Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For April 14, 2018 On the Syrian genocide front, the U.S., France and Great
Britain launched over 100 cruise missiles from ships and bombers from multiple
locations that all arrived on target in a two or so minute window on three
chemical weapons manufacturing and storage facilities as the Russians stood
down and watched their emergency UN Security Council condemnation resolution
also go down in flames (talk about a difference between a feckless former
president who idiotically drew a red line in the sand and then cowered back afraid
to act and this president who acted last year and after warning the Russians
that the missiles would be coming followed through again and castigated Russia
and Iran for being on the wrong side of history while Haley reiterated the
point that the U.S., France and Great Britain are “locked and loaded” to insure
Syria suffers dire consequences if that genocidal monster is stupid enough to
use chemical weapons again against his own people); MSM going ballistic implying
that missile strikes were like Wag the
Dog to divert attention from Stormy
Daniels (news flash no one cares about whether Trump was in Stormy Daniels’
pants but they do care that FBI agents disguised as Gestapo made three no knock
searches of Cohen’s office, home and hotel room; in Chicago through April 13,
2018, 508 people have been shot, of whom 102 have died (another rarity no one died
on April 13).
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Percy
Faith and His Orchestra; factoids of interest for this day in history, the
fact that your face is not maculose and a relevant quote by Ronald Reagan on
the importance of the Space Shuttle Columbus,
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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1. Pan American Day—observed by
several North and South American countries to celebrate the cultures and
traditions of the region since 1930.
2. Slow Art Day—celebrated
on the second Saturday of the month since 2008 by slowly moving through a museum
or gallery to enjoy the art found there. If you live in Los Angeles go to https://curate.la/ to find unique and not well known museums and galleries to spend some time to
really enjoy art as opposed to rushing through it.
3. 1960 Number One
Song— the
number one song in 1960 on a run of 9 weeks in that position was “Theme
From A Summer Place” by Percy Faith and His Orchestra. Here is a
recording of the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFi_CKNJjwE
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of
the day is “maculose” which means spotted like leopards.
5. Vampires Never
Walk Near A Mirror If She’s Around—celebrating the birth on this day in 1977 of noted actress Sarah
Gellar best known for her role as Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
On
this day in:
a. 1981 the first
operational Space Shuttle, Columbia, completed
its first test flight.
b. 1988 the Soviet Union signed an agreement in Geneva to withdraw
its armed forces from Afghanistan.
c. 2003 the Human Genome Project was 99 percent completed with
an accuracy of 99.99 percent.
d. 2005 the
Oregon Supreme Court nullified same sex marriages licenses issued earlier by Multnomah
County.
e. 2014 276 school girls were kidnapped by the jihadists
Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria.
Reflections on the Space Shuttle: “Through you, once again, we feel
as giants.” Ronald Reagan to the crew of Columbus
on the completion of its first mission on April 14, 1981. Please
enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if
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good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go
to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day
in History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and
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