Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—June 25, 2014: It is not anywhere near the
dog days of August but the holidays are rarer than a four leaf clover in a
field of grazing goats. Hope you are in full summer enjoyment mode and enjoy
these questionable holidays, factoids, and a quote from the pre Snowden defectors
from the NSA to the Soviet Union with a smile on your face and a grilled
catfish on your plate.
1. National Catfish Day—celebrating the
value of farm raised catfish pursuant to an order signed by President Ronald
Reagan on this day in 1987.
2. We
May Go Back To The Moon But Never The Moonwalk Day—commemorating the death of one of the true icons of music
Michael Jackson on this day in 2009.
3. We
Always Need An Angel Day—mourning the death on this day in 2009 of one
of the original Charlie’s Angels Farah Fawcett taken too soon at the age of 62.
4. National
Strawberry Parfait Day—celebrating a great desert that no one in their right
mind could turn down.
On this
day in:
a. 1876 George Armstrong Custer led his 7th Cavalry into complete
destruction at the Battle of Little Big Horn; only a horse named Comanche survived.
b. 1960 in a pre Snowden moment two NSA cryptographers Martin and Mitchell
while on a vacation in Mexico defected to the Soviet Union taking their NSA
secrets with them.
c. 1998 in a moment where a pen
really is needed, the United States Supreme Court in Clinton v. The City of
New York ruled that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 was unconstitutional.
Another
reason to support equality of American women: “Talents
of women are encouraged and utilized to a much greater extent in the Soviet
Union than in the United States,” We feel that this enriches Soviet society and
makes Soviet women more desirable as mates.” Statement from Mitchell and Martin explaining
their defection.
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2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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