It looks like Reagan’s Law of not speaking ill of fellow Republicans will be tossed into
the trash heap as Trump speaking before the NRA Convention mocked De Santis and
Pence but Jim Jordan who also spoke only praised Trump and his accomplishments
and his plans for the future while also saying Pence and De Santis were “good
guys,” reminding the audience that De
Santis was one of the nine with Jordan who formed the Freedom Caucus. As
backlash across the nation expands due to Bud Light’s appeal to transgenders
with their partnership with Dylan Mulvaney with conservatives calling for a
boycott, Donald Trump, Jr. slammed Bud Light’s marketing department as being
infected with woke but came out against the boycott reminding conservatives
that the beer company donates more to Republicans than Democrats (brings back
the concept of indulgences in the Middle Ages to obtain forgiveness for ones
sins). Wang Yi is trying to get Germany’s support on a takeover of Taiwan by
reminding it that China supported the reunification of the 2 Germanys.
Buttigieg has just received another chance to redeem himself by not being MIA in another train carrying hazardous
materials derailment disaster, this one in Rockport, Maine. My wise
mother once told me that to determine whether is telling the truth look at how
the person reacts when you start questioning others to find the truth and her
advice is useful now as the House is set to begin its investigation of the
origins of COVID-19 as Red staffers in the early morning hours started receive
emails from the Chinese Embassy expressing their “grave concern” over the
investigation.
April 15, 2023 Michael P.
Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: National Gripers Day: Created on this day in 1984 by Jack Gilbert, a free-lance writer
in Columbus to encourage people to air their gripes and complaints face to face
as a better way to solve interpersonal problems without resorting to non-person
to person complaints and airing grievances on social media where the griper has
a good deal of anonymity. Not if April 15th was chosen due to it
being the day to file one’s income tax returns.
Word of the Day: The word of the day is “ambscace”
which means bad luck, a state of affairs that a gambler at Los Vegas may use to
explain the losses at the black jack or craps table incurred.
Number 1 Song: As we have left the past and returned to start the clock
backwards from the present, the number 1 song on this day in 2013 was “Thrift
Shop” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz on a run of 6 weeks non
continuous to share with 10 other songs
that achieved number 1 status while 8 acts including Macklemore and
Ryan Lewis and Wanz achieved number 1 status
for the first time. Here is a recording of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
feat. Wanz performing with lyrics “Thrift Shop”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5s40sDP-94
April 15
Famous Birthdays: Jason Sehorn, born on this day in 1971 in Sacramento,
was a football player who played for 2 years at Shasta Junior College as a wide
receiver and kick off and punt returner and 2 years at USC as a safety and
after being drafted in the second round played 8 years for the New York Giants
and 1 year for the L.A. Rams as cornerback, a position at which white players
are very few and very far between.
Noted Events on April 15:
1. 1920—Alessandro Berardelli, a guard and Frederick Parmenter, a
paymaster at Slater and Morill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts were
killed during an armed robbery netting the robbers $15,000. A week later based
on flimsy eyewitness leads anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were
arrested just before Vanzetti was to give a speech supporting anarchy. At a
time when hatred and distrust of aliens were off the charts and the nation was
plagued with anarchist violence, their trial started on May 21,2021 Judge
Thayer, who had very strong anti-Italian immigrant views and vehemently opposed
to anarchy. Despite evidence by numerous witnesses for the defense putting
Sacco and Vanzetti nowhere the scene of the crime, after deliberating for 3
hours to take a break for dinner, the jury found both men guilty of the murder
of the guard and paymaster. Despite national and worldwide demonstrations
proclaiming their innocence and appeals for new trials Sacco and Vanzetti were
executed in the electric chair on August 23, 1927.
2. 1947—Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, finally breaking
the color line for MLB.
3. 2005—2
brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev planted 2 pressure cooker bombs near
the finish line of the Boston Marathon that detonated as runners were crossing
and approaching the finish line, killing 3 and injuring 247 runners and spectators. After a massive
manhunt of 3 days Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev were spotted and a major gun
fight which resulted in Tamerlan being run over by Dzhokhar and dying and
Dzhokhar being apprehended the next day hiding in a boat under a tarp. Dzhokhar
was tried, convicted and sentenced both to long prison sentences and the death
penalty. His lawyers appealed and the Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the
death sentence and 3 of the thirty convictions which the prosecution appealed
SCOTUS which reaffirmed the death penalty.
4. 2019—A fire broke out in Notre Dame
Cathedral which took almost an hour for fire trucks to arrive to mistakes made
by personnel in locating the fire and delays being able to call it in and
before it was extinguished on the morning of April 16 to cause massive damages
to the structure that are expected to cost in the neighborhood of $865 million
with construction scheduled to be finished prior to the opening of the Paris
Olympics in 2024.
5.
2021—Former FedEx employee
Brandon Scott who been fired for not returning to work, entered a FedEx
facility in Indianapolis and started shooting and in 4 minutes had killed 8 people and wounded 4 others before shooting
himself dead. Police had earlier contact with him and seized 2 fire arms and
was incarcerated for 2 hours on a mental illness hold and released but
Indiana’s red flag law that would have stopped the purchase of the guns used in
the mass shooting was ignored by authorities. Victims and relatives of the
victims have filed wrongful death actions against distributor of the high
capacity magazines and Schmeisser GmbH, the manufacturer of the AR-15’s used in
the shootings.
Famous Quotes on Events and
Issues:
Proclamation by Governor Michael S.
Dukakis on Sacco and Vanzetti in a better late than never moment on August 23,
1977: “The conduct of many of the officials involved the case shed
serious doubt on their willingness and ability to conduct the prosecution and
trial of Sacco and Vanzetti fairly and with impartiality…
I, Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, by virtue of the authority conferred upon me as the Supreme Magistrate of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the
Constitution and by all other authority vested in me, do hereby proclaim
Tuesday, August 23, 1977 “Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti Day”; and
declare further, that any stigma and disgrace should be forever removed from
the names of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, from the names of their
families and descendants, and so, from the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;
and I hereby call upon the people of Massachusetts to pause in their daily
endeavors to reflect upon these tragic
events, and draw from their historic lesson the resolve to prevent the forces
of intolerance, fear and hatred from ever again uniting to overcome the
rationality , wisdom and fairness to which our legal system aspires.”
© April 15, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
© April 15, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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