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It never ceases to amaze me the things I can find when I go walking near my home. I saw this on Monday afternoon. A solitary Croc shoe by the side of the road. I am always wondering what the backstory is on items on how they got there.
#stuffinthestreet – at Clayton, MO
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"How many times must a bridge be burned before you stop rebuilding it with your own bones? Some doors were meant to be bolted from the inside."
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Let the world slow down, the lights grow softer, and the imagination wander somewhere deliciously unexpected… 🌙💋✨
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Good morning my friends! I hope your day is beautiful, kind and successful. I hope you know you are loved bc you are. ♥️🫶🏻💋🥰 I’ve got 1 more welding class. Working with tig on my last sets. Wish me luck. 💋🙏🏼🥰
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October 21 at 1:42 PM ·
MISSOURI HAS NO ILLEGALS; go figure... shouldn't the other states do the same? Missouri's approach to the problem of illegal immigration appears to be more advanced, sophisticated, strict, and effective than anything to date in Arizona. Does the White House appreciate what Missouri has done? So, why doesn't Missouri receive attention? Answer: There are no illegals in Missouri to demonstrate. (And the Media doesn't want to publicize that fact!)
The "Show Me" state has again shown us how it should be done. There needs to be more publicity and exposure regarding what Missouri has done. Please pass this around.
In 2007, Missouri placed on the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment designating English as the official language of Missouri. In November 2008, nearly 90% voted in favor! Thus, English became the official language for ALL governmental activity in Missouri. No individual has the right to demand government services in a language OTHER than English.
In 2008, a measure was passed that required the Missouri Highway Patrol and other law enforcement officials to verify the immigration status of any person arrested, and inform federal authorities if the person is found to be in Missouri illegally. Missouri law enforcement officers receive specific training with respect to enforcement of federal immigration laws.
In Missouri, illegal immigrants do NOT have access to taxpayer benefits such as food stamps or health care through Missouri Health NET.
In 2009, a measure was passed that ensures Missouri's public institutions of higher education do NOT award financial aid to individuals who are illegally in the United States.
In Missouri, all post-secondary institutions of higher education are required to annually certify to the Missouri Dept. of Higher Education that they have NOT knowingly awarded financial aid to students who are unlawfully present in the United States .
It is important to remember, Missouri has been far more proactive in addressing this horrific problem. Missouri has made it clear that illegal immigrants are NOT WELCOME in the state and they will NOT receive public benefits at the expense of Missouri taxpayers.
DON'T DELETE THIS, AMERICA. KEEP IT GOING UNTIL WE GET ALL 50 STATES TO COMPLY!
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Critics love to say that twenty-year-old American Marines on New Year's Eve liberty in Japan only care about partying.
On December 31, 2016, four young U.S. Marines were walking in Yokosuka when an SUV plunged five stories off a garage.
The vehicle slammed upside down onto the pavement with a Japanese family of five inside. Eight local bystanders and two U.S. Navy Sailors pulled on the doors, but the crushed roof jammed the steel shut.
Waiting ten minutes for hydraulic rescue jaws meant the children trapped upside down inside the compressed cabin would suffocate or bleed out.
Marine Lance Corporal James Flores shouted that they had to flip the heavy vehicle upright by hand, and Lance Corporal Raheem Gilliam used the Japanese numbers he had just practiced in his barracks to unite the crowd.
"Ichi, ni, san!" Gilliam roared.
Four Marines, two Sailors, and eight Japanese citizens locked their fingers under the twisted frame and deadlifted the SUV upright in one heave.
The Marines crawled into the glass, pulled two young Japanese boys out alive, and used their Combat Lifesaver training to stop the bleeding until ambulances arrived.
Walking to the emergency room afterward to get his own cut hands checked, Gilliam did not brag. He quietly called Oklahoma just to tell his mother he loved her.
Honor needs no translator when good men lift together.
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Outside the gates of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, television cameras often gather to criticize U.S. Marines.
On October 4, 2020, Marine Staff Sergeant Billy Dixson stood at Mermaid's Grotto when a woman screamed at the sea.
Her friend, an Okinawan resident named Ms. Miyagi, had been pulled out to sea by a violent rip current and had already vanished beneath the surface.
No lifeguards were on duty at the rocky grotto. Fighting a rip current head-on exhausts even elite swimmers in minutes, so Dixson used his Marine water-survival training to ride the current out, dove three meters underwater where she was sinking, and locked his arm around her.
He angled across the current, hauled her back onto the jagged rocks, and made sure she was breathing.
Here is the part the television cameras missed.
Once Ms. Miyagi was safe with her friend, Dixson dried off, drove back to his barracks, and went to work the next morning without telling a single soul in his chain of command.
His commander, Colonel Henry Dolberry Jr., had no idea what Dixson had done until Ms. Miyagi walked up to the main gate of Futenma and handed the sentry a handwritten Japanese letter begging to thank the Marine who saved her life.
A true warrior does not ask for a microphone after he stands his watch.
