Ridley's Believe It Or Not--February 20,
2014: Kudos to Team U.S.A. men's
hockey win against the Czechs; tough loss for the U.S. women after leading Canada
2-0 in closing minutes only to have Canada score 2 goals and then win in
overtime on a power play goal. Still a Silver! Hope you enjoy the holidays, factoids and quote for the day:
1. World Day of Social Justice--another
UN promulgated started in 2009 to promote social justice, solidarity, harmony and equality--noble
but empty words in many places like N. Korea, Iran and Syria to name just a
few, unfortunately just joined by killings in the streets of Ukraine.
2. Northern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day--in
open rebellion against Punxsutawney Phil who saw his shadow on this year's Ground Hog Day and forecasted six weeks more of
winter, humans are supposed to gather in the streets at high noon, with hands
over their heads, and to chase winter away yell "hoodie-hoo" to chase
winter away while trying not to slip and fall in snow and ice are on the ground.
3. Great American Spit Out--like its
cousin the Great American Smoke Out re
cigarettes a day to encourage people using smokeless tobacco to stop using for
the day--not a bad idea as a way to stop a lot oral cancers.
On this day in:
a. 1792 the United States Post Office was established with letter postage of
$.05-$.12 ($1.45 to $2.90 in today’s dollars--do not inform the USPO or we
may see another rate increase.
b. 1909 the Futurist Manifesto, written by the Italian poet
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, was published by Le Figaro
initiating artistic
philosophy, Futurism, a rejection of the past, and a celebration of speed,
machinery, violence, youth and industry.
c. 1962 following the orbit of the Russian Cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin nine months earlier, John
Glenn aboard Mercury Friendship 7 became the first American to
orbit the Earth and the race to the Moon with the Russians was on.
A Futurist Manifesto
for our public schools, many of which are failing for a large portion of their
students "The
illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write; they
will be those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. --Alvin Toffler, noted
American futurologist and author of The Third Wave.
Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest
on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join almost 140
growing followers and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always
good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
for an original poem to honor Bode Miller and the human spirit just posted; an
original poem for Cupid on Valentine's Day; an original poem to honor Cory
Remsburg, and original poem to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Just posted for
your enjoyment on Rhymes
On The Newsworthy Times poems on Kerry calling global warming the new
weapon of mass destruction; chaos in the Ukraine; OC Sheriff's Deputies getting
paid for donning and doffing their uniforms; the FAA grounding drone
delivery of Valentine's Day Roses; Chairman of OC Board of Supervisors double
dipping; a Perfect Gift for Valentine’s Day; Arctic Vortex slamming the U.S.;
the freedom of the press taking nose dive; weed slowing HIV in monkeys;
Obamacare as an albatross for Blues; whimsical note on Cordova, AK Ice Worm
Festival to join a great list of not to be missed comments on the newsworthy
times, in rhyme of course.
©February 20,
2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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