Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For March 16, 2017 The drama of who will win the Iditarod is over with the
winner by almost three hours over his son, 57 year old Mitch Seavey the oldest
musher ever to win and the fastest time ever recorded; but the agony for 42
mushers still on the trail continues including the musher in last place Cindy
Abbot who has left the Unalakleet
checkpoint 261 miles from Nome behind five other mushers about in an
hour apart http://alaskanpoet.blogspot.com/2017/03/iditarod-tails-march-15-2017-10-pm.html; Rachel’s hatchet job on Trump and her bombshell leak of two
pages of his tax return which is probably a felony at least by the person who
passed them on to Maddow was even slammed by the left media; bureaucrats,
probably Obama holdovers, have been taking photos of the president and vice
president down in a childish snit fit; a leftist 9th Circuit in
Hawaii has struck down the Trump travel version 2.0 that Trump wants to
implement until we have a reliable method of vetting refugees from countries
that are failed states with little or no record keeping; preliminary notes
indicate massive cuts to EPA, the State Department, Amtrak and the National
Public Broadcasting Corporation (Big Bird loses his priority) which will get
shutdown threats by Schumer and his lackeys (Trump is doing exactly what he
promised while creating a massive amount of wealth in the market); big rally in
Nashville for the repeal and replacement of Obamacare in three phases which is
imploding faster than the exposing of the Hindenburg at Lakehurst (problem is
that the fight over repeal and replacement is delaying the tax cuts and
repatriation of earnings which this nation must have; almost like a stuck
record, the carnage in Chicago continues unabated with total shootings in 2017
through March 14 increasing to 618 and the death toll stable at 114 (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) and
yet nothing, absolutely nothing, appears to be occurring to address this blight
on blacks and minorities which is what racism from a black mayor really looks
like; on the sports front USC down by 15 points at the half came back to defeat
Providence; the Stanford Women as the Pac 12 Tournament Champion a travel to
Kansas as a number 2 seed to play New Mexico State. Go Cardinal!
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Chubby
Checker, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Quaker
Minister Stephen Grellet, while urging that the thrutches between the aisles
that are becoming Grand Canyons in the Swamp be bridged if we are going to get
anything done, 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. Freedom of Information
Day—created by the American Library Association to promote
transparency in government especially government in the Swamp and promote awareness
of the right of the public to obtain information from their agencies to learn
what the government has been doing in a nontransparent fashion.
2. Black Press Day—commemorating the
publication of the first press published by African Americans on this day in
1827 with the publication of the Freedom’s
Journal in New York City and the contributions of the black press to
preserve the freedom of the press and provide coverage of issues affecting
blacks often overlooked by the mainstream media.
3. 1961 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1961 on a run of 3 weeks in that position “Pony Time” by Chubby Checker.
Here is a recording of him performing
the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyaxcvHSyZY Check
out the long dresses, narrow ties and short haircuts. He is still going strong
at 75 but not twisting as many nights away.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “thrutch” which is a narrow gorge or
ravine which unfortunately cannot be used to describe the divide between the
Reds and Blues in the Swamp and elsewhere which is more like a Grand Canyon and
growing by leaps and bounds.
5. Telethons to Die for—celebrating
the birthday on this day in 1926 of Jerry Lewis noted comedian, actor and host
of annual telethons for the Muscular
Dystrophy Association that raised $2.5 billion in an almost 50 year run. Still
going strong at 90 proving that laughter and good philanthropy are the true
fountains of youth.
On this day
in:
a. 1802 the Army Corps of Engineers was formed to found and operate
the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
b. 1916 General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing led the U.S.
Cavalry’s 7th and 10th regiments across the Mexican
border in a failed attempt to destroy Poncho Villa.
c. 1958 Ford Motor Car Company produced its 50 millionth car, a Thunderbird.
c. 1958 Ford Motor Car Company produced its 50 millionth car, a Thunderbird.
d. 1968 ten years later General Motors produced its 100
millionth car, an Oldsmobile Toronado.
e. 1995 in a what took
you so moment but better late than never, Mississippi became the last state to
ratify the 13th Amendment which had been ratified in 1865 and added
to the Constitution.
Reflections how to
pass through life from today’s birthday boy:
"I shall pass through
this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I
can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way again!" Quaker Missionary Stephen Grellet
and Jerry Lewis’ personal motto. Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you
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