🇻🇪“Our country needs help. It is so painful. We have to show emotion & support. It’s hard to focus on a game like nothing happened.”
William Contreras breaks down in tears as he talks about his country and his friends back home, searching for their loved ones amidst the rubble of the earthquake.
Contreras has been posting non-stop on his Instagram asking for help finding the missing people from the tragedy and asking for aid.
@BF_Pod@smichaelis234 How are you both doing? What would you guys think of bringing back Brent Suter as a bullpen option? I would think the Angels would be sellers, and he would not be expensive. His ERA is ok and he gives hitters a different look. Also very entertaining and funny.
Folks, we're dealing with a fraction of a percentage point difference, there's still hundreds of thousands of votes outstanding, and LA officials have given us the next 3 weeks to count! Let's git-r-dun!
See the thing about baseball is it’s the one major college sport NIL hasn’t really affected yet and is still what college sports was originally all about.
This is so sick and feels like what all of college sports used to feel like
On January 6th I followed the crowd into the Capitol and shouted. Police stood by the whole time, hanging out with us and sometimes directing us places.
At one point near the House Chambers I was walking downstairs when a trio of some special section, secret service looking men started pointing guns in my direction.
Confused and annoyed, I walked the other way and when I saw a normal police officer asked him why they were doing that.
He informed me a protestor (Ashli Babbit) had been killed, and advised me to leave the building.
I walked towards the exit and after a short rest on the bench I left.
I harmed nobody and damaged no property that day and complied with all police orders.
What I received for that was a pre-dawn raid at my parents house, where my 1 month post-partum wife and I were staying, on Biden's first day in office. His DOJ had signed the order to arrest me 3 hours after his inauguration.
In the subsequent weeks I received death threats online and harassing phone calls, something that would be ongoing for the next few years.
I was banned from Meta and Paypal. My wife and I were both debanked by PNC and banned from Airbnb. My wife was detained at the airport for hours with our newborn daughter.
I was charged with 4 misdemeanors and the 1512 unconstitutional felony. The government offered to drop the misdemeanors if I pled to the felony. The felony was a lie, so I refused and went to trial.
At trial the prosecution for 2 days straight was allowed to show footage to the jury of things that occurred around the Capitol I wasn't present for "for context." When we asked to put forward footage that contradicted the prosecution's "context" we were not allowed. They could show what they wanted, we could not.
Police officers were then put on the stand for the next 2 days who cried about their experiences. I had no idea who they were. They admitted they never saw me or interacted with me.
Nevertheless like every other J6er, I lost, and was sentenced to 4 years and $22k in fines and restitution. Yet even after the Supreme Court overturned the felony, the judge would not let me out until my misdemeanor sentences of a year were maxed out. Because she can't count she actually kept me in longer - to the extent she intervened at the last minute to make the prison release me on a Sunday, something that is against BOP rules. My family sat outside the prison gates the Friday before practically the whole day waiting in vain because of this pettiness.
But the government wasn't satisfied with their pound of flesh: after my release they took me back in for resentencing, to attempt to have me resentenced after the fact to my misdemeanors consecutively, so I'd be taken from my family again and have another 1.5 years behind bars. This time I won, as they had no legal precedent and it skirted on violating double jeopardy since I had served my full prison time. Even still, it cast a cloud over the holidays and cost me another 20k my family couldn't afford.
People ask whether prison was bad, and yeah of course prison sucked. It was a hard and violent place. I was present for a stabbing, and was lucky to avoid two fights and a race war.
But dealing with Biden's DOJ and the DC Judiciary was the real trauma - they would grind down your spirit by weaponizing the legal system and use the endless procedure to bankrupt you. I had nightmares for months after release that I had somehow been hit with new charges.
By the time I was pardoned by President Trump, I had spent literally every single day of Biden's presidency either in prison or under some form of supervision. I had incurred over $300k in legal fees and over $1 million in lost business.
It was a reign of terror, and yet it was a mere foreshadowing of what they had planned for anyone else who opposed them under Kamala. The country should never forget it.
15 years ago - I heat Stage 3 Hodgkins Lymphoma. I promised by little girl, son, & wife I’d fight for them... To be clear, it will take more than LIES from a trust fund politician, self-anointed influencers, & Austin swamp blowhards to stop me. Vote Chip Roy for Attorney General.
🚨WOW!!!
Tim Sparks has confirmed he purchased 80 PIZZA HUTS and brought back EVERYTHING that made them iconic!
Pac-Man is back.
Salad bar is back.
Red cups are back.
Booths for families.
"I want to rebuild places for families to connect and put their phones down..."
An update on infield prospect Luis Peña from the Brewers:
He was cleared to resume baseball activities earlier this week and has begun a progression in Arizona that should put him in his first ACL Brewers game as early as next weekend.
@BF_Pod@smichaelis234 How are you both doing? Has there been any news on Luis Pena? Certainly the brewers should take every precaution with his health, I suppose I assumed there would be news by now (unless I missed it).
I just finished an interview with Brad from Across Nigeria… and honestly, I’m sitting here stunned.
Today, he buried 14 Christians in a mass grave.
Two were infants.
One was a 4-year-old child.
And this isn’t some recycled internet story or political talking point. Brad was literally there today helping bury them. While on the way to investigate one attack, another Christian community was attacked. He said the violence is happening so fast they can barely keep up anymore.
What shocked me even more is this:
Brad shared that 72% of all Christians killed worldwide last year were killed in this region of Nigeria.
72%.
And hardly anybody is talking about it.
The mainstream media should be all over this. Instead, most people scrolling social media today have no idea our brothers and sisters in Christ are being slaughtered while churches are being forced underground.
Guys… this matters.
Please watch this interview.
Please pray for these families.
And PLEASE share this everywhere you can.
At this point, WE are the media.
WE are how people find out.
WE are the distribution network.
If enough ordinary people start sharing the truth, eventually the world will have to pay attention.
Watch the full conversation and help us get this story out.
@BF_Pod as a hitter is Jesus Made close to being equally good from both sides of the plate? Do you think he will be able to be a switch hitter in the majors? Almost forgot, how are you both doing?
BREAKING NEWS: Mayo Clinic is offering me an "Executive Director" position for up to $400k 😃
Oh and they're not the only one. My email inbox is suddenly filling up with Executive job offers from several big Pharmaceutical companies.
So this is what I get for helping 9000+ Cancer patients with Ivermectin & Mebendazole and leading the largest Ivermectin Cancer Project in the world?
After talking about a New Florida Cancer Clinic? 🤔
If they can't sabotage me, they'll just buy me out? 💵
I have to admit, it is mildly amusing.
Ten years ago, I may have jumped at something like this. It's almost tailor made for me.
But at this stage of my life...can't say I felt even a hint of temptation. They really don't know me very well 😃
Sorry, Mayo Clinic.
I'm building a Cancer Center in Florida.
It's going to be a bit different from yours. 😉
@BF_Pod@smichaelis234 Hi, how are you both doing? I have noticed Ramon Rodriguez’s strong start this year. I know he is somewhat older but what do you think of him as a prospect?
The Leader of the Irish Protests says they’re willing to stay for ONE MONTH
Their Treasonous Government would rather import the third world, house invaders for free and bankrupt every Irish family with sky-high fuel prices than put their OWN people first