Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not—October 17, 2015 Trust your weekend is off to a
great start; as always I hope you enjoy Saturday’s holidays and observances, factoids
of interest, a music video by Lulu,
a relevant quote from Kofi Annan, looking forward to a serving of pasta,
blessed with a positive attitude and secure in the
knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable event 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 Edge Day—celebrated by hard core punk rock fans but who eschew recreational drugs, tobacco in response to the larger punk rock culture that uses them to great excess.
1. National Edge Day—celebrated by hard core punk rock fans but who eschew recreational drugs, tobacco in response to the larger punk rock culture that uses them to great excess.
2. International Eradication of Poverty Day—recognized by
the UN to promote the idea that whenever the
population is doomed to live in extreme poverty, human rights are
violated; unfortunately the basic premise that capitalism and entrepreneurship
free of stifling taxes and regulations have limited millions upon millions out
of poverty.
3. 1967 Number One Song—celebrating
the number one song in 1967 on a
run of 5 weeks in that position To Sir With Love by Lulu. Here is a link to Lulu performing To Sir With Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTapoA5RQyo
4.
National Pasta Day—celebrating
that great dish especially when combined with one’s favorite sauces and in the
Alaskanpoet’s case clams.
5. Wish Over Cars Not Stars—commemorating
not all those who dream of acquiring a top of the line car, but rather the
birthday on this day in 1938 of famous motorcycle stunt man and annuity for
orthopedic surgeons Evel Knievel famous for leaping over large numbers of cars
and buses and surviving albeit with great numbers of broken bones.
On this day
in:
a. 1888 Thomas Edison filed for a patent for the optical phonograph (movie).
b. 1907
Marconi began the first transatlantic wireless communications service between
Nova Scotia and Ireland.
c. 1931 noted
mobster Al Capone was convicted of federal income tax evasion.
d. 1933 Albert
Einstein fearing Nazi oppression of the Jews fled Germany and moved to America—his
letter to Franklin Delano Roosevelt indicating the feasibility of creating the
atomic bomb through the fission of uranium was instrumental in the approval of
the Manhattan Project and the creation of the atomic bomb which ended the war
in the Pacific.
e. 1956 the world’s first commercial
nuclear power plant was opened by Elizabeth II at Sellafield in Cumbria,
England.
Reflections on the
impact of poverty "On
this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, let us recognize that
extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us
recall that poverty is a denial of human rights. For the first time in history,
in this age of unprecedented wealth and technical prowess, we have the power to
save humanity from this shameful scourge. Let us summon the will to do
it." –Kofi Annan,
Ghanaian diplomat who served as the Secretary General of the United Nations
from 1997-2006 He may be right on the amount of wealth and technical prowess
but if in trying to eradicate poverty we forget how that wealth was created efforts
to reduce poverty are doomed.
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17, 2015, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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