Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 12, 2020 If you had a
hope that the FBI would reform itself after being caught red handed with its
abuse of the FISA Court surveillance of the Trump campaign, think again as
David Kris a former Obama appointee, staunch supporter of FBI surveillance,
frequent left wing blogger and guest on the Rachel Maddow Show has been
appointed to oversee FBI “reforms” as a result of its misconduct (talk about a
fox being appointed to clean out the corruption in the hen house in this case
by eating all of the chickens); after yet another example of a rogue nation
shooting down the Ukrainian jet, it is way past time for the civilized nations
of this world to condemn these mullahs by economically boycotting Iran and the
first one who needs to do so is China which continues to buy oil from Iran
(U.S. is throwing down a gauntlet to China do business with us and work toward
trade deal or do business with Iran and face sanctions; Iran has admitted it
shot down the Ukrainian jet “in error” as its streets are protesting the mullahs
for the killing of innocents including a very large number of Iranians on that
plane and news out of Iran is that a journalist and cameraman covering the
protests in Iraq have been assassinated; the Megxit Drama continues with the Queen
calling a meeting of the Royal Family to sort out the ramifications and procedures
of Meghan’s and Harry’s moves; in a like mother like daughter incident, Dina
Lohan, the mother of Lindsay Lohan has been arrested in NYC for DUI after T-boning
a vehicle outside a NYC steakhouse;; in Chicago, as of January 11, 2020, 57
people have been shot of whom 9 have died, but none on the 11th ;
Baltimore with a fraction of Chicago’s population and hoping against all hopes
that 2020 will not be a record in terms of deaths has pulled ahead of Chicago
and suffered 11 murders by shootings (when will Chicago and Baltimore 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 and when will the left focus on the problem of color on color
shootings in Blue run cities which have been more deadly and more numerous than
random mass shootings?).
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and
observances, factoids of interest for this day in history, a musical link to
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians, the fact if you do not suffer from
pyrosus, a relevant quote on Philip Berrigan by his brother Daniel Berrigan, secure
in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events
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1. International Kiss a Ginger Day—created by Derek
Forgie in 2009 to celebrate the lucky men who are in a relationship with the 2%
of women who are red heads with a kiss (too bad my mother is no longer alive as
being a redhead she would have loved this day).
2. National
Pharmacist Day—celebrating and honoring the contributions made by pharmacists
to the health of the nation.
3. 1931
Number 1 Number One Song— the number one song in 1931 on
this day on a run of 17 days in the position was “You’re Driving Me Crazy” by Guy
Lombardo and His Royal Canadians. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMeLSsnxsFE.
He ended his stint of being driven crazy on
November 5, 1977 by a fatal heart attack, ending 53 years of bring music to his
fans.
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “pyrosus” which means heartburn and
describes to a tee what the impeachment farce and sitting on Articles is causing
many Americans.
5. Pinned to the Early Mat by Painkillers--celebrating
the birth on this day in 1948 of 1962 of Gertrude Elizabeth Vachon, better known
to her wrestling fans as Luna Vachon, a noted WWE wrestler and manager who
suffered from bipolar disorder and sadly overdosed from prescription
painkillers she had become addicted to on August 27, 2010.
On this day
in:
a. 1932
Hattie Carraway, 17 years after the House had rejected a bill to allow the
states to grant the right of women to vote, from Arkansas, became the first
woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate.
b. 1967 Doctor James Bedford who had died
from cancer several hours earlier had his body cryonically frozen and preserved
to be unthawed in the even medical advances in the future would allow him to be
revived and his 70 year old body cured of the cancer that had killed him (talk about holding on to dear life).
c. 1971 Priest Philip Berrigan and 6 others, 5
of whom were also Catholic nuns or priests were indicted but not convicted on
charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and blow up underground heating
tunnels in federal buildings in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
d. 1986 Congressman Bill
Nelson took Congressional Oversight to new heights by being launched as a
payload specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.
e. 1991 the House authorized
the use of military force by the U.S. to force the Iraqis out of Kuwait which
it and its allies did in 100 hours after commencing ground operations after
weeks of aerial bombardment of Iraqi forces.
Reflections on the protests of Philip Berrigan from his activist
brother:
”I think of my brother just out of prison again. He will have spent ten
years of the last 30 in prison.” Daniel Berrigan
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