Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For November 20, 2016 The
violence in Syria continues unabated as hospitals and other civilian targets in
Aleppo are relentlessly bombed by Assad’s pilots; Trump has met with Romney and
the speculation is that Romney may be asked to be Secretary of State (after 8
years of the combination of a felon and someone totally incompetent in the position it would be a breath of fresh air to have someone with business experience in the
position); Chuck Schummer the new Senate Minority Leader who like many of the
swamp has never held a private sector job has indicated there may be room for
compromise with Trump but when it comes to Obamacare he will fight him “tooth
and nail” (this denizen of the swamp is a walking example of the need for term limits);
on the thin Blue Line Front, another police officer this time in San Antonio
was executed while writing a traffic ticket near police headquarters; Melania
Trump and Barron will remain in New York until the end of the school year (talk
about sacrifice for the good of country and children); in a shocking display of
ungrateful and disgraceful behavior, the family of Sgt. Perry who was killed in
Afghanistan by a suicide bomber was booed when the pilot of the American
Airlines flight they were on instructed everyone to remain in their seats so
they could make their connection to Washington, D.C. for the burial of their
son at Arlington National Cemetery; in another display of despicable behavior Kanye
West at a concert where people were paying up to $250 per ticket sang for less than
20 minutes and went on a ten minute rant against Hillary, Beyonce, Zuckerberg
and others before walking off the stage.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Destiny’s
Child, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Bo
Derek, while looking forward to enjoying some peanut butter fudge (easy, 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. Universal Rights of Children
Day—observed first in the United Kingdom in 1954 and by the UN in 1959
to promote awareness of the need for policies to promote the welfare of
children around the globe.
2. Transgender Day of Remembrance—founded
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender
woma, in 1999 to memorialize the deaths of those transgenders that have lost
their lives due to transphobia.
3. 2000 Number One Song—celebrating
the number one song in 2000 on a long run of 11 weeks in that position “Independent
Women-Part 1” by Destiny’s Child. Here is a recording of Destiny’s Child performing
the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lPQZni7I18
4. National Peanut Butter
Fudge Day—celebrating a another great way to end any meal;
here is a killer, easy recipe to make peanut butter fudge:
http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/candy/old/peanut-butter-fudge-recipe.asp
5. She Will Always Be a Ten—celebrating
the birth on this day in 1956 of Mary
Cathleen Collins better known to her fans a Bo Derek, whose romp along the
beach is an absolute classic in the movie “Ten.“
On this day
in:
a. 1789 New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of
Rights.
b. 1805 Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio premiered in Vienna.
c. 1945 trials of 24 Nazis charged with war crimes commenced at
the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany.
d. 1962 the world stepped back from the closest it has ever been
to nuclear war as the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its nuclear IRBMs from
Cuba and President Kennedy end the quarantine of Cuba.
e. 1969 The Plain Dealer published
explicit and horrifying photos of South Vietnamese villagers massacred in cold
blood by U.S. troops at Mai Lai.
Reflections on happiness from a ten: “Whoever
said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping.” Bo Derek. 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.
© November 20, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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