Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For April 20, 2019 the Mueller
Report is out, lightly redacted and as might be expected disappointing partisan
zealots on both sides with Nadler personally attacking Barr and the MSM touting
the fact that the Report did not exonerate the President on the issue of
obstruction; Pocahontas is the first Blue presidential wanna-be on the
impeachment warpath (Mueller’s part two on obstruction looks like a Comey’s déjà
vu on HRC detailing her server misdeeds and then declining to prosecute; Eric
Swalwell is rapidly becoming one of the most detested presidential candidates
as he indicated that no apologies need to be given for illegally spying on the
Trump campaign (Trump needs to release the FISA warrant applications so the American
public can see the FBI’s illegality of
using Steele’s unverified dossier to obtain warrants on Carter Paige); poor Joe
Biden will have to face head on the question of whether he supports impeachment
when he announces his run on Wednesday; in Paris Yellow Vest protestors battled
police protesting the billions of francs being pledged to restore fire damaged
Notre Dame which is undercutting their anti-wealth movement; Mueller announced on
Friday that 13 Russians and 3 Russian companies had been indicted for
supporting Trump, Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein (in Stein’s case not a good
return on the ruble); Comey, McCabe, Yates, Ohr and Cohen must not be sleeping
well as the IG announced he was investigating FISA Court abuses and the role of
the Steele discredited dossier funded by
the DNC and the HRC campaign; McConnell has indicated he will introduce
legislation raising the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 as
the use of e-cigarettes among teenagers continues to spike; through April 19,
2019 585 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 113 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 Wilson Phillips,
factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you have some
papeterie for your writings to impress people, and a relevant quote
from David Cullen on Columbine, 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. 420 (Cannabis Culture)—celebrating a meeting of 5 high school students in San Rafael,
CA looking for an abandoned marijuana farm and meeting to begin their search at
4:20 p.m. in front of a statute of Louis Pasteur.
2. UN Chinese Language Day— celebrated since 2010 as one of the six
official languages used at the UN to encourage equal usage the official
languages throughout the organization.
3. 1991 Number One Song—the number one song on this day in 1991 on a run of 1 week in
that position was “You’re In Love” by Wilson Phillips. Here is a recording
of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7gYii2unkg
2 daughters of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and 1 daughter of John and
Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and Papas formed the group.
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 “papeterie” which packaged fancy stationery
which one should use when one wants to standout with invitations or letters.
5. Pop Art Muse--celebrating the birthday on this day in 1943 of Edie Sedgewick
who battled drugs and bulimia and appeared in several Andy Warhol movies and
died from suffocation with her head in a pillow on November 16, 1971.
On this day
in:
a. 1657 freedom of religion was granted to Jewish residents of
New Amsterdam (later New York City).
b. 1998 Enoch Powell, a member of the Conservative Party
made his “River of Blood” attacking mass migration from the Commonwealth into
the United Kingdom.
c. 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed 13 people
while wounding 24 others at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado before
taking their own lives.
d. 2008 Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300 to become the
first female driver to win an Indy race.
e. 2010 The Deepwater
Horizon Oil Platform exploded killing 13 workers and causing an oil spill that
lasted for 6 months.
Reflections on the Columbine
Shootings: “Psychopaths don’t act like Hannibal Lecter or Norman Bates. They
come off like Hugh Grant, in his most adorable role. ―Dave Cullen,
author of Columbine.
Please enjoy the poems on
events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and
follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on
my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in History,
poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news
items of importance or go to www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com for just
This Day in History.
© April 20, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the
Alaskanpoet
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