Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For October 5, 2016 Only 35
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;
Trump is facing a media feeding frenzy over using a tax loss carry forward to
avoid or reduce his taxes, a right every American has under our tax code which
is not lost because he or she is running for president and in using it as Kaine
alleged does not mean he does not support our troops (what a pathetic
deplorable desperate low blow by Kaine); amazing debate last night between
Pence and Kaine (for Kaine debate =interrupt and try to smear) with the biased
moderator Elaine Quijano doing everything she could to favor Kaine and his
persistent interruptions (shades of a déjà vu of Candy Crowley in a more
attractive form); in another example of the PC world run amok, United Airlines
forced a woman to change her seat because two Muslims protested that they could
not under their religion sit next to Mary Campos as she was not accompanied by
her husband or male relative (fortunately United Airlines is trying to obtain
more departures in Orange County and the Board of Supervisors should tell it to
pound sand as long as it practices such a blatant discriminatory policy); on
the nature front over a million people in the path of Hurricane Matthew have received
evacuation orders which should be slamming the U.S. by Friday and the high concern
on the earthquake activity on the San Andreas Fault seems to have subsided.
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 Bobby Darin, factoids of interest for this
day in history, a relevant quote from Donald D. Quinn, while looking forward to enjoying some kale
(killer recipe below), 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. World Teachers Day—commemorating since
1994 the contributions of teachers to education of our youth; great profession
with low pay but sadly represented by unions that fight tooth and nail charter
schools, merit pay and the ability of school districts to fire underperforming
teachers and who give vast sums of dollars to the candidates of the Democratic
Party.
2. International Day Of No Prostitution—commemorating since 2002 the plight of
prostitutes, sadly the world’s oldest profession still thriving today but often
with younger and younger children both male and female.
3. 1959 Number One Song—celebrating
the number one song in 1959 on a run of 9 weeks in that position “Mack the
Knife” by Bobby Darin, who died way too early at 37 after heart surgery. Here
is a recording of Bobby Darin performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEllHMWkXEU
4. National Kale Day—celebrating
one of the great cancer fighting vegetables on the market; here is a killer
recipe involving kale, garlic (always a favorite) and sun dried tomatoes: http://blog.thenibble.com/2012/03/07/tip-of-the-day-dish-up-some-kale/
5. Here’s To A New Year’s Resolution—celebrating
the most common birthday in the calendar and birth on this day in 1902 of
entrepreneur Roy Kroc who built McDonalds into the fast food giant is today.
On this day
in:
a. 1877 Chief Joseph,
after being pursued almost a 1,000 miles by the U.S. Cavalry, surrendered to
General Miles.
b. 1921 in a best of
nine World Series between the Giants and the Yankees (won by the Giants 5-3)
the World Series was first broadcast on radio.
c. 1947 President Harry
S. Truman delivered the first televised address to the nation.
d. 1970 the Public
Broadcasting Service was established.
e. 1986 the British
newspaper The Sunday Times revealed
that Israel possessed nuclear weapons which should give countries like Iran
some pause when it demands the extinction of the Jewish state.
Reflections
on teachers and why we should appreciate them and make sure our children or grandchildren
in their classrooms appreciate them also: “If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had
40 people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some
of whom didn’t want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor,
lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional
excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the classroom
teacher’s job” Donald D. Quinn, noted very quotable teacher 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 5, 2016,
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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