Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October 9, 2017 The rhetoric coming out of the Swamp continues unabated
with RINOs like Corker claiming that Trump wants to lead us into World War III
with North Korea (if Kim proceeds with his quest to arm his ICBMs with nuclear
warheads that war would be over in less than 30 minutes with Kim and his weapons
program totally vaporized); as rankings for the NFL continue to drop, Jerry Jones
the owner of the Dallas Cowboys informed the players either stand or be benched
(good for him and kudos to Mike Pence for walking out of the Colts/49ers game
when players kneeled during the playing of the National Anthem and to ESPN for finally
get its act together by terminating the anchor Jamele Hill who trashed Trump
and Jones); Nancy and Chuck are venting on DACA their extreme fury that Trump
has the audacity to insist DACA passage dependent on a Wall and reform that
puts the needs of the country first not the uniting of distant family members
(compromise in their minds is the typical my way or the highway); the head of
the EPA before a cheering crowd in Hazard, Kentucky announced the “War on Coal”
is over; Henry Weinstein has been fired over his alleged sexual abuse of women
and today we find the leftist rag the NYT buried a story on Weinstein’s
predatory practices involving women back in 2004 due to pressure from Hollywood
celebs (once again when it comes to the real war of women, no pun intended, the
left gets caught with their pants down clutching their wallets and purses
holding millions of campaign contributions from him that are not being
returned); in Chicago through October 8, 2017, the number of people being
shot climbed to 2965 and the death toll rising to 510 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, a music link to Debby Boone Murphy,
factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote by the birthday boy
John Lennon, hoping you do not have use a knout on our gridlocked, partisan
Congress and
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. National
Nanotechnology Day—promoting awareness of the contributions to our economy working in
the realm of 1-100 nanometers (one nanometer is 1/1,000,000,000 of a meter
which is a very small measurement indeed).
2. Columbus
Day/Leif Erickson Day—celebrating the discovery by Europeans of the
Americas, by Norwegians some 500 years before Columbus on October 12, 1492
(celebrated on the second Monday in October.
3. 1977
Number One Song—the number one song in 1977 on a run
of 10 weeks in that position was “You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone. Here is
a performance of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b07-yKnKRMQ
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “knout” which means to flog someone
with a multi-thonged whip which is something our Congress might need to end
gridlock that is frustrating our recovery.
5. All
You Need Is Love Not Crazed Fans—celebrating the birth on
this day in 1940 of John Lennon who was gunned down by a deranged fan, Mark
David Chapman, who is now rotting in prison and eligible for his tenth parole
hearing next year.
On this day in:
a. 1936 generators are
turned on for the first time at Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam) in Arizona,
sending power to Los Angeles some 266 miles away.
b. 1950 after retaking
Seoul, in the Goyang Geunjeong Cave, South Korean troops executed 153 civilians on suspicion
of cooperating with North Korean troops that had previously occupied Seoul.
c. 1966 in an example
that bad habits in war die hard, South Korean forces slaughtered 168 South
Vietnamese to avenge the death of one soldier from a sniper attack near Binh
Tai village.
d. 1967 Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara was executed by Bolivian
troops after being captured the day before for seeking to start a revolution to
overthrow the government of Bolivia.
e. 2006 in a glaring example of the failure of diplomacy in
dealing with North Korea, North Korea detonated its first nuclear weapon.
Reflections
on peace from the too soon departed birthday boy: “"We all have
Hitler in us, but we also have love and peace. So why not give peace a chance
for once?" John Lennon 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
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