Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For June
25, 2018 Maxine Waters has gone off the hatred and bias deep end with the
clarion call to harass Trump administration workers and voters whenever they
appear in public yet the top Blues are silent over this over the top rhetoric
blowing the dog whistles of violence and hate; on the gerrymandering front SCOTUS upheld the
redistricting plan drawn up by the Republican Texas legislature to the dismay
of liberals on the court and groups like the ACLU; Turkey has voted and the
results are giving Erdogan even more power while Trump and FLOTUS are welcoming
the King of Jordan to the White House; collateral damage from the increased
tariffs announced by the White House against the EU was witnessed as Harley
Davidson in reaction to retaliatory tariffs imposed by the EU has announced it
will shift some of its production outside the U.S.; on the World Cup front host
Russia lost to Uruguay; on the immigration front plans are set to move illegal
detainees into two military bases located in Texas; Mexico will be voting on
July 1 and leftist Lopez Obrador who is very anti-Trump is leading; on the sleeping
to get ahead front, The New York Times has
published a report that its reporter Ali Watkins was also sleeping with another
Senate Intel Committee staffer after her affair with indicted staffer James Wolfe
had ended; in Chicago through June 24, 2018, 1323 people mostly of color have
been shot by mostly people of color, of whom 210 have died (when will Chicago
get serious about this carnage or is this the case of true racism as a Blue run
city turns a deaf ear and a blind eye to the slaughter of people of color by
people of color?).
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Jennifer
Lopez, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you do
not approach issues in a mazy manner; a relevant quote from Clint Eastwood on
the Korean War, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any
memorable events like college graduations, 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 Vitiligo Day—commemorating since 2011 a disease which is manifested by a
loss of pigment in the skin and affects 1 to 2% of the population and is
observed on June 25 as that date is the date that Michael Jackson who suffered
from the disease died on that day in 2009.
2. National Catfish Day—created by Presidential Proclamation by Ronald Reagan in 1987 to
promote recognition of the value of farm raised catfish.
3. 1999 Number One Song— the number one song in 1999 on a run of 5 weeks in that
position was “If You Had My Love” by Jennifer Lopez. Here is a
recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYfkl-HXfuU
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “mazy” which means dizzy or confused
which describes our political leaders to a tee in trying to solve problems of
the day like immigration.
5. Never Too Busy To Post—celebrating the
birthday on this day in 1979 of Elizabeth Phillips better known to her fans as
Busy Phillips, noted actress and Instagram poster with over a million
followers.
On this
day in:
a. 1913
veterans of the Battle of Gettysburg began arriving at Gettysburg to
commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.
b. 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea starting the Korean War.
c. 1978 the rainbow flag representing gay pride was displayed
for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
d. 1981 Microsoft reincorporated in the state of Washington.
e. 1998 SCOTUS in the case of Clinton v.New York to the
dismay of supporters of reduced government ruled that the Line Iterm Veto Act
of 1996 was unconstitutional.
Reflections
on the Korean War: “I was drafted during the Korean War. None of us wanted to
go... It was only a couple of years after World War II had ended. We said,
'Wait a second? Didn't we just get through with that?'” Clint Eastwood
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