Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For September 1, 2016 Only 68 waning days
to go for Trump to pivot before we elect a new president and 269 days
since hiding Hillary has held a formal press conference (where is the outrage
of the press as she refuses to answer any questions from the press; what is
this candidate trying to hide?); after meeting with the president of Mexico and
holding a joint press conference with him, looking very presidential, Trump
returned to Phoenix to give his long awaited immigration speech affirming the
need to secure our borders with Mexico to prevent the flow of drugs and illegal
aliens from crossing the border which Hillary wants to in essence open to any
and all; he rejected the idea of amnesty, not deporting anyone who has been
arrested for criminal conduct, sanctuary cities and not having e-verify systems
in place; since the root of the illegal alien problem is economic it was
refreshing to see Rudi in a hat with the logo “Make Mexico Great Again Also”;
Hillary’s foreign policy speech which took second fiddle to the day’s events
called on America to lead which she and Obama have completely failed to do; newly
discovered emails not turned over to State include 30 on Benghazi which State
is trying to slow walk their release; the pay for play scandal at the Clinton
scandal continues to grow and questions of the Foundation being engaged in
money laundering also continuing to grow; Clinton’s lead over Trump has
evaporated to a statistical dead heat; on the weather front Hurricane Madeline
approaching Hawaii has been downgraded to a tropical storm and tropical storm Hermine
has formed in the Gulf of Mexico putting the coast of Florida on hurricane
watch as tens of thousands of flooding victims in Louisiana are praying that its
storm track does not soak the state; New York Administration of Child Services
is investigating Weiner’s fitness as a parent due to sexting scandal; and the
Brazilian Senate has convicted by a three to one margin Brazilian President
Rousseff of impeachment.
As Trump is trying to become more
presidential, going to www.lyingcrookedhillary.com
is a great way to start your day along of course with www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
and reading Clinton Cash would be a
great read to understand the quid pro quo mentality of the Clintons.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, music links to Paula
Abdul and the duet of Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, factoids of interest for this day in history, a
relevant quote from Og Mandino, while looking forward to enjoying some gyros, 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
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1. Wattle Day—celebrated in Australia to honor the first day of spring
there by wearing a sprig of the Acacia flowers which will have just started to
bloom.
2. Random Acts Of Kindness Day (International)—celebrated in
a growing number of countries to promote random acts of kindness to friends or
strangers.
3. 1989 Number One Song—celebrating the number
one song in 1989 on a run of one week in that position “Cold Hearted” by Paula
Abdul. Here is a link to Paula Abdul performing the song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7aShcmEksw
4. National Gyro Day—celebrating bits of meat roast on a
vertical spit then mixed with onions, tomatoes and tsatxiki sauce and covered
in a rolled up fashion by pita bread.
5. No Twit Here—celebrating the birth on this day in 1933 of Conway Twitty noted country western singer whose duets with Loretta Lynn were priceless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tya6cUdiKwc
5. No Twit Here—celebrating the birth on this day in 1933 of Conway Twitty noted country western singer whose duets with Loretta Lynn were priceless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tya6cUdiKwc
On this day in:
a. 1836 Narcissa Whitman became one of the first white women to
settle West of the Rockies at present day Walla Walla, Washington where she and
her husband established a mission to convert the Cayuse Indians to
Christianity; unfortunately a measles epidemic hit later killing many of the
Indians due to their lack of immunity which the missionaries had and the Indians
attacked the mission making her one of the first white women to be killed West
of the Rockies.
b. 1850 P.T. Barnum of circus ownership fame brought Jenny Lind aka
the “Swedish Nightingale” to the United States for a 150 date tour whose
stellar operatic voice produced fan mania not unlike what we experienced with
the arrival of the Beatles.
c. 1939 Germany invaded Poland starting World War II in Europe
with its disastrous consequences to the armed forces of the combatants and to
the civilian population, especially Jews, of Europe.
d. 1983 KAL
Flight 007 a 747 was shot down by Soviet interceptors after it had veered over
Soviet territory killing all 269 aboard.
e. 1998 the U.S. mandated that all cars sold in the U.S. be equipped with an airbag which would deploy in the event of a collision.
e. 1998 the U.S. mandated that all cars sold in the U.S. be equipped with an airbag which would deploy in the event of a collision.
Reflections on the benefits
of kindness: “Beginning today,
treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to
them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no
thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.” Og Mandino noted
American author whose books have sold more than 50 million copies. Please
enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like
them, retweet and follow
me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my
blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In
History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on
breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day
in History.
© September 1, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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