Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For July 7, 2017
Take a junior senator with less than four years who is drooling to run and you
have the inexperience of another Obama rerun; Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and
the U.A.E. are promising appropriate actions against Qatar since it refused
their demands (just another example of how complicated that part of the world
has become); amid rising tensions between the Russians and the U.S. over Syria,
Iran, ISIS and the commencement of LNG shipments from the U.S. to Europe, Trump
and Putin will be meeting today in a face to face (one thing Putin will find is
that Trump unlike Obama is not feckless); the president of South Korea, Moon,
in an effort to defuse tensions has offered to meet with Kim Jong Un; on the opioid
front that is devastating this country, some good news as Endo Pharmaceutical
at the request of the FDA is pulling its painkiller Opana ER due to abuse; the
Nevada D.A. who prosecuted the Juice believes at his parole hearing on the 20th
of July he will be set loose; through July 5, 1874
people have been shot in Chicago 379 of whom have died (hopefully the ATF
agents Trump has sent in will help put a damper on this carnage.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to the
Starland Vocal Band, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant
quote by Martha Perry on the NYC Draft Riots of 1863, hoping if your job is
that of a writer or a poet you will be able to indite with ease, secure in the knowledge
that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like weddings,
or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a
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1.
Comic Sans Day—celebrating
on the first Friday in July that sans serif typeset use for causal documents
and books targeting children developed by Vincent Connare and released by
Microsoft in 1994.
2. National
Tell the Truth Day—celebrating the simple act of telling the truth and the absence
of lies, even little white lies which given the importance of honesty in our
affairs should be celebrated and observed more than one day a year.
3. 1976 Number One Song—the number one song in
1976 on a run of 2 weeks in that position was “Afternoon Delight” by Starland
Vocal Band. Here is a performance by the band of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NUkhMq_iRo
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “indite” which means to compose.
5. A
Star Is Born—celebrating the birth on this day in 1940 of Richard Starkley
better known to his fans as Ringo Starr noted singer, songwriter, drummer and
recovered alcoholic.
On this day
in:
a. 1863 the U.S. began
conscription with draftees able to buy their way out of a draft notice for $300
(six days later in New York City the Draft Riots were unleashed).
b. 1898 President
McKinley signed the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory.
c. 1928 sliced bread was
sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Chillicothe,
Missouri.
d. 1958 President
Eisenhower signed the Alaska Statehood Act providing for Alaska to become a
state on January 3, 1959 to the joy of residents finally freed from the heavy
hand of regulation emanating from the Swamp.
e. 2016 former U.S.
soldier Micah Xavier Johnson upset over police shootings of blacks, in a
shooting spree in Dallas shot 12 policemen, killing five and two civilians
before being taken out by a robot detonating a bomb.
Reflections from an eyewitness the New York City Draft Riots:”The
next day was a fearful one. Men, both colored and white were murdered within
two blocks of us, some being hung to the nearest lamppost, and others shot. An
army officer was walking in the street near our house, when a rioter was seen to kneel on the sidewalk, take aim, fire
and kill him, then coolly start on his way unmolested. I saw the Third Avenue
street car rails torn up by the mob.
Throughout the day there were frequent conflicts between the military and the rioters, in which the latter were often victorious, being partially organized, and well armed with various weapons taken from the various stores they had plundered.” Martha Perry
Throughout the day there were frequent conflicts between the military and the rioters, in which the latter were often victorious, being partially organized, and well armed with various weapons taken from the various stores they had plundered.” Martha Perry
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