Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For March 23, 2018
On the
potential trade war front the Chinese quickly reacted by imposing $3 billion in
retaliation for Trump’s $50 billion in tariffs and the stock market tanked; the
Senate joined the House in tossing fiscal responsibility out the window and into
the Swamp and approved the $1.3 trillion budget which although bolsters the
military does not defund Planned Parenthood or sanctuary cities and does not
fund the wall or additional ICE facilities or Border Patrol agents (what a way
to run a railroad--spend money we don’t have in a bill that no one voting for
it has read and for this dereliction of duty we pay them large salaries with
huge perks); Missouri has joined the list of states aiming to reform welfare by
eliminating the ability to use EBC’s to buy liquor, tobacco, admissions to
strip clubs or withdraw cash from ATM’s; the flood of new food stamp recipients
has crested and now ebbing with 2 million less food stamp recipients receiving benefits
(before we pop the champagne corks there are still over 42 million food stamp
recipients; John Bolton due in part to his very hawkish ideas is getting a
mixed reaction to his replacement of H.R. McMasters as National Security
Adviser; Jaelynn Willey who was shot in the head by Austin Rollins at Great
Mills High School was taken off life support; on the destroy the planet front
the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has risen in size to 600,000 square miles,
twice the size of Texas:
in Chicago through March 21, 2018, 467 people have been shot, of
whom 89 have died.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Glenn Miller
and his Orchestra; factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact
that you are avoiding lurdans and a relevant quote by President Reagan SDI,
secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any
memorable events like birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that
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for details.
1. World Meteorological Day—promoting awareness of the importance of accurate weather forecasting
and trends.
2. Near Miss Day—commemorating the near miss of Earth by asteroid 4581 Asclepius
on this day in 1989 by only 425,000 miles or a margin of error of six hours;
had it struck Earth it would have released the energy equivalence of 600
megatons.
3. 1942 Number One Song— the number one song in 1942 on a run of 10 weeks in that
position was “Moonlight Cocktail” by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. Here
is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e42mD7OW4U
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “lurdan” which means a lazy or dull
person of whom we have way too many in the Swamp.
5. Start Up Addict—celebrating the birth on this day in 1944 of James Clark noted entrepreneur
and programmer who dropped out of high school to form such successful companies
as Silicon Graphics, Netscape, and Healtheon which was the largest IPO in 1999.
On this
day in:
a.1868 the University of California was founded at Berkeley, California.
b. 1965 the U.S. successfully put into orbit Gemini 3, its first two man spacecraft
with Gus Grissom and John Young aboard.
c. 1977 the first of David Frost’s 12 interviews with Richard
Nixon on Watergate was videotaped.
d. Archbishop Romero gave his famous speech appealing to the El Slavadoran
military to stope killing Salvadorans.
e. 1983 President Reagan made what become to be known as the
Strategic Defense Initiative to utilize technology to intercept incoming
missiles.
Reflections on Strategic Defense Initiative: We seek neither
military superiority nor political advantage. Our only purpose -- one all
people share -- is to search for ways to reduce the danger of nuclear war.My
fellow Americans, tonight we're launching an effort which holds the promise of
changing the course of human history. There will be risks, and results take
time. But I believe we can do it. As we cross this threshold, I ask for your
prayers and your support.”Ronald Reagan, March
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