Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 16, 2017 The number of spoiled childish Blue Representatives
who have announced they are boycotting the Inauguration of President-elect
Trump following the idiotic position of
John Lewis has now grown to 30—what about a celebration of a peaceful transition
of power do these idiots not understand?; the quid pro quo supermarket aka the
Clinton Global Initiative is laying off staff as donations are drying up in the
wake of criminal allegations and HRC’s loss (hopefully the outrageous Clinton
speech machine will see its business evaporate also); finally a sense of hope
for sanity on immigration as a bill was introduced into the House that would
eliminate any foreign aid to countries that refuse to accept illegal aliens
from those countries after they have committed crimes in the U.S.; on Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day news that BLM activists are seeking to rewrite King’s
legacy of peaceful protest to that of radical extremism (not really what we
need as we face a problem of healing the divisions which many claim are a
result of Obama’s failed policies); Noor Salman the wife of the Orlando Pulse
Club mass murderer has been arrested by the FBI in conjunction with the
killings; in Chicago through the 15th 139 people, mostly blacks have
been shot mostly by blacks with 24 of them dying.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Phil Collins,
factoids of interest for this day in history, an observation on education and
Prohibition by Will Rogers, looking forward to having problems and issues that
are not Pantagruelian, 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
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1. Do Nothing Day—an unevent first proposed by columnist Harold Coffin
in 1972 and added to Chase’s Calendar of Events in 1973 to give Americans one
day in the year to celebrate, honor or observe nothing.
2. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—celebrating the accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr.
whose unifying messages are needed more so than ever today as the list of Blue
House members boycotting the inauguration continues to grow each day, now
reaching 30 (a pathetic partisan childish spoiled grapes act).
3. Number One Song in 1989—celebrating the number 1 song in 1989 on a run of 2 weeks in that
position “Two Hearts” by Phil Collins. Here is a link to him performing the
song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SidxJz94Svs
4. Word of the Day—the word of the day
is “Pantagruelian” which means huge or enormous and unfortunately describes the
many problems President-elect Trump will face upon assuming office on Friday.
5. Heroin Chic—celebrating the birth
on this day in 1974 of British super model Kate Moss who started modeling at
the age of 12 with her very thin body known for the “heroin chic” look.
On this day in:
1. 1786 Virginia enacted
the Statute for Religious Freedom
which became the foundation for our First Amendment and was penned by Thomas
Jefferson.
2. 1919 the U.S. ratified
the 18th Amendment requiring that the failed experiment Prohibition
be put in place on the first anniversary of its ratification.
3. 1979 abandoned by the
U.S. the Shah and his family fled Iran, never to return, leaving a vacuum that
was quickly filled by the Ayatollah Khomeini and his radical Islamic followers.
4. 2001 in a better late
than never moment, President Bill Clinton posthumously awarded Theodore
Roosevelt the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service in the
Spanish-American War.
5. 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia took off in what
would prove to be its last mission as it disintegrated on reentry into the
Earth’s atmosphere 16 days later due to a puncture from a piece of insulation
foam striking the leading edge of its wing.
Reflections from a humorist
view on Prohibition and how to reduce student debt: ”Instead of giving money to found colleges
to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting
anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did,
why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.” Will
Rogers Given the PC nonsense and fear of microaggression that has
infected college campuses these days, it is easy to agree with Will Rogers! Please enjoy the poems
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