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[IMPERATOR @IMPERATORAUS]

In his Summa Theologiae, St Thomas Aquinas laid out one of the most charitable yet practical arguments concerning immigration that effectively shaped the West for almost 1,000 years.

1. Immigration must always be proportionate so that foreigners can properly assimilate into the culture and mode of worship of the state.

2. Citizenship – and associated rights – should only ever be granted after the third generation to preserve the culture, mode of worship, and constitution of the state.

3. The common good of the citizens must remain the highest priority of the state, meaning, the state's obligation to provide aid to its neighbours can never be at the expense of the citizens.

However, Aquinas ends with the sobering reminder that some peoples and states are incompatible with one another, and these must be held as "foes in perpetuity".

[Sarah Fields @SarahisCensored]

🚨 Another Hero Emerges from the Twin Falls Shooting 🚨

As more information comes out of Twin Falls, we’re learning about another individual who reportedly put himself in harm’s way to stop the gunman.

According to posts shared by family members and local residents, Austin “AJ” Scott James, an off-duty Twin Falls police officer, engaged the shooter during the attack and was struck by return fire. He is reportedly hospitalized.

His father also shared that AJ’s wife immediately applied a tourniquet after he was shot and rushed him to the emergency room - actions that may have helped save his life.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Noted climber Nirmal Purja among 10 dead in avalanche in Pakistan - officials https://t.co/WocLTXT9bR https://t.co/WocLTXT9bR

[Sophie Cunningham @sophaller]

what it’s all about💕

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

This is one of the most beloved paintings in America, and it puts its finger on something we all pass through, first as the child, and one day as the parent left behind...

The painting is Breaking Home Ties, by Norman Rockwell, on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1954. A father and his teenage son sit side by side on the running board of a battered farm truck, waiting at a railway stop. A single track runs along the bottom of the picture. A ticket pokes from the boy's pocket. His suitcase is stacked with schoolbooks and wears a "State U" pennant. The train is coming to carry him off to college, away from home, for the first time in his life.

Everything is in the way they sit.

The son sits upright, scrubbed and dressed in his best, eyes fixed on the horizon, on the track, on the future rushing toward him. He is already half gone. For him that train is the beginning of everything.

His father sits beside him in worn work clothes and scuffed boots, looking the other way, down the line, as if he cannot bear to watch it arrive. The same train means the opposite thing to him. For the son it is the start of a life. For the father it is the day the house grows quieter, the chair at the table sits empty, and the person he built his world around walks out into a life that no longer has him at its centre.

Look at his hands. He is holding two hats. His own battered one, and resting on top of it, his son's crisp new one, held carefully together, because it is the last small thing he can still do for the boy...

And then the dog, its head laid in the son's lap, gazing up, refusing to look away. Rockwell knew exactly what that was for: "The father couldn't show how he felt about the boy's leaving," he said. "The dog did."

It has moved people for 70 years because every leaving is a beginning for one person and an ending for another. The child steps out into the world, as they should. And someone stays behind, watching them go, and loving them enough to let them go anyway...

[RAW EGG NATIONALIST @Babygravy9]

Revolt against the modern world.

[Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat]

To the leftists claiming Ceuta does not belong to Spain because it was taken in 1415

Are you going to tell the Turks to give Constantinople back to the Christians?

Cos they took that in 1453

[Michael Dell 🇺🇸 @MichaelDell]

This one page changed my life.

42 years ago today, it convinced my parents I shouldn't go back to college.

I started by upgrading PCs from a dorm room.

Today @Dell is helping build the infrastructure that powers AI, from the edge to some of the world's largest AI factories.

You never know which small decision will change everything.

Keep building🚀🙏 #PlayNiceButWin

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Waiting for y’all to discover Republican leaders in DC have also scheduled an October recess.

There are only 8 full work days and 8 half-days before the midterm elections. It looks like we’re intent on squandering a majority, until you understand Uniparty IS always the majority.

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Stephen A. Smith publicly APOLOGIZES to Kyrie Irving after calling him "selfish" for refusing the COVID jab.

"Hindsight-wise, it didn’t make him stubborn or selfish. It made him BRAVE."

"I watched Dr. Fauci on Capitol Hill yesterday, and the person I thought about most was Kyrie Irving."

“Kyrie Irving stood out in my mind because of the heat that he was taking... He refused the vaccine. New York City's mandate made him ineligible for home games, and he linked his stance to people losing jobs over vaccine mandates."

“In my opinion, particularly hindsight-wise, it didn't make him stubborn or selfish. It made him brave. His willingness to stand up and say, ‘Nah, I'm not doing that.’

“It's just a time for reflection — to look at things differently.”

Kyrie gave up $11,400,000 in game checks during the 21-22 NBA season and a $100,000,000 extension with the Nets to be unvaccinated.

That cements his holdout as the largest financial sacrifice any athlete has ever made over an issue in history.

[#𝕎𝕒𝕣 ℍ𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕫𝕠𝕟 @WarHorizon]

White House releases a website documenting whatever we have been saying for 6 years 🔥

Covid was Manmade Bioweapon.
Social distancing and mask rules were made up.

People who exposed this were censored by diffrent Govts and Big Tech Companies.

This should be the biggest news story on the planet right now.

[FoxyFarmer🦊🇺🇸 @GardensR4Health]

🚨Huge Update on Our Hero Lifeguard Ryder Williams 16yrs

Ryder says he refused to let go of the child because he knew the boy would almost certainly die if he did

Ryder’s father Shane “I almost started crying because how determined he was to save that boy’s life makes me so proud.”

Shockingly, Ryder made ANOTHER rescue that day under circumstances MORE difficult than the ones seen on the viral clip, pulling 2 more people to safety

Ryder has proven to be extremely humble, stating he doesn’t understand all the attention because he was just doing what anyone else would.

Several bystanders went against policy to help Ryder save the drowning boy, but the surf rebuffed them, and they retreated.

Ryder’s parents attribute his incredible water skills to years of playing intense water polo, where he played the position of hole set, which means constantly fighting off opponents. His parents joked about being uncomfortable “with everyone trying to drown our boy”.

Ryder and his family have been involved to the White House by President Trump, where Ryder will receive a civilian award 🥇

[Saif @diol2n]

كان المصور سكوت يقوم بتصوير شاطى سيبرايت في كاليفورنيا عندما لاحظ رأس شخص يظهر ويختفي وسط الامواج العنيفة فسارع الى ابلاغ احد المنقذين

اتضح انه صبي بعمر 10 سنوات كان يركب الامواج على اللوح، قام المنقذ بالامساك به على الرغم من قوة وشدة الامواج الا انه تشبث به بقوه حاول البعض مساعدته لكن الامواج اسقطتهم فتراجعوا من الخوف لكن المنقذ استمر حتى انقذ الصبي

الاكثر اثارة في الموضوع ان المنقذ كان في موسمه الاول فقط من العمل

[Cal Dietz @Caldietz]

Athletes trained to "brace the core" 24/7 often show up with high resting heart rates.

The diaphragm isn't just for breathing — it's one of the body's primary pumps.

One of Many Cost of Bracing

https://t.co/Wq1fe3KfmZ

[Out of Context Human Race @NoContextHumans]

Grandmothers deserve to live forever

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@martianwyrdlord I’m down

[♣️Jokic & MJ♦️GOATs fan @PONTA6565]

Shaquille O'Neal spoke the truth in the GOAT debate 🔥

''See, uh I played against both of them. I know what it feels like to have LeBron charging down the lane. He’s strong, fast, a freak of nature, respect. But when you stood across from Jordan, it was something else.

The air got heavy. You knew the game was his the moment he walked on the floor. He wasn’t just trying to beat you, he wanted to break you. Six championships, six Finals MVPs, never lost when the stage was biggest.

That’s the killer. LeBron’s had a great career, no question, but kids today, they only see highlights, social media clips, and the hype machine around them.

They don’t know the fear Jordan put in people’s eyes, the way he lifted this entire league to another level. That wasn’t marketing, that was greatness you could feel in your chest.

So when the younger generation throws around goat like it’s a hashtag, I just shake my head. Respect the past. Do your homework. Because before LeBron ever called himself the king, Michael Jordan showed the world what true royalty looks like.''

ーsource : ( SA Gems )

Shaq's honest words, spoken after his life-or-death battle and rivalry with MJ, resonate 100% with us NBA fans around the world.

We respect you for speaking the truth without fear of public criticism and without betraying MJ and Kobe. 🙏