Roger Williams

Class A curmudgeon

[Out of Context Human Race @NoContextHumans]

This boy spent a 27-hour road trip crocheting a teddy bear for his new cousin ❤️

[Roger Williams @williro5]

@ATRightMovies Paradise by the dashboard lights - Meat Loaf

[J&L Historical @Jason_R_Burt]

The flag flown on DDay by USS LST-393, 82 years ago today. 🇺🇸

She made 30 round trips to Omaha Beach, bringing varied equipment and supplies to France & returning with wounded soldiers as well as 1000s of German prisoners. ⚓️

[𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 @LiberTasWar79]

The image depicts Katherine Cathey, the pregnant widow of U.S. Marine 2nd Lt. James “Jim” Cathey, lying on an air mattress on the floor in front of her husband’s flag-draped casket the night before his burial. A Marine honor guard stands vigil in the background.

Jim Cathey was tragically killed in action in Iraq in August 2005. Overcome with grief, Katherine refused to leave her husband’s casket. She requested to spend one final night with him. Two Marines went to great lengths to provide her with a makeshift bed, using a mattress and pillows on the floor. One Marine stood guard over her and the casket throughout the night.

This powerful and Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph was captured by Todd Heisler in 2005 as part of his series “Jim Comes Home” for the Rocky Mountain News.

[Roger Williams @williro5]

Finally gave up. Orlando Sentinel is incapable of home delivery. Two homes in three years and seldom had 7 days in a row delivered. Gave up and canceled the home town paper. @orlandosentinel

[Western Growers @WesternGrowers]

Your produce aisle is about to get smaller.
Your grocery bill is about to get bigger.

California regulators are pushing rules that would ban the packaging that keeps fruits and vegetables safe, fresh and affordable — even though alternatives don’t exist.

This isn’t sustainability.
It’s bad policy.

Fix it.
@CalRecycle @CAgovernor

#SB54 #FixSB54

[Larry Behrens 🇺🇸 @larrybehrens]

Vermont spent $8 million on five electric buses that can’t charge in the cold and are now completely useless.

Meanwhile, the diesel buses are still running — just like Bernie Sanders’ private jet.

[Roger Williams @williro5]

@ATRightMovies Paradise by the dashboard lights - Meat Loaf.

[Nick Chappell @NickChaps96]

Since Bob Iger and Josh D’Amaro won’t listen to me, I figured I’d ask Santa. 🎅🏻

[Kevin Dalton @TheKevinDalton]

Call me naïve, but I had no idea airlines were incentivizing gate agents to harass customers about their carry-on bags.

[Conservative Brief @ConservBrief]

BOMBSHELL!

Huntington Beach City Councilman Andrew Gruel CONFIRMS what we already knew - illegal aliens CAN vote in California elections:

“When you go to the DMV and you get a driver's license or an ID, you register to vote, you do not need any citizenship to do that. When you get any benefits in the state of California, they send you a voter registration card. You do not need to show any ID or proof of citizenship to do that. Then you're on the voter rolls. Those voter rolls, they keep adding people on over and over and over again, and nobody's cross referencing IDs on those voter rolls.”

“So the reality is Sacramento's got the problem in their hands and they're avoiding it by pushing it around — It is 100% fact that you do not need to prove any citizenship to get voter registration in California.” “

To become a voter in California, all you have to do is check a box — they don't check, they don't ask, absolutely nothing. And there is zero flags”

[Marc Thiessen @marcthiessen]

This is the kind of immigration we need

[Men's Humor @MensHumor]

The town of Monowi, Nebraska has a population of 1. Elsie Eiler, in her capacity as Mayor, grants herself a liquor license and pays taxes to herself.

She's my hero.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

The Hall of Fame Era Committee meets this Sunday, December 7th. Dale Murphy needs 12 of 16 votes. You never know who will see this and their vote may be the one that puts Murph over the top. Please retweet if you love Murph and believe he deserves to be honored in Cooperstown.

[𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚘 @ThomasSanco]

Have you ever wondered why we see the red poppies on Veterans Day? Many of a certain age will know, but I'm not sure the younger people have been taught the origin of the red poppy flower as a symbol of remembrance. The poppies stem from battles in what was then known as the "Great War"—what we now recognize as World War I—at a place known as Flanders fields. The imagery was ingrained in the consciousness of allied nations due to the poem "In Flanders Fields" written by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae in 1915, before the U.S. joined the war:

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
———

Given that the United States was not in the war at this time, Americans today still see the poppies due to the words and efforts of American professor and poet Moina Michael, who wrote the poem, "We Shall Keep the Faith" in 1918 as the war drew to a close:

Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields,
Sleep sweet - to rise anew!
We caught the torch you threw
And holding high, we keep the Faith
With All who died.

We cherish, too, the poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led;
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders Fields.

And now the Torch and Poppy Red
We wear in honor of our dead.
Fear not that ye have died for naught;
We'll teach the lesson that ye wrought
In Flanders Fields.
———

The armistice came on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month of 1918, and what we now know as World War I was over. In the months and years after, Moina Michael worked to keep the memory of those who fought alive by using the red poppy as a symbol of remembrance for Armistace Day, which later became Veterans Day. She was affectionately known as "The Poppy Lady."

May we always remember the sacrifice of those who came before us.

[Rochellemaryn 🌹🕊️ @RochelleAz]

‼️ Whoa ladies 🪭(and gents), have you seen Nate Wilkinson (gun drummer) owning the range?
Total precision and rockstar rhythm 🥁to the epic drum fill “In the Air Tonight”
Hot 🔥🔥

[Ken - Packers Cap @KenIngalls]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!