"They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give of themselves to me. Like clay I shall mould them and in the furnace of war I shall forge them. They shall be of iron will and steely sinew. In great armour I shall clad them and with the mightiest weapons shall they be armed. They will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight them. They shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best them in battle. They are my bulwark against the Terror. They are the Defenders of Humanity. They are my Space Marines...and they shall know no fear."
— The Emperor of Mankind
@FenixAmmunition Like the scend if the first season of Reacher, where he straps for the search before going into prison. If you think you can get the cuffs on me without getting hurt, your welcome to try.
@MarcLobliner Mike Israteal addressed this. He acknowledged he was on gear, and claims he shaved 7-10 years of his lifespan, possibly more. Some people are okay with it, others not so.
Make your own choices and accept it. That simple.
@ChristianHeiens Some people cant admit it either. They backwards rationalize men as weak creatures who just arent masculine enough to convert women to the feminine side. You have to exude aura or some shit, be awesome at most things, etc.
There is no clear path except to focus on oneself.
@bumbadum14 Used to think legalizing and decriminalization was good. Then the new data came out and I flipped on that. Weed is among the least harmful outwardly, but inwards it is very destructive.
Please see this video and press release regarding Flock cameras in Knox County.
Video transcript:
Hello, this is Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs. Today, I am urging our Commission to prohibit the use of Flock cameras and similar devices in our County.
For those of you who don't know, these cameras, technically called Automated License Plate Readers, are motion activated and take a picture of every car which passes by. While License Plate Readers have been around for a while, because of AI and vastly increased networking and data retention capacities, these Flock cameras have capabilities not even imagined in the past.
Older cameras only took a photo of your license plate, which was then retained for a short time. Flock cameras take a photo of your place, but also use AI to catalogue distinguishing features of your vehicle: make, color, model, even bumper stickers. That data is stored in a searchable database for sometimes up to a month or more, depending on the policies of that particular agency. When these cameras are deployed in large numbers, they create a network that can be used to track your movements.
Currently, there is no federal regulatory framework governing these devices in place, and the Tennessee laws regulating them were written over a decade ago. My fear is that may be inadvertantly creating a warrantless mass surveillance system and undermining the privacy and Liberty of our people.
So I urge the Tennessee General Assembly and the United States Congress to look at this issue and take neccessary action to safeguard our privacy and civil liberties as these new technologies continue to emerge.
Thank you.
How you build a marriage that gets stronger over time:
• Stop trying to win arguments:
Winning a fight means nothing if you lose trust.
•Listen to understand, not just to respond.
•Respect your spouse enough to apply what they share with you.
•A pause is not avoidance; it’s protecting the relationship from words you can’t take back.
•Never use divorce as a weapon in moments of anger.
•Don’t let problems sit and turn into resentment.
•Set boundaries with friendships, social media, and anything that threatens the bond.
• Marriage is not one person fixing everything. Both people have to choose humility.
• Protect your relationship from outside influences.
A strong marriage is not built by perfect people.
It’s built by two people who choose each other, communicate honestly, and protect what they’ve created.
Flock cameras now log approximately 20 BILLION vehicle scans every month. That’s not targeted policing of bad guys. That’s mass collection and surveillance - not safety.
STOP THE FLOCK.
The IRS is threatening to seize a Tennessee man's farm after charging him interest on a $20,000 refund it accidentally sent him, which he immediately tried to return.
Wilson Perry Kirby, 76, says he was accidentally sent $20,000 by the IRS in 2022.
Kirby immediately tried returning the money and even hired an accountant to fix the issue.
Instead, the IRS is now charging him interest on the money he tried returning and is withholding his 2025 tax refund.
"I've tried the president, governor, mayor. They don't mind asking you to vote for them, but when you need help you can't get ahold of nobody," Kirby said.
Despite trying to fix the problem, the IRS is still sending letters, demanding he pay interest on the money they accidentally sent him that he tried to return. He never spent it.
The IRS is now threatening to seize his farm if he doesn't pay the up to $4300 (and growing) interest.
Infuriating.
Source: News Channel 5 Nashville / Hannah McDonald
The UK is covered in a network of CCTV cameras, the average citizen might be filmed upwards of 70 times a day
Those cameras weren't used to stop the rape gangs, but they were used to track down citizens who protested the rape gangs
Why would Flock cameras be different?