Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For May 4, 2017 The House votes
today to repeal and replace Obamacare so it can move forward on what this
country needs—tax reform and cuts to get this economy off the Obama induced
life support; Susan Rice is back in the news for refusing a request to appear
under oath to be questioned on the growing unmasking scandal where over 1900
Trump supporters have been unmasked though no evidence of any collusion (subpoena
this lying potential felon and if she takes the fifth ala Lois Lerner, Sessions
should convene a grand jury to see whether she should be prosecuted); Venezuela,
the poster child for failed socialist policies and a chilling preview of what
the U.S. would become if the likes of Sanders, Warren or Harris get their hands
on the reins of presidential or congressional power, is awash in riots over
Maduro’s failed economic policies with 30 people now dead; the chicken game by
Russia continues with two bombers for the first time escorted by two fighters
approaching U.S. airspace in Alaska (Putin needs to understand that if U.S. is
penetrated they will be shot down ala what Turkey did when their airspace was
penetrated by a Russian jet); in yet another example of the lunacy of Kim Song
Un and why this irrational person must never possess deliverable nuclear
weapons, North Korea criticized its only supporter in the world, China of “grave
consequences” if they continue to criticize its nuclear weapons program (China
hopefully is working behind the scenes to effect a regime change whether by
coup or assassination); Colbert is doubling down on his obscene pathetic rant against
the president (Colbert should recall what happened to masquerading as a
journalist Martin Bashir when he attacked
Sarah Palin that she needed a Darby Dose—defecation in her mouth—he was fired
as should be Colbert); 2018 will also be critical for the Reds to retain
control of the Senate as rumors circulate that 80 year old Justice Kennedy may
be retiring (with 84 year old Justice Ginsburg who is in frail health perhaps
stepping down also); almost like 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 3
increasing to 1070 with the death toll stuck for the last two days at 183
(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 who seems not to care that 90 percent of the homicides occurring in his
city do not result in arrest ?).
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Daniel
Powter, factoids of interest for this day in history, happy that you are not exposed
to vomitous situations, a relevant quote from Cat Cora, 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
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1. Star Wars Day—an
observance created as a pun on “May the Force Be With You” the Star Wars theme
and first celebrated by fans in Toronto, Canada on 2011.
2. Anti-Bullying Day—first
observed in 2007 in Nova Scotia, Canada when a ninth grader was bullied for
wearing a pink shirt on his first day of school. In the U.S. Anti-Bullying
Day is observed on February 28/29. The United Nations has declared
May 4 to be the day of Anti-Bullying Day; this is an idea that should be
observed every day. If you see someone wearing a
pink, purple, or blue shirt they are most likely observing the day.
3. 2006 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 2006 on
a run of 5 weeks in that position “Bad Day” by Daniel Powter. Here is a
recording of Daniel Powter performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH476CxJxfg
(refreshing not to have to listen to rap like we have been in the last few
days).
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “vomitous”
which anything that is repulsive or nauseating which is a fair way to describe
the gridlock in the Swamp or the fat lunatic dictator in North Korea.
5. Another
Obama Failed Nation Building Attempt—celebrating the birth on
this day in 1928 of Hosni Mubarak who ruled Egypt for 30 years with an iron
fist but with cordial relations with Israel and was forced out by student
protests and Obama’s insistence which as one might imagine blew up in our faces
with a member of the Muslim Brotherhood Muhammad Morsi replacing him only to be
overthrown in a coup by al-Sisi who Trump now thinks the world of (when will
ever learn that we are not good at nation building or regime changes
particularly in the Middle East?).
On this day
in:
a. 1959 the first Grammy
Awards were held in Beverly Hills, California.
b. 1970 at Kent State
University, four students were killed and nine wounded, some walking to class,
by the Ohio National Guard; none of the Guardsmen were convicted and in the
civil wrongful death suits the State of Ohio settled for $675,000. Sad day in
American history whose silver lining was further erosion of support for the
Vietnam War that had been evaporating faster than a puddle in Death Valley on a
July day.
c. 1979 Margaret Thatcher
aka “The Iron Lady” was elected as the first female prime minister of Great
Britain.
d. 1982 20 British seamen
were killed when an Argentine Exocet missile sank the British destroyer HMS
Sheffield during the Falkands War.
e. 1998 a federal judge
sentenced Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski to four life sentences plus 30 years for
killing three people and injuring twenty-three others from 1978 to 1995.
Reflections on bullying and the harm it causes
and why today one should wear a pink, purple or blue shirt: “Bullying is killing our kids. Being different is killing our kids and
the kids who are bullying are dying inside. We have to save our kids whether
they are bullied or they are bullying. They are all in pain.” Cat Cora,
noted chef who appears on the Iron Chef
on the Food News Network (highly appropriate that on the anniversary of the
Iron Lady taking the reins of the British Lion that her quote is used. Please enjoy the poems
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