Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 8, 2017 Great drama on the Senate floor as the rabid ideologue Elizabeth Warren
was held to be in violation of Senate Rule 19 for demeaning a fellow Senator
and lost her right to speak further on his nomination or the nomination of other
Trump nominees as the Blues under Schumer’s dictates are doing everything in
their power to delay and obstruct Trump’s nomination (the more they delay the
longer it will take to get this economy moving again—they desperately want him
to fail so they can hold onto their seats); Sessions was confirmed with one
Blue Senator Manchin putting country ahead of party voting for him; if the
Blues have any doubt about Judge Gorsuch’s independence, his comment about
Trump’s attack on the 9th Circuit as being demeaning and
demoralizing should allay those fears and cause them to support this excellent
jurist; we are now reaping the sequestration seeds sown by our feckless former
commander in chief as military readiness has fallen to all time lows with 60
percent of the Navy’s F-18 fighters not ready for service and 74 percent of the
Marines’ in the same sorry state of affairs; the radiation levels at the Fukushima
nuclear power facility are still so high that a robot can last only two hours
before being destroyed; Keystone XL is nearing completion and the Army Corps of
Engineers has given the go ahead to complete the Dakota Access Pipeline; talk
about not getting value for your money for the parents paying $46,000 a year
tuition at the Calhoun School in NYC to listen to the principal Steve Nelson
complain that Trump’s election is more troubling the 9/11 or the Vietnam War
(fortunately this idiot who to no surprise teaches journalism is retiring this
year—not soon enough); as President Trump is raising the possibility of
sending in federal agents to Chicago, the number of mostly blacks who were shot by mostly blacks in Chicago in 2017
through February 7 now totals 379, 59 of whom died but from Mayor Emanuel and
the BLM nothing but the sounds of silence.
As always, I
hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Beyonce ,
factoids of interest for this day in history, a quote from Lana Turner, hoping
that you are not viewed as being jungli, blessed with a positive attitude
and secure in the knowledge that if you
want to find a gift for any memorable events like Valentine’s Day, 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. Propose Day—celebrating the
second day of Valentine’s week and the time for boys and girls to exchange
roses and propose.
2. Opera Day—celebrating an art form that has been around since the 16th Century. 3. Number One Song in 2007 —celebrating the number 1 song in 2007 on a long run of 10 weeks in that position “Irreplaceable” by Beyonce. Here is a link to Beyonce performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwViQxSJJQ
2. Opera Day—celebrating an art form that has been around since the 16th Century. 3. Number One Song in 2007 —celebrating the number 1 song in 2007 on a long run of 10 weeks in that position “Irreplaceable” by Beyonce. Here is a link to Beyonce performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwViQxSJJQ
4. Word of
the Day—the word of the day is “jungli” which means a person who is uncultured or wild
which can describe the Blues behavior during the confirmation hearings
especially by that ideologue Elizabeth Warren.
5. Trade Husbands In Like Cars—celebrating
the birth on this day in 1921 of sultry actress Lana Turner who was a sex
symbol of the 40’s and 50’s who was married and divorced 7 times, but was a
heavy smoker throughout her life and died of throat cancer at the age of 75
with her daughter at her side.
On this day in:
1. 1837 after the
Virginia members of the Electoral College went against the popular vote and refused
to vote for him, Richard Johnson became the first person to be elected to the
office of Vice President by the U.S. Senate pursuant to the 12th
Amendment.
2. 1910 the Boy
Scouts of America was incorporated by William Boyce.
3. 1922 President
Warren Harding introduced the first radio into the White House.
4. 1971 the NASDQ stock index opened for the
first times.
5. 1996 Congress passed the Communications
Decency Act, its first attempt to control pornography on the internet.
Reflections
on what constitutes success from a seven time loser: “A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife
can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.” Lana Turner I
wonder how many of her husbands were successful; my guess is none which is
probably why she kept divorcing them. Please enjoy
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