It what is becoming more
and more prevalent in election cycles that the ends justify the means, the
special counsel appointed to investigate the matter found that Xavier Becerra violated
the Hatch Act by campaigning for Blue Senator Padilla’s reelection in his official
capacity. The penalty for violations of the Hatch Act includes removal from
federal service, reduction in grade, debarment from federal employment for a
period not to exceed 5 years, suspension, reprimand, or a civil penalty not to
exceed $1,000. 5 U.S.C. § 7326(2). (don’t hold your breath thinking Biden will
ask for his resignation). Our DHHS Secretary must be from the Mayorkas School of
Disinformation as he refused despite repeat after repeat of Senator Cassidy’s
simple question of how many employees were teleworking rather that working in
their offices (probably was emboldened by the vote of 205 House Blues against
the Stopping Home Office Work’s
Unproductive Problems Act, which passed in the house 221-206). 16 year old
black Ralph Yarl who went to the wrong home to pick up his siblings and was
shot twice by the 84 year old homeowner with a .32 caliber revolver who thought
that Yarl was trying break in
(fortunately Yarl has not died and is recovering from his wound probably
enhanced by a call from President Biden wishing him a speedy recovery (doubt if
any of the black residents of Chicago who are shot by blacks which is the norm have
received any presidential concerned call). Senator Feinstein, suffering from
Shingles had asked Senator Schumer to appoint an interim senator to take her
place until she is able to return which the Reds refused to consent to meaning
any Biden nominees to federal courts will have to be more to the middle and
less to the left in order to get at least one Red vote to proceed to the Senate
floor for a confirmation vote. It looks like the Blues are the party waging a
war on women as Biden has thrown down the gauntlet that he will veto the Protection
of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which will pass the House and probably not
the Senate, if it comes to his desk a veto threat to toss red meat to the LGBTQ
community which has resulted in a scathing rebuke by Riley Gaines that he is
bowing to a radical minority of less than 1 % of the population at the expense
of th 51% that are women.
April 18, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka
The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: National Income Tax
Pay Day: Since the April 15 fell on
a Saturday and Monday was Patriots’ Day was a federal holiday, today is the
last day to file and pay one’s income taxes unless a person files an extension
request to file and pay on October 16, 2023. Although we should all be
breathing easier that COVID-19 is on the run, the due dates to file and pay on
July 15, 2020 and July 17, 2021 due to the pandemic sweeping across the nation
are no longer available to procrastinators.
Word of the
Day: The word of the day is “ament”
which means someone who has not developed mentally which we should wish on no
one even if it seems that some of our politicians and bureaucrat have suffered
that fate.
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 2010 was “
Rude Boy” by Rihanna on a run of 5 weeks to make her the first female artist to
have 4 number one songs in a year to share with 16 other songs that achieved
number 1 status while 9 acts achieved number 1 status for the first time. Here is a recording of Rihanna
performing “Rude Boy”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqUsUhz41jY
April 18 Famous Birthdays: James Wood, born on
this day in 1947 in Vernal, Utah, is a noted actor on stage, movies and television
who originally wanted to be an eye surgeon but dropped out of MIT one semester
before graduation. His stage, film and TV series are substantial with server
Emmy Awards and 2 Academy nominations. A lifelong democrat until Clinton was
impeached, he switched to being Independent and then to the Republican Party
and being an avid Trump supporter. He rails against the discrimination in
Hollywood against conservative actor and bemoans they have become endangered
species.
Noted Events on April 18:
1. 1906—A 7.8 earthquake struck San Francisco which, when combined with the fires that were
ignited, destroyed 80% of the buildings in the city and claimed the lives of at
3000 people, giving it the dubious distinction of being the deadliest
earthquake to strike the United States. It was felt throughout the Bay Area and
Stanford where the Memorial Church and several academic building were severely damaged.
2. 1942—Pierre Laval after the surrender by France to the Germans in 1940
played a prominent role in Vichy France, becoming its leader from April 18,1942 to August 1944 when France was
liberated by the Allies. He fled to Spain but then returned to France where he was
arrested on orders of Charles de Gaulle to be executed by a firing squad on October
15, 1942.
3. 1949—The Republic of Ireland Act became effective with 87% of the land
area of the island of Ireland becoming a republic known as Éire which severed all relations with the British Commonwealth.
4. 2014—Operation
Praying Mantis began between the USN and the Iran Navy in the largest naval
battle faced by the U.S. Navy since World War II and ended the Iranian Navy
being largely destroyed.
5. 2019—A
redacted version of the Mueller Investigation of possible collusion by Trump
with the Russians and to the dismay of leftist advocacy “journalists” like
Rachel Madow found no collusion by Trump with the Russians.
Famous Quotes on Events and Issues:
On obstruction: "The Special Counsel states that 'while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.' ... Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and I have concluded that the evidence developed during the Special Counsel's investigation is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense."
© April 18, 2023 Michael P.
Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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