Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For October 17, 2017 The mouse that
roared in the form of a Hawaii District Court Judge has just issued an order
blocking Trump’s executive order banning
entry to the citizens of an expanded list of countries which has left the White
House fuming over liberal judges’ overreach; Daniella Diaz another leftist
ideologue masquerading as a reporter for the Cack News Network ridiculed Mitch
O’Connell, a polio survivor for needing help to walk up stairs at the Rose
Gardern; Harvey Weinstein, that perverted scumbag in Hollywood, will prove to
be only the tip of the iceberg of reptilian male culture of abusing women as
Reese Witherspoon joins the growing list of actresses who have alleged sexual
assaults as a condition to employment (we need a new black list of directors
who are not Communists but sexual predators so the mere mortals can boycott
their films); the bull market led by hopes of a tax cut is still alive and well
with the Dow closing at 2.56 points below 23,000 and on Wall Street a real live
bull was running wild outside on Wall Street; as evidence Trump is serious
about the opioid menace, the DOJ has announced indictments against Chinese drug
makers who have been selling opioids
directly to Americans; Roy Price has resigned as head of Amazon Studios as a
result of sexual abuse allegations against him; one has to admire and respect
McCain for his military service but at the same time expressing concern that
his cancer treatments are impairing his judgment as he slams Trump on his “half-baked”
ideas; almost a stuck record or a
gruesome remake of Groundhog Day, Chicago style, the carnage
in Chicago continued unabated with total shootings in 2017 through October 16
increasing to 3029 (as predicted that number this weekend soar past 3,000) and the death toll stuck at
526 while nothing is being done to hinder or prevent the killings of minorities
by minorities.
As always, I hope you enjoy
today’s holidays and observances, a music link to John Cougar, factoids of
interest for this day in history, hoping that your day if living in Northern
California will not result in the need to be boning up on koniology, a
relevant quote from Clift Montgomery on the
source of creativity, secure in the knowledge
that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like birthdays,
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. International
Day for the Eradication of Poverty—commemorated first on
this day in 1987 to promote efforts to eliminate extreme poverty.
2. Black
Poetry Day—commemorating the contribution to our literature of black poets
with this day chosen as it marks the birthday on this day in 1711 of the first
black poet published here, Jupiter Hammon.
3. 1982
Number One Song—the number one song in 1982 on a run of 4 weeks in that position
was “Jack and Diane” by John Cougar. Here is a recording of
the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h04CH9YZcpl
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “koniology which is the study of dust
and pollutants in the atmosphere which if
taken in the Napa Valley would be off the charts due to the forest fires
raging.
5. Method Works—celebrating the birth on this day in
1920 of noted method actor, Montgomery Cliff who battled alcohol and drug use which
accelerated after a serious car crash in 1957 . He died way too soon in 1966.
On this day
in:
a. 1933 Albert Einstein alarmed by the Nazis anti-Semitic
rhetoric flees Germany and settles in the U.S.
b. 1956 the first commercial nuclear power plant was opened by
Queen Elizabeth II at Sellafield in Cumbria.
c. 1973 OPEC imposed an oil embargo against the U.S. and several
of its allies for their support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War..
d. 1979 Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
e. 1989 the Loma Prieto Earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay
Area, killing 61 people.
Reflections on the source of creativity by the birthday boy who is
no longer with us: “Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his
most vital source of creative energy.” 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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October `17, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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