A pic I took of the Jacksonville, FL skyline on an old digital camera back in December 2011. I revisited this photo several years later and tried to go with a “cinematic” look.
I got up and to the gym this morning. I did not want to. But 30 minutes kicking my own butt on the stepmill was...well, it happened. I've never sweat so much on my legs as I do when I exercise on the stepmill.
I'm glad I did...cause I need to keep up exercising.
Extremists and a-holes use 《sheep》 as an insult. Yes, they do need guidance, as do we all, but the real evil lies in the wicked men who take advantage of them, of us. 🐑 ❤️
The Day of the Rope
The Molly Maguires became international news on June 21, 1877, when the authorities💥 hanged ten Irish miners in a single day in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.💥
Known as #Black#Thursday, or Day of the Rope, it was the second largest mass execution in U.S. history.
(The largest was in 1862, when the U.S. government executed 38 Dakota warriors).
The authorities accused the Irishmen of being terrorists from a secret organization called the #Molly#Maguires.
They executed ten more over the next two years, and imprisoned another twenty suspected Molly Maguires.
Most of the convicted men were #union#activists.
Some even held public office, as #sheriffs and #school#board members.
However, there is no evidence that an organization called the Molly Maguires ever existed in the U.S.
James McParland, an agent provocateur who worked for the #Pinkerton#Detective#Agency,
and who provided the plans and weapons the men purportedly used in their crimes,
provided the only serious evidence against the men.
The entire legal process was a travesty:
a private corporation (the #Reading#Railroad) set up the investigation through a private police force (the Pinkerton Detective Agency) and prosecuted them with their own company attorneys.
No jurors were Irish, though several were recent German immigrants who had trouble understanding the proceedings.
Nearly everything people “know” today about the Molly Maguires comes from Allan Pinkerton’s own work of fiction, "The Molly Maguires and the Detectives" (1877),
which he marketed as nonfiction.
His heavily biased book was the primary source for dozens of academic works, and for several pieces of fiction, including Arthur Conan Doyle’s final Sherlock Holmes novel, "Valley of Fear" (1915), and the 1970 Sean Connery film, "Molly Maguires."
According to legend, there was a widow living in Ireland in the 1840s named Molly Maguire,
who hated the landlords who were abusing the poor tenant farmers.
She supposedly carried a pistol strapped to each thigh.
She, or her followers, would beat or murder the tyrannical landlords, their agents, and bailiffs, whenever they tried to evict a tenant.
No one knows if she ever really existed, but other tenant farmer activists were said to cry out,
“Take that from a son of Molly Maguire!” when protesting against unscrupulous landlords.
Introducing the Infinite Pure Love handmade set.
I made this to encapsulate in it a feeling of euphoric pure love that is everlasting. It can be any type of love, but powerful and pure. Hoping this becomes somebody's valuable gift of joy.
Only one available.
Jetzt blüht der #Raps
Im Hintergrund rechts die Pyramide des #Niesen, links daneben, aber weiter zurück, das #Breithorn und dann die grosse, lange #Blüemlisalp.
Felt like crap last night, so went to bed early. Was still feeling a bit off this morning, so skipped the gym. Hoping the rest of the day I start to feel better.
I'm thankful for friendship, my family, and the fact that I could just...go to sleep when I felt bad last night.
If the weather holds up, my youngest two have softball practice tonight. We'll see how that goes.
Heading to the elementary school soon as I got picked to be a chaperone on a field trip with the MDMRN Twins. My wife is with Twin 1, I am with Twin 2. I am thankful I am able to join them.
Looks like I am also taking the bus to the place.
Hope your day is great, but yea - expect me to be mostly quiet here most of the day.
Good morning friends, happy Thursday! Sunshine and coffee are the only things keeping me going. I finally gave up and started my day at 3:30, and the dogs were not happy about it, they prefer 4:45. I'm hoping to keep my head down and phone on DND to avoid pesky salespeople. 😉
What's everyone else's day look like? Hopefully, it's more exciting than the salt mine I'm in. No matter what your day has in store, have the best one you can! 🌄🌞