Veteran journalist-turned-talent agent, Jesus lover, pet rescuer, crime TV junkie. Please, no DMs without OK or unless I know you.

Jacksonville, FL
Joined May 2009
I look forward to watching this kid dominate the @FIFAcom World Cup 20 years from now.
A 3-year-old boy named Nevada was playing ball against a 5-year-old child and destroying everyone. He dominated the ball so much that the others hardly even touched it. Result? The parents of the opponents got angry and called the police. They called the police on a 3-year-old boy for being too good at soccer. The family says that the complaints were so many that they took him out of the league. Early envy that has no limit. Instead of training their own son or accepting that the boy is different, they preferred to try to stop those who were born with talent. This shows how much success bothers from an early age. A 3-year-old boy already has a hater because he plays better than an older child. If it's true that they called the police because of this, it's the most ridiculous portrait of envy you can see in children's sports. Nevada, at 3 years old, has already learned that being better than others sometimes becomes a problem.
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To my Ohio and Carolinas friends...
Friends, I could really use some help. A large group of Amish builders from Ohio are spending the next FIVE MONTHS fixing homes damaged by Hurricane Helene for FREE in Western North Carolina and South Carolina. There's just one problem... the Amish don't drive, so they need drivers to take them back and forth to job sites and drop off trailers (if you have a truck). I have already volunteered to help, but we need more volunteers. If you feel led and are in the area, there's a sign up sheet in the comments. You'll get free breakfast and free dinner too + you'll get to meet some of the heroes who have been working here to rebuild.
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Love it when karma comes quick.
Watch your step (1949)
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If there's not a movie about this guy yet, that needs to happen.
June 6, 1944. An American paratrooper jumps into Normandy in the dark and lands on the roof of a church. By the end of the war he had been declared dead, held a funeral he didn't attend, escaped the Nazis, and fought his way toward Berlin in a Soviet tank unit. His name was Joseph Beyrle. He's believed to be the only American soldier to serve in both the US Army and the Red Army during World War Two. Beyrle was from Muskegon, Michigan. He joined the 101st Airborne, the Screaming Eagles. His buddies called him Jumpin' Joe. On D-Day night his plane was hit by flak and he jumped early. He came down on a church roof, slid off, and lost his unit in the chaos. For a few days he fought on his own, blowing up a power station and cutting German communications. Then he was captured. Here's where it gets strange. A German soldier ended up wearing Beyrle's uniform and dog tags. That German was killed. When the body was found, the Americans identified it as Joseph Beyrle. The army told his parents their son was dead. His hometown held a funeral mass for him. His obituary ran in the local paper. Meanwhile, he was very much alive, being moved from one German prison camp to another. He escaped more than once. One time he and two other prisoners jumped off a train heading east. They thought they were heading for Russia and freedom. They got lost and ended up in Berlin, where they were caught by the Gestapo, beaten, and tortured. In January 1945, from a camp in eastern Germany, he finally made a clean escape. He went east, toward the gunfire. Toward the Soviets. When he found a Soviet tank unit, he walked out with his hands up, holding a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes, and shouted the only Russian he knew. American comrade. It worked. He asked to join them. And they said yes. For about a month, an American paratrooper rode with Soviet tank crews as they pushed toward Germany. He used his demolition training. He fought. He was reportedly welcomed by a Soviet officer who was one of the rare women commanding a tank battalion. Then a German dive bomber attacked. Beyrle was badly wounded. He was evacuated to a Soviet hospital. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov reportedly visited, heard his story, and gave him papers to get to the American embassy in Moscow. When he showed up, the embassy didn't believe him. As far as the US was concerned, Joseph Beyrle was dead. They held him under guard until his fingerprints proved who he was. He made it home to Michigan in April 1945. In 1946 he got married. In the same church where they'd held his funeral. Decades later, in 1994, he was honored at the White House by President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin for serving both countries. And the last twist. His son, Joseph Beyrle II, grew up to become the United States Ambassador to Russia.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Joseph Robert “Joe” Beyrle had two sons. The elder son, Joe Beyrle II, served during the Vietnam War, but wasn’t a US Ambassador. That was the other son, John Beyrle. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Be…
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Mesmerizing.
🚨FROM A TINY RUSSIAN VILLAGE AT 12 TO 4.3 MILLION YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBERS 🔥 SHE BUILDS A FULL CHOIR WITH ONE VOICE 🎶‼️ South Africa, meet Sasha Kvashenaya. She started singing at 12 in a small village. Today she streams live and layers her own voice four times until it sounds like a real choir with no backing tracks or shortcuts, this is just pure raw talent 🎼 Her Bad Times clips are exploding across the internet for a reason 🔥 If you appreciate real vocals done the hard way, give her a listen 🎤✨
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Remember to stop and smell the flowers now and then. 🥰🌺
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Shits happening again!! But this time got busted.. but this is one polling place, out of how many thousands? This is Treason, or at least Sedition. Do these people know the consequences for each? Do they think there’s too many of them?
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Forget about your timelines. God is still working. Let Him cook.
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This is a truly great American story of a father and son carrying the same flag in two wars. @BarnabyHistory wrote a piece on the flag and got in touch with this heroic dad/son duo. Check the story out and as usual, the excellent work from Barnaby.
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Bill Maher admits Trump is a remarkable listener who never interrupts and values every opinion in the room. MAHER: "Remember, we were going to have a live execution of the Fort Hood shooter? Somebody talked to him. He DOES LISTEN when he’s in that White House. He never interrupts. He never gets mad. He listens." LEAVIT: "He does. And he surveys the room. Something that I find admirable about him is he’ll look around the room, and he’ll ask the opinions of everyone in it, whether it’s a low-level staffer or his chief of staff." MAHER: "True." LEAVITT: “He genuinely wants to know how people feel, what they think. He takes their counsel and advice, and then I think he makes the best decision that he believes is best for the country in that moment.”
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One of the most famous pics from my hometown.
La mañana del 17 de julio de 1967, en Jacksonville (Florida) 🇺🇸, una cuadrilla de electricistas trabajaba a seis metros de altura cuando ocurrió el accidente. Randall Champion tocó accidentalmente un cable de alto voltaje. Recibió una descarga brutal de 4.160 voltios que le atravesó el cuerpo y salió por su pie izquierdo. Su corazón se detuvo al instante y quedó inconsciente, colgando bocabajo únicamente sostenido por su cinturón de seguridad. Sus compañeros reaccionaron desesperados. Mientras uno intentaba correr y caía al suelo por los nervios, J.D. Thompson, de solo 26 años, subió el poste corriendo para alcanzar a su amigo. Al llegar arriba, encontró a Champion con el rostro azulado y sin pulso. El tiempo corría en contra. Sin dudarlo un segundo, Thompson se posicionó como pudo a metros del suelo, le sujetó la cabeza y comenzó a aplicarle la respiración boca a boca directamente sobre la boca del poste. Sopló aire con todas sus fuerzas hasta que sintió un leve suspiro: Champion había vuelto a la vida. Entre la multitud que observaba desde abajo estaba el fotógrafo Rocco Morabito, quien pasaba por allí por casualidad. Al ver la escena, capturó la imagen del rescate. La foto, bautizada como "El beso de la vida" (The Kiss of Life), daría la vuelta al mundo y ganaría el premio Pulitzer en 1968. Gracias a la valentía de su compañero, Randall Champion sobrevivió y vivió hasta los 64 años. J.D. Thompson no buscó fama ni reconocimientos; solo hizo lo que cualquier verdadero amigo y compañero habría hecho. Moraleja: El heroísmo real no necesita superpoderes, sino la valentía de no paralizarse ante la tragedia ajena. En los momentos más oscuros de la vida, la diferencia entre rendirse o salir adelante suele ser la mano o el aliento de alguien que decide no darte por perdido. La verdadera lealtad se demuestra en las alturas del peligro, cuando pones el bienestar del otro por encima de tu propio miedo.
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I laughed way too hard at this. 🤣🤣🤣
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Wish I could still call my mom, but grateful I can still call my dad. ❤️
Call your Mom ‼️
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He won!
Brady Rogers, 33, secured a seat on Kelowna City Council with a campaign centered on radical honesty. His signs featured unusual messages like “I BARELY WANT TO DO THIS” and “Just trying to pay my rent.”
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The Scholastic Book Fair was the best. Nothing sells like nostalgia. ❤️
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“The irony of something you dreaded doing, changing your entire life. So take more chances."
You needed to hear this. “The irony of something you dreaded doing, changing your entire life” I love Matt Rife!
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Justified.
As a mother of two sons who do this, and a third who I’m SURE will start soon, I can confidently say this is a completely valid crash-out.
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Sad to see this one. Here in Florida, "Seminole Wind" is something of an unofficial state anthem. One of the most soulful songs I've ever heard. He'll be dearly missed. 💔
John Anderson has passed away at the age of 71.
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