Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For May 19, 2016 Unfortunately
still 245 days to go in President Obama’s pathetic lame duck term. Very
exciting as Google in its daily doodle honors Yuri Konchiyama, an anti-war
activist who supported Osama bin Laden and castigated the U.S. in its actions
against radical Islam—wonder in the radical Islam world how long the Google
founders would live? My guess is not very long. The Sanders and HRC dislike for
each other makes the Republican stop Trump movement look like a love fest by
comparison as more and more women are coming out to claim HRC was an enabler
for the man who wants to be the First Predator Dude as Trump uses the “rapist”
term to describe Bill—will be an interesting campaign as two flawed candidates
battle each other but only one of whom has the term of “potential felon”
hanging over her head. Sadly Obama has been given another opportunity to castigate
radical Islam which he will not do even as it certainly appears that a
terrorist bomb has blown an Egypt Air plane from Paris to Cairo out of the
air. As always, I hope your Thursday is proving to be a great one and
that you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link as we
have fled rap to Leroy Anderson, factoids of interest, a relevant quote
from Malcom Little aka Malcom X, while
looking forward to enjoying a generous serving of Devil’s Food cake (recipe
below), blessed with a positive attitude and secure in the knowledge that, if you want to
find a gift for any memorable events like birthdays, weddings, or
anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique
customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the
recipient. You need only contact me for details.
1. National Hepatitis Testing Day—creating awareness of the need to
know the symptoms of hepatitis and the means to prevent its spread.
2. May
Ray Day—since May is the last month in spring, today might be a great
day to catch some rays of the Sun before onset of summer and its corresponding
increase in temperatures.
3. 1952 Number One Song—celebrating the number
one song in 1952 on a run of five weeks in that position Blue Tango by Leroy Anderson. Here’s a link to Leroy Anderson performing Blue
Tango: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnHLKM8hQR8
4. National Devils’ Food Cake Day—celebrating a
cake that first appeared in America in the early 20th Century. Here is
an easy recipe to follow and enjoy. http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/cookies/cakes/devils-food-cake-recipe.asp
5. X Marks More Than Little--celebrating the
birthday on this day in 192536 of Malcom Little better known to us as Malcom X
under whose leadership the Nation of Islam grew to 40,000 members but who later
split from the Nation of Islam and was assassinated by three of its members on
February 21, 1965.
On this day in:
a. 1743 Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature
scale.
b. 1848 Mexico ratified
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceding California, Utah, Nevada and parts of four
other states to the United States for payment of $15 million, thereby bringing
an end to the Mexican-American War.
c. 1921 the Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act which established quotas
based on countries of origin of immigrants.
d. 1986 the Firearm Owners Protection Act,
designed to curb abuses by federal agents of the ATF Division of the Justice
Department was signed into law by President Reagan.
e. 2016 in what is believed to be a
terrorist attack Egypt Air Flight 804
from Paris to Cairo crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after entering Egyptian
airspace killing all aboard.
Reflections on Islam from
one of its more famous converts: There
is nothing in our book, the Koran that teaches us to suffer peacefully.
Our religion teaches us to be intelligent. Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the
law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the
cemetery. That’s a good religion.”
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