© December 25, 2023 Ridley’s Believe It Or Not
While Biden sits on his hands
paralyzed as Iranian backed forces launch missile and drone attacks on U.S.
Bases in Syria and Iraq, Israel does not hesitate to take out Iranian
commanders in the field as it did today killing
Senior
adviser for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Sayyed Razi Mousavi
in Syria. As 3 U.S. Servicemen are wounded in a Iran backed Hezbollah attack,
Biden got up off his hands to launch air strikes with the targets or results
not yet known, but at least a good first step.
Biden is in a snit fit attacking
the media for not reporting his economic successes in a sufficiently positive
vein. In a recent poll only 14% of Americans say Biden’s policies have helped
them. Biden’s illusions on how well he and the economy are doing will not put
food on the table or pay the mortgage or rent.
As the FBI is
investigating a record number of swatting calls against Jewish institutions as 2 Red House Members, Marjorie Taylor Green and
Brandon Williams (really dangerous situation as police a led to believe a crime
is taking place and are likely to approach with guns drawn.
Harvard University supposedly the elite of the elite is supposed to live
by its motto “Veritas” which means truth which its president Claudine
Gay mocks. Her academic publications of plagiarism reek. Worse her appointment
as Harvard President look less and less like the best and brightest which is
what in presidents elite universities should seek. The Harvard Board of
Governors continues to support a DEI pick that is mediocrity at its best. If
they and she had any integrity or spine, they would demand and she would resign
to give this scandal a rest.
December 25, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: National
Pumpkin Pie Day: Clueless of who started this holiday extoling this Native American
Squash that is usually a must have for Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas Day
deserts but usually a hit for all especially if served ala mode. We had to wait
until pumpkin pie filing was introduced
in 1929 in a can.
Word
of the Day: The word of the day as we continue with words
starting with “b” is “brabble” which means to
squabble or quarrel which seems to describe to a tee how our political parties
are prone to interact with each other.
Song of the Day: Leaving
the number 1 songs on this day in 1940’s to come back to the number
song in 2000 in the U.S.A. was “Independent Women” by Destiny’s Child on a run of 7 weeks to share number 1 status
with 17 other songs, while 10 acts achieved their first 1st number 1
single. Here is a music video with lyrics of Destiny’s Child performing “Independent
Women”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cQh1ccqu8M4
December 25 Birthdays: “Don’t Go
On TV Without Your Whiteboard”: celebrating
the birthday on this day in 1950 in Denver, Colorado to become a noted
Republican political adviser, consultant and pundit on election results—often
appearing on TV with his trusted whiteboard, forecasting votes by certain
groups, based on age, occupation, ethnicity
or income.
December 25 Historical Events in
Rhyme
1. On this Christmas Day in 2021
the James Webb Telescope was launched into space/To make our universe a much
closer visible place/to reveal stellar bodies never seen before/To at the
beginning of our universe open up its birthing doors.
2.
On this Christmas Day in 2004 the Huygens Titan Moon space probe launched by NASA
from Earth on October 15, 1997/After years traversing enroute to Saturn’s moon
Titan our solar heavens/separated from its Cassini orbiter to on February 14,
2005 on Titan land/To for 54 minutes transmit data needed to the composition of
Titan and its atmosphere to understand/First probe to land on a moon other than
the Moon and survive impact/A testament to the mission skills our best and
brightest and their computers do not lack.
3. On Christmas Day in
1991 Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union resigned as its President/One day
before the Soviet Union into the dissolution into independent nations went/Following
the passage of Ukraine’s referendum to become independent/The first SSSR to
leave and the one Putin with his invasion wants to retrieve.
4. On
this Christmas Day after previously pardoning those Confederates who were not excluded
from receiving pardons due to a list of 14 exceptions/Andrew Johnson pardoned
all who had participated in the Civil War Insurrection/Fulfilling Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address of “With malice toward none
and charity for all /…To bind up the nation’s wounds…” that denying pardons
would too long stall.
5. On Christmas Day in 1621 Governor
William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony in his Grinch stealing Christmas time/Banned
its celebration subject to a 5 shilling fine/In his mind Christmas celebrations
were vestiges of Roman pagan Saturnalia holidays/That would with worship, church
service and prayers get in the way.
Quotes on banning Christmas Day celebrations from Governor Bradford’s
journal Of Plymouth Journal:
“One the day called Christmas day, the Gov
called them out to work, (as was used,) but the most of this new-company
excused themselves and said it went against their consciences to work on that
day. So the Gov told them that if they made it matter of conscience, he would
spare them till they were better informed.
So he led-away the rest and
left them; but when they came home at noon from their work, he found them in
the street at play, openly; some pitching the barr and some at stoole-ball, and
such like sports.
So he went to them, and took
away their implements, and told them that was against his conscience, that they
should play and others work. If they made the keeping of it matter of devotion,
let them keep their houses, but there should be no gaming or revelling in the
streets.”
© December 25, 2023 Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not
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