Ridley's Believe It Or Not--This Day In History: February 2019

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

February 27, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not World NGO Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 27, 2019 While Trump is in Hanoi trying to move Kim forward tomorrow on the issue of giving up his nukes which is of utmost importance to most Americans, the Blues are making a spectacle of themselves by calling as their first witness convicted felon and serial liar Michael Cohen to testify before the House Oversight Committee which disregarded its own rules requiring committee members receive opening statements and supporting documents 24 hours prior to a witness’ appearance (very contentious partisan questioning lacking only as props fire extinguishers to put out pants’ fire); good news out of Hanoi as billions in new aircraft deals with Boeing in the billions; India and Pakistan are in a mini-skirmish in Kashmir which is what this Earth in that part of the world does not need; the Cack News Network is in the doghouse again by stacking a town hall meeting with Sanders with attendees with deep roots to the Democratic Party and D.C. Lobbyists whom Sanders detest (déjà vu again for the DNC establishment candidate); FOX News dominated the cable airways in February with MSNBC finishing a distant 2^nd and CNN a really distant 6^th ; 300 Venezuelan soldiers frustrated by Maduro’s orders to block humanitarian aid coming in to the country have defected and fled into Columbia; Northern California is being pounded by heavy rain and snow making air flights in and out of the Bay Area problematic at best; the United Methodist Church may become disunited as delegates to its General Conference voted to strengthen the ban against same sex marriages and the ordination of LBGTQ clergy; watch the supply of housing hit road blocks as progressive Oregon is ready to pass legislation that would block rent increases state wide to 7% plus inflation; to the surprise of many conservatives who had hoped her last bout with lung cancer would cause Ruth Bader Ginsburg to retire at her return to the court she appeared strong and alert.

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to the Count Basie and His Orchestra, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact you are an orthographer and a relevant quote from John Sayer on the Wounded Knee Siege shooting, 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. World NGO Day—created by the UN in 2014 to promote the activities of NGOs in conjunction with the public and private sector to address and promote awareness of problems facing our societies today around the globe.

2. National Retro Day—commemorating the good old days before the internet, smart phone and self driving cars while still living in the present with all of its technological advances.

3. 1947 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 1947 on a run of 1 week in that position was “Open the Door Richard” by Count Basie and His Orchestra. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXgOb6ek_Fw

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “n” to words beginning with “o” is “orthographer” which means a correct speller a trait rendered somewhat no longer needed with spell check in Word.

5. Nothing Shows But Increasing Sales—celebrating the birth on this day in 1971 of Sara Blakely the founder of the undergarment and shape ware company Spanx which has made her a billionaire and whose company was in the free publicity news as Susan Hyland revealed she was wearing a double Spanx to conceal the bulge from a recent kidney transplant.

On this day in:

a. 1922 SCOTUS in the case of Leser v Ganatt rebuffed an attempt by plaintiff to declare the 19^th Amendment giving women the right to vote illegal.

b. 1939 SCOTUS ruled that sit down strikes violated a property owner’s rights and were illegal.

c. 1951 the 22^nd Amendment limiting the president to 2 terms was ratified.

d. 1964 the government of Italy requested aid to keep the leaning Tower of Pisa from falling over which resulted in 26 years of extensive studies on how to prevent it from falling over but keeping its distinctive lean. The Tower of Pisa was closed to publice in 1990 while work began to stabilize the lean and was opened in 2001 with stability assured for another 300 years.

e. 1073 the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee to protest treatment of American Indians by the federal government and remained in occupation for 71 days before surrendering to federal authorities.

Reflections on federal overkill during the siege of Wounded Knee: “The equipment maintained by the military while in use during the siege included fifteen armored personal carriers, clothing, rifles, grenade launchers, flares, and 133,000 rounds of ammunition, for a total cost, including the use of maintenance personnel from the national guard of five states and pilot and planes for aerial photographs, of over half a million dollars" John Sayer chronicler of the Wounded Knee siege.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

February 26, 2919 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Liberation Day Kuwait

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 26, 2019 Democrats are portrayed as the party of Blues but after block a bill to ban infanticide of a child born after a botched abortion, the party colors should be shed for their hands and souls are coated bloody red and each and every one should hang their head in total shame; on the academic front and why mainstream Americans are getting fed up with indoctrination their kids are receiving at colleges and universities UC Davis professor Joshua Clover has been reprimanded for claiming “cops should be killed” (if he is tenured another reason to change the rules on dismissing nonperforming professors; the House on largely party lines voted to block Trump’s Emergency Declaration (what is outrageous about Pelosi’s tyranny is most if not all of the Democrats have never been to the border to see the horde of unskilled illegals pouring across while secure in their gated and walled mansions totally ignoring the advice of the Border Patrol that walls work); House Democrats are on a tear to impose stricter gun control legislation by expanded background checks on private transactions, gun shows and interfamily transfers while Illinois and New York Democrats have introduced legislation to require the production of a gun license applicant of the applicant’s social media history (law abiding citizens run the great risk of being converted into criminals as the Democrat’s war on the 2^nd Amendment is ramped up); The View, 3 of whose members are the troika of being without a clue, erupted in chaos as Meghan McCain vocally and with frequent interruptions blasted Democrats’ blocking in the Senate a bill to ban the killing of babies born after a failed abortion (to see how outrageous the Democrats have become listen to the story of Melissa Ohden who was born after a failed abortion https://www.foxnews.com/politics/abortion-survivor-senate-dems-are-willing-to-sacrifice-lives-like-mine-to-keep-abortion-on-demand); wearing a MAGA to the left is a license to be attacked as a man wearing one found out a restaurant in Massachusetts when he was attacked by an illegal female alien from Brazil who is now in ICE custody and hopefully will be quickly deported; conservatives at Cal are rightfully upset that the thug who appeared on camera clearly has not be arrested after sucker punching a student in the mouth; Kamala Harris supports infanticide, legalization of marijuana and prostitution all the while calling Trump and his supporters racists (what about the STDs one picks up from prostitutes Kamala or does that merely indicate collateral damage by consenting adults?).

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1. Liberation Day Kuwait—celebrating the liberation of Kuwait from Iraq by the shock and awe of the U.S. led coalition.

2. National Thermos Day—commemorating the commercialization of the thermos bottle or vacuum flask invented by Sir James Dewey in 1892 by Thermos GmbH in 1904; Dewar never filed a patent for his invention and received not pfennig from the company.

3. 1946 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 1946 on a run of 1 week in that position was “Doctor, Lawyer Indian Chief” by the Betty Hutton. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZYYqQInrDg

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “n” to words beginning with “o” is “orthoepy” which means correct pronunciation which is always a good trait to possess when communicating by conversation.

5. A Honeymoon of the Small Screen—celebrating the birth on this day in 1916 of heavy smoking and overweight actor and comedian Jackie Gleason who with Art Carney had a long running series The Honeymooners and who resurrected his career on the big screen with such movies as Smokey and the Bandit. He passed away at the age of 71 not from lung cancer but colon cancer.

On this day in:

a. 1616 Galileo Galilei was banned by the Catholic Church for teaching that the Earth revolved around the Sun.

b. 1935 Robert Watson-Watt carried out a demonstration at Daventry which led to the development of radar which was so critical for Britain to win the Battle of Britain.

c. 1971 UN Secretary-General U Thant signed a proclamation proclaiming the vernal equinox as Earth Day.

d. 1993 in a prelude to 9-11 a truck bomb in the underground parking structure of the North Tower at the World Trade Center exploded killing 6 and injuring a 1000.

e. 2012 a gated community security guard in Sanford, Florida George Zimmerman shot and killed 17 year old Trayvon Martin. Charged with 2^nd degree murder, George Zimmerman was acquitted.

Reflections on killing of Trayvon Martin: “You can stand your ground if you're white, and you can use a gun to do it. But if you stand your ground with your fists and you're black, you're dead.” David Simon The Wire: The Truth Be Told

Monday, February 25, 2019

Anti-Trump Attacks Down Oscar Viewers Up

The Academy Awards Show was much more apolitical than in years past

Maybe because there was no host to on cue Trump and his agenda blast

Spike Lee winning his first Oscar could not himself contain

Ranting that in 2020 a hope that Trump and his cohorts go down the drain

Maybe unlike earlier years the winners were much less white

Pushing viewers of color to go to ABC to view the Academy’s biggest night

Maybe a light bulb has been finally turned on that America likes the glamour but not the carping

Becoming fed up on the anti-Trump non stop ridicule and demonization harping

ABC should be very happy as viewers were slightly up

The decreasing numbers of viewers last night did interrupt

MSM keeps ignoring his successes and the growth in GNP

While a frustrated Obama vainly tries to convince us it all started with me

A trade deal with China may be close to reality

Which would mean a recession going into 2020 would be hard to foresee

With Mueller’s witch-hunt finally coming to a wasteful no collusion end

Less investigation distractions to hinder the soaring economic growth trend

The icing on the cake would be news out of Hanoi

That Kim is serious about not having nukes to deploy

While AOC and Harris, Gillibrand, Sanders and Warren continue to ignore the cost in cash

Medicare for all along with free college and $6 grand a year would cause this economy to crash

Shot in the head by AOC’s Green New Deal

With expanded government to our prosperity steal

2018 was important and the Reds the House lost

A loss of the presidency and failure to regain the House an even greater cost.

February 25, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Let;s All Eat Right Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 25, 2019 Justice Stephen Reinhart of the leftist 9^th Circuit died 9 days before the court issued its ruling and SCOTUS overturned its ruling with the observation tha “judges are appointed for life not eternity”(fortunately Trump will have another opportunity to appoint a conservative judge to replace the “progressive icon); while the border remains an open sieve with hundreds flowing through California, New York and 14 other states have sued to block Trump’s emergency declaration (one would think that the Blues would at least have the honesty to admit they are in favor of unlimited illegal immigration as opposed to solving this problem with a proposal that admits based on merit those we need to admit); AOC swirling in controversy whether she lives in her district as required is back making a fool of herself raising the issue whether it is okay to have children in a era of alleged climate change and mounting student debt for a degree that does nothing to advance getting a job; while Trump appears to be making progress in trade talks with China, China is still rattling sabers with respect to Taiwan as a U.S. Navy destroyer escorted a cargo ship through the Taiwan Strait; have not seen the ratings for the Oscars but suspect they were at all time low especially when Oscar winner Spike Lee turned his thank you into a blatant call to reject Trump in the 2020 election; Kamala Harris the pro legalization of marijuana by the federal government who has been slammed by her father for characterizing Jamaicans as dreadlocked potheads might want to learn about the epidemic of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome which leads to uncontrollable pain and vomiting by over 3,000,000 daily pot users; Kamala Harris refuses to indicate the costs to be borne by Medicare for all and the Green New Deal trying to obfuscate the crippling effects by vaguely talking about return of investment (when it comes to economics she looks more and more like a complete idiot every time she opens her mouth—look at the economies of the Caribbean Islands destroyed by elimination of cruise ships or the commercial fisheries destroyed by the elimination of diesel powered fishing boats or the isolation of Alaska by elimination of planes and ferries and of Hawaii by elimination of planes).

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1. Let’s All Eat Right Day—celebrating the work of 20^th Century nutritionist Adelle Davis who campaigned against processed foods high in preservatives, salt and sugar.

2. Pistol Patent Day—commemorating the issuance of a patent to Samuel Colt on this day in 1936 for a pistol with multiple revolving chambers.

3. 1945 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 1945 on a run of 7 weeks in that position was “Rum And Coca Cola” by the Andrews Sisters. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGxL2uNr7bk

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “n” to words beginning with “o” is “orthobiosis” which means correct or moral living which is a trait found lacking in many politicians in the Swamp.

5. Foul Mouthed Honey Not Funny—bemoaning the birth on this day in 1975 of rabid anti Trumpster “comedian” Chelsea Handler swhose profanity laced vitriol against Trump is anything but funny.

On this day in:

a. 1956 Premier Nikita Khruschev in a speech before the Soviet Politburo denounced the cult of personality surrounding Josef Stalin.

b. 1987 SMU received the ” death sentence “ for its football program due to recruiting violations while on probation banning it form playing any games during the entire 1987 season which the school extended through the 1988 season as it could not field a viable team.

c. 1991 at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, an Iraqi Scud missile hit a U.S. Army barracks, killing 29 soldiers.

d. 1991 the Warsaw Pact was dissolved.

e. 1994 at the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron Baruch Goldstein opened fire on Palestinian worshippers, killing 29 and wounding 125 before he was subdued and beaten to death by survivors.

Reflections on the American diet: “I see little hope for a nation that values the health of its livestock more than that of its people....Farmers are not criticized for routinely giving their (live)stock nutritional supplements....superior to any sold for humans...Millions of families could plant home gardens if they truly wanted health. Refined food are practically unknown in Russia. The life expectancy of the 40-year-old American is near the lowest in the world.” Adelle Davis.

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Friday, February 22, 2019

February 22, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not International Stand Up To Bullying Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 22, 2019 The thug who punched a conservative in the face has not yet been identified but a Cal employee who cheered the sucker punch assault has leading to outrage that he should be fired; the MSNBC that was ranting 24/7 on the hoax MAGA attack on Jussie Smollett attack was totally MIA when the producers of Empire announced his character would be eliminated from the final two episodes (no wonder the MSM has 0 credibility with mere mortals not living in gate guarded communities on the coasts); California with its Sanctuary Cities remains a very dangerous place to be a police officer as an illegal alien deported three times with the Napa County Sheriff prohibited from honoring ICI detainers shot at a Napa County deputy after a traffic stop and fortunately was killed; the reptilian brain may have claimed another victim as the owner of the New England Patriots, Robert Kraft, has been charged with soliciting prostitution at a Florida spa; Bernie Sanders another great hypocrite and announced socialist owns three homes and made a million dollars last year announced he has raised $6 million in his first day of announcing his candidacy; big time rapper R. Kelly has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual assault including charges against minors; HRC in what must be a delusional attempt to be relevant in 2020 has been meeting with Blue wannabes (hope she gives them advice on how to campaign which if followed will guarantee a Trump victory); Harris has been slammed by her father for her implication that Jamaicans are a bunch of dread locks and pot smokers (after her lunch with Sharpton nothing but silence from questions from the press on the indictment of Jussie Smollett leading this conservative to believe the bloom may be on the rose on her quest for the White House); the Assad of South America Maduro is closing his borders right and left to stop the flow of humanitarian aid into the country (one can only hope there are back channel discussions with the military to overthrow this tyrant).

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Eugenie Baird , factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that your plate is not limited to a few orts and a relevant quote from Cat Cora on Bullying, 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 Stand Up To Bullying Day—created in 2008 when two Nova Scotia students Travis Price and David Shepherd stood up a against a fellow student bullying someone for wearing a pink shirt; if you see someone wearing a shirt of the same color they are most likely celebrating the day.

2. National Wildlife Day—created in 2005 and originally celebrated on September 4 of each year until the death of conservationist Robert Irvin to be moved to today in 2018 to coincide with his birth. The day promotes awareness of the endangered wildlife species.

3. 1944 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 1944 on a run of 5 weeks in that position was “My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart)” by Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Eugenie Baird. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdjQw6i2EXs

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “n” to words beginning with “o” is “ort” which means a morsel or scrap of food which for most of us are not restricted to.

5. In The Genes—celebrating the birth on this day in 1965 of Drew Barrymore, noted actress whose acting lineage goes back three generations to actors and actresses and who struggled to successfully overcome substance abuse.

On this day in:

a. 1924 President Calvin Coolidge became the first president to deliver a radio address from the White House.

b. 1974 Samuel Byck attempted to hijack and airline at Baltimore International Airport with the intent to fly into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon but after killing a policeman and a pilot ended up shooting himself to death.

c. 1980 at the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, the U.S. Hockey Team in the Semifinals defeated the Soviet Union to go on to win the Gold Medal.

d. 1994 Aldrich Ames and his wife were arrested for spying for Russia and he pled guilty and was sentenced to life without possibility of parole after compromising the identity of CIA assets in Russia and is serving a life sentence in a federal medium security prison.

e. 1997 in Scotland, scientists announced that they had successfully cloned a sheep named Dolly.

Reflections on bullying: “Bullying is killing our kids. Being different is killing our kids and the kids who are bullying are dying inside. We have to save our kids whether they are bullied or they are bullying. They are all in pain.” Cat Cora, noted

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Thursday, February 21, 2019

February 21, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not National Spit Out Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 21, 2019 Jussie Smollett has gone from victim to being charged with a Class 4 felony in Chicago for filing a false police report and from all the celebs who rushed to judgment to condemn Trump for the “attack” only the sounds of silence; Sharpton who rose to fame as a spokesman for Tawana Brawley who falsely claimed that she had been raped by 4 white men has met with Kamala Harris urging that if the allegations agains Smollett are true he should be punished to the full extent of the law (with her Trump Derangement Syndrome she is losing some of her luster); MSNBC the Mostly Slanted News Broadcasting Company finally broke silence on the Smollett arrest by implying that it was due to the bias of Trump supporting Chicago police (what an absolute crock which explains why that network has zero credibility); Stephan Ruhle whose anti-Trump animus makes her look like a fool is in hot water for her relationship with the CEO of Under Armor; UC Berkeley the home of the Free Speech Movement is anything but when it comes to conservatives as a recruiter for Turning Point USA was punched in the face and his recruiting table overturned (very disturbing trend of the rise of the violent left); in North Carolina the elections board for the 9^th Congressional District has ordered a reelection due ballot fraud; in a true silver lining moment a furloughed federal employee who had purchased a lottery ticket several days before the shut down has come forward to claim a $29.5 million prize.

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Harry James His Orchestra with Helen Forrest, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact if traveling in an orogen you remembered to pack chains in the truck and a relevant quote from an unnamed tobacco company executive on smokeless tobacco, 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. Great American Spit Out Day—created to promote abstinence of smokeless tobacco that filthy habit that is highly cancerous with a host of chemicals that are not good for human beings.

2. National Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day—celebrated since 2001 to promote girls entering engineering.

3. 1943 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 1943 on a run of 2 weeks in that position was “I Had the Craziest Dream” by Harry James and His Orchestra with Helen Forrest aka the Voice of the Big Bands. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smmTbHdeX48

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “n” to words beginning with “o” is “orogen” which means a mountain pass which when traversed during the winter should be in a car with chains in the trunk.

5. Infinite Jest—celebrating the birth on this day in 1962 on noted author and writer of such books as Infinite Jest who sadly despite his critical and financial success suffered from depression and committed suicide on September 12, 2008.

On this day in:

a. 1937 the League of Nations banned “foreign volunteers” in the Spanish Civil War, a ban that was largely ignored.

b. 1948 NASCAR, certainly to be on AOC’s hit list in her green new deal, was incorporated.

c. 1972 President Richard Nixon visited Chine to normalize relations with that nation.

d. 1974 the last Israeli soldiers left the west bank of the Suez Canal after a truce with Egypt ending the Yom Kippur War.

e. 1975 former Attorney General John Mitchell and White House Advisers H.R. Haldeman and John Ehlrichman were sentenced to prison for their role in the Watergate Scandal.

Reflections on smokeless tobacco: “Many people felt that younger chewers would be attracted to products with less tobacco taste. For example, it was suggested that we investigate the possibility of borrowing switching study data from the company which produces "Life Savers" as a basis for determining which flavors enjoy the widest appeal.” 1979 memo from a tobacco company executive The only thing favorable about smokeless tobacco is that there is no second hand smoke to cause cancer in bystanders.

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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

February 20, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Social Equality Justice Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 20, 2019 Jussie Smollett has gone from victim to suspect in filing a false police report over the hoax MAGA hat wearing attack that Blue candidates like Harris and Booker and the MSM pounced on in their zeal to attack Trump (no wonder due to their 24/7 rush to judgment anti-Trump zeal, the MSM has zero credibility); Job Creators Network has paid for billboard in Times Square “Amazon Pullout Thanks for Nothing AOC” (if the Blues have any sense they will drop this rabid socialist like a hot rock whose rising star should soon plummet); it looks like the witch-hunt of Mueller is finally coming to a close with not one iota of collusion with the Russians and millions spent; CNN or the Cack News Network which is notorious for its bias against Trump is being slammed by the left for hiring former Jeff Sessions spokesperson Sarah Isgur (on the issue of objectivity talk about the kettle calling the pot black); Meghan McCain fresh from her grilling of McCabe lit into Tulsi Gabbard another Blue wanna-be for her deemed support of Assad; Hoda Muthana an American citizen who travelled to the Middle East to become an ISIS wife and have a child will not be able to return to the U.S. as she is no longer a U.S. citizen (advocating terrorism does have adverse consequences); SCOTUS has just ruled 9-0 that the ban of excessive fines applies to the states in a case in which Indiana tried to confiscate a $40,000 vehicle from a man who was convicted of selling $400 of heroin to an undercover cop.

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1. Social Equality Justice Day—created by the UN General Assembly in 2007 and celebrated since 2009 to promote social justice by attacking poverty, social and economic exclusion and unemployment.

2. National Handcuff Day—commemorating the issuance of a patent to George Carney in 1912 of a ratcheting adjustable handcuff and created by the Handcuff Warehouse and Peerless Handcuff Company; hopefully you will not being doing something to merit being placed in handcuffs today or in the future.

3. 1942 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 1942 on a run of 1 week in that position was “Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me)” by Woody Herman and His Orchestra. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMRxaRo662k

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “n” to words beginning with “o” is “orgulous” which means proud which should describe how we feel about our country as opposed to denigrating it which the left is so prone to do.

5. All Brains But Even More Beauty—celebrating the birth on this day in 1966 of super model Cindy Crawford who was valedictorian of her class and dropped out of Northwestern to pursue a career in modeling.

On this day in:

a. 1792 the Postal Service Act creating the United States Post Office was signed into law by President Washington.

b. 1986 the Soviet Union launched its Mir spacecraft which was occupied for 10 of the 15 years it remained in orbit.

c. 1998 Tara Lipinski at 1996 Winter Olympics in Japan became the youngest ever to win a Gold in an individual event at 14 years 10 months and nine days old.

d. 2003 at a Great White concert at the Station in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnic display set the facility ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200.

e. 2005 Spain became the first country to vote on the Constitution of the European Union, passing it by large percentages.

Reflections on the Post Office: “The government can't even do a good job of something as simple as running the Post Office. How can it be expected to do a good job with something really important,

like educating our children?” Senator Rand Paul Great justification for charter schools.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

February 19, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Iwo Jima Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 19, 2019 McCabe is hot to trot to sell his book and cast him as a hero as he slams Loretta Lynch for not appointing a special counsel to investigate HRC’s illegal activity, claims that Rosenstein was deadly serious about wearing a wire to trap Trump into a 25^th Amendment removal and that when he briefed congressional leadership of the counterintelligence probe of Trump’s firing of Comey (when will this liar like Flynn, Mannafort and Papadopolus be prosecuted for lying to the FBI or do we have to endure the double standard of selective Red prosecution?); Justice Thomas in a concurring opinion questioned the continuation of the Sullivan case in defamation cases (Trump’s point exactly in the era of fake news and total bias of the MSM); Gavin Newsome is trying to play the victim card as Trump has cancelled $925 million for the bullet train and demanded the state return the $2.5 billion already wastefully spent (sadly Newsome wants to continue work on the train between Bakersfield and San Francisco which is like Senator Stevens Alaska Bridge to Nowhere as people would have to board a bus to get to Bakersfield from L.A. or board a bus in Bakersfield to get to L.A.); CNN going all stops to be a valued adjunct for the DNC with highly promoted town halls for Blue candidates like Harris and Klobacher and Independent Howard Schultz; lawyers for the Covington Catholic School students defamed by the Washington Post have filed suit against the paper for defamation (we need a free press but we do not need a press whose animus against Trump results in a rush to judgment which in the case of the Covington Catholic School students was clearly false).

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Artie Shaw, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact you are free of any acts that may be considered ordure and a relevant quote from Chester Nimitz on the battle of Iwo Jima, 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. Prevent Plagiarism Day— created by freelance writer and columnist Jace Shoemaker-Galloway after she noticed that her articles were appearing verbatim on the internet on various websites. Definitely an act that should not be tolerated and a holiday that Joe Biden does not celebrate.

2. Iwo Jima Day—commemorating the landing of Marines on the island of Iwo Jima in a battle that raged for 5 weeks and cost the U.S. 25,000 casualties of whom 7,000 died and the Japanese all but 200 of the 21,000 troops stationed there died.

3. 1941 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 1941 on a run of 12 weeks in that position was “Frenesi” by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMOHMYl5BCs

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “n” to words beginning with “o” is “ordure” which means something morally degrading which describes the MSM Trump Derangement Syndrome to a tee.

5. Dirty Dozen—celebrating the birth on this day in 1924 of noted actor and Oscar winner in Cat Ballou Lee Marvin who appeared in about 70 films and is best remembered for his palimony case in California Marvin v. Marvin in which Marvin’s live-in girl friend of 5 years was denied on half of his earnings during that 5 year period.

On this day in:

a. 1847 the first group of rescuers reached the stranded Donner Party.

b. 1878 Thomas Edison received a patent for the phonograph.

c. 1915 French and British warships began the bombardment of the Ottoman shore batteries in the Dardanelles.

d. 1953 Georgia created the first literature censorship board in the United States.

e. 1976 in a what took us so long moment, President Ford executed Proclamation 4417 which rescinded Executive Order 9066 which authorized the removal of Japanese-Americans to inland detention facilities.

Reflections on Iwo Jima: “The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy in staving off ultimate defeat.” Admiral Chester Nimitz

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Monday, February 18, 2019

February 18, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Presidents' Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 18, 2019 Anti-Semitism is alive and well in the Democratic Party as Ibraheem Samirah, a second generation Palestinian running for the Virginia State Senate has alleged that giving money to Israel is worse than donating to the Klan (caught in the anti-Semitsm cookie jar he has since apologized); the president will address the nation on the humanitarian crisis affecting Venezuela brought on by decades of its socialist policies (hopefully AOC tunes in to learn something on why socialism is and always will be a failure); the illegal alien supporter queen who like most of the leftist wanna-bes jumped on the “attack” on Jessie Smollett, calling it a modern day lynching is now waling back her comments as the “attack” is looking more and more like a hoax and will refrain from further comment until an investigation over the incident has been completed (she was caught with her hand in the rush to judgment cookie jar); on the gun front, Blues in California with their veto proof majorities are looking to legislate an excise tax on the sale of handguns and semiautomic rifles; the Berlin based Global Policy Institute has released a study detailing 336 chemical attacks during the Syrian Civil War, 98% of which were made by Assad’s forces; Andrew McCabe pushing his new book is revealing a large number of Trump Russian contacts but the man with no candor has not concluded that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians; 5 people waiting at a bus stop in New Orleans were shot and wounded in a shoot out between police and an armed robbery suspect who was killed during the shootout.

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact you can enjoy the orarian life style in California and a relevant quote from George Washington on preserving peace, 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. Presidents’ Day— aka George Washington’s birthday celebrates the birth of our first president and has been a federal holiday since 1880.

2. National Battery Day—clueless as to whom created the day but we would be in a world of hurt without batteries especially the rechargeable kinds that power our cell phones, lap tops and notebooks that free us from being tethered to a power cord for those devices.

3. 1940 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 1940 on a run of 12weeks in that position was “In the Mood” by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CI-0E_jses

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “n” to words beginning with “o” is “orarian which means a coast dweller and is a great person to be assuming you live along coasts that are free of hurricanes like the California coast but not a great place when earthquakes are factored in.

5. A Poet With a Burst of Light—celebrating the birth on this day in 1934 of Audre Lorde a leading African-American poet and essayist who wrote on race, sexuality and gender but after battling cancer for almost 10 years died way too soon at the age of 58.

On this day in:

a. 1954 The first Church of Scientology was established in Los Angeles.

b. 1972 The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson invalidated the California death penalty and converted the sentences of all those on death row to life in prison.

c. 1979 Richard Petty won his 6^th Daytona 500 when leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crashed on the last lap of a race that was televised from beginning to end for the first time.

d. 2001 Robert Hanssen, a FBI agent, was arrested for spying for the Soviet Union and Russia for 22 years and to avoid the death penalty he pled guilty to espionage and was sentenced to 15 life sentences without possibility of parole and is currently rotting in ADX Florence, a supermax prison located in Colorado confined to his cell for 23 hours a day.

e. 2010 Wikileaks released the first of thousands of classified documents received from a U.S. soldier now known as Chelsea Manning.

Reflections on how to keep the peace: “To be prepared for war is the most effective means of preserving the peace.” George Washington

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