Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For December 1,2017 Michael Flynn is the first scalp for
Robert Mueller to hang on the witch-hunt pole after Flynn pled guilty to lying
to the FBI (lying to the FBI is never a good idea but one would hope the court cuts General Flynn some slack in recognition of his service to this country despite the audience cheering loudly on the leftist The View whose panel is totally clueless on the foreign policy issues that face us; the FBI after claiming they had no records of the secret meeting between
Clinton and Lynch on the Phoenix tarmac days before Hillary was scheduled to be
interviewed by the FBI found 27 pages of emails which were released to Judicial
which reveal that the FBI was focusing on finding the mole who leaked the
existence of a “chance” meeting in order to “discuss grandchildren and golf”
(believe that and you are a candidate to buy the Brooklyn Bridge); outrage
continues to grow over the travesty the acquittal of Kate Steinle’s killer (if
there is a silver lining in this tragedy it is that it may be the impetus to
correct this nonsense of sanctuary cities to harbor illegal aliens and may
revive Kate’s Law to incarcerate multiple deportees; on the terror front,
Germany dodged the terrorist bullet as police found explosives at a Potsdam Christmas
market; on the tax cut front, the White House and the Senate’s top Republican
have indicated that they have the votes to pass the tax cut bill which should
spur economic growth and free this nation from the legacy of Obama’s anemic
economic record; on the racist front Texas State University fired the editor
for the student newspaper after it published an editorial claiming whites are
an aberration and shouldn’t be allowed to exist; 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 28
increasing to 3352 of whom 583 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 the Glenn Miller Band,
factoids of interest for this day in history, knowing that if vacationing
in Bali today one should be alert to avoid being hit by lapilli, a relevant
quote by Larry Kramer on heroes, 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. World AIDS Day—created
in 1988 to promote awareness of the pandemic of AIDS caused by the HIV virus
and the need for more research to produce vaccines that will eliminate the
scourge.
2. Rosa Parks Day (Oregon and Ohio)—celebrated by these
two states on the anniversary of Rosa Park’s refusal to move to the back of a
bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 resulting in her arrest and the Montgomery
Bus Boycott, one of the pivotal events in the Civil Rights Movement.
3. 1941 Number One Song— the number one song in
1941 on a run of 9 weeks in that position was “Chattanooga Choo Choo” by the
Glenn Miller Band. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGBwmLRNLJ4
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “lapilli” which
are small stones ejected by a volcano’s eruptions which tourists on the Island
of Bali would see spewing from the active volcano Mt. Agung which is
threatening the popular tourist destination.
5. PC
Produces No Laughter--celebrating the birth on this day 1970 of politically incorrect
comedian Sarah Silverman who was also a noted writer and performer for SNL.
On this day
in:
a. 1862 in his State of the Union Address, President Lincoln
reaffirmed the need to abolish slavery.
b. 1913 Ford Motor Company introduced the first moving assembly
line.
c. 1919 Lady Astor became the first female to take a seat in the
House of Commons.
d. 1969 the first draft lottery since World War II was held.
e. 1990 the tunnel sections started from France and England meet
40 meters under the seabed under the English Channel.
Reflections
on AIDS: “AIDS is a plague - numerically,
statistically and by any definition known to modern public health - though no
one in authority has the guts to call it one.” Larry Kramer, noted gay author,
playwright and LGBT activist Please
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