Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February
14, 2017 General
Flynn has resigned over allegations that he misled Pence on his conversations
with the Russian Ambassador; 75% of the hundreds
of illegals arrested by ICE had been convicted of violent felonies but the left
is in an uproar over our moves to deport them; Yellin is testifying before
Congress with predictions of more 25 basis point interest rate hikes; Kim Jong
Un’s half brother was assassinated in Kuala Lumpur by two North Korean women
who are still at large; Meryl Streep is back in the limelight attacking President
Trump; news surfaced today of a Russian spy ship 70 miles off the Delaware
coast; President Trump is not a happy camper with the leaks coming out of his
administration to the media; in a looks like the drought is over moment, a dam
near Oroville, California is overflowing forcing the evacuation of some 200,000
people down river with more rain expected later this week; as President Trump is
raising the possibility of sending in federal agents to Chicago, the number of mostly blacks who were shot by mostly blacks in Chicago in 2017
through February 13 now totals 412, 66 of whom have died but from Mayor Emanuel
and the BLM nothing but the sounds of silence and the fact that of the shooting
deaths in 2017 less than 3.5% of the
homicide have cleared.
As always, I
hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Wiz
Khalifa, factoids of interest for this
day in history, a quote from Emma Goldman, hoping that if you want to engage in
natation today that you have access to an indoor heated pool, blessed with a
positive attitude and secure in the
knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like Valentine’s Day, 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. V-Day—celebrating since 1998 a
campaign to reduce violence against women.
2. Valentine’s Day—celebrating the most favorite day for florists, jewelers, chocolate makers and restaurateurs.
2. Valentine’s Day—celebrating the most favorite day for florists, jewelers, chocolate makers and restaurateurs.
3. Number One Song in 2011 —celebrating
the number 1 song in 2011 on a run of 1 week in that position “Black and Yellow”
by Wiz Khalifa. Here is a link to him performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UePtoxDhJSw
4. Word of the Day—the word of the day is “natation” which means swimming which unless you have an indoor heated pool is probably an activity to be avoided.
4. Word of the Day—the word of the day is “natation” which means swimming which unless you have an indoor heated pool is probably an activity to be avoided.
5. Never to Be Seen Again—celebrating
the birth on this day in 1913 of Teamster Leader Jimmy Hoffa who was convicted
of bribery, jury tampering and embezzlement of union pension funds, sentenced
to 13 years but pardoned by Richard Nixon after serving 4 years. He disappeared
on July 30, 1975 after going to a New Jersey restaurant to meet with a local
mobster and was declared legally dead in 1982; his body has never been found.
On this day in:
1. 1502 King
Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I issued a decree that required all Muslims in
Grenada to convert to Catholicism or be expelled from Spain.
2. 1779 British
explorer James Cook was killed by Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the island of
Hawaii.
3. 1899 voting
machines are approved for use in federal elections.
4. 1989 Union Carbide agreed to pay India $470
million in compensation for the 1984 Bhopal leak of gas used in insecticides produced
there in which some 16,000 people near the facility died.
5. 2000 the NEAR Shoemaker began to orbit around an asteroid 433 Eros, the
first time a space craft began to orbit an asteroid.
Reflections
on Valentine’s Day: “I would rather have flowers on my table than diamonds around
my neck” Emma Goldman, noted 20th Century anarchist. 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.
© February 14, 2017 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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