Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For April 5, 2017 The Blues are in
full on politization of SCOTUS mode with their filibuster on a stellar nominee
Judge Gorsuch and are a disgrace to the integrity of the Senate and will be
blown away by the nuclear option (at least Senator Merkely is giving a good Mr.
Smith imitation from the state of Oregon with 15 hours and counting of
foolishness; sabers are starting to rattle big time at the Pentagon with
respect to this fat pathetic menace in North Korea as on the eve of a visit by
the leader of China another failed missile test (time for China to help us rein
in this madman); in a déjà vu joke moment when Obama received the Nobel Peace
Prize Chelsea Clinton has received the Lifetime Humanitarian Award (for what?
accepting money for the Clinton Foundation from Islamist states that persecute
women and gays) and has not turned down an idea that she may run for president
in 2020 (good luck to another inept neophyte like Obama); the Susan Rice saga
continues to unfold as she continues to change her story but for her sake I hope she is consulting with
counsel as her story continues to change and no one in their right mind
believes her claim there was no political motivation behind her unmasking (time
prosecute this lying pathetic political hack for felonies); kudos or outrage to
the Muslim senior who was admitted to Stanford on the strength of his
application writing 100 times that “Black Lives Matter”; yesterday I reported
that trainers were refusing to take off over concern of the safety of the oxygen
systems and today another potential example of the ruin caused by gutting of
the military by Obama as a F-16 crashed shortly after takeoff with the pilot able
to eject safely; 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 4
increasing by 12 to 776 and the death toll rising by only 1 to 143 (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 the Bee Gees, factoids of
interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from the director of Planned
Parenthood, while be operose in your approach to solving problems, 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. Go For Broke Day—not sure whether this observance is to encourage people to step
outside their complacent lives to take
risks or whether it is to commemorate the achievements of the “Go for Broke”
442nd regiment composed of Japanese Americans who despite their
parents and brothers being shamefully interned fought for America in Europe and
became the most highly decorated regiment in WWII.
2. Paraprofessional Appreciation Day—celebrating
the contributions to the education of our children in the public schools of the
teachers’ aides and assistants without whom teachers facing 30 plus to 1 ratios
would be overwhelmed.
3. 1978 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1978 on a run of 8 weeks in that position “Night Fever” by the
Bee Gees. Here is a recording of the group performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ihs-vT9T3Q
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “operose” which means to involve much
industry or effort which when in comes to resolving the gridlock in the Swamp,
neither party seems inclined to do.
5. Right Up to the Curtain
Call—celebrating the birth on this day in 1900 of the iconic actor
Spencer Tracy who made 75 films, was nominated for Oscars nine times with two
wins and died due to his struggles with alcoholism 17 days after finishing his
last picture Guess Who Is Coming to
Dinner at the early age of 67.
On this day
in:
a. 1792 for the first time in our history a president exercised
the power granted to him in the Constitution to veto legislation passed by
Congress which altered the apportionment formula for House members because he
felt it favored Northern states (his veto was sustained and in his two terms of
office Washington vetoed only one other bill).
b. 1922 The American Birth
Control League, the forerunner to Planned Parenthood was incorporated.
c. 1933 President Roosevelt signed two executive orders, one
forming the Civilian Conservation Corps to put people back to work and the
other to ban the hoarding of gold coin and bullion.
d. 1949 a fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois killed 77
people, leading to nationwide improvements in fire codes in public buildings.
e. 1999 two Libyans charged with the bombing of Pan Am Flight
102 while over the skies of Lockerbie, Scotland were extradited to the
Netherlands for trial.
Reflections on abortion: "First as you know, as
we celebrate the 100th birthday of Margaret Sanger, our outrageous and our
courageous leader we will probably find a number of areas in which we may want
to find more about Margaret Sanger than we thought we wanted to know ... we
should be very proud of what we are and what our mission is. It is a very grand
mission ... abortion is only the tip of the iceberg.” Faye Wattleton, president
Planned Parenthood Federation at its annual luncheon in St. Louis, Missouri on
February 5, 1979 Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you
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entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s
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