On the War on terror front, any
American who may be thinking of going to Iran on business or any reason should
know he or she would go there with a ransom note of $1.2 billion over their
head, the per person amount of frozen Iranian assets released by the Biden
Administration to secure the release of 5 American hostages along with 5
Iranians in U.S. custody. One should shiver thinking of the nefarious uses the
Iranian regime will use those funds for to damage U.S. interests. On a better
news item, we now know that the U.S. has seized 1 million barrels of oil that
were being illegal smuggled to China.
On the L.A. crime front
reward money seems to be thicker than blood as the LASD, acting on a tip from a
relative motivated by the $250,000 reward posted by the LASD, went to a home in
Palmdale and arrested a suspect in the ambush fatal shooting of Deputy Clinkunbroomer.
On the Hunter Biden scandal
front, Hunter’s lawyer had been claiming loud and long that Joe Biden never
received any money from Hunter’s ill begotten business dealings, claims that
fly in the face of an email from Hunter to his daughter complaining that he has
to give half of his salary to his father (explains why a large percentage of
the population believe Biden is corrupt).
On the diversity front,
the Muslim Hamtramck City Council is receiving a host of flak from the LBGTQ
community for banning on city public property all flags other than the U.S.
flag, the Michigan State Flag, the Hamtramck City flag, a Prisoner of War flag
and a flag representing the nations the city’s residents are from which means
the Gay Pride flag will no longer be seen on city flagpoles.
On the Blue Presidential
Campaign front, in a possible sign of frustration of over the DNC’s ongoing
attempt to sabotage his campaign by not having any debates, has come out with a
promise to ban all fracking on public lands which would severely cripple U.S.
oil production and make us more reliant on foreign imported and in the case of
Venezuela oil which is far dirtier than oil produced here.
On the best defense is a
great offense front, Hunter Biden has sued the IRS for releasing confidential
information contained in his tax returns to embarrass him, ignoring the fact
that the embarrassment that exists is the preferential treatment he has
received as revealed by IRS whistleblowers during Weiss snail like
investigation by D.A. Weiss who is now a special counsel investigating him and
as conservatives fear is like the proverbial leopard that does not change
spots.
On the survival of blackout
fronts, Generac, the maker of portable and standby consumer generators, is
recalling some 64,000 of them due to the failure to properly vent gas which has
caused several people to be burned but so far no homes have caught fire.
On the F-35 where are you
front, a Marine Corps pilot near Charleston, South Carolina was forced to eject
from his plane which then crashed but so far the wreckage of the plane has not
been found then could render clues as to what went wrong.
On the 2024 Congressional election front Blue
Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton has been diagnosed with a severe form of
Parkinson’s disease and announced she will not run for reelection. Both sides
of the aisle should wish her well and pray for her recovery from a debilitating
and deadly disease.
On the Florida crime front,
Bob Ford was trimming his trees that had encroached on to Edward
Druzolowski’s yard and when he did not leave after being told to do so, the 78
year old shot and killed him when arriving deputies were unable to save him.
Druzolowski has been charged with 2nd
murder of his neighbor Ford. Also in Florida in Riverview near Tampa a 14 year
old has been arrested for shooting his mother’s boyfriend 5 times not killing
him only putting him in the hospital in critical condition and then killing his
mother.
On the obstruction of election front 9 CA
legislators have asked the CA AG to rule early on their request to ban Trump
from the California Ballot even though he was not charged by the Special
Counsel of insurrection and as of today been convicted of no crimes which does
not bother the left in California’s Banana Republic as they firmly believe that
Trump must prove his innocence not that the state must prove his guilt beyond a
reasonable doubt.
September 18,
2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: International
Read an E-Book Day: Created on this day in 2014 not by Amazon with its
Kindle or Barnes and Noble with its Nook, but by OverDrive, Inc., a company
that specializes in the digital distribution of eBooks, audiobooks, music, and
video titles. Best thing, if you are a rabid reader on vacations especially
while travelling to get there, to have e-books on your Kindle, Nook or Lap Top—less
weight and less eye strain as you can adjust the font. to your
favorite bar or tavern and playing while quaffing your favorite
brew.
Word of the Day: The word
of the day is “aulic” which means courtly or genteel,
characteristics that are most pleasing.
Song of the Day: The
number 1 song on this day in 1988 was “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by
Guns and Roses on a run of 2 weeks to share number 1 status with 32 other songs
achieving number 1 ranking while 17 acts, including Guns ‘N Roses, achieved
number one status for the first time. Here is a video recording with
lyrics of Guns ‘N Roses performing “Sweet Child O’ Mine"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4
September 18 Birthdays: “Catching
Votes Easier Than Passes”—Anthony Gonzales, born on this day in 1984
in Cleveland, Ohio to play football at Ohio State University as a wide receiver
and then with the Baltimore Colts from 2007-2011 until retiring due to injuries.
A graduate of Stanford Business School, he served 2 terms as a Congressman in Ohio
and in his second term was more of a RINO and after being censured by the Republican
Party for voting to impeach Trump in his second impeachment elected not to run for
reelection in 2022.
September 18
Historical Events in Rhyme
1. On
this day in 2014 in a referendum in Scotland to determine whether in the United
Kingdom to remain/By a vote of 55.3% to 44.7 % they voted to English rule
retain/The highest turnout of voters in Scotland ever occurred and voting age
lowered to 16/Both pro and con forces spent the max allowed £4.5 million to see
whether Elizabeth II would remain Scotland’s Queen.
2. On
this day in 2001 with the nation from the 9/11 attacks on alert/The first letters
laced with anthrax were mailed from Trenton to kill 5 and 17 others
hurt/Despite a massive FBI search with several suspects the mailer or mailers
were never found/Mail and packages were now all suspect and emails were now the
communication method deemed safe and sound.
3. On
this day in 1997 the Anti-Personal Mines Ban Convention Draft was n complete/After
years of effort to the use of personal mines defeat/Strewn on the battlefields
by the thousands to the troops protect/Ticking civilian time bombs when stepped
on to limb and life wreck/192 nations have signed to remove the use of this
long lasting weapon from war/As the scenes of legless or armless civilians in
former war torn nations soar/China, India, Pakistan, Russia and the United
States/Sadly their signatures the world still must wait.
4. On
this day in 1961 Dag Hammarskjöld, the UN Secretary General and winner of the
Nobel Peace Prize/While enroute to negotiate a cease fire between UN Peace Keeping
Forces in the Congo and Katanga Rebels met his demise/His DC-6 crashed near Ndola,
Zambia killing all aboard the plane/Pilot error was suspected but also the CIA,
Belgian Mining interests and the Soviets were suspects blamed/But the cause of
the crash was never proved/The world lost a great person tireless trying to peace
and the wellbeing of Earth’s billions improve.
5. On
this day in 1895 Booker T. Washington at the Atlanta Exposition gave a speech
on race relations/Urging blacks to find work in the South rather that the North
that was hiring the waves of immigration/Linked the prosperity of the South to
how well the liberties of blacks it protected/Given the universality of the Jim
Crow Laws his pleas fell on deaf ears and his pleas were rejected.
Quote on Landmines by
Angelina Jolie: “The most upsetting thing is that the US is a leader
in the world, and if they don't sign, then how do you expect to convince
Russian and China and Iran, Pakistan, all these other countries, to sign? They
simply won't. (The US government) feels it's against their constitutional right
to bear arms, or they've said that it's needed in North and South Korea, on the
border. I don't think any of these are good enough excuses for the damage.”
© September 18, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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