Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For July 19, 2016. Unfortunately still 185 days to go in President Obama’s pathetic lame duck term and 228 days since hiding Hillary has held a formal press conference; the RNC opened on Monday with a raucous floor fight that the “Never Trump” movement lost; killer speech by Melania Trump (the only thing the Blues can do is sputter that she borrowed lines from Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech but Melania Trump will never say that with Donald’s nomination it will be the first time that this legal immigrant is proud to be an American) http://alaskanpoet.blogspot.com/2016/07/bimbo-express-for-air-force-one-or.html; great impassioned speeches by Pat Smith (as a mom she was on point as Hillary should be wearing stripes), two Benghazi heroes, and Rudy Giuliani; on a tragic and ironic note, an impromptu “Stop the Violence” rally of 300 at a Cleveland lakeside park a 19 year old black male was shot and killed and a 12 year old wounded with shooter still at large; since she has no record to run on, Hillary called Trump unfit to be president and the most dangerous and reckless man ever to run for the office (brace yourself for a remake of the anti Goldwater ad of the little girl picking petals from a daisy only to be obliterated by an atomic bomb detonation); another radical Islamist attack by axe and knife in Europe by an Afghan teen inspired by ISIS on a German train before being shot and killed by police (do we feel safe with Obama and Clinton both calling for the acceptance of hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Middle East?) http://alaskanpoet.blogspot.com/2016/07/islamist-axes-and-knives-20-plus-on.html; Erdogan continues to arrest 1,000’s while calling for restoration of the death penalty and to purge teachers, military, judges, and media workers suspected of having ties to the coup or opposing him.
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As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to the Harmonicats, factoids of interest, a relevant quote from Anastosa Somoza while looking forward to enjoying a tasty serving of raspberry cake, blessed with a positive attitude and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events 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. Flight Attendant Safety Professionals’ Day—first observed by presidential proclamation to honor the contribution of the men and women in the cabin of an airliner to insure passenger safety—too bad they are powerless over the lack of food, the carryon baggage charges, high fares or the lack of leg room.
2. National Flitch Day—an old English custom that rewarded a couple that did not repent their marriage for a year and a day with a flitch (slab) of bacon (great concept in divorce plagued states like California as a motivator for fidelity unless of course the couple are vegetarians).
3. 1947 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1947 on a run of 4 weeks in that position “Peg O’ My Heart” by the Harmonicats. Here is a link to the Harmonicats performing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BIuX7IsdE8 Check out the size of the harmonicas used.
4. National Raspberry Cake Day—perfect time to add some raspberries to your favorite cake mix and have your cake and eat it too.
5. The Father Of Many A Gun Day—celebrating if you are a member of the NRA or bemoaning if you are a Blue like HRC, the birthday of Samuel Colt on this day in 1814 the inventor of the revolving multi shot pistol, including the famous Colt .45 Peacemaker.
On this day in:
a. 1553 Lady Jane Grey was replaced by Mary ! as the Queen of England after nine days on the throne and was soon beheaded.
b. 1843 in a shrinking of the oceans moment after four years of construction, Brunel’s SS Great Britain was launched as the first ship with an iron hull and screw propeller and a thousand horsepower steam engine.
c. 1979 the Sandinista rebels in Nicaragua overthrew the regime of the Somoza family that had ruled Nicaragua for decades and had systematically killed thousands and looted the country of millions.
d. 1981 in a private meeting with President Reagan, French Prime Minister Francois Mitterand revealed the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents that Soviet Colonel Vladimir Vetrov, a KGB defector(code-named “Farewell”) had gathered and given to the French DST in 1981-82 during the Cold War that showed, to no one’s surprise that the Soviets had systematically been stealing American technology.
e. 1983 the first three dimensional model of a human head in a CT Scan was published.
The basic creed of any corrupt politician seeking to become an autocratic ruler: “Indeed, you won the elections, but I won the count.” Anastosa Somosa former dictator of Nicaragua Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.
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