Ridley's Believe It Or Not--This Day In History: October 2016

Monday, October 31, 2016

October 31, 2016 Ridley's Believe It Or Not World Savings Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October 31, 2016 Only 9 waning but increasingly vitriolic and hypocritical days to go until the only polls that matter close; Hillary’s support is evaporating as a result of the FBI’s decision to reopen its email probe and soaring Obamacare premium increases; the stench of corruption coming from her and the Foundation grows each day which explains why the Blues are so desperate to have people vote early before more damaging emails are leaked by WikLeaks; in a really shocking example of the politization of the DOJ under the Obama Administration Loretta Lynch that supposed icon of impartiality took the Fifth in response to Congressional questions concerning the almost $2 billion cash payment to Iran which looked like, smelled like, and to any sane person was a ransom payment to release prisoners held by Iran (if this is the kind of justice you want then vote for Clinton); in yet another reason why this country will be a better place since political hack par excellence Harry Reid is retiring, Reid added gasoline to the Clinton scandal fire by claiming Comey has violated the Hatch Act by trying to influence the election; on the sports front, hope springs eternal as the Cubs hang in there to beat the Indians 3-2 to head back to Cleveland to play game six on Tuesday.

As Trump is trying to become more presidential, going to www.lyingcrookedhillary.com is a great way to start your day along of course with www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com and reading Clinton Cash would be a great read to understand the quid pro quo mentality of the Clintons and if you want some music in your life with a little satire-- https://safeshare.tv/x/kXjbXGyQDsE

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers,

factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Suzie Orman, while looking forward to enjoying a candy apple, 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. World Savings Day—celebrating since 1924 the importance of saving, something unfortunately we Americans do very little of.

2. Girl Scouts Founders Day—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1860 of Juliette Low, the founder of the USA Girl Scouts—without her we would not have to dodge the Girl Scouts in front of supermarket entrances selling those habit forming Girl Scouts Cookies. 3. 1983 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1983 on a run of 2 weeks in that position “Islands in the Stream” by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. Here is a recording of a fantastic duo performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQW7I62TNOw

4. National Candy Apple Day--celebrating a snack that keeps the doctor away and satisfies the sweet tooth at the same time. .

5. Trick or Treat Man—celebrating the birth on this day in 1950 of John Candy, noted actor, who unfortunately was overweight and smoked a pack of cigarettes a day with a father who had died at age 35 from a heart attack and who experienced the same fate in his sleep at the age of 44.

On this day in:

a. 1517 Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany.
b. 1903 a train carrying the Purdue football team and spectators collided coal train in Indianapolis, killing 17 people including 14 members of the football team, but not the future governor of Indiana who was pronounced dead at the scene but while preparing to embalm him at the morgue, attendants found a weak pulse and rushed him to the hospital.

c. 1941 after 14 years of construction Mount Rushmore was completed.

d. 2002 a federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicted former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow of 78 counts of wire fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and obstruction of justice arising out of the collapse of Enron. Fastow pled guilty and was sentenced to 6 years in prison, serving over five years.

e. 2011 the Earth’s population according to the United Nations reached seven billion people (now estimated at midyear of 2016 to be more than 7.4 billion).

Reflections on World Savings Day on how to save:”If you wait to see how much money you have left at the end of the month to put toward savings, the answer may be zero. So, set up an automated monthly transfer from your checking to savings account. Once you lock into that commitment, you'll be forced to scale back spending to make ends meet.” Suze Orman, noted personal financial consultant. 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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Sunday, October 30, 2016

October 30, 2016 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Mischief Night

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October 30, 2016 Only 10 waning but increasingly vitriolic and hypocritical days to go until the only polls that matter close; bombshell just dropped by the FBI already under scathing rebuke by Reds for its ”sham” investigation of HRC’s private email server and its refusal to look into the criminal pay to play activities of the Clintons and the Foundation announced it was reopening its investigation due to thousands of emails recovered from the lap top shared by that noted pervert Weiner and Huma Abedin, Hillary’s long time most trusted adviser; latest poll shows voters favoring Hillary are 30 percent less likely to vote for her now as a result of the latest news; Hillary is expressing outrage over Comey’s acts and Trump is praising and raising legitimate concerns that Weiner shared the laptop; on the sports front the Indians won game four last night 7-2 in Chicago and now lead the World Series 3-1 and McCaffrey returned to his last year’s Heisman form with three touchdowns and 225 all purpose yards as Stanford beat the Wildcats in Tuscon 34-10.

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, music links to Men at Work and Jefferson Airplane,

factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Orson Welles, while looking forward to enjoying a bowl of candy corn, 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. International Orthopaedic Nurses Day—celebrating the work of orthopedic nurses who are the first smiling and caring face one sees after coming out of surgery and are the first to help a patient get through the recovery pain following surgery.

2. Mischief Night—celebrating or bemoaning if you are the victim in the U.S. and Canada, pranks such as egging, tping trees, writing on cars with soap or my favorite filing a paper bag with dog turds, putting in on the front porch, lighting it, ringing the doorbell and running away only to turn around to see the resident react by trying to stomp the fire out.

3. 1982 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1982 on a run of 1 week in that position “Who Can It Be Now” by Men at Work. Here is a recording of Men at Work performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SECVGN4Bsgg

4. National Candy Corn Day--celebrating the essential Halloween candy to give out to the ghosts and goblins knocking on your front door tomorrow.

5. An Airplane Needs a Great Wing—celebrating the birth on this day in 1939 of Grace Wing, known to her fans as Grace Slick, lead singer and song writer for Jefferson Airplane; here in honor of her birthday is one of Jefferson Airplane’s best hits “Somebody to Love” introduced by a very young looking Dick Clark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myVzaR8cmDA .

On this day in:

a. 1831 Nat Turner the leader of the most violent and deadly slave rebellion in our history was captured in Southampton County, Virginia after eluding capture for over two months; he was tried and convicted and hung on November 11, 1831; as a warning to other slaves who might be considering rebellion his body was flayed, beheaded and quartered.

b. 1905 Czar Nicolas II signed the October Manifesto which granted some basic civil rights to the Russian people and permitted them to form a Duma (a classic example of too little too late as the Communist Party’s October Revolution would prove.

c. 1938 Orson Welles broadcasted over the radio H.G. Welles’ The War of the Worlds causing widespread panic as many listeners thought Earth was being invaded by Martians.

d. 1945 Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers breaking the color barrier in professional baseball.

e. 1995 Quebec citizens by a narrow vote of 50.52% to 49.48% vote to remain as a province of Canada.

Reflections on The War of the Worlds” given at the conclusion of the radio broadcast by Orson Welles: Starting now, we couldn't soap all your windows and steal all your garden gates by tomorrow night, so we did the next best thing. We annihilated the world before your very ears and utterly destroyed the CBS. You will be relieved, I hope, to learn that we didn't mean it, and that both institutions are still open for business. So goodbye everybody, and remember please for the next day or so the terrible lesson you learned tonight. That grinning, glowing, globular invader of your living room is an inhabitant of the pumpkin patch, and if your doorbell rings and nobody's there, that was no Martian, it's Halloween.” 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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Saturday, October 29, 2016

October 29, 2016 Ridley's Believe It Or Not World Stroke Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October 29, 2016 Only 11 waning but increasingly vitriolic and hypocritical days to go until the only polls that matter close; bombshell just dropped by the FBI already under scathing rebuke by Reds for its ”sham” investigation of HRC’s private email server and its refusal to look into the criminal pay to play activities of the Clintons and the Foundation announced it was reopening its investigation due to thousands of emails recovered from the lap top shared by that noted pervert Weiner and Huma Abedin, Hillary’s long time most trusted adviser; Trump raised the national security implications and concerns back in August of 2015 and may have just been proved right; on the sports front the Indians won game three last night 1-0 in Chicago and play this evening in game four in Chicago now leading 2-1.

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Christopher Cross, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Richard Simmons, while looking forward to enjoying a bowl of oatmeal, 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. World Stroke Day—created by the World Stroke Day in 2006 to promote awareness of the dangers of strokes; today to celebrate would be a great idea to go to your local pharmacy and take your blood pressure.

2. National Cat Day—celebrating cats who have grace people’s homes since early Egyptian times; great independent pets if you change the litter in the cat litter box.

3. 1981 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1981 on a run of 3 weeks in that position “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” by Christopher Cross. Here is a recording of him performing the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnBPHWk5FQ8

4. National Oatmeal Day--celebrating a truly great way to start one’s day on a cold fall day.

5. Shoplifting Can Put A Damper On One’s Career—celebrating the birth on this day in 1971 of Winona Horowitz better known as Winona Ryder who has appeared in such films as Beatlejuice and Lucas, but had the notoriety of being arrested and convicted for shoplifting $5,000 of jewelry.

On this day in:

a. 1863 in a blow for humanity, 18 countries meet in Geneva to form the International Red Cross.

b. 1921 Centre College in Kentucky ended Harvard’s 25 game winning streak by beating them 6-0.

c. 1960 Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) won his first professional fight in Louisville, Kentucky.

d. 1960 after losing to Bowling Green 50-6, Cal Poly at San Louis Obispo suffered an even greater loss when the charter plane crashed after takeoff, killing 22 passengers, 16 of whom were Cal Poly players.

e. 2015 China announced the end of its One Child Policy after 35 years.

Reflections on strokes on World Stroke Day and how to prevent them: “When you're feeling down, sad, lonely, negative, you don't want to take care of yourself - and the weight problem and the diabetic problem and the heart attack and stroke problems and high cholesterol set in.” Richard Simmons, noted and very energetic physical fitness consultant and weight loss advocate. 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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Thursday, October 27, 2016

October 28, 2016 Ridley's Believe It Or Not International Animation Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October 28, 2016 Only 12 waning but increasingly vitriolic and hypocritical days to go until the only polls that matter close; scary times for Pence as his plane landing at LaGuardia slid off the runaway but fortunately no one was injured; the picture of the corruption surrounding the Clintons, their Foundation and her campaign get clearer with each WikiLeaks day—Podesta’s sister-in-law was hired by Raytheon along with two other note Clinton Foundation bundlers as lobbyists to obtain federal contracts worth over $23 billion; WikiLeaks show even her staff in pretty graphic terms were appalled over the creation and use of her private server; Michelle Obama was campaigning with HRC in North Carolina but seems to have forgotten her observation that between HRC and Barack it was a choice “about character” (it is it really is and HRC’s character is fatally flawed); in yet another example of why we cannot trust anything that originates from the swamp in D.C. the fed’s statistics for deaths from accidental shootings claimed that they had in Tennessee increased from 19 to 105 when in reality they had declined to 5, the lowest in years; Twitter is laying off almost 10 percent of its workforce and discontinuing the Vine app; Game three tonight in the World Series at 5:00 P.M.PT

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Barbara Streisand, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Bill Gates, while looking forward to enjoying your favorite chocolate, 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. International Animation Day—created by the ASIFA in 2002 to celebrate the accomplishments animators whose animated movies predated movies created by cameras.

2. National Statute of Liberty Dedication Day—celebrating the dedication of the Statute of Liberty on this day in 1886, one of the monuments in the world.

3. 1980 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1980 on a run of 3 weeks in that position “Woman in Love” by Barbara Streisand. Here is a recording of her performing the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KJ60uJZ3-Q

4. National Chocolate Day--celebrating the one item that even the most sweet tooth adverse person on the planet will enjoy.

5. Soft on the Big Time Level not Small Time Level—celebrating the birth on this day in 1955 of Bill Gates who with Paul Allen founded Microsoft and is today one of the richest men in the world, devoting all his time to philanthropy with his wife by means of the Gates Foundation which unlike the Clinton Foundation is free from even the slightest hint of pay to play corruption.

On this day in:

a. 1538 the first university in the New World Universidad Santo Tomas de Aquino was established in the Dominican Republic. b. 1636 by a vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first university in the American colonies Harvard was established almost 100 years after the founding of the Universidad Santo Tomas de Aquino’s founding.

c. 1919 the Congress passed the Volstead Act over President Wilson’s veto allowing Prohibition to begin the following January.

d. 1942 in an amazing feat of engineering through incredibly difficult terrain, the Alcan Highway linking Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska was completed.

e. 1956 in a testimony to the power of celebrities, Elvis Presley received a polio vaccination on TV; within six months vaccination levels rose from .6% to 80%.

Reflections to how best to learn: “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.” Bill Gates 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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October 27, 2016 Ridley's Believe It Or Not National Beer Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October 27, 2016 Only 13 waning but increasingly vitriolic and hypocritical days to go until the only polls that matter close; so far this morning no damning WikiLeaks on the dishonesty of HRC have been released but the day is not yet over but emails show that the real puppet master is not Putin over Trump (ludicrous claim) but Uber liberal George Soros over Clinton (in a chilling thought as we have growing concerns over hacking of our voting process 16 states are using voting machines supplied by a George Soros company leading to the question will the results be accurate or tilted to favor Hillary?); Trump opened up a great new hotel under budget under time in Washington, D.C. while the candidate who has never, ever created a legitimate lasting job in the private sector blasted his business skills; Obama exposed once again for lying to the American people over his knowledge of Hillary’s private email server (would be awesome for voters to read the emails withheld due to executive privilege between this felon and Obama); the Obamacare premium hikes that Obama desperately wanted to delay are being received by voters and the Blues should really be concern over voter anger on the bill shoved down their throats by Obama, Reid (thank God retiring) and Pelosi (pray that this tyrant is not again the Speaker of the House); in the sports sector the Cubs prevailed in game two and the World Series is now tied.

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Herb Albert, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Tina Fey, while looking forward to enjoying your favorite potato dish, 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. American Beer Day—celebrating the production of over 2,500 breweries in this nation totaling over 6 billion barrels of beer to quench the thirsts of Americans.

2. Audiovisual Heritage Day—created by the UNESCO to commemorate the contributions of those who have and continue to preserve in an audio visual format the events of our time.

3. 1979 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1979 on a run of 2 weeks in that position “Rise” by Herb Albert without the Tijuana Brass. Here is a recording of him performing the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7O3eYJptTc

4. National Potato Day--celebrating the fourth most popular food source on the planet which originated in South America.

5. Dead Poets Society Not Just A Movie—celebrating the birth on this day in 1932 of a really great poet, Silvia Plath and bemoaning her suicide way too early at age 32. She is the only poet to have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize posthumously.

On this day in:

a. 1838 the governor of Missouri, Lilburn Boggs in a Constitution be damned moment issued an order requiring all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated. What is amazing is that not until 1976 was the executive order rescinded by then Governor Kit Bond and an official apology issued to Mormons.

b. 1936 Mrs. Wallis Simpson obtained her divorce enabling her to marry King Edward VIII and forcing him to abdicate from the throne and leading Queen Elizabeth II, his brother’s daughter, to ultimately become England’s longest serving monarch.

c. 1964 Ronald Reagan launched his political career by delivering a speech in favor of Barry Goldwater who lost in a landslide notwithstanding the effort; the speech became known as “The Time for Choosing.”

d. 1967 as a sign of growing opposition to the Vietnam War Catholic priest Phillip Berrigan and three others of the “Baltimore Four” poured their blood mixed with chicken blood for added volume over Selective Service records located at the Customs House in Baltimore.

e. 1992 U.S Navy radioman Alen Schindler, Jr. was murdered by fellow shipmate Terry Helvey for being gay which led the policy, recently rescinded of “Don’t ask, don’t tell” when dealing with issues of sexual orientation.

Reflections on beer on National Beer Day: ““In a study, scientists report that drinking beer can be good for the liver. I’m sorry, did I say ‘scientists’? I meant Irish people.” Tina Fey, noted comedienne and fantastic imitator of Sarah Palin.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

October 26, 2016 Ridley's Believe It Or Not National Lung Health Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October 26, 2016 Only 14 waning but increasingly vitriolic and hypocritical days to go until the only polls that matter close; WikiLeak hacked emails show HRC co-chair stating private server was set up because “they wanted to get away with it” and the corrupted FBI under pressure from Obama and Lynch couldn’t find intent—what a crock http://alaskanpoet.blogspot.com/2016/10/i-guess-they-wanted-to-get-away-with-it.html; in another hypocrisy award performance HRC slams Trump for inciting violence (guess she hasn’t watched the tape of her thugs advocating voter fraud and violence at Trump rallies); great op ed by Laura Ingraham debunking mainstream media (aka HRC Super Pac) attacking Trump’s “isolationism” http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/10/25/laura-ingraham-how-elites-blew-up-world.html; in another sign of how bad this election has degenerated to, Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame awarded to him in 2007 was destroyed by a sledgehammer; more Wikileaks showing how Bill made his millions and the Foundation received millions (finally in response to the scandal and implications of pay to play, donations to the Foundation have experienced a huge drop); the Pentagon will not longer be railed against as the Grinch Who Stole Christmas by suspending its demands that soldiers return decades old enlistment bonuses paid to them; in another example of all the news that’s fit to slant the New York Times published a Staten Island 7 year old’s supposed dream about a zombie like Trump coming into homes and dragging Muslims away; on the sports note the Cubs in the first game of the World Series were clubbed by the Indians; in yet another example of what is wrong with our legal system Maria Caya, a fourth grade school teacher, who was fired by the Janesville, Wisconsin school district for passing out in a bowling alley restroom with a blood alcohol limit of .27 during a school field trip filed a $5.5 million lawsuit and settled for $75,000.

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Nick Gilder, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from George Foreman, while looking forward to carving a pumpkin or enjoying your favorite pumkin recipe (killer recipe for pumpkin lasagna below), 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. Intersex Awareness Day—celebrating the need to create awareness of the special needs of intersex persons.

2. National Lung Health Day—created by the American Medical Association to promote awareness of the steps to be taken to promote good lung health, like not smoking or being around someone who is.

3. 1978 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1979 on a brief run of 1 week in that position “Hot Child In The City” by Nick Gilder. Here is a recording of Nick Gilder performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d02k10Bz6ro

4. National Pumpkin Day--celebrating the perfect time to go to your closest pumpkin patch and buy a pumpkin for carving a jack-o-lantern for Halloween only five days away. Here is a killer, easy recipe for pumpkin lasagna: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/robert-irvine/pumpkin-lasagna-recipe0.html Bon appétit!
5. Angel Day—celebrating the birth on this day in 1945 of the only angel to appear in all episodes of Charlies’ Angels, Jacyln Smith and who does not look anywhere near 71 years old.

On this day in:

a. 1775 King George III went before Parliament to declare the American Colonies in rebellion and to authorize military actions to quell the rebellion.

b. 1825 the Erie Canal connecting Albany, New York with Lake Erie was opened.

c. 1936 the first electric generator at Hoover Dam commenced operations.

d. 1970 Muhammad Ali banned from boxing for three years for evading the draft due to his opposition to the Vietnam War returned to professional boxing to defeat Jerry Quarry.

e. 1977 the last reported case of smallpox occurred in Somalia, marking the first disease to be wiped off the face of the earth.

Reflections on fear from one of Ali’s foes: “In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn't have any fear. I thought, 'This is easy. This is what I've been waiting for'. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost. George Foreman, former heavyweight champion who became close friends with Ali.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

October 25, 2016 Ridley's Believe It Or Not International Artists Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October 25, 2016 Only 15 waning but increasingly vitriolic and hypocritical days to go until the only polls that matter close; Walt Disney must be rolling in his grave as yet another video shows Democratic operatives, with the seal of approval of Hillary Clinton, donning Donald Duck costumes to disrupt Trump rallies (more appropriate for this kind of threat to our democracy if they would have worn brown shirts); in a classic example of lack of enthusiasm Kaine spoke at a rally in Florida in front of 30 people while Trump was addressing 15-20,000 at a rally in Tampa; sticker shock as Obamacare starts its death spiral to be felt by millions of Americans in the double digit range of increasing premiums and deductibles as the middle class that cannot afford to pay for Obamacare will face fines of a thousand or so dollars; ironic that Obama who lacks executive skills to manage a one person lemonade stand has created a totally inept start up to provide digital services to government agencies and has already lost $32 million of taxpayer money http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/25/obama-administrations-version-high-tech-startup-losing-nearly-32m.html; teamsters must be in arms as a Budweiser beer truck was driven remotely for 100 miles in Colorado; a federal district court judge faces a deadline today to approve or disapprove a $15 billion settlement against VW for selling diesel cars that were programmed to pass emission tests when they did not; great hypocritical video of Hillary lecturing State employees on the need to protect information (at least we know she is capable of trial and error learning as employees of the Clinton campaign have been instructed they may not use personal devices to conduct campaign business); Cubs after a 71 year absence open against the Indians in Cleveland.

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Debby Boone, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Lord Alfred Tennyson, while looking forward to enjoying a serving of your favorite pasta, 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. International Artists Day—celebrating the importance that art has in our culture and the fact that we have been drawing symbols on cave walls long before we were able to write.

2. National Cartoonists Against Crime Day—could find nothing on this observance but suspect that it relates to artists being able to sketch the face of a crime suspect for a victim’s or witness’ description of the person’s physical features.

3. 1977 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1977 on a long run of 10 weeks in that position “You Light Up My Life” by Debbi Boone. Here is a recording of Debbi Boone performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b07-yKnKRMQ

4. World Pasta Day--celebrating the wide range of pastas served hot and cold whether as a main dish or a salad with all sorts of toppings and sauces.
5. All Fame Is Fleeting—celebrating the birth on this day in 1961 of Brian Kelly who took over as head coach of the Notre Dame football program and took the team to BCS Bowl in 2012 but is wallowing at 2-5 after losing to Stanford at home the Saturday before last and should be looking to being fired as his birthday present.

On this day in:

a. 1415 King Henry V and his English longbow men and lightly armored infantry defeated the heavily armored French Knights at the battle of Agincourt, proving that the French had either not learned or had forgotten the lessons to be learned at the Battle of Crecy in 1346 where like at Agincourt, the French Knights were slaughtered by volleys of arrows.

b. 1854 at the Battle of Baklava during the Crimean War, the charge immortalized by Alfred Lord Tennyson in his famous poem, the Charge of the Light Brigade occurred (the lessons to be learn when charging against fortified position with canon were either lost or forgotten when the British marched their forces against machine guns at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 during World War I).

c. 1962 American Ambassador Adlai Stevenson at a meeting of the Security Council of the UN displayed to no one’s surprise that the Soviets were installing ballistic missiles in Cuba.

d. 1971 the United Nations expelled the Republic of China (Taiwan) and seated the People’s Republic of China in its place.

e. 1983 the United States and its Caribbean allies invaded Grenada six days after the Prime Minister of the nation had been removed in a coup supported by Castro and executed.

Reflections on the Battle of Baklava “Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. Into the Valley of Death Rode the six hundred.” Lord Alfred Lord Tennyson, one of England’s better poets. 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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