Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For April 22, 2018 California can add another dubious distinction to its list of
disasters like the most number of homeless, the high cost of housing, the most
burdensome business regulations and the fact that due to Moonbeam’s idiotic
Sanctuary State status it leads the nation in releasing gang members subject to
ICE detainer requests to continue their criminal activity (Moonbeam is so out
of touch with reality of criminal illegal alien activity and its adverse
effects on public safety); another shooting this time at a Waffle House near
Nashville that left four people dead and four wounded and created a predictable
more gun control response by the Blue Mayor but created one hero, Robert Shaw,
Jr., a 29 year old patron who ran to the sounds of gunfire and managed to tackle
the shooter and wrest his weapon away and force him to flee (a photo of a very
brave young man):
To add to California’s
potential woes, the U.S. Geological Report that the Bay Area is sitting on a
ticking tectonic time bomb that could kill close to a 1,000 residents and injure
18,000; after slow walking legitimate document requests from Congress in exercise
of its Constitutional mandate for oversight of the Justice Department and FBI,
Chairman Nunez announced that no official intel was utilized to launch the
Russian “collusion” probe and that long time Clinton hack Sidney Blumenthal has
his fingerprints all over false information used to justify the probe (aka the
Mueller witch-hunt); Pompeo’s nomination will be voted on a Senate committee where
unless Rand Paul comes to his senses and votes in favor, his nomination will go
to the Senate this week with a negative recommendation (what an absolute lunacy
and travesty by the Blues as Trump is doing what no other president has been
able to do—meet with Kim to hammer out a denuclearization of the Korean
Peninsula); in Chicago through April 20, 2018, 653 people have been shot, of
whom 109 have died.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to the
Righteous Brothers, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact
that you can change channels and avoid magpiety and a relevant quote by Chritine
Lagarde on the Paris Agreement and how to implement it, 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. Earth Day—created by
Senator Gaylord Nelson to promote awareness of the for environment protection
and preservation and now observed by 193 nations.
2. April Showers Day—celebrating
the April showers that bring May flowers but sadly not today in drought plagued
California on a very sunny and clear day.
3. 1966 Number One
Song— the
number one song in 1966 on a run of 3 weeks in that position was “(You’re
My) Soul And Inspiration” by The Righteous Brothers. Here is a
recording of the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjuaVo74meY
The duo was disbanded on Bobby Hatfield’s death on November 5, 2003 from
something very unrighteous cocaine addiction that caused a heart attack. Medley
revived the duo with Bucky Heard in 2016 and they are performing today.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of
the day is “magpiety” which means garrulity especially on religious or moral
issues which sadly describes far too many politicians who drone on and on in
support of their positions or oppositions.
5. Dying Not In
Bed But Doing What One Wants To Do Is New Immortality—celebrating the
birth on this day in 1944 of Steve
Fossett, who made millions trading options and commodities and used the freedom
created by that wealth to set numerous records in sailing, ballooning, gliders,
jets, boats and other daredevil exploits including finishing 47th in
the Iditarod and was on a routine pleasure flight soloing over the Sierra
Nevada Mountains and never reached his destination prompting a search by hundreds
of volunteers. After being declared dead by a probate judge in February, 2008,
his remains and the wreckage of his plane were found in October of that year.
On
this day in:
a. 1864 the U.S. Congress
passed the Coinage Act of 1864 which mandated the us of In God We Trust on all coins minted as official currency.
b. 1915 in a frightening escalation of man’s inhumanity to
fellow men, the Germans utilized chlorine gas on hapless Allied forces ill
equipped to be protected from its use in the Second Battle of Ypres.
c. 1977 optical fiber is used for the first time to carry
telephone traffic..
d. 2000 in a
predawn raid ordered by AG Janet Reno, federal agents, guns drawn, forcibly
removed 6 year old Elian Gonzalez, whose mother had died fleeing Cuba with him
in a boat, to his father living in Cuba.
e. 2016 the Paris
Agreement which sets forth commitments of its signatories to limit the emission
of greenhouse gases, which agreement President Trump has indicated he will
withdraw from in November, 2020 before the end of his first term.
Reflections on the Paris Agreement and how best to implement it: “Governments must now put words into actions, in particular by
implementing policies that make effective progress on the mitigation pledges
they have made. That is why my key message is to price carbon right and to do
it now.” Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary
Fund. Please enjoy the poems on
events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them,
retweet and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always 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
poems on breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just
This Day in
History.
© April 22, 2018 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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