Steven

[Special Ops Magazine @specialopsmag]

In Afghanistan, 2012, US Marine Lance Corporal Winder Perez took an RPG that punched through his thigh and stayed there, live, instead of detonating.

An Army MEDEVAC crew that had been told they were picking up an injured child landed, saw the round still stuck in him, and voted to fly him anyway, even though hauling unexploded ordnance is against the rules.

They made the careful run to FOB Edinburgh, where the rest of the base was held back and Navy Lt. Cmdr. James Gennari kept Perez breathing while Army EOD Staff Sgt. Ben Summerfield pulled the rocket free. Perez stayed conscious through it.

When Perez was told what was in his leg, he said “Cool.” He survived.

[Steven @leforge13]

#narcissist

[POLITICO @politico]

Trump graded his second term an “A+,” even as his favorability nears record lows and his party appears poised to lose the House and possibly the Senate over dissatisfaction with his handling of the economy.👇

🔗 https://t.co/yFqlOCuZsn

[Steven @leforge13]

This isn’t accepting mediocrity…this is accepting being among the worst in the league where they have been since he arrived.

[Cincinnati 💔 @CincyProblems]

Chris Valaika will be returning as the #Reds Hitting Coach in 2027, per multiple sources.

🔴 .229 batting average (worst in MLB)
🔴 .305 on-base percentage (worst in MLB)
🔴 1,544 strikeouts (2nd most in MLB)
🔴 4.11 runs/game (worst in the NL)

#RunItBack #WhereYaGonnaGo

[Steven @leforge13]

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[nostalgia & history @internetpreai]

in 1982, the E.T. finger light toy was released and then quickly removed from stores

[Steven @leforge13]

@NMInfidel @SeanParnellASW @DeptofWar

[Steven @leforge13]

That dumb wars part include Iran? Or will they fall back on the lack of formal war declaration by Congress?

[Steven Beynon @StevenBeynon]

Hegseth issued a 144-page book to the 600 troops attending his speech today, it's a compilation of some of his speeches. It includes a forward from Trump saying, "I will not ask you to fight dumb wars."

[Steven @leforge13]

Blah blah blah blah

[Bulwark Clips @BulwarkClips]

Hegseth: "The ideological clowns are out. The patriotic cowboys are in, with testosterone testing on top."

[Steven @leforge13]

Cosplay

[DOW Rapid Response @DOWResponse]

.@SECWAR has arrived at Quantico ahead of the State of the Force Address.

[Steven @leforge13]

The US government has become an absolute joke. Nothing is actually accomplished. Everything is for the good of the Party instead of the country. People laugh at the stupidity of elected officials and then continue to vote them right back.

[The Hill @thehill]

Klobuchar on Schmitt: Glad one of us knows difference between Hawks, Hawkeyes

https://t.co/95Mdi9KznN

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

On this day 35 years ago, in 1991, MTV aired the music video for Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" for the first time.

The rest is history.

[Steven @leforge13]

What SVP said

[Scott Van Pelt @notthefakeSVP]

Spectacular.

[Steven @leforge13]

Phenomenal

[ArtButMakeItNow @artbutnow]

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas2

[Chris Castellani @Castellani2014]

How cool is this? One final time, Max Scherzer refused to come out of the game.

[Zack Pierce @ZPathletic]

This angle gets me, where he’s just kind of standing there soaking it in, then sees his daughter and smiles, then instantly melts into tears … whew. Hell of a run, 35.

[Steven @leforge13]

Nice

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

The final numbers from Justin Verlander’s 21-year Hall of Fame career:

Record: 266-159
Games started: 557
ERA: 3.33
ERA+: 128
IP: 3,575.2
H: 3,057
BB: 1,007
K: 3,560 (8th all-time)
HR: 374
FIP: 3.44
Cy Young Award: 3
All-Star: 10
World Series champion: 2
American League MVP: 1

[Baseball Is Dead @baseballisdead_]

The perfect ending for Justin Verlander.

His daughter runs out to the mound and he walks off with his family.

Feels like a movie.

[Chad Johnson @ochocinco]

😂

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Ian Happ is an absolute legend….dude playing possibly his last game at Wrigley tossed a ball to the bleachers with $300 cash to buy fans beers

[The Team House @TheTeamHousePod]

The Real Truth About John Chapman

Lori Chapman - Ep.323

#specialoperations #espionage #specialforces #specialops #teamhouse

[ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch]

Harriet Tubman is most famous for escaping slavery and serving as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, where she risked her life to rescue dozens of enslaved people. She made a profound difference by risking her life to liberate enslaved people, serving as a Union scout and spy during the Civil War, and fighting for women's suffrage and elder care...

At thirteen, Araminta Ross stepped between an overseer and an enslaved man who was trying to walk away.

The overseer threw an iron weight. It missed the man.

It struck Araminta in the head. Her skull was fractured.

She was carried back to the slave quarters bleeding heavily, where her mother, Rit, cared for her with whatever sparse supplies she had.

Without a doctor or a chance to heal, Araminta drifted between consciousness and severe delirium for two days.

As soon as she was able to stand on her own feet, she was sent right back to labor in the fields.

That head injury changed her life forever.

For the rest of her days, she suffered from sudden sleeping spells, intense headaches, and vivid visions that she believed were messages from God.

Instead of letting the trauma defeat her, she drew strength from her faith and became even more determined to seek a better life.

As a young adult, she chose to take her mother's name, Harriet, and married a free Black man named John Tubman.

In 1849, word reached her that she and her brothers were going to be sold and sent deeper into the South.

Harriet knew she had to act.

She left everything behind and escaped alone into the dark night.

She navigated treacherous Maryland swamps, listened to secrets shared by Black sailors, followed the North Star, and finally crossed the state line into Pennsylvania as a free woman.

Instead of remaining safely in the North, Harriet turned right around to rescue others.

Over the next decade, she made roughly thirteen risky trips back into southern territory.

She moved like a shadow, guiding around seventy people to freedom, including her brothers, her niece, and her aging parents.

She took incredible risks and managed to lead every single person to safety without ever losing a passenger.

When the American Civil War began, Harriet stepped up to help the Union cause.

She started by working as a nurse and a laundry worker in South Carolina, but military commanders quickly noticed her incredible talent for gathering secret information and reading the land.

She became a scout and spy, organizing a team of local scouts who knew the area inside and out.

In June 1863, she became the first woman to help plan and lead an armed assault during the war, known as the Combahee River Raid.

Harriet guided three Union gunboats around hidden underwater mines and alerted local enslaved workers along the river.

That night, over 750 people escaped from the plantations and ran toward the boats, securing their freedom.

After the war ended, Harriet settled down in Auburn, New York, where she married a veteran named Nelson Davis.

Even though she had accomplished incredible things for her country, she had to fight for decades just to get a basic military pension.

She never stopped giving back to her community.

She fought passionately for women's right to vote alongside figures like Susan B. Anthony and established a care home for elderly Black Americans who had nowhere else to go.

Harriet Tubman passed away in 1913 at around ninety-one years old, leaving behind an incredible story of strength, bravery, and leadership that inspires people all around the world today.

#archaeohistories