At her daily press briefing
we were once again treated to a show of incompetency by Press Secretary Karine
Jean Pierre who was not briefed on how to answer questions concerning the 300
page Durham Report blasting the FBI’s failure to validate allegations to
instead rely on information from the Clinton Campaign. When asked about the
White House’s reaction to the report she deflected to the Justice Department
and when follow up questions were raised, she folded up her briefing book and
left the podium, upset that the tweets she made in 2016 claiming Trump was
colluding with the Russians have been debunked by the Durham Report. In the Kentucky Red Primary for Governor, the
race has turned into a proxy battle between competing endorsements of Trump, De
Santis and Ramaswamy with Trump’s candidate Daniel Cameron winning the right to
face the Blue incumbent. North Carolina Reds over road the governor’s veto of a
bill banning abortion after 12 weeks. Riley Gaines testified before Congress on
her harrowing experience trying to speak San Francisco State and having retreat
to a classroom when pro transgender protestors were trying to hold her hostage.
Former AG Bill Barr has stated the Durham Report reveals a grave injustice
to Trump but he remained firm in his
belief that Trump at the head of the ticket in 2024 would be a disaster to down
ballot Reds. Comparing Fetterman in his questioning of witness to Biden makes
Biden look like a proverbial genius as Fetterman was struggling big time trying
to frame coherent questions to witnesses testifying before the Senate on the
Silicon Valley Bank collapse. The Nanny State is alive and well at the USDA in
its role of menu selections for food grants at public schools as it is
considering banning chocolate and strawberry milk to fight obesity among
students. Elon Musk who has already sounded the alarms on AI is now warning
that the economy is facing strong recessionary headwinds and that the Fed after
10 consecutive interest rate increases may not be able to reduce rates quick
enough to prevent a recession. The only
thing that may save Bud Lite is that Miller Lite’s ad boasting that women were
the first brewers and without them there would be no beer industry and
bemoaning the ads with women in bikinis which has gone viral and causing
rumblings of another boycott (the folks at Coors Lite with the images of the clean
and pristine Rockies must be high fiving all day long). In NBA playoffs, the
Lakers down almost the whole game at one point down 23 fought back in the
closing minutes of the 4th quarter to get within 3 only to fall
short and lose to the Denver Nuggets 132-126. In the Eastern Finals the Celtics
and the Heat will play on Wednesday at 5:30 P.M. PDT.
May 16, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: International Day of
Light: Created by UNESCO on Congress
on September 16, 2016 and first celebrated on May, 16, 2017 which is the
anniversary of the first successful laser operated by Theodore Maiman and to
promote awareness for the importance of light in all aspects of our life and
society and to fight light pollution which interferes with our observance of
the heavens.
Word of the Day: the word
of the day is “anhelation” which means shortness of breath which is what
one will experience after sprinting or running long distances.
Number 1 Song: The number 1 song on this day in 1991 was “Joyride” by Roxette,
a Swedish pop duo of Marie Fredriksson and Per "Pelle" Alsingon a run of 1 week to share
with 26 other songs achieving number 1 ranking, while 14 acts achieved their
first number 1 ranking. Here is a music video with lyrics of Roxette performing
“Joyride”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCorJG9mubk Marie Fredriksson died from a brain tumor on December 9, 2019 at
the age of 61 and Per “Pelle” Alsing followed on December 19, 2020.
May 16 Famous Birthdays: Janet
Jackson, noted singer and the
youngest of the Jackson Family born on his day in 1966 in Gary, Indiana who has
sold over 100 million records but is probably best remembered for her wardrobe
malfunction during her half time performance at the 2004 Super Bowl which
exposed her breasts on national TV.
Noted Events on May 16:
1. 1868—By 1 vote the Senate failed to convict Andrew Johnson in his
impeachment as 7 Republicans broke from their party and voted against
convicting him.
2. 1929—The first Oscars were awarded on this day.
3. 1988—The Surgeon General Edward Koop released a report that the
addictive qualities of nicotine are similar to heroin and cocaine.
4. 1991—Queen
Elizabeth II became the first British Monarch to address the United States
Congress.
5. 2011—STS-134 launched from
the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for the Space
Shuttle Endeavor as the Space Shuttle program was winding down.
Famous Quotes on Events and Issues:
Aaron Astor, Professor of
History at Marysville College on Andrews Johnson’s view of African Americans: “Johnson believed in what's called
"herrenvolk democracy" — the idea that the lowest white man in
the social hierarchy should be above the highest Black man.”
Andrew Johnson On the issue of
slavery on the Senate Floor: “Press this question [freeing the slaves] to its ultimatum, and
the non-slaveholder will unite, heart and hand, in subjugating the Africans,
and if resistance be made, in extirpating the Negro race; and that is where
this question will end."
Republican Senator from Iowa on
not voting to convict Johnson: “I cannot agree to destroy the harmonious working of the
Constitution for the sake of getting rid
of an Unacceptable President.”
© May 16, 2023 Michael P.
Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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