Randolph Sheppard

International trade intermediary, amateur theologian, budding writer, and all-around good guy. Retweets do not necessarily imply agreement.

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@LibertyNut1 Taylor Swift probably has better music.

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@isaacrrr7 Nah. Don’t spoil the surprise when she gets there.

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@dogwoodblooms “Movin’ on down the line…”

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@DataRepublican Awesome job of reporting. Well done.

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

Off-duty New Smyrna Beach firefighter Rosalee Rositer had just completed an 24-hour shift last week and was on her way to Daytona State College, where she serves as an adjunct instructor, when a car carrying an elderly couple veered off I-95 near Port Orange, crashed into a grove of roadside trees and caught fire.

“I actually witnessed it happen,” Rositer said. “The moment I realized the occupants weren’t getting out and the vehicle was on fire, my training took over. I truly went into autopilot.”

Rositer and others who stopped were able to get the couple out of the vehicle and care for them until emergency medical services crews arrived.

“Helping people in need is why I got into this profession,” she said. “In that moment, I simply did what I hope anyone with the training and ability would do.”

Rositer graduated from Daytona State’s Emergency Medical Services program in 2017 and now serves as the lead laboratory adjunct instructor in the College’s Paramedic program, in addition to her job with the New Smyrna Beach Fire Department.

“One of the things I try to teach my students is that, as EMS professionals, we have the opportunity to impact people during some of the most difficult moments of their lives,” Rositer said. “We aren’t there to carry their grief – we’re there to help them through it.”

In addition to serving as an adjunct instructor, Rositer is working toward a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Daytona State.

[FeelGoodTales @feelgoodtale]

This fine young man came into my life 5 years ago. He Walked up behind me with a hair cut that was 5 months past due and a big hole in his shirt & one sock on his foot. He tugged on the back of my shirt and said, sir can you teach me how to play football. I responded- son I teach a lot more then just how to play football. His response was OK. I then said son where is your mom and dad at football isn't cheap? He responded My mom died and I don't know where dad is, but my Auntie takes care of me. God spoke to me that second and told me to take care of him in every way. God said to me "be a Shepard". Not knowing that day The lord gave me another son who would change me and him for ever. I have never been more proud to sit at a 8th grade
promotion as I was today. I reflected on the 4 national titles and all the state championships we won together. But I reflected most on how Jesus dropped him into my life like a stork from the sky and how far he has come since that day. God gave him the best Aunt you can ever ask for. I Love you Marquise! And the Lord gave us 4 more years of HS football together.

Credit: Doug Provenzano

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

One of my favorite stories from Hurricane Helene was how a group of 11 Amish teenagers traveled down to Tennessee and spent an ENTIRE MONTH rebuilding homes and businesses, completely for free.

Not a single mainstream media outlet wrote a story on it.

GOD BLESS THE AMISH!!!

[Randolph Sheppard @RandySheppard]

@allenanalysis Where’s the punch line? All i see are 3 jokes.

[FeelGoodTales @feelgoodtale]

One Wednesday afternoon, I was driving west on I-40 when my blood sugar dropped very low and became dangerous. Luckily, there was a Burger King coming up at the next exit.
When I was ordering, I told the person on the speaker that I was diabetic and needed food fast. Low blood sugar makes it hard to think or act clearly.
When I got to the first window to pay, I was surprised to see a Burger King worker named Tina Hardy running toward my car.
She squeezed between the front of my car and the building just to bring me a small cup of ice cream. Tina later said her husband was diabetic too, so she knew I needed help.
After I paid, I went to Tina’s window and she gave me my food. She told me to park across the driveway so she could watch me until I felt better.
After I ate, I waited for a quiet moment and then went back to Tina’s window. I took a picture and told her boss what she had done for me.
If you think Tina Hardy did something special, please share this story. I hope Tina gets the thanks she truly deserves from the public and from Burger King’s managers.
Credit: Rebecca Boening

Credit always goes to the original author!

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

July 3, 2022. Moss Point, Mississippi. A car carrying 3 teenage girls drives down the I-10 boat launch and plunges straight into the Pascagoula River.

The driver later tells police she was following her GPS. She had no idea it was leading her off the edge and into the water. By the time she realizes what's happening, the car is already floating. Then sinking.

The vehicle drifts 20 feet from shore. Then more. The girls climb onto the roof of the car as it goes under. The water is black. It is the middle of the night. And the Pascagoula River is known for one other thing most people don't think about until it's too late.

Alligators.

Corion Evans, age 16, a student at Pascagoula High School, is nearby when it happens. He hears the girls screaming for help.

He doesn't hesitate for a single second.

He throws down his phone. Pulls off his shoes. Strips off his shirt. And jumps in.

He later says: I was just like, I can't let none of these folks die. They need to get out the water. So I just started getting them. I wasn't even thinking about nothing else.

The car is nearly submerged. The girls are panicking. The water is deep and dark and moving. Corion swims out — 25 yards from shore — and reaches them.

His friend Karon Bradley, known as KJ, jumps in right behind him. Together they help get the girls onto the surface of the sinking car.

But here is what most people miss: Corion doesn't just help them float. He swims them back. 1 at a time. Into shore. Through the dark water. With legs that are burning and lungs that are working as hard as they ever have.

2 girls make it to shore. The 3rd can't swim. She is still on the roof when a responding officer arrives.

Moss Point Police Officer Gary Mercer swims out to help. He reaches the remaining girl and begins pulling her toward shore. Then the girl panics. She grabs him. She pulls him under. Officer Mercer begins to drown.

Corion turns around.

He sees the officer going under. He hears him calling for help. He is already exhausted. His legs are already spent. He has already pulled 2 people through 25 yards of alligator-infested river in the dead of night.

He swims back out.

He grabs Officer Mercer. He says later: I went and I grabbed the police officer and I'm like swimming him back until I feel myself I can walk.

All 4 people make it to shore alive.

Officer Mercer and all 3 girls are taken to the hospital. All of them recover. Chief Brandon Ashley of the Moss Point Police Department later says publicly: If Mr. Evans had not assisted, it could have possibly turned out tragically instead of all occupants rescued safely.

Moss Point Mayor Billy Knight presents Corion with a certificate of commendation from the city. He says: We are proud of the young man for having the courage to forget about himself and jump into the water. It's not often enough that you see people put others above themselves.

The recognition doesn't stop there. The Mississippi Senate formally commends Corion Evans by name in Senate Resolution 32 of the 2023 legislative session — a rare honor for a teenager from a small town.

His mother, Marquita Evans, speaks to reporters afterward. She says: I was really proud of Corion because he wasn't just thinking about himself. He was trying to really get all those people out the water. I'm glad nothing happened to him while he was trying to save other people's lives.

Corion tells reporters he has been swimming since he was 3 years old.

He is asked if he was scared. He says: Anything could've been in that water. But I wasn't thinking about it.

That is the part that stays with you. He knew the risks. The darkness. The distance. The wildlife beneath the surface. The weight of another person pulling you under. He knew all of it and he swam out anyway. Not once. Not twice. Three times.

4 people are alive today because a 16-year-old boy decided, without hesitating for even a moment, that strangers were worth saving.

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@gman5180 You mean Dennis Weaver who played Chester, Marshal Matt Dillon’s deputy on “Gunsmoke”?

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@AntiLeftMemes Yes.

[Wesley Hunt @WesleyHuntTX]

Zohran is running the oldest play in the Left’s playbook: scream “racism” whenever someone enforces the law.

ICE agents didn’t write the laws.
Congress did.

They’re not targeting people because of their race. They’re enforcing immigration law.

As a combat vet, I have zero patience for leftists who smear the men and women in uniform to score cheap political points.

The truth is simple: the Left calls border enforcement racist because they can’t defend the consequences of open-border policies.

Want less chaos? ENFORCE the law.
Want safer communities? ENFORCE the law.

Want to preserve national sovereignty? ENFORCE the law.

A country that refuses to defend its borders is a country surrendering its sovereignty.

[Malala Yousafzai @Malala]

The EU has invited Taliban officials to Brussels to discuss a migration deal — and today I am shaken and deeply disturbed by this.

This is the same Taliban that banned girls from secondary schools and forced them into marriage. The same Taliban that, earlier this month, arrested dozens of women in Herat for how they were dressed. The same Taliban that detains, beats and executes women who dare to speak out or break their rules.

Through its system of gender apartheid, the Taliban have erased women and girls from public life. Europe must not legitimise a regime responsible for one of the worst human rights crises in the world.

Any engagement with the Taliban must begin and end with the rights of Afghan women and girls.

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@us_connie What do you mean? Who wouldn’t recognize a Wankel motor?

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@Sofia50020Sofia Not hard at all. Jai Alai. Croquet. Cricket. Tennis. Golf.

Should I go on?

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

In New York, young women are starting to buy pet pigs to avoid being harassed by Muslim men on the street and on public transport.

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@MbarkCherguia 1974

[Elica Le Bon الیکا‌ ل بن @elicalebon]

She isn't being lashed for singing without hijab. She is being lashed for singing.

It is illegal for women to sing in Iran.

Why? Because the sound of a woman's voice is considered "provocative" and therefore "corrupts society."

The whitewashing of this regime by western activists and podcasters is a true testimony to how morally distorted the western world has become.

You have to pinch yourself to realize that in their moral universe, these are the “good guys” who have only been “provoked by western imperialism.”