Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For August 3, 2017 Trump
may have problems draining the Swamp but on the judiciary front with five
confirmations he is ahead of Obama and Bush at the same time in their terms and
his nominee for FBI Wray has been confirmed; McMasters has just fired another
NSC adviser to strengthen his hand in the administration; Trump is proposing
legal immigration based on a merit based system of bringing into the country immigrants
with skills this country needs and who are better prepared to assimilate (Jim
Acosta made a complete ass of himself showboating against Trump senior adviser
Stephen Miller); after tooth and nail obstruction the Blues’ instinct for self
preservation in November of 2018 has them scrambling to come to the table as
the five insurers that service Idaho are seeking rate increases on average of
38%; Jared Kushner is under the microscope due to Kushner Construction’s
aggressive marketing of the visas in exchange for investment in some its high
end projects; Iran that continues to thumb its nose at the world community by
testing missiles has announced the new sanctions that have been imposed on it
violate the Iranian nuclear deal (watch for Iran to justify breaking the deal
and pedal to the metal developing deliverable nukes); Sanders at her press briefing read a letter to
President Trump from a ten year old boy named Frank asking to mow the White
House lawn (nice touch Sanders!); through August 2, 2017,
2218 people have been shot in Chicago 384 of whom have died but for two straight days in August no one has died--unbelievable!
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Christina
Aguilera, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote by Michael
McCaul on espionage, wishing the fraud and abuse of the Swamp were not so
irradicated, 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 unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the
event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.
1. Anniversary of the Killing of Pidiguoti—commemorating,
on a day when holidays and observances are far and few between, unless in
Guinea-Bissau of Portuguese colonial
police opening fire on striking dock workers in the port of Biddau, killing
some 50 strikers.
2. National
Guard Day—if you are dumb enough to be in Maduro’s failed state of Venezuela
you can celebrate the founding of its National Guard in 1936 hoping they do not
celebrate by shooting protestors.
3. 1999 Number One Song—the number one song in
1999 on a long run of 5 weeks in that position was “Genie In A Bottle” by Christina
Aguilera. Here is a performance by her of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIDWgqDBNXA
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “irradicate” which means to root
deeply which is what the proclivity of government to want to always spend more
since it’s not their money but ours.
5. The
Brady Bunch—celebrating the birth on this day in 1977 of Tom Brady whose Super
Bowl rings five outnumber his three children.
On this day
in:
a. 1778 La Scala Theater
was inaugurated in Milan, Italy.
b. 1852 in the first
intercollegiate athletic event, Harvard University defeated Yale in a rowing
race.
c. 1859 the American Dental Association was founded at Niagara
Falls, New York.
d. 1921 MLB Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis confirmed the lifetime ban of 8 Chicago “Black Sox” players, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, from baseball after they had been acquitted of fixing the 1919 World Series in favor of the Cincinnati Reds.
d. 1921 MLB Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis confirmed the lifetime ban of 8 Chicago “Black Sox” players, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, from baseball after they had been acquitted of fixing the 1919 World Series in favor of the Cincinnati Reds.
e. 1948 Whittaker
Chambers accused Alger Hiss of being a spy for the Soviet Union. Alger Hiss
could not be tried for espionage as the statute of limitations had expired but
he was convicted of perjury before Congress.
Reflections
on espionage: “Because there are little to no
consequences for conducting cyberattacks, criminals and nation-states are
becoming bolder in their threats and behavior. Russia, China, North Korea and
Iran are increasingly hacking into U.S. companies and government networks for
espionage purposes or financial gain. Michael McCaul Red Congressman
from Texas. Please
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3, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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