@mikeroweworks Give yourself a gift today and give this a listen, you’ll be a happier person for it!! Love Mike and Mom coffee chats, makes me wish I had spent more time with my mom.
Imagine you're a food truck owner during a raging wildfire. Firefighters are grinding 16-18 hour shifts with barely any rest, so you park nearby and start handing out FREE meals to keep them going. 🧑🚒
Then BAM—state hits you with a $5k fine for 'operating without a permit in an unauthorized area. That's what happened to this food truck owner.
Judge reviews it: 'Permits are for business, not emergency goodwill!' Fine dismissed + state ordered to pay $100k. Hero gets justice.
A single industrial user (the Lithium Battery Plant in Spring Hill, TN) is using more than 1 Million Gallons of the water supply per day.
#TheGreatWaterHeist
@DBryanRhodes There is nothing more awesome than bringing your children to absolutely everything you do.
I tell this to dads all the time.
We need to normalize bringing kids absolutely everywhere again.
It’s good for humanity to see children and remember their purpose.
Good Morning from Tennessee,
If you want to see the sheer absurdity of the Half a Billion Dollar Duck River Pipeline set to take private land by eminent domain, look no further than the fact that Columbia Power & Water is rerouting the water intake for the Pipeline to be directly downstream from the former Monsanto chemical plant.
Back in 1992, they wouldn’t so much as let the Girl Scouts, who camped by that plant, to drink the water; but now they are going to force feed us a full dose of it in 2026.
That also may help explain why Monsanto (now Bayer) is desperately pushing a Bill for legal immunity in our State Legislature.
#TheGreatWaterHeist
The Duck River is the sole drinking water source for more than 250,000 people in Middle Tennessee; the Pipeline to be built by the City of Columbia would siphon more than 32 Million Gallons of Water … per day.
So WHY? Well, at least in part because the water is being sold to Industrial Plants who are using more water than entire Cities.
#TheGreatWaterHeist
Last week, I heard my son being disrespectful to my wife upstairs at bedtime.
I didn't yell up the stairs. I didn't rush up.
I just started walking. Slowly.
Our stairs creak. Loud.
Step. Creak.
Step. Creak.
Step. Creak.
My son went silent.
I heard my wife: "You hear your father coming, so you stopped, didn't you?"
No response.
I reached his room. Looked him in the eye.
"You will not be disrespectful to your mother. Apologize. Right now. And don't ever do it again."
He apologized. I walked out.
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That's all it took.
But here's the lesson every dad needs to hear:
**Your kids are testing YOU when they disrespect your wife.**
They're learning:
• Does Dad back Mom up?
• Can I get away with this?
• Who's really in charge here?
If you don't shut it down IMMEDIATELY, it escalates.
Your kids keep pushing. Your wife keeps absorbing it. And you've failed both of them.
**Back her up. Every single time.**
Even if you disagree with how she handled something, you back her up in front of the kids.
Handle disagreements later, in private.
In the moment? You're a team. Always.
**Here's what your kids are learning:**
Your SONS are watching how you treat their mother. That's their blueprint for how to treat women.
Your DAUGHTERS are watching too. That's their blueprint for what treatment to accept from men.
If you let your kids disrespect her, you're teaching them:
• Mom doesn't deserve respect
• I can talk to women however I want
• Dad won't protect the people he loves
Is that the legacy you want to leave?
**Your wife is watching too.**
She's asking:
• Will he back me up?
• Will he stand with me?
• Can I count on him when it's hard?
Be the man who says YES to all three.
Nip disrespect in the bud. Now. Before it becomes a pattern.
Your family is counting on you to lead.
Don't let them down.
@LizzieMarbach Put out black oil sunflower seeds and you’ll get more birds than ever. We’ve tried the cheaper millet seed, but they just toss it to the ground.
Legendary Illinois corn farmer Herman Warsaw poses in a field with some of his record-breaking crop, circa 1985. He achieved a world record of 370 bushels per acre.
What makes his story even more incredible is that when he and his family bought the farm in 1941, the damaged soil was yielding only about 38 bushels per acre.
Through soil restoration and highly creative techniques, he completely transformed the fields over the years and made history.
More rare photos: https://t.co/dQjceOPkrz
An interview with ICE in Chicago by Nick Shirley claims that bounties of $2,000–$10,000 are being offered for killing federal officers, and that agents have discovered Apple AirTags on their vehicles.
They’re being tracked.
“Irish priest pretended to be Protestant to buy Manhattan land when Catholics couldn’t legally own property.
10 acres: $11.00.
Waited until the anti-Catholic laws were repealed.
Sold the land: $2.3 million
Built St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 47 churches, 12 schools & 3 hospitals.”