Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For September 17, 2017 Hillary
continues the blame game and on a PBS interview Friday boldly asserted that
Bill’s secret meeting with Lynch did not have an adverse effect on her election
demonstrates she is mired in delusion (if anyone believes this was a chance
meeting the subject of which was too talk about golf and grandchildren, the
person is just as delusional as she is; fortunately the attempt to hide the meeting
from the American public failed as opposed the trove of emails on her private
server that were destroyed probably most of which had nothing to do with
personal matters but rather were about running the State Department as a quid pro
quo expanded Lincoln Bedroom for her and the Foundation); in London British
police have detained a second suspect in the London subway bombing; another
night of peaceful protests over the acquittal of a former police officer in St.
Louis which then turned violent as a small group of thugs starting vandalizing stores
along the parade route, including many of owned by people who were handing out
water and supporting the peaceful protest earlier with the result that dozens
were arrested with police hoping for rain today to dampen planned protests;
Michael Isaacson, an adjunct professor at John Jay College in New York who
received infamous notoriety for tweeting it was an honor for him to teach
future dead cops has been put on administrative leave; Sanders was on Meet the
Press touting his plan for single payer health care, claiming it would save
billions by cutting administrative costs (significant doubt on that) and making
the ridiculous statement that patients in the VA were pleased with the care
provided (what about the scandals at the
VA over excessive wait times for an appointment with patients dying has he
conveniently forgotten?); on the sports front in college football, exciting 2nd
overtime win for SC over Texas, heartbreaking loss for Stanford’s next opponent
UCLA to Memphis and a disappointing loss by Stanford in the last 58 seconds to
SDSU highlighted by the Qualcomm stadium lights going dark for some 15 minutes
near the end of the fourth quarter; President Trump will address the UN amid
growing concerns that sanctions will not work and Kim will go to any lengths
including starving his people to death to attain them to use as blackmail
against South Korea and Japan based on his belief after dealing with Obama for
8 years that America would not preemptively intervene; on the weather front
Hurricane Jose is heading in the general direction of Bermuda but many drift
west exposing the East Coast to storm surge damage, in a weather version of Ground
Hog Day Tropical Storm Maria soon to be a hurricane but looks exactly in terms of
its path a repeat of Irma’s earlier days and could pound into Florida and
Tropical Storm Lee looks like it will degrade to a tropical depression and get
nowhere near the U.S. (if Jose and/or Maria replicate Irma in path with our $20+
trillion in national debt we are going to be a world of hurt trying to come up
with funding to address the damage); on the inane anti-Trump front leave it to
the left to dump all over 11 year old Frank Giaccio’s dream come true to mow
the White House Lawn and have a surprise visit while doing so from the
president and in a flood of tweets claim Trump was violating child labor laws
(total ignorance of the Fair Labor Standards Act which includes lawn care as an
allowable activity; through September 16, 2017 in Chicago
the number of people being shot climbed to 2715 and the death toll again on the
rise to 469 while the city seems to not be doing anything to prevent the
killing and maiming of its minority residents—a real definition of racism which
is deadly.
As always, I
hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, music links to the Browns
and Hank Williams, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant hypocritical
quote on the Constitution by Edward Snowden, with the ability avoid a katabasis
from the principles you hold dear but
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. Constitution Day and Citizenship Day—created
by Congress in 2004 to commemorate the formation and signing of the
Constitution on this day in 1787 and
to honor those immigrants who have become citizens of this nation.
2. National
Wife Appreciation Day—observed on the third Sunday of September but really should be
observed each and every day for as sure as the Sun will rise tomorrow, so true
is the adage “Happy wife, happy life.”
3. 1959
Number One Song— the number one song in 1959 on a run of 4 weeks in
that position was “Three Bells” by the Browns. Here is a performance of the
song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTkbj56bnYs
Jim Brown’s third bell was rung at the age of 81 and Bonnie Brown’s third bell
was rung at age 77 and the last surviving Brown, Maxine is still alive at 85.
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “katabasis” which means a retreat,
especially a military retreat which is what we hope the forces of radical Islam
will continue to experience.
5. A
Cheatin’ Heart Prone to Be a Failing Heart—celebrating the birth on
this day in 1923 of noted country and western singer and prolific songwriter Hiram
Williams, better known to his fans as Hank Williams who unfortunately abused
alcohol and morphine big time and died of a heart attack on January 1, 1953.
Here is a link to one of his most noted songs, “Your Cheatin’ Heart.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26PLWPWXlSc
On this
day in:
a. 1849
abolitionist Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery and became a spy for the Union
during the Civil War and was very active in freeing slaves and transporting
them via the Underground Railroad to havens in the North.
b. 1862
after Union forces discovered Lee’s battle plans for his invasion of Maryland,
the Union Army under General “Little Mac” stopped Lee’s forces in a one day
battle at Antietam, the bloodiest one day battle in American military history
and immortalized by photographs by Matthew Brady which brought the reality of
the horror and bloodshed of the war to the domestic front.
c. 1914
the race to the sea by German and the Allies began which ended on October 19,
1914 with the Germans unable to prevent Allies from reaching the North Sea on
the coast of Belgium which led to four years of trench warfare and thousands
upon thousands of casualties on both sides.
d. 2001
the New York Stock Exchange which had not opened on Tuesday 9/11/ 2011 due to
the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon opened for trading, the
longest period of time it had been closed since the Great Depression.
e. 2011 on the ten year
anniversary of the NYSE reopening after being closed on 9/11 the Occupy Wall
Street Movement began in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
Hypocritical reflections on the Constitution and its protection from
a traitor hiding out under Putin’s protection: Being a patriot doesn't mean
prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means
knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your
Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen, from the violations of
and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don't have to be
foreign countries." Edward Snowden. Wonder how this traitor is enjoying life in
Russia which does have a constitution not worth the paper it is printed on
where the rule of men like a Stalin or Putin prevail as opposed to the rule of
law. Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you
like them, retweet and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining
poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in
History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking
news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day
in History.
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17, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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