Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 26, 2018 Maxine Waters the
rabid ideologue impeachment queen who actually bests Pelosi at times as the
lightening rod to energize Red voters at the California Dems’ annual convention was claiming Trump was
mentally ill and beating the drums again for impeachment as Mueller “is connecting
the dots” (HRC and the DNC may be in a rude surprise that the dots being
connecting are like an errant torpedo coming back to the real collusion with
the Russians, HRC and the DNC and the real smoking gun of corruption and
collusion the Uranium One quid pro quo deal); Sanders who may age
notwithstanding his age be thinking of a 2020 run but hobbled by allegations of
his wife’s bank fraud allegations is struggling with allegations that his
campaign may have colluded with the Russians against HRC (the drama never
ends); while there are mounting calls for the sheriff of Broward County to resign
or be recalled, the Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy who failed to enter the
school and has since resigned is having his lawyer defend him for not being a
coward; news today is that the Sheriff Israel is also being slammed for delaying
the EMS responders’ entry into the shooting site (another reason that Israel
should be fired); Trump was meeting with governors at the White House to listen
to their ideas on how to protect schools from violence (not sure if Moonbeam
was present but the mayor of Sanctuary City Oakland was in the news warning
residents of upcoming ICE raids); the Saudi Arabia King has sacked several of
its military top leaders as the war with Yemen continues in its third year and
in a sign it is shedding some of its feudal past will allow women to serve in
its military; on the sports front that spineless Goodell who has presided over
a drop in attendance and viewing in the NFL due to the Kaepernick inspired kneeling
protests may be fining Jerry Jones millions for his protest over the outrageous
salary and bonuses Goodell has been awarded (why he did not fine the kneeling
protestors is beyond belief); on the sexual harassment front Suzie Hardy hired
by E as Bob Seacrest’s personal stylist has leveled accusations he groped her
in his underwear; on the music front the ageless wonders of the music world,
the Rolling Stones, have announced that they are touring the UK this year; in
Chicago through February 25, 2018 350 people have been shot of whom 67 have
died and in February through the same date 141 people have been shot of whom 31
have died (do not be surprised if at the end of February Chicago is averaging
two Parklands per month in terms of number of dead and the left and Blue
leaders are silent while mostly minority shooters with handguns kill mostly
minorities—a true definition of racism).
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Usher;
factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that we now have a competent
lodesman on the economy and a relevant quote by Seth Shostak on radar, 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 Carnival Day—celebrating that fun venue of rides, food and games of skill (usually
rigged against the participant offering usually cheap prizes that a participant
will spend a fortune on).
2. Levi Strauss Day—celebrating the durable and iconic garment essential, blue jeans,
on the birthday on this day in 1829 of German immigrant Levi Strauss.
3. 2004 Number One Song— the number one song in 2004 on a run of 12 weeks in that
position “Yeah” by Usher feat. Lil Jon and Ludacris. Here is a recording
of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxBSyx85Kp8
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “lodesman” who is a person that
steers a ship; thanks to Trump our ship of state is being steered properly and
in the right directions compared to its last pilot.
5. Spared of a Kaine Mutiny—celebrating or bemoaning depending on your political point of
view the birth on this day in 1958 of Tim Kaine Senator from Virginia and
running mate of Hillary Clinton who fortunately was such a flawed candidate
with a lousy campaign that the two of them were squashed in the election.
On
this day
in:
a. 1815 Napoleon escaped from Elba enroute to entering France
and his rendezvous with failure at Waterloo.
b. 1909 the world’s first motion picture color process
Kinemacolor was shown to the public at the Palace Theater in London.
c. 1914 the sister ship to the RMS Titanic the RMS Brittanic was launched and like the Titanic had a short life, being sunk as
a hospital ship on November 21, 1915 after striking a mine off the cost of
Greece but unlike her sister of the 1065 crew and wounded soldiers aboard her,
only 30 perished.
d. 1935 in a march toward WWII, Adolf Hitler ordered the
Luftwaffe outlawed by the Versailles Treaty to be reformed the same day in
England that Robert Watson-Watt was demonstrating a device that would lead to
the development of radar which enable England to prevail in the Battle of
Britain.
e. 1980 in a what took you so long moment Egypt and Israel
established full diplomatic relations.
Radar has many more uses that just detecting planes, ships or
missles: “The strongest signals leaking off our planet are radar transmissions,
not television or radio. The most powerful radars, such as the one mounted on
the Arecibo telescope (used to study the ionosphere and map asteroids) could be
detected with a similarly sized antenna at a distance of nearly 1,000
light-years.” Seth Shostak Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute charged with
the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Please enjoy the poems on
events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them,
retweet and follow me) 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
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This Day in History.
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