Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For May 11, 2017 The left and mainstream media continue to go
absolutely ballistic with outlandish comparisons of the firing of James Comey
who should have been axed the day Trump took office for deviating from an
investigatory role to that of a prosecutor and creating a new bar of intent
which is not in the statutes Hillary clearly violated which would merit
prosecution and prison time with the Saturday Night Massacre by Richard Nixon
(the problem Trump faces is that if he gets his agenda of tax cuts,
repatriation, ACHA, border security and infrastructure the economy will surge
and Schumer’s lap dogs and Pelosi’s lap dogs will be swept away in a tidal wave
of prosperity which will destroy Schumer’s dream of being Senate Majority
Leader and Pelosi’s dream of regaining her lost title of Speaker—nothing like a
little greed and party before good of the nation); Trump hosted the Russian
Foreign Minister Lavorov and its Ambassador Kislyak at the White House to
discuss Syria and Ukraine which also added gasoline to the collusion with the
Russians false fires; our ambassador to Qatar tweeted that the partisan
acrimony is making her job much more difficult (are you listening Schumer and
Pelosi?); in a sign that the U.S. is getting serious about North Korea, the CIA
has opened its 11th Mission Center targeting not a region which is
usually the case but one country, North Korea; in another sign that in reality
there will soon be no Obamacare to repeal as Aetna announced it is dropping out
of the Obamacare market completely in 2018; in another case of do as I say not
as I do hypocrisy so typical of Blues, Obama after luxuriating on a very large
carbon footprint yacht, flew to a climate conference in a private jet then
enlisted a convoy of 14 gas guzzling SUVs to go to a climate change conference
(shades of Al Gore and his carbon emitting mini Taj Mahal); finally Congress
passed a VA accountability bill while not perfect will make it easier to fire
non productive workers and managers (Obama’s VA had authority since 2014 but
chose not to use it and the suffering of patients at the VA continued unabated—chilling
reminder of what the single payer system will look like if the left gets its
way); almost a stuck record or a remake of Groundhog Day, Chicago style, the carnage in Chicago continued
unabated in May with total shootings in
2017 through May 9 increasing to 1123 and
the death toll by 3 to 193.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Gotye
feat. Kimbra, factoids of interest for this day in history, hoping that your
day is full of moments and people to ensorcel you, relevant quote from Cory Montieth, secure
in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events
like Mothers’ Day, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the
Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great
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for details.
1. National Twilight Zone Day—commemorating
one of the TV series that defied Newton Minnow’s characterization of TV as the
Great Wasteland which made its debut on October 1, 1959 and for the next 5 years
stretched our imagination. Clueless as to why this date was so chosen but its
creator Rod Serling who smoked four packs of cigarettes a day, like his father
who died from a heart attack at the early age of 52, died from his third heart
attack while being operating on for heart surgery at the age of 50 (another
creative life cut short by cigarettes).
2. National Children’s
Mental Health Awareness Day—promoted by SAMHSA to create
awareness of mental health issues facing children and enabling parents to recognize
and respond to symptoms.
3. 2012 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 2012 on
a run of 8 weeks in that position “Somebody I Used To Know” by Gotye feat. Kimbra.
Here is a recording of the two of them performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “ensorcel”
which means to fascinate or enchant someone which all of must be experiencing
as we watch the meltdown of the left over the firing of Comey.
5. No
Glee In A Needle—celebrating the birth on this day in 1982 of Canadian born actor
Cory Montieth whose substance abuse was so bad he dropped out of high school
but after rehabs turned his life around by landing a role in the musical series
“Glee” Unfortunately he could not shake the addiction demons and overdosed on
heroin and alcohol on July 13, 2013 at age 31.
On this day
in:
a. 868 the Diamond Sutra, the oldest known dated printed
book was printed in China.
b. 1927 36 luminaries
from the motion picture industry founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences.
c. 1960 4 Mossad agents abducted
in Buenos Aires, Argentina Adolf Eichmann wanted for war crimes and smuggled
him out of Argentina to Israel for trial, conviction and execution.
d. 1987 Klaus Barbie,
the “Butcher of Lyon” who amazingly was hired by our CIA in its anti-Communist
efforts and who helped him escaped to South America went on trial for crimes against
humanity, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment where he died in
prison of cancer.
e. 1997 in a bad day for
humans but a great day for machines, IBM’s Deep Blue computer beat World Chess
Champion Garry Kasparov in chess, the first time a computer has bested a chess
champion.
Reflections on that if followed might mean he would be alive today: “I don't want kids to think
it's O.K. to drop out of school and get high, and they'll be famous actors,
too. But for those people who might give up: Get real about what you want and
go after it.” Cory Montieth So sad to bounce back from addiction to success
then only to have it grab you and drag you down to the casket. Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you
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