Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October
15, 2018 De Niro is back on the anti-Trump rant with an appearance of what
hopefully will be a short lived show The
Alec Baldwin Show: Trump and Melania are in Florida observing the
devastation inflicted by Hurricane Michael; Elizabeth Warren released her DNA
test results which showed trace amounts of American Native DNA well below the
threshold to merit federal aid or affirmative action status for hiring preference
(so Pocahontas claim by Trump still has some merit); in Georgia Stacey Abrams
running for governor as a Blue articulated the Reds’ worst nightmare that the Blue
Wave will include illegal aliens at the polls (real issue that the MSM ignores
and what potentially is the real threat to our democracy in an era where if you
register for a driver’s license in states like California, you are
automatically registered to vote); Trump was in rare form on 60 Minutes blasting the bias of the MSM
and defending his attempts at improved relationships with Putin and Kim; Sears
once an icon in the retail world has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; Merkel’s
allies in Germany are getting clobbered in regional elections as more and more
Germans are reacting adversely to her refugee admission open door policies; Emanuel’s
announcement that he will not seek reelection has not curbed the gun violence
as through October 13, 2018, 2427 people mostly of color have been shot by
mostly people of color, of whom 402 have died (when will Chicago get serious
about this carnage or is this the case of true racism as a Blue run city turns
a deaf ear and a blind eye to the slaughter of mostly people of color by mostly
people of color).
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to T.I.
feat Rihanna, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that on
weekends you are a nemophilist and a relevant quote from Huey Newton on Black
Power, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any
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1. Global Handwashing Day—created by the Global Handwashing Partnership in 2008 to promote
awareness of the health and disease prevention benefits of frequent handwashing
benefits.
2. White Cane Safety Day—created by Congress on October 6. 1964 to promote awareness of
the accomplishments of blind and visually impaired persons.
3. 2008 Number One Song— the number one song in 2008 on a run of 6 weeks in that
position was “Live Your Life” by T.I. feat. Rihanna. Here is a recording
of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY6mr9fO-9M
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with
“m” to words beginning with “n” is “nemophilist” which means one who
is in love with the woods, a term that describes Sierra Club members to a tee.
5. Mustang Lido—celebrating the birth on this day in 1924 of Lido Ioccoca better
known as Lee Ioccoca who at Ford introduced the Mustang and served as Ford’s
president for 8 years before leaving to revitalize Chrysler.
On this day in:
a. 1966 the Black Panther Party was created by Bobby Seale and
Huey Newton.
b. 1969 in the Moratorium to End the Vietnam War over 2,500,000
march to end the war with 250,000 converging on Washington, D.C.
c. 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
d. 2008 the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 733.08 points the
second worst fall in its history following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.
e. 2016 in a win one for the opponents of global warming 197
nations amended the Montreal Protocol to phase out the use of hydroflorocarbons
which contribute to global warming.
Reflections on the Black Panther Party: “Black
Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their
destiny.” Huey Newton
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