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 ___________________________________________________ History: on this day, November 9, in 1938, Nazi troops and sympathizers destroyed and looted 7,500 Jewish businesses, burned 267 synagogues, killed 91 Jews, and rounded up over 25,000 Jewish men in an event that became known as Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass." ____________________________________________________  Bonehead Award goes to to Woman arrested for pulling out gun at Phoenix school  ____________________________________________________ Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. --- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. --- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) _____________________________________________________ The temporary Sunday School teacher was struggling to open a combination lock on the supply cabinet. She had been told the combination, but couldn't quite remember it. Finally she went to the pastor's study and asked for help. The pastor came into the room and began to turn the dial. After the first two numbers, he paused and stared blankly for a moment. Finally, he looked serenely heavenward and his lips moved silently. Then he looked back at the lock, and quickly turned to the final number, and opened the lock. The teacher was amazed, "I'm in awe at your faith, pastor." "It's really quite simple." he mumbled to himself. "The number is on a piece of tape on the ceiling." ____________________________________________________ Little Do asked dad where they came from. Dad squirmed a bit, but thought it was time for the facts of life. So, Dad told of how the expression of love resulted in the beginning of life, how life developed and finally how a child was born. As Dad told the story, Do's eyes got wider and wider. When Dad was finished, Do said, "Wow, that's really neat. That sure beats what Billy told me. He said that he came from Chicago." __________________________________________________ Reported by Rock: An International Bonehead Award has been earned by  Desira Featchurs, 29, Phoenix, Arizona, USA  Woman arrested for pulling out gun at Phoenix school  Police have released body-camera video that they say shows an officer stopping a potential shooting at a school in north Phoenix. In the video, a woman is seen pulling a gun out of her bag at Mountain View School near Seventh Avenue and Peoria on Sept. 22. An officer quickly grabs the woman to prevent her from doing anything. "When it comes to protecting your children, there is no time to waste when we see a threat," Phoenix Police tweeted. "Thanks to the heroic actions of this #PHXPD officer, a possible shooting at a school was prevented." The woman with the gun, identified as 29-year-old Desira Featchurs, was arrested and booked into jail. She is accused of endangerment and carrying a weapon on school grounds. Police said Featchurs is the parent of a student at the school and the incident stemmed from a child custody dispute. She did not fire or point the gun, simply removed it from her bag, when ordered, but carrying a gun in a school is not permitted. ___________________________________________________   Pink Explosion In Jeju City, Jeju Island, South Korea ___________________________________________________ The man told his doctor he wasn't able to do all the things around the house that he used to do. When the examination was complete, he said, "Now, Doc, I can take it. Tell me in plain English what's wrong with me." "Well, in plain English," the doctor replied, "You're just a plain lazy old fart." "Thank You." said the man. "Now give me the medical term, so I can tell my wife!" ___________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ___________________________________________________   Siberian Jay _________________________________________________ The teacher asked little Johnny, "Can you name four shooting stars?" Little Johnny said, "I sure can. Wyatt Earp, Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill, and John Wayne." ____________________________________________________ Most people use their hands and feet to drive -- a few also use their heads. ------------ I made the mistake of not using my head for a seond a couple of weeks ago. Now I am using my feet for walking. Still trying to get enough money together for a cheap, old car. ================================================= DearWebby's Tech Support Pits  From:Kristina Re: Personalized newsletter Dear Webby, The way you personalize your newsletter sets it even farther above all the others, it makes it twice as funny when I see my own name in there. However, there could be a problem. When mom subscribed her brother, she used a nickname for his first name, something that ONLY SHE ever gets away with using on him. So, when he sees that nickname he sees red. You probably figured by now that he is not too bright and couldn't figure out on his own how to change his subscription name by unsubscribing and then re-subscribing with a different name. I fixed it for him now, but you might consider putting an unsubscribe line higher up in the letter so that people like him can see it before their lips start hurting from all that heavy readin'. But please keep the rest the way you got it. I just love it! Kristina  Dear Kristina There is an UNsub link near the top. He can also just hit REPLY and tell me. Have FUN DearWebby _____________________________________________________ A woman phoned her dentist when she received a huge bill. "I'm shocked!" she complained. "This is three times what you normally charge." "Yes, I know," said the dentist. "But you screamed so loudly, you scared away two other patients." _____________________________________________________ Ophelia Dingbatter's News no sermon and not suitable for church, just jokes and fun for grownups. Read it on-line or subscribe. If you subscribe, look for the double opt- in confirmation request. ____________________________________________________ Today, November 9, in 1857, The "Atlantic Monthly" first appeared on newsstands and featured the first installment of "The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" by Oliver Wendell Holmes. 1872, A fire destroyed about 800 buildings in Boston, MA. 1906, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt left for Panama to see the progress on the new canal. It was the first foreign trip by a U.S. president. 1911, George Claude of Paris, France, applied for a patent on neon advertising signs. 1918, Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II announced he would abdicate. He then fled to the Netherlands. 1923, In Munich, the Beer Hall Putsch was crushed by German troops that were loyal to the democratic government. The event began the evening before when Adolf Hitler took control of a beer hall full of Bavarian government leaders at gunpoint. 1935, United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis and other labor leaders formed the Committee for Industrial Organization. 1938, Nazi troops and sympathizers destroyed and looted 7,500 Jewish businesses, burned 267 synagogues, killed 91 Jews, and rounded up over 25,000 Jewish men in an event that became known as Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass." 1961, Major Robert White flew an X-15 rocket plane at a world record speed of 4,093 mph. 1961, The Professional Golfer's Association (PGA) eliminated its "caucasians only" rule. 1963, In Japan, about 450 miners were killed in a coal-dust explosion. 1963, In Japan, 160 people died in a train crash. 1965, The great Northeast blackout occurred as several states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of power failures lasting up to 13 1/2 hours. 1967, A Saturn V rocket carrying an unmanned Apollo spacecraft blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a successful test flight. 1976, The U.N. General Assembly approved ten resolutions condemning the apartheid government in South Africa. 1979, The United Nations Security Council unanimously called upon Iran to release all American hostages "without delay." Militants, mostly students had taken 63 Americans hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, on November 4. 1981, U.S. troops began arriving in Egypt for a three-week Rapid Deployment Force excercise. Somalia, Sudan and Oman were also involved in the operation. 1981, The Internation Monetary Fund approved a $5.8 billion loan to India. It was the highest loan to date. 1982, Sugar Ray Leonard retired from boxing. In 1984 Leonard came out of retirement to fight one more time before becoming a boxing commentator for NBC. 1984, A bronze statue titled "Three Servicemen," by Frederick Hart, was unveiled at the site of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. 1989, Communist East Germany opened its borders, allowing its citizens to travel freely to West Germany. 1990, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed a non- aggression treaty with Germany. 1992, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, visiting London, appealed for assistance in rescheduling his country's debt, and asked British businesses to invest. 1998, A federal judge in New York approved the richest antitrust settlement in U.S. history. A leading brokerage firm was ordered to pay $1.03 billion to investors who had sued over price-rigging of Nasdaq stocks. 1998, PBS aired its documentary special "Chihuly Over Venice." 2004, U.S. First Lady Laura Bush officially reopened Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House to pedestrians. 2022 Do smiled. 

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