Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 25, 2019 Justice Stephen
Reinhart of the leftist 9th Circuit died 9 days before the court
issued its ruling and SCOTUS overturned its ruling with the observation tha “judges
are appointed for life not eternity”(fortunately Trump will have another
opportunity to appoint a conservative judge to replace the “progressive icon); while
the border remains an open sieve with hundreds flowing through California, New
York and 14 other states have sued to block Trump’s emergency declaration (one
would think that the Blues would at least have the honesty to admit they are in
favor of unlimited illegal immigration as opposed to solving this problem with
a proposal that admits based on merit those we need to admit); AOC swirling in controversy
whether she lives in her district as required is back making a fool of herself
raising the issue whether it is okay to have children in a era of alleged climate
change and mounting student debt for a degree that does nothing to advance getting
a job; while Trump appears to be making progress in trade talks with China,
China is still rattling sabers with respect to Taiwan as a U.S. Navy destroyer
escorted a cargo ship through the Taiwan Strait; have not seen the ratings for
the Oscars but suspect they were at all time low especially when Oscar winner
Spike Lee turned his thank you into a blatant call to reject Trump in the 2020
election; Kamala Harris the pro legalization of marijuana by the federal government
who has been slammed by her father for characterizing Jamaicans as dreadlocked
potheads might want to learn about the epidemic of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome
which leads to uncontrollable pain and vomiting by over 3,000,000 daily pot
users; Kamala Harris refuses to indicate the costs to be borne by Medicare for
all and the Green New Deal trying to obfuscate the crippling effects by vaguely
talking about return of investment (when it comes to economics she looks more
and more like a complete idiot every time she opens her mouth—look at the
economies of the Caribbean Islands destroyed by elimination of cruise ships or
the commercial fisheries destroyed by the elimination of diesel powered fishing
boats or the isolation of Alaska by elimination of planes and ferries and of Hawaii
by elimination of planes).
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a
music link to the Andrews Sisters, factoids of interest for this day in
history, the fact you practice orthobiosis and a relevant quote from Adelle Davis
on nuitrition, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any
memorable events like college graduations, birthdays, weddings,
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1. Let’s All Eat Right Day—celebrating the work of 20th Century nutritionist
Adelle Davis who campaigned against processed foods high in preservatives, salt
and sugar.
2. Pistol Patent Day—commemorating the issuance of a patent to Samuel Colt on this
day in 1936 for a pistol with multiple revolving chambers.
3. 1945 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 1945 on a run of 7 weeks
in that position was “Rum And Coca Cola” by the Andrews Sisters. Here is a
recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGxL2uNr7bk
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 “orthobiosis” which means correct or
moral living which is a trait found lacking in many politicians in the Swamp.
5. Foul Mouthed Honey Not Funny—bemoaning the birth on this day in 1975 of rabid
anti Trumpster “comedian” Chelsea Handler swhose profanity laced vitriol
against Trump is anything but funny.
On this day
in:
a. 1956 Premier Nikita Khruschev in a speech before the Soviet
Politburo denounced the cult of personality surrounding Josef Stalin.
b. 1987 SMU received the ” death sentence “ for its
football program due to recruiting violations while on probation banning it
form playing any games during the entire 1987 season which the school extended
through the 1988 season as it could not field a viable team.
c. 1991 at Dhahran, Saudi
Arabia, an Iraqi Scud missile hit a U.S. Army barracks, killing 29 soldiers.
d. 1991 the Warsaw Pact was dissolved.
e. 1994 at the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of
Hebron Baruch Goldstein opened fire on Palestinian worshippers, killing 29 and
wounding 125 before he was subdued and beaten to death by survivors.
Reflections on the American diet: “I see little hope for a nation that
values the health of its livestock more than that of its people....Farmers are
not criticized for routinely giving their (live)stock nutritional
supplements....superior to any sold for humans...Millions of families could
plant home gardens if they truly wanted health. Refined food are practically
unknown in Russia. The life expectancy of the 40-year-old American is near the
lowest in the world.” Adelle Davis.
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February 25, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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