Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 25, 2017 President Trump is on a roll toward his job creation
goals—signed executive orders to start process of building a wall on our porous
border with Mexico and executive orders to strip sanctuary cities of federal grants
and enhance ICE’s ability to deport illegal aliens; do not be surprised if Obama’s
failed policy of admitting thousands of potential radicalized or easy to be
radicalized “refugees” will soon be frozen; Chelsea Handler who is a fraud
posing as a comedian continues to rail at FLOTUS (once again the left who
preach tolerance are the least tolerant of them all when it comes to anyone who
disagrees with them in the slightest); the Blues in the Senate led by the chief
swamp denizen Chuck Schumer continue to try to delay confirmation of President Trump’s
cabinet picks (at least some senators have a sense of duty and confirmed Nikki
Haley as UN Ambassador 96-4 with you guessed it out of touch socialist Bernie Sanders
voting no); Chicago which cannot keep its black citizens safe from black on
black shootings is set to defy the federal government on Trump’s plan to strip
federal funding due to its sanctuary city status will have a new ally as its
school board will declare it to be a sanctuary school district (pure hype as
more likely than not most illegal aliens have probably dropped out by the 9th
grade); in yet another example of
failure, a non-partisan report on the School Improvement Grant program that
under Obama soared to over $7 billion during his term revealed the expenditure
was a total failure in terms of improving students’ achievements (Schumer needs
to get out of the way and confirm charter school advocate Betsy DeVos); on the economic front the Dow broke through
the 20,000 barrier for the first time in its history and closed at 20,068.51 (thanks
in large part to the election of President Trump); on the entertainment front
Mary Tyler Moore is dead at 80; ending on a sad note through Tuesday as
President Trump is raising the possibility of sending in federal agents to
Chicago 248 mostly blacks were shot by mostly blacks in Chicago with 44
fatalities and from Mayor Emanuel and the BLM nothing but the sounds of
silence.
As always, I
hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to TLC,
factoids of interest for this day in history, an observation on winning by
Steve Prefontaine, wondering what xenology will yield while gazing up into the
heavens, 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. A Room of One’s Own Day—celebrating
the need of all to have their own private space that can be decorated as that
person sees fit and so named to honor the birth of author Virginia Woolf on
this day in 1882 who wrote a novel with the same title.
2. National
Fluoride Day—celebrating the introduction of fluoride
into our municipal water supply which first occurred in Grand Rapids, Michigan on this day in 1945.
3. Number One Song in 1995—celebrating
the number 1 song in 1995 on a run of 4 weeks in that position “Creep” by TLC.
Here is a link to TLC performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlZydtG3xqI
4. Word of
the Day—the word of the day is “xenology” which is the scientific study of extraterrestrial phenomenon
(are we really alone in the universe or are there hundreds of planets out there
with ET’s?).
5. Run Don’t Drive—celebrating the
birth on this day in 1951 of Steve Prefontaine, one of America’s greatest long
distance runners who tragically with a blood alcohol level of .16 crashed into
a wall on May 30, 1975 driving home from a race victory party and was
pronounced dead at the scene.
On this day in:
1. 1881 Thomas
Edison and Alexander Graham Bell agreed to form the Oriental Telephone Company
to sell telephones in Greece, South Africa, Turkey, India, China, Japan and
other Asian countries.
2. 1915 the U.S.
became a much smaller nation when Alexander Graham Bell instituted
transcontinental phone service between New York and California.
3. 1924 the first
Winter Olympics were held at Chamonix in the French Alps.
4. 1949 the first Emmy Awards were presented
at the Hollywood Athletic Club in California.
5. 1998 Pope John
Paul II made an historic visit to Cuba calling for an end to repression by the
Castro regime and castigated the U.S. for its attempts to isolate the island
nation.
Reflections from the birthday boy on how to beat him in a race: “Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to
do it.” Steve Prefontaine Sadly, alcohol does not bleed but it sure as
hell can cause a drinker to bleed and bleed badly to death. Please enjoy
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