Ridley's Believe It Or Not—October 2, 2014: Trust
your Thursday is proving to be a great day and that you enjoy the holidays and factoids
and quote from Gandhi with a smile on your sunscreened face, with a plate of fried
scallops near, blessed with a positive attitude, and secure in the knowledge
that if you want to find a gift for a memorable event, you know that the
Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem tailored to the event
and the recipient.
1. International
Day Of Non-Violence—a U.N. observance celebrated since 2007 on the
birthday of Gandhi, one of the great proponents of nonviolence who sadly was
assassinated in 1948.
2. Guardian Angel Day--celebrating the vast
majority that believe in guardian angels who protect them from danger and harm—in
a violent world even on a day of non-violence, they are definitely needed.
3. Laughter
Day--celebrating the birthday on this day in 1890 of one of the icons of
laughter Groucho Marx.
4. American Pie
Day—honoring the birthday on this day in 1945 of Don McLean whose record
American Pie is one of the great
songs of the 20th Century—but on this day of non-violence not a day
to drive your Chevy to the levy to drink whiskey and rye or the day to die.
5. National Fried
Scallops Day—honoring that great mollusk which when sautéed with garlic
and butter creates a pleasure not duplicated by many foods—enjoy!
On this day in
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a. 1950 the comic strip Peanuts by
Charles Schulz was first published.
b. 1959 the
Twilight Zone premiered on CBS—great television series.
c.
1980 Michael Meyers, a Democrat member of the House of Representatives,
became the first member of either house since the Civil War to be expelled
from Congress after being caught on tape for accepting a bribe of $50,000—in a
sad comment on the ethics of politicians 30 members voted against his removal.
d. 2002 the Beltway Sniper attacks
began which lasted for three weeks terrorizing the Washington C.C.
metropolitan area and killing ten people. John Allen Muhammad, who may have been
a jihadist, was caught and sent to his deranged Paradise by lethal injection
in 2007.
In a nutshell, this is why the Sharia fanatics of the world with
their treatment of women are doomed: “To call
woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by
strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man.
If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's
superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing,
has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without
her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is
with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than
woman?" Mahatma Gandhi
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