Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For April 26, 2017 San Francisco District Court Judge William
Orick III who issued a TRO against the DOJ from banning funds to sanctuary
cities is the latest example of a politicization of the judiciary when it was
revealed he has bundled over $200,000 to Obama’s campaign (when do answer with
a yes the basic question of do we as a nation have the right to bar illegal
aliens?); bombshell report from a state auditor on the University of California
and Napolitano who heads it that she has created a secret fund of close to $200
million while demanding more money from the state and raising tuition (so
typical of a political hack from the Blue side of the aisle); another day in
the Persian Gulf and another provocative encounter by Iranian fast attack boats
(after 36 such encounters in 2016 isn’t it time to sink one of these vessels
the next time to stop this nonsense?); Senate heads to the White House for a
rare classified meeting on the rising tensions in North Korea as Trump again
vows that the “nut job” ruling that country will not be allowed to possess an
ICBM; on the sports front rumor has it that Trump will end the ban on sports
gambling; on the unfriendly skies front UA has been whacked again as Simon
destined to become the world’s largest rabbit mysteriously died in the cargo
section on a flight from England to the United States; almost like a
stuck record or a remake of Groundhog Day, Chicago style, the carnage in
Chicago continues unabated with total shootings in 2017 through April 24
increasing to 1012 and the death toll
increasing to 176 (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 to find and shoot victims) 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 who
appears to care only about the rights of illegal aliens in his sanctuary
city (when will Chicago residents through the city council try to impeach
this pathetic, inept mayor?).
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Next,
factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Svetlana Alexievich, hoping that you don’t encounter a minacious
person, 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. World Intellectual Property Day—celebrating
since 2000 the importance of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets
in our daily lives (look only at the stock market with companies like Facebook,
Apple and Google surging to new highs to appreciate IP’s importance).
2. Hug a Friend Day—since
hugs are beneficial to the receiver and the giver this is an observance that
should be observed more than one day a year.
3. 1998
Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1998 on
a run of 5 weeks in that position “Too Close” by Next. Here is a recording of Next
performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwEZRPkAAu8
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “minacious” which means menacing or
threatening which is what Trump may use in describing to the 100 Senators the
North Korean dictator.
5. Camelot
Déjà Vu—celebrating the birth on this day in 1970 of Melania Trump, the
second FLOTUS born outside the United States and the first naturalized citizen
to occupy the position. http://alaskanpoet.blogspot.com/2017/04/camelot-deja-vu-with-melania-trump.html
On this day
in:
a. 1805 in the First
Barbary War the U.S Marine Corps added a second line to their hymn by capturing
Derna.
b.
1865 Union cavalry cornered and shot John Wilkes Booth dead.
c. 1937 in a terrifying preview
of the destruction to be caused in World War II, during the Spanish Civil War
the Condor Legion of the German Luftwaffe bombed continuously for three hours
the town of Guernica in Spain, killing 1,654 civilians.
d.
1986 at Chernobyl in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine) at the Chernobyl Power Plant
a meltdown of the reactor core of Reactor 4 occurred spewing radioactive
material over a large area extending to as far as Norway. It ranks as one of
the worst nuclear power plant explosions of all time.
e.
2005 under international pressure, Syria, after 29 years of military domination,
withdrew the last of its soldiers from Lebanon.
Reflections on nuclear power “At that time my notions of nuclear power were utterly
idyllic. At school and at the university we'd been taught that this was a
magical factory that made "energy out of nothing," where people in
white robes sat and pushed buttons. Chernobyl blew up when we weren't
prepared.” Svetlana Alexievich , Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster. 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.
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April 26, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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