judge is the symbol of the authority of the court and the laws of the peoples representatives. The IT guy didn’t understand that. He thought he was just talking to a coworker.

Harris County judge Nathan Milliron went viral on social media for his bristly treatment of a county worker who was fixing an audio problem. houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst…

Speaking as a private citizen and voter, this is not normal behavior. It must be stopped. Judge Milliron uses the authority of the bench to threaten people with jail for merely doing their jobs.

@JakeCan72 So she didn’t see a report card or meet with a teacher in 4 years? Regardless how poor the school’s performance, some self reflection on the parent’s part is also warranted

A Baltimore mother working three jobs thought her son was on track to graduate. The school kept promoting him. Then she learned the truth. In four years at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts in West Baltimore, he passed three classes. He earned 2.5 credits. He failed 22 courses. He was late or absent 272 times. His GPA was 0.13. The school promoted him anyway — from Algebra 1 to Algebra 2 after failing Algebra 1. From English 2 to English 3 after failing English 2. His class rank was 62 out of 120. Nearly half his classmates had a GPA of 0.13 or lower. In four years, one teacher requested a parent conference. It never happened. No one told his mother he was failing. The school’s response was a two-page statement explaining what should have happened. He was moved back to ninth grade. She pulled him out. Enrolled him in an accelerated program. He graduated in 2022 with mostly A’s and B’s. That was one student. One mother. One accelerated program that happened to work. His school still operates. The district around it has not fundamentally changed. Baltimore City Schools received a 38% funding increase since 2017. Chronic absenteeism district-wide runs at roughly 45%. Academic proficiency in Algebra 1 sits at approximately 9%. The school didn’t fail him because it lacked money.

@Jake_Mintz Yeah. It’s nuts. I decided not to renew

Tried to buy MLBTV for my parents and it took me 30 mins to figure it out. Accidentally bought something called MLB+ in the process which is just radio and MLB Network??!?! Maybe I’m an idiot but it’s incredible how difficult they’ve made this to do through the app.

I stopped paying attention to The Economist years ago. This kind of stuff is why.

A moment that has shaped two thousand years of memory. The Last Supper Chosen by @KriderJackie. You can feel it in their faces. Shock, doubt, denial, loyalty, fear. Every human response, captured in a single instant. This is what great art preserves.

BRENNAN'S LEGAL JEOPARDY: Justice Dept. request for classified records related to former CIA Director John Brennan is a very serious escalation, especially if the records show Brennan doubled down on his Steele Dossier claims. Under oath, Brennan told Congress in 2017 the Democrat funded opposition research was NOT "in any way used as a basis" for the US Intelligence Assessment about Russia's activities during the 2016 presidential election. But records released @DNIGabbard @CIADirector SHOW Brennan was WARNED NOT to include the Steele Dossier by intelligence professionals, but Brennan insisted on including the Dossier because he liked the narrative. Through his lawyer, Brennan has denied wrongdoing. Link to FULL CIA documents and Brennan 2017 testimony 👇

@Thebestfigen Exactly!

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.@GovPritzker has never responded to me regarding the tragic murder of my innocent teenage brother in Chicago on June 24th, 2022. There are countless families who have experienced similar tragedies in Chicago and throughout Illinois, and they have all been completely ignored by Governor JB Pritzker. I hope their voices are heard loudly at the ballot box this November.