Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For April
8, 2016. Only 287 days to go in President Obama’s pathetic lame
duck term. Political theater is getting more and more exciting as BLM
protesters and Bill Clinton dueled at a campaign rally in Philadelphia; Sanders
doubled down that Hillary is not qualified but for the wrong reason http://alaskanpoet.blogspot.com/2016/04/sanders-is-right-hillary-not-qualified.html and not to be left out of the ongoing drama
of the $6 million Trump claimed to have raised for veterans only $2.4 million
has been received by charities supporting veterans. As always, I hope you enjoy today’s
holidays and observances, a music link to Freddie and The Dreamers, factoids of
interest, a relevant quote from Arthur Ashe whose birthday is noted,
while looking forward to enjoying some tasty empanada, blessed with a positive
attitude and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift
for any memorable events like birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries,
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1. International Feng
Shui Awareness Day—celebrating that ancient art the Chinese have practiced for over 3000
year—position of buildings to insure the inhabitants thereof enjoy a proper flow
of energy.
2. National Dog Fighting Awareness Day—participating in a dog fight with dogs trained under inhuman conditions
for that purpose is a felony in all 50 states, thousands of sadistic viewers
enjoy and practice this crime, one of the more famous of which was Michael Vick
who pled guilty to operating an illegal dog fighting ring and served 21 months
in prison.
3. 1965 Number One
Song—celebrating the number one song in 1965 on a run of two weeks in
that position I’m Telling You Now by Freddie and The Dreamers. Here
is a link to a young Merv Griffin smoking a cigarette and introducing Freddie
and The Dreamers performing I’m Telling You Now:
4. National Empanada Day—celebrating those delicious Spanish
and Latin American pastries stuffed with a variety of filings like beef, pork
or cod then fried or baked.
5. Never Know When
Your Time Up—celebrating the
birthday on this day in 1974 of Chris Kyle, a American sniper who served and multiple
tours in Iraq only to be gunned down by a vet he was trying to help on February
2, 2013. He and set the record for confirmed kills trying to protect American
troops; his life was portrayed in American Sniper and guarantee the motorcade
to his burial and the pounding of the tridents onto his casket will bring tears
to your eyes.
On this day in:
a. 1820 one of the most famous
statues of ancient Greece the Venus de Milo believed to a depiction of Aphrodite
was discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.
b. 1904 Longacre Square in New York
City was renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
c. 1906 Auguste Deter became the
first person to die from Alzheimer’s disease.
d. 1918 War Bonds were being sold on
the streets of New York by Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin.
e. 1992 retired tennis great Arthur
Ashe announced he had acquired AIDS from blood transfusions needed in one of
his two heart surgeries; he died from complications of the disease on February
6, 1993.
Reflections on the
nature of heroism: “True heroism is remarkably sober, very
undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the
urge to serve others at whatever cost.” Arthur Ashe
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