Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For November 20, 2018 On the wildfire
front, the Camp Fire is now 703% contained as firefighters are slowly gaining
ground and the death toll has risen to 79 with the number of people missing has
dropped to 700 with heavy rains forecasted for Wednesday which should help
firefighters but hinder the search for victims and result in mudslides; the
Woolsey Fire is now 96% contained after burning almost 100,000 acres,
destroying 1130 structures and the death toll still standing at 3; on the
border security front, Trump’s executive order on asylum has blocked by a leftist federal judge Jon Tigar, who
must be in favor of declawing the Border Patrol and ICE (the lame duck section needs to pass
legislation requiring asylum seekers to apply at an American Embassy or
consulate in their home country and if not or denied be subject to immediate deportation);
Tijuana residents are not happy with caravan of migrants; on the voter fraud
front that the left continues to dismiss, in Los Angeles, 9 people were
arrested for collecting in exchange for money and cigarettes signatures from
the homeless on petitions and registrations; Dems are blowing the dog whistles of
investigation on Ivanka Trump’s and her husband’s use of private emails in
violation of federal laws requiring preservation of emails relating to federal
business (Alan Dershowitz believes the issue is a nonissue but the optics are
not good when Trump now faces an investigation mantra from the House next year);
43 members of the white supremacist gang Ghost Face Gangsters were indicted on
drug trafficking and firearms charges; the Dow dropped 551 points ending the
day with 2018 gains having been erased; salad lovers have been warned by the
FDA to avoid eating Romaine lettuce due to a multi-state ecoli outbreak; Emanuel’s
announcement that he will not seek reelection has not curbed the gun violence
as through November 19, 2018, 2688 people mostly of color have been shot by
mostly people of color, of whom 450 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 the
Kingston Trio, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that
you are fortunate enough to not be in need of nostology and a relevant
quote from Sandra M. Stewart on the Bell System breakup, 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. Transgender Day of Remembrance--created by Gwendolyn Smith in 1999
to commemorate the murder of a transgender woman Rita Hester in Alston,
Massachusetts and to promote awareness of the violence including murder the
transgender community has to deal with.
2. African Industrialization Day—created by UN General Assembly in
1989 to promote awareness of the need to industrialize Africa and the
difficulties faced in so doing in the second most populated continent on Earth.
3. 1958 Number One
Song— the
number one song in 1958 on a run of 1 week in that position was “Tom
Dooley” by the Kingston Trio. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jqO1fKqrWs
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we moved from words beginning with
“m” to words beginning with “n” is “nostology” which means the
study of senility which sadly as we age is becoming more in demand.
5. To Run Or Not
To Run With Or Without the Gaffe--celebrating the birth on this day in 1942 of Joe Biden, former senator
and vice president, who is considering a run for president in 2020 at almost
the age of 78 which would make him the oldest candidate and oldest president if
he won. Surprisingly he leads a very crowded early numerous field of candidates
from the Blues.
On this day in:
a. 1974 the DOJ file its last anti-trust suit against AT&T
which led to the breakup of AT&T and the Bell System.
b. 1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab
leader to formally visit Israel to meet with Menachem Begin and address the
Knesset.
c. 1985 in a control alt delete moment Microsoft released
Windows 1.0.
d. 1993 the Senate Ethics Committee issued a stern censure for
Alan Cranston for his dealings with Charles Keating.
e. 1998 the first module for the International Space Station was
launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Reflections on the breakup of the Bell
System: “The Post stated in its
editorial “The AT&T Breakup in Restrospect” [Sept. 4] that, after 20
months, the score is still not in on whether the breakup has actually served
the national interest. I disagree. After 20 months the score reads: Business 2,
Media 1, Public 0. “ Sandra M. Stewart, letter to the editor of the Washington Post, September 19, 1985
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