Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 24, 2017 As the stock market rises to new highs and small business
optimism rises to new highs over Trump’s ideas of tax cuts and regulatory
reform despite the Schumer’s minions doing everything in their tooth and nail
pocket to delay, the Reds await President Trump’s address at CPAC today; news
that by August which is compared to past administrations hyper speed, tax cuts
and reforms will be in Congress (each day of delay gives the delusional Blues
another day to consolidate their battered forces to fight to insure that
notwithstanding the benefit to the American people that Trump will fail); in
yet another problem with Russia emboldened by the pathetic HRC reset and a
feckless 8 years of Obama, we are now facing a growing militaristic presence by
them in the Arctic but how hobbled are we with $20 trillion of national debt
and rising interest rates to respond; if you think the Blues have gone
ballistic you have not seen anything yet as Senator Cruz predicted another
SCOTUS nomination will become available soon as Justice Ginsburg who can barely
stay awake is in her 80’s as is Kennedy who may want to stay on to mentor his
former clerk Gorsuch; if you want to see an example of media bias and exploitation
of children in action view this short anti-Trump piece from NBC ”News”— http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/23/nbc-news-video-featuring-kids-terrified-about-trump-comes-under-fire; in a day of news of chaos and dismay a slight ray of hope for
this polarized planet with the news of discovery of 7 planets orbiting Trappist
1 a star 40 light years away as three of the seven may be in the zone that
supports life as we know it here (long way to go so maybe we should focus on
harmony and discourse here and damp the rhetoric); almost like a stuck record, the
carnage in Chicago continues unabated through February 23, rising to 497
shootings with the aim bad so the total dead stuck at 94 (God help those poor
minorities being shot mostly by minorities when the weather gets warmer and the
shooters’ aim gets really better and there is more daylight.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Glen
Gray, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Andrew
Vachss, while trying to avoid amphibology in your speaking and writing, 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 Stand Up
to Bullying Day—celebrated since 2008 on
the last Friday in February and really should be observed every day of the
year—no one either physically or cyberly should have to endure a bully and
anyone of us not bullied who observes but is silent should be condemned. In
honor of the observance today if you have a pink shirt in your wardrobe wear it
and if not buy one for next year.
2. International Repetitive
Strain Injury Day—promoting awareness of
the workplace injuries caused by doing the same task over and over in the
absence of proper ergonomically designed workplaces and celebrated on the last
Friday in February.
3. 1944 Number One Song—celebrating
the number one song in 1944 on a run of 5 weeks
in that position “My Heart Tells Me” by Glen Gray. Here is a recording of Glen Gray performing
the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhS5qJ-KNRU
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “amphibology”
which is a phrase or sentence that is grammatically ambiguous which is how the
diplomats or politicians typically speak.
5. An
Apple a Day—celebrating the birthday on this day
in 1955 of one amazing entrepreneur Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple taken from
us far too soon from prostate cancer.
On this day
in:
a. 1803 in a landmark decision SCOTUS in the case of Marbury
v. Madison established the principles of judicial review.
b. 1868 President Andrew Johnson became the first president to
be impeached and like the second Bill Clinton was acquitted in the Senate, but
unlike Clinton whose Blues voted on party lines, Johnson escaped impeachment by
one vote of the required two thirds vote.
c. 1968 the Tet Offensive was halted by the Viet Cong and NVA
and Hue was recaptured by U.S. Marines but the terminal damage to the U.S.
political support for the war had already occurred.
d. 1983 in a better late than never moment the Congress formally
condemned the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
e. 2008 after 32 years of tyrannical rule in Cuba Fidel Castro
retired as President aka the Alaskanpoet dictator of Cuba.
Reflections on the cowardice of bullying: “Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you
can't. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn't want to fight somebody.”
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