Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For June 20, 2017 A
sweltering but great week at Stanford watching my youngest son join over 500
fellow Stanford students to receive his diploma in computer science;
unfortunately as befitting a former Trustee I was clothed in academic robes
that were like a solar heat magnet; on the security front HRC and her bungling
aides still have access to classified material and finally the State Department
is getting around to investigating why that access has not been removed (anyone
with a last name other than Clinton would be in prison garb); on the political
front close race in Georgia to see who will replace Tom Price who left to join
Trump’s Cabinet (if Blues lose no matter how close it could have devastating
effect on their ability to get donors to throw money down their failed rat hole);
on the terror front in Brussels police shot and killed a Islamist terrorist after
he detonated a small suicide vest; on the tragic PC front plaguing our schools,
June Chu, the Dean of Pierson College at Yale has left due to being exposed for
having posted inflammatory anti-white views on Yelp; take an aspirin before
reading this--the Regents running the University of California have implemented
a policy to limit out of state students to 18% while imposing no limits on
illegal aliens (when is someone going to ask why are any illegals allowed on
campus?); while Scalise was fighting for his life, the Queen of Bias Joy-Ann
Reid was slamming Scalise not the gunman
who tried to kill him and four others (like blaming a rape victim for wearing a
provocative outfit); Rahm Emanuel’s top priority for
Chicago remains making it the premier sanctuary city in the country as the
carnage continues unabated in June with total shootings in 2017 through June 19
increasing to 1627 and the death toll increasing to 286, a major tragedy that
the powers to be in Chicago seem to completely ignore except for those
fortunate enough to own a mortuary.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Ray
Charles, factoids of interest for this day in history, hoping that our
politicians will not bbe impignorating our future, a relevant quote from Jeff Duncan on
the refugee crisis, secure
in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events
like 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 Refugee Day—commemorating
the adoption by the General Assembly on December 4, 2000 and observed on this
day since 2001; unfortunately the resolution has done nothing to slow the rapid
growth of refugees and of the frustration and anger over governments’ lack of
ability to assimilate and protect their citizenry from attack.
2. Summer
Solstice—although from an astronomical standpoint, the Summer Solstice
occurs at 12:24 a.m. EDT tomorrow, today is the longest day of the year in
terms of daylight. Enjoy it but with sun screen of course.
3. 1962
Number One Song—the number one song in 1962 on a run
of 5 weeks in that position was “I Can’t Stop Loving You” by Ray Charles. Here
is a performance by him of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQXsM1l2wZ8
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “impignorate” which means to pledge,
pawn, or mortgage which is what our leaders are doing to our children’s and grandchildren’s
future by a continuing increase of the national debt.
5. She
Did Not Lose Without Cruise—celebrating the birth on this day in
1967 of Nicole Kidman, noted actress and former wife of Tom Cruise who starred
in such hits as Moulin Rouge.
On this day
in:
a. 1819 in a the world
just got smaller moment, the USS Savannah
became the first steam powered vessel to cross the Atlantic.
b. 1877 in another the
world just got smaller moment, Alexander Graham Bell installed the world’s
first commercial telephone system in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
c. 1895 in yet another
the world just smaller moment, the Kiel Canal, connecting the North Sea and
Baltic Sea by cutting through the Jutland Peninsula and shaving almost 300
miles off the trip opened.
d. 1991 the German
Bundestag voted to return the capital of Germany to Berlin.
e. 2003 in another example
of the world of knowledge getting really, really smaller, Wikimedia Foundation
was founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Reflections on the refugee
problems that will get exponentially worse not better: “We need to hit pause, and possibly reset, as we think about
this whole Syrian refugee resettlement issue.” Jeff Duncan, noted Red
Representative from South Carolina. Hopefully SCOTUS will agree and uphold
Trump’s ban until we have a chance to figure who we should or should not admit
into this country for security purposes. Please
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