Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For May 4, 2019 Country House, a 65-1
long shot won the Kentucky Derby after Maximum Security which had finished
first was disqualified for blocking horses marking the first time a winner has
been disqualified; we all know that measles is contagious and we now know that
Hillaryitis, the failure to accept defeat, is contagious also as Stacey Abrams
continues to claim she was not defeated in her race for governor a claim which
kis also made by Gillum in Florida (game over you lost both of you, move on);
Bill De Blasio has added his name to the list of presidential wanna-bes (what a
joke he and his policies have been for New York City as thousands flee its high
tax environment); Abby Johnson, a star in the pro-life movie Unplanned, amplified her unborn baby’s
ultrasound heart beat in a pro life demonstration in Times Square; Kevin
Costner showed once again what happens when celebs go off script to spout their
political views blasting Trump and ranting he does not recognize America to on
the clueless The View; scores of
rockets were launched from Gaza City prompting massive air strikes in return as
many of the rockets were knocked out of the sky by Israel’s Iron Dome
anti-missile system; in a Miracle on the
Hudson déjà vu a 737 from Gitmo with 143 passengers and crew aboard landing
in Jacksonville slid off the runway into the St. John’s River fortunately with
no fatalities and only 21 minor injuries; the 1st Circuit Court of
Appeals has ruled that prisons and jails must provide treatment for those
suffering from opioid addiction (addiction is a disease and the ruling makes
sense given the amount of drugs that are smuggled into jails and prisons); through
May 2, 2019 693 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 136 have
died (what makes the Smollett case so frustrating is that it forced the city of
Chicago to allocate scarce detective resources when in only 9% of the shootings
resulting in murder have a suspect being charged this year).
As always, I hope you
enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Pink, factoids of
interest for this day in history, the fact that you are not paravail,
and a relevant quote from David Wrentmore, a student shot by the
Ohio National Guard at Kent State, 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. Star Wars Day (International)—celebrated first in Toronto in 2011
on this day which dovetails nicely into “May the Fourth Be with You.”
2. Anti-Bullying Day —created by the United Nations in 2012 and commemorated
by wearing a pink shirt to support all who stand up to bullying both physical
and cyber bullying.
3. 2002 Number One Song—the number one
song on this day in 2002 on a run of 4 weeks in that position was “Don’t Let Me
Get Me” by Pink. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asaCQOZpqUQ
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “o”
to words beginning with “p” is “paravail” which means inferior which describes
a majority of our politicians today on both sides of the aisle and vast number
of members of the MSM.
5. Art in the Eye of the Beholder—celebrating the birthday on this day
in 1958 of noted artist Keith Haring who was famous for his chalk drawings on
subways but whose chalk ran out on February 16, 1990 when he died of AIDS.
On this day
in:
a. 1959 the 1st Annual Grammy Awards were held.
b. 1970 soldiers from the Ohio National Guard sent to Kent
State University to quell students protesting the invasion of Cambodia shot and
killed four unarmed students enroute to classes and wounded nine others.
c. 1979 Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister
of the United Kingdom.
d. 1994 Israeli
Prime Minister Yitshak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat signed an agreement
giving self rule to the Gaza Strip, which is under attack by jets and tank fire
due to scores of rockets being fired into Israel, and Jericho.
e. 1998 a federal judge in Sacramento, CA pursuant to a plea
agreement sentenced “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski to 8 life sentences plus 30 years
meaning he will die in prison.
Reflections on Kent
State shootings by a student who was there and wounded: “I was
in the parking lot near Taylor Hall just watching the demonstration. The
guardsmen, about 50 to 75 of them, had just had a confrontation with the
students in the practice football field, and they were marching away. All of a
sudden I heard a volley of shots. Girls started screaming. I saw people fall,
and I started running and then I fell. I didn't feel anything. One minute I
could run and then I could not. Then I saw blood coming from leg. The volley
wasn't preceded by a sniper's bullet. I heard later that there was supposed to
have been one from the roof, but I never heard it. Anyhow, if it came from the
roof, I just don't understand why the troops fired into the crowd," Douglas
Wrentmore a student at Kent State interviewed by Philip Caputo a reporter for
the Chicago Tribune who had served in Vietnam, May 5, 1970.
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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.
© May 4, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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