Ridley's Believe It Or Not—November
24, 2014: Posted Friday morning a
Thanksgiving poem for your reading enjoyment which can be found on my
blog: http://alaskanpoet.blogspot.com/2014/11/thanksgiving-thoughts-end-black-friday.html Trust your weekend was a good one with your
favorite pro and college football teams in the win column and more importantly
that Monday is proving to be a great start on a short work week. As always I
hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids and quotes from David
Millibrand, with a smile on your sunscreened face, wondering if this is the day
to enjoy some sardines, blessed with a positive attitude even though you know
you will have to wade through tons of spam in your inbox, and secure in the
knowledge that if you want to find a gift for a memorable event or the coming Christmas, 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. D.B. Cooper
Day : commemorating the only unsolved U.S.
airplane piracy case emanating from a hijacking on this day in 1971 on a flight
from Portland to Seattle in which the hijacker obtained a $250,000 ransom and
then after taking off had the ramp on a 727 lowered and parachuted into the
night never to be seen again.
2. Brownie Locks Day—celebrating
the simple fact that while blondes are the point of all jokes, brown haired
girls are the love of most lives.
3. Influence
Day—celebrating the birthday of Dale Carnegie on this day in 1886, one
of the early motivational speakers and the author of How to Win Friends and
Influence People.
4. Light My
Fire Day—celebrating not the great line to a Rolling Stones song but
rather the birthday of William Buckley, Jr. on this day in 1925, a noted
conservative journalist who appeared for many years of the Firing Line.
5. National
Sardines Day—if you want a great amount of protein in a tin with no
mercury, packed in water, this is a great way to go.
On this day
in
a. 1859 Charles Darwin published On
the Origin of the Species; this day is also in some circles referred to as
Evolution Day.
b. 1932 the FBI Crime Lab,
the premier forensic criminal forensic facility, opened to the bane of
criminals not wanting to be caught by evidence left at the scene of their
crimes.
c. 1963 in the first
televised live murder, Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby while
being transported from the Dallas Police Station; if only he would have lived
to reveal what happened on the 22nd of November.
d. 2013 Iran signed an
interim agreement with the permanent members of the Security Council plus
Germany to limit its nuclear weapons program in exchange for reducing
sanctions---guess what today that agreement expires and Iran shows no
willingness to curtail it program to acquire nuclear weapons.
Reflections on Iran’s
unmitigated desire to possess nuclear weapons no matter what and the expiration
of the deadline: “The two biggest threats to international
security in 2013 are Iran getting a nuclear weapon, and Iran being bombed to
stop it getting a nuclear weapon. Both would precipitate a long and dangerous
conflict in an already unstable Middle East. Both would be a disaster.” David
Millibrand, former member of the
British Parliament. Not sure if bombing would produce a more unstable
environment than with ISIS is already there.
Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join almost 150 growing followers and please 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. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com Ridley's Believe It Or Not Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times
Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join almost 150 growing followers and please 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. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com Ridley's Believe It Or Not Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times
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