Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For November 19, 2017 On the
political front, Merkel’s attempts to form a coalition government have
collapsed and Germany may be facing a snap election to remedy the problem (Merkel
may be a smart woman but he decisions to open Germany’s borders to unvetted
refugees from the Middle East is a major error); and Mugabe’s time has run
out as his party throws the gauntlet to resign by Monday or be impeached (too much
corruption even for a continent where corruption is the rule not the exception;
our border with Mexico in addition to being porous is a dangerous place as a
Border Patrol agent Rogolia Martinez was shot and killed and his partner seriously
wounded in the Big Bend Park section of Texas (another reason why we need the
Wall as the scumbag or scumbags committing the act were most likely cartel
members smuggling drugs into the country); two perverts one in the Senate
(Franken) and the other trying to become one (Moore) are telling the outraged
American public and the Senate to in essence pound sand; we all know that
texting or operating a cell phone while driving can be dangerous but for 18 year
old Alexis Butler so is driving while taking a breath analyzer as she was
killed in Arlington, Texas while backing out of her driveway by a non impaired
driver doing just that; UCLA has chimed in on the arrest and subsequent release
of three of its basketball players for shoplifting in China by suspending them
from the team; almost a stuck record or a gruesome remake of Groundhog
Day, Chicago style, the carnage in Chicago continued unabated
with total shootings by mostly minorities against mostly minorities in
2017 through November 18 increasing to 3271 of whom 571 (in what has to
be a record no one on the 17th or the 18th died) have
died 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 Rihanna,
factoids of interest for this day in history, looking forward to taking
out your favorite lampion during a romantic dinner, a relevant quote from Melissa
Emerson on female entrepreneurship, 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
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1. Women’s
Entrepreneurship Day—created by Wendy Diamond in 2014 to promote entrepreneurship in
women business owners.
2. World Toilet Day—created by the
World Toilet Organization to promote the creation of toilets eliminate the
practice in much of the undeveloped world of open defecation which poses great
disease risks in addition to really unpleasant odors on warm days.
3. 2011 Number One Song—the number one song in 2011 on a run
of 10 weeks in that position was “We Found Love” by Rihanna. Here is a
recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg00YEETFzg
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “lampion” which is an oil
decorated lamp which could be the perfect substitute for candles for a romantic
dinner.
5. Most Talented Eli—celebrating the birth on this day in 1962 of noted actress,
director and Yale graduate Jodie Foster who has successfully made the transition
from child actress to a critically acclaimed actress in such roles as Silence of the Lambs, Flight Plan and Panic Room.
On this day
in:
a. 1959 Ford Motor Company discontinued
production of its lemon the Edsel.
b. 1979 in a tough day to be a white
male hostage, the Ayatollah Khomeini ordered the release of 13 female and black
male hostages from the American Embassy in Tehran.
c. 1985 in the worst day on record for the
legal team representing Texaco, Pennzoil was awarded $10.53 Billion for Texaco’s
interference with Pennzoil’s agreement to buy Getty Oil.
d. 1998 the House of Representatives’
Judiciary Committee began impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton
arising out of the Lewinsky Scandal.
e. 2002 the Greek oil tanker Prestige broke in half off the coast of
Galicia in Spain and released over 20 million gallons of oil in the worst environmental
disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.
Reflections on how to
succeed as an entrepreneur: “You never lose in business; either you win or you
learn. You never hire someone you cannot fire. Choose your life partner carefully.
An unsupportive spouse can kill a business faster than a bad marketing plan.” Melinda
F. Emerson, “The Small Biz Lady” and author of Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months. Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on
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