Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For August 12 2016 Only 88 days to go for Trump to pivot before we elect
a new president and 251 days since Hillary has held a formal press
conference (where is the outrage of the press?); Thailand joins the tourist
locations where no one is safe from bombings although not sure whether latest
attacks are ISIS related; interesting Wikileaks on the relationship of Epstein
(the billionaire sex predator and Bill Clinton’s proclivity for trips on his “Lolita
Express”; more emails implying the pay to play while Hillary was Secretary of
State; increasing calls that “short circuited” Hillary needs to release her
full medical records; Trump seems to continue to fail to nail Hillary on her failed
economic plan and scandals by diversions of claiming Obama is the father of
ISIS with a biased media ready to crucify him on any misstep; Republicans seem
hell-bent on turning the White House over to HTC are demanding the RNC defund
Trump; one of the three British girls who traveled to Syria to become jihadist
brides and fight for ISIS is believed to have been killed; the body cam videos
of the LAPD shooting and killing a 14 year old Latino in Boyle Heights have
still not yet been released; while the world totters on yet another crisis in
Ukraine, 13 states have filed suit to enjoin Obama’s transgender bathroom
policies.
On the sports front, Michael Phelps won his
22nd Gold Medal; the Simone Biles and Aly Reisman took the gold and
silver in the individual all around gymnastic competition; Simone Manuel became
the first African American to win a gold medal in swimming.
Going to www.lyingcrookedhillary.com is a
great way to start your day along of course with www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to the
Bee Gees, factoids of interest, a relevant quote from David Attenborough, while
looking forward to enjoying some Julienne fries, 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, 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. World Elephant Day—created
in 2012 to promote preservation of the habitat of elephants and to promote anti
poaching efforts of hunters who kill them for their ivory tusks. Given the chaos
in this year’s election and bickering among Republicans one might want to
expand the observance to fostering means to preserve the symbol and being of
the Republican Party.
2. International Youth Day—created
by the UN in 2000 to foster awareness of the cultural and social issues facing
the youth of this planet.
3. 1971 Number One Song—celebrating the number
one song in 1971 on a run of four weeks in that position “How Can You Mend A
Broken Heart?” by the Bee Gees. Here is a link to the Bee Gees’ recording of “How
Do You Mend A Broken Heart” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTQiT58AbE0
Great sibling trio for many years.
4. National Julienne Fries Day—celebrating a great way to cut down on
calories if you limit yourself to a given number of French fries since these a
much thinner than normal fries.
5. You Can’t Take It With You So Give It Away—celebrating or if a foe of Obama and Hillary bemoaning the birth on this day in 1930 of George Soros, a multi-billionaire hedge fund philanthropist who has given 14 million dollars in support of Hillary’s campaign.
5. You Can’t Take It With You So Give It Away—celebrating or if a foe of Obama and Hillary bemoaning the birth on this day in 1930 of George Soros, a multi-billionaire hedge fund philanthropist who has given 14 million dollars in support of Hillary’s campaign.
On this day in:
a. 1851 Isaac Singer was granted a patent for his sewing machine.
b. 1948 thirteen prominent Jewish writers and poets were
executed on Stalin’s orders on bogus charges of espionage.
c. 1964 South Africa
was banned from the Olympics due to its apartheid policies but the U.S. with
its Jim Crow laws still in force but under attack in the South was not.
d. 1981 IBM released the IBM Personal Computer for sale.
e. 1990 Sue, the largest skeleton to date of a Tyrannosaurus Rex was discovered in
North Dakota by Sue Hendrickson.
Reflections
on our stewardship of the fauna of this planet, especially elephants: “The question is, are we happy to suppose that our
grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?”
David Attenborough, noted
English broadcaster and naturalist. Please enjoy the poems on events of
interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and follow me) and follow my
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© August 12, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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