Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October 3, 2019 When it comes to
corruption hard not to say that Ukraine is in first place as documents released
today question how much Hunter Biden due to his father’s influence was raking
in and the extent to which the fired Ukrainian prosecutor was let go because he
would not back down from the Hunter Biden conspiracy to defraud (who to believe
and how in heavens name does a phone call rise to the level of improper
behavior when 5 Blue Senators still in the race know they could not beat Trump
and need to have him removed but will not most likely remove themselves from
voting on his guilt if the House impeaches him—typical hypocrisy from the likes
of Harris who demand members of the administration recuse themselves at the drop
of a hat); Maddow joins the bias pundits of the MSM claiming Trump will be
impeached but adds Pompeo and Barr are putting their necks at risk (what drug
is this biased ideologue smoking?); in a hopeful sign that the MSM may be
awakening to the evil of its Trump Derangement Syndrome Ways, The View skewered Rachel Maddow that she
may be part of the problem of the population’s growing distrust of the MSM; Chuck
Todd is off the deep end with his solemn pronouncements that we face a national
emergency because of Trump (we may face a national emergency but the cause is
not Trump but advocacy “journalists” like Todd spewing their bias); the
friendly skies while flying rarely exist and now in LAX the arrivals are going
to get less friendly as passengers instead of being picked up a the curb to be
whisked home after a miserable flight are going to have to take a shuttle from
the airport to use Uber, Lyft or taxis;; in Chicago through October 3, 2019, 2145
have been shot of whom, 368 have died but no one on the 3rd; in Baltimore with
a fraction of Chicago’s population, 256 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, a musical link
to Tony Bennett, the fact that we have not had to endure significant
pother this season in California, and a relevant quote on E-Waste by
Roscoe Barnett, 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. Blessing of the Animals at the Cathedral Day—created in honor
of St. Francis, the patron saint of animals, for parishioners to have their
animals blessed.
2. Eday—created by New Zealand Computer Access in 2006 to create awareness
of the need to dispose of used computers and peripherals in an environmentally sound
manner.
3. 1951 Number One Song— the number one song in 1951 on
this day on a run of 8 weeks in the position was “Because of You” by Tony
Bennett. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd5Id_1Y5_0. Who
ever you was she is causing Tony to continue singing at the ripe old age of 93.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “pother” which choking smoke or dust
which we have forward to look in California when our wildfires break out.
5. Double Trouble—celebrating not the daily consumption of a quart of alcohol and seven
grams a day but the cofounding of the band by that name by Stevie Ray Vaugh
born on this day in 1954 and who managed to get into rehab for his drug and
alcohol problems but had the misfortune of dying in a helicopter crash after a concert
on August 27, 1990.
On this day in:
a. 1863 the last Thursday in
November was proclaimed as Thanksgiving by Abraham Lincoln.
b. 1957 the California Supreme
Court ruled the Alan Ginsburg’s Howl and
Other Poems was not obscene..
c. 1981 the largest hunger
strike in Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ended after 7 months with 10 dead.
d. 1993 an attack by elite U.S. forces against a warlord
in Mogadishu, Somalia failed with 2 helicopters shot down and 3 more damaged
with 19 U.S. soldiers killed, 78 wounded and one captured and later released
with 200-500 Somali warriors killed and around 500 wounded.
e. 2008 the Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 designed to
counter the worst U.S, financial crisis since 2008 was signed into law by
President Bush.
Reflections on the creation and disposal of E-Waste: “"What
we're dealing with here is really a self-inflicted wound, a self-inflicted problem.
Much of this equipment is made with planned obsolescence. What is more
important -- to spend more time with these silly [electronic] games, or to use
less energy so there will be more available for our kids and grandkids?"
Roscoe Barnett, a Republican Congressman from Maryland
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