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Happy Birthday to the oldest WWII US Veteran with perhaps something to learn about aging well
Last night from The Washington Post;
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America's oldest World War II vet just turned 112. He stood from his wheelchair and danced
Sydney Page, Special to The Washington Post
Wed, September 15, 2021, 6:15 PM
Every birthday is a milestone after 100 - especially for the oldest World War II veteran in the United States.
Lawrence Brooks turned 112 on Sept. 12 with a boisterous party outside his New Orleans home, including a vehicle parade, two brass bands and, of course, his favorite chocolate cake.
At one point during the hour-long celebration, Brooks confidently rose from his wheelchair. He danced, he smiled and he waved.
This is his third year as a supercentenarian - meaning age 110 and older.
"We like to tell him, 'Mr. Brooks, as long as you keep having birthdays, we're going to keep throwing your birthday party,' " said Peter Crean, a vice president at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans.
The event was orchestrated by the museum, which has thrown Brooks a birthday celebration for the past eight years.
"He is a fixture here at the museum, but also in the community," Crean said. "He is a wonderful human being who is inspiring to everyone he meets."
Brooks, born in Norwood, La., in 1909, was one of 15 children. He was drafted in 1940 and served until 1945 as a private in the predominantly Black 91st Engineer Battalion, which was stationed in New Guinea and the Philippines.
"We was building roads, bridges and airstrips for planes to land," Brooks recalled in a 2018 video.
After the war, Brooks - who was unable to participate in an interview with The Washington Post because of recent health challenges - worked as a forklift operator until retiring in his 70s.
Brooks is the beloved patriarch of his family: He has five children, 13 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. His wife, Leona B. Brooks, died in 2008.
The National World War II Museum first connected with Brooks in 2013, after a volunteer introduced him to staff.
"He was coming up on his 105th birthday. It was pretty remarkable, and we thought we should have some sort of celebration," Crean said.
"Mr. Brooks represents a generation that saved the world that we know. He was one of 16 million Americans who did his part for his country and the world to make it a better place," Crean said. "He is important to this museum, this city, and he is also important to our country."
So staff began organizing yearly birthday parties for Brooks, all of which - aside from the past two - were at the museum. Each year, the museum hosts a special ceremony honoring Brooks, followed by several musical performances and sweet treats.
Last year, the pandemic forced the museum to put Brooks's traditional birthday festivities on pause, but it refused to cancel the event entirely.
Instead, it brought the party to his doorstep and organized a drive-by parade outside his home, where he lives with his daughter. The museum also campaigned to collect birthday cards, and more than 21,000 notes poured in from around the world.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, and amid the ongoing pandemic, the museum mobilized to throw Brooks another socially distanced, outdoor birthday party to mark his 112th.
This year's celebration was the first time Brooks had used a wheelchair. Every other year he walked with a cane.
"He's beginning to slow down," Crean said, adding that Brooks stayed in Veterans Affairs Hospital during the hurricane to ensure he would have proper electricity and air conditioning. Still, "he is in remarkably good shape for 112. He is vibrant."
The party featured musical performances from the museum's vocal trio, the Victory Belles, as well as several other local musicians....
America's oldest World War II vet just turned 112. He stood from his wheelchair and danced
Sydney Page, Special to The Washington Post
Wed, September 15, 2021, 6:15 PM
Every birthday is a milestone after 100 - especially for the oldest World War II veteran in the United States.
Lawrence Brooks turned 112 on Sept. 12 with a boisterous party outside his New Orleans home, including a vehicle parade, two brass bands and, of course, his favorite chocolate cake.
At one point during the hour-long celebration, Brooks confidently rose from his wheelchair. He danced, he smiled and he waved.
This is his third year as a supercentenarian - meaning age 110 and older.
"We like to tell him, 'Mr. Brooks, as long as you keep having birthdays, we're going to keep throwing your birthday party,' " said Peter Crean, a vice president at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans.
The event was orchestrated by the museum, which has thrown Brooks a birthday celebration for the past eight years.
"He is a fixture here at the museum, but also in the community," Crean said. "He is a wonderful human being who is inspiring to everyone he meets."
Brooks, born in Norwood, La., in 1909, was one of 15 children. He was drafted in 1940 and served until 1945 as a private in the predominantly Black 91st Engineer Battalion, which was stationed in New Guinea and the Philippines.
"We was building roads, bridges and airstrips for planes to land," Brooks recalled in a 2018 video.
After the war, Brooks - who was unable to participate in an interview with The Washington Post because of recent health challenges - worked as a forklift operator until retiring in his 70s.
Brooks is the beloved patriarch of his family: He has five children, 13 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. His wife, Leona B. Brooks, died in 2008.
The National World War II Museum first connected with Brooks in 2013, after a volunteer introduced him to staff.
"He was coming up on his 105th birthday. It was pretty remarkable, and we thought we should have some sort of celebration," Crean said.
"Mr. Brooks represents a generation that saved the world that we know. He was one of 16 million Americans who did his part for his country and the world to make it a better place," Crean said. "He is important to this museum, this city, and he is also important to our country."
So staff began organizing yearly birthday parties for Brooks, all of which - aside from the past two - were at the museum. Each year, the museum hosts a special ceremony honoring Brooks, followed by several musical performances and sweet treats.
Last year, the pandemic forced the museum to put Brooks's traditional birthday festivities on pause, but it refused to cancel the event entirely.
Instead, it brought the party to his doorstep and organized a drive-by parade outside his home, where he lives with his daughter. The museum also campaigned to collect birthday cards, and more than 21,000 notes poured in from around the world.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, and amid the ongoing pandemic, the museum mobilized to throw Brooks another socially distanced, outdoor birthday party to mark his 112th.
This year's celebration was the first time Brooks had used a wheelchair. Every other year he walked with a cane.
"He's beginning to slow down," Crean said, adding that Brooks stayed in Veterans Affairs Hospital during the hurricane to ensure he would have proper electricity and air conditioning. Still, "he is in remarkably good shape for 112. He is vibrant."
The party featured musical performances from the museum's vocal trio, the Victory Belles, as well as several other local musicians....
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So much better than Bridgegate Christie !
Today in New Jersey Governor Murphy held a press conference to announce an extension to help renters. While he was about to give that information a small group of anti-vaxxers were vocally protesting. The Guv, responded by telling them, that they are "the ultimate knuckleheads" and went
further to say because of people like them, others will die. That they need to "take a look in the mirror".
The crowd responded both with cheers and a chant of "Murphy, Murphy, Murphy...." before he got back
to the announcement.
It's nice to have a governor, who truly cares about people and won't put up with, or ignore, bullshit. Bravo !
further to say because of people like them, others will die. That they need to "take a look in the mirror".
The crowd responded both with cheers and a chant of "Murphy, Murphy, Murphy...." before he got back
to the announcement.
It's nice to have a governor, who truly cares about people and won't put up with, or ignore, bullshit. Bravo !
Federal Judge has stern words for Michael Flynn
Last night from The Independent;
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Judge unloads on Michael Flynn in scathing remarks: ‘I can’t hide my disgust’
Chris Riotta
Mon, December 28, 2020, 8:14 PM EST
A federal judge has unloaded on Donald Trump’s ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn during a court hearing on Tuesday over an agreement he and his lawyers made seeking no jail time in exchange for his cooperation.
Judge Emmett Sullivan, who has presided over Flynn’s sentencing for lying to the FBI about his secret work for the Turkish government before joining the Trump administration, slammed the retired three-star general during a final hearing.
The judge said Flynn’s secretive work for a foreign government “arguably” undermined “everything this flag over here stands for” while motioning towards a US flag in the Washington courtroom.
“I am going to be frank with you, this crime is very serious,” Judge Sullivan said to Flynn. “I can’t hide my disgust, my disdain, at this criminal offense.”
Flynn was one of the several dozen Trump associates caught up in former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, along with other allies of the president ensnared on tax crimes and other various bank and money laundering scams, from former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and Rick Gates, the president’s former campaign chairman.
He has since attempted to claim that he was tricked into having a conversation with FBI investigators which he described as a “chat” rather than an interrogation — a point the judge skewered as a falsity while rebuking the former general.
Flynn, who was recently pardoned by the president, has stirred controversy in recent days over his calls for Mr Trump to overturn his electoral defeat with the help of the US military.
“There is no way in the world we are going to be able to move forward as a nation,” Flynn said. “[The president] could immediately, on his order, seize every single one of these machines.”
“Within the swing states,” he added, “if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities, and he could place those in states and basically rerun an election in each of those states.”
Judge unloads on Michael Flynn in scathing remarks: ‘I can’t hide my disgust’
Chris Riotta
Mon, December 28, 2020, 8:14 PM EST
A federal judge has unloaded on Donald Trump’s ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn during a court hearing on Tuesday over an agreement he and his lawyers made seeking no jail time in exchange for his cooperation.
Judge Emmett Sullivan, who has presided over Flynn’s sentencing for lying to the FBI about his secret work for the Turkish government before joining the Trump administration, slammed the retired three-star general during a final hearing.
The judge said Flynn’s secretive work for a foreign government “arguably” undermined “everything this flag over here stands for” while motioning towards a US flag in the Washington courtroom.
“I am going to be frank with you, this crime is very serious,” Judge Sullivan said to Flynn. “I can’t hide my disgust, my disdain, at this criminal offense.”
Flynn was one of the several dozen Trump associates caught up in former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, along with other allies of the president ensnared on tax crimes and other various bank and money laundering scams, from former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and Rick Gates, the president’s former campaign chairman.
He has since attempted to claim that he was tricked into having a conversation with FBI investigators which he described as a “chat” rather than an interrogation — a point the judge skewered as a falsity while rebuking the former general.
Flynn, who was recently pardoned by the president, has stirred controversy in recent days over his calls for Mr Trump to overturn his electoral defeat with the help of the US military.
“There is no way in the world we are going to be able to move forward as a nation,” Flynn said. “[The president] could immediately, on his order, seize every single one of these machines.”
“Within the swing states,” he added, “if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities, and he could place those in states and basically rerun an election in each of those states.”
Sorry Didn't mean to scare you away.
Didn't know how else to contact you, so thought I'd do it this way. I'm sorry if what I wrote made you delete your account. I didn't mean it to have had that effect lol. Hope we are sweet. I'm fine, been here since April, worked in a care home befour that.
Now studying to become a T.A.
It's okay I know there is alot of nut cases out there, but I'm quite on the level. Get alot of time to think , find yourself, Anyway hope you get to see this ,,
Silly sod int ya. Only was a chat , gets a bit boring these dark long days. Take care , txt me back.
Now studying to become a T.A.
It's okay I know there is alot of nut cases out there, but I'm quite on the level. Get alot of time to think , find yourself, Anyway hope you get to see this ,,
Silly sod int ya. Only was a chat , gets a bit boring these dark long days. Take care , txt me back.
wake up
Why do all men think that women just want to hop n2 bed with them......what happened to romance and having things n common.....now I like the bed 2 ...
....but us GLS need ROMANCE...
....but us GLS need ROMANCE...
Hispanic Men??
I really been digging Hispanic men lately. I don't know what it is but I'm so attacted to them now. I never been the type to date outside my race. But I think I'm definitely ready for a change.??????????
Women's preference six packs or other.
Noticed threads about ladies body - build - size preferences in general.
What body - build - size to the ladies really look for In a soulmate.
Six pack x athletic x slim x stick insects x slightly overweight or a few extra pounds. ??
My choice is slightly over weight. Stick insects never did it for me.
What body - build - size to the ladies really look for In a soulmate.
Six pack x athletic x slim x stick insects x slightly overweight or a few extra pounds. ??
My choice is slightly over weight. Stick insects never did it for me.
About me
I don’t like my mind right now.Stacking up problems that are so unnecessary.Wish that I could slow things down.I wanna let go but there’s comfort in the panic. And I drive myself crazy.Thinking everything's about me.Yeah, I drive myself crazy.Cause I can’t escape the gravity
MGTOW and Mens rights
MEN GO THEIR OWN WAY – this is a man’s group and they talk about male issues in society.
Ever felt let down, wondered why you are being held back, wondered why your rights don’t matter, wondered why you are hated for being masculine, wondered why men’s groups no longer exist, wondered why men are not free to debate, wondered why your son is getting bad grades, wondered why your son is not acting masculine, wondered why your son is depressed, wondered why your son won’t talk about his problems, wondered why your son feels lost?
MGTOW has the answers and could maybe save the white male masculine race from extinction?
Besides the men’s rights group MGTOW is the only other men’s group, which has a large following and discusses regular issues in modern day western society.
Many different hosts are on MGTOW and they each cover various subject matters.
You no longer have to feel like no one cares about men and men once again have a voice.
Ever felt let down, wondered why you are being held back, wondered why your rights don’t matter, wondered why you are hated for being masculine, wondered why men’s groups no longer exist, wondered why men are not free to debate, wondered why your son is getting bad grades, wondered why your son is not acting masculine, wondered why your son is depressed, wondered why your son won’t talk about his problems, wondered why your son feels lost?
MGTOW has the answers and could maybe save the white male masculine race from extinction?
Besides the men’s rights group MGTOW is the only other men’s group, which has a large following and discusses regular issues in modern day western society.
Many different hosts are on MGTOW and they each cover various subject matters.
You no longer have to feel like no one cares about men and men once again have a voice.
Are British gentlemen a dying breed?
In the age of videogames and internet porn are British gentleman like depicted on films a dying breed?
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