Philip Burns Smith

But we have One, mightier than they: the White Rider. He has passed through the fire and the abyss, and they shall fear him. We will go where he leads. -Tolkien

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@ASmithVol @japan_nobunaga I call mine "The Hot Box". AC doesn't work. It's torture 😂

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@BravesVisionTV @BravesVision We broke away from England to stop this kind of oppression.

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@UTDerekDooley @BussinWTB The third quater PI in the endzone against tennessee was far more egregious. As I recall bama pushed the vol defender into the bama receiver.

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@Polymarket I thought he was a soccer player?

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@KevinKeneely1 I agree - houston trash cans may be the only thing that can save us.

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@dustitoff84 I guess I don't know either. Is it "ALL-bees" or "AL-bees". I've heard both and never thought too much about it.

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@BarrettSallee neeeeeeeeeded it

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@scottcoleman55 Yeah. As I've been watching its reminded me of the last couple of years....struggling to get hits at the right time. I still think this team makes a couple of trades, gets healthier and gets back on track.

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@CalebDixonSmith @LizzieMarbach John 1:3 I'd say.

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@theistinthought In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

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@TheGAOF @DallasBBritt The contreras trade blew my mind at the time. I felt like the brewers gave up nothing to get him. Didn't understand why they were even involved.

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@FOXSportsKnox If he's good he'll be back next year.

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@SirSicCrusader Why does it matter that they matter to other people?

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@SullenSerf As a Vol fan who's a Louisville grad....

[Troy Frasier AKA Revived Studios @RevivedThoughts]

The amount of self-hate Americans have towards their own history is truly unreal.

They defeated slavery by fighting against their own family.
They shut Europe out of the western hemisphere so that nations wouldn't live under colonization forever.
They had the ability to stay out of world war 1 but they went and died to help Europeans.
They had the ultimate power in the nuclear bomb. They also had access to all of Europe's colonies that were in shambles. But instead they promoted freedom. They rebuilt Japan and Germany after defeating them in war. They stood down the Soviet Union, even as the world jeered them.
They sent soldiers to places like Vietnam and Afghanistan that died TRYING to create a better world (even if you disagree with those wars, the intentions were fairly good)
And they sent more missionaries to the world than maybe any other country in history. Translated more Bibles into indigenous languages than any other country in history. Ran bigger charities than any other country in history. Created more Christian resources than any other country in history.

Whether it was stopping the Dutch from reconquering Indonesia to the Berlin Airlift to giving Cuba its freedom in the Spanish-American war to saving China from the Japanese America has at least ATTEMPTED to do good with its power.

Yes yes, America has problems. People are imperfect. But goodness gracious does the world have a lot to be grateful for in America. And when we could have taken SO much from the world we have often chosen not to. Rome, Britain, Mongols, Assyrians, Soviets, Chinese, no other group has ever shown the restraint America has consistently shown with such vast power at its fingertips.

We didn't even get into the GIGANTIC technological advances, consumer advances, convenient lifestyle changes America has pioneered. From electricity to space to the light bulb to the smart phone to many cures in medicine and agriculture to the airplane the world has been enormously blessed by America.

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@Braves Swinging 3-0 with the bases juiced?

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@AndrewTWalker Pray for that child.

[Andrew Snyder @Andrewnsnyder]

As a reminder, Tashlan is just Tash.

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@TuckerHarlin No clue how good these guys are. Barnes hasn't missed on many the last few years though.

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@Mike_Jagacki Also allowed the refs to check the clock and put more time up. Worked out for Iowa though.