Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For
April 9, 2019 Avenatti’s problems with the feds just got worse after the
IRS seized his $4.5 million private jet plane (couldn’t happen to a nicer guy);
Trump held an impromptu press conference in Texas surrounded by families living
on the border who related gruesome tales of being attacked by illegals or
finding illegals dead in their fields (when will the Blues get their heads out
of the sand, recognize the crisis on the border and cross the aisle to work
with Reds to fix the asylum scam and fund properly border security including a
wall); Warren released her 2018 tax returns showing he and her husband earned
$1,000,000 while she pushed her wealth tax bill of 2% of the assets of the
ultra rich (who do you think does a better job of helping society, ultra rich
like Bill and Melinda Gates or the inept federal government?); William Barr
confirmed in testimony before the House that the Trump campaign was spied on by
the FBI and announced he would be investigating the activities of the FBI in
investigating Trump (when the FBI is investigating a presidential candidate
because its top brass wanted Hillary to win should be really troubling to
Americans regardless of political affiliation); at the UN Pence attacked the
Venezuelan UN Ambassador for being present when he had not be appointed by the
Venezuelan President recognized by the United States; on the PC sports front
Ohio State defensive end Nick Bosa, a fan of President Trump and a critic of
Colin Kaepernick, has deleted his conservative tweets fearful that if drafted
by San Francisco he would not be embraced by the liberal fans in that city; on
the ratings front Fox News trounced MSNBC and CNN combined when CNN broadcast a
town hall with leftist Gillibrand (when will dropping ad rates force the idiots
who are purveyors of fake news at those two networks drop fake news and move to
objective reporting?); Netanyahu facing scandals and possible corruption charges
has narrowly won a 5th term as Israel’s Prime Minister; as of
April 9, 2019 516 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 94 have died (what
makes the Smollett case so frustrating is that it forced the city of Chicago to
allocate scarce detective resources when in only 9% of the shootings resulting
in murder have a suspect being charged this year).
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Michael
Jackson, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you are
blessed by a pandimian spouse or significant other; and a relevant quote Mehmet Morat ilhan on black
holes, 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. Siblings
Day (International)—created by the Siblings Foundation to
honor siblings (as an only child often wonder what life would have been to have
an older or younger sibling).
2. American
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Day— commemorating the formation of the American Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on this day in 1866 in New York as the
first animal welfare society.
3. 1983
Number One Song—the number one song on this day in 1983 on a run of 7 weeks
in that position was “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson. Here is a recording
of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_Y.
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 “pandemian” an
adjective that means sensual which does not describe the chaos which grips the Swamp.
5. Rey to
the Bank—celebrating the birthday on this day
in 1992 of noted British actress Daisy Ridley who rocketed to stardom as Rey in
Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
On this day
in:
a. 1939 Alcoholics
Anonymous, the “Big Book” for A.A. was first published.
b. 1970 Paul McCartney announced he was leaving the
Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
c. 1971 in an attempt to thaw relations with the United
States, Red China invited the U.S. Table Tennis Team to a week of matches with
Chinese table tennis athletes.
d. 1972 American B-52 bombers began bombing North Vietnam
for the first time since 1967.
e. 2019 scientists at the Event Horizon Telescope revealed
the first photo of a black hole located in the center of M87 Galaxy which is 53
million light years from Earth.
Reflections on black holes: “Look at the universe! What do you
see? An order? Tranquillity? A divine peace? You fool! You ignorant! Over
there, galaxies are colliding, suns are exploding, black holes swallowing
stars! Now look at the universe again! What do you see? A disorder? Chaos?
Anything savage? You see a hell? Now, you see the truth!” ― Mehmet
Murat ildan, noted Turkish author and playwright
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© April 10, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the
Alaskanpoet
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