Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For March 22, 2018 On the Chinese
intellectual property theft front Trump said enough is enough and announced $50
billion in tariffs on Chinese goods (we have been scammed with unfair trade
practices and theft of intellectual property by the Chinese for decades and
this move is long overdue although it rattled the markets); shakeup in the
Mueller witch-hunt as Trump’s lead counsel resigned as Blues are lining up to
demand obstruction of justice charges be filed (Trump should tell Mueller that
he will tell him to take a hike on any request to be interviewed by him as that
is a perjury trap); thank God the police were able to find the Austin serial
bomber and cause him to kill himself as we learn that he had a list of future
bombing targets; the House Reds threw the idea of limited government and fiscal
responsibility out the window and passed a $1.3 trillion budget to send to the
Senate which does not provide funding for a wall and increased ICE agents, does
not defund sanctuary cities, does not defund Planned Parenthood and contains
outrageous pork like a new tunnel under the Hudson linking New York City to New
Jersey (total disaster for future generations); in a sign that universities are
waking up to the reality that they are turning out graduates burdened with debt
and no job skills, the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point has proposed
dropping as majors American studies, art, English, French, geography,
geoscience, German, history, music literature, philosophy, political science,
sociology and Spanish; in Chicago through March 21, 2018, 466 people have been
shot, of whom 88 have died.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Artie
Shaw; factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you are avoiding
lupanarian places and a relevant quote by Swami Sivanada on the comparison of
life to drops of water, 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. World Water Day—created by the United Nations in 1993 to promote awareness of
the importance of fresh water and the need to protect its sources.
2. National Sing Out Day—clueless where this came from but good guess would be from
manufactures of Karokee devices.
3. 1941 Number One Song— the number one song in 1941 on a run of 13 weeks in that
position was “Frensi” by Artie Shaw. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMOHMYl5BCs
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “lupanarian” which means pertaining
to a brothel which is one place even reptilian brains should avoid.
5. Sports And Politics Should Not Mix—celebrating the
birth on this day in 1952 of Bob Costas, noted sportscaster for NBC and the
host of 12 Olympic Games but recently has developed the trait of injecting his political
views into his sports broadcasting which should be no surprise given the political
nature of NBC.
On
this day
in:
a. 1960 Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes received a patent for
the first laser.
b. 1972 Congress sent to the states the Equal Rights Amendment
for ratification which failed by only receiving approval of 35 of the necessary
38 states needed.
c. 1972 SCOTUS in the case of Eisenstadt v. Baird ruled
that unmarried persons were entitled to purchase contraceptives.
d. 2016 three suicide bombers killed 32 innocents and injured
316 at the Brussels airport and the Maalbeek/Maelbeek train station.
e. 2017 52 year old Khalid Masood used a car on the Westminster Bridge
near Parliament in London to kill 5 people and injure 50 before crashing and
stabbing to death a policeman; fortunately his one way ticket to Paradise was
punched and he was shot and killed.
Reflections from a swami on life: “A mountain is composed of tiny
grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is
but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And
the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are
far-reaching.” Swami Sivananda. Noted 20th Century Hindu spiritual
teacher Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my
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