Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For
October 22, 2016 Only
18 waning but increasingly vitriolic days to go until the only polls that
matter close; political theater is still alive and well as after scathing each
other during the debate, Hillary and Trump participated in the annual Alfred E.
Smith charity dinner and viciously roasted each other (can only imagine how
Smith the first Catholic to run for president was rolling in his grave with
Hillary’s partial abortion support); Obama compared Obamacare which is in
dramatic death spiral of rising premiums and deductibles as a “starter home”
and had the audacity to claim that Trump’s concern over voter fraud and media
bias was a threat to democracy (for a realistic view of what the true threat is
http://alaskanpoet.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-real-threat-to-our-democracy-is-not.html);
retired Marine Corps Four Star General “Hoss” Cartwright is facing prison time
for misleading the FBI while HRC who lied to Congress, the FBI and most importantly,
the American people walks from her crimes; Trump is preparing to lay out a
Contract with America major address this morning; Hillary continues to struggle
with Foundation quid pro quo
allegations; Joe Biden wants to take Trump out behind the gym (seeing to senior
pugilists would be a trip to say the least; battle to retake Mosul raging and
on the sports note national anthem singers are starting to ape that idiot
Kapernick by singing on one knee and my beloved Cardinal takes on Colorado at
noon.
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 Dionne Warwick and the Spinners, factoids of
interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Timothy Leary, while
looking forward to enjoying a bowl of nuts, 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. Fechner Day—celebrating the work of noted
psychophysicist Gustav Fechner who pioneered the study of the effect of
sensations on feelings and perceptions.
2. International Stuttering Awareness Day—observed since 1988 to create awareness of the problems of
stuttering or stammering faced by one percent of the population.
3. 1974 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in
1974 on a run of 1 week in that position “Then Came You” by Dionne Warwick and
The Spinners. Here is a recording of the group performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOViqvRsIgo
4. National Nut Day celebrating a great snack from the
lowly peanut to the regal macadamia nut.
5. What A Trip—celebrating the birth on this day in
1920 of Timothy Leary noted proponent of the use of LSD who defying the adage
that you rarely see an old druggie lived to the ripe old age of 75 from prostate
cancer.
On this day
in:
a. 1844 Millerites, followers of
William Miller, anticipated the end of the world in conjunction with the Second
Advent of Christ; when that obviously did not occur the next day became known
as the Great Disappointment.
b. 1927 Nikola Tesla introduced six
new inventions including the single phase electric motor.
c. 1962 after consultation with
Dwight Eisenhower, President Kennedy announced that U-2 spy planes had
discovered nuclear weapons in Cuba and that he had ordered a naval blockade of
the island.
d. 1966 in a crack the glass ceiling
moment the Supremes became the first all female group to have a number one
album, the Supremes A’ Go-Go.
e. 1983 inmates at a federal prison
in Marion, Illinois killed two correctional officers which inspired the
construction of the Supermax model of prisons.
Reflections on is this trip really a
great idea: “There are three side
effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I
forget the third.” Timothy Leary
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 21, 2016, Michael P. Ridley
aka the Alaskanpoet
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