© December 26, 2023 Ridley’s Believe It Or Not
After some hundred drone and
missile attacks on U.S. bases in Syria and Iraq by Iran backed militia groups
and an attack by a one way drone at a base near Erbil, Iraq that wounded 3
Americans, Biden whispered in a frail weak voice enough and the U.S. struck
back at 3 facilities with no mention of casualties there as Iraq slams the
attacks, claiming 1 dead and 18 wounded including civilians.
Fighting in Southern Gaza is
intensifying and looking like the basement to basement in Stalingrad and the
tunnel fighting in Vietnam as Netanyahu lays down criteria for a cease fire-(1)
Gaza must be demilitarize with a temporary secure zone between Egypt and Gaza
to prevent the flow of weapons into Gaza, (2) Hamas must be destroyed and (3)
like Germany was denazified, Palestine must be deradicalized with imams now teaching
that Paradise is barred to those who kill Jews.
On the Hamas Israeli Propaganda a
new progressive front Doctors Against Genocide who are demanding a ceasefire to
end the “genocide” due to backlash from social media have cancelled an
“anti-Genocide event at the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C.
On the international piracy
front, the Iran back Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked another container ship in
the Red Sea inflicting no injuries but raising the ante that the world of
civilized nations really need to band together to force Iran to end its support
of the Houthi and increase aid to Yemen to defeat them.
On the celestial doomsday front
the giant asteroid Apophis aka the “God
Of Chaos will be nearing Earth but scientists are assuring us it will not
strike Earth in the next 100 years which should give us plenty of time to land
and explode numerous nukes to divert it or break it into numerous less
catastrophic pieces.
December 26, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: Boxing
Day: Celebrated in the United Kingdom on the day after Christmas and most
countries that were ruled by England or part of the British Commonwealth by the
wealthy giving boxes containing gifts to their servants, hired help and trade
people but since the handover of Hong Kong to China, no longer there. Word
of the Day: The word of the day as we continue with words
starting with “b” is “brachydactylous” which means having short or stubby fingers which is usually
the kiss death to one who aspires to be a classical piano player or wants to
excel texting messages on a smart phone.
Song of the Day: Leaving
the number 1 songs on this day in 1940’s to come back to the number
song in 1999 in the U.S.A. was “Smooth” by Santana feat. Rob Thomas of 10 weeks
to share number 1 status with 14 other songs, while 10 acts , including Santana
and Rob Thomas, achieved their first 1st number 1 single. Here is a
music video with lyrics of Santan feat. Rob Thomas performing “Smooth”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Whgn_iE5uc
December 26 Birthdays: “The Kind
of Fame One Would Want to Avoid”: celebrating or
bemoaning depending on your political affiliation the birthday on this day in 1942 in the Bronx of
Gray Davis, a 2 term California Governor
who made history as only the 2nd governor to be impeached
shortly into his 2nd term and replaced by the “Terminator.”
December 26 Historical Events in
Rhyme
1. On this day in 2012 China opened for service the world’s longest
high speed railroad from Beijing to Guangzhou (once known as Canton)/With
speeds so fast no need for sleepers to travel on/At speeds that make Amtrak
look like its pulled by teams of horses/Which explains why Amtrak on its long
distance slow speed passenger service is a massive red ink source.
2. On this
day in 2006, 2 6.and 7.0 Richter scale earthquakes hit Hengchun, Taiwan/Causing
only 2 deaths but massive communications disruptions to bring on/ To submarine
cables thought to be safe on the ocean floor/Communications severed that took a
good time to restore.
3. On
this day in 2004 we were reminded the Richer number measures severity as exponential/In
the Indian Ocean a 9.1-9.3 Earthquake would introduce a good part of coastal
and inland Asia to its full deadly potential/Creating one of the largest
tsunamis with wave heights and flooding waters
ever witnessed by man/Surging flood waters to hit India, Sri Lanka, the
Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Thailand/ When the flood
waters finally receded, survivors who grieved the 227,898 dead across those flood soaked lands.
4. On
this Day in 1994 in Algeria 4 Jihadist terrorists hijacked Air France Flight
8969 before taking off for Paris, France/With plans to into the Eiffel Tower in
a crash advance/Killed 3 hostages before taking off to Marseilles/After being
on power on the ground burned too much fuel to send them to Paris on their way/Hijackers
did not know the Groupe
d'intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale was waiting to storm the plane/A 20
minute gunfight ensued but all 4 hijackers died in vain/Plane was riddled with
bullets and would never again fly/ Commandos were wounded but not serious enough
to future service deny.
5.
On this day in 1862/In a two month 303 trial transcripts by
President Lincoln review/In what should be viewed as one largest miscarriages
of justice in our Native American dealings/Lincoln commuted 264 guilty verdicts
and authorized the hanging of 37 convicted of murder and 2 for rape that should
even today leave us with a profound guilt feelings/largest number of executions
in a single day/A historic stain on our ideals that may never go away.
Quote on the mass hanging of the Dakotas on December 26, 1862 by
Carol Chomsky writing in the Stanford Law Review: “The Dakota were tried, not in a state or federal criminal court,
but before a military commission composed completely of Minnesota settlers.
They were convicted, not for the crime of murder, but for killings committed in
warfare. The official review was conducted, not by an appellate court, but by
the President of the United States. Many wars took place between Americans and
members of the Indian nations, but in no others did the United States apply
criminal sanctions to punish those defeated in war. ”
© December 26, 2023 Ridley’s Believe It Or Not
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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