Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 17, 2020 Denny Hamlin won his third Daytona 500 and
Randy Newman was hospitalized in serious condition in a fiery collision near
the end of the race; Blumberg’s
ad only campaign may be coming to an end as his numerous misogynist and
anti-minority statements are coming to the forefront to the disappointment of
minority leaders (Al Sharpton is warning that other Blue candidates like
Sanders, Biden, and Klobuchar have racial baggage and that they should not
attack Bloomberg as means to distract from their own baggage); not sure how
serious Bloomberg is but speculation is growing that he would pick Hillary as
his running mate (can’t believe that he would and if he did she would not
accept but if she did and the ticket was successful would we see her again in
2024 trying to go 0-3?); the coronavirus death toll stands at almost 1800 and
the number of cases mainly in China have risen to 71,000 as the concerns over
adverse economic effects rise as flights to China are cancelled, supply chain
disruption due to factory closings may soon be upon us and Apple announced its
revenue will be lower due to the virus; AG Barr, facing calls from Blues to
resign over his rescinding the prosecutors’ recommendations for a 7-9 year prison
sentence for Roger Stone or be impeached, announced he is appointing independent
prosecutors to review a number of Russian-Ukrainian cases involving Trump
associates; Flynn has moved to withdraw his guilty plea on grounds prosecutorial
misconduct as AG Barr also appointed an independent prosecutor to review his
case; Christopher Sign, the journalist who broke the story of the “secret meeting” of
Lynch and Bill Clinton on the tarmac has just published a new book Meeting on the Tarmac confirming what we
all must have known that this was not a coincidental meeting (have not ordered
it yet as not on Nook yet but suspect it will not reveal what was actually said
as opposed to the hogwash of stories of golf and grandchildren); Michael
Avenati, who had appeared on MSM 229 times and was heralded by “pundits” like
rabid anti-Trumper Brian Stelter as presidential timber against Trump, was
convicted of extortion of Nike but instead of members of MSM acknowledging that
they had failed to vet him, blamed Trump (shades of George Orwell); both Red
and Blue challengers are coming out of the weeds to seek to take away AOC’s
seat; MSM and Obama are beating a dead horse over Trump’s economic success,
defying all statistics of the economic boom by claiming Obama should get most
if not all of the credit (delusion reigns at MSM); in Chicago, as of February 16, 2020, 274
people have been shot of whom 52 have died; 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 dropped back to 9 behind Chicago with 43 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 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra, the fact you are opposed to obscurantism,
a relevant quote by Ferdinand de Lesseps
on the Suez Canal, secure in the knowledge
that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like Father’s Day,
college graduations, birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that
the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great
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1. Presidents’ Day—honoring the birthday of George
Washington and all presidents who have served after him.
2. World
Spirit Day—created in 2003 by Michael Levy of Point of Life to encourage
all people at 3:00 P.M. Eastern Time to meditate in silence to find the
tranquility and spirituality that lies within all of us.
3. 1946 Number
1 Number One Song— the number one song in 1946 on this day on a run of 5
weeks in the position was “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” by Vaughn Monroe
and His Orchestra with vocals by him and the Norton Sisters. Here is a recording
of the song: https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-mnet-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=mnet&p=vaughn+monroe+let+it+snow#id=4&vid=c7fe5e31bb15276b1523841fc9b7ee2d&action=click
4. Word of the Day—today’s
word of the day is “obscurantism” which means the practice of withholding
information from the public which the government practices far too often,
regardless of party.
5. Heiress Unchained—celebrating
the birthday on this day in 1981 of heiress of the Hilton fortune, Paris
Hilton, noted model and party-goer.
On this day
in:
a. 1867 the
world became a much smaller place when the first ship transited the Suez Canal.
b. 1968 in Springfield,
Massachusetts the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was established.
c. 1974 Robert Preston, a U.S. Army soldier
who had enlisted to become a helicopter pilot but was dismissed and reassigned
as a helicopter mechanic stole an Army helicopter and landed it on the South
Lawn of the White House to demonstrate his skills, resulting in one year in
prison and a fine of $2400.
d. 1979 the Sino-Vietnamese War
begin exposing the fallacy advanced by the U.S. that North Vietnam was a pawn
of the Chinese in ignorance of the fact that the Chinese have long been
historical enemies.
e. 2011 protests against Libyan
dictator Khadafy began which would ultimately lead to his overthrown and
execution and a nation in turmoil.
Reflections on building the Suez Canal: ““Since 1849 I have studied
incessantly, under all its aspects, a question which was already in my mind
since 1832. I confess that my scheme is still a mere dream, and I do not shut
my eyes to the fact that so long as I alone believe it to be possible, it is
virtually impossible. ... The scheme in question is the cutting of a canal
through the Isthmus of Suez. This has been thought of from the earliest
historical times, and for that very reason is looked upon as impracticable.
Geographical dictionaries inform us indeed that the project would have been
executed long ago but for insurmountable obstacles. [On his inspiration for the
Suez Canal]” Ferdinad de Lesseps who tried to duplicate his success of the Suez
Canal in Panama and failed.
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