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Romans 8:31

[Graniteback @Graniteback]

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[THE TRUE 🇺🇸 @USA1STONLY]

The only way to achieve real peace…

[Emanuel Quiñones @EQuinones6310]

The World Cup has turned America into a discovery channel for the rest of the world.

And they are not handling it well.
In the best possible way.

Here is what they are discovering:

Free public restrooms. Europeans pay every time.
Free water at every restaurant. Just appears.
Free refills. Coffee. Sodas. Iced tea. Unlimited.
Free chips and salsa before you even order.
Free warm bread with dinner.
Ice in drinks like civilized people.
Air conditioning everywhere. Not a moral debate. A fact.
Parking lots attached to the actual place you are going.
Drive throughs where the food comes to the car while you sit in it.
Ranch dressing by the gallon.
Tex-Mex that cannot be explained only experienced.
Dental care that actually works.
Buccee’s. There are no words for Buccee’s.

Then they found the grocery stores.

Five of them within one mile.
Each one the size of an aircraft hangar.
Burgers. Steaks. Brisket. Ribs. Pulled pork. Lamb. Veal. Every cut of every animal ever domesticated by human civilization available in one refrigerated aisle at ten in the morning on a Tuesday.

The Germans stood in the meat section for forty five minutes.
In silence.
Processing.

They finally understand why we do not have trains.

We have roads wide enough for the cars we actually drive.
Parking lots the size of small European countries.
Airports in every city worth visiting.

Why would we need trains.

The Germans are taking ranch home by the bottle.
The Dutch found queso and briefly lost the ability to speak.
The Japanese are photographing HEB like it is the Louvre.
The Czechs are weeping in West, Texas.

Welcome to America!
The greatest country on earth.

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

On June 6, 1944, a 56-year-old general with a secret walked onto Utah Beach under fire, armed with a cane and a pistol.

The secret: his heart was failing. He had hidden it from the army doctors so they wouldn't pull him from the mission.

His name was Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Son of the President. He had begged three separate times to lead the first wave ashore at Normandy before his commanders finally said yes.

When his landing craft drifted 2,000 yards off course, every instinct said redirect the following waves to the correct zone. Instead, Roosevelt walked the beach himself, alone, under artillery fire, cane in hand, reading the terrain.

His verdict: "We'll start the war from right here."

He then stood on that beach and personally greeted every regiment that landed after him, pointing them inland, cracking jokes under shellfire, steadying 18-year-olds who had never seen combat. He did this for hours.

Years later, Omar Bradley was asked to name the single most heroic act he had ever witnessed in combat.

His answer, without hesitation: "Ted Roosevelt on Utah Beach."

Roosevelt's son, Captain Quentin Roosevelt II, also landed at Normandy that same morning. He was named after his uncle, Quentin Roosevelt, who had been shot down as a fighter pilot over France in World War I.

Three generations. Three wars. One family.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. died in his sleep 36 days later. Heart attack. The thing he had been hiding finally won. He never learned he had been awarded the Medal of Honor.

He was buried at the Normandy American Cemetery.

In 1955, his family had his brother Quentin, killed in WWI, exhumed from where he fell in France and reinterred right beside him. Quentin is the only World War I soldier buried there.

Two brothers. Two world wars. The same French soil.

Their father had once said: "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

Both of his sons did exactly that.

[Rock'n Roll of All @rocknrollofall]

Toto drummer Jeff Porcaro breaks down his iconic beat from Rosanna.

[Rothmus 🏴 @Rothmus]

I care 🫶

[Eric Weinstein @ericweinstein]

As of the time of this post, almost no one is watching this video.

I found that very odd, after being alerted that it exists.

It seems to understand what I am talking about. Yet, I still have no idea who made it.

If you made this, please identify. Thx.

https://t.co/dU1t2T5FyU

[Graniteback @Graniteback]

Four Lions

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Movies that you initially didn't have as high expectations for, and then you were blown away by it

[Eric Fabiaschi @fabiaschi]

The Door-wardens of Isengard
Oil on panel, 24 x 32
Matthew Stewart Illustration

[Ben @DungeonNoir]

Even if you don’t need DM inspiration, Don Bassingthwaite’s books are just fantastic fantasy novels. The Legacy of Dhakaan trilogy completely stands on its own and is easily the best D&D fiction I have ever read. #Eberron

[Eric Fabiaschi @fabiaschi]

"Dragonslayer" Artist Joseph Vargo.

[Lee @osgamer74]

Not that experienced players are bad, but for me as a DM, new players are more fun

They don’t try to game the rules to their advantage

They tend to think outside of their character sheet

… and that look of fear and surprise when encountering new monsters can’t be matched

[Conan the Barbarian Official @conanbycrom]

Conan The People of the Black Circle by Ken Kelly

#conanthebarbarian #fantasyart

[Graniteback @Graniteback]

This is genius.

[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

I didn't know Helen of Troy could generate so much conflict.

[Hawklorddragon @cimerians]

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser - Keith Parkinson
#Lankhmar #dndart

[Paul Anleitner @PaulAnleitner]

People forget how The Mandalorian started with Werner Herzog.

Yes, it was a fun space western.

But there was a real philosophical struggle being explored too.

This speech should have been the core of the sequel stories.

Rebellion is easy. Can you build something better?

[Ben @DungeonNoir]

Drizzt by Justin Sweet

[MMA Fighting @MMAFighting]

Gina Carano stepped on the scale before a fight for the first time in nearly 17 years ⚖️👏

#RouseyCarano