Thursday, August 9, 2018

August 8, 2018 Ridley's Believe It Or Not International Cat Day


Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For August 8, 2018 The rising star of the Blues, Socialist Ocasio-Cortez, and the aging star of the Blues, Socialist Bernie Sanders, have flamed out as most of  those supported by them have failed to secure their party’s nomination in the primaries; Gates was subject to grilling cross examination on his infidelity and whether he had engaged in multiple liaisons (how much credibility does an embezzler like Gates have—0?); the US Navy has raised the alarm that Russian submarine activity is the highest it has been since the Cold War; Margot Kidder’s death at age 69 on May 13 of this year has been ruled a suicides; on the flip the House front Red Representative Chris Collins from New York has been indicted for insider trading but will continue to campaign as he denied all charges; the New York City Council has placed a one year freeze on new Lyft and Uber licenses to the dismay of customers; the Union County Sheriff’s office in North Carolina has announced the arrest of a teenager who held up at gunpoint a 9 year old’s lemonade stand for $17; Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, one of the Muslim extremists found at the compound in New Mexico with 3 women and 11 children, has been charged with training children to shoot up schools; on the California fire front, Forest Clark has been arrested for felony arson in the case of the Holy Fire that has burned 6 square miles in the Santa Ana Mountains and Yosemite has been closed indefinitely due to wildfires; in Chicago through August 7, 2018 1829 people mostly of color have been shot by mostly people of color, of whom 298 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 mostly people of color by mostly people of color and when will Emanuel who has been MIA resign or be voted out of office?)
        As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Elvis Presley,  factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you are not mopsical in your thoughts, and a relevant quote from Robin Quivers on child abuse, 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. International Cat Day—created in 2002 to extol the virtues of having as a pet an animal that has been revered since the time of the Egyptians as long as their litter box is cleaned frequently.
2.  CBD Day—celebrated first this year to promote awareness of the healthy benefits of hemp.
3. 1959 Number One Song— the number one song in 1959 on a run of 2 weeks in that position was “Big Hunk O’Love” by Elvis Presley. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hHMXyKflCo
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “mopsical” which means short sighted which describes Ocasio-Cortez’s plans on college and health care to a tee.
5. Quiver Full Of Stars Not Arrows—celebrating the birthday on this day of Robin Quivers who overcame sexual abuse by her father to become a co-host for the Howard Stern Radio Show for over thirty years and who has overcome cancer.
 On this day in: 
a. 1969 at a zebra crossing in London photographer Iain Macmillan took his iconic photograph of the Beatles which became the album cover for their album Abbey Road.
b. 1974 in a national televised address, President Nixon announced his resignation to avoid impeachment effective at noon the following day.
c. 2000 the Confederate submarine H.L.Hunley was raised to the surface and laying on the ocean floor for 136 years.
d. 2008 the Games of the 29 Olympiad opened in Beijing, China.
e. 2015 in Harris County David Ray Conley, an ex-felon, broke into the home of his ex-girlfriend and killed her and her husband and six children, one of whom was his son, before surrendering to police after a shoot out.
    Reflections on child abuse:  “I keep wondering how to explain the experience of child abuse from the inside. I'm going to try to explain what my world was like when I was sexually abused. The thing you have to remember is that this was the thinking of a child.” Robin Quivers.
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