danbender

Doing my thing. Doing it my way. As long as it fits the kids' schedule.

[Steve 🇺🇸 @SteveLovesAmmo]

No matter who is in charge.

Always buy more guns and ammo.

Learn how to use them effectively and safely.

Anyone telling you to ever trust the government should never be trusted.

Plain and simple.

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@corbinians_bear @DrunkOldGrad What company is that?

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

For nine months, my wife, Brooklyn, carried our baby boy. And for nine months, we lived in a place between hope and heartbreak.

Early in the pregnancy, we learned something was terribly wrong. Around the three- to four-month mark, doctors told us our son had severe hydrocephalus — fluid building so rapidly in his brain that it pushed everything aside. They used to call it “water on the brain,” but the simplicity of the name didn’t soften the reality.

We were eventually referred to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where some of the best fetal specialists in the country met with us. And they gave us the kind of news no parent is ever prepared to hear.

His condition was so severe, so extreme, that they stopped measuring. There was no point, they said. The MRI images were devastating. We were told there was a greater than 90% chance our son would either:

• Die shortly after birth, or
• Survive with such profound cognitive impairment that life — real life — would not be possible.

We sat through meetings no parent should ever sit through. Conversations about breathing tubes. About how long to try. About the moment we might have to make the decision to let him go.

Brooklyn moved to Cincinnati to be close to the hospital. I drove back and forth — working, caring for our daughters Sophie and Lily, and trying to keep our home standing while our world felt like it was falling apart.

Then came July 8th.

Just 15 minutes before Brooklyn’s C-section, we sat with doctors again and discussed when — not if — we might have to remove life support and let our son go to heaven.

I don’t have words for that kind of pain.

And then — Charlie Edward Schnarr entered this world crying.

A strong, loud, defiant cry.

The most beautiful sound I have ever heard.

He stayed in the NICU until yesterday… and now we are home. Together. Holding him. Loving him. Watching him breathe. Watching him live.

He has mild ventricular enlargement we will keep an eye on — but otherwise?

He is thriving. Eating. Wiggling. Yawning. Gripping our fingers. Looking around at a world that was never supposed to be his.

The doctors have no explanation. They said his brain somehow cleared the blockage on its own — something none of them have seen in a case this severe. The word that kept echoing through the NICU from seasoned nurses and top specialists was the same:

“Miracle.”

“Divine intervention.”

They said it. Not us.

We know thousands of people — family, friends, coworkers, strangers — were praying for our son. I believe with everything in me that God heard those prayers. That He placed His hand on Charlie. That He said, not this one.

I will spend the rest of my life thanking Him.

To every person who prayed for us — every text, every message, every whispered intention — thank you. You carried us when we were too exhausted to carry ourselves.

Prayer is real.
God is real.
And miracles… they still happen.

With a full and grateful heart,

—Nick

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@RealSLokhova I was wondering about this. If one has the right to self-defense, does that transfer to co-conspirators?

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@KeenanPeachy They’re not that consequential.

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@AnnieOldenough @RealSLokhova The order of indictments coming down.

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@RealSLokhova Consider svetlana was one of the first swept up in this and that she is an exceedingly bright historian/researcher. Given 5+ years to do her homework it’s not exactly difficult to imagine the dominoes that the doj would be lining up.

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@DavidBaquero1 @nayibbukele @AnonimoSV503 @waraujo64 @JorgeManzaSV Los ocho estan conectado a los traficantes?

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@hottamali02 Agree.

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@KeenanPeachy @InezFeltscher 1000

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@rupasubramanya I thought it was CCP influence.

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@AnnaGorisch Condition: ***secondary Christmas tree. Foyer is not a place to open presents.

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

The most addictive drug is comfort.

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@ScottPresler Yes!

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@SteveLovesAmmo Get some

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@natty_ice2010 @xx_xyathletics Congratulations ! Thanks for representing!

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@The_Schuckles @ScottPresler Yes!

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@MrRickeyVictory I first heard Dana white say this. Truer every day for me.

[Based Bandita @BasedBandita]

I’m going to cry 🥹🥹

America needs more legal immigrants like this

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@megbasham Spoken like a woman who had options.