Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For March 30, 2018 On the Good
Friday front pubs in Ireland will be able to sell their pints, breaking a
century of no sales of alcohol; on the Walter Mitty front an accountant, Scott
Foster, who is also a recreational goalie had to suit up and play the final 14
minutes as goalie for the Chicago Blackhawks who lost their goalies during the game
and block 7 shots to preserve the Blackhawks’ win; new data from watch dog
groups indicate that while our life expectancy is decreasing but in the case of
people receiving government benefit checks ramping up into the billions as death
does not seem to terminate checks due to total incompetence by such agencies as
Social Security; Russia has performed a second test of its Satan ICBM with
range to hit a target anywhere in the world and purportedly immune from being shot
down by a missile (just what we don’t need is another arms race especially burdened
with a huge national debt thanks to Obama and Bush’s war in Iraq); on the gun control
front, some sanity as the feds moved quickly to yank Sanliang Sun’s F-1 Visa after
he purchased a sniper rifle, dyed his
hair and stopped going to classes and University of Central Florida due to their
concern that he was about to commit a mass murder and on the gun control and PC
insanity front a seventh grade teacher in Georgia assigned his students an
assignment to write members of Congress demanding stricter gun laws (writing
Congress is a good experience, being forced to take a particular position
favored by a teacher should merit dismissal); despite growing clamor from Reds
that Sessions appoint a special counsel to investigate FISA abuses by the Obama
Administration and the sham handling by the DOJ and FBI of HRC’s private email
server, Sessions has declined and
announced a career Assistant Attorney General in Utah will lead an
investigation (anyone who believes that the DOJ can investigate itself when
Rosenstein’s fingerprints are all over the FISA abuses must believe in the
tooth fairy); Jeff Zucker the head of the Cack “News” Network and when it comes
to any shred of objectivity is a total f**ker has approved a deal to license
the CNN name to CNN Turk which is owned by a rabid pro Erdogan group (in an unstable
Middle East we do not need another Islamist dictator becoming increasing
anti-American); Stephon Clark, the unarmed black father shot 20 times almost
instantly after he complied with theirHa order to show his hands by two
Sacramento police officers, one black and one white, was buried yesterday amidst
peaceful protests which given Al Sharpton’s presence was a great relief to the
community (pedal to the metal on the investigation by the D.A.’s office and
Internal Affairs to see whether criminal charges should be filed in addition to
the wrongful death suit that most certainly will); in Chicago, a city on this Easter Weekend that
is probably praying that it will be peaceful, through March 29, 2018, 519
people have been shot, of whom 93 have died but in what has to be a miracle from
March 26-28 no one died after being shot.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Ted
Weems and His Orchestra; factoids of interest for this day in history, the
fact that if you have the flu it is lyterian, a relevant quote by Elon Musk on
the one year anniversary of a Falcon 9 reflight and today’s Falcon 9 successful
launch of 10 satellites on colonizing Mars in 2024, 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. Good Friday—commemorating the
crucifixion of Christ in a world where Christians are under increasing attack
and assault.
2. National Doctors
Day—celebrating the contributions of doctors to the health of
this nation with this day chosen as it marks the anniversary of the first use
of ether in surgery by Doctor Crawford Long on this day in 1842 in Jefferson,
Georgia to remove a tumor from the neck of James Venable.
3. 1947 Number One
Song— the
number one song in 1947 on a run of 12 weeks in that position was “Heartaches”
by Ted Weems and His Orchestra. Here is a recording of the
song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxe5OmWSJcc
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of
the day is “lyterian” which is an ending of a disease which is a word on this
National Doctors Day or any day a patient would want to hear from his doctor
describing his or her disease.
5. Murder In
Chicago Nothing New—celebrating the birth on this day in 1914 John Lee Curtis
Williamson, a noted and influential black blues singer and harmonica player
better known to his fans as Sonny Boy Williamson, but like so many blacks and
minorities in Chicago today, he was shot and killed walking home from his
performance in the Plantation Club on the Southside of Chicago one and a half
blocks from his home in a robbery attempt.
On
this day in:
a. 1867 the U.S.,
in one of its best real estate deals, purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2
million, about 2 cents and acre.
b. 1939 the Heinkel 100 fighter set a world speed record of 463
mph but in a move that Hitler, Goering and the Luftwaffe would later rue big
time, the plane was never put into production to sweep the skies of P-51
Mustangs that were 23 mph slower.
c. 1961 the
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs prohibiting the production of narcotic
drugs and drugs with similar effects except under license for specific purposes
such as research or medical treatment was signed in New York City
(unfortunately as the deaths in the U.S. skyrocket, the Convention has done little
to prevent the massive quantities of opioids coming into this nation through
our porous border).
d. 1981 in his
famous “Honey, I forgot to duck moment,” President Ronald was near fatally shot
by John Hinkley, Jr. outside a Washington, D.C. hotel (found not guilty by
reason of insanity, Hinkley was finally released from institutional psychiatric
care in 2016 but remains subject to a very short quasi probation leash).
e. 2017 SpaceX
launched the first successful reflight
of a Falcon 9 rocket (celebrated the anniversary today with another reflight
launch of a rocket with 10 satellites aboard).
Reflections on why it is a good idea to watch your diet, exercise,
avoid all tobacco and moderate your drinking to be around here in 2024:” “In
2024 we want to try to fly four ships [to Mars]. Two cargo and two crew. The
goal of these initial missions is to find the best source of water, that's for
the first mission, and then the second mission, the goal is to build the
propellant plant. So we should, particular with six ships there, have plenty of
landed mass to construct the propellant depot, which will consist of a large
array of solar panels, a very large array, and then everything necessary to
mine and refine water, and then draw the CO2 out of the atmosphere, and then
create and store deep-cryo CH4 and O2.” Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and Tesla Please
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