Guy 'Spunkmeyer' Desmond

Journalist and Television Producer

AKA Spunkmeyer 8 )

[Alexander Willis @ReporterWillis]

Italian foreign minister cancels planned trip to Miami with Marco Rubio following Trump's bizarre "fabrication" about Italian PM Giorgia Meloni

[Decoding Fox News @DecodingFoxNews]

Taxpayers didn't pay for Obama's library.

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

In 1990, a tiny premature baby weighing just 2 pounds 6 ounces arrived at the neonatal intensive care unit of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford.

Born at only 29 weeks of pregnancy, he spent more than 40 days fighting for his life under the watchful care of dedicated nurses, including Vilma Wong, who lovingly helped look after him during his earliest and most fragile days.

Twenty-eight years later, in 2018, Wong met a new doctor who had joined the hospital's pediatric neurology team.

As they spoke, she learned that he had been born prematurely at the same hospital in 1990. Curious, she asked if his father had been a police officer. When he answered yes, both realized they shared a remarkable connection.

The young physician was Dr. Brandon Seminatore, the very same premature infant Wong had once cradled in her arms and helped nurse back to health nearly three decades earlier.

Brandon's parents still had a photograph taken in 1990 showing Wong holding their son, and they sent it to him, confirming the incredible reunion.

For Vilma Wong, seeing the tiny baby she once cared for return to the same hospital as a doctor dedicated to helping children was deeply moving.

For Dr. Seminatore, meeting the nurse who had been part of his fight for survival was a powerful reminder that the compassion shown in life's earliest moments can leave an impact that lasts a lifetime.

Their reunion stands as a touching testament to the enduring bonds formed in medicine and to the extraordinary full-circle journeys that can unfold over the years.

[Klaas Meijer @klaasm67]

Color footage of a Dutch submarine exercise in Indonesian waters. During World War II, the Dutch Navy operated 24 submarines. In 1942, 15 of them were stationed in the Dutch East Indies, where they fought against the Japanese Navy. Only five of these submarines survived the war.

[Gary Heintz @garyandglendah1]

Unlike American subs with their Mark 13 torpedoes which were near useless, the Dutch Submarines torpedoes worked just fine. And they had veteran crews, having been at war for 1 1/2 years prior to U.S. entry into the war.

• 𝚄.𝚂. 𝚃𝚘𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚍𝚘 𝚁𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢: 𝟿𝟻% 𝚍𝚞𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎.
• 𝙳𝚞𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚃𝚘𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚍𝚘 𝚁𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢: 𝟻% 𝚍𝚞𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎.

Famous picture of a Dutch Dornier (built under license, utilizing B-17 engines) long range search aircraft, informing a Dutch submarine in January 1942, that there is a group of unescorted Imperial Japanese freighters nearby. Note the Dutch national symbol, the orange triangle.

[RMC Sport @RMCsport]

𝐈𝐛𝐫𝐚 🔥 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐢 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲

😍 Football total, pur régal, admirez !

[The Europeans @TheEuropeansHQ]

🇺🇸🔥🇮🇹🇪🇺 Major political clash between Italy and the United States.

In a call to an Italian TV programme, @realDonaldTrump has claimed that @GiorgiaMeloni "begged" him to take a picture with her during the recent G7 summit.

Meloni has just delivered one of the sharpest public rebukes in recent US-Italy relations:

"President Trump's words are pure fantasy [...].

We do not understand why the President of the United States behaves like this, especially towards allies. We would like to see him behave as firmly with the enemies of the West [...].

Myself and Italy do not beg anybody."

Whatever one's political preferences, the President of the United States has no business publicly mocking or insulting the democratically elected leader of a close European ally.

President Trump's childish and needlessly confrontational behaviour is unworthy of the office he holds and of the great nation he represents.

[THECOUNT.com ™ © @THECOUNTnews]

Eddie Vedder Opening Ceremony Obama Presidential Center. Thoughts?

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

Eddie Vedder worked with a group of teenage kids in Chicago to write, rehearse and perform this song in front of three former presidents. Just an incredible commitment of time and love and labor from him.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Italian PM Meloni to Trump:

So, certain things deserve an immediate response.

Donald Trump's statements are completely fabricated. I am frankly appalled. I don't know why the President of the United States behaves this way towards his allies; after all, it's not the first time it's happened.

I can only say it's a pity that he doesn't show the same determination with the enemies of the West, with the enemies of the United States, with leaders towards whom he instead proves to be much more accommodating.

But he must remember one thing: Italy and I never beg.

[Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics @IPhillips79]

Inner City - Big Fun (1988)

Classic house! The Detroit dance group released this as the first single from their debut album, Paradise. Became the first of five of their singles to top the US Dance Chart. Also made the UK Top 10, peaking at #8. Still a banger!! 🕺🕺

[Cdr George Ericson @CdrEricson]

Captain class frigate HMS Essington (K 353): Launched at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc. Hingham, Massachusetts 19.06.43.

Captain class frigates HMS Berry, HMS Duckworth & HMS Essington in Plymouth 08.05.44.

[Lucas Sanders 👊🏽🔥🇺🇸 @LucasSa56947288]

This picture of Donald Trump trying to kiss Emmanuel Macron’s wife is going viral.

Donald Trump would hate this photo to be shared.

[Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher @EileenforCO]

Lauren Boebert knew the Medicaid cuts she voted for would hurt people in Colorado's 4th District. When a fellow congressman warned about the damage, she responded "you're not wrong." Then she voted yes anyway.

That vote cut hundreds of billions from Medicaid to help pay for tax breaks for the wealthy. And now nearly a quarter of Colorado's rural hospitals are at risk of closing.

Our district deserves a representative who actually fights for us. That is why I am running.

[Stephen Fisher @SeaSpitfires]

An interesting day today. I was flattered to be invited to the Royal Marines Commando Training Centre at Lympstone Devon, to talk about the successes and lessons we can learn from Sword Beach. There are a lot!

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

When giant media conglomerates merge—like this Paramount-Warner Bros. deal—it's a dangerous power grab. It crushes creativity, costs American jobs, puts our culture in the hands of a few billionaires, and raises prices for working families in the midst of an affordability crisis.

This merger is bad for our democracy.

op: @adamconover

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

My God.

[Jordan Cronin @jordancronin_]

⚫️ Newcastle United had everything agreed with Victor Munoz, his agent and Osasuna so the news that he’s off to Liverpool has come out of the blue.

⚪️ #NUFC trying to get to the bottom of what has unfolded in the last 12 hours.

[Jordan Cronin @jordancronin_]

Newcastle were aware of interest from Liverpool and other clubs but were told he wanted to join #NUFC.

[Historyland @HistorylandHQ]

KGB agents in Moscow during the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993