Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For October 17, 2016 Only 23
waning but increasingly vitriolic days to go until the only polls that matter
close for Trump to continue his pivot before we elect a new president and if he
has any chance of winning closes down his Twitter account for the duration; the
campaign has become increasingly vitriolic and now violent as a Trump campaign
office in North Carolina was firebombed (fortunately no one was present at the
time); more WikiLeaks show Podesta bemoaning the fact that the San Bernardino
shooter was a Muslim as opposed to a white to deflect concern over radical
Islam, Clinton aides urging her to take the money from foreign governments as
she announced her candidacy, and Clinton Foundation donors expressing concern that
HRC has a “money problem” with the Foundation’s practices of taking money from
foreign governments and entities seeking favors from the State Department;
WikiLeaks’ internet access may have been blocked by a “state source” (would be
interesting but not surprising given the criminal mentality of the Clintonites
and Obama’s desperation to preserve his legacy that the blocker would be the
U.S.); media, other than Fox, has mostly ignored the flood of WikiLeaks’
disparaging emails but continues to work 24/7 on groping allegations of years
ago against Trump; finally some good news in the war against ISIS as Kurdish
and Iraqi forces have commenced the battle to retake ISIS (do not be surprised
to see Obama whose feckless policy allowed this “JV Squad” to bring havoc to
Iraq and Syria claim credit for any success in the battle); the case against Rolling Stone for its debunked story of
a rape that never occurred at the Phi Sig house on the University of Virginia
goes to trial (interestingly the case is a defamation lawsuit not by the
fraternity that was damaged but by a university employee claiming defamation
due to the magazine’s portrayal of her as indifferent to a rape that never in
reality occurred.
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 and if you want some music in your
life with a little satire-- https://safeshare.tv/x/kXjbXGyQDsE
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and
observances, a music link to the Temptations, factoids of interest for
this day in history, a relevant quote from C.M. Punk, while looking forward to enjoying your
serving of four prunes, 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 Edge Day—celebrated since 1999
to honor those who do not need alcohol, drugs or promiscuous sexual activity to
have a good time; since the 17th this year falls on a Monday, the
observance would have been observed on Saturday the 15th.
2. International Day To End Poverty—celebrated since 1987 to promote awareness that poverty
is a denial of human rights and to promote efforts to end it although too often
in the culture of redistribute the wealth theories of the left the obvious
solutions brought by innovation and capitalism and individual freedom are
ignored.
3. 1969 Number One Song—celebrating
the number one song in 1969 on a run of 2 weeks in that position “I Can’t Get
Next To You” by the Temptations. Here is a recording of the Temptations
performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be4x2xdZ6fo
4. Four Prunes Day celebrating what
most nutritionists claim is the minimum amount of prunes one should consume
daily, either in juice or dried variety—excellent antioxidant to slow the effects of aging.
5. Over the Cliff—celebrating
the birth on this day in 1920 of one of the first method actors and four time
Oscar nominee Montgomery Clift who after a near fatal automobile accident was
plagued by drug and alcohol addiction and died too early at the age of 45.
On this day in:
a. 1781 in the last
hurrah for the British in the Revolutionary War, British General Cornwallis
surrendered his forces to the Americans and French at Yorktown after a siege of
almost three weeks.
b. 1931 Al Capone was
convicted of tax evasion thanks to the evidence gathered by Eliot Ness and his Untouchables.
c. 1933 to Germany’s
great loss, Albert Einstein fled Germany and moved to the United States where
he would ultimately write to President Roosevelt that a nuclear bomb was
feasible.
d. 1973 OPEC imposed an
oil embargo against the U.S., Canada,
the Netherlands, Japan, and the United Kingdom due to the U.S. support of
Israel in the Yom Kippur War (the law of unintended consequences resulted in
after years of bogus environmental litigation in approval of the TAPS and the
bringing to market 2 million barrels of oil from Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay).
e. 1989 the 6.9 Loma
Prieto earthquake struck the Bay Area killing 69 people and causing massive
structural damages including a section of the Bay Bridge.
Reflections on being a straight edger on Edge Day:” I’m Straight Edge for me, so what everyone
else is doing, it doesn’t matter. I’ve never been pressured to drink or smoke
or anything by any of the boys, and if anything, a lot of them like me because
I’m always the designated driver. I’m the one who makes sure everyone gets home
alright and I’m happy doing that.” C.M. Punk, noted wrestler. Please enjoy
the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them,
retweet and follow 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.
© October 17, 2016,
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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