Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For September 27, 2016 Only 43 waning days to go until the
only polls that matter close for Trump to continue his pivot before we elect a
new president; far from being a boring night the debate produced a lot of fiery
exchanges with Trump on the defense and missing the opportunity to label the
true disgrace on her server not that her aides took the fifth but her
destruction of evidence, her lying about emails to the American people,
Congress and the FBI and her husband’s private meeting with Lynch on her plane
to talk about “grandchildren”; both candidates are on the campaign trail; the
California Democratic Party is under investigation for taking money in from oil
companies which is legal and then funneling it to Jerry Brown’s reelection
campaign (detect a little hypocrisy here?); in a sign of growing backlash over
the flood of refugees almost all Muslims into Germany, a mosque was bombed in
Germany; on the PC idiocy gripping college campuses Clemson University has banned
memes referencing the gentle gorilla Harambe who was shot and killed in the Cincinnati
zoo because they would promote racism and rape (and parents paying over $30,000
in tuition put up with this nonsense); on the sports front Dodgers clinched
their division.
As Trump
is trying to become more presidential, going to www.lyingcrookedhillary.com is a great way to start your day
along of course with www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com and reading Clinton Cash would be a great
read to understand the quid pro quo mentality of the Clintons.
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s
holidays and observances, a music link to Tony Bennett, factoids of
interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Tahir Shah, while
looking forward to enjoying a generous serving of corned beef hash,
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 Voter Registration Day—created to
urge all citizens who have not registered to vote to register to vote;
democracy only works if large percentages of its citizens vote and vote
intelligently with an understanding of the issues and the candidates’
positions.
2. World Tourism Day—created in 1980 to
promote awareness of the contribution of tourism to our economies and how it
affects social, cultural and political values worldwide.
3. 1951 Number One Song—celebrating the number
one song in 1951 on a long run of 8 weeks in that position “Because of You” by Tony
Bennett. Here is a recording of Tony Bennett performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-4zvArJDGg
4. National Corned Beef Hash Day—celebrating this great
breakfast meal and perfect way to get rid of leftovers from a previous dinner.
5. The Great Illusion—celebrating the birth on this day in 1885 of Harry Boughton, noted and famed magician for such illusions as sawing a woman in half, the disappearing birdcage and the floating light bulb, and better known as Harry Blackstone and the father of Harry Blackstone, Jr. also a noted magician in his own right and honorary member of the Orange County Nights of the Roundtable.
5. The Great Illusion—celebrating the birth on this day in 1885 of Harry Boughton, noted and famed magician for such illusions as sawing a woman in half, the disappearing birdcage and the floating light bulb, and better known as Harry Blackstone and the father of Harry Blackstone, Jr. also a noted magician in his own right and honorary member of the Orange County Nights of the Roundtable.
On this day
in:
a. 1777 in a great question for Jeopardy Lancaster, PA became the nation’s capital for one day as
the Continental Congress vacated Philadelphia to escape being captured by the
invading British troops.
b. 1822 Jean-Francois Champollion announced that he had
deciphered the Rosetta Stone.
c. 1930 Bobby Jones completed Golf’s Grand Slam by winning the
U.S. Open, the British Open, the U.S. Amateur and the British Amateur.
d. 1979 Congress approved the Department of Education as the 13th
Cabinet.
e. 1983 Richard Stallman announced the GNU project, a Unix-like
operating system that differs from UNIX in that it is free software.
Reflections on the tourists: “As I see the world, there's one element that's even
more corrosive than missionaries: tourists. It's not that I feel above them in
any way, but that the very places they patronize are destroyed by their
affection.” Tahir Shah House of the Tiger King: The Quest for a Lost City Please enjoy
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© September 27, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the
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