Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 21, 2019 Jussie Smollett
has gone from victim to being charged with a Class 4 felony in Chicago for
filing a false police report and from all the celebs who rushed to judgment to
condemn Trump for the “attack” only the sounds of silence; Sharpton who rose to
fame as a spokesman for Tawana Brawley who falsely claimed that she had been
raped by 4 white men has met with Kamala Harris urging that if the allegations
agains Smollett are true he should be punished to the full extent of the law
(with her Trump Derangement Syndrome she is losing some of her luster); MSNBC
the Mostly Slanted News Broadcasting Company finally broke silence on the
Smollett arrest by implying that it was due to the bias of Trump supporting
Chicago police (what an absolute crock which explains why that network has zero
credibility); Stephan Ruhle whose anti-Trump animus makes her look like a fool
is in hot water for her relationship with the CEO of Under Armor; UC Berkeley the home of the
Free Speech Movement is anything but when it comes to conservatives as a
recruiter for Turning Point USA was punched in the face and his recruiting
table overturned (very disturbing trend of the rise of the violent left); in
North Carolina the elections board for the 9th Congressional
District has ordered a reelection due ballot fraud; in a true silver lining
moment a furloughed federal employee who had purchased a lottery ticket several
days before the shut down has come forward to claim a $29.5 million prize.
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a
music link to Harry James His Orchestra with Helen Forrest, factoids of
interest for this day in history, the fact if traveling in an orogen you
remembered to pack chains in the truck and a relevant quote from an unnamed tobacco
company executive on smokeless tobacco, 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. Great American Spit Out Day—created to promote abstinence of
smokeless tobacco that filthy habit that is highly cancerous with a host of
chemicals that are not good for human beings.
2. National Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day—celebrated since
2001 to promote girls entering engineering.
3. 1943 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 1943 on a run of 2 weeks
in that position was “I Had the Craziest Dream” by Harry James and His
Orchestra with Helen Forrest aka the Voice of the Big Bands. Here is a
recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smmTbHdeX48
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 “orogen” which means a mountain pass
which when traversed during the winter should be in a car with chains in the
trunk.
5. Infinite Jest—celebrating
the birth on this day in 1962 on noted author and writer of such books as Infinite Jest who sadly despite his
critical and financial success suffered from depression and committed suicide
on September 12, 2008.
On this day
in:
a. 1937 the League of Nations banned “foreign volunteers” in the
Spanish Civil War, a ban that was largely ignored.
b. 1948 NASCAR, certainly to be on AOC’s hit list in her
green new deal, was incorporated.
c. 1972 President Richard Nixon visited Chine to normalize
relations with that nation.
d. 1974 the last Israeli soldiers left the west bank of the Suez
Canal after a truce with Egypt ending the Yom Kippur War.
e. 1975 former Attorney General John Mitchell and White House
Advisers H.R. Haldeman and John Ehlrichman were sentenced to prison for their
role in the Watergate Scandal.
Reflections on smokeless tobacco: “Many people felt that younger chewers
would be attracted to products with less tobacco taste. For example, it was
suggested that we investigate the possibility of borrowing switching study data
from the company which produces "Life Savers" as a basis for
determining which flavors enjoy the widest appeal.” 1979 memo from a tobacco company executive The
only thing favorable about smokeless tobacco is that there is no second hand
smoke to cause cancer in bystanders.
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