Good Morning, Do! Today is Friday, October 11 Time to wear a bit of red to show your support for the troops! ____________________________________________________ Today, October 11 in 1939 U.S. President Roosevelt was presented with a letter from Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein that urged him to develop the U.S. atomic weapons program rapidly. In those days, before Soros bought a Nobel prize for Obama and Al Gore, the Nobel prize still commanded a lot of respect. More of today in history at History ______________________________________________________ | If you can help with the cost of the Humor Letter, please donate what you can! | |
Today's Bonehead Award: Arizona county assessor charged in human trafficking adoption scheme _______________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote! _______________________________________________ The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking. --- A. A. Milne (1882 - 1956) _______________________________________________ A little boy was afraid of the dark. One night his mother told him to go out to the back porch and bring her the broom. The little boy turned to his mother and said, "Mama, I don't want to go out there. It's dark." The mother smiled reassuringly at her son. "You don't have to be afraid of the dark," she explained. "Jesus is out there. He'll look after you and protect you." The little boy looked at his mother real hard and asked, "Are you sure He's out there?" "Yes, I'm sure. He is everywhere, and He is always ready to help you when you need Him," she said. The little boy thought about that for a minute and then went to the back door and cracked it a little. Peering out into the darkness, he called, "Jesus? If you're out there, would you please hand me the broom?" ________________________________________________` >From Lillemor: Hillsboro, Florida ____________________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote! Thanks for your votes! ___________________________________________________ An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by Paul Petersen, Mesa, Arizona Arizona county assessor charged in human trafficking adoption scheme The assessor of Arizona's most populous county has been accused of human smuggling in an adoption fraud scheme that brought dozens of pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to the U.S. to give up their children for adoption, court records show. Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen has been charged with human smuggling, sale of a child and communications fraud in Utah, and with fraud, conspiracy, theft and forgery in Arizona. "Petersen's illegal adoption scheme exploited highly vulnerable groups in two countries the birth mothers and families in the Marshall Islands and the adoptive parents here in Utah," Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes said in a statement. The charges span about three years and involve nearly 70 adoptions in Utah and Arizona of babies. Additional adoptions are under investigation in Arkansas, authorities said. Petersen's attorney, Matthew Long, defended his client's actions during a Tuesday court hearing in Phoenix as "proper business practices" and said they disagreed with the allegations. Long also disputed the cash bond of $500,000, saying his client had strong ties to his hometown of Mesa, Arizona, and was not a flight risk. Long said Peterson has known for weeks that he's been under investigation. Petersen worked with several employees based in the Marshall Islands to find pregnant women to give birth in the United States and match them with adoptive parents, Arizona Department of Public Safety detectives wrote in a probable cause statement to justify his arrest. Petersen would pay for the women to travel to the U.S. days or months before giving birth and live in a home that he owned until delivering the baby, according to the records. The babies were then adopted by U.S. parents who paid about $35,000, authorities said. The women would then be flown back to the Marshall Islands or to another U.S. state, most commonly Arkansas, which has one the largest concentrations of Marshallese immigrants in the U.S., according to authorities in that state. In Arizona, Assistant Attorney General Scott Blake said Petersen had previously been told his practice was illegal but he continued anyway. Authorities say Petersen's strong ties to the Marshalls island make him a flight risk. DearWebby's Tech Support Pits From: June Re: Quote part of received mail in reply Dear Webby, Now......how do I correct this and have the previous correspondence go out with my e-mail without my having to cut and paste????? Thanks in advance. June Dear June To "quote" the mail that you are responding to, I hit CTRL R To "quote" just part of it, like I did here, I highlight that part and THEN hit CTRL R. That's how it is done in Eudora since the start of the Internet. Almost all email programs copied that. You might have an option in the settings about how it should treat quoted text. Have FUN! DearWebby Automatically move ALL your settings and programs. A New Yorker was being shown around the back country of Louisiana by his cousin. "Is it true that an alligator won't attack you if you carry a flashlight?" he asked. The cousin smirked, "Depends on how fast ya carry it." | If you can help with the cost of the Humor Letter, please donate what you can! | |
While my son was on board the Navy carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, the air wing was busy with training missions. After talking to a pilot, one air-traffic controller accidentally left his microphone on and remarked to a nearby buddy, "That guy sounded just like Elmer Fudd." The airwaves got strangely quiet as everyone listened, realizing that the pilot had also heard the comment. After about ten seconds, the pilot broke the silence by announcing, "Be vewy, vewy quiet. We awe hunting submawenes." ___________________________________________________ Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com Thriftyfun.com font color="#009990"> Cut Plastic Wrap In Half One way to save money on plastic wrap is to cut a roll in half. Then you have two narrow rolls that work great for small items like brownies and cookies. thriftyfun.Com ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ In America the late night news used to broadcast this message: "It's 11 o'clock. Do you know where your children are? In Canada they say: "It's 11 o'clock. Do you kow where the beer is?" In England they say: "Its 11 o'clock. Do you know where your wife is? In France they say "It's 11o'clock. Do you know where your husband is?" In Afghanistan they say:" Its 11 o'clock do you know what time it is?" ___________________________________________________ Two confirmed bachelors were sitting and talking. Their conversation drifted from sports to cooking. "I got a cookbook once," said the first, "but I could never do anything with it." "Too much fancy cooking in it?" asked the second. "You said it. Every one of the recipes began the same way, 'Take a clean dish and...'" ___________________________________________________ These responses actually appeared on real science tests. All were marked wrong: "The pistol of a flower is its only protection against insects." "Mushrooms always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas." "H20 is hot water, and CO2 is cold water." "To collect fumes of sulfur, hold a deacon over a flame in a test tube." "Three kinds of blood vessels are arteries, vanes and caterpillars." "To remove dust from the eye, pull the eye down over the nose." "The alimentary canal is located in the northern part of Indiana." __________________________________________________ | Ophelia Dingbatter's NewsNo 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, October 11 1776 During the American Revolution the first naval battle of Lake Champlain was fought. The forces under Gen. Benedict Arnold suffered heavy losses. 1811 The Juliana, the first steam-powered ferryboat, was put into operation by the inventor John Stevens. The ferry went between New York City, NY, and Hoboken, NJ. 1869 Thomas Edison filed for a patent on his first invention. The electric machine was used for counting votes for the U.S. Congress, however the Congress did not buy it. 1881 David Henderson Houston patented the first roll film for cameras. 1890 The Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in Washington, DC. 1899 The Boer War began in South Africa between the British militaqry and the Boers (farmers) of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. 1929 JCPenney opened a store in Milford, DE, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 states. 1932 In New York, the first telecast of a political campaign was aired. 1939 U.S. President Roosevelt was presented with a letter from Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein that urged him to develop the U.S. atomic weapons program rapidly. 1942 The Battle of Cape Esperance, during World War II, began in the Solomons. 1958 Pioneer 1, a lunar probe, was launched by the U.S. The probe did not reach its destination and fell back to Earth and burned up in the atmosphere. 1968 Apollo 7 was launched by the U.S. The first manned Apollo mission was the first in which live television broadcasts were received from orbit. Wally Schirra, Don Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham were the astronauts aboard. 1983 The last hand-cranked telephones in the U.S. went out of service. The 440 telephone customers of Bryant Pond, ME, were switched to direct-dial service. 1984 American Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first female astronaut to space walk. She was aboard the space shuttle Challenger. 1984 Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL) against the Boston Bruins. He scored a goal on his first shot on his first NHL shift. 1994 U.S. troops in Haiti took control of the National Palace. 1994 Iraqi troops began moving away from the Kuwaiti border. 1994 The Colorado Supreme Court declared that the anti-gay rights measure in the state was unconstitutional. 2019 Do smiled. |
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