Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For January 19, 2018 Unless
McConnell can somehow pull the rabbit out of the proverbial hat, in 3 hours the
government will shut down and this day
will be known as the day the Democratic members of the Senate blindly like
lemmings followed their tyrannical leader Chuck Schumer to put the interest of
some 800,000 illegals ahead of the needs of the military and the American
people and forced the government to shut down (a pox upon Chuck Schumer for the
Schumer Shutdown and a pox upon the stooges like Feinstein and Harris who stood
with him); in the blame game for a shutdown MSM is on Blues side biased
advocates like Acosta can’t from reality hide (need 60 votes to control the
Senate which Reds do not have and there is not one Blue Senator brave enough
not to be Schumer’s lackey; NBC should be known as the Nonstop Bias Channel but
now has a new acronym Nonstop Bullying Channel as Megyn Today’s fired top writer
Kevin Bleyer released a blistering email of the bullying of the staff by Megyn’s
two female producers which has been ignored by the company’s HR department and
president of NBC News (the same one who spiked the story on perverted Harvey
Weinstein’s escapades; Judicial Watch has just released 78 pages of HRC’s
recovered emails which show 3 marked classified and numerous emails relating to
security issues which during the phony investigation HRC lied to investigators
that she was unaware of any such concerns (why is McCabe, and his pro HRC
lackeys still employed at DOJ or FBI a sane person would ask); disturbing
bombshell that the anti-Trump dossier paid for by the DNC and HRC campaign
replete with false statements provided by Russians was used to obtain FISA
warrants to spy on Trump supporters and transition team (Schiff if you are
reading this that revelation is the real clear and present danger to our
democracy not your phony collusion delusion fabrications); on the culinary
front a man who ate sushi every day in Fresno went to the ER complaining of
gastrointestinal distress to see a 5 ½ foot tapeworm removed from his body; 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 2018 through January
18 increasing to 112 of whom 18 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 Stevie Wonder, factoids of
interest for this day in history, a day free from libertinage, a relevant
quote by Jodie Sweetin on the importance of self love, 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. Husband’s Day (Iceland)—slow
day for holidays and observances unless in Iceland to celebrate the first day
of Þorri watching
farmers put on one leg of their pants and hop around outside announcing to all
in ear shot that there would be a feast that day (did not make this up).
2. Kokboro Day (Tripura, Indian)—celebrated in
this state to promote a language that has been spoken in this region of India
for thousands of years.
3. 1977 Number One Song— the number one song in
1977 on a run of 1 week in that position was “I Wish” by Stevie Wonder. Here is
a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYKYka-PNt0
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “libertinage” which
means debauchery which when it comes to the entertainment, news, politics and media worlds it seems that the reptilian
brain is king and libertinage is not practiced in moderation.
5. How
Rude Not Sweet--celebrating the birth on this day 1982 of child actress prodigy
Jodie Sweetin who starred as the middle sister in the sitcom Full House and its Netflix sequel Fuller House; she chronicled her
struggles with alcohol (started drinking at age 14) and drugs like meth and ecstasy
in unSweetined; fortunately she is
believed to be clean and sober today.
On this day
in:
a. 1977 President Gerald Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D’Aquinno
(also known as Tokyo Rose).
b. 1981 fearing a new sheriff in town, Iran signed an agreement
to release the 52 American hostages that had been held for 14 months and whose
captivity after the failed attempt to rescue them doomed the Carter Presidency.
c. 1983 Apple announced the Apple Lisa, the first commercial PC
to have a graphical interface and a computer mouse.
d. 1986 the first IBM PC virus was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers
in Lahore, Pakistan and released into the wild.
e. 2012 the file sharing company Megaupload was shut down and
its assets seized by the FBI and its owner to be extradited from New Zealnd to
the U.S. for criminal prosecution (the wheels of justice are moving slowly as
the extradition order is under appeal).
Reflections
on the need for self love from a recovering addict/alcoholic: “Most important,
I hope you grow into a woman who loves herself. It is not an easy thing,
self-love. It takes a lot of practice and time. But as a woman who is learning
how to get there herself, I hope I can give that gift to you as you grow.” Jodie
Sweetin Please
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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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19, 2018 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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