Ridley's Believe It Or Not--This Day In History: May 2019

Friday, May 31, 2019

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Thursday, May 30, 2019

May 30, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not World MS Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For May 30, 2019 Mueller’s non press conference has ignited the flames of impeachment in the progressive wing of the Blues and revealed that he is an anti-Trumper hack with a performance rivaling Jim Comey’s disgraceful statements on HRC after detailing her criminal conduct on her treatment of classified material on her email server exonerated her from prosecution and thereby ignoring the fundamental rule of prosecutors that they must make a decision to prosecute or not prosecute without detailing alleged criminal conduct that without a prosecution the accused has no ability to clear his or her reputation (despite Mueller’s statement that he would not testify before the House, the Senate should soubpoena him to learn why after he must have known there was no collusion he continued his witch-hunt that could have affected the 2018 midterms); Alan Derschowitz certainly not a flaming conservativative totally castigated Mueller for his assertion that if he thought Trump had not committed a crime of obstruction the report would have said so as being totally inappropriate and designed further to aid Blues in their impeachment quest; disgraced Andrew McCabe who should be facing prosecution for perjury was on biased “Morning Joe” defending Mueller as not conducting a witch hunt and blasting those who claimed his report found no collusion; while the Blues continue to put their heads in the sand and deny the existence of a crisis at the border, 1000 illegals were arrested at the border in El Paso on Wednesday (if you live in a district represented by a Blue get on the phone, email or letter and urge them in no uncertain terms to leave their gated, secure communities and get to the border and open up their eyes and ears and talk to the Border Patrol and move on legislation that would give Border Patrol the resources and statuatory framework to address the flood of illegals); according to Pete Bettigieg’s brother in law, Pete is just another play the victim card politician by falsely claiming his male spouse was kicked out by his family after declaring himself to be gay; through May 29, 2019 907 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 180 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).

1. World MS Day—created by the MS International Federation in 2007 to promote awareness of multiple scelrosis and to promote research to find a cure for this debilitating disease that affects an estimated 2.3 million people worldwide.

2. Anniversary of the Discovery of Kryton—on this day in 1898 William Ramsey and Morris Travis discovered an inert gas they called Krypton after the Greek word kryptos which means hidden.

3. 2015 Number One Song—the number one song on this day in 2015 on a run of 6 weeks in that position was “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgKAFK5djSk

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 “pathomania” which means moral insanity, a trait which seems to be infecting the progressive Blues infected with Trump Derangement Syndrome.

5. Born to Die Too Early—celebrating the birth on this day in 1886 of Randolph Bourne, noted American writer and essayist, who died a few days after coming down with bronchial pneumomia in 1918 at the too early age of 32.

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you are free of the grip of pathomania, and a relevant quote from Neil Cavuto on MS, 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.

On this day in:

a. 1431 at Rouen, France 19 year old Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.

b. 1911 the first Indy 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with Ray Herroun taking the checkered flag with a blistering average speed of 74.602 mph.

c. 1967 the Nigerian Eastern Region declared itself to be independent as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war which crushed Biafra in January of 1970.

d. 1974 the Airbus A300 entered service.

e. 1975 the European Space Agency was established.

Reflections on MS: “I don't know if many people know this about me, but I have multiple sclerosis. So I don't have time for a lot of shades of gray. I don't have time for BS.” Neil Cavuto, noted host of Fox News and Fox News Business Channel

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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

May 29, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not World Digestive Health Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For May 29, 2019 Mueller delivered a statement to the American people to the effect that his report speaks for itself, punted on the issue of obstruction of justice, reiterated Russian attempts to interfere with our election but found no collusion by the Trump campaign, resigned and indicated the ball was in Congress’ court on the issue of obstruction (Pelosi is not going to be pleased as her progressive wing will most likely ramp up calls for impeachment ignoring the question of how can you obstruct justice of an investigation of a non crime?); lying Adam Schiff was slammed by Trey Gowdy for objecting to the declassification of the FISA Court documents that will expose the role of the FBI and Intel agencies in using the false and unverified HRC funded anti-Trump dossier which Comey and other senior FBI and DOJ officials filed with the court misleading it that the contents were verified (throughout the Mueller investigation this pathetic lying hack kept touting the nonexistent evidence of collusion to the American people with the aid of the lackeys of the DNC, the MSM); the Midwest in May has been hit with 442 tornados almost twice the average due to a stalled weather front affecting the area; maybe the false news claims by Trump are striking a responsive chord as the leftist anti-Trump Washington Post has given the president of Planned Parenthood 4 Pinnochios for her false claim that before Roe v. Wade thousands of women died undergoing illegal abortions; a silver lining in the cloud of economic collapse buffeting Venezuela is crime is falling because criminals can no longer afford bullets and victims no longer have any money which gets more and more worthless each day; the meltdown of the leftist Blues continues as Mitch McConnell vows to fill any SCOTUS vacancy in 2020 (with Ruth Bader Ginsburg looking like she is on life support a vacancy before the election is a real possibility); through May 28, 2019 899 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 177 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).

1. International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers—created by the UN General Assembly on December 11, 2002 to honor the sacrifices of members of UN Peacekeepers forces and elebrated first on May 29, 2003 the anniversary of the first UN Peacekeeper force which was sent to the Middle East to monitor the ceasefire in the Arab-Israel War in 1948.

2. World Digestive Health Day—created by the World Gastroenterology Organization to promote enhancing digestive health, especially in developing nations.

3. 2014 Number One Song—the number one song on this day in 2014 on a run of 5 weeks in that position was “All Of Me” by John Legend. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=450p7goxZqg

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 “pathic” which means passive, a trait that is absent from Trump’s personality.

5. How Not To Impress A Girl—bemoaning the birth on this day in 1955 of John Hinkley, Jr, who was fascinated with Jodie Foster and tried to impress her on March 30, 1981 by shooting President Reagan and three others; he was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sentenced to psychiatric confinement and released in September of 2016.

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to John Legend, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you are not a pathic person, and a relevant quote from Kenneth Cain on UN Peacekeepers, 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.

On this day in:

a. 1953 Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay celebrated Norgay’s birthday by becoming the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

b. 1964 the Arab League met in East Jeruselem to discuss the Palestinian question which discussions led to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

c. 1985 Canadian amputee Steven Fonyo after 14 months completed a long distance marathon across Canadian by arriving in Victoria, British Columbia.

d. 2001 SCOTUS ruled that disabled pro golfer Casey Martin could use a cart while playing in PGA tournaments.

e. 2004 the National World War II Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.

Reflections on UN Peacekeepers: “If blue-helmeted U.N. peacekeepers show up in your town or village and offer to protect you, run. Or else get weapons. Your lives are worth so much less than theirs.”
― Kenneth Cain, Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures): True Stories from a War Zone

Monday, May 27, 2019

May 27, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Memorial Dayi

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For May 27, 2019 As America celebrates Memorial Day and the official beginning of summer, anti-Semites like Rashida Tlaib are pounding the impeachment drums madly claiming the House is moving toward consensus in that direction (if she is right which I believe she is not then the Blues in the House are completely ignoring the wishes of the vast majority of the Ameircan people who want nothing to do with it); Brian Stelter with his misnamed show “Relieable Sources” instead of eating crow and admitting he was in error in praising Michael Avenati as presidential candidate is defending his remarks (no wonder CNN should rightly stand for the Cack “News” Network); on the border security front, a privately funded organization We Build the Wall has announced it has started building a section of the wall in the El Paso area where the Border Patrol is apprehending almost 1000 illegals a day (the Blue party has too many monkeys claiming we see no crisis, hear no crisis and behind our walled estates feel no crisis); Meghan McCain has blasted Amy Klobacher for invoking McCain’s legacy in her campaign and tweeted her to stop; on the baseball front, Bill Buckner who played Major League Baseball for 22 years and retired with 2,715 hits and was infamous for his error in the 10^th inning that deprived the Red Sox of their first World Series win since 1918 died at age 69 of dementia; on the crowded Blue presidential primary front Joe Biden already blasted by Trump has having no energy is taking some flack for his less than energetic campaign pace (is his early lead making him a déjà vu ala HRC coronation quest?); on the opioid addiction front Teva Pharmaceuticals of Jeruselum which had been sued by Oklahoma for contributing to the crisis in that state has settled two days before trial for $85 million leaving Johnson and Johnson as the remaining defendant; Trump is meeting Premier Abe in Japan and after some golf and watching Sumo wrestling will be discussing a range of issues including North Korea and Iran; Bart Starr the first quarterback to win 5 Super Bowls has died at 89; through May 26, 2019 885 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 172 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).

1. Memorial Day—celebrated first on May 5,1866 in Waterloo, New York to honor those who had perished in the Union Army and spread to other cities and states and at the national cemetery at Arlington on May 30, 1868 where 5,000 people gathered to hear a speech by General James Garfield as flowers and flags were placed on the graves on the 20,000 Union and Confederate grave sites. After World War One the former name Decoration Day was changed to Memorial Day to honor all veterans for their sacrifice.

2. National Gray Day—Voices Against Brain Cancer and observed since 2014 to create awareness of this disease and promote research for a cure; today is the day to wear gray in support of our gray matter.

3. 2013 Number One Song—the number one song on this day in 2013 on a run of 5 weeks in that position was “Can’t Hold Us” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewsi feat. Ray Dalton. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNSgSzhBfM

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 “patation” which means the act of drinking which if done today at a barbecue is done in moderation.

5. The Quintuple Big Hurt Threat—celebrating the birth on this day in 1968 of first baseman and designated hitter Frank Thomas to become the only Major League player to have 7 consequtive seasons with a batting average of at least .300, at least 100 rbis, at least a 100 runs, at least a 100 walks and at least 20 home runs; he is now on TV applying the big hurt to ED as the commercial spokesman for Nutragenix.

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you can enjoy a patation in moderation at your Memorial Barbecue, and a relevant quote from Eric Burdon on Memorial Day, 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.

On this day in:

a. 1933 to the joy of future securities lawyers the Securities Act of 1933 requiring registration of the sale of securities with the Federal Trade Commission was enacted.

b. 1967 the U.S. Carrier John F. Kennedy was launched by Jacquilin Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.

c. 1984 the Danube-Black Sea Canal, 96 kilometers in length was opened having been built primarily with jailed political prisoners at a cost of $2 billion but earns around €2 million yearly in canal revenue.

d. 1998 Michael Fortier in exchange for agreeing to testify against Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols in conjunction with the Oklahoma City Bombing and immunity for his wife was sentenced to 12 years and released after serving 10 ½ years.

e. 2016 President Barack Obama became the first U.S. President to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet with Habakusha (residents of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who were exposed to the atomic bombs dropped there).

Reflections on Memorial Day: " On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live.” Eric Burdon noted English singer and member of the bands The Animals and War. A great way to celebrate Memorial Day would be a few less beers at the Memorial Day barbecue and a donation of the savings to Wounded Warriors.

Friday, May 24, 2019

May 23, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not World Turtle Day91

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For May 23, 2019 On divisive front, Pelosi must be under great stress from her progressive wing which is clamoring for impeachment as she came out claiming Trump is engaged in a cover up and obstructing justice and calling for the president’s family and friends to perform an intervention (ironic that she uses a term used in the treatment of alcoholics when Trump is a nondrinker); sadly the anti-Trump animus of the Blues has become so all consuming and toxic that nothing concerning the issues Americans want solve will merit attention; after being labeled a felon for obstructing justice by Pelosi, Trump walked out of a scheduled infrastructure meeting (turn the rhetoric down Nancy and start legislating on a bipartisan basis); on the impeachment front, Wells Fargo has turned over reams of financial records of Trump’s financial records to the impeachment queen Mad Maxine Waters; in another move to restore sanity to our broken immigration system, Trump is moving to enforce existing law that requires a sponsor of an immigrant to reimburse the government for any aid like Medicaid that immigrant received; Julian Assange has been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring with Chelsea Manning to leak thousands upon thousands of classified documents; scientists have discovered a large reservoir of ice one mile beneath the planet’s surface as NASA continues its progress on a manned expedition to Mars by 2030; in an Op-Ed The New York Times has castigated many Blue led cities as being unlivable with homeless and drug problems out of control; on the democracy front the votes of over 600 million Indians have finally been counted and Narendra Modi has been reelected by a landslide; the Senate has passed a $19 billion disaster relief bill for states and Puerto Rico ravaged by hurricanes, flooding, tornadoes and other natural disasters (sadly no money for a human disaster the flood of illegal aliens across our border); through May 22, 2019 844 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 167 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).

1. World Turtle Day—created by American Tortoise Rescue to promote awareness of the problems faced by turtles and tortoises.

2. World Crohns and Colitis Day—observed since 2007 to promote awareness of Crohn's Disease and colitis and to promote research for a cure.

3. 2012 Number One Song—the number one song on this day in 2012 on a run of 8 weeks in that position was “Somebody That I Used To Know” by Gotye feat. Kimbra. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY

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 “passus” which means a section of a poem or story.

5. The Few The Proud The Marine Laughter—celebrating the birth on this day in 1958 of game show host and comedian Drew Carey who served in the Marines and performed as a comedian which shows Marines do have a sense of humor.

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Gotye feat. Kimbra, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you can enjoy a passus of your favorite work, and a relevant quote from Frank Hammer on the slaying of Bonnie and Clyde by police, 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.

On this day in:

a. 1934 infamous bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed by police and killed.

b. 1945 after being arrested by British troops Heinrich Himmler who had hidden a suicide pill in his mouth bit on it and died.

c. 1995 the first version of Java was released.

d. 2013 At Mount Vernon, Washington, one span of the Interstate 5 Bridge over the Skagit River collapsed fortunately with no fatalities.

e. 2014 7 people including the perpetrator and misogynist Eliot Rodger died in a Santa Barbara shooting spree and 14 were wounded.

Reflections on the police fatal ambush of Bonnie and Clyde: "I hate to bust the cap on a woman, especially

when she was sitting down, however if it wouldn't have been her, it would have been us".FRANK A. HAMER (After slaying Bonnie in ambush).

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.

Monday, May 20, 2019

May 20, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not World Metrology Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For May 20, 2019 On the impeachment front an Obama appointed federal District Court Judge Amit Mehta has just ruled that a subpoena for Trump’s financial records going back to 2011 is valid and worse for the Trump team has failed to stay the order unless stayed on appeal in seven days; rabid anti-Trump John Brennan should be sweating blood as the investigation into the start of the Russian collusion probe should expose potential perjury by him over the use of the Russian anti-Trump dossier as an email from Comey to senior members at the FBI relates that Brennan wanted the anti-Trump dossier included as the basis for commencing the counter intelligence investigation which ran counter to his testimony to Congress (no one deserves jail time more than Brennan for his attempt to bring down a duly elected president); 2 percent growth rate Joe Biden continues to make a fool of himself on the campaign trail with the absurd claim of the recovery resulting from the failed efforts of the Obama-Biden Administration and continuing to dig his head deeper into the sand by claiming China does not constitute a threat to the U.S. (probably desperate to divert attention from the sweetheart deal with China his son Hunter was rewarded with during the Obama-Biden Administration); Jim Carey has just proved again he should stick to scripted comedy and not weigh in on divisive issues like abortion as he did with a tweet bemoaning the fact that the governor of Alabama had not been aborted which created great backlash among the pro life movement but also support as it highlighted the deaths; in another example of why the death penalty does not deter crime, an inmate in Tennessee who was sentenced to death in 1985 just died, not from being executed but from cancer in prison 34 years after sentencing; City of Commerce officials meeting at a conference in Indian Wells got into a melee that left one councilman in the hospital (another sign of the divisiveness plaguing our political environment?); in an effort to pare costs, Ford is laying off 7,000 salaried workers globally; Lori Lightfoot has become Chicago’s first openly gay black female mayor and faces major problems of unfunded pension plan liabilities and shootings; on the hurricane front, the first storm has appeared in the Atlantic with a 70% chance of developing into a hurricane by this evening and if so will be called Hurricane Andrea); through May 19, 2019 817 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 162 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).

1. World Metrology Day—promoting worldwide uniformity of measurements and celebrated on the anniversary of the Metre Convention in 1875.

2. World Bee Day—created by the U.N. in December, 2017 to promote the awareness of the importance of bees and other pollinators in agriculture and celebrated on this day as it represents the birthday of Anton Janša, a pioneer apiarist who was born on this day in 1734.

3. 2011 Number One Song—the number one song on this day in 2011 on a run of 2 weeks in that position was “E.T.” by Katy Perry feat. Kanye West. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Sd5c4o9UM

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 “pasquinade” which to lampoon which SNL used to do until it deviated into its non funny anti-Trump bashing.

5. The Juice Man—celebrating the birth on this day of Dan Abrams whose rose to fame as the legal analyst covering the trial of O.J. Simpson to become the chief legal analyst for NBC News to branch out and form his own media company and host for A&E’s PD Live.

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Katy Perry feat. Kanye West, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you are not subject to a pasquinade, and a relevant quote from Frank Boccia on Hamburger Hill, 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.

On this day in:

a. 1940 the first prisoners arrived at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland.

b. 1969 the ten day battle by U.S. and South Vietnamese forces to capture a hill with no strategic or tactical value ended with the North Vietnamese withdrawing after suffering heavy casualties only to see U.S. forces abandon the position several days later, indicative of the futility of the Vietnam War.

c. 1980 in a referendum, 60% of the residents of Quebec voted against withdrawing from Canada.

d. 1983 Luc Montagnier published in Science his discovery of the HIV virus.

e. 1996 SCOTUS in the case of Romer v. Evans overturned a Colorado statue that prevented any town, city or county from taking any legislative, executive or judicial actions to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.

Reflections on the Battle for Hamburger Hill by an officer who was there: “The old refrain is that there are no atheists in foxholes. That's nonsense. They are there by the millions. There is little in combat that will lead one to look upon the Creator with favor. What can't be there, instead, is the individualist, the selfish, the self-consumed, the self-centered, the aloof loner. Such a man cannot long survive. The terror of combat cannot be described by fear of death. There are worse things. The world can suddenly become a very cold place...He needs warmth, a fire, to survive: His discipline, his training, his duty, honor and country, his family, and ultimately the very oak of his manhood are thrown into the blaze, but they are not enough to save him. At the end, he needs the warmth of his comrades. Otherwise, all he will have with which to face the cold dark will be his own spent soul.” ― Frank Boccia, The Crouching Beast: A United States Army Lieutenant's Account of the Battle for Hamburger Hill, May 1969

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.

Thursday, May 16, 2019

May 16, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Day Biographers Dayy;oe

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For May 16, 2019 On the demographic front with pro life groups claiming that since Roe v. Wade millions of abortions have occurred amidst news that the U.S. birth rate has fallen to the lowest level in 32 years with potentially profound effects on social programs such as Medicare and Social Security, the abortion debate rages on in Missouri and Alabama while AOC rants on that women should not be having children if because of climate change, the children so conceived will be dead in 12 years (on the climate change front, California is looking at a forecast of 2 feet of snow and the Midwest is bracing for a flurry of winter storms); the SAT test adversity factors looking at a student’s economic and social factors continues to expand to more high schools (shades of affirmative action déjà vu); Whoopi Goldberg rightfully mocked Bill de Blasio’s announcement of his running for president claiming he has been a total failure as mayor of New York City while co-hosts Behar and Hostin had the temerity to to tout his “accomplishments (Blues need another hack like de Blasio like they need a hole in the head); O’Rourke whose campaign seems dead in the water was live streaming his haircut at a barbershop in El Paso (feel sorry for the stork that drew the short straw and was saddled with the task of delivering him); in a stiff upper lip moment a driver in England was fined and his license suspended for and outrageous amount of garbage in the front seat of his car https://www.foxnews.com/auto/driver-fined-dangerous-fast-food; Trump is announcing his comprehensive immigration plan which will end chain migration and visa lottery migration, focus on immigrants with needed skills, speed up adjudication of deportation hearings and require asylum seekers to file in their home country (border is a total disaster which even some brave Blues are agreeing that this is the case, but any chance for meaningful reform is probably dead but every American between now and the election who is killed by an illegal will give Reds a chance to slam Blues ala Willie Horton); the troika of deception and lies, Comey, Clapper and Brennan are at each other’s throats as the DOJ probe of the Russian collusion hoax has begun (jail time for the three would be a great idea); through May 14, 2019 794 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 158 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).

1. Biographers Day—celebrating the first meeting in 1763 between noted biographer James Boswell and a remarkable man of letters, Samuel Johnson, who would become the subject of Boswell’s noted biography.

2. U.S. Nickel Day—commemorating the minting of the first 5 cent coin on this day in 1866.

3. 2010 Number One Song—the number one song on this day in 2010 on a run of 1 week in that position was “OMG” by Usher feat. Will.I.Am. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.ask.com/youtube?q=usher%20ft%20will%20i%20am%20omg&o=759433&l=sem&qo=saLink

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 “parvipotent” which means having little power which in the era of PACs and lobbyists describes the lot of ordinary voters to a tee.

5. Addictive High—bemoaning the birth on this day in 1861 of Herman Webster Mudgett better known as H.H. Holmes was was one of America’s first serial killers who murdered some 20-200 victims before being caught, tried, convicted and hanged on May 7, 1896.

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Usher feat. will.i.am, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you are not subject to being parvipotent, and a relevant quote from Xi Qinsheng on the Cultural Revolution, 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.

On this day in:

a. 1960 Theodore Maiman operated the first optical laser (a ruby laser) at the Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.

b. 1966 China issued its infamous “May 16 Statement” marking the beginning of the 10 year Cultural Revolution which proved to be a complete disaster in terms of economic growth and repression.

c. 1988 U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report indicating the addictive of power of tobacco was similar to heroin and cocaine.

d. 1991 Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the U. S. Congress.

e. 2005 in a what took you so long moment, Kuwait’s National Assembly voted in favor of allowing women’s suffrage by a 35-23 vote.

Reflections on the Cultural Revolution: “We were told that we needed to use violence to destroy a class, spiritually and physically. That was justification enough for torturing someone. They weren’t considered human anymore. If they were the enemy, they deserved to be strangled to death, and they deserved to be tortured. This was the education we received… the Cultural Revolution brought out the worst in people and the worst in the political system.”
Xi Qinsheng, former Red Guard Sick philosophy from a nation that we should consider an existential threa to our way of life

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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

May 14, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Stars And Stripes Forever Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For May 14, 2019 Comey and those involved in the failed attempt at the FBI to take down a sitting president should be sweating blood as Barr has named a District Attorney in Connecticut Durham to investigate the origin of the Russian counter intelligence probe who in stealth mode has already been investigating; another Blue, Montana Governor Bullock, has thrown his hat into the crowded field of 22 candidates pursuing the Quixote dream of becoming president with many of them like the illegal alien supporter queen Kamala Harris promising full medical care to illegals (what this leftist ideologue fails to grasp is the reality that Medicare for all including illegals means Medicare for none, including the millions of seniors who have paid into the system); Rashida Tlaib continues to disgrace the House with here anti-Semite remarks with the idiotic claim that her Palestinian ancestors provided a haven for Jews fleeing from the Holocaust (this anti-Semite on late night TV was claiming that anyone who slams her anti-Semite claims is a racist idiot and should be talked down to like 4^th graders); AOC and Sanders fresh off their idea to cap credit card rates and thereby closing ability of high risk borrowers to obtain credit and increase bank’s risk have come up with the “brilliant” idea of allowing the Post Office to offer banking services such as loans and savings accounts when the Postal Service continues to lose billions and is devoid of expertise in that field; disgraced pervert Anthony Weiner will soon leave a halfway house and register as a sex offender; Megan Rapinoe a star on the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team is being slammed for her taking a knee as the team begins its defense of its World Cup Championship; on the political correctness front the Texas Senate is moving forward with a bill banning discrimination by businesses like Chick-Fil-A based on its religious beliefs (hopefully the Texas House will come to its senses and pass the bill also); on the academic political correctness front spoiled students at Harvard have forced the university to not renew a house dean position of a Harvard professor whose has joined the Harvey Weinstein defense team because students felt threatened (what a total crock making a mockery of the proposition of innocent until proven guilty and the 5^th Amendment right to a fair trial; replaying the past when Coca-Cola contained cocaine, a heir to the Coca-Cola fortune was arrested when a search of his private jet in St. Kitts uncovered 5,000 marijuana plants and $1.3 million of cannabis on board; 44 states and Puerto Rico have filed and anti-trust suit against generic drug manufacturers alleging price fixing and collusion; through May 12, 2019 775 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 151 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).

1. Dance Like a Chicken Day—dedicated to the “Chicken Song” written by accordion player Werner Thomas from Davos, Switzerland in 1955.

2. Stars and Stripes Forever Day—celebrating the first public performance of John Phillip Souza’s most famous march “The Stars and Stripes Forever” on this day in 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the occasion of the unveiling of a statue of George Washington.

3. 2009 Number One Song—the number one song on this day in 2009 on a run of 12 weeks in that position was “Boom Boom Pow” by the Black Eyed Peas. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m48GqaOz90

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 “parvanimity” which means smallness of mind which unfortunately describes many of our politicians to a tee.

5. Dream Lover—celebrating the birth on this day in 1936 of noted singer and songwriter Walden Robert Cassotto better known to his fans as Bobby Darin having taken the last name by looking at the neon sign for a Mandarin Chinese food restaurant where the “man” was not working. He was a sickly children and fought several bouts with rheumatic fever overhearing a doctor’s prediction that he would not live past 16 which spurred him to a short meteoric career which ended on December 20, 1973 after having open heart surgery to repair a rheumatic fever damaged heart valve from which he never regained consciousness.

As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Black Eyed Peas, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you are not cursed with parvanimity, and a relevant quote from Chief Justice William Rehnquist on DUI, 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.

On this day in:

a. 1878 the last witchcraft trial in the U.S. began in Salem, Massachusetts after being filed by Lucretia Brown against Charles Spofford, only to be dismissed by the judge in favor of the defendant.

b. 1913 the Rockefeller Foundation was issued a charter by New York and commenced operations with a $100 million donation by John D. Rockefeller (the equivalent of $2,581,292,929 in today’s dollars.

c. 1961 the Freedom Riders Bus was firebombed near Anniston, Alabama and the riders attacked by an angry mob of whites.

d. 1973 Skylab, America’s first space station was successfully launched into orbit.

e. 1988 near Carrolton, Kentucky Larry Mahoney with a BAT of .24% two hours after the crash drove this truck into a bus used by a church group, killing 27 people aboard it. He was convicted of manslaughter and served 10 years 11 months and in a silver lining the crash led to the formation of MADD and increased sentences for DUI.

Reflections on dui from Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 1990: "No one can seriously dispute the magnitude of the problem...drunken drivers cause an annual death toll of over 25,000." --from the Supreme Court decision allowing sobriety checkpoints.

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