Ridley's Believe It Or Not-This Day In History-March 8, 2014 International Women's Day

Ridley's Believe It Or Not--March 8, 2014:  Another day in the creeping shadows of St. Patrick's Day.  Found these worthy holidays and due to popular demand in the Iditarod, the Last Great Race on Earth, as should be appropriate on this International Women's Day, Aliy Zirkle, is still in the lead, a tough woman indeed, mushing out of -20 degree weather into Kaltag checkpoint  (the high point for Cindy Abbot of Irvine last year--www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com) and not stopping other than to have vets clear her dogs, now trailed by Steve Busher by over 2 hours. Another update tomorrow on Ridley's Believe It Or Not.  Hope you enjoy the holidays, factoids and quote for the day.

           1. International Women's Day--celebrated today to promote gender equality for women and a national holiday in many countries, but given the feudal oppression of jihadists like the Taliban, should be celebrated every day.

           2. National Proofreading Day-- given the rise of spellcheck and autocorrect, it shoutd be a day of mourning over the demise of proofreading not its observance.

           3. National Fanny Pack Day--great thing to wear if jogging and need to stop for a meal and pay for it with a credit card.  

           4. National Unplugging Day (7-8)--last day to slow down the hectic world by unplugging from technology; talk don't text; write don't autotext; exercise for real not virtual; go outside and smell the greenery not into a virtual world; and the list goes on. A chance to wear your designer fanny pack and try out what proofreading skills you still have left.
           On this day in:
              a. 1934, in a defining "we are not alone moment" Edwin Hubble's photo of the cosmos shows for the first time that there are as many galaxies as there are stars in the Milky Way
              b. 1979 Phillips demonstrated the compact disc for the first time.
             c. 1983 President Ronald Reagan designated the Soviet Union as the "evil empire" which, Putin by his actions in Ukraine is proving to Obama and the failed reset, is alive and well and growing bolder.
The secret of why jihadists are both cowards and pussies: "“Men and boys, we show our manhood through the way we treat our women. Our wives, our sisters, our mothers.” -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu How true today and on the other 364 days of the year as they wage a real War on Women.           
   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 Cindy Abbott, a half blind 54 year old mother suffering from a rare disease who competed in last years Iditarod until forced out with a broken pelvis after 600 miles; an original poem on Bode Miller and the human spirit; an original poem for Cupid on Valentine's Day; an original poem to honor Cory Remsburg to join a great collection of my  poems to inspire, touch, emote, elateand enjoy. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for poems on food fight between Issa and Cummings as Lerner takes the 5th again; Sally Jewell, Department of Interior, telling the residents of King Cove, Alaska to take a hike in placing wildlife over their lives; on students protesting Keystone XL as the world's largest oil producer militarily occupies the Crimea: the banning the wearing of the American flag on Cinco de Mayo; Putin winning the Great Game against Obama; Obama need for fund raising trumping Russian moves into Crimea; Potomac fever infecting the Governors’ Conference; the Cal Ripken, Jr. equivalent in the House, John Dingell after almost 60 years announcing his retirement; FCC plan to investigate diversity of news coverage to the great concern of the media (now shelved due to outrage in the media); Nebraska judge saving Obama by enjoining Keystone XL;  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 to join numerous other comments on news events always in rhyme of course.

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