Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October 10, 2019 Ronan Farrow’s
book on Matt Lauer’s sexual escapades and the attempt to cover up will be out
soon and it will paint a very reptilian brain portrait of Lauer and complicity
by NBC as one of Lauer’s victims Brooke Nevil has gone public over his alleged
anal rape of her (so refreshing when the supporters of women CNN and MSNBC
circle their wagons when on of their own is accused a peep not a word about the
anal rape allegations of this perceived pervert); Andy Lack, the chairman of
NBC News who killed Farrow’s expose about Weinstein and already taking heat for
an old boy culture when it comes to sexual harassment is facing an allegation
from one of his victims on sexual harassment (his actions now become clear when
perverts like Lauer could claim “this is what the boss was doing”); the silver
lining over Lauer’s sexual harassment and rape charges seems to be that NBC
staffers may be tiring of the moniker of “Nothing But Cack” and finding some
spine to mock Noah Oppenheim, the president of NBC News trying to defend the
network’s handling of the scandal and the rape charge; Tulsi Gabbard, the only
real non leftist candidate who might have a chance to save the Blues from
fleeing from the center and jumping over the cliffs to the rocks of socialist
like doom below has made the cut for next week’s Blue primary debate but is
threatening to boycott over the DNC’s alleged rigging of the primary process; Rita
Lowrey, a Blue 16 term Congresswoman is going to retire after the 2020 spawning
speculation that Chelsea Clinton may run to replace her after her retirement
(we need another Clinton in office like we need a hole in the head); troubling
news that should alarm all Americans as recently declassified findings by the
FISA Court show Christopher Wray continued to illegally spy on Americans (Comey
and his anti-Trump henchmen have not been held accountable and should merit
prosecution and prison time on conviction); the MSM anti-Trump lap dogs and
Pelosi wanting to conduct impeachment inquiry behind closed doors with Red
input blocked, no wonder latest Fox poll shows 51% of population want Trump
removed; in Chicago through October 9, 2019, 2182 have been shot, of whom, 374
have died as the 2 day hiatus on deaths ended; in Baltimore with a fraction of
Chicago’s population, 265 have been murdered in Baltimore (when will Chicago
and Baltimore 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 people
of color by people of color and when will the left focus on the problem of
color on color shootings in Blue run cities which have been more deadly and
more numerous than random mass shootings?
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and
observances, factoids of interest for this day in history, musical links
to Jimmie Rodgers and the Beach Boys, the fact that precantations on
you tend to be good ones and a relevant quote on the death penalty by Coretta
Scott King, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any
memorable events like Father’s Day, 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 Day Against The Death Penalty—created
by the Coalition Against the Death Penalty in 2003 to advocate the end of the
death penalty on many grounds, not the least of which is a practical one, it
does not deter murder no matter how heinous the crime is as most criminals
never accept the fact they may get caught.
2. World Mental Health Day—celebrated by the World Foundation
for Mental Health in 1992 to create awareness of mental health issues facing
society and to remove the social stigma associated with mental health diseases.
3. 1957 Number One Song— the number
one song in 1957 on this day on a run of 2 weeks in the position was “Honeycomb”
by Jimmie Rodgers. Here is a recording of the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1ubG2f1-tol.
At 83 he is still active having survived a concussion administered by 3 LAPD
officers on December 1, 1967 which derailed his career for almost a year.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “precantation”
which means a prophecy which when it comes to impeachment of Donald Trump, the
MSM pundits are predicting with almost near unanimity.
5. Gems Need Only A Little Polish--celebrating the
birth on this day in 1985 of Marina Dimandis, a Welsh born singer of Greek
descent who was pushed by a teacher to become a singer which she has and a
popular one at that in the U.K and a powerful testimony of a person self
teaching herself to sing in Greek, play the piano and write music to succeed.
On this day in:
a. 1964
the opening ceremonies at the Tokyo Summer Olympics became the first to be
televised live by satellite.
b. 1966
the Beach Boys released their greatest hit “Good Vibrations” ranked number six Rolling Stone Magazine on the list of
greatest songs of all times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UsUL7D_GOo.
c.
1967 in an effort to reduce outer space as the equivalent of the Wild Wild
West, the Outer Space Treaty came into effect.
d. 1973 Vice President Spiro
Agnew resigned after being charged with income tax evasion.
e. 2018 Hurricane Michael made
landfall on the Florida Panhandle, killing 57 people and causing over $25
billion in estimated damages.
Reflections
on the death penalty: “As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the
victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed
to the death penalty for those convicted of capital offenses... An evil deed is
not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation.” Coretta Scott King Unless the murder
is so heinous and the certainty of guilt beyond any question, it is hard to
defend a practice that does not deter in almost all cases the taking of a human
life by a criminal.
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© October 10, 2019
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