Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For December 22, 2017 Yesterday was
symbolic for the tax cut signed by Congress to be forwarded to the President
for his signature today before flying to Mar-a-Lago as it was the Winter
Solstice, the shortest day of the year and like the darkness of the pathetic growth of less than 2.2% per year
during Obama’s 8 years we are now heading for more economic sunlight of growth
that should be in excess of 3% or more; the drama and the over the top rhetoric
of the Blues is incredible from Jackie Spier with her lump of coal to Pelosi
with her Armageddon and Frankenstein to Schumer’s bald face lie that too many
people will see their taxes rise and the cuts for individuals are not permanent
but are for corporations thanks to arcane rules of the Senate that are an
obstruction to getting anything accomplished (safe bet would be any amount of
wager that when the individual tax cuts start to expire, Congress will extend
them and the other safe bet will be that taxpayers will see the increase in
take home pay and those out of the work force will be drawing a paycheck for
the first time in years and dismiss Pelosi and Schumer as fools); we just
barely dodged the bullet on a government shutdown but Schumer has thrown the
gauntlet that on January 19, 2018 he wants citizenship amnesty for the illegal aliens protected by DACA or face
government shutdown ignoring the fact that to achieve a resolution there needs
to be an end to chain migration, end to funding of sanctuary cities, passage of
Kate’s Law, building the Wall, and an e-verify requirement for employers of
aliens (once again the Blues are putting the needs of illegals ahead of the
rights and needs of American citizens which if one social security check is
missed the senior citizens will dump the Blues like a hot rock); when it comes
to hypocrisy Hillary, fresh off her delusional book tour, takes the cake
slamming the politization of the DOJ over reports that it may be looking into
in a more thorough manner the Uranium One Deal and the quid pro quo of the
Clinton Foundation and Bill’s speaking fees while totally ignoring the
politization of the DOJ under Holder and Lynch (she probably forgot about the
highly unethical meeting of Lynch on the tarmac with Bill to “compare notes on
golf and grandchildren”); on the sexual harassment front 18,000 have signed
online petitions demanding Matt Damon be dropped from his cameo role in Oceans 8, a film about empowering women, due to allegations of his enabling
Hollywood’s number one pervert Harvey Weinstein; Apple faces a class action lawsuit
by owners of older iPhones claiming Apple is deliberately slowing down
functions in order to prompt holders to buy newer models; Susan Rice the discredited
“It’s the video” queen slammed Trump’s America first strategy by claiming that
he will lose America’s moral authority which after repeatedly lying to the
American people on Benghazi she has none; Eric Schmidt, the Executive Chairman
for Google worth almost $5 billion dropped a bombshell by announcing that he
was resigning from the company to devote more time to philanthropy; 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
December 19 increasing to 3504, 614 of whom have died.
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music
link to Guy Mitchell, factoids of interest for this day in history, not
being complicit in your dealings with your fellow human beings, a relevant
quote by Andrew Fastow on breaking the rules, 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. National Mathematics Day (India)—established by
India on this slow day for holidays and observances to honor the contributions
to mathematics by Srinivasa Ramanujan an Indian who had no formal training in
mathematics but is generally regarded as a genius but unfortunately died way
too early of hepatitis at age 32.
2. Abilities Day—celebrated by those with mental, physical and/or emotional
challenges and their caregivers on this day since 1999 proving that the only
true disability is the disability of quitting or giving up. I you see someone
today wearing a white ribbon, good chance that person is celebrating today’s
observance.
3. 1959 Number One Song— the number one song in 1959 on a run of 2 weeks in that
position was “Heartaches by the Number” by Guy Mitchell. Here is a recording of
the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmRjgWW8yn0
4. Word of the Year 2017—today’s word of the year as chosen by Dictionary.com is “complicit”
which is the act of choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act,
especially with others; having partnership or involvement in wrongdoing which
the left feel Trump is guilty of as do the Reds with respect to Hillary and her
Foundation and both parties agree that in the political, entertainment and news
arenas, too many people are complicit in sexual harassment.
5. Off Balance Out of Mind Into Jail—celebrating or
bemoaning the birth on this day of Andrew Fastow, the CFO of Enron, whose off
balance sheet financing schemes and his taking concealed ownership positions in
them was instrumental in driving the company into bankruptcy and him into
prison for over five years. He was released in 2011 and speaks on the issue of
fraud and what companies need to do to prevent schemes like his from defrauding
them and their investors.
On this day
in:
a. 610 the Prophet Muhammad stated he had been visited by Gabriel
and received his first revelation from God.
b. 1894 the Dreyfus Affair began in France when Dreyfus was
wrongfully convicted of treason.
c. 1989 the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, closed for 30 years was
reopened ending the partition of Germany between West Germany and East Germany.
d. 2001 Richard Reid boarded American Airlines Flight 63 from
Paris to Miami with explosives packed in his shoes which fortunately failed to
detonate after the plane had taken off. This radicalized Islamist for his efforts
is now serving three life sentences plus 110 years at a federal maximum
security prison without possibility of parole and will die there.
e. 2010 the 17 year old policy of “Don’t ask, don’t tell” in the
military was rescinded by executive order executed by President Obama.
Reflections
on the addendum to the old adage that you can structure but you cannot hide
forever unless maybe if your last name is Clinton by the master of concealment:
“There are people who look at the rules and find ways to structure around them.
The more complex the rules, the more opportunities.” Andrew Fastow Sadly to the
detriment of the employees at Enron who lost their pensions by investing in
Enron stock only to have it become worthless, he is right especially when greed supplants
integrity, honesty and moral character.
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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
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History.
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