Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For May 15, 2017 With news that North Korea may have an IMRBM
capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, Russia is stepping up to the plate indicating
it was willing to play a constructive role in dealing with North Korea (time
for the nuclear powers to summon Kim Jung Un to appear and inform him he has
run out of time and unless his program is dismantled and his missiles
destroyed, those facilities will be nuked and he and his immediate family will
be destroyed); the massive cyber attack
that began on Friday was still spreading Monday to over 200,000 victims; the
integrity of our electoral process took another hit as SCOTUS refused to hear
an appeal of a North Carolina ruling striking down that state’s law requiring a
photo ID to vote and a federal district court judge Ms. Ramos struck down Texas’
voter id law as discriminatory to minorities (amazing that you need id to fly,
buy a train ticket, enter most office buildings but not to enter the polling
place); newly crowned Miss USA Kara McCullough is taking flack for stating
health care is a privilege not a right and advocating equalism as opposed to
feminism; in another example of a world
gone PC mad, Mothers’ Day was attacked as being a gendered holiday offensive to
transgenders; in another sign of a growing disgust of the Swamp and the federal
government 10 states have called for a Constitutional Convention (only 24 more
needed) to rewrite our Constitution with some great ideas like requiring
balanced budgets, term limits, ability of states to overturn Supreme Court
decisions, etc. 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 14
increasing to 1164 and the death toll by increasing to 204, a major tragedy
that the powers to be in Chicago seem to completely ignore.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Whiz
Khalifa and Charlie Pugh, factoids of interest for this day in
history, hoping that you don’t stub your hallux, a relevant quote from Jessica Watson, 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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1. Peace
Officers Memorial Day—honoring since 1962 all of the federal, state and local police
officers who have fallen or became disabled in the line of duty. Sadly being a police
officer is becoming a more dangerous profession but at least as opposed to
Obama, police officers know they have a supporter in the White House.
2. International
Conscientious Objectors Day—commemorating the right of
conscientious objectors to avoid military service on grounds of religion,
conscience, or morality and recognized by the UN since 1998.
3. 2015 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 2015 on
a run of 12 weeks in that position “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie
Puth. Here is a recording of the two of them performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgKAFK5djSk
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “hallux”
which is a big or great toe which one hopes one never stubs or has a heavy weight fall on it.
5. To
Build A Billion Dollar Website Takes Real Talent—celebrating or
bemoaning as the case may be the birth on this day in 1948 of Kathleen Sebelius,
the inept head of the DHS under whose reign Obamacare made its catastrophic
debut with a poorly designed but really expensive website that was prone to
crash and crash frequently in a classic example of federal government lack of
accountability and competence.
On this day
in:
a. 1252 Pope Innocent IV
issued a papal bull ad extirpanda7
authorizing the torture of heretics but limiting its use to prevent death or
loss of limb and requiring that the official was certain of a heretic’s guilt.
b. 1718 British lawyer
James Puckle patented the Puckle Gun capable of firing 6-11 shots before
reloading for use on ships; the gun was not a commercial success but was referred
to as the first machine gun.
c. 1862 proving that
even a war for a nation’s survival will not prevent the growth of government,
President Lincoln signed a bill creating the Department of Agriculture’s
predecessor the Bureau of Agriculture.
d. 1988 after 8 years of
aping the American experience in South Vietnam, the Soviet Union admitted defeat
and began withdrawing its 115,000 soldiers from Afghanistan.
e. 2010 after leaving Sydney
Harbor on October 18, 2009, Jessica Watson returned to Sydney Harbor on this
day, three days before her 17th birthday to become the youngest
person to sail around the world, non stop, solo without assistance.
Reflections on how to succeed big time from an amazing young woman
which compliments the quote of Mark Zuckerberg yesterday: “For me... it was always about the challenge of
making this voyage... It was always a calculated risk, but life is a risk.” Jessica Watson. Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you
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