Ridley's Believe It
Or Not—December 27, 2014:
Trust Santa visited your home with gifts that you do not want to take back and
not lumps of coal and your heart and soul received the gift of peace. As
always, I hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids and a
relevant quote from Marlene Dietrich, with a smile on your face, knowing that
after a Christmas feast with friends and family you have the will power to
avoid a slice of fruitcake even though it is National
Fruitcake Day, 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, 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. Constitution Day —make sure
you are sitting down when you read that today celebrates the Constitution of
North Korea enacted in 1998 that among other Koreaspeak grants the right of
free expression, freedom of religion and a fair trial limited of course by
Article 81 which requires citizens to "firmly safeguard the political and ideological unity and solidarity
of the people," and Article 82, which requires that citizens observe
"the socialist standards of life." What a crock!
2.
National Fruitcake Day—celebrating
the food often soaked in brandy to preserve it so it can be given back to
someone else as opposed to eating it not those mentally challenged.
3. Bombshell Day—celebrating
not a new bomb but rather the birthday on this day in 1901 of the original
blonde bombshell Marlene Dietrich, born in Germany but who became an American
citizen who was a staunch anti-Nazi and who during World War II is reported to
have sold more war bonds than any other celebrity and who performed before more
than 250,000 troops.
4. 1968 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song on this day in 1968 I Heard It Through the Grapevine by Marvin Gaye—another classic.On this day in
a. 1929 in a reminder moment that Vladimir Putin is an evil person Joseph Stalin as head of the Communist Party ordered the liquidation of the kulaks as a class of people.
b. 1945 the International Monetary Fund
and the World Bank were created by 29 nations.
c. 1978 Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years
of Franco’s dictatorship.
d. 2001
China was granted normal trade relations with the United States despite its
persistent currency manipulation, theft of traded secrets, price dumping, and
infringement of trademarks all designed to create the huge trade deficit we now
face.
e. 2004 radiation from the largest extrasolar explosion ever witnessed
on this planet from magnetar SGR 1806-20 reached Earth.
Reflections on a better way to conduct one’s
self: “Sex.
In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.” Marlene Dietrich Maybe that’s why
we have so much adultery, pornography and prostitution.
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