January 22, 2018 Ridley's Believe It Or Not National Hugging Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 22, 2018 By a vote of 81-18 the Senate ended the its filibuster and handed Schumer a rejection of his attempt to keep the government shut down to hold American citizens  and the military hostage so could pursue his quest for the votes from the Dreamers (what a false label--should be called Nightmarers) and without an end to chain and lottery immigration open the floodgates for another 3-4 million  legals streaming into this nation regardless of skills or education; in another example of Blues believing that it is their solemn duty to redistribute wealth and the Reds believing it is their solemn duty to foster the creation of wealth the Blues in California are introducing legislation to impose a surfcharge of 50 percent of large corporations’ savings from the tax cut just passed;; CNN which delusionally prides itself as the News you can trust is trying to spread panic with the claim that an asteroid will brush the Earth on February 4 a claim that JPL has dismissed as ludicrous; MS-13 targeted by the DOJ is trying to send younger and more violent members to spread terror in the U.S; a 4 page memo detailing rampant illegal surveillance of Trump supporters by the DOJ will hopefully be soon released which should cause Mueller’s witch-hunt to be ended and a purge of top DOJ and FBI officials; in Chicago through January 21 2018 143 people have been shot of whom 24 have died.

      As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Player,  factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact you are not viewed as a libidinist, and a relevant quote by Linda Blair on why she did not have children,  secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like 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 Hugging Day—created by Kevin Zaborney in Clio, Michigan in 1986 to promote more hugging of friends and family members but is an observance and habit that should be celebrated more than one day a year.

2. Dance of the Seven Veils—commemorating the dance of Salome before Herod II on his birthday for which she was rewarded with a wish of her choice which was the head of John the Baptist.

3. 1978 Number One Song— the number one song in 1978 on a run of 3 weeks in that position was “Baby Come Back” by Player. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnfSoaJxe3Y 

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “libidinist” which is lewd person and describes all of the reptilian brains that have been in the news lately like Matt Lauer and Harvey Weinstein.

5. Spinning 360--celebrating the birth on this day in 1959 of note actress Linda Blair forever immortalized in The Exorcist  in her role of Regan who was possessed and underwent an exorcism by  Ridhard Burton while spinning her head 360 degrees. 

          On this day in:                                                               

a. 1957 George Metesky better known as the “Mad Bomber” who had terrorized New York City for 16 years planting 33 bombs at various public places that ended up injuring 15 people was arrested in Waterbury. Connecticut but found to be mentally insane and incompetent to stand trial and was held in a New York State Mental Hospital before being released in 1974 as he was then viewed as harmless; he returned to his home in Waterbury to live another 20 years without any further bombs being planted.

b. 1968 the U.S. Military began Operation Igloo White, the planting of listening devices on and near the Ho Chi Minh Trail to try to stop and hinder the flow of North Vietnamese arms and men into South Vietnam.

c. Pan Am introduced its Boeing 747, the world’s first jumbo jet on its New York City to London route.

d. 1973 SCOTUS handed down its decision in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton which legalized abortion in all 50 states.

e. 1984 in one of the more memorable commercials in advertising history Apple introduced to the Amrican and world market its Macinstosh PC during Super Bowl XVIII. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zfqw8nhUwA   

Reflections  on having or not having children  by the birthday girl:“ One of the reasons I don't have kids is because I think people would have been very unfair to them. Think of it. You're still asking me questions about The Exorcist.” Linda Blair  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  Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.

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January 19, 2018 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Husband's Day (Iceland)

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 19, 2018 Unless McConnell can somehow pull the rabbit out of the proverbial hat, in 3 hours the government will  shut down and this day will be known as the day the Democratic members of the Senate blindly like lemmings followed their tyrannical leader Chuck Schumer to put the interest of some 800,000 illegals ahead of the needs of the military and the American people and forced the government to shut down (a pox upon Chuck Schumer for the Schumer Shutdown and a pox upon the stooges like Feinstein and Harris who stood with him); in the blame game for a shutdown MSM is on Blues side biased advocates like Acosta can’t from reality hide (need 60 votes to control the Senate which Reds do not have and there is not one Blue Senator brave enough not to be Schumer’s lackey; NBC should be known as the Nonstop Bias Channel but now has a new acronym Nonstop Bullying Channel as Megyn Today’s fired top writer Kevin Bleyer released a blistering email of the bullying of the staff by Megyn’s two female producers which has been ignored by the company’s HR department and president of NBC News (the same one who spiked the story on perverted Harvey Weinstein’s escapades; Judicial Watch has just released 78 pages of HRC’s recovered emails which show 3 marked classified and numerous emails relating to security issues which during the phony investigation HRC lied to investigators that she was unaware of any such concerns (why is McCabe, and his pro HRC lackeys still employed at DOJ or FBI a sane person would ask); disturbing bombshell that the anti-Trump dossier paid for by the DNC and HRC campaign replete with false statements provided by Russians was used to obtain FISA warrants to spy on Trump supporters and transition team (Schiff if you are reading this that revelation is the real clear and present danger to our democracy not your phony collusion delusion fabrications); on the culinary front a man who ate sushi every day in Fresno went to the ER complaining of gastrointestinal distress to see a 5 ½ foot tapeworm removed from his body; almost a stuck record or a gruesome  remake of Groundhog Day, Chicago style,  the carnage in Chicago continued unabated with total shootings by mostly minorities against mostly minorities in 2018 through January 18 increasing to 112  of whom 18 have died while nothing is being done to hinder or prevent the killings of minorities by minorities.

       As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Stevie Wonder, factoids of interest for this day in history, a day free from libertinage, a relevant quote by Jodie Sweetin on the importance of self love, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like 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. Husband’s Day (Iceland)—slow day for holidays and observances unless in Iceland to celebrate the first day of Þorri watching farmers put on one leg of their pants and hop around outside announcing to all in ear shot that there would be a feast that day (did not make this up).

2. Kokboro Day (Tripura, Indian)—celebrated in this state to promote a language that has been spoken in this region of India for thousands of years.   

3. 1977 Number One Song— the number one song in 1977 on a run of 1 week in that position was “I Wish” by Stevie Wonder. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYKYka-PNt0

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “libertinage” which means debauchery which when it comes to the entertainment, news, politics  and media worlds it seems that the reptilian brain is king and libertinage is not practiced in moderation.    

5. How Rude Not Sweet--celebrating the birth on this day 1982 of child actress prodigy Jodie Sweetin who starred as the middle sister in the sitcom Full House and its Netflix sequel Fuller House; she chronicled her struggles with alcohol (started drinking at age 14) and drugs like meth and ecstasy in unSweetined; fortunately she is believed to be clean and sober today.

       On this day in:                                                                                   

a. 1977 President Gerald Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D’Aquinno (also known as Tokyo Rose).

b. 1981 fearing a new sheriff in town, Iran signed an agreement to release the 52 American hostages that had been held for 14 months and whose captivity after the failed attempt to rescue them doomed the Carter Presidency.

c. 1983 Apple announced the Apple Lisa, the first commercial PC to have a graphical interface and a computer mouse.

d. 1986 the first IBM PC virus was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan and released into the wild.

e. 2012 the file sharing company Megaupload was shut down and its assets seized by the FBI and its owner to be extradited from New Zealnd to the U.S. for criminal prosecution (the wheels of justice are moving slowly as the extradition order is under appeal).     

Reflections on the need for self love from a recovering addict/alcoholic: “Most important, I hope you grow into a woman who loves herself. It is not an easy thing, self-love. It takes a lot of practice and time. But as a woman who is learning how to get there herself, I hope I can give that gift to you as you grow.” Jodie Sweetin 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  Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.

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January 18, 2018 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Thesaurus Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 18, 2018 House voted 230-197 with 6 brave Blues putting needs of country over the idiocy of Pelosi to vote in the yes column to fund the government on a short term basis but thanks to a unified front of Pavlovian dogs listening to Schumer the bill looks D)A as it will not have 60 votes to end a filibuster; may not equal the Academy Awards but Trump’s Fake News announced last night was truly a classic especially the winner being Paul Krugman an “economist” with the WSJ  who predicted that as a result of Trump’s victory the markets would never recover (what a joke as the Dow closed yesterday above 26,000 and is still holding above that mark today even as we approach a government shutdown due to Blues in the Senate sacrificing our military and needs of Americans for the needs of DACAs and the Blues craven needs for new voters—Trump should indicate in no uncertain terms that any bill passed by a Democratic controlled Congress in 2019 that grants amnesty as opposed to a long term path of citizenship coupled with a wall, increased border security, e-verify, end to chain migration replaced with merit based immigration, end to lottery visas, end to federal funding of sanctuary states and cities, Kate’s Law and perhaps a tax on funds sent by non permanent residents outside the country to help pay for the wall will be vetoed); Senator Flake made his swansong speech on the Senate Floor comparing Trump’s treatment of the press to Stalin and showed himself to be a complete and total idiot not worthy of remaining in the Senate; residents of Arizona are breathing easier tonight after the arrest of Cleophus Cooksey, Jr. who has been charged with 9 murders, including his mother and stepfather in a short span of 3 week; after an hour detailed briefing on the president’s mental and physical status, the MSM has gone totally ballistic in trying to refute the results that he is in excellent health—Sanjay Gupta who supposedly possessed a medical license should be ashamed of himself by claiming Trump has heart disease and of course Morning Joe aping Di Caprio in Catch Me If You Can was doing a great Doctor Kildare imitation of “I concur” that Trump was mentally ill; in Chicago through January 17, 2018 104 people have been shot of whom 18 have died.

      As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Diana Ross, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact you do not have to face a libeccio unless in northern Corsica, and a relevant quote by Kevin Costner on politics,  secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like 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. Week of Prayer Christian Unity—commemorating since 1908 in a world where Christianity is under attack on all sides the need for unity to oppose such attacks.

2. Thesaurus Day—perfect day to stretch your vocabulary and commemorate the birth on this day of Peter Mark Roget, the creator of Roget’s Thesaurus, a most useful tool in wordsmithing.

3. 1976 Number One Song— the number one song in 1976 on a run of 1 week in that position was “Theme from Mahogany” by Diana Ross. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOH6SzDX3l4

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “libeccio” which is a south or south west wind which predominates year round in Northern Corsica and with its high swell generating capabilities is a wind sailors should try to avoid.

5. Save The Last Dance For Me--celebrating the birth on this day in 1955 of noted actor and director Kevin Costner whose credits include Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, The Untouchables and Dancing with Wolves.

    On this day in:                                                                                   

a. 1967 Albert DeSalvo aka the Boston Strangler was convicted of numerous murders and sentenced to life in prison which proved to be very short as he stabbed to death by an inmate who was never convicted.

b. 1977 scientists discovered a previously unknown bacterium which was the cause of the deadly Legionnaires Disease so named because of the 130 Legionaires that had been attending a Legionaires’ Convention in Philadelphia that were hospitalized and the 25 who died.

c. 1981 Phil Mayfield and Phil Smith became the first humans to complete BASE jumps in all four categories (Buildings, Antennae, Spans and Earth) by jumping off a Houston skyscraper.

d. 1983 in a better late than never moment The International Olympic Committee returned to the family of Jim Thorpe the Gold Medals won in the 1912 Summer Olympics for the pentathalon and decatholon that it had required him to for having played two seasons of semi professional baseball.

e. 2005 the Airbus 300, the largest commercial jet plane in the world capable of carryin 525 passengers in a first, business and coach configuration or 853 in a sardine configuration of all coach made its debut at Toulouse, France.    

Reflections on politics form the birthday boy as our government once again gripped by partisanship gridlock nears another shutdown:“I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people.” Keven Costner Spot on as we watch the antics of 535 legislators and one president throwing tantrums like two year olds.  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  Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.

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January 17, 2018 Ridley's Believe It Or Not National Bootleggers Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 17, 2018 A great American hero Bob Dole received the Congressional Medal of Freedom today in a packed Rotunda of the Capitol but unless you watched Fox you would not know as CNN was fixated with the resignation of all members of the Park Advisory Board and MSNBC fixated on you guessed it the Mueller ongoing witch-hunt; freed from the shackles of the pathetic Obama economy, the Dow closed today in another record at 26,115.65 (safe bet that such good economic news that will sink the Blues will not be reported by the MSM); the Blues are still putting their hope of future Blue DACA voters and the needs of illegal DACAs over the needs of Americans and the military for a budget; Cory Booker when it comes to grandstanding has as much integrity as a cheap two bit hooker faking an orgasm for her John in his false outrage over s*holes lacking only some real tears (this pathetic excuse for a Senator should survey how lopsided the majority of Salvadorians or Haitians that believe they live in a real s* hole in their countries which is why they want out and apologize for his demeaning remarks the head of DHS; Senator Flake is a credit to his last name in a pathetic speech on the Senate floor comparing Trump to Stalin in his attacks on the press (news flash Flake, Stalin didn’t attack the press he just shot them, jailed them or banished them to a Gulag in Siberia); Sean Peen that noted high school dropout is on the rant trail again this time attacking Trump as an enemy of the state and of mankind (news flash Penn you do not have the mental firepower to make people want to hear what you think—stick to acting and hob knobbing with dictators like Chavez); in what has to be a record probably due to Officer Freezing Weather patrolling the streets of Chicago, that hell hole of murder and shootings has gone 5 consecutive days without someone being shot to death.

      As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Barry Manilow, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact you do not have to use libanomancy to determine your course of action in facing issues, and a relevant quote by Adam Hamilton on the role of earthquakes,  secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like 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 Bootleggers Day—commemorating a new class of criminals created when on this day in 1920 Congress banned the production and sale of alcoholic beverages which led to the Prohibition Experiment, the rise of organized crime and widespread corruption involving the police.

2. National Cable Car Day—commemorating the patent issued to Andrew Smith Hallidie for a cable car which was spawned by his witnessing horses on the hilly streets of San Francisco stumbling to their death and injury trying to pull heavy trolley cars.

3. 1975 Number One Song— the number one song in 1975 on a run of 1 week in that position was “Mandy” by Barry Manilow. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGfcD5qycQY Still going strong after 50 years of performing.

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “libanomancy” which the art of divination by watching the smoke from incense which probably would have been more accurate in the 2016 election than all the pundits and pollsters.

5. Dumb And Dumber In Real Life Also--celebrating the birth on this day in 1962 in Canada (or bemoaning it after hearing his rant from Hawaii after the false alarm over an incoming ballistic missile depending on your point of view) of James Carry noted for such films as The Mask and Dumb and Dumber. Like so many actors he should stick to acting and not spouting political observations about things he knows nothing about.

    On this day in:                                                                                   

a. 1962 near the town of Palomares, Spain a B-52 with 4 70 kiloton nuclear weapons aboard collided with a KC-135 tanker in midair destroying it and killing all four aboard along with three of the seven crewmembers aboard the B-52. Three of the nukes hit the ground but did not explode only contaminated the ground and the other went into the sea to be recovered some two months later, also unexploded.

b. 1977 capital punishment which had been put on hold in the United States by SCOTUS resumed in Utah with convicted killer Gary Gilmore being executed by firing squad.

c. 1994 the Northridge Earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale hit Northridge in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County, killing 57 and injuring some 8,700 others.

d. 1995 not to be outdone but not connected the Kobe Earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale hit Japan leaving between 5,502-6,434 dead and 251,000-310,000 people displaced.

e. 2007 the Doomsday Clock was set at five minutes to midnight as a result of North Korea’s nuclear program (given the progress made by the rogue regime I have to believe the clock stands today at 11:59:55 which is frightening and which reminds us we have got to get Russia and China involved in the denuclearization process or face the real probability of having to nuke the North’s ICBMs and its nuclear program).    

Reflections that earthquakes are your need friend to sustain life on the planet: “Why did the earthquake and tsunami occur in Japan? Was it the act of an angry God? No, it was the result of the movement and collision of the earth's tectonic plates - a process driven by the earth's need to regulate its own internal temperature. Without the process that creates earthquake, our planet could not sustain life.” Adam Hamilton, noted pastor of the 22,000 member United Methodist Church of the Resurrection located in Leawood, Kansas.  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  Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.

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January 16, 2018 Ridley's Believe It Or Not National Religious Freedom Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 16, 2018 You will be in the dark on this from the MSM in their attempt to destroy the Trump presidency, but the market just opened at over 26,000 points in a historic never before reached high but which tumbled below 26,000 when a ranking Blue House member indicated no clean DACA, no government funding to keep the doors open (MSM and Blue credibility with 90 percent negative coverage is next to squat and when workers open their paychecks in February the increased pay due to the tax cut will be the death knell of the Crumbs Queen Nancy Pelosi’s band of obstructionists that cast not one vote for the Trump’s tax cut); a chilling reminder that police work is full of danger as police in three states in the line of duty were shot with one in Texas being killed and one in South Carolina in critical condidtion ; Morning Joe with his leftist panel foaming like rabid dogs at the mouth over Trump’s s*hole comment which is probably the same comment most if not all of the immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti and many African nations would also make (making them in the eyes of Morning Joe bigots and racists); Bannon and Lewandowski (who has been subpoenaed by the chief witch hunter to testify) will be testifying before the House Intel Committee but transparency takes a hit as the testimony will be behind closed doors; that noted sexual pervert Kevin Spacey has now been accused of being a racist by the head of security hired by Netflix to protect him and his fellow actors (unfortunately the allegations were kept secret until the security firm did not have its contract renewed); if I were a DACA I would be outraged over the antics of Graham and Durbin in presenting to Trump a compromise that did not fund the wall and increased chain migration which Trump after being crystal clear what he would not accept—no funding for the wall, end to chain migration and the end to lottery migration; with the Russian collusion delusion fading into obscurity and the obstruction of justice probe looking more and more like it should be focused on HRC, the DNC, FBI and DOJ, the leftist MSM is off to the races on a spurious claim that Trump is unfit for office and showing signs of dementia as the White House Physician was grilled again and by them trying to force him to state he found which he did not signs of dementia show Trump unfit for office; on the DUI front Dennis Rodman was arrested by Newport Beach Police and charged with a DUI (wonder if his ”friend for life” will try  to intercede on his behalf); Aaron Rodgers, Danica Patrick’s new squeeze, has come out in favor of kneeling Colin Kaepernick being put on a NFL roster (wonder if she is influencing his opinion);  source for numbers of people shot and killed in Chicago in 2018 temporarily on hold but should be able to start releasing statistics shortly.

       As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Al
Wilson, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact you can turn the channel with MSM advocacy “journalists” like Don Acosta become rudely lanphanic during press conferences, and a relevant quote by Bob Inglis on the essence of freedom of religion,  secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like 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 Religious Freedom Day—created by Congress in 1992 to commemorate the passage on this day in 1786 in the Virginia Legislature of the Religious Freedom Statute authored by Thomas Jefferson which became the basis for the First Amendment to our Constitution.

2. National Without a Scalpel Day—created by the Innovation Initiative in 2015 to promote the use of Minimally Invasive Imaged-Guided Procedures such as arthroscopic surgery which dramatically reduce recovery time required.

3. 1974 Number One Song— the number one song in 1974 on a run of 1 week in that position was “Show and Tell” by Al Wilson. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItgAlRuafaU

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “lexiphanic” which is someone who is bombastic or who uses long words which are perhaps the hallmarks of political speakers like Obama.

5. Don’t Rock the Boat--celebrating the birth on this day in 1979 of Aayilah Houghton, musical prodigy whose career was tragically cut short in 2001 when the chartered plane she was in flying back to Florida from the Bahamas crashed some 200 yards after takeoff, killing her and all other passengers.

    On this day in:                                                                                   

a. 1883 the Swamp was created in with the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act and the creation of the United States Civil Service, that bureaucracy that became quickly entrenched and so difficult to remove incompetent members.

b. 1919 the 18^th amendment to the Constitution was ratified by two thirds of the states requiring that they implement Prohibition one year henceforth.

c. 1920 the League of Nations held its first session in Paris, Francis.

d. 1979 the Shah and his family seeing the safety for his family put at risk flee the Iraq, never to return again.

e. 2001 in a better late than never moment, President Bill Clinton awarded Teddy Roosevelt posthumously the Congressional Medal of Honor.    

Reflections on the essence of freedom of religion:“Freedom to convert is the essence of freedom of religion” Bob Inglis, noted former six term Red Congressman from Georgia. He is right assuming the conversion is not by the sword which typifies conversion in too many countries practicing Sharia. 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  Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.

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January 15, 2018 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 15, 2018 First we witnessed the antics of spoiled brats who boycotted the inauguration and now we are being treated to a new round of spoiled brats of Wilson, Waters, Lewis and Blumenauer who have announced they will not attend—no wonder why we have gridlock and obstruction from the Blues who still have not come to grips with the fact they lost and deserve our condemnation for this foolishness; the Uranium One scandal finally being investigated has produced its first indictment against Mark Lambrecht, Maryland transportation executive for money laundering and bribery to obtain contracts from Russians to transport out of the country uranium subject of the Uranium One deal ( Hillary and Bill better be lawyered up on this because if the DOJ is serious as opposed to the lip service paid by a corrupt Comey and his Clintonites, they may be facing along with Obama seeing the inside of a prison cell where they belong; Megyn Kelly left Fox to go to NBC in exchange for a $23 million paycheck but unlike her fellow high paid Nonstop Biased Cack cohorts she is not going to South Korea for the Winter Olympics raising questions that she may exit from that cesspool of advocacy journalism; Judge Persky who sentenced a Stanford swimmer to 6 months for raping an unconscious woman at a frat party will be facing recall as irate citizens turned in a recall petition with 95,000 signatures( what makes this worthy of comment is that the left is attacking leftist Senator Gillibrand for supporting the recall; on the really sick front David and Louise Turpin of Perris, California  were arrested and held on $9 million bail each for child endangerment of shackling 12 of their children to their beds and withholding food and water; source for numbers of people shot and killed in Chicago in 2018 temporarily on hold.

       As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Carly Simon, factoids of interest for this day in history, the lexicology readers of Ridley's Believe It Or Not-This Day In History are exposed to, and a relevant quote by Kenneth Adelmann on Desert Storm II that he wishes he never made,  secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like 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. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—commemorating work of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the advancement of civil rights through peaceful nonviolence and created by President Reagan in 1983 and celebrated by all 50 states in 2000.
More so than ever we need a man of his vision to be in the forefront of reducing the racial divide that exists today.

2. Elementary School Teachers Day—commemorating the positive effects on children’s lives that elementary school teachers have made.

3. 1973 Number One Song— the number one song in 1973 on a run of 3 weeks in that position was “You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZmCJUSC6g

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “lexicology” which is the study of words and their meanings which is one of the benefits for visiting Alaskanpoet.blogspot.com.

5. Drummer Boy--celebrating the birth on this day in 1909 of noted American drummer who was the first drummer inducted into the Drummer Hall of Fame but who sadly ceased beating the drums fast or slowly at the age of 64 due to leukemia. 

    On this day in:                                                                                   

a. 1943 the Pentagon was dedicated and open for business to win World War II..

b. 1967 the first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles with the Green Bay Packers defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.

c. 1976 Gerald Ford’s second attempted assassin Sara Jane Moore was sentenced to life in prison where she served 32 years until being paroled at age 77 on December 31, 2007.

d. 1991 the deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passed, paving the way for the U.S. and its coalition to commence 42 days of 100,000 sorties with 88,000 tons of bombs starting on January 16, 1991 and later followed by ground combat which defeated the Iraqis in 100 hours after Allied forces crossed into Kuwait and Iraq.

e. 2001 Wikipedia the on-line encyclopedia commenced operations.     

Reflections on the wrong park to take a walk in: “Desert Storm II would be in a walk in the park... The case for 'regime change' boils down to the huge benefits and modest costs of liberating Iraq.” Kenneth Adelman noted American diplomat and UN Ambassador under President Reagan. Talk about being wrong on that prediction given the fact there were no WMD present to justify the regime change and the U.S. totally misjudged the reaction to the occupation and complicity of the Iraqi administration in dividing the country and suppressing the Sunnis. 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  Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.

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January 14, 2018 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Ratification Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 14, 2018 the fingers are being pointed at the State of Hawaii for the false alarm of an incoming missile that caused all sorts of panic and emphasized the need to solve the problem of a soon to be nuclear armed North Korea (face to face would be fine and we have precedence of solving the Cuban Missile Crisis by the Soviets withdrawing their nukes from Cuba while the U.S. with little fanfare removed its Jupiter IRMBs from Turkey in which the message has to be crystal clear that Kim’s only chance to remain alive and in power is a destruction of his missile and nuclear weapons program coupled with a peace treaty with South Korea and a gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Peninsula (with South Korea’s larger population and economy that dwarfs the  economy of North Korea, it could build an armed forces power house that should be able to deter the North from crossing the 38^th Parallel); for political gain they think they will achieve by forcing a government shutdown, the Blues have squandered the future of the “Dreamers” by refusing to accept anything other than amnesty without any conditions (the Dreamers were right to boo Nancy Pelosi as they have to be smart enough to realize this issue is merely a ploy by the party with no ideas to increase the number of Blue voters not to benefit them); one can only hope that the Reds have got their message game on and will be able to pin blame where it belongs on the obstructionism of Schumer and Pelosi and their lackeys; Harry and Meghan find their upcoming nuptials clouded over inane remarks coming out of England about her “tiny brain” that will “taint” the Royal Seed; is Manning a patriot ala  Daniel Ellsberg who released the Pentagon Papers or a traitor like Eric Snowden, a question that Maryland Blue voters will have to decide as the convicted felon will be running for the Senate against the Blue incumbent (fitting that “she” chose the Blues that, had the FBI and the DOJ not been corrupted, would have as the Blue leader of the party a would be felon soul mate); 2018 in Chicago is off to another bloody start in terms of shootings and killings through the 10^th of January with 77 shot, 16 of whom have died while the mayor and his administration remain MIA in terms of addressing the problems faced by residents of color in that city.

       As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Don McClean, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact students entering college realize they will not be able to levant from the costs of a four year college as opposed to a community college that leaves the student with the ability to find a job and a relevant quote by Andy Rooney on predictions secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like 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. Ratification Day—commemorating the ratification by the U.S. Senate of the Treaty of Paris on this day in 1784 that formally ended the Revolutionary War.
2. Feast of the Ass—commemorating on a day when observances of note are few and far between not a feast to commemorate the achievements of the Democratic Party symbolized by a jackass a medieval Christian celebration commemorating the roll of the donkey in bringing Mary to a stable in Bethlehem.

3. 1972 Number One Song— the number one song in 1971 on a run of 4 weeks in that position was “Bye Bye Miss American Pie” by Don McClean. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr-BYVeCv6U

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “levant” which means to run away from one’s debt which is today so much harder after 8 years of Obama’s adding $10 trillion.

5. A Career that Lasted More Than a Few Minutes More--celebrating the birth on this day in 1919 of Andy Rooney long time journalist with CBS best noted for his closing remarks on 60 Minutes. 

    On this day in:                                                                                   

a. 1943 President Roosevelt became the first president to fly in an airplane when he boarded a plane in Miami and flew to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill to discuss war strategy.

b. 1952 NBC’s long running TV show Today made its debut with David Garraway as host.

c. 1967 the Human Be-In was held in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, launching the summer of love and a boom for florists selling flowers to wear in one’s hair in San Francisco.

d. 1967 The New York Times broke a story that the U.S. Army was conducting secret germ warfare experiments.

e. 1973 Elvis Presley’s live concert Aloha in Hawaii was broadcast via satellite and watched by the largest number of viewers to watch a program by a single entertainer.     

Reflections on pollsters and pundits in a polarized world: “The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong. Andy Rooney He was spot on on that observation on the predictions that Hillary would win in a landslide.

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  Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.

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