Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 25, 2020 Bob Iger has
stepped down as CEO of Disney after an incredible run; Jim Acosta cannot help
himself and made a fool of himself trying to attack Trump during his press
conference (this biased reporter always trying to make a press conference about
himself really gives journalism a bad name and reputation); Justice Sotomajor
in a blistering dissent over SCOTUS’ curbing of nationwide injunctions attacked
judges appointed by Trump as being biased toward him which resulted in a scorn
of criticism (if SCOTUS degenerates into a swamp of biased judges the rule of
law which most of us believe in will be severely threatened); AOC’s days of
self-promotion may be numbered as the New
York Post reported that her district may redistricted out of existence
(could not think of a more fitting oblivion for this idiot); Joe Biden’s
firewall in South Carolina may be on its last brick as Sanders continues to
surge in the polls and more troubling to Biden among black voters continues to
surge (tonight’s debate could be make or break for Biden and the second tier
candidates except Bloomberg who with the amount of money he has committed to
spend will be in the race until the Democratic Convention but for his sake hopefully
he will not make a fool of himself repeat of his last performance); as Bernie
gets more cocky over his chances his past praises of authoritative socialist or
communist regimes like Castro are coming out (great fireworks on The View as clueless Behar and McCain
got into a snit fit over Castro’s literacy program in Cuba); Trey Gowdy is in
the news urging U.S Intel to stop briefing lying, leaking Adam Schiff; on the
coronavirus front over 80,000 cases with new cases spiking in Italy and Iran
(as an example that the virus picks no favorites, Iran’s top official charged
with fighting the virus has been infected); in Chicago, as of February 24,
2020, 318 people have been shot of whom 61 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 fallen 14 behind Chicago with 47 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 Patti Page, the fact that you can obvert from difficult situations
that may confront you, a relevant quote by Mark Tweain on Mardi Gras, 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 price tailored to the event and the recipient. You
need only contact me for details.
1. IHOP® National Pancake Day®—celebrating at IHOPs a free short
stack of buttermilk pancakes at participating IGHOP locations.
2. Mardi Gras—celebrating the ending of a great Carnival party with a blow-out
party to start the beginning of Lent the next day.
3. 1951 Number 1 Number One Song— the number
one song in 1951 on this day on a run of 9 weeks in the position was “Tennessee
Waltz” by Patti Page. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44B6B1OycgI.
A heavy smoker starting in 1942, she managed to quit the habit later in life
and have more than 30 years of life cigarette free but died at age 85 on
January 1, 2013 of heart and lung problems.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “obvert” which means to turn or
alter which describes what Joe Biden must do in his collapsing campaign if he
has any chance at all for the nomination.
5. Leave the Driving to Me—celebrating the
birthday on this day in 1961 of noted NASCAR racer David Allison who crashed
his helicopter on July 12, 1993 while trying to land it at the infield of the
Talledega Super Speedway and never regained consciousness and died the next
morning.
On this day
in:
a.
1933 The USS Ranger was launched by
the U.S. Navy, its first ship to be designed from the keel up as an aircraft carrier.
b. 1956
Nikita Khrushchev in a speech, The Cult
of Personality and Its Consequences, denounced the cult of personality of
Joseph Stalin.
c. 1987 Southern Methodist University’s
football team received the death penalty from the NCAA and was banned from all
competition during the 1987 season.
d. 1991 the Warsaw Pact was abolished.
e. 1994 Baruch Goldstein opened fire on Palestinian worshipers at the Cave of the Patriarchs, killing 29 and wounding 129 before being beaten
to death by the survivors.
Reflections on Mardi
Gras: “"It has been said that a Scotchman has not
seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an
American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi-Gras in New
Orleans." — Mark Twain Having been in all 50 states and one trip to Mardi
Gras, I agree completely with Twain’s observation..
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