Cameron Jackson

I lift. I eat meat. I’m a Christian. husband of @rebsusane

[Doug Billings @DougBillings]

Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, 1965 — warning America decades ahead of his time:
“False compassion… is a pity shown not to the mugged, but to the mugger; not to the family of the murdered, but to the murderer.”
He predicted nations would be ruined not by wars, but by this twisted “mercy” that protects criminals and ignores victims.
Watch this prophetic clip. Still true. Still urgent.

#BishopSheen #FalseCompassion #Wisdom

[Cameron Jackson @CameronCaveman]

@StrengthDebates I don’t do sumo. Not that there’s anything wrong with it. Just love my conventional dead lift.

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

"You can hardly open a periodical without coming across the statement that what our civilization needs is more 'drive', or dynamism, or self-sacrifice, or 'creativity'. In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful."

— C.S. Lewis

[Athenaeum Book Club @athenaeumbc]

Did you know C.S. Lewis predicted the modern obsession with “being nice” would destroy the soul?

In The Abolition of Man, Lewis argues that when a society stops believing in objective virtue, it doesn’t become tolerant… it becomes manipulable.

He calls the result “men without chests.”

People with appetites and intellects, but no courage, no honor, no trained moral instincts. They can calculate everything and defend nothing.

Lewis saw that once we reject inherited moral law, we don’t become free. We become raw material… easily shaped by propaganda, pleasure, and fear.

Modern man prides himself on compassion while quietly surrendering every standard that once gave compassion meaning.

Lewis’s insight is brutal: a civilization that educates clever cowards will eventually be ruled by tyrants or technicians.

Because when nothing is worth dying for, everything becomes negotiable… including human dignity.

[Ben Zornes @benzornes]

It isn’t throwaway ceremonialism when the minister asks for the Christian name of the child being baptized. Naming and baptizing go together. To be baptized is to receive and then bear Christ’s name. Not only do you receive your older brother’s name, He also shares His inheritance of everlasting life with you. In solemnizing the naming our children here in their baptism we not only confess that this child is to be called by the name their parents chose for them, but also that name is now inextricably associated with Christ’s name.
Names are funny things, though, aren’t they? Your child is born not knowing their name, but by little and little they begin to understand that name is theirs. As Leithart observed: “We name our children so that they respond to that name.” Baptism sets Christ’s name upon them. Christian discipleship calls their new name out to them. We call through the Word preached, through catechism lessons, through teaching them to say their prayers, through singing the Psalms, and through a meal of bread and wine. By these means, we call out to them their new name that they might respond in true faith to the name of Christ which they bear.

[Jennie Taer @JennieSTaer]

HUGE: The Chinese-Americans accused of attempting to explode an IED at MacDill Air Force Base Visitor’s center in Tampa were anchor babies for illegal parents, colleague @MaryMargOlohan reports.

DHS nabbed the duo’s parents, Qiu Qin Zou and Jia Zhang Zheng, on March 18 for illegal entry.

The parents applied for asylum in 1993, but were denied by an immigration judge, who issued them a deportation order in 1998. The Board of Immigration Appeals repeatedly denied their attempts to have their case reopened.

Despite the repeated denials for status, they remained in the US.

https://t.co/t4QIfjbLnW

[Starting Strength @SS_strength]

So I guess we'll do a thread on the arch for the bench and use some material from the book.
First, we'll start some basic concepts. Like the the lockout position for the bench is directly over the shoulders and in balance because it has virtually no moment arm and uses the least amount of energy.

[Sam Krapf @sam_gzstrength]

If this 9 year old girl can deadlift 180lbs like a boss, you can get your deadlift to 405 this year.

[Ben Zornes @benzornes]

Spent the weekend in DC and there are a lot people jogging all the time. Which reminded me of a fitting proverb for our nation’s capital: the wicked flee when no one pursues.

[Starting Strength @SS_strength]

Yes. We deal with it frequently enough and have an approach with incredibly high success rate. If you can't do chin-ups, a lat pulldown with chin-up grip will suffice but it needs to be reasonably challenging.
Set a timer to one minute do 3 chin-ups and rest a minute. Then every minute do 3 chins. Do this for at least 15 min. If you can't do 3, drop to sets of 2, but get at least 15 min in. Do this every 3-4 times a week with a day of rest in between. Should resolve in about 2 weeks.
Needs to be chin-ups though (palms facing you with hands about shoulder width).

[Chris Armstrong @MrCArmstrong]

@DNP_chopper @financedystop These comments are so funny. I was literally born and raised in Houston in the 1980’s. I may have erased them from my memory bank because I haven't eaten this type of junk food for at least two decades. Many sugarholics in the comments. https://t.co/aCQv1QRzkH

[William Wolfe 🇺🇸 @WilliamWolfe]

Everyone is a "theocrat." The only real question is which “theo” they worship and which “crat” they want to rule.

James Talarico worships the false god of "human progress." And he will not hesitate to use the strong arm of the State to enforce that worship.

[Jonathan Choe @choeshow]

NEW: Here’s the latest crazy bill being considered in WA…

“This is state sponsored kidnapping for irreversible mutilation of children that the government would aid.”

[Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter]

I reject any allegedly right-coded ideology that requires that we allow seventh century Third World savages to murder our people and not pay for it.

There is no expiration date for righteous retribution.

If you believe that seventh century Third World savages can murder our people and not pay for it, then we are not the same.

[Wasson Watch Co. @WassonWatch]

Yes, Matt. You are confused.

Somehow you can't seem to see that winning on this global stage is good for America. It's good for our safety. It's good for our prosperity. It's good for our global reputation. It's good to see our sworn enemies destroyed.

Hope that helps.

[Sam Krapf @sam_gzstrength]

How to fix your deadlift in 5 steps. If this was posted by every single deadlift platform across the country the world would be a better place.

[Kangmin Lee | 이강민 @kangminlee]

Foreign invaders are not sojourners, John.

Foreign invaders coming in to plunder your land and rule over you is a sign of God's judgment. It is not something we should aspire for.

Your exegesis has been warped by godless ideology, pastor.

And yes we know you're tweeting this because of the immigration debate happening right now.

[Stephen Miller @StephenM]

The immortal visual of the entire Democrat party—upon explicit repeated invitation—refusing to stand for the core moral principle that US government owes its allegiance to US citizens and not foreign criminal invaders, is the most shocking image in the history of the US Congress.

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

@NDRepublicans “Insisting on legalism with leftists is like playing a soccer game with your feet while the other team scores every goal with their hands.”

[Kangmin Lee | 이강민 @kangminlee]

This is one of my goals in life