Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For March 22, 2019 Finally the witch-hunt has ended and Mueller has
delivered his report to the AG who will determine wehter and to whom it will be
released (Blues and Trump want it released as
should every American to end once and for all the collusion delusion
that has cost millions and plagued the country for two years); although no one
in Congress or the president has seen it, according to the DOJ it does not
recommend any further indictments which should be a relief to HRC who really should
be prosecuted over her illicit server and destruction of evidence; Casey
Anthony who was acquitted of the murder of her two year old daughter in 2011 is
according to a source close to her partying around and back in the dating
scene; the DNCCC has sent a letter to 100 political consulting firms that it
will not do business with anyone who in the primaries does work for persons
challenging sitting Democrats (a desperate attempt to hold on to the House by
stilling debate?); although Tulsi Gabbard has some liberal position she seems
like a beacon of sanity in pushing back on the leftist view of ending the
Electoral College and the filibuster in the Senate; the UCLA soccer coach has resigned
over allegations of receiving a $100,000 bribe from a real estate developer to
be named to the soccer team; in a you are only as old as you think you are
moment 84 year old Flo Meiler is going to Poland to compete in the World Master
Athletics Indoor in the pole vault; for those of you who like exotic sports,
the third World Nomad Games will be held in Kyrgyzstan featuring such favorites
as headless goat carcass polo and wrestling on a horse; led by Kamala Harris
who favors decriminalization the debate over legalizing the sex trade is
heating up; Trump has indicated he will nominate Stephen Moore, who has been a
critic of the Fed’s previous increases in interest rates, to the Fed; as of March 21, 2019 360 people have been shot
in Chicago of whom 58 have died.
As always, I hope you enjoy
today’s holidays and observances, a music link to The Beatles, factoids of
interest for this day in history, the fact you are able to be pacable; a
relevant quote from Justice Ginsburg on the Equal Rights Amendment, 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 Water
Day—created by the UN in 1993 to highlight the importance of fresh
water and access to it in our daily lives.
2. National Sing Out
Day—you do not have to have the talent of someone to appear on American Idol or The Voice, sing your heart out in the shower, your car or at a karaoke
parlor.
3. 1966 Number One
Song—the number one song on this day in 1966 on a run of 2 weeks in
that position was “She Loves You” by The Beatles. Here is a recording of
the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOuu88OwdK8
4. Word of the Day—today’s
word of the day as we move from words beginning with “o” to words beginning
with “p” is “pacable” which means willing to forgive which is a trait in
the body politic that is way too lacking.
5. Juiced Up—celebrating
the birth on this day in 1943 of noted singer and guitar player Keith Relf who
founded the Yard Birds and upon their dissolution in 1968 continue to perform.
He was tragically electrocuted while playing an improperly grounded electric
guitar on May 14, 1976.
On this day
in:
a. 1872 Illinois became
the first state to require gender equality in employment.
b. 1972 Congress
sent the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification which failed to
be ratified as only 35 of the required 38 states ratified it.
c. 1972 in a let the good
times roll moment, SCOTUS upheld the right of unmarried persons to purchase and
use contraceptives in the case of Eisenstadt v. Baird.
d. 1992 USAir Flight 405
with its wings coated with ice crashed shortly after takeoff for La Guardia
Airport in New York City, killing 27 of the 51 people on board but who did not
die in vain as the crash prompted improvements in de- icing protocols to prevent
future crashes.
e. 1993 Intel Corporation
shipped its first Pentium chip with 60MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS and 64 byte
data path.
Reflections on the Equal Rights
Amendment: “If I could choose an amendment to add to the Constitution, it would
be the Equal Rights Amendment. I think we have achieved that through
legislation, but legislation can be repealed, it can be altered. So I would
like my granddaughters, when they pick up the Constitution, to see that notion
– that women and men are persons of equal stature – I’d like them to see that
is a basic principle of our society.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS Associate
Justice
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© March 22,
2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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