Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For
August 3, 2016
Only 97 days to go before we elect a new
president and 242
days since Hillary has held a formal press conference (although she has finally
did an interview with Chris Wallace of Fox News last Sunday; where is the
outrage of the press?); Trump may be raising money from donors in the millions
but he continues with his counterpunching tweets to go off message—to amplify
Clinton’s winning phrase “It’s about jobs and security stupid!” while the
president keeps calling him un fit to be president and Trump’s quickness to
tweet on the slightest perceived insult to him plays right into the Blues’
campaign; his refusal to endorse Ryan and McCain portrays him to be a petulant
whiner; we should be talking about the Obama secret $400 million ransom for
four Americans paid to Iran as opposed to growing speculation that Republican
leaders are trying to force Trump off the ballot—Hillary is jumping for glee as
the media obsession with her ascendancy to the White House obscures her
continuing lies about her server and what Comey said on tape in testimony
before the House; another parent of one of the Americans killed due to her
ineptness in Benghazi confirmed what Pat Smith has been saying all along that
Hillary lied to him that his son was killed due to the video; Meg Whitman
infamous for losing to Jerry Brown for governor of California due to her
retention of an illegal alien housekeeper for which she was crucified by Gloria
Allred announced that she would not support Trump and would aggressively
campaign for Hillary.
On the jihad front, a Washington, D.C.
Metro police officer was arrested for providing aid to ISIS, Italy has
consented to the use of its airbases in the bombing of ISIS in Libya and a map
just released confirms what most Americans believe and a delusional White House
continues to deny that ISIS is spreading well beyond its caliphate—when will
Obama recognize the threat and with his military and other trusted advisers
begin crafting a strategy other than a gnat airstrike here, another gnat
airstrike there to defeat this growing menace?
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 Bobby Vinton, factoids of interest, a
relevant quote from Ring Lardner, while looking forward to enjoying some ice cold
watermelon slices, 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. National Airplane Crop Duster Day—celebrating on a
day devoid of holidays and observances in the U.S. of note, the skills and
daring of crop dusters who wage a never ending war against insects and other threats
to our food supply.
2. National Esther Day—celebrating on a day devoid of holidays and
observations in the U.S. of note, the birthday on this day in 1994 of Esther
Earl, noted vlogger, internet personality, nerdfighter and author who to the
dismay of her large following of fans died way too early at the age of 16 from
thyroid cancer.
3. 1962 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1962 on a run of four weeks
in that position “Roses Are Red (My Love)” by Bobby Vinton. Here is a link to
Bobby Vinton’s recording of the song (brings back fond memories of high school).
4. National Watermelon Day—celebrating
another great snack with or without seeds to enjoy in this heat.
5. Don’t Deflate—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1977 of four time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady of the New England Patriots who will be sitting on the bench for the first four games as the appellate courts have reinstated his 4 game suspension but since he received a signing bonus of $16 million and lowered his 2016 salary to $1 million he will not be hurting financially.
5. Don’t Deflate—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1977 of four time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady of the New England Patriots who will be sitting on the bench for the first four games as the appellate courts have reinstated his 4 game suspension but since he received a signing bonus of $16 million and lowered his 2016 salary to $1 million he will not be hurting financially.
On this day in:
a. 1852 Harvard won the first intercollegiate sporting event in
the United States, the Boat Race, by beating Yale University.
b. 1921 Major League Baseball Commissioner Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Landis confirmed the ban from baseball of 8 players of the Chicago
White Sox the day after a jury acquitted them.
c. 1946 Santa Claus Land, the world’s first themed amusement
park opened in—where else—Santa Claus, Indiana.
d. 1972 the U.S. Senate ratified the Anti-Ballistic Missile
Treaty between the U.S. and the Soviet Union (we withdrew from the treaty in
2002).
e. 1977 Tandy Corporation introduced the world’s first mass
produced personal computer the TRS-80 which was soon bypassed by other personal
computer makers like Apple, IBM and HP.
Reflections on the Black Sox World Series Scandal by sportswriter
Ring Lardner in 1919 in rhyme to the tune of “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles” I'm forever blowing
ball games/ Pretty ball games in the air./I come from Chi.,/I
hardly try,/Just go to bat and fade and die. Fortune's coming my
way./That's why I don't care./ I'm forever blowing ball games,/For the gamblers treat me fair. Please enjoy the poems on events
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links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In
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in History.
© August 3, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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