Tim Sheehan

[Wes Sheehan @Sheehanwes]

Here are a few kicks from yesterday at Georgia State! @Coach_Dry_ @CoachReid99 @RecruitGeorgia @zconowal31 @jwindon35 @KohlsKicking

[Wes Sheehan @Sheehanwes]

Some kicks from the spring game last week! @trlong02 @McEachernFtball @CoachReid99 @Coach_Dry_ @RecruitGeorgia

[Wes Sheehan @Sheehanwes]

I had a great time at the Georgia State showcase. Thank you @zconowal31 and @jwindon35 for inviting me. @CoachReid99 @Coach_Dry_ @McEachernFtball @RecruitGeorgia @KohlsKicking

[Altcoin Vector @altcoinvector]

Bitcoin has pushed higher. Altcoins haven’t really followed.

Normally, BTC testing resistance helps alts ignite, with positive impulse rising above 25%.

But this time, the rally was brief, and negative impulse tries to dominate.

That tells you alts are still lagging BTC’s upside.

For alts to improve, Bitcoin likely needs to break out and consolidate.

Until then, this is not the best environment to deploy aggressively, short-term alt rallies can reverse fast.

[Ty Long @trlong02]

2 great days of training with Wes! He’s a great ball striker! We made minor adjustments that helped him stay on a better path to the ball and it gave him a cleaner rotation. He was very coachable as well. I’m excited to continue to work with him to help him achieve greatness in high school and at the next level.

#TLK

[Tim Sheehan @tim_sheehan]

@Sheehanwes @McEachernFtball @trlong02 @McEachernRecrui @RecruitGeorgia @Coach_Dry_ @CoachReid99 @MikeNall2

[Wes Sheehan @Sheehanwes]

Great day of kicking on Friday with @trlong02. Here are two of my kicks! @McEachernFtball @McEachernRecrui @RecruitGeorgia @Coach_Dry_ @CoachReid99

[Wes Sheehan @Sheehanwes]

Great day of kicking Thursday! Here are two of my kicks! @trlong02 @CoachReid99 @Coach_Dry_ @McEachernFtball @McEachernRecrui

[Wes Sheehan @Sheehanwes]

60 yards out @McEachernRecrui @CoachReid99 @Coach_Dry_ @RecruitGeorgia @McEachernFtball @itgnext_georgia @KohlsKicking

[Federal Reserve @federalreserve]

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: https://t.co/5dfrkByGyX

[Raoul Pal @RaoulGMI]

On Bowies death, this is still to me one of the best things he did in the prior 20 years....

[Henrik Zeberg @HenrikZeberg]

I love History! And I have studied it A LOT.

The SA (Sturmabteilung): A Short Historical Lesson

The Sturmabteilung (SA), commonly known as the Brownshirts, emerged in early-1930s Germany as a paramilitary auxiliary force tied to a political movement rather than to the state’s traditional institutions.

Officially, their role was framed as maintaining “order,” protecting rallies, and countering alleged threats to public stability.

In practice, the SA operated through provocation, intimidation, and public spectacle.

Their core activities included:

- Street presence and patrols designed to project authority rather than enforce law in a neutral sense.

- Targeted harassment of political opponents, journalists, and civilians deemed “undesirable.”

- Deliberate provocation, often escalating tensions so that forceful responses could later be justified as “necessary.”

- Public actions meant to normalize fear, such as boycotts, raids, and arrests conducted with theatrical visibility.

- Blurring the line between law enforcement and political loyalty, with allegiance to ideology overriding legal restraint.

Crucially, the SA did not begin as an openly violent terror force. It evolved.

Early actions were framed as temporary, defensive, and exceptional. Each escalation was justified by the claim that “extraordinary times” required “extraordinary measures.”

Over time, the presence of armed men enforcing political priorities in public spaces became routine — and resistance to it increasingly dangerous.

The result was not immediate dictatorship, but something more subtle and more powerful:
The gradual erosion of legal norms, the conditioning of the public to accept intimidation as governance, and the replacement of institutional law with performative authority.

By the time the consequences were fully visible, the mechanisms were already embedded. The damage was no longer just political - it was societal. Trust collapsed, dissent vanished, and fear became a tool of administration.

History’s lesson is not that such forces announce their end goals clearly.

It is that they present themselves as protectors of order - while quietly redefining what “order” means, and who it is meant to serve.

"Study history or you are doomed to repeat it"

[Henrik Zeberg @HenrikZeberg]

I love History - and have studied it intensely:

The Reichstag Fire (1933): Background and Consequences

Background
On the night of February 27, 1933, the German parliament building—the Reichstag—was set ablaze. Germany was already in deep political and economic turmoil, with violent street clashes and a fragile democratic system under the Weimar Republic.
The new chancellor, Adolf Hitler, and his party, the Nazi Party, had not yet secured full control of the state. Elections were scheduled within days, and opposition parties -especially communists- still commanded significant support.

A Dutch communist, Marinus van der Lubbe, was arrested inside the building and blamed for the fire. Whether he acted alone or was part of a broader plot has been debated ever since, but the political use of the event was immediate and decisive.

Immediate Response
Within hours, the government declared the fire evidence of a vast revolutionary conspiracy. The incident was framed as an existential threat to public order and national security.

The next day, Hitler persuaded President Paul von Hindenburg to sign the Reichstag Fire Decree. This emergency measure suspended key civil liberties guaranteed under the Weimar Constitution, including freedom of speech, press, assembly, privacy of communications, and protection from arbitrary arrest.

What It Led To

Mass repression: Thousands of political opponents-especially communists and social democrats -were arrested, detained, or driven underground.

Elimination of opposition: With rivals silenced and intimidated, the Nazis dominated the March 1933 elections and parliamentary proceedings.

Legal consolidation of power: Weeks later, the Enabling Act was passed, allowing the government to legislate without parliamentary consent, effectively ending democratic governance.

Permanent authoritarian rule: Emergency powers introduced as “temporary” became the legal foundation for a one-party dictatorship and the rapid dismantling of all remaining democratic institutions.

Historical Significance
The Reichstag Fire stands as a pivotal moment in modern history: a single dramatic event, framed as a national emergency, was used to justify sweeping suspensions of rights and the irreversible transfer of power. What followed was not a restoration of order, but the formal end of democracy in Germany and the beginning of totalitarian rule.

"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it"

[Wes Sheehan @Sheehanwes]

One of my pregame kicks at the rising senior GA all-star game

[MCAofGA Rising Seniors Game @MCARisingSenior]

Just 2 days away

[MCAofGA Rising Seniors Game @MCARisingSenior]

#RisingSenior

Practice Clips

#TeamDedication

@Subzero06 @artink67 @MCAOFGA

[MCAofGA Rising Seniors Game @MCARisingSenior]

Wes Sheehan

35 yards is light work

#Teamdedication

[MCAofGA Rising Seniors Game @MCARisingSenior]

Congrats to Wes Sheehan - McEachern HS - K/P - @Sheehanwes on being invited to the 2025 @MCARisingSenior Program.
He will be playing on Team Dedication

[Wes Sheehan @Sheehanwes]

My full season highlight tape🔥❗️ https://t.co/x8HMeg55hi @CoachReid99 @RecruitGeorgia @McEachernRecrui @McEachernFtball @itgnext_georgia

[Wes Sheehan @Sheehanwes]

A sad loss last Friday, but I am so grateful for the amazing season our team had and excited to keep improving for the next one. Check out my end of season highlights: https://t.co/pcnfCsoT0E @itgnext_georgia @RecruitGeorgia @McEachernFtball @McEachernRecrui