Good Morning, Do!  Today is Sunday, August 14 Thank you, James !!! ____________________________________________________ History: today, August 14 in 1995, Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet in the history of The Citadel, South Carolina's state military college. She quit the school less than a week later. ___________________________________________________ Bonehead award Crook in Phoenix police shooting, pursuit, carjackings and crashes identified by police and jailed ___________________________________________________ Q If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur. --- Doug Larson Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years. --- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) ___________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ___________________________________________________ A pastor was giving a lesson to a group of children on the 23rd Psalm. He noticed that one of the little boys seemed disquieted by the phrase "Surely, goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life..." "What's wrong with that, Johnny?" the pastor asked. "Well," answered Johnny, "I understand about having goodness and mercy folowing me around. But I don't want Shirley following me around all the time. She's a gossip and a spoilsport!" ___________________________________________________ The teacher was telling the class about plants that have the word "dog" in front of them: dogrose, dogwood, dog violet. She asked the class if they could name another flower with the prefix "dog." Steven raised his hand and said, "Sure, Miss Jones, a 'collie'flower!" ___________________________________________________   Crocoite, Adelide mine __________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ___________________________________________________ >From Linda READ S-L-O-W-L-Y and Understand!! We are already in trouble!!! I have never heard this said as simply or as well. Class war at its best. The folks who are getting the free stuff don't like the folks who are paying for the free stuff, because the folks who are paying for the free stuff can no longer afford to pay for both the free stuff and their own stuff. And the folks who are paying for the free stuff want the free stuff to stop. And the folks who are getting the free stuff want even more free stuff on top of the free stuff they are already getting! Now.. The people who are forcing the people who pay for the free stuff have told the people who are RECEIVING the free stuff that the people who are PAYING for the free stuff are being mean, prejudiced, and racist. So.. The people who are GETTING the free stuff have been convinced they need to hate the people who are paying for the free stuff by the people who are forcing some people to pay for their free stuff and giving them the free stuff in the first place. We have let the free stuff giving go on for so long that there are now more people getting free stuff than paying for the free stuff . Now understand this.....All great democracies have committed financial suicide somewhere between 200 and 250years after being founded. The reason? The voters figured out they could vote themselves money from the treasury by electing people who promised to give them money from the treasury in exchange for electing them. The United States officially became a Republic in 1776, 243 years ago. The number of people now getting free stuff outnumbers the people paying for the free stuff . Failure to change that spells the end of the United States as we know it. ELECTION 2024 IS COMING!!!! A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves! I'M 100% for PASSING THIS ON !!! For all our sake PLEASE Take a Stand!!! Borders : Closed! Culture : God, Constitution, and the Bill of Rights! Drug Free : Mandatory Drug Screening before Welfare! NO freebies to: Non-Citizens! Only 86% will send this on. Should be 100% ____________________________________________________ Bob and Katie were having a discussion about family finances. Finally Bob exploded, "If it weren't for my money, the house wouldn't be here!" Katie replied, "If it weren't for your money, I wouldn't be here either." ______________________________________________ If you can help with the cost of the Humor Letter, please donate what you can! If you like my work,Please donate a dollar, or two, if you can afford it!Please, help me stay online! ____________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________ A small, uncertain, and nervous witness was being cross- examined. The lawyer thundered at him: "Have you ever been married?" "Yes, sir," said the witness in a low voice. "Once." "Whom did you marry?" "Well, a woman." The lawyer said angrily, "Of course you married a woman. Did you ever hear of anyone marrying a man?" And the witness said meekly, "MY mother did." __________________________________________________ DearWebby's Tech Support Pits from: Lee Re: YouTube to text Dear Webby Is there a reasonable (cheap) way to transcribe a short 10 minute talk from YouTube recording to a word or similar document? Many thanks for your excellent work (jokes, info, crime report, and beautiful pics), Lee  Dear Lee Here's how to do it: Click on the More button below the video and select Transcript from the menu. Below you'll be asked to select a language. Make your choice and you'll see a full transcript along with timestamps. Now click and drag to highlight all the text and press Ctrl + C to copy the text. Paste the text into a word processor document or spreadsheet, or even a web page. If your speakers or your ears don't work, then that feature is a God-Sent! Have FUN! DearWebby ___________________________________________________ If you can help with the cost of the Humor Letter, please donate what you can! If you like my work,Please donate a dollar, or two, if you can afford it!Please, help me stay online! _____________________________________________ A traveling evangelist always put on a grand finale at his revival meetings, When he was to preach at a church, he would secretly hire a small boy to sit in the ceiling rafters with a dove in a cage. Toward the end of his sermon, the preacher would shout for the Holy Spirit to come down, and the boy in the rafters would dutifully release the dove. At one revival meeting, however, nothing happened when the preacher called for the Holy Spirit to desend. He again raised his arms and exclaimed: "Come down, Holy Spirit!" Still no sign of the dove. The preacher then heard the anxious voice of a small boy call down from the rafters: "Sir, a big black cat just ate the Holy Spirit. Shall I throw down the cat?" ________________________________________________ A Bonehead award has been reported by Rock  Carlos Delfin, 33, In jail Phoenix, Arizona, USA  Crook in Phoenix police shooting, pursuit, carjackings and crashes identified by police and jailed  A suspect involved in an officer-involved shooting on State Route 51 is in custody after he allegedly led Phoenix police on a chase Thursday, carjacking multiple vehicles and crashing into several cars along the way. The incident began at around 5:30 p.m. near 16th Street and McDowell after the suspect, identified on Aug. 11 as 33-year- old Carlos Delfin, failed to pull over during a traffic stop. That car wouldn't stop, and a helicopter started following the vehicle until it stopped on SR 51 just south of Indian School Road. An officer in an unmarked vehicle reported seeing Delfin get out of the car and try to carjack another vehicle while armed. "This is when the first officer involved shooting occurred," said Sgt. Brian Bower with Phoenix PD. Eventually, Delfin reportedly stole a truck at gunpoint and drove off, and that same officer tried to shoot at Delfin for the second time. Police say Delfin kept driving on side streets in the area, causing multiple crashes - one of which left a woman with life-threatening injuries. He reportedly carjacked three more vehicles at gunpoint while trying to evade police and opened fire at another victim in the process. That person was unhurt. Eventually, the suspect crashed an SUV into a house and was caught by officers in a neighborhood near 15th Avenue and Dobbins. "The man ran from the crash site going into several residential yards until he was taken into custody without incident," Bower said in a statement. A firearm was recovered from the area where Delfin was arrested. No officers were hurt. In all, police say there are 12 alleged victims in connection with the crime spree. State Route 51 was shut down throughout the night for the investigation but reopened Friday morning. Delfin, according to police, has been booked into Maricopa County jail for 22 alleged offenses in relation to the crime spree. He's being held on a $600,000 bond. His next court appearance is Aug. 17. The chaotic scene caused a traffic nightmare during the evening rush hour on Aug. 10. One witness, Carlos Montufar, was driving when he saw what happened. "Time froze for me at that moment. Thats when he looked to the truck on my left-hand side and ran over, stuck his rifle through that window, yelled at that gentleman to get out of his car," Montufar recounted. "He came out with his hands up, and as quick as he could be, the man sped off." Meanwhile, neighbors living in the area where the alleged carjacker was arrested described seeing a sea of cop cars, armored vehicles and SWAT members huddled in their community. "When that happens, you're just blown away," said one person, identified only as Steven. Steven said he was out getting food when he arrived to find a car crashed up near his driveway. "He made his way to the side of the house, ran into a friend of mine, and held him at gunpoint," said Steven. According to Steven, the suspect was arrested shortly afterwards. Steven's friend, meanwhile, is still in the hospital. Meanwhile, Steven said he is still trying to process all that happened. "It was just traumatizing," said Steven. __________________________________________________ If you can help with the cost of the humor letter, please donate what you can! If you like my work, please donate a dollar, or two, if you can afford it! Please, help me stay online! __________________________________________________ History Today August 14, in 1248, The rebuilding of the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, began after being destroyed by fire. 1805, A peace treaty between the U.S. and Tunis was signed on board the USS Constitution. 1848, The Oregon Territory was established. 1880, The Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany was completed after 632 years of rebuilding. 1888, A patent for the electric meter was granted to Oliver B. Shallenberger. 1896, Gold was discovered in Canada's Yukon Territory. Within the next year more than 30,000 people rushed to the area to look for gold. 1900, An international force, consisting of eight nations, lifted the siege of Peking. It was the end to the Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at purging China of foreigners. 1917, China declared war on Germany and Austria during World War I. 1919, About 1 million tons of ice and rock broke off of a glacier near Mont Blanc, France. Nine people were killed in the incident. 1935, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The act created unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly. 1936, The first basketball competition was held at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. The U.S. defeated Canada, 19-8. 1941, The U.S. Congress appropriated the funds to construct the Pentagon (approximately $83 million). The building was the new home of the U.S. War Department. 1941, U.S. President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic Charter. The charter was a statement of principles that renounced aggression. 1944, The federal government allowed the manufacture of certain domestic appliances to resume on a limited basis. 1945, It was announced by U.S. President Truman that Japan had surrendered unconditionally. The surrender ended World War II. 1947, Pakistan became independent from British rule. 1953, The whiffle ball was invented. 1962, A U.S. mail truck was held up in Plymouth, MA. The robbers got away with more that $1.5 million dollars. 1969, British troops arrived in Northern Ireland to intervene in sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics. 1973, The U.S. bombing of Cambodia ended. The halt marked the official end to 12 years of combat in Indochina by the U.S. 1976, A charity softball game began for the Community General Hospital in Monticello, NY. The game was eventually called off due to weather after 30 hours. The final score was Gager's Diner's 491 to Bend 'n Elbow Tavern's 467. 1980, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was incorporated. 1986, U.S. officials announced that a U.S. Drug Enforcement agent had been abducted, interrogated and tortured by Mexican police. 1992, The U.S. announced that emergency airlifts of food to Somalia would begin. The action was being taken to stop mass deaths due to starvation. 1995, Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet in the history of The Citadel, South Carolina's state military college. She quit the school less than a week later. 1998, A U.S. federal appeals court in Richmond, VA, ruled that the Food and Drug Administration had no authority to regulate tobacco. The FDA had established rules to make it harder for minors to buy cigarettes. 2000, Valujet was ordered to pay $11 million in fines and restitution for hazardous waste violations in the crash that killed 110 people in 1996. 2015, In Havana, Cuba, the U.S. Embassy was re-opened after being closed 54 years earlier. 2023, Do smiled. 

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