Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For April 11, 2018 Breaking news that should warm the cockles of the Blues’ black
hearts, Paul Ryan, whom to many conservatives is a RINO, announced he will not
run for reelection 2018 bringing the total to 43 who have made the same
decision; on the Mueller witch-hunt which has long since left the Russian
collusion which was the basis for appointing him in the first place and is now
hell bent on investigating Trump not any crime (news flash Mueller the American
public could care less about your vicarious thrill of uncovering Trump’s sexual
exploits and the raid and confiscation
of Cohen’s computers and files should scare the sh*t out of all Americans concerned
about the rule of law—Trump’s sexual antics were aired ad nauseum before the
election but he was elected anyway but the anti-Trump bias of Mueller’s team
and the FISA abuses were not known before Mueller was appointed); Facebook’s
branding of Diamond and Silk as “terrorists” because of their conservative views
is an outrage and in two days of hearings save Cruz and Blackburn almost no
questions on what is really a threat to our democracy—banning conservative
views from Facebook as what good is the freedom of speech if you cannot
exercise or follow it on the internet and social media?; in an effort to reduce
abuse in SNAP, the Trump administration is considering a plan to allow states
to require drug testing of recipients and to replace a portion of food stamps
with a food box containing shelf stable items; the love bird Trump haters
Strzok and Page still have security clearances (why are these people still at
the FBI and why do they have security clearances?); Brown bowing to scorn and
ridicule announced that he is sending 400 National Guard troops to the border
but emphasized they will not enforce federal immigration laws (knowing Moonbeam
these poor troops probably won’t be armed and probably prohibited from contacting
ICE when they spot illegals); in an only in America and its litigious mindset,
the security officer who dragged a passenger off a United Airlines flight to
make room for UA personnel is suing the airline and the city of Chicago for not
being trained on how to use force; in Chicago through April 10, 2018, 586
people have been shot, of whom 100 have died.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, music links to the
Kingsmen and the Champs; factoids of interest for this day in history, the
fact that you do not have to today listen to the macrology emanating from the
Swamp and a relevant quote by Joss Stone on the act of creating, 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 Parkinson’s
Disease Day—promoting awareness of a deadly age-related degenerative brain
disease and the need for research in finding the causes and cures for a disease
that affects some 7-10 million people world wide.
2. International
Louie Louie Day—commemorating a song written by noted rhythm
and blues singer Richard Berry, born on this day in 1935 and released by him in
1957 as a B Label, which was recorded by many groups over the years to become
an iconic rock and roll song. Here is a link to the song performed by the Kingsmen
in 1963: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V1p1dM3snQ
Check out the narrow ties.
3. 1958 Number One
Song— the
number one song in 1958 on a run of 5 weeks in that position was “Tequila”
by Champs. Here is a recording of the song by the group on a very
young Dick Clark’s American Bandstand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyl7GP_VMJY
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of
the day is “macrology” which means much talk with little to say which aptly
described Zuckerberg’s two days of testimony and the politicians’ two days of
questioning.
5. Eat Only
Vegetables for Throaty Vocals—celebrating the birth on this day in 1987 of Jocelyn Eve Stoker,
noted British singer and actress better known to her numerous British and
American fans as Joss Stone, a lifelong vegetarian and animal rights activist.
On
this day in:
a. 1968 President
Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 banning discrimination in housing.
b. 1976 the Apple 1 was created and the world was opened to the
PC revolution.
c. 1979 a brutal dictator Idi Amin was forced to flee Uganda and
seek exile in Libya then Saudi Arabia until his death on August 16, 1963.
d. 2002 over
200,000 Venezuelans marched in Caracas to demand the removal of Hugo Chavez
resulting in the killing of 19 protestors but unfortunately for that once rich
country 11 more years of his failed socialistic policies and the replacement
when he died in 2013 of an even more corrupt socialist Maduro.
e. 2006 the first
step on Iran’s quest to develop nuclear weapons occurred when Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran had enriched uranium.
Reflections on creating from the birthday girl: “If you capture the
first thought that you have when you're creating, and then play that to people,
it's kind of like the listeners are part of that beginning. And that's the most
exciting part.” Joss Stone. Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my
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© April 11, 2018 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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