Thursday, January 31, 2019

January 31, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day


Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 31, 2019 The death from from the arctic vortex that has descended on the Midwest with some  areas being hit with -40 to -65 degree temperatures due to the wind chill factor has risen to at least 10 people is finally leaving us with temperatures expect to rise above 0 in the coming days; Katy Tur a typical slanted “journalist” from the Mostly Slanted News Biased Company made a fool out of herself by claiming there is no middle class in America; Bobbsey Twins in the Senate Harris and Feinstein from the left are in a major snit fit over Trump’s nomination of 2 conservative judges to the ultra left 9th Circuit which leads all circuits in terms of being overturned by SCOTUS due to its rulings that defy the Constitution  (regardless of what happens in 2020 Trump will have significantly realigned the federal judiciary to a more Constitutional leaning); on the Virginia infanticide front the co-sponsor of Blue Representative Tran’s bill to permit abortion up to the moment of birth state she had not read the bill and did not understand the implications (we condemned the Third Reich for euthanizing individuals who had mental problems and we should rise up in utter rejections to oppose Blues like Cuomo who support infanticide up to the moment of birth); on the border security front and a wake up call to the Blues who in their desire for more potential voters, legal or otherwise, support open borders, the Border Patrol announced the arrest of an illegal trying to smuggle enough fentanyl to kill 57 million Americans; on the Blue war on women front the Blues with only 17 of its caucus with spines to vote no voted against a move by Reds to deny federal workers disciplined for sexual harassment from getting a raise with the socialist troika of AOC, Rashida Tliab and Omar IIham voting with the majority; Connecticut which is a failed state when it comes to taxes is now considering sales taxes on groceries and prescription drugs (when will our “leaders” get a wake up call to spend less and tax less or in the case of Connecticut watch more and more people and companies leave the state); the California Parole Board recommended parole for Leslie Van Houten one on the Manson followers how participated in the gruesome murder of a very pregnant Sharon Tate to move the issue of her release to leftist Gavin Newsom (since he will imitate Jerry Brown on fiscal matters of more spending he should ape his predecessor and deny parole); as the Blues spiral further and further to the left, a slender reed of hope they might return to the party of JFK as mayor of South Bend and potential presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg slammed Rep. IIlhan Omar  for her comparison of Israel to Iran.
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances,  music links to Flo Rida featuring T-Low, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you are blessed by not having a onychocrytosis and a relevant quote from Tony Snow on Social Security,  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.  Hell Is Freezing Over Dayclueless to know where this came from to promote the say till hell freezes over but given the freezing arctic vortex that has killed at least 10 people in the Midwest perhaps appropriate observance for the days.
2.  Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day—celebrating the issue of the first Social Security check on this day in 1940 to Ida May Fuller in the amount of $22.54; sadly if we do not reform Social Security we may be in less than a decade or so commemorating the end of Social Security.
3. 2008 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 2008 on a run of 10 weeks in that position was “Low” by Flo-Rida feat. T-Low. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO9rtkNkKMg
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “n” to words beginning with “o” is “onychocryptosis” which means an ingrowing toenail which describes to a tee the pain being inflicted on mainstream America by the denizens of the Swamp.
5. To Steal Home And Break The Barrier—celebrating the birth on this day in 1919 of Jackie Robinson Number 42 who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and among other stats set the record for stealing home base at 19. Sadly he died way too early in 1972 from a heart attack.
     On this day in:                                        
a. 1747 the first clinic in London for venereal diseases opened.
b. 1945 Private Eddie Slovik had the dubious distinction of being the only American soldier since the Civil War of being executed for desertion.
c. 1950 President Harry S. Truman announced a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
d. 1968 in the early morning hours Viet Cong guerillas attacked and penetrated the  compound the American Embssy in Saigon during the Tet Offensive before being killed.
e. 2012 the Toyota Corolla became the best selling car in history, selling 37.5 million units.
       Reflections on coming crisis in Social Secuity: “Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits.” Tony Snow, noted journalist, commentator and press secretary under George W. Bush who died way too early of colon cancer at 53.
        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   www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com for just This Day in History.
© January 31, 2019,  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Virginia Looks to Abortion on Demand Even If In Birth Canal


I cannot believe Ralph Northam is a doctor
When it comes to the Hippocratic Oath he is a total mocker
Defends a pending bill that permits abortion at any time
Looks like smells like feels like the infanticide crime
He believes that a fetus on its way through the birth canal
Can be snuffed out before delivery complete is an abortion rights rationale
Northam has sold his soul to Planned Parenthood not for 13 silver pieces
But for 3 million dollars so the flood gates of abortion could increase
With a governor like Northam kiss the sanctity of life goodbye
All sense of morality this rabid abortionist does defy
We are going down to a very slippery slope
At the other end of life to justify euthanasia of elderly or infirm that cannot cope?
© January 30, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet   

Wind Chill Warnings And Sun Dogs In The Midwest


Thousands of flights have been cancelled to the extreme Midwest freezing  weather
Amtrak in Chicago puts its trains in and out a restraining tether
An arctic vortex of freezing air
Is lowering temps and with the wind chill very hard to bear
-50 degrees to -65 degrees in some places
Anyone outside without covering like ski masks will have frostbitten faces
Global warming may or may not be an existential threat
When rivers are turning into ribbons of ice global warming not a wise bet
The ice in cirrus clubs create a pair of sun dogs bracket the Sun
No additional warmth only refracting light to viewers stun
Weather like this makes us humans much less cocky
As a rare wind chill warning to stay indoors targets Milwaukee
Furnaces in the homes are on high
Already two people have suffered frostbite and died
With Ground Hogs Day just three days away
Freezing Midwesterners praying that Phil’s shadow on the ground is not displayed
© January 30, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet


January 30, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Fred Korematsu Day


Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 30, 2019 The arctic vortex that has descended on the Midwest with some  areas being hit with -40 to -65 degree temperatures due to the wind chill factor and has killed 2 people, caused Amtrak to cancel train service through Thursday in and out of Chicago and in many areas caused the Post Office to cancel deliveries (in Antarctica the temperature was a balmy 23 degrees); the only silver lining in this freeze out if living in Minneapolis there are 11 miles of temperature controlled skyways between buildings in 80 city blocks enabling someone to park one’s car underground and walk to one’s destination without ever stepping outside; last Saturday the Navy commissioned the USS Michael Monsoor, a Zumwalt Class destroyer named after a Navy Seal who gave his life protecting his fellow soldiers by falling on a grenade in 2006 during Iraqi Freedom; Anastasia Vekukevich a Belarus model who has claimed she had dirt on Trump colluding with the Russians admitted she lied in order to be released from a Thai jail; Joseph Alcott the alleged Washington, D.C. Antifa leader has been charged with aggregate assault on 2 Marines on November 17 (if guilty this thug and his supporters should have the book thrown at them); hard to believe by advisers to HRC has indicated that she is still considering running in 2020; Virginia is trying to imitate New York’s abortion stance by introducing a bill to allow abortion right up to the moment of birth (talk about immorality how can killing a fetus that is starting its passage through the birth canal not be viewed as infanticide?); we will soon see whether Pelosi and Schumer were lying to the American people when they indicated that they would negotiate in good faith on a wall if the government was opened as a Congressional Panel from the House and Senate Appropriations Committee are meeting today to start negotiations (if the Blues open their ears and listen to the Border Patrol or visit the border how can they not agree to physical barriers)?
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances,  music links to Beyonce, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you are blessed with ontal perceptions  and a relevant quote from Fred Korematsu on interment of Japanese-Americans on abstract art,  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.  Fred Korematsu Day (California, Hawaii, Virginia, Floridacelebrated first in California in 2010 to honor the efforts of Fred Korematsu to fight all the way up to SCOTUS, where he sadly lost, the internment in World War II of Japanese-Americans even those born here. The date was chosen as in marks the birthday of Korematsu on this day in 1919.
2.  National Inane Answering Machine Day—created by Ruth and Thomas Roy to get people to change their answering machine messages to something less silly.
3. 2007 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 2007 on a run of 10 weeks in that position was “Irreplaceable” by Beyonce. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwViQxSJJQ
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “n” to words beginning with “o” is “ontal” which means of or pertaining to reality which rarely describes the views of those politicians inside the Beltway.
5. Not Waiting in the Wings—celebrating the birth on this day in 1941 of Dick Cheney, six term congressman from Wyoming, Secretary of Defense under George H.W. Bush and vice president with George W. Bush where he was much more active in policy and decisions than most vice presidents. In a bite the hand that feeds you at the Golden Globe Awards Christian Bale who was born on the same day in 1974 and who won a Best Actor Award for his portrayal of Dick Cheney in the movie Vice mocked Cheney as Satan.
     On this day in:                                        
a. 1948 Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.
b. 1956 Martin Luther King, Jr.’s home in Montgomery, Alabama was bombed in retaliation for his involvement in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
c. 1959 the Danish liner Hans Hedhoft, touted as unsinkable like the RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage hit an iceberg off the coast of Greenland and sunk, killing all 95 aboard.
d. 1968 American and South Vietnamese forces were caught in the Tet Offensive flat footed by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese who attacked Saigon and countless other cities and towns across South Vietnam and captured Hue and held it from January 30 to March 3.
e. 1975 the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary was established as the first Marine Sanctuary and was 1 of the 2 sanctuaries of the 13 that protected cultural resources like the wreck of the USS Monitor, our nation’s first armor clad warship.
       Reflections on the internment of Japanese-Americans: ” As long as my record stands in federal court, any American citizen can be held in prison or concentration camps without a trial or a hearing.” Fred Korematsu
        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   www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com for just This Day in History.
© January 30, 2019,  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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Poet Extraordinaire Beyond Compare

Gabbard's, Harris' and Warren's Campaigns In Early Misstep


On the campaign news front for Tulsi Gabbard
Looks like she has not been able to clear the campaign sword from her scabbard
Her campaign has not even begun to start
As her campaign manager is set to depart
Looks like she has to join the growing wanna-be list apology tour
Past anti gay remarks to retract to try to have the nomination be ensured
Caught in the spotlight of past opposition to marriages of the same sex
Desperately trying to convince voters she has evolved to rejection of her chances deflect
At least she is not alone with egg on her face
Kamala Harris Medicare for all in the polls a total disgrace
And Elizabeth Warren in a commercial with a beer in her hand
Totally laughed at and dismissed across this land  
© January 30, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

Negotiate In Good Faith Or Face National Embergency


Pelosi and Schumer were guilty of the scam
Can’t negotiate with the government closed sham
Government opened but will Schumer and Pelosi on border security be MIA?
Or will caving in to the left and no good faith negotiation on display?
The Border Patrol have been very clear that physical barriers work and must be in place
To divert the debate to only high tech solutions like drones are purely a disgrace
The ball is in her court and if she does not come to the table and the Border Patrol ignore
Trump needs to take his case to the American people with SOTUS, declare state of emergency to secure border restore
© January 30, 2019 Michael P. Ridley

Customer Kills Armed Robber of Atlanta Family Dollar Store


Here’s a story the leftist MSM will chose to ignore
To focus on more gun control to end the maiming gore
A would be armed robber came into an Atlanta Family Dollar Store
A customer with a gun shot him to order and safety restore
Guns can be used in self defense to self and others protect
A reason we have the 2nd Amendment that the left is trying to curtail and reject
An employee at the cash register could have been killed
Not the case when robber was shot by a customer in firearms skilled
Gun control by keeping guns out of felons and mentally sick is a noble goal
But not from the hands of law abiding citizens that gun control too often trolls
Felons never go to gun dealers to their weapons select
Only to a black market from sellers who back ground checks reject
© January 30, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

A Wall Of Icy Trees

                                                       

A wall of trees coated with ice, silent waiting to melt
more beauty than a sable's snowy pelt
one can almost feel the cold arctic air
bundled up with wind blocked by wall with face bare
tranquility and serenity to with a fellow human share
into each other's heart with warmth stare
frosty exhales trying to join the white clouds above
a winter wonderland, bundled up, a good place to be in love
© January 29, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

January 29, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Seeing Eye Dog Day


Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 29, 2019 Roger Stone appeared in federal court today to defiantly plead not guilty while in the MSM only the sounds of silence over the Gestapo like overkill tactics of his arrest; Howard Schultz the ex CEO of Starbucks has announced his candidacy as an Independent for the president and immediately slammed the illegal alien queen for her plan to eliminate the insurance industry with Medicare for all (the erstwhile darling of the left for his progressive policies on minimum wage, stock options and tuition assistance at Starbucks was immediately slammed by the MSM and the leftist coven at The View); troubling news out of China that the Chinese have been expanding their AI capabilities in the military sphere and may be surpassing the U.S. which makes Google’s cooperation with the Chinese in opening an AI research center in China while not wanting to work with the U.S. military even more troubling; the march to the left by the Blues continues unabated as the House will soon eliminate “so help you God” from the oath of persons testifying before the House; on the medical front a team of Israeli scientists announced they are on the verge of perfecting a cure for cancer; SOTUS is on for next Wednesday and Stacey Abrams the defeated Blue candidate for governor of Georgia will give the rebuttal; a dog may be man’s best friend but not in Tehran where walking a dog in a public place will soon be prohibited; Bloomberg who is seriously considering running slammed AOC over the unreality of her Green Deal eliminating fossil fuels and the illegal alien supporter queen for her plan to eliminate private insurance with universal Medicare; the number 5 House Democrat Hakeem Jefferies has indicated that he would support fencing in areas where it would be appropriate (hopefully more Blues are coming to the realization of the idiocy of Pelosi’s claim that a wall is immoral); on the 4th Amendment front an armed robber at a Family Dollar store in Atlanta was shot and killed by a customer.
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances,  music links to Beyonce featuring Slim Thug, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you do not suffer from onomatophobia not need someone well versed in oneirodynia and a relevant quote from Jackson Pollock on abstract art,  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.  Free Thinkers Daycelebrated since the 1990’s to commemorate the work of Thomas Paine and his influence on the creation of this nation; he was born on this day in 1737 (best way to observe might be to pick up a copy of his Common Sense.
2.  Seeing Eye Dog Day—commemorating the founding by Morris Frank of The Seeing Eye dog school in Nashville, Tennessee and the great contributions to the welfare and mobility of the blind by seeing eye dogs.
3. 2006 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 2006 on a run of 5 weeks in that position was “Check On It” by Beyonce feat Slim Thug. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1dUDzBdnmI
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “n” to words beginning with “o” is “onomatophobia” which means the fear of hearing a certain word like “taxes” or “cancer”.
5. Mass And KP Do Not Mix—celebrating the birth on this day in 1923 of noted Jewish-American playwright and author Sidney Aaron Chayefsky, best known to his fans as Paddy Chayefsky for his proclivity of seeking Mass to avoid KP while serving in the U.S. Army during World War; sadly the typewriter was removed from his hands by cancer at the too early age of 58.
     On this day in:                                        
a. 1907 Charles Curtis became the first Native American Senator and would later become the first Native American Vice President of the United States.
b. 1967 the “ultimate high” of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock, took place in San Francisco, featuring Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead and Allen Ginsburg.
c. 1991 Iraqi forces attacked and occupied Khafji, Saudi Arabia which was recaptured 3 days later with a loss of less than 100 dead and wounded while killing 300 Iraqis and taking 400 prisoners.
d. 1996 French President Jacque Chirac announced a definitive end to French nuclear testing.
e. 2005 the first commercial direct flight from China since 1949 arrived in Taiwan; shortly thereafter a China Airlines flight from Taiwan landed in China.
       Reflections on the Gulf War by HRH General Khaled Bin Sultan:  “Instead, we have a general who quotes Clausewitz but who has to take a holiday after the war "to recover my composure after the stress of the great events in which I had played a part." He often suffered, he says, "from nightmares about fighting, about death... Had I done a good job? I leave this to the judgement of my contemporaries - and to history." Not bad, really, for a man who - save for his foray to al-Khafji during the battle - spent most of the war in the basement of the Saudi Ministry of Defence.” Desert Warrior: A Personal View of the Gulf War by by HRH General Khaled Bin Sultan with Patrick Seale Sinclair-Stevenson
        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   www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com for just This Day in History.
© January 29, 2019,  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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Poet Extraordinaire Beyond Compare

Monday, January 28, 2019

January 28, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Data Protection Day


Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 28, 2019 The illegal alien supporter queen announced her candidacy appropriately in sanctuary city Oakland where the mayor of Oakland warned illegals of an ICE raid promising Medicare for all but not revealing the trillions we could not afford it would cost or the deterioration in medical care it would entail; Harris’s fallacy of the effects of an insecure border came into clear focus as 13 people ODed from fentanyl with one person dying that a wall might have prevented; fortunately for Florida residents, Andrew Gillum was defeated in his run for governor as the ethics watchdog in that state has found probable cause that he violated 5 out of 6 ethics complaints against him for taking lobbyist funds for trips and other personal expenses (if true this man deserves a lengthy prison sentence and the Democrats in that state should be castigated for picking a man of such dubious character to run as governor); on the climate change front the Midwest is being hit with temperatures falling well below freezing and snow hitting the Northeast and the South; on the 2nd Amendment front a good Samaritan with a pistol stopped a man driving on the Massachusetts Turnpike with a man holding on for dear life that he had tried to run over (amazing bit of judicial lenience as the driver who has a lengthy rap sheet was released on $500 bail); ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schulz is contemplating a run for president as an independent which would be a disaster for the Blue wanna-bes; the Trump organization is in the immigration news for hiring and now firing illegal aliens with false green cards and social security cards at its golf courses (e-verity and guest worker visas are the solution to this problem).
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances,  music links to Mario USA Africa, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you will not need someone well versed in oneirodynia and a relevant quote from Jackson Pollock on abstract art,  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.  Data Protection Daycreated by the European Union in 2005 to create awareness of and promote the use of best practices in the field of privacy and data protection.
2.  Thank a Plugin Developer Day—created by Word Press in 2009 to celebrate the creation of 4,000 plugins, a number which has risen to over 54,000 today.
3. 2005 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 2005 on a run of 9 weeks in that position was “Let Me Love You” by Mario. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H64QG4UsrGI
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “n” to words beginning with “o” is “oneirodynia” which means the study of nightmares which in the political arena we will not need as leftists like Warren or Sanders will probably not get their party’s nomination.
5. To Drip To Death—celebrating the birth on this day in 1912 of noted abstract art painter Jackson Pollock whose drip technique was spectacular but who battled alcoholism and died far too early in a single car accident into a tree while driving drunk on August 11, 1956.
     On this day in:                                        
a. 1915 to the future joy of mariners and the future bane of drug traffickers the Congress established the U.S. Coast Guard.
b. 1960 the National Football League announced the expansion of the NFL to add Dallas for the 1960 season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for the 1961 season.
c. 1977 the first day of the 3 day Great Lakes Blizzard that dumped up to 100 inches of snow in Upstate New York on this day and with gale force winds created snow drifts of 30 feet.
d. 1985 USA Africa recorded the 20 million selling hit We Are the World to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AjkUyX0rVw
e. 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated shortly after takeoff killing all aboard.
   Reflections on abstract art: “Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you. There was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn’t have any beginning or any end. He didn’t mean it as a compliment, but it was.” Jackson Pollock
    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   www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com for just This Day in History.
© January 28, 2019,  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
Alaskanpoet for Hire, Poems to Admire
Poet Extraordinaire Beyond Compare
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Saturday, January 26, 2019

January 26, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not International Customs Day


Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 25, 2019 On the  illegal front really disturbing news that should outrage all Americans even Blues and create another reason for enhanced border security as the Texas Attorney General announced that his office has revealed 95,000 non citizens on voter rolls, of whom 58,000 have voted (Democrats have pooh poohed the findings most likely because of their belief that illegals vote Democratic); Pelosi and Schumer are having orgasms over the indictment of Roger Stone ignoring the fact that its contains not one wit of claims of collusion with the Trump campaign or Trump (every time she opens her deceiving partisan biased mouth time to go for the ear plugs https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/roger-stone-indictment-underscores-no-trump-russia-conspiracy/  On the 2nd Amendment front, SCOTUS announced it will hear a case in which the 2nd Circuit upheld New York City’s law banning the transport of unloaded and locked firearms outside the city (the ruling represented an assault on the Heller case and hopefully with Kavanaugh on board the court will be overturned); on the Putin saber rattling front a pair of Russian TU-160 supersonic bombers buzzed the North America coast forcing U.S. and Canadian jets to scramble to intercept; Maduro is backtracking his demand that the U.S. pull out its diplomats (total failed state which if it fires on its citizens look for the U.S. to ban the import of Venezuelan oil which would be totally crippling to the country); rabid anti-Semite and jihadist Ilhan Omar is in the news pleading for leniency for 9 men arrested for trying to join ISIS (she should be expelled for violating her oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic and Pelosi should have her head examined for putting her on the Foreign Affairs Committee).
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Outkast, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that Trump is trying to reduce the omphalism in the Swamp and a relevant quote from William Ginsburg on his fears over the fate of Monica Lewinsky,  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 Customs Daycreated by the World Customs Organization in 1983 to promote awareness and appreciation of the role of customs agents in border security and revenue collection.
2.  Lotus 1-2-3 Day—celebrating the introduction on this day in 1983 of Lotus 1-2-3 which was a spreadsheet calculator, data base manager and graphics package.
3. 2004 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 2004 on a run of 7 weeks in that position was “Hey Ya” by Outkast. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “n” to words beginning with “o” is “omphalism” which means centralization in government which is increasingly in the Swamp what we have too much of.
5. To Die Doing What You Love—celebrating the birth on this day in 11892 of noted aviatrix Bessie Coleman who became the first African-American flyer although she had to learn French and go to a flying school in France to get her license and return to the U.S. in 1922 as a barnstorming performer and who sadly was killed rehearsing for an air show on April 30, 1926.
     On this day in:                                        
a. 1926 John Baird publicly demonstrated a mechanical television.
b. 1961 President Kennedy name Janet Travell as the first female Physician to the President.
c. 1980 Egypt and Israel established diplomatic relations.
d. 1992 Boris Yeltsin announced to the world that the Soviet Union had stopped targeting American cities with nuclear armed missiles.
e. 1998 Bill Clinton went on national TV to lie to the American people that he did not have sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky.
    Reflections on the fate of the Clintons as opposed to the fate of Monica Lewinsky: "Where does she go from here? This is a 24-year-old woman. The Clintons will finish their term, receive their pensions, serve on boards. This will ultimately be a blip in the history of Clinton's eight-year presidency. Monica is just beginning her life."William Ginsburg, Monica Lewinsky's attorney on his fears for her future which given the millions the Clintons have made with Hillary’s quid pro quo were well founded.
    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   www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com for just This Day in History.
© January 26, 2019,  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
Alaskanpoet for Hire, Poems to Admire
Poet Extraordinaire Beyond Compare

Friday, January 25, 2019

January 25, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Mcintosh Computer Day


Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 25, 2019 A shooting spree starting in a bar near the Penn State campus has resulted in the deaths of 4 people including the shooter; in a chilling moment of prosecutorial over kill Roger Stone’s home in Florida was assaulted by a SWAT team with guns drawn to be arrested in the early morning hours today to be arrested on numerous counts of obstruction of justice and lying to investigators (defiantly after being released on bail amidst heckling chants of Lock Him Up” he slammed the political nature of the arrest and swore he will not be a false witness against Trump which means he has indicated that Mueller can take a hike in his quest to flip him); hit with a growing sick out at LaGuardia and Newark International Airports of TSA and flight controllers, Trump signed a bill to fund the government until February 15 but no funding for a wall to allow both sides to negotiate funding of border security (Nancy and Chuck need to get their act together an come to grips with the fact anyone with an IQ higher than room temperature recognize the need for physical barriers as Trump has thrown the gauntlet down that failing a compromise he will declare a national emergency an move forward to build a wall); Pelosi is being rightfully slammed for appointing Blue anti-Semite Muslim Ilhan Omar to the House Foreign Affairs Committee despite her rabid anti-Semite views.
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Eminem, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you are subject to obrophilous but wishing you would have the chance to use the characteristic and a relevant quote from Vincent Bugliosi on murderers like Manson,  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.  National Preschool Health and Fitness Daypromoting a healthy life style and physical fitness at an early age during preschool to instill habits that will last a life time.
2. Macintosh Computer Day—commemorating the commercial introduction of Apple’s Macintosh computer, the first successful computer with a mouse and graphic interface.
3. 2003 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 2003 on a run of  12 weeks in that position was “Lose Yourself” by Eminem. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yhyp-_hX2s
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “n” to words beginning with “o” is “ombrophilous” which means tolerant of large amounts of rainfall which is what you have to be if you live in Southeastern Alaska or the Olympic Rain Forest in Washington.
5. Matriarch of R&B—celebrating the birth on this day in 1938 of Etta James, noted Grammy Award winning singer, who battled drug addiction for a good part of her career and died from leukemia on January 20, 2012.
     On this day in:                                        
a. 1971 Charles Manson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten were convicted of murder in the Tate-Labianca murders and sentence to death later commuted to life in prison where Manson and Atkins have died and where Krenwinkel and Van Houten will be eligible for parole in 2022.
b. 1995 the Soviet Union almost launched its ICBMs after it mistook a Norwegian 4 stage sounding rocket for a missile launched by a Trident submarine; Russia’s nuclear football was activated and delivered to President Boris Yeltsin who must not have been drinking that day and elected not to retaliate.
c. 1996 after spending 16 years on death row for killing two people, Billy Bailey had the dubious distinction of becoming the last person in the U.S. to be executed by hanging.
d. 1998 Pope John Paul II made a historic visit to Cuba demanding political reform and urging  the release of political prisoners while condemning the U.S. for its attempts to isolate the island.
e. 2011 the first wave of violent demonstrations, riots, acts of civil disobedience and labor disruptions known as the Egyptian Revolution began throughout Egypt due to increasing police brutality and state of emergency laws which ended with the overthrow of President Mubarak.
    Reflections on hideous murders like Manson: “Since we place so much value on human life, why do we glorify, in a perverse sort of way, the extinguishment of life? The answer to that question, whatever it is, is at least a partial answer to why people continue to be fascinated by Hitler, Jack the Ripper—Manson.” ― Vincent Bugliosi the district attorney who tried the case that won convictions in the Tate Labianca murders and author of Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders He passed away on June 6, 2015 after successfully prosecuting 105 out of 106 felony trials including 21 murders.   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   www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com for just This Day in History.
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