This past weekend in Louisiana, Vice President Harris attended the Essence Festival and gave an interview with some actress by the name of Keke Palmer. Here’s a screenshot from the event:
You’d think that someone would have noticed the obvious typo.
Yet with today’s social media platforms and the state of our government education, we know that proper spelling is not high on the list for many.
What an embarrassment.
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Thank you for your service, Woody. RIP soldier.
From New York Post:
“The last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II — a hero who fought enemy forces with a flamethrower in Iwo Jima — died Wednesday morning in West Virginia. He was 98.
Hershel “Woody” Williams, a former Marine corporal who earned the military’s highest decoration for his bravery in the Battle of Iwo Jima, died peacefully at a veterans medical center, according to The Woody Williams Foundation.
“Today at 3:15 a.m., Hershel Woodrow Williams, affectionately known by many as Woody went home to be with the Lord. Woody peacefully joined his beloved wife Ruby while surrounded by his family at the VA Medical Center which bears his name,” the foundation said in a statement.
Williams was awarded the Medal of Honor after he used a flamethrower and explosives to clear seven concrete bunkers known as pillboxes while under heavy machine gunfire in February 1945.
As all of the men in Williams’ company perished, he kept pushing forward — at one point shoving a flamethrower nozzle into one of the small concrete boxes and killing the enemies inside.
He then refueled his weapon and boldly returned five more times to destroy the remaining pillboxes.
The war hero later said he remembered little from that fateful day and that his mind was “just a blank.”
Read tmore about Woody’s life story here.
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From The Daily Mail:
“The parents of three kids mowed down and killed by a drunk driver have received not one but two standing ovations at the Vatican after a powerful address about forgiveness.
Western Sydney couple Danny and Leila Abdallah were invited by the Pope to share their harrowing story with thousands of parishioners at the 2022 World Meeting of Families in Rome on Saturday.
Their three children Sienna, 8, Angelina, 12, Antony, 13, and niece Veronique Sakr, 11, were killed by Samuel William Davidson who was drunk and high on drugs while behind the wheel in Oatlands on February 1, 2020.
Flanked by their children Liana, 12, Alex, seven, Michael, six, and 14-week-old Selina, the Abdallahs spoke to a global audience on the eve of would have been Antony’s 16th birthday.
Ms Abdallah recalled the heartbreaking moment she learned her children had been killed as her husband explained why they’ve chosen to forgiven the driver through the I4Give campaign the family has set up.
Their speech was so powerful it brought the Catholic world to their feet, including a contingent of Australians in the crowd at the Vatican proudly holding the national flag.
Bishops around the world were so moved by their story that the Abdallahs may also get a face to face meeting with the Pope himself, depending on his health.
The Abdallah family today
‘There’s been more than two years and I must choose to forgive myself and the driver every day, to not retreat into hatred,’ Mr Abdallah told the Vatican and millions watching online.
‘I choose to forgive myself for telling my kids to go for walk. I choose to forgive the offender in obedience to my Father in heaven.
‘If my children were here today, they would say ‘Dad, forgive him.’
‘When you forgive the other person, you start to heal.’
His wife Leila added: ‘I would not have imagined we would be in the Vatican on the eve of my son’s birthday to speak about forgiveness to the world.’
Ms Abdallah received an overwhelming round of applause after revealing she didn’t hate the driver and had forgiven him.
‘As Christians, we’re meant to forgive,’ she said.
‘I believe the Holy Spirit has moved my lips to forgive in that moment.’
‘You can’t control what happens in life, but you can choose how to respond. We choose forgiveness over hatred, we choose love over revenge and we choose to turn the day of tragedy into a day of forgiveness.
‘Forgiveness is the core message of our Christianity. All our prayer is about forgiveness. And when we pray the Lord’s Prayer we say, ‘Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.’ And these are words to be taken seriously.’
Read the whole story here.
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So sweet!
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This will come as no surprise: The young man who made the rescue, Anthony Zhongor, is a Marine recruit. Watch the video below or read all the details here.
Hoorah!
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This is why we keep our cats inside at night: Critters. Here in Oklahoma, we got coyote, possum, armadillo, skunk, etc. All kinds of critters!
Fortunately, it appears this brave kitty survived this coyote attack.
Read about the video and attempted attack details here.
Brave kitty!
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Meet “Boy,” a nine-month-old cat that lives in Indonesia. A mixed-Persian cat, Boy has an unusual “mask” marking that many relate to Zorro. His owner states of Boy, “He is a very spoiled cat, he always wants to be petted, cuddled and held. He likes to play a lot but he hates being bathed each week.”
Watch a video of Boy, aka Zorro, here.
Cute kitty!
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Posted in cats, God's creation
Grab a hanky for this one…
This dog, Avellana (I’m not sure of her breed), was abandoned by a hunter when she became paralyzed. Avellana was diagnosed with a rare immune disease that left her completely paralyzed, she could barely lift her head.
The Galgos Del Sol Animal Rescue in Spain treated and rehabilitated her. Watch Avellana make a full recovery!
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Amazing technology!
From The Telegraph:
“A young woman has received a 3D printed ear implant made from her own cells, in a scientific development that could “revolutionise” medicine.
The 20-year-old, who was born with a deformity that left her right ear small and misshapen, had the reconstructive surgery in March in the US – part of the first clinical trial to use 3D printing to construct an implant made of living tissue.
“This is so exciting, sometimes I have to temper myself a little bit,” Dr Arturo Bonilla, who performed the surgery in Texas, told the New York Times. “If everything goes as planned, this will revolutionise the way this is done.”
The implant was produced by 3DBio Therapeutics, a regenerative medicine company based in New York, which announced the successful procedure on Thursday. The results are set to be published in a medical journal when an ongoing trial, which includes 11 volunteers, is complete.
The new ear was made from a tiny clump of cells taken from the woman’s right ear, which experts say will reduce the chance that the implant will be rejected from the body. It will continue to regenerate cartilage, meaning it will eventually feel and look like a natural ear.
It is thought to be the first time that a 3D printed implant made of living tissues has been transplanted.
The company said that, with more research, the same technology could be used for replacement spinal discs, noses and knee menisci – as well as reconstructive tissue for lumpectomies.
“It’s definitely a big deal,” said Adam Feinberg, a professor of biomedical engineering and materials science and engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, who was not involved in the trial. “It shows this technology is not an ‘if’ anymore, but a ‘when’.”
Read the whole story here.
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