On the
Hamas aping ISIS in attacks on Israel, the terrorists who infiltrated Israel by
land and sea have been killing men, women and children where ever they can find
them or taking them away back to Gaza to be held as hostages and the rocket
count is up to 4000 and climbing. What this poet fears will come next like we
had to endure with ISIS in Iraq will be video tapes of hostages being beheaded
because they are Jews. The Hamas terrorists fighting in Southern Israel by and
large have avoided attacked military targets and have gone after civilians. Israel
has declared war on Hamas and the world should prepare itself for massive civilian
casualties as Israel starts moving troops and tanks into Gaza.
On the Biden blame front, as
more Jewish civilians are killed and wounded watch for Reds to excoriate Biden
for his $6 billion for 5 American hostages deal as most like some of those
funds have been converted into Hamas rockets and weapons as opposed to goods
and services needed by the Iranian people.
On the Hamas unprovoked attacks, Rashida
Tlaib deplored the violence but laid, as expected, the blame on Israel for its
apartheid policies. Also not surprising in NYC hundreds of pro-Palestinian
supporters in NYC appeared to counter protest the huge demonstration outside
the Israeli Embassy in support of Israel, blaming Israel for the Hamas rocket
attacks and terrorists murdering, raping and kidnapping Jews in Israel’s border
with Gaza. When Hamas’ unwavering goal is to recover all of Palestine and drive
the Israelis into the sea, it is understandable that a crushing Israeli attack
will be forthcoming very quickly. More so than ever the region needs to cleanse
itself of Hamas and find another leader like Anwar Sadat motivated to secure
peace.
On the media coverage front of
Hamas’ savage attack on Israel that has seen the death toll rise to over 1100,
liberal Blue Congressman Ritchie Torress blasted the MSM for describing the
Hamas terrorists who invaded Israel, murdering, raping and kidnapping civilians
as “militants” when those who commit such acts on civilians must only be
labeled terrorists to be eliminated where ever they can be found. Tlaib if she
had any sense would do well to listen to him.
On the sounds of silence
front, from former presidents Clinton and Obama and their respective
foundations not a peep of condemnation over Hamas’ terrorist attacks but at
least HRC was voicing her prayers for the victims but not condemnation.
On Iran’s involvement in the
attacks on Israel, Anthony Blinken is aping Wynken, Blynken and Nod too asleep
to connect the dots of Iranian support for the Hamas and Hezbollah attacks this
weekend on Israel and linking the Biden unfreezing $6 billion of Iranian assets
to the release of 5 Americans (even if the money did not directly go to the
terrorists other funds could now be sent since the hostage money is now there
to replenish). Nikki Haley as usual was right on in her condemnation of our
Secretary of State’s blinders.
On the racism studies is the
money maker for white guilt front, Ibram X. Kendi who has a proclivity to find
racism in every nook and corner of American life and whose Center for Anti-Racist
Studies in Boston is under attack wasting millions, browbeating its staff and
cutting payroll in half, is being excoriated by NYT columnist Pamela Paul has blasted
Kendi’s simplistic philosophy that anyone who disagrees with his theory that
racism is the cause of all racial disparities is a racist which is diametrically opposed to
the principles of many academic institutions, corporations and wealthy white
donors that contributed to his Center—"free inquiry, freedom of speech, a diversity of
perspectives."
On the strike front the 3 day the Kaiser
Permanente strike ended this Saturday with no agreement on wages and staffing
reached so do not be surprised if it is not reactivated again for more than 3
days.
On the exodus from Blue
states, noted gun manufacturer Smith and Wesson who has been in New England
first in Connecticut and then Massachusetts for 170 years is moving its
corporate headquarters to a 650,000
square foot facility in Marysville, Tennessee.
October 8,
2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted
Holidays: National Pierogi Day, celebrated on this day since 2009 in honor
of the those dumplings filled with all manner of meats and vegetables which are
a staple for meals in Eastern Europe and which found their way to the American
palate in the 1920’s. Another holiday easy to celebrate by eating some of
pierogis the holiday is named for.
Word of the Day: The word
of the day as we end the word of the day starting with “a” to move to words
starting with “b” “ballyhoo” which means a bombastic or pretentious
nonsense which describes to a tee what we are too often exposed to by
politicians on both sides of the aisle.
Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1968
was “Hey Jude” by The Beatles on a run of 9 weeks to share number 1
status with 15 other songs achieving number 1 ranking while 10 acts, including Otis
Redding who was the first artist to achieve number one status for the first
time posthumously, achieved number one status for the first time. Here is
a video with lyrics of The Beatles performing
before a live audience “Hey Jude”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_MjCqQoLLA
October 8 Birthdays: “Heisman Is Not A Guarantee of NFL Fame and Fortune”— Rashaan Salaam, 1994 Heisman Trophy Winner from
the Colorado Buffaloes, born in San Diego in 1974 and was the Bears
first round pick, but he never lived up to the hype of his Heisman Trophy stats
to be traded by the Bears after 3 seasons to Miami but failed his physical exam
never again to land for a full season with any NFL team and chose to end his
life with a gunshot to the head on December 5, 2016 in a park in Boulder,
Colorado with THC in his system and a BAC of three times the legal limit. Unfortunately
his family did not consent to a neurological autopsy of his brain to see if he
suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy from concussions caused while
playing football which was the cause of his depression.
October 8
Historical Events in Rhyme
1.
On this day in 2014, Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian citizen, had the dubious distinction of being the first
person in the U.S. to die/From an Ebola infection in Liberia which any contact
with an infected person he denied/But in Monrovia he drove an Ebola infected
person who later died to a hospital to seek aid/Then flew to Texas to visit
family before his health began to degrade/ His health began quickly to decline
with fevers, diarrhea and vomiting on the rise/Diagnosed with Ebola on
September 30th and by October 8th he met his demise/ A
warning with airflights deadly viruses can move almost with the speed of sound/If
not hyper vigilant large numbers of deaths from viruses may be found.
2. On
this day in 2001 following the events of 9/11 that showed our lack of
cooperation and coordination of agencies to protect us their effectiveness was
impaired, President Bush announced the creation of the Department of Homeland
Security/To aid with cooperation and sharing of intelligence to prevent another
9/11 attack under the radar and planned with impunity/Now is the third largest
federal agency which headed by Majorakas of the false “the border is secured” claim/Under
his leadership it might be better to as the “Department of Homeland Insecurity”
rename.
3. On
this day in 1982 Cats after opening in London before coming to the U.S.A./
To open for a successful run on Broadway/Gave proof to the claim cats rule/While
dogs can only drool/A play with far more than 9 lives with almost 18 years on
stage to appear/To finally on September 10, 2000 to finally from stage
disappear.
4. On
this day in 1974, Franklin National Bank due to fraud and mismanagement closed
its doors/Less than two years after a banker Michelle Sindona with alleged
Mafia ties acquired a controlling interest the regulators seemed to ignore/Fraudulent
used bank assets to cover massive foreign currency losses to produce a run on
the bank/Quickly causing the Feds to step in and put the bank into the tank/
Executives went to prison including Sindona who in an Italian prison died/Dead
to a believed hit by the Mafia with cyanide/Sad end to a bank before Sindona in
terms of banking innovations was a pioneer/ drive up teller windows, bank
credit cards, outdoor teller machines at branches and CD’s to appear.
5. On this day in 1956
Yankee pitcher Don Larsen who lasted only 12⁄3 innings with a 6-0 lead but with 1 hit
and 4 walks in game 2/ Was selected again to be the pitcher in Game 5 who
against the Dodgers threw/97 pitches to achieve a World Series one and only
perfect game/Despite a mediocre lifetime record marred by lack of control he
now has immortal fame/ Sadly a lifetime smoker starting at age ten/An adman to
smokers to Camels send/From esophageal cancer died/With a wife of 60 years and
a record so far at his side.
Quote on the movie adaptation of the musical Cats by its
creator Andrew Lloyd Weber: “There wasn’t really any understanding of why
the music ticked at all. I saw it and I just thought, ‘Oh, God, no.’ It was the
first time in my 70-odd years on this planet that I went out and bought a dog,”
the musical impresario said. “So the one good thing to come out of it is my
little Havanese puppy.”
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October 8, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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