Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—August 29, 2015 Trust your Saturday is off to a great sweltering start and as always I hope you enjoy Saturday’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest, a music video by The Beatles, a relevant quotes by Michael Eric Dyson, looking forward to enjoying a plate of chop suey, blessed with a positive attitude and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable event like birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.
1. International Day Against Nuclear Tests—another UN observance celebrated since 2009 created to promote awareness of the need to promote a nuclear weapons
1. International Day Against Nuclear Tests—another UN observance celebrated since 2009 created to promote awareness of the need to promote a nuclear weapons
free world on one hand and on the other the UN Security Council approving the removal of sanctions previously imposed on Iran due to its quest for nuclear weapons.
2. National Sarcoidosis Day—promoting awareness of a rare immune system disease that can affect almost every organ of the body, including the skin (rash), eyes (soreness) and lungs (shortness of breath, dry coughs and chest pains).
3. 1965 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1965 on a run of three weeks in that position Help! by The Beatles. Here is a link to The Beatles performing Help! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r77L3oPOLVA
4. National Chop Suey Day—celebrating a dish that originated in the city Taistan on the Pearl River in Southeast China. Chop Suey means “assorted pieces” like beef, chicken, pork, seafood and vegetables and is served over rice.
5. Unlock The Mind Day—celebrating on this day in 1632 the birthday of philosopher John Locke, the Father of Classical Liberalism and a strong proponent of property rights and limited government, ideas under massive assault by the Obama Administration.
On this day in:
a. 1758 the first Indian Reservation was established at Indian Mills, New Jersey, the first of many that condemned thousands upon thousands of Indians to a lifetime of poverty and ill health.
b. 1831 Michael Faraday discovered the principle of electromagnetic induction.
c. 1949 thanks to great espionage and U.S. traitors, the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb known as Joe 1 at the Soviet’s nuclear test site located near Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. After 456 tests with no regard to the health and safety of nearby residents or the impact of radiation buildup on the environment, the test site was closed in 1991.
d. 1966 the Beatles performed their last concert before paying customers at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
e. 2005 Hurricane Katrina made landfall at the U.S. Gulf Coast causing almost 2,000 deaths and over 108 billion dollars of damage.
Reflections on Hurricane Katrina on the 10th Anniversary of its U.S. landfall and the beginning of its massive death and destruction:”Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they didn't have $50 for a bus ticket out of town. If we want to learn something from this disaster, the lesson ought to be: America's poor deserve better than this.” Michael Eric Dyson, noted American professor, author and radio host
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