Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 27, 2016, 360 days to go in President Obama’s pathetic lame duck
term. Interesting theater with Trump who like a spoiled child took his
soccer ball home because he has a five month festering grudge against Megyn Kelly
and Fox News would not accede to his rules to replace her as a moderator of the
Republican debate. As always, I hope you enjoy Wednesday’s holidays and
observances, a music link to Guy Mitchell; factoids of interest, a relevant
quote from Primo Levi, looking forward to enjoying some peanut butter, 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. International
Holocaust Remembrance Day—commemorating one of the great stains
on our humanity, the Holocaust where over 6 million Jews were exterminated by
the Nazis. Unfortunately the cries of “Never again against genocide” are
getting weaker and more and more ignored in the Post WWII world especially in
the Middle East where ISIS and all sects of radical Islam continue to slaughter
Christians wherever they find them and the theocrats in Iran soon to be armed
with nuclear weapons continue to strive for the destruction of the Jewish
State.
2. Vietnam Peace Day—celebrating on this day a cease fire
for Vietnam War and at least for the U.S. the end of our fighting and
withdrawal in 60 days. Unfortunately South Vietnam refused to hold elections as
require and North Vietnam reentered hostilities and South Vietnam quickly fell.
3. 1957 Number One S ong—celebrating the number one song in 1957
on a run of nine weeks in that position Singing
The Blues by Guy Mitchell.
Here is a link to Guy Mitchell performing Singing
The Blues:
4. National Peanut
Butter Day—celebrating by all those kids not
allergic to peanuts and bemoaned by adults later in
life as it adds to the calories but at least your weight loosing
resolutions have by now been ignored so enjoy some peanut butter spread over
some hot toast.
5. Where Is The Mad Hatter When We Need Him Most?--celebrating the birthday on this day in 1832 of a man who would
be most welcome today to chronicle the theater we are witnessing in the
campaign for president by both the Reds and the Blues.
On this
day in:
a. 1785
the first public university in the United States was founded at Georgia.
b. 1945
the Red Army liberated the last surviving inmates at Auschwitz in Poland.
c. 1984
While filming a Pepsi commercial, Michael Jackson’s hair catches on fire.
d. 1996
Germany observed for the first time Holocaust Remembrance Day, something that
Turkey should have done decades ago with respect to its genocide of Armenians
in World War I.
e. 2006 in a fitting revenge for the technology of the telegraph
ending the Pony Express Western Union ended its telegram service, a victim of
the internet.
Reflections on the Holocaust and why the phrase “never again’ be
humanity’s theme: “Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly
dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to
believe and to act without asking questions.” Primo
Levi, noted Italian chemist, author and Holocaust survivor Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account
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