Michael ✝️ 🇺🇸

Accept Christ Jesus & Live in PEACE! #Freedom #AmYisraelChai #FreeBiafra #Gratitude NO DMs!

[Michael ✝️ 🇺🇸 @MishaMakaver]

“The closer human beings come to God, the closer they come to the depth of their own humanity and the truth of the world.”

St. Pope John Paul II

#Revival

[Midwest Modern @JoshLipnik]

An eclectic mansion built 1910 in the Old Northside of Indianapolis

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

Dolphins fascinated by a pair of visiting squirrels

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

In April 1967, a 20-year-old farm boy from South Dakota did something that would change the Vietnam War—he fell off his ship.

Seaman Douglas Hegdahl was standing on the deck of the USS Canberra when the recoil from a five-inch gun knocked him overboard into the Gulf of Tonkin. He treaded water for five hours, then swam for seven more. When fishermen finally pulled him from the sea, they handed him to North Vietnamese forces.

The interrogators didn't believe his story. They thought he was a spy, a commando, someone important. They beat him and threw him into the Hanoi Hilton—the most notorious prison of the war.

But Hegdahl made a choice that would save hundreds of lives. He became "The Incredibly Stupid One."

He played up his country accent. He stared wide-eyed at things he'd never seen before. When they ordered him to write a confession, he claimed he couldn't read or write. The guards, used to illiterate peasants in their own country, believed him completely. They even assigned someone to teach him—who eventually gave up, convinced Hegdahl was hopeless.

What they didn't know was that Hegdahl had a photographic memory and the discipline of a soldier.

Because they thought he was harmless, the guards let him sweep the prison yards. He walked between cellblocks. He memorized the layout of the camp and the route into Hanoi. He even sabotaged enemy trucks by adding dirt to their fuel tanks.

But his real mission was gathering intelligence.

With the help of fellow prisoner Joe Crecca, Hegdahl set out to memorize something impossible: the names, ranks, Social Security numbers, and personal details of over 250 fellow American prisoners. How do you remember 250 names under torture, starvation, and the constant threat of death?

He used "Old MacDonald Had a Farm."

Every day, Hegdahl repeated the names to the tune of the children's song. Over and over. Names became melodies. Data became memory. While the guards laughed at the "stupid" American humming in the prison yard, he was conducting one of the most important intelligence operations of the war.

When North Vietnam offered early release as a propaganda tool, Hegdahl initially refused—prisoners had sworn an oath to leave together or not at all. But his commanding officer, Captain Dick Stratton, ordered him to go. "You're carrying the names," Stratton told him. "Their families need to know they're alive."

On August 5, 1969, Hegdahl walked out of the Hanoi Hilton.

When he returned to the United States, he recited every single name. Every rank. Every identifying detail. His memory transformed 250+ missing men into confirmed prisoners of war. At the Paris Peace Talks in 1970, he confronted North Vietnamese negotiators with firsthand accounts of torture—and the pressure he brought helped secure the eventual release of all American POWs.

That farm boy who "fell off a ship" had just freed an entire army.

Decades later, in 1998, Hegdahl stood before an audience of veterans and families at the Richard Nixon Library. Thirty years after his release, he stood and sang—to the tune of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"—the names of 256 men he'd memorized in captivity.

Not one name forgotten.

Sometimes the most dangerous people are the ones your enemy thinks are harmless. Sometimes genius wears the mask of stupidity. And sometimes, a child's lullaby becomes the most powerful weapon of all.

[Sr. Carolyn @carolyn_ra]

O Lord, grant us a quiet night and a peaceful end. #Compline

[Bad Hombre @Badhombre]

Paulette Harlow got 24 months in prison for praying the rosary outside of an abortion clinic.

Hannah Dugan gets a $5,000 fine for helping fugitives evade a federal arrest warrant.

Disgusting.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Deleted, not broke. In China, thousands of young people are homeless—not for lack of money, but because the social credit system erased them. Every move, word, and purchase is scored. Blacklisted?

Your WeChat Pay dies, salary stops, and you can’t buy food or a train ticket. Digitally dead, they sleep on streets, shamed by apps exposing their “debts.” No crime, just a low score. This isn’t sci-fi—it’s China, 2025.

Now, the world’s pushing digital IDs and CBDCs, tying your life to a single digital score. One glitch, one dissent, and you’re cut off. China’s dystopia is a warning: when tech tracks and controls, how long until you’re deleted?

[Trump Girl 🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲 @MAGA__Patriot]

I hope everyone will read Dave Ramsey’s comments about going cashless. It’s a two minute read. No one has explained it better. He brings up several situations I'd never considered.

I took this picture of my receipt in my beautiful town Kerrville Texas. I support this and I can see how this could affect our kids by having gaps in work ethic, financial literacy, and community connection.

Dave Ramsey repost:

HERE'S WHAT NO CASH ACTUALLY MEANS:
A cashless society means no cash. Zero. It doesn’t mean mostly cashless and you can still use a ‘wee bit of cash here & there’. Cashless means fully digital, fully traceable, fully controlled. I think those who support a cashless society aren’t fully aware of what they are asking for. A cashless society means:

* If you are struggling with your mortgage on a particular month, you can’t do an odd job to get you through.
* Your child can’t go & help the local farmer to earn a bit of summer cash.
* No more cash slipped into the hands of a child as a good luck charm or from their grandparent when going on holidays.
* No more money in birthday cards.
* No more piggy banks for your child to collect pocket money & to learn about the value of earning.
* No more cash for a rainy day fund or for that something special you have been putting $20 a week away for.
* No more little jobs on the side because your wages barely cover the bills or put food on the table.
* No more charity collections.
* No more selling bits & pieces from your home that you no longer want/need for a bit of cash in return.
* No more cash gifts from relatives or loved ones.
What a cashless society does guarantee:
* Banks have full control of every single penny you own.
* Every transaction you make is recorded.
* All your movements & actions are traceable.
* Access to your money can be blocked at the click of a button when/if banks need ‘clarification’ from you which will take about 3 weeks, a thousand questions answered & five thousand passwords.
* You will have no choice but to declare & be taxed on every dollar in your possession.
* The government WILL decide what you can & cannot purchase.
* If your transactions are deemed in any way questionable, by those who create the questions, your money will be frozen, ‘for your own good’.

Forget about cash being dirty. Stop being so easily led. Cash has been around for a very, very, very long time & it gives you control over how you trade with the world. It gives you independence.

If you are a customer, pay with cash. If you are a shop owner, remove those ridiculous signs that ask people to pay by card. Cash is a legal tender, it is our right to pay with cash. Banks are making it increasingly difficult to lodge cash.

Please open your eyes. Please stop believing everything you are being told. Almost every single topic in today’s world is tainted with corruption & hidden agendas.
Pay with cash & please say no to a cashless society while you still have the choice.

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

To the Americans:

I've travelled all over the world. I've familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I'm a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.

And here's something I've noticed, and it’s a key element of America's continuing greatness:

You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.

This is something that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies—the United Kingdom; Finland, Sweden, and Norway; Australia, New Zealand and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands (great countries all)—a counterproductive cynicism too often reigns.

Success is equated with exploitation.
Ambition is looked upon with contempt.

This happens sometimes in the United States too—particularly among the miserable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.

But in your great country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.

This means that more people strive and succeed in the US than anywhere else. And it's increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.

And so I say, as all should who are fortunate enough to live in the western world, let alone America:

Thank God for the United States.

Thank God for the wisdom of its founders.
Thank God for its faith in the free market and in the natural rights of man.
Happy birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.

Long may your admirable country dominate the world.

Long may your freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.

May your two and a half centuries of unparallelled success be just the beginning.

Your country is the light of the world, and the city on the hill.

Thank God for the USA.

Happy 250th.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

Don’t ever underestimate what homeschoolers are capable of accomplishing. 🇺🇸

2/3 of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence were homeschooled.

[Dr Teck Khong @DrTeckKhong]

Unimpeachable articulation of our moral values and the urgent need to salvage that which been lost.

Thank you @Miss_Snuffy

[Thenewarea51 @thenewarea51]

So, you were inverted?

[Iran International English @IranIntl_En]

The southern route in the Strait of Hormuz remains active despite heightened tensions, according to two US officials cited by Axios on Saturday.

One official said most vessels are transiting with their electronic identification systems turned off, making them harder to track on open-source platforms. Another said Iranian forces have attempted to intimidate ships over VHF radio, while noting that traffic has increased in recent days, with around 50 vessels reportedly transiting the route.

[Mossad Commentary @MOSSADil]

Kyiv’s Mother Ukraine statue was illuminated in red, white, and blue to mark America’s 250th Independence Day, a symbolic tribute from Ukraine on July 4th. 🇺🇸🇺🇦

[U.S. Army @USArmy]

250 years of freedom, defended every day by our Soldiers.

Watch the Golden Knights perform a rare parachute demonstration by the Washington Monument.

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸💥

🎥 Staff Sgt. Daniel Gerlach and Staff Sgt. Clay Stevens

[Melissa Chen @MsMelChen]

The ultimate irony on America’s 250th:

America literally saved China’s ass from getting colonized by Japan in WWII - Lend-Lease, billions in aid, Flying Tigers, American blood. Without the US, they’d be speaking Japanese and bowing to Tokyo.

Today, on America’s Semiquincentennial, Chinese state media (Xinhua) posts an AI-generated missile birthday cake video calling American history “written in smoke” and claims that the US has barely known peace in 250 years.

Funny, because without American blood and treasure, their map would be looking very different today.

Meanwhile, Japan, the USA’s actual WWII enemy who was defeated with the most devastating of bombs - just illuminated its skyline in the colors of the US flag, and launched fireworks to mark the milestone and celebrate America’s 250th.

The contrast couldn’t be clearer.

Even now, skeptical Americans still pull me aside to argue that China poses no real threat. Give me a break! In their worldview, America is irredeemable and evil.

Wake up - know who your enemies and allies are!

[Saint Quotes @GloryBeeGod4evr]

In this life no one can fulfill his longing, nor can any creature satisfy man's desire. Only God satisfies, He infinitely exceeds all other pleasures. That is why man can rest in nothing but God.

- St. Thomas Aquinas

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

"The battle for the soul of America is spiritual." -

Robert Cardinal Sarah

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

God bless the United States, the greatest nation in the world, on this 250th Independence Day. May America continue to be a beacon of hope and freedom for the world. 🇺🇸