Marcos Oporto

SALSA y FUTBOL, #Alianza Corazon....

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@Hopeet_t13 cobarde

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@Anxiousvids Como pueden existir hombres asi.

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

In May 1860, she kissed her six children goodbye. She thought about the dinner she would cook later. She thought about the laundry. She thought about the quiet life of a mother in Illinois.

She had no idea that when the front door clicked shut, it would stay locked for three long years.

Her husband, Theophilus Packard, was a respected minister. To the neighbors, he was a man of God. But inside their home, he was a man who could not stand a wife who thought for herself. Elizabeth Packard liked to read.

She liked to debate religion. She had her own opinions about life and faith. In the 19th century, for a woman to have a brain was considered a danger.

Theophilus decided to end the argument once and for all. He didn’t need a crime. He didn't need a witness. In those days, the law in Illinois said a man could commit his wife to an insane asylum without any evidence or a public hearing. He simply had to say she was "disturbed."

One morning, a group of men arrived at her home. They didn't listen to her logic. They didn't care about her tears. They dragged her away to the Jacksonville Insane Asylum. Elizabeth was 43 years old, perfectly sane, and suddenly a prisoner.

When she entered the asylum, she expected to see people who needed medical help. Instead, she found a warehouse of "inconvenient" women. There were wives who had argued with their husbands about money. There were daughters who refused to marry men they didn't love. There were women who were simply too loud or too independent.

"This is not a hospital," Elizabeth realized. "It is a cage for the unwanted."

The doctors tried to break her spirit. They told her that if she just admitted her husband was right and she was wrong, she could go home. They wanted her to say she was crazy for wanting her own thoughts. Elizabeth looked them in the eye and said, "I cannot buy my liberty by a lie."

She didn’t give up. Instead, she started to write. She hid scraps of paper in the linings of her clothes. She tucked notes under floorboards. She recorded every abuse, every scream in the night, and every story of the women around her. She became a secret journalist inside a living nightmare.

After three years, she was finally released, but her husband locked her in a room at home. He planned to move her to another asylum in a different state. This time, Elizabeth’s friends helped her get a message to a judge.

A trial was finally ordered to determine if she was actually insane.

The courtroom was packed. Theophilus was confident. He brought "experts" to say that her religious doubts proved her mind was broken. But then, Elizabeth stood up.

She didn't shout.

She spoke with the calm power of the truth. She explained her beliefs. She showed the jury that having a different opinion is not a disease.

The jury only needed seven minutes. They came back with a single word: Sane.

Elizabeth walked out as a free woman, but she found that her husband had taken everything. He had sold their furniture, taken her money, and disappeared with their children. She was alone and penniless.

Most people would have disappeared into the shadows. Elizabeth did the opposite. She spent the next forty years traveling the country. She stood before the legislature and demanded new laws.

She said, "A woman's mind is her own, and the law must protect it."

Because of her, states changed their laws. They made it illegal to lock a person away without a fair trial and a medical exam. She turned her private pain into a public shield for thousands of other women.

She proved that even if you take away a woman’s home, her money, and her children, you can never truly take away her voice.

[Kayakestable @kayakestable]

Tengo una pequeña panadería. El negocio ha ido lento. El alquiler ha subido. Estaba pensando en cerrar.

El viernes pasado, entró un adolescente. Parecía nervioso. Contó el cambio para una galleta. Le faltaban 50 centavos.

—Está bien —dije—. Tómalo.

Lo comió en una mesa, mirando su tarea de matemáticas. Parecía atascado.

Solía ​​ser tutor de matemáticas.

Me acerqué. "¿Ecuaciones cuadráticas?"

Él asintió. "No lo entiendo."

Me senté y lo ayudé durante 20 minutos. Lo entendió. Se fue sonriendo.

Al día siguiente, regresó con dos amigos. Compraron galletas.

Al día siguiente vinieron cinco niños.

Al parecer, le dijo a la escuela: "La señora de la panadería ayuda con las tareas".

Ahora, mi panadería es el lugar de reunión después de clases. Es ruidosa. Es un desastre. Hay mochilas por todas partes.

Ayer encontré una nota en el bote de propinas. Estaba envuelta alrededor de un billete de 20 dólares.

"Gracias por ayudar a mi hijo a aprobar matemáticas. Una mamá."

No voy a cerrar la panadería.

Creo que finalmente encontré mi propósito.

No son cookies. Es comunidad.

[Marcos Oporto @markosoporto]

Lo vale!

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Source: Texans’ LB Azeez Al-Shaair was fined $11,593 for a violation of the NFL uniform and equipment rules for wearing eye black that contained a personal message during last week’s Wild Card game.

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@JuanSheput Ya callese señora

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@jesusverdeL Es cuestión de tiempo, tiempo para que la TV desaparezca

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@IngenioEstoico Anda solo dr, estar peseteando así, que flojera, uno sale para divertirse y pasarla relajado, no para estar contando los centavos de uno y del otro.

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@Blodjans @mavica81 Así es, solo la raza humana

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@elespanolcom Santo Cristo que ser humano tan repugnante

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@Bombmetax @bannedvidio Exactly, nerve ever

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@MonicaSaadeX Virginia/ Genoveva

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@RightScopee No

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@abr6zame

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@stfuesh Marcos Oporto

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@EduardoVarelaTV Indianápolis 3 para mi, y Búfalo entre Denver y Tampa

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@JohnF1_14 Así es, Alonso vigente bicampeón y Hamilton un animal al volante, de lejos el mejor año de la F1 de este siglo, aún por encima del 2021

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@EduardoVarelaTV En los MNF tbm porfavor!!!!!!! Dejaron de ser lo mismo sin su relato

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@alvarezrodrich Si Hamas no firma la paz, voy a desaparecer a todo Palestina, típica paz romana, si merece el Nobel, sin duda.

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@culturaliteral1 Forget about it