Ron Cates

Bean counter, well not literally. Of Course They're My Own Opinions

[Josh Kaplowitz @jjkaplowitz]

I got a 57 on my ASVAB when I was 18 and could barely do basic math. Then I ended up studying computer science at the Naval Academy and took up to Calc 3, Chem 2, Physics 2, and am a nuclear submarine officer. Everything can be learned and mastered. Now math is super easy to me. But it was a brutal struggle at first. I put insane hours into studying to overcome my weaknesses but if I believed IQ tests and my past high school grades I would have never tried. You need to just say “screw it” and go all into whatever pursuit you want. Nothing less will do.

[Kyle Sutherland @k_sutherlandAR]

Bri Ellis in the Talons’ series sweep over the Bandits to begin @theAUSLofficial season:

• .714/.778/2.000
• 9 PA
• 5 H
• 5 RBI
• 2 HR
• 2 BB
• 1 2B
• 1 3B
• 1 K

[Tales from the Feedyard (Uncensored) @silagechopper]

Dogs and horses should never been allowed to get old. Our deal was that I wouldn’t hunt and he wouldn’t chase cattle. We loved you Joe. Until the next time.

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

NATIVE AMERICAN HERO RESPECTED BY SOLDIERS Pascal Cleatus Poolaw Sr. grew up Comanche in Oklahoma, raised with warrior traditions that stretched back centuries. When WWII broke out, he enlisted and quickly became known for something rare among combat soldiers. He was calm. While others panicked under fire, Pascal moved with purpose. He led men through hellfire and brought them home. By the time the war ended, his chest was covered in ribbons.
Most decorated veterans retired to quiet lives. Pascal re-enlisted. When the Korean War erupted, he was among the first to deploy. His reputation preceded him. Men requested to serve under him because they knew he would die before abandoning them. Between 1942 and 1951, he earned four Silver Stars for gallantry, five Bronze Stars for heroism, and three Purple Hearts for wounds received in combat. 42 total decorations. Each one represented a moment when he chose his brothers over his own survival.
On November 7, 1951, during combat operations in Korea, enemy fire finally found him. Pascal Poolaw was 30 years old. He left behind a wife, four children, and a legacy that forced America to recognize what Native warriors had been doing all along. Serving. Sacrificing. Leading. His son, Pascal Poolaw Jr., would later serve in Vietnam, continuing a family tradition of service that demanded everything and asked for nothing in return.
The military would eventually name buildings and memorials in his honor. But Pascal never fought for recognition. He fought because when his brothers needed him, he answered. Every single time. That kind of courage doesn't come from medals. It comes from something deeper, something the Comanche people had always known. A warrior's duty is to protect, no matter the cost

[GretchenInOK @GretchenInOK]

Credit: Historical Pictures

Oklahoma State University fans: Meet the REAL Pistol Pete!

The old gunfighter stood proudly beside his girlfriend, looking less like a legend from dime novels and more like a man who had somehow outlived the violent frontier that once shaped him. Frank Eaton, better known across the West as “Pistol Pete,” carried one of the most recognizable names of the Old West into the twentieth century. Born in 1860, Eaton claimed his life changed forever after witnessing the aftermath of his father’s murder when he was still a boy. According to his own accounts, he swore revenge and spent his youth mastering firearms under the guidance of frontier gunmen, eventually earning a reputation as a skilled marksman and lawman.

As he grew older, Eaton worked across the frontier as a scout, cowboy, buffalo hunter, and deputy U.S. marshal during the fading years of the American West. Stories surrounding him blended real frontier experience with the larger-than-life exaggerations common in Old West storytelling. He became famous for trick shooting exhibitions, quick-draw demonstrations, and tales of tracking dangerous men across Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Whether every story was entirely true hardly mattered anymore. By the early twentieth century, Pistol Pete had already transformed into a living symbol of the frontier itself, one of the last surviving figures connected to the era of outlaws, posses, and open-range gunfighters.

But perhaps what makes this photograph feel so fascinating is the contrast between the legend and the quiet human moment beside him. The feared gunman, lawman, and frontier survivor now stands calmly next to the woman he loved while the violent West that built his reputation had already disappeared into history. Long before Hollywood actors began pretending to be cowboys, men like Frank Eaton had actually lived through the dust, danger, and uncertainty that later became myth. And when you look at Pistol Pete standing there beside his girlfriend after surviving a lifetime of frontier violence, it forces us to ask: how strange must it feel to live long enough to watch your own life slowly turn into legend?

[The Fly Fishing Place @FlyFishingPlace]

Daydream believer.

[Charlie Daniels @CharlieDaniels]

The Daniels family wants to wish @ChrisYoungMusic a very happy birthday! Chris was the first recipient of the Charlie Daniels Patriot Award and a friend of the CDB family for many years. Happy Birthday, Chris! We hope it's a great one! - CD Jr..

[Arkansas Baseball @RazorbackBSB]

More All-America honors for our guys 🇺🇸

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Mean Joe Greene kicks a guy in the nuts and the entire Cleveland Browns roster comes after him. Man, I miss real football.

[Jack Carr @JackCarrUSA]

TRUE GRIT starring John Wayne premiered on this day in 1969.

1969 was a pivotal year for the United States, bringing an end to a decade that bore witness to the high-profile assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Senator Bobby Kennedy, as well as the escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, coupled with civil unrest on the home front.

Three distinctly different Westerns graced the screen in 1969, closing out that tumultuous decade and putting the punctuation mark on Hollywood’s Golden Age which is typically acknowledged as concluding a few years earlier. There were other Westerns to hit theaters in 1969 but three immortalized the changing times through the medium of popular cinema; if THE WILD BUNCH was the future and BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID was the present, then TRUE GRIT was a nod to the passing of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

The 2010 Coen Brothers re-make is a closer adaptation of the 1968 novel by Marine Corps veteran Charles Portis on which both films are based, but I have a soft spot in my heart for the 1969 John Wayne version, probably because I have such fond memories of watching it in my youth. It didn’t hurt that Wayne shoots a large loop-lever Winchester Model 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine in .44-40 Win one handed and fires what I believe is an 1873 Colt Single Action Army Revolver in .45 Long in his other in one of the greatest Western shoot-outs ever filmed.

Wayne would receive his only Academy Award for his portrayal of U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn in the film. The final scene of TRUE GRIT, with the legendary John Wayne performing his own stunt, jumping his horse over that “four-rail fence,” is unforgettable, and a fitting way to tip one’s hat in respect to the sun setting on an era.

[Little Rock Trojan Baseball @LittleRockBSB]

🔁 RUN IT BACK 🔁
Tag Andrews is returning to Trojan Baseball for the 2027 season. ⚔️ ⚾

[KC-10 Driver ✈️ 👨‍✈️ B-737 Wrangler @MCCCANM]

I’d think the issue here would be a concern the bees could get into the fuel system via a vent on the underside, but I don’t know.

Dead bees in the fuel tank would be a contaminant that could clog the fuel filter.

[John Calipari @CoachCalArk]

I’m really excited that Marcus wanted to join our staff. He is going to be great for our players and all of us. Can’t wait to get started!

[Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando]

We already have a monument to the Global War on Terror.

It’s in Utah.

[DNI Tulsi Gabbard @DNIGabbard]

Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine.

In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what “research” is being conducted.

https://t.co/pLMD0krc69

[Arkansas Baseball @RazorbackBSB]

Another All-America nod for Kozy 🇺🇸

[Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando]

And then they all proceeded to bring enough Muslims into the U.S. to conquer entire cities, while sending our best men to die in the shitholes we plucked them from.

[Ron Cates @RCbeancounter]

@RepEliCrane @EliCrane_CEO This Cannot Happen.

[Rep. Eli Crane @RepEliCrane]

Get a warrant.

[Ron Cates @RCbeancounter]

@AgWriterArk You’re very welcome. Lot of people hurting nowadays.