Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October
4, 2018 The Senate has voted 51-49 in favor of cloture with key voter Murkowski
voting no (she has forgotten how to spell ANWR or has forgotten the potential
benefits to Alaska that opening up the region to drilling will bring thanks to
President Trump); Susan Collins has announced that she will vote for Kavanaugh
and Joe Manchin bowing to the overwhelming support for Kavanaugh from his
constituents has also announced he will vote in favor of Kavanaugh which means
that he should be confirmed and the spectlacle of the resistance movement by
the Blues that has disgraced the Senate will come to and end; the Center for
Popular Democracy in the forefront of opposing the Kavenaugh nomination and
harassing in public Senators is using the confirmation process to raise funds
while receiving millions from wealthy donors like George Soros (the
demonstrators hounding Senators are paid protestors not outraged citizens); the
Chairman of the Senate Judicial Committee Senator Grassley is demanding that
Ford’s legal team release communications made by it to Democratic Senators and
other alleged victims of the sexual assaults but he is getting stonewalled by
her team; Jackson Costco a former intern for Blue Representative Sheila Lee who
has been arrested for doxxing Republican Senators had a secret Twitter account used
to attack Republicans and Judge Kavanaugh; Jason Van Dyke the Chicago police
officer who shot Laquan McDonald 16 times in 30 seconds has been found guilty
of second degree murder (Chicago should breathe a sigh of relief as a not
guilty verdict could have easily spawned major riots); Trump was on the
offensive at a rally in Minnesota, branding the Democrats as the party favoring
crime while touting his economic record; Emanuel’s announcement that he will not
seek reelection has not curbed the gun violence as through October 4, 2018, 2346
people mostly of color have been shot by mostly people of color, of whom 382
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 Alicia
Keys, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you have
a ready supply of Dramamine to ward off naupathia and a relevant quote from Bill
Moyers on PBS, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any
memorable events like college graduations, 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. International Day of No Prostitution—celebrated since
2002 to create awareness of the dangers resulting from prostitution to the
prostitutes to their clients.
2. World Teachers’ Day—created in 1996 by UNESCO to focus on appreciating, assessing
and improving educators in the classroom.
3. 2001 Number One Song— the number one song in 2001 on a run of 4 weeks in that
position was “Fallin’” by Alicia Keys. Here is a recording of the
song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urdlvw0SSEc
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 “naupathia” which means sea sickness
which is a reason to appreciate Dramamine.
5. Unsinkable—celebrating the birth on this day in 1975 of British born
actress Kate Winslet best known for her role in the movie Titanic.
On this day in:
a. 1921 The World Series was broadcast on radio for the first
time.
b. 1947 President Truman made the
first televised address from the Oval Office to the American people.
c. 1970 the Public Broadcasting Service was founded.
d. 1982 Tylenol bottles were recalled from shelves in Chicago
after seven people died from taking Tylenol that had been laced with cyanide. Sadly the suspect who had tampered with the
bottles was never caught or prosecuted.
e. 1986 Mordechai Vanunu’s story in The Sunday Times revealed the existence of Israel’s secret nuclear
weapons.
Reflections on the state of Public Broadcasting
System: “This is the first
time in my 32 years in public broadcasting that PBS has ordered up programs for
ideological instead of journalistic reasons.” Bill Moyers noted television journalist and commentator.
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