Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For April 6, 2018 Our once vaunted FBI is looking more
and more like the Keystone Kops after having a jury return a not guilty verdict
for the Pulse Club mass shooter’s widow mainly because the agents failed to record
her interview; Mark Zuckerburg will be testifying next week on the breach of
personal data on some 100 million Facebook users in what will be grandstanding
to the max by our elected officials; Trump is considering an additional $100
billion in tariffs against China which has actively pursued a policy of
stealing our intellectual property and the market; Puerto Rico reeling from out
migration caused by last years hurricanes will be closing 283 schools; Trump
has indicated that once again he will not be attending the annual Swamp Press
dinner (understandable when you hear the steady stream of bias spewing forth
from the mouths of the likes of Jim Acosta or Mika, Morning Joe or AM Joy); in
another example of how sick the nation has become and how pervasive the opioid
crisis has become, Stratford, Connecticut police have arrested a school bus driver
who after dropping off his passengers utilized the school bus to deliver
heroin; in Chicago through April 5, 553 people, mostly minorities, have been
shot of whom 97 have died.
As always, I hope you enjoy
today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Patti Page, factoids of
interest for this day in history, a day of not being a macerator, a relevant
quote by Richard Nixon on the Olympics and politics, 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. New Beer Eve—celebrating
the effective date on April 7 of the Cullen-Harrison Act which provided that
3.2% beer could be sold starting on April 7, 1933.
2. International Day of Sport for Peace and Development—ever
since the Greek City-states declared truces during the ancient Olympics, sports
have been a driving force for peace, e.g. ping pong diplomacy with China or
participation by some North Korean athletes in the 2018 Winter Olympics in
Seoul.
3. 1952 Number One Song— the number one song in
1952 on a run of 8 weeks in that position was “(How Much Is That) Doggy In the
Window” by Patti Page. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AkLE4X-bbU
The Singing Rage Patti Page who started smoking at age 14 but managed to kick
the habit for over thirty years danced her last Tennessee Waltz on January 1,
2013 at the age of 86.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “macerator”
which means a person who fasts and becomes emaciated which describes most if
not all the North Koreans who don’t fast but don’t have enough food to eat.
5. Selling
Sugar Water No Cigar—celebrating the birth on this day of John Scully, the youngest
CEO of Pepsi-Cola who replaced Steve Jobs after numerous clashes with him and
during his ten year tenure increased Apple’s sales from $800 million to $8
billion but was forced out when several Apple projects like Newton flopped.
On this day
in:
a. 1896 after a 1500 year hiatus due to being banned by Roman
Emperor Theodosius I, the Olympic Summer Games returned to Athens.
b. 1917 the United States declared war on Germany over its
unrestricted submarine warfare against American shipping in the Atlantic and
the Zimmerman Telegram intercepted by the British which promised aid to Mexico
to attack the United States.
c. 1947 the first Tony Awards for live Broadway theater
achievement were presented.
d. 1965 the world became
a smaller place when the U.S. launched Early
Bird, the first communications satellite placed in geosynchronous orbit.
e. 1998 Travelers and
Citicorp announced an agreement to enter into a $76 billion merger which closed
on October 8, 1998, creating Citibank.
Reflections on the difference between politics and the Olympics: “Finishing
second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you
oblivion.” Richard Nixon History will be the judge of that observation as Nixon
after two second back to back second place finishes, one for president and the
other for governor of California Nixon won two terms a president in 1968 and
1972.Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter
account below (if you like them, retweet and follow me) and follow my
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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
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