On Pro-Palestinian
outrage over the Hamas Israel War front in the city of Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia after a flight
from Tel-Aviv landed hundreds of pro-Palestinian supporters stormed the airport
and flooded out into the tarmac looking for Jewish passengers, closing the
airport. Not sure whether any Jewish passengers were killed, captured or beaten
but this largely Muslim nation which has been significantly radicalized by
Putin’s military actions in Chechnya has now 83,000 terrified Jewish residents.
On the Hamas Israel War political front, Squad
member Pramila Jayapal has warned President Biden that his support of Israel’s
right to defend itself by trying to exterminate Hamas will cost him the Muslim
vote in 2024. Across the nation Pro-Palestinian protests continue to occur, the
largest being in NYC where some 7,000 marched to shut down the Brooklyn Bridge.
De Santis is defending his efforts to ban pro-Hamas groups from Florida’s
campuses and Reds are in a full court
press to force the Biden Administration to end the ability of pro-Hamas
supporters to enter the U.S.
On the Hamas Israel War,
Israel has entered its second stage of its ground invasion while conditions on
the ground for Gazans deteriorate causing a mob of thousands to break into a UN
distribution facility to take large quantities of “necessities of survival”.
The number of confirmed hostages has risen to 239 and telephone and internet
service is slowly being restored.
On the Hamas Israel War
humanitarian crisis front, the United Nation’s General Assembly has
overwhelmingly voted for a ceasefire to enable humanitarian supplies, such as
food, water, medicine, and fuel which the Israelis know will be used to power the generators needed to make the
tunnels livable but its failure to condemn Hamas for its brutal attack on
Israeli citizens is generating a lot of condemnation and calls for the
resignation of UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
On the weather front Hurricane Otis which was forecast to make landfall
as a CAT1 hurricane duped the forecasters when it quickly became a CAT5 when it
made landfall near Acapulco on October 25 causing devastation and 43 deaths
confirmed today.
There is a saying that “white
men cannot jump” that has just been buttressed with an addendum the “middle
aged white governors have no business trying to play basketball with kids” as
Gavin Newsom on his “Why am I here trip to China” is caught on camera running
over a small child on a court in a pickup game during his trip to China.
October 29, 2023 Michael P.
Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: World Stroke Day created
by the American Stroke Association on this day in 2006 and celebrated on that
day since to enable the 1 in 25 persons who will have a stroke in their lifetime
by promoting awareness of FAST of the onset of a stroke-F-face drooping A-arms
weaking S-speech slurring T-time to call paramedics when any of the 3 signs
appear.
Word of the Day: The word
of the day as we continue with words starting with “b” is “beldam” which
means a malicious and ugly woman, especially one who is old.
Song
of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1950 was “Good
Night Irene” by the Weavers on
a run of 11 weeks to share number 1
status with 11 other songs achieving
number 1 ranking. Here is a recording with lyrics of the Weavers performing “Good Night Irene”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSDyiUBrUSk
October 29 Birthdays: “Beware
What You Wish For” Observing
the birthday on this day of the former Chancellor of Germany born on this day
in 1879 in Werl, Prussia, German Empire who after being removed by Von
Hindenburg despite his successful negotiation of the ending of reparations in
1934 but eager to return to the government convinced Von Hindenburg to appoint
Hitler as Chancellor and him as Vice Chancellor in the mistaken belief he could
control Hitler. He left the government after the Night of the Long Knives that
proved he was wrong but managed to serve in the Foreign Office as Ambassador to
Austria and then to Turkey. Acquitted for War Crimes in the Nuremburg Trials he
was later convicted by Germany’s Denazification Court and sentenced to 8 years
hard labor but released on appeal to die on May 2, 1969 at age 89.
October 29 Historical Events in Rhyme
1. On
this day in 2015 to the joy of parents who were crushed by the first child
birth being female/China announced the end of its one child policy as fertility
rates exceeding replacement rates had started to fail/The next segment of the
population to enjoy the end of the one child policy/Were the millions of female
fetuses whom would no longer an abortion as their fate see.
2. On this day in
2006 Hurricane Sandy which had devasted Cuba and the Caribbean and had lost
status as a hurricane/To pivot left and reboot to CAT 2 making landfall in the U.S.
with wind and massive rain/Making landfall at the New Jersey town of Brigantine/With
a gale force wind diameter one of the largest ever seen/ 1,150 miles in diameter
bringing massive flooding and property destruction in the amount of some 63
billion dollars/233 deaths taxing the services of the funeral homes’ casket
haulers.
3. On this day in 2004/To motivate for
revenge the SEAls even more/Al Jazeera broadcast an Osama bin Laden video clip
claiming on the 9/11 attacks he was the mastermind/To become the number one
terrorist the U.S. vowed to find/7 years was not long enough to end the bin Laden
search quest/After tracking down his messengers his location their movements
did suggest/On May 2, 2011 SEAL Team 6 landed in his Abbottabad compound/Quickly killed him with a
head shot above left eye round.
4. On this day in 1998 after becoming
the first American to orbit the Earth in space/77 year old Senator John Glenn
was in another trip to in the record books place/On the Space Shuttle Discovery
he became the oldest person to venture into space and then orbit multiple
times our Blue planet/But records are made to be broken and Captain Kirk made
us Glenn’s oldest traveler into space forget/On October 13, 2021 90 year old
William Shatner with 3 others on Bezos’ Blue Horizon was for real back
in space/And 11 minute suborbital flight into space that did not Glenn’s oldest
orbiter record replace.
5. On
this Tuesday in 1929 on the New York Stock Exchange was known as “Black Tuesday”/when
a large part of the wealth in the stock market 20’s buying frenzy started to
plummet away/After a wealth shrinking earlier “Black Thursday” and “Black Monday”
events/ Attempts of wealthy investors buying stocks at falling prices did not
the further panic to sell prevent/America after nearly 10 years of “Let the
good times roll”/Would be soon entering the Great Depression that would try all
souls/But the generation that survived the Great Depression to World War II
win/Would claim to be the “Greatest Generation” that has ever been.
Quotes
on 1929 Stock Market Crash by John Kenneth Galbraith in his book 1929:The
Great Crash: “Moreover, regulatory bodies, like the people
who comprise them, have a marked life cycle. In youth they are vigorous,
aggressive, evangelistic, and even intolerant. Later they mellow, and in old
age—after a matter of ten or fifteen years—they become, with some exceptions,
either an arm of the industry they are regulating or senile.”
October
29,2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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