David Shirk retweeted
In 1986 Gilda Radner was married to Gene Wilder and looking ahead to a quieter life after the years that had made her famous on Saturday Night Live.
Then the exhaustion began. Sudden spells of fogginess left her struggling to stay awake. A doctor suggested Epstein-Barr virus.
The episodes kept returning. Her abdomen swelled painfully. Cramps and shooting pains in her legs followed. On a trip to Paris she doubled over on the street.
She saw more physicians. One attributed the trouble to ovulation. Another suspected a stomach issue. Tests came back reassuring even as her condition grew worse.
According to Wilder, one doctor described her as a nervous, emotional woman who simply needed to relax. Radner asked more than once whether the symptoms could be cancer. She was told not to worry.
In October 1986 doctors finally identified ovarian cancer. Surgery showed it had already spread to her liver and bowel. Wilder later recalled her response: “Thank God, finally someone believes me!”
She underwent surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation.
For a period the disease went into remission. She returned to television and made jokes about the illness that had nearly killed her.
The cancer came back. Gilda Radner died on May 20, 1989, at the age of forty-two, with Wilder beside her.
Those ten months of dismissed symptoms stayed with him. After her death he pressed for earlier detection and helped establish a hereditary cancer program in her name.
Her experience also led to Gilda’s Club, a place where people facing cancer could find support and company.
The comedian who had made audiences laugh for years spent her final stretch asking to be believed, then turning the same sharp humor toward the disease that would take her.🌹
David Shirk retweeted
Pèp ayisyen,
Nou prèske fin deplwaye sòlda nou yo ak ekipman nou yo sou tè Ayiti. Sa a se pa yon operasyon kont pèp ayisyen an, ni yon envazyon peyi Ayiti. Nou pa yon gwo pisans. Nou pa gen okenn enterè ni pou nou vin domine pèp ayisyen an, ni pou nou mete men sou richès Ayiti.
Nou se yon peyi modès k ap devlope. Sèl sa nou vle, se pou kat teknisyen avyasyon nou yo tounen lakay yo. Epi n ap bay gang yo yon leson, gang sa yo k ap fè pèp ayisyen an soufri, ki touye moun pèp la renmen yo, k ap anpeche l viv yon lavi nòmal, lib, san laperèz.
Se prèske nou menm sèl k ap peye pou operasyon sa a. Menmsi nou resevwa yon ti èd lojistik nan men kèk lòt peyi, se ak pwòp ti kès nou n ap kouvri 90% nan depans yo.
Sa koute nou chè, men nou te aprann nan pwòp soufrans nou: jistis ak lapè pa gen pri. Nou te pase nan menm soufrans Ayiti ap travèse jodi a. Nou te viv yon beny san ki te pi terib toujou pase sa pèp ayisyen an ap sibi kounye a. Nou konnen sa sa vle di: viv nan laperèz, pa fè politisyen konfyans, pa kwè okenn moun ki pwomèt l ap ede w. Paske pèsonn pa t vin ede nou, e moun ki te vini yo pa t gen bon entansyon nan kè yo.
Men nou te rive chape anba sa. Apre 200 lane soufrans, finalman n ap viv nan lapè, e jodi a nou se peyi ki gen plis sekirite sou kontinan an.
Nou pa vin ann Ayiti pou nou touche lajan, paske pèsonn pa peye nou pou sa. Nou vin ann Ayiti pou nou goumen kont mechan yo.
Men sa m ap mande nou: fè nou konfyans, lapriyè sèl vrè Bondye a, epi mande L pou L geri Ayiti.
“Lè sa a si pèp ki pote non m lan lapriyè nan pye m, si yo soumèt devan mwen, si yo pran chache m ankò, si yo vire do bay vye peche yo t'ap fè yo, m'ap tande yo nan syèl kote m ye a, m'ap padonnen peche yo, m'ap fè peyi a kanpe ankò.”
2 Kwonik 7:14
Ede nou ede Ayiti.
Epi lè misyon nou an fini, n ap tounen lakay nou. Petèt jenerasyon Ayisyen k ap vini yo ap sonje nou kòm zanmi ki te vin ede yon lè.
David Shirk retweeted
TRUMP JUST MADE 6 MOVES IN 24 HOURS.
And the world is scrambling to keep up.
MOVE 1: Ordered Pam Bondi before Congress. TODAY.
His own Attorney General is testifying LIVE about the Epstein files. Under oath. In front of cameras. He's not hiding the files. He's WEAPONIZING them.
MOVE 2: Netanyahu flew to Washington. EMERGENCY visit.
His 6th trip since Trump took office. Iran nuclear deal on the table. Trump's message: "Make a deal or face something very tough."
MOVE 3: Threatened to send a SECOND aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf.
Two carrier strike groups. That's not diplomacy. That's a declaration.
MOVE 4: US lawmakers demanded Prince Andrew testify before CONGRESS.
An American congressman told the BBC the Royal Family has "not been transparent." Trump is dragging the British Crown into an American courtroom.
MOVE 5: Cartel drones shut down El Paso airport.
The FAA closed airspace for 10 days. The cartels are getting DESPERATE. They're losing territory and they know it.
MOVE 6: Grand jury REFUSED to indict Democrats who told troops to disobey Trump.
They tried to prosecute 6 lawmakers for a video. A grand jury of American citizens said NO. The weaponization of justice is OVER.
Connect the dots:
Bondi testimony = EPSTEIN EXPOSURE
Netanyahu visit = IRAN ENDGAME
Aircraft carriers = MILITARY DOMINANCE
Prince Andrew = GLOBAL ACCOUNTABILITY
El Paso drones = BORDER WAR ESCALATION
Grand jury refusal = JUSTICE RESTORED
Six fronts. One day. One man.
He's fighting the Deep State at home.
He's confronting Iran abroad.
He's exposing the elite worldwide.
He's securing the border by force.
All at the same time.
They said one man couldn't change the world.
H/T Vincent Sky Castro
David Shirk retweeted
Wanna know why I support ICE removing all illegals?
22-year-old Laken Riley
76-year-old Gretchen Gross
12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray
7-year-old Ivory Smith
20-year-old Kayla Hamilton
37-year-old Rachel Morin
18-year-old Taliyah Crochet
37-year-old Megan Bos
33-year-old Deborah Brandao
26-year-old Casey Chadwick
25-year-old Corbin Wagner
46-year-old Epharo Gilbert
68-year-old Diane Hill-Luckett
30-year-old Dominic Durden
20-year-old Mollie Tibbets
19-year-old Da’Cara Thompson
18-year-old Hallie Helgeson
19-year-old Brady Heiling
32-year-old Kate Steinle
18-year-old Moussa Fofana
30-year-old Alexis Jasso
11-year-old Aiden Clark
43-year-old Fernando Navarrete
29-year-old Grayson Davis
23-year-old Matthew Denice
28-year-old Isidro Cortez
8-year-old Maverick Martzen
10-year-old Alex “AJ” Wise Jr.
8-year-old Mora Gerety
20-year-old Katie Abraham
18-year-old Rylan Oncale
19-year-old Anya Varfolomeev
19-year-old Nicholay Osokin
21-year-old Sarah Root
44-year-old Police Officer David Lee
47-year-old Melissa Powell
16-year-old Riordan Powell
70-year-old Robert Boles
17-year-old Nabra Hassanen
15-year-old Genesis Cornejo‑Alvarado
40-year-old Larisha Thompson
16-year-old Lizbeth Medina
25-year-old Ruby Garcia
48-year-old Santiago Lopez Morales
31-year-old Nazareth Tamer-Claire
42-year-old Maria Pleitez
11-year-old Dayanara Pleitez
15-year-old Luis Jocsan Nanez Lopez
17-year-old Jamiel Shaw II
55-year-old America Thayer
36-year-old Javier Vega Jr.
49-year-old Tony Bologna
20-year-old Michael Bologna
16-year-old Matthew Bologna
6-year-old Ian Matteo-Garcia
27-year-old Christopher Gadd
27-year-old David Hadrich
58-year-old Cynthia Goulding
36-year-old Cheston Edwards
22-year-old Connor Holcomb
3-year-old Andi Lynn Blair
And on and on.
All KILLED by illegals that should NOT have been here in the first place.
Remove them all.
David Shirk retweeted
🚨BREAKING: James Fishback just laid out a simple plan that could trigger 10 million self-deportations in 30 days.
Freeze every illegal alien’s bank accounts. Seize their debit and credit cards. Place liens on any real estate they own. Give them 30 days to leave the country. If they go, the money gets wired to them. If they stay, they are locked out of the U.S. financial system entirely.
Fishback’s point is straightforward. The government already knows who is here illegally. Make it impossible for them to function financially and most will choose to leave on their own rather than live without access to banking, cards, or assets.
Cut off the money, the benefits, and the ability to maintain a bank account, and daily life becomes unsustainable. That pressure alone drives people out without needing door-to-door enforcement for every case.
David Shirk retweeted
BUCKLE UP FOR THIS ONE!
Has anyone been paying attention to this whopper? John Podesta. a senior advisor to Joe Biden on clean energy, former White House Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton (1998–2001) and Counselor to President Barack Obama (2014–2015, has been handling a $375 billion slush fund giving billions to charities that don’t appear in the IRS’s charity database, and has no federal filings, according to the New York Post.
Investigations reveal that at least $20 billion was directed to environmental organizations, many of which were established only months prior to receiving the funds.
Kamala Harris gave a $7 billion dollar check to a Maryland climate group that also had no federal filings.
Please, Lord, Baby Jesus, let Kash Patel give these people the justice they deserve for straight ROBBING THE AMERICAN people. They should have to pay it back and then get charged criminally.
If you're a Democrat, you should be utterly embarrassed and outraged with your party.
David Shirk retweeted
My mom looked at my Trump sketch and said, “Don’t post this on X. People hate Trump… and you’re already a disabled woman using a wheelchair. What if you get 0 likes and 0 retweets? What if nobody supports your art? You’ll only end up disappointed.” 💔😭
Her words really hurt because I know she was trying to protect me. But I decided to finish my sketch anyway. ✏️🇺🇸
Maybe she’s right… maybe this post will get ignored.
Maybe it really will get 0 likes and 0 retweets.
But if my mom is wrong, I want you to prove it. ❤️
I believe artists shouldn’t stop creating just because people might disagree with the subject. Some people may dislike Trump, while others may appreciate the sketch and the work behind it.
So please be honest with me:
What do you think of my Trump sketch?
Rate it 1–10. ✏️🇺🇸
And if you believe my mom is wrong, show her some love on this post. ❤️
For custom pencil portraits:
📧 sketchxstudioltd.com
David Shirk retweeted
For fifty-five years, military aviation textbooks said you cannot rescue four surrounded soldiers in a United States Army Bell AH-1G Cobra attack helicopter because it has zero passenger seats.
On June 18, 1968, a four-man reconnaissance patrol led by Sergeant Dave Hill was surrounded by nearly one hundred enemy troops in pitch darkness.
Because a slow UH-1 Huey transport helicopter would be shot to pieces landing in that flare-lit kill zone, headquarters canceled the rescue and ordered First Lieutenant Larry Taylor to fly his two-seat Cobra back to base.
Instead, Taylor keyed his radio under callsign Darkhorse 32 and refused to leave four Americans behind.
Taylor and his gunner, Chief Warrant Officer J.O. Ratliff, dove through heavy fire for forty-five minutes until they had fired all 76 aerial rockets and all 16,000 rounds of 7.62mm minigun ammo.
When his guns clicked empty, Taylor switched on his landing lights and dove at the enemy tree line with empty weapons just to keep their heads down.
Then he slammed his two-man AH-1G Cobra into the grass under live fire. Two soldiers grabbed the tubular landing skids, and the other two straddled the hot cylindrical rocket pods as Taylor flew them out into the night.
In September 2023, fifty-five years later, Captain Larry Taylor was finally awarded the Medal of Honor. Manuals tell you what a machine is built to carry. An American pilot shows you what a brother is willing to lift.
David Shirk retweeted
🚨 I caught WAL-MART red handed, lying to their customers AGAIN.
I went into Wally-World today to pick up a few things*. While browsing, I saw these pillowcases that were labeled “100% Cotton” — so I bought FOUR.
While unpackaging the product, the ACTUAL label ATTACHED to the pillow sham said, “100% Polyester” … aka PLASTIC.
Most people spend 1/3 of their day, and life in their bed, which is why buying natural fiber material is important to me.
Polyester is made from the same plastic used for soda and water bottles.
This is disappointing. Wal-Mart has made some strides in their food area, removing various ingredients from their processed foods, which I’ve applauded them for.
But duping, and misleading customers (who are more than likely, also on a budget) is so, so, wrong, AND illegal.
So many people are realizing various ways to be healthier in their lives. MAHA is a topic I take seriously, not in advocating for it, but also living by the best standard I can, while being within my means. How can people possibly make these changes, when those supplying us are LYING.
Avocado oil, scam.
Cotton at Wal-Mart, scam.
wtf?!
Ps: To the high and mighty that want to say, “Ew, Wal-mart” … sorry, they’re affordable. I can buy groceries at Publix for double, sometimes triple what the cost is at Wal-Mart. Groceries are already the biggest expense that I have … if you wanna shame those of who adhere to a budget — go for it. The amount of Fxcks given is negligible ✌🏼
