Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For November 17, 2016 Battle lines are being drawn over the sanctuary city designation
that Blue mayors want to keep and Trump wants to end—another example of total
lawlessness on the part of the Blue left running cities that are complete
disasters in terms of crime, jobs, and education; reports of a new “Iron
Curtain” thanks to Twitter descending on the Twitter accounts of prominent Alt-Right
spokespersons (frightening to realize that leftists running Twitter, Facebook,
and Google have increasing power to control the flow of news and citizen
outreach); Director of Intelligence James Clapper announced his resignation
today (can hardly wait until the “it’s a video” lying Susan Rice is removed on
January 20th; in a refreshing note Trump is requiring any appointee
to forswear lobbying for five years after departure from government (maybe just
maybe we might be able to drain the swamp); South Carolina joins the growing
number of states considering arming teachers due to the increase in shootings
on school grounds (frightening thought); when will the leftist celebrities either
chill out due to the Trump election or better yet make good on the vow to leave
if he was elected.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Elton
John, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from T.
Wilson, while looking forward to enjoying a slice of homemade bread (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. International Students’ Day—commemorating the closing of the Czech universities by the Nazis
and the execution on this day in 1939 of nine students and professors and the
sending of over 1200 students to concentration camps.
2. International Prematurity
Day—celebrated since 2011 to create awareness of the issues and
problems faced by babies who are born prematurely.
3. 1997 Number One Song—celebrating
the number one song in 1997 on a run of 14 weeks in that position “Candle in
the Wind” by Elton John. Here is a recording of Elton performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoOhnrjdYOc
4. National Homemade Bread Day—celebrating
the freedom one feels when liberated from the loaves of bread to be found on
the supermarket shelves by baking one’s own bread. Here is a killer recipe for
homemade beer and raisin bread. http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/breadstuffs/guinness-bread-mix.asp Bon appétit!
5. Satire for the Soul but Drinking Takes Its Toll—celebrating the birth on this day in 1937 of noted English
comedian and satirist Peter Cook who died way too early at the age of 57 due to
smoking and heavy drinking.
On this day
in:
a. 1869 the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Red
Sea was opened to shipping.
b. 1947 the Screen Actors Guild implemented a required anti-Communist
loyalty oath for its members.
c. 1947 American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain
observed the properties of the transistor, the key to unlocking the electronics
revolution of the 20th Century.
d. 1967 based on optimistic reports on the Vietnam War received
by him on November 13 which the Tet Offensive several months later proved to be
completely, President Lyndon Johnson appeared on national television to
proclaim that we were making progress.
e. 1993 planting the seeds of a future Trump presidency, the
House of Representatives passed the North American Free Trade Agreement, an
agreement which Trump has rightfully called the most disastrous trade agreement
in our history.
Reflections on how to survive the agony as a parent of a premature
baby helplessly looking at him or her in the NICU: “You can complain because roses have thorns or you can be grateful that thorn
bushes have roses.” -T Wilson, former deceased head of the Boeing
Corporation. Please enjoy the poems
on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet
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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
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© November 17, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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