Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For
August 4, 2016
Only 96 days to go before we elect a new
president and 243
days since Hillary has held a formal press conference (although she has finally
did an interview with Chris Wallace of Fox News last Sunday in which she flat
out lied, again and again; where is the outrage of the press?); mainstream
media headlines are that Trump campaign is imploding which headlines are
pushing the $400 million ransom deal for four Americans to the back pages;
Hillary has received her post convention bounce and the question is when will Trump
pivot to stay on focus and stop counter punching minor slights; mass stabbing
in London with one person killed (interesting news item that shows
unfortunately we are not alone in the PC wars—in the UK a public swimming is
enforcing sharia law by banning women from it during an Islamic swimming event);
in North Carolina the FBI arrested a man with ties to the Garland, Texas
Islamist attack for plotting to create an ISIS sleeper cell (100th
person arrested since 2014 on ISIS related terror charges).
On the sports front the Olympic flame has
arrive in Rio along with massive traffic jams; American women won their first
soccer game in the Olympics against New Zealand 2-0 and Michael Phelps will
carry the American flag in the opening ceremony on Friday.
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 Stevie
Wonder at the young age of 12, factoids of interest, a relevant quote from Howard
Coble, while looking forward to enjoying some chocolate chip cookies, 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. Coast Guard Day—celebrating the creation of the U.S. Coast
Guard on this day in 1790 who today rescue annually hundreds of boaters and fisherman
and interdict tons of illegal drugs trying to find their way from the high seas
into the lungs and veins of far too many Americans.
2. Single Working Women’s Day—created by
Barbara Payne of the Working Women Alliance Network in 2006 to honor the efforts
of single women in the workplace and to create awareness of the difficulties
often faced in male dominated occupations.
3. 1963 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1963 on a run of three weeks
in that position “Finger Tips” by Stevie Wonder. Here is a link to Stevie
Wonder at the age of 12 performing “Finger Tips.”
4. National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day—celebrating another classic
cookie favorite.
5. Third Time Is Not The Charm—celebrating or bemoaning depending on your political view of the birthday on this day in 1961 of our current president, Barack Obama who wants for his birthday of the legacy gift of a third term by the American voters electing Hillary Clinton this November which by virtue of Trumps terrible missteps in the past view days he may receive as a birthday gift.
5. Third Time Is Not The Charm—celebrating or bemoaning depending on your political view of the birthday on this day in 1961 of our current president, Barack Obama who wants for his birthday of the legacy gift of a third term by the American voters electing Hillary Clinton this November which by virtue of Trumps terrible missteps in the past view days he may receive as a birthday gift.
On this day in:
a. 1821 The Saturday
Evening Post was first published as a weekly newspaper.
b. 1892 the father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden were found
dead in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts; Lizzie Borden was arrested,
tried and then acquitted of the murder.
c. 1958 the Billboard Hot 100 was published for the first time
with Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool” in the number one position.
d. 1987 the Federal Communications Commission rescinded its “fairness
doctrine which required radio and television stations to present controversial
issues fairly.
e. 1993 a federal judge sentenced Stacey Koon and Laurence
Powell to 30 months in prison for violating Rodney King’s civil rights; the state
court charges against the two caught on camera resulted in an acquittal and the
Los Angeles Riots.
Reflections on the Coast Guard on the anniversary of its founding: I think in the wake of Katrina, the Coast Guard may well have
been the only entity or agency that came out of that exercise free of fault and
free of blame. Howard Coble retired captain in the U.S. Coast Guard and
three term member of the House of Representatives. As a former commercial
fisherman in Alaska for six summers, this poet can attest to the incredible
work the Coast Guard performs.
Please
enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like
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me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my
blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In
History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on
breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day
in History.
© August 4, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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