Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For March 27, 2018 On the 2nd Amendment
front, retired former SCOTUS Justice Stevens is advocating a repeal of the 2nd
Amendment which will make the criminals and politicians happy that they will
not face an armed population of law abiding citizens; Zuckerberg in hot water
for the release of personal data of some 50 million users as the FTC has
acknowledged that the company is under investigation and Congress has made a
formal request for him to appear before it (Facebook stock which reached a high
of $195 a share in late January of this year has lost almost 25% of its value);
Brett Bruen who was Obama’s director of global engagement from 2013 to 2015
told CNN that he was ignored by Obama’s National Security Council when he
warned them that Russia had interfered with Ukraine’s election and would do the
same thing with ours (typical of the fecklessness of Obama who in typical
narcisstic fashion has been calling for a million young Obama’s to further
human progress); Al Sharpton who will be giving the eulogy for Stephon Clark
shot 20 times by two Sacramento police officers received news that his half
brother had be arrested for capital murder in Alabama; the Orange County
Sheriff has told Becerra and the leftist kooks that run Sacramento to take a
hike as he will be releasing the names of inmates to be released and if they
are illegals hopefully ICE will be waiting to deport them; on the illegal alien
front twice deported scumbag Anastacio Eugenio Lopez-Fabian was arrested in
Seaside, Oregon for the rape of a 14 year old girl but was dumb enough to show
up for a hearing after he bailed out on the same day he was arrested and was
snatched by ICE; in Chicago through March 26, 2018, 499 people have been shot,
of whom 91 have died.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to the Andrews
Sisters; factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you do
not have the misfortune being a lychnobite and a relevant quote by W.C. Fields on
whiskey and snakes, 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 Theatre Day—created by the
International Theatre Institute in 1961 to promote awareness of the importance
of theaters in our culture.
2. International Whisk(e)
Day—created by several whisk(e)y writers in 2009 at the Whiskey
Festival in the Netherlands in honor of noted whisk(e)y taster and reviewer
Michael Jackson and the qualities of Scotch, Japanese and Canadian whiskies and
Irish and American whiskeys and to promote awareness of Parkinson’s Disease
which claimed the life of Jackson.
3. 1945 Number One
Song— the
number one song in 1945 on a run of 7 weeks in that position was “Rum And
Coca Cola” by the Andrews Sisters. Here is a recording of the
song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGxL2uNr7bk
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of
the day is “lychnobite” which is a person whose circadian rhythm is fouled up
because of working at night and sleeping during the day.
5. Take Me To The
Movies—celebrating
the birth on this day in 1963 of Quentin Tarantino, noted director and
screenwriter, whose movies include Pulp
Fiction, Kill Bill Vol 1, Kill Bill Vol 2 and Inglorious Basterds.
On
this day in:
a. 1964 the most
powerful earthquake to hit North America, the Good Friday Earthquake, struck
Southcentral, Alaska, killing 125 people and destroying large parts of
Anchorage and leveling the town of Valdez,
the southern terminus of TAPS.
b. 1975 after years of litigation, construction on the Trans
Alaska Pipeline System finally began.
c. 1998 in a
boost to Bob Dole’s acting career, the FDA approved the use of Viagra for
erectile dysfunction.
d. 1999 a F-117
Nighthawk Stealth Bomber was shot down by a Serbian SAM, the first and only
F-117 to be lost in combat.
e. 2016 a suicide
bomber detonated a bomb at Gyusgab-e-lqbal Park in Lahore, Pakistan, killing over
70 and wounding some 300, mostly Christians celebrating Easter.
Reflections on whiskey. ”Always carry a
flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small
snake.” W.C. Fields. Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my
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