Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For December 26 Today is one of the
largest shopping days of the year and people flock online and to the malls for
Day After Christmas Sales or to with refunds in hand for unwanted gifts use
them to buy something more desirable or in the eyes of the retailers more
expensive; the War on Coal may be over but the war on junk science justifying
many of the EPA’s job killing regulations (which under Obama, the EPA refused
to hand over many of the scientific reports justifying the regulations) is
picking up steam as is Pruitt’s requirement that no scientist may sit on an EPA
investigation panel who has also been the recipient of an EPA grant; although
Trump has indicated time and time again that despite the stench of bias coming
from the 7th Floor of the FBI, he has no intention of firing Mueller;
so the MSM is still in a state of rabid lather claiming dire consequences if he
does (time for the House to get serious and subpoena documents from the FBI
pertaining to Uranium One, Hillary’s private server, the anti-Trump dossier and
its use in obtaining FISA warrants and its role in trying to subvert Trump’s
election and if the FBI and DOJ refuse to
comply due to their lame excuse of the existence of an ongoing
investigation by the IG’s office, the House must start holding the recipients
of those subpoenas in Contempt of Congress); an obese rabid non funny Rosie O’Donnell
displayed the rhetoric that is systematic with the partisan gridlock by
launching a Twitter storm alleging Ryan will go straight to Hell for his role
in getting the tax cut bill passed ( nothing like giving back to taxpayers a
larger portion of their money to provoke the wrath of ideologues like Rosie); in
another example of why actresses and actors should not be listened to when they
speak their minds as opposed to wanting mere mortals to believe that because
they can play someone whose opinions we should listen to, actress Jenna Fischer
was rightfully Twitter slammed when she carped that the tax bill banned
deductions for teachers deducting the cost of school supplies they bought out
of their own pocket which it clearly does not as the current deduction of $250
remained unchanged; on the better late than never front, Ambassador Niki Haley announced
a reduction of the UN budget by $285 million in a step in the right direction;
despite a rabid party before country obstruction, Trump has had 19 of his
appointees to the federal courts confirmed compared to only 12 during Obama’s
first year with the possibility of 143 vacancies being filled not counting 1
(Kennedy) or 2 (Ginsburg) openings up on SCOTUS; 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 25
increasing to 3530, 619 of whom have died which gruesome as it may be represents
a very slight year to date decrease.
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music
link to Elvis Presley, factoids of interest for this day in history, not
being lendrumbilating over what you hear or read in the MSM, a relevant quote
by Chris Rose on diversity in holidays like Kwanzaa, 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. Boxing Day—celebrated in England and the British Commonwealth since the
1830’s by Lords and their Ladies by giving to postmen, errand boys and their
servants of all kinds, a Christmas Box of presents and gifts.
2. First Day of Kwanzaa—celebrated first in this country in 1996-1997 by African-Americans
for a festival that lasts one week honoring each day one of the seven principals
common to the African American heritage like unity or improving one’s community.
3. 1960 Number One Song— the number one song in 1960 on a run of 6 weeks in that
position was “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” by Elvis Presley. Here is a recording
of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cS5aCozhcA
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “lendrumbilate“ which means to gullibly
believe in a word’s veracity which is another reason to always have access to a
large dictionary.
5. Out of the Pot and Into the Frying Pan—celebrating the
birth on this day in 1936 of Kitty Dukasis, the wife of Governor Dukakis who unsuccessfully
ran for president against George H. W. Bush; during the campaign she revealed
that she had a long term addiction to diet pills and after her husband’s loss
turned to alcohol but fortunately for her and her marriage was able to move
from the ranks of a functioning alcoholic to that of a recovering alcoholic.
On this day
in:
a. 1941 in a bad day for turkeys, President Franklin Roosevelt
signed legislation creating the 4th Thursday in November as the
Thanksgiving Day.
b. 1944 in a move that sounded the death knell on Hitler’s rash double
down attempt to win the war, General George Patton’s 3rd Army broke
the siege by the Wehrmacht and SS of the town of Bastogne, Belgium during the
Battle of the Bulge.
c. 1963 “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “I Saw Her Standing There”
were released by the Beatles marking the beginning of Beatlemania that swept
the nation.
d. 1972 in the bombing straw that broke the camel’s back, 120
B-52s, each carrying 26 tons of bombs attacked Hanoi, the largest number of
planes in a sortie ever performed by the Strategic Air Command to force the NVA
and Viet Cong back to the negotiating table in Paris.
e. 2009 China opened the longest high speed rail route between
Beijing and Guangzhou with speeds as high as 220 miles an hour; when the line
is extended to Hong Kong the total distance will increase to almost 1400 miles.
Reflections
on celebrating holiday and observance diversity, especially in December and January:
“ Do
what you do. This Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, Twelfth Night,
Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, St. Paddy's Day, and every day henceforth. Just do
what you do. Live out your life and your traditions on your own terms. If it
offends others, so be it. That's their problem.” Chris Rose, noted New Orleans
writer and journalist.
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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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