Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For
January 23, 2019 In a childish temper tantrum, Nancy Pelosi has cancelled
President Trump’s SOTUS scheduled for the 29th in the Capitol and
the Senate votes tomorrow on two competing bills to open the government, one
with wall funding which Trump supports but is problematic of getting 7 Blue
votes and the other which has no funding and funds DHS until the 9th
of February which Trump will veto (shutdown will continue because the only phrase
Schumer and Pelosi can mouth is “dead on arrival” or “it’s a nonstarter” even
as another massive caravan of illegals from Honduras is headed our way); chaos
in Venezuela as the President of the National Assembly has named himself
interim president, the U.S. has withdrawn recognition of Maduro as the lawful
president and warned him that he will be accountable for death and destruction
inflicted on citizens (as the largest customer for Venezuelan oil we have the
ability to make good on that threat) and
he has severed diplomatic relations with the U.S. and ordered all Americans and
diplomats out of the country within 72 hours (AOC really needs to bone up on
the chaos of socialism there with the astronomical inflation rate that has destroyed
people’s ability to buy basic necessities); Samatha Gutherie of the Today Show was slammed by leftist tweets
for having Nicholas Sandman on the show as well as being slammed by
conservatives for biased and aggressive questioning (the rush to judgment
against the Covington students was not warranted especially when a full video
surfaced showing that they were not disrespectful but the targets
of profanity laced insults); Twitter
has suspended the account of @2020fight that promoted the viral video claiming
the Covington students were harassing a Native American activist; Andrew Cuomo
is in seventh heaven after signing a bill in New York that legalizes abortion
right up to birth (no wonder the Catholic Church is publicly questioning his
faith); on the reptilian brain front, evidence that the reptilian brain does
not respect race, gender or party as it claimed another victim, Sheila Jackson
Lee who announced she is resigning as chairperson of the Black Caucus
Foundation due to a former staffer’s lawsuit against her for firing her after
she had been raped by one of Lee’s supervisors.
As always, I
hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Destiny’s
Child, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you do
not suffer from oligophrenia and a relevant quote from the Pearl family on
Daniel Pearl, 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. National
Handwriting Day—created by the National Writing Instruments Manufacturers Association
on this day in 1977 to celebrate the importance of handwritten notes and
messages that with the advent of texting, computers and emails are becoming a
lost art.
2. National Library
Shelfie Day—created by the New York Public Library on this day in 2014 to
promote awareness of the importance of libraries in our culture, commerce and
education.
3. 2001 Number One Song— the number
one song on this day in 2001 on a run of 11 weeks in that position was “Independent
Women Part 1” by Destiny’s Child. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lPQZni7I18
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of
the day as we move from words beginning with “n” to words beginning with
“o” is “oligophrenia” which means feeble-mindless which seems to
characterize too many of our senior bureaucrats and politicians.
5. Hero on the
Hudson—celebrating
the birth on this day in 1951 of noted pilot Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger who
after 29 years as a commercial airline pilot on January 15, 2009 shortly after
takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City ran into f flock of geese,
knocking out both engines and forcing him to ditch safely in the Hudson River
but loosing no passengers; his feat was memorialized in the movie Sully starring Tom Hanks.
On this day in:
a. 1945 Admiral Karl Donitz launched
Operation Hannibal a massive sea lift to enable 350,000 soldiers and between 800,000-900,000
civilians to Denmark and Germany to escape the advancing Red Army.
b. 1986 the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame announced the induction of its first members Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray
Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee
Lewis, Elvis Presley, and Little Richard.
c. 1997 Madeleine Albright became
the first female Secretary of State.
d. 1998 Netscape announced Moziilla
with the intention to release Communicator code as open source software.
e. 2002 journalist Daniel Pearl was
kidnapped in Pakistan and several days later executed by beheading.
Reflections on the beheading
of Daniel Pearl: “"We would like him to be remembered for what he was in
his life, a passionate American and humanist who rose above political,
religious and cultural divisions, and used his pen ... to connect people of all
backgrounds."
Pearl Family statement after Dick Cheney invoked Pearl’s name in
attacking John Kerry for his stance on attacking terrorists.
Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter
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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.
© January 23,
2019, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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