Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For September 9, 2017 It
is almost showtime for Florida as Irma leaves Cuba some 90 miles away and heads
to Florida now reduced to a Cat 3 but expected to upgrade to at least a Cat 4
as it is over water again; millions of Floridians are under mandatory
evacuations as the track continues to shift to the east away from Miami in the direction
of Tampa; Obama supporters’ attempts to absolve him from his disastrous policy
on Syria have suffered a setback when the Holocaust Museum after intense
pressure from Jewish groups has pulled a study which absolved our feckless
ex-president; 84 year old Diane Fienstein who has recently been in the news for
attacking Amy Barrett’s nomination to the 7th Circuit because she is
a Catholic and defending the tradition in the Senate that if both senators from
the nominee’s home state do not submit a favorable opinion, the nominee is
supposed to be rejected may be facing a primary challenger from the increasingly
leftist part of the party if she decides to run again in 2018; Norway goes to
the polls on Monday amid rising concerns over its ties with the EU, immigration
from the Middle East and asylum seekers; Trump and Pence praised for their response
to Harvey are meeting with the Cabinet at Camp David to monitor Irma and the
federal and state response as well as going over the legislative agenda including
tax cuts and reform which must get passed or the Reds will wave goodbye to the
House and Senate, the two leaders of which due to their obstruction should be
replaced; on the let the good times roll front, U.S. booze exports are up over
10%; on the hurricane good news front Jose now a Cat 4 is veering to the right
away from the Caribbean and the U.S. heading north toward Bermuda; through
September 8, 2017 in Chicago the number of people being shot climbed to 2623, and
the death toll again on the rise to 450.
As always, I
hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Tony Bennett,
factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote on fetal alcohol
syndrome by Doctor Mark Mengel, hoping sooner than later the ship of state will
have a functional jurymast to replace the dysfunctional one we have today, 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. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Day—promoting
awareness of the problems a fetus is exposed to if the mother drinks during pregnancy
since the fetus drinks what the mother drinks; drinking in moderation is
playing Russian Roulette with the baby’s well being.
2. International
Sudoku Day—created
by the World Puzzle Federation to promote the challenging game of Sudoku which
started to appear in French newspapers in the late 19th Century and
is now one of the most popular puzzles since you do not need to be language
proficient to be able to play as it involves only numbers.
3. 1951
Number One Song— the number one song in 1951 on a run of 8 weeks in
that position was “Because of You” by Tony Bennett. Here is a performance of the
song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-4zvArJDGg
He is still performing at 91 but just had his concert in Sarasota cancelled due
to Hurricane Irma but will return in 2018.
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “jurymast” which means a mast installed
on a ship to replace one that has been lost (for our ship of state becalmed by
gridlock we need a jurymast of bipartisanship to replace the mast of bipartisanship
long since blown away).
5. Hitting
Bottom—celebrating the birth on this day in 1930 of Frank Lucas a one
time notorious drug dealer who made millions in selling heroin and cocaine in
NYC obtained directly from Southeast Asia thanks to corrupt members of the U.S.
Army and the NYPD but after his third prison stint left the drug business to
return to Harlem to try to repair the damage caused by his drug sales
especially the deadly “Blue Magic” heroin and is still alive today at 87. His
life was portrayed in the movie Ameerican
Gangster starring Denzel Washington.
On this
day in:
a. 1850
California was admitted as the 31st state.
b. 1940
George Stibitz of Bell Labs performed the first remote operation of a computer.
c. 1948
Kim Il-sung established the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea which was not
democratic or a republic and which is ruled by his grandson, a lunatic dictator Kim Jong Un who in honor of
the anniversary may fire another ICBM.
d. 1971
the Attica Prison Riot commenced; when it ended 4 days later with the
reoccupation of the prison by New York Correctional Department officers, 33
inmates and 10 correctional officers lay dead.
e. 1993 in a what took
you so long moment, the Palestinian Liberation Organization officially recognized
Israel as a legitimate state.
Reflections
on why drinking during pregnancy is not worth the risk: “Children over the age
of 12 who have fetal alcohol syndrome develop an array of devastating problems.These
include mental health problems, disruptive school experiences, trouble with the
law, inappropriate sexual behavior and drug and alcohol addiction.” Doctor Mark
Mengel 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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9, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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