Monday, October 31, 2016

A Tale Of Two Corrupt Peas In A Pod Clinton And Kane

When it comes to corruption in political office no party, no gender has a monopoly or an exclusive license to steal
The news out of Pennsylvania that sobering truism recently revealed
Kathleen Kane, a rising star for the Blues, was elected in 2012 to become the state’s AG
She was the first women and first Blue to hold the office and with her vows to fight corruption high hopes for  her political legacy
A rising star for the Blues in an already Blue state
Who could have ever foreseen what would become her fate
What the voters did not know is that Kane sadly shared with Hillary  common traits
First and foremost Kane was paranoid which in describing Hillary there can be no debate
Second like the Clintons’ going after opponents on their infamous enemies list
Kane sadly was prone to personal vendettas and bending the truth she found hard to resist
Third like Hillary Clinton a fatal character flaw
Kane as the judge state believed she was above the law
Three common traits a disaster waiting to erupt
With a vengeance when she stopped an investigation of fellow Blues alleged to be corrupt
The Philadelphia Inquirer doing its job as a member of a free press
Ran an article claiming an investigation started by her predecessor that she would suppress
Then in a revenge rage due to being made to look bad indicated in emails that on him she would wage war
Leaked confidential grand jury intel to damage him from one of his investigations and then falsely swore
That it was not her who had leaked the info to the press
Soon charged with obstruction and perjury to her distress
Tried, convicted and now sentenced to 12 to 23 months pending appeal
Amazing that once again just like Hillary the crime is always less than the attempt to conceal
Two women politicians with similar traits only the motivations differ
One for money and power the other for revenge,  who should receive the penalties stiffer?
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Holder Jumps Into Comey's Letter Fray

Eric Holder the most politicized AG in the history of the DOJ
Steps into the Comey reopening Hillary’s email scandal fray
Claiming that Comey is an honorable man but has violated long standing protocol
This from a man who did everything in his power to investigation of attacks by the IRS stall
This from a man who ignore House subpoenas of his bungle “Fast and Furious” plan
That caused the death on a Border Patrol agent cut down with one of the DOJ’s guns on the Arizona sands
This from a man who in a New York second would without any facts
Dispatch civil rights teams whenever police shot and killed an unarmed black
Holder as an AG had one primary job and that was to from political attacks on Obama shield
A job done well and passed on to Lynch to keep Hillary not indicted and in the election field
The threat to our democracy is not from honest men and women like Comey of the FBI
But politicized men and women like Holder, Lynch and McCabe whose wife on $675k relied
For her failed  campaign for a Virginia State Senator’s spot
While her hubby was overseeing HRC’s email investigation—what corrupt rot
The money came from Terry McAullife’s PAC also investigated by the McCabe’s team at the FBI
A Clinton long time lap dog no wonder “Drain the Swamp” is such an appealing cry
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What's On Huma's and Weiner's Lap Top?

John Oliver complains about Carlos Danger on  HBO
Then bemoans how low the campaigns continue to go
The idea that Weiner’s lap top now being searched by the FBI
The uncertainty of what Huma put on it may his favored Hillary the White House deny
Has him in an absolute Hillary lap dog, hysterical fit
When the cause of Hillary’s problems he will not admit
We are at this sordid state not because of Weiner’s wiener’s size
But the well thought out plan to create a private server that Hillary devised
It absolutely had nothing to do with convenience and everything to do with concealment
Of the Foundation’s corruption and the lucrative into the pay to play swamp descent
Anthony Weiner is a pervert and Huma deserves our compassion and pity
But backing up emails with classified intel violates basic security nitty gritty
From a national security standpoint an absolute, unmitigated disaster
But then again, can you blame her as she is just aping the acts of her mentor master?
Comey’s letter may or may not influence whom the voters on November 8 will have selected
But Huma with her Sharia advocate mother tied to the Muslim Brotherhood from Hillary’s inner circle will be ejected
One cannot begin to fathom the threat to security with Huma having access to the Oval Office if Hillary is elected
Another career ruined, another victim of Clinton corruption completed infected
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October 31, 2016 Ridley's Believe It Or Not World Savings Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October 31, 2016 Only 9 waning but increasingly vitriolic and hypocritical days to go until the only polls that matter close; Hillary’s support is evaporating as a result of the FBI’s decision to reopen its email probe and soaring Obamacare premium increases; the stench of corruption coming from her and the Foundation grows each day which explains why the Blues are so desperate to have people vote early before more damaging emails are leaked by WikLeaks; in a really shocking example of the politization of the DOJ under the Obama Administration Loretta Lynch that supposed icon of impartiality took the Fifth in response to Congressional questions concerning the almost $2 billion cash payment to Iran which looked like, smelled like, and to any sane person was a ransom payment to release prisoners held by Iran (if this is the kind of justice you want then vote for Clinton); in yet another reason why this country will be a better place since political hack par excellence Harry Reid is retiring, Reid added gasoline to the Clinton scandal fire by claiming Comey has violated the Hatch Act by trying to influence the election; on the sports front, hope springs eternal as the Cubs hang in there to beat the Indians 3-2 to head back to Cleveland to play game six on Tuesday.
         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 and if you want some music in your life with a little satire-- https://safeshare.tv/x/kXjbXGyQDsE
         As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers,
factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Suzie Orman, while looking forward to enjoying a candy apple, 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. World Savings Day—celebrating since 1924 the importance of saving, something unfortunately we Americans do very little of.  
2. Girl Scouts Founders Day—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1860 of Juliette Low, the founder of the USA Girl Scouts—without her we would not have to dodge the Girl Scouts in front of supermarket entrances selling those habit forming Girl Scouts Cookies.    3. 1983 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1983 on a run of 2 weeks in that position “Islands in the Stream” by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. Here is a recording of a fantastic duo performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQW7I62TNOw
4. National Candy Apple Day--celebrating a snack that keeps the doctor away and satisfies the sweet tooth at the same time. . 
5. Trick or Treat Man—celebrating the birth on this day in 1950 of John Candy, noted actor, who unfortunately was overweight and smoked a pack of cigarettes a day with a father who had died at age 35 from a heart attack and who experienced the same fate in his sleep at the age of 44.  
On this day in:                                                                                   
a. 1517 Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany.
b. 1903 a train carrying the Purdue football team and spectators collided coal train in Indianapolis, killing 17 people including 14 members of the football team, but not the future governor of Indiana who was pronounced dead at the scene but while preparing to embalm him at the morgue, attendants found a weak pulse and rushed him to the hospital.   
c. 1941 after 14 years of construction Mount Rushmore was completed.
d. 2002 a federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicted former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow of 78 counts of wire fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and obstruction of justice arising out of the collapse of Enron. Fastow pled guilty and was sentenced to 6 years in prison, serving over five years.
e. 2011 the Earth’s population according to the United Nations reached seven billion people (now estimated at midyear of 2016 to be more than 7.4 billion).
Reflections on World Savings Day on how to save:”If you wait to see how much money you have left at the end of the month to put toward savings, the answer may be zero. So, set up an automated monthly transfer from your checking to savings account. Once you lock into that commitment, you'll be forced to scale back spending to make ends meet.” Suze Orman, noted personal financial consultant. 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.
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Sunday, October 30, 2016

Clinton Will Be Hackers' Blackmail Target?

The issue has been raised that if Clinton wins she may be subject to blackmail
For her criminal pay to pay conduct on the Secretary of State favor granting trail
We have learned that the Israelis threatened to blackmail Bill over his Monica Lewinsky affair
Release Pollard or you oral sex sessions with Monica we will with the nation share
Since Monica was not a minor no criminal act was done
Stupid yes but politically fatal no, only our conscience to stun
But pay to play and lying to the FBI are crimes
Even though thus far Hillary has dodged the bullet people on this do serve time
Not farfetched to believe the Russians are sitting on a treasure trove of proof of criminal acts
Just waiting for the opportunity to use to cause her to an opposed position retract
Possible but given the Clintons’ mentality of being above the law
A blackmail threat would not move them although it might be their final straw
Better to avoid the issue by tossing Hillary’s chances into the dump
Even if you have to hold your nose in disgust and concern, pull the lever for Trump
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30 Percent Of HRC's Supporters Less Likely To Vote For Her

In typical Clinton fashion
Time for some accuser bashin
Indignant howls from the Clinton camp that Comey has violated long standing tradition
The FBI is supposed to be impartial and in reopening the investigation it has violated that mission
Reds applaud the move as they had complained the investigation was flawed from the start
From failing to seize the private server in the beginning and to impanel a grand jury
To the attempted clandestine meeting of Bill and Loretta where Lynch probably told him he had nothing to worry
We know not yet what is on the lap top that Huma and her pervert husband shared
But if sensitive and classified material is on it the Clinton campaign will be in deep despair
This is a campaign where both candidates are guilty of wounds that have been self-inflicted
For Hillary it has been her reflex to always deceive, conceal and have the truth be restricted
From the server to trying to wipe it clean to the pneumonia she could not hide
When it comes to transparency, that trait is always lacking on her side
For Trump it has been his inability to stay on message to stay on focus and rise above personal attacks to ignore
Instead as in the case of the Khans, Miss Universe or Megyn Kelly he keeps the issues alive trying to counter punch them to the floor
Threatening to sue women accusers can only be called a dumb, stupid, vote losing plan
Insuring that it may be impossible for him to win the highest office in the land
Into the ring now steps the FBI and already there are indications that 30 percent of Hillary voters may switch
Make America Great Again and Drain the Swamp to them are becoming a better pitch
This poet would like to give Hillary the benefit of the doubt but given her sordid scandal past cannot
She and her husband are corrupt, their ethics and integrity full of rot
What is troubling is that we will survive four years of Trump or HRC
Even survive a Supreme Court that will follow a liberal, leftist policy
But Obama’s politicized DOG and AG pose a dangerous precedence
That may be overcome if the new emails provide criminal damming evidence
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October 30, 2016 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Mischief Night

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October 30, 2016 Only 10 waning but increasingly vitriolic and hypocritical days to go until the only polls that matter close; bombshell just dropped by the FBI already under scathing rebuke by Reds for its ”sham” investigation of HRC’s private email server and its refusal to look into the criminal pay to play activities of the Clintons and the Foundation announced it was reopening its investigation due to thousands of emails recovered from the lap top shared by that noted pervert Weiner and Huma Abedin, Hillary’s long time most trusted adviser; latest poll shows voters favoring Hillary are 30 percent less likely to vote for her now as a result of the latest news; Hillary is expressing outrage over Comey’s acts and Trump is praising and raising legitimate concerns that Weiner shared the laptop; on the sports front the Indians won game four last night 7-2 in Chicago and now lead the World Series 3-1 and McCaffrey returned to his last year’s Heisman form with three touchdowns and 225 all purpose yards as Stanford beat the Wildcats in Tuscon 34-10.
         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 and if you want some music in your life with a little satire-- https://safeshare.tv/x/kXjbXGyQDsE
         As always, I hope  you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, music links to Men at Work and Jefferson Airplane,
factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Orson Welles,  while looking forward to  enjoying a bowl of candy corn, 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. International Orthopaedic Nurses Day—celebrating the work of orthopedic nurses who are the first smiling and caring face one sees after coming out of surgery and are the first to help a patient get through the recovery pain following surgery.   
2. Mischief Night—celebrating or bemoaning if you are the victim in the U.S. and Canada, pranks such as egging, tping trees, writing on cars with soap or my favorite filing a paper bag with dog turds, putting in on the front porch, lighting it, ringing the doorbell and running away only to turn around to see the resident react by trying to stomp the fire out.
3. 1982 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1982 on a run of 1 week in that position “Who Can It Be Now” by Men at Work. Here is a recording of Men at Work performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SECVGN4Bsgg
4. National Candy Corn Day--celebrating the essential Halloween candy to give out to the ghosts and goblins knocking on your front door tomorrow.  
5. An Airplane Needs a Great Wing—celebrating the birth on this day in 1939 of Grace Wing, known to her fans as Grace Slick, lead singer and song writer for Jefferson Airplane; here in honor of her birthday is one of Jefferson Airplane’s best hits “Somebody to Love” introduced by a very young looking Dick Clark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myVzaR8cmDA .   
On this day in:                                                                                   
a. 1831 Nat Turner the leader of the most violent and deadly slave rebellion in our history was captured in Southampton County, Virginia after eluding capture for over two months; he was tried and convicted and hung on November 11, 1831; as a warning to other slaves who might be considering rebellion his body was flayed, beheaded and quartered.
b. 1905 Czar Nicolas II signed the October Manifesto which granted some basic civil rights to the Russian people and permitted them to form a Duma (a classic example of too little too late as the Communist Party’s October Revolution would prove.  
c. 1938 Orson Welles broadcasted over the radio H.G. Welles’ The War of the Worlds causing widespread panic as many listeners thought Earth was being invaded by Martians.
d. 1945 Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers breaking the color barrier in professional baseball.
e. 1995 Quebec citizens by a narrow vote of 50.52% to 49.48% vote to remain as a province of Canada.     
Reflections on The War of the Worlds” given at the conclusion of the radio broadcast by Orson Welles: Starting now, we couldn't soap all your windows and steal all your garden gates by tomorrow night, so we did the next best thing. We annihilated the world before your very ears and utterly destroyed the CBS. You will be relieved, I hope, to learn that we didn't mean it, and that both institutions are still open for business. So goodbye everybody, and remember please for the next day or so the terrible lesson you learned tonight. That grinning, glowing, globular invader of your living room is an inhabitant of the pumpkin patch, and if your doorbell rings and nobody's there, that was no Martian, it's Halloween.”       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.
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Saturday, October 29, 2016

October 29, 2016 Ridley's Believe It Or Not World Stroke Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October 29, 2016 Only 11 waning but increasingly vitriolic and hypocritical days to go until the only polls that matter close; bombshell just dropped by the FBI already under scathing rebuke by Reds for its ”sham” investigation of HRC’s private email server and its refusal to look into the criminal pay to play activities of the Clintons and the Foundation announced it was reopening its investigation due to thousands of emails recovered from the lap top shared by that noted pervert Weiner and Huma Abedin, Hillary’s long time most trusted adviser; Trump raised the national security implications and concerns back in August of 2015 and may have just been proved right; on the sports front the Indians won game three last night 1-0 in Chicago and play this evening in game four in Chicago now leading 2-1.    
     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 and if you want some music in your life with a little satire-- https://safeshare.tv/x/kXjbXGyQDsE
         As always, I hope  you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Christopher Cross,  factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Richard Simmons,  while looking forward to  enjoying a bowl of oatmeal, 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. World Stroke Day—created by the World Stroke Day in 2006 to promote awareness of the dangers of strokes; today to celebrate would be a great idea to go to your local pharmacy and take your blood pressure. 
2. National Cat Day—celebrating cats who have grace people’s homes since early Egyptian times; great independent pets if you change the litter in the cat litter box.           
3. 1981 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1981 on a run of 3 weeks in that position “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” by Christopher Cross. Here is a recording of him performing the song:
4. National Oatmeal Day--celebrating a truly great way to start one’s day on a cold fall day.
5. Shoplifting Can Put A Damper On One’s Career—celebrating the birth on this day in 1971 of Winona Horowitz better known as Winona Ryder who has appeared in such films as Beatlejuice and Lucas, but had the notoriety of being arrested and convicted for shoplifting $5,000 of jewelry.   
On this day in:                                                                                   
a. 1863 in a blow for humanity, 18 countries meet in Geneva to form the International Red Cross.
b. 1921 Centre College in Kentucky ended Harvard’s 25 game winning streak by beating them 6-0.  
c. 1960 Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) won his first professional fight in Louisville, Kentucky.
d. 1960 after losing to Bowling Green 50-6, Cal Poly at San Louis Obispo suffered an even greater loss when the charter plane crashed after takeoff, killing 22 passengers, 16 of whom were Cal Poly players.
e. 2015 China announced the end of its One Child Policy after 35 years.    
Reflections on strokes on World Stroke Day and how to prevent them:  When you're feeling down, sad, lonely, negative, you don't want to take care of yourself - and the weight problem and the diabetic problem and the heart attack and stroke problems and high cholesterol set in.” Richard Simmons, noted and very energetic physical fitness consultant and weight loss advocate. 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.
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Friday, October 28, 2016

FBI Reopening Clinton Email Probe

This has got to be another day that HRC will surely rue
The FBI just announced that its investigation of Clinton is not through
Presidents like wives may come and go but bureaucracies politicians usually outlast
One would not have to read the tea leaves to guess the FBI is not happy with the perception on this one it no longer had the integrity of the past
Comey was in an untenable position with Obama and Lynch on his neck breathing hard
It would not take a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion that no matter what an indictment was never in the cards
Although appointed to a ten year term, an FBI Director serves at the pleasure of the president Which means that Comey can be told to pack his bags and from his office home be sent
Supposedly the FBI has found more emails that may have classified material contained
Or maybe on the issue of intent HRC’s co-chair’s “I guess they wanted to get away with it refrain.”
Forced Comey to look long and hard into the mirror
His integrity and honor he finally decided he could not let disappear
Candidates come and go but the age old question of who watches the police will always remain
No wonder a growing responsive chord has been struck by Trump’s call to the D.C. swamp drain
This latest twist of an election season of twists and turns and retwists so unique
Heading to a finale and for Hillary another growing cloud of fitness doubt she will find hard to resist
On her claim to the White House yet another cloud
She cannot escape the perceived deception shroud
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More and More Pay to Play Corruption Thank You WikiLeaks

If you like to eat sausage, a bit of advice, never, ever see how it is made
If you like politics be prepared to be disgusted by the WikiLeaks parade
Revealing more and more of the Clinton corruption and stronger together charade
A complete disregard for voters, total disdain, when it comes to integrity a failing grade
A troika of pay to play corruption that even Hillary’s media super PAC cannot hide
Trump asks the blacks what do you have to lose? Come over to my side
Same question by Hillary and the answer would be something like this
Everything with four more years to seek further into the corruption swamp abyss
In the same way Hillary has been condemned by Trump and Sanders for a lack of judgment to a private server create
Not for convenience but in her aides’ words “to get away with it” while as Secretary of State
Thank God she did not order her aides to delete all emails the day she announced her run
With an edict going forward that emails as a means of communications they should shun
When people like Hillary feel they will never be caught and even if are above the law
They don’t take the steps to cover their electronic tracks which fortunately for us is a fatal flaw
She and Bill have scrapped the bottle of the barrel to come up with a credible defense
For the corruption, conflicts of interest so inherent in this widespread pay to play offense
Reduced to the lame defense of ignore the pay to play because of all the good work the Foundation has done
Nice try but the growing cries to drain the swamp in the next 12 days they will not be able to outrun.   
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Thursday, October 27, 2016

October 28, 2016 Ridley's Believe It Or Not International Animation Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For October 28, 2016 Only 12 waning but increasingly vitriolic and hypocritical days to go until the only polls that matter close; scary times for Pence as his plane landing at LaGuardia slid off the runaway but fortunately no one was injured; the picture of the corruption surrounding the Clintons, their Foundation and her campaign get clearer with each WikiLeaks day—Podesta’s sister-in-law was hired by Raytheon along with two other note Clinton Foundation bundlers as lobbyists to obtain federal contracts worth over $23 billion; WikiLeaks show even her staff in pretty graphic terms were appalled over the creation and use of her private server; Michelle Obama was campaigning with HRC in North Carolina but seems to have forgotten her observation that between HRC and Barack it was a choice “about character” (it is it really is and HRC’s character is fatally flawed); in yet another example of why we cannot trust anything that originates from the swamp in D.C. the fed’s statistics for deaths from accidental shootings claimed that they had in Tennessee increased from 19 to 105 when in reality they had declined to 5, the lowest in years;  Twitter is laying off almost 10 percent of its workforce and discontinuing the Vine app; Game three tonight in the World Series at 5:00 P.M.PT
         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 and if you want some music in your life with a little satire-- https://safeshare.tv/x/kXjbXGyQDsE
         As always, I hope  you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Barbara Streisand,  factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from Bill Gates,  while looking forward to  enjoying your favorite chocolate, 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. International Animation Day—created by the ASIFA in 2002 to celebrate the accomplishments animators whose animated movies predated movies created by cameras.
2. National Statute of Liberty Dedication Day—celebrating the dedication of the Statute of Liberty on this day in 1886, one of the monuments in the world.          
3. 1980 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1980 on a run of 3 weeks in that position “Woman in Love” by Barbara Streisand. Here is a recording of her performing the music:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KJ60uJZ3-Q
4. National Chocolate Day--celebrating the one item that even the most sweet tooth adverse person on the planet will enjoy.
5. Soft on the Big Time Level not Small Time Level—celebrating the birth on this day in 1955 of Bill Gates who with Paul Allen founded Microsoft and is today one of the richest men in the world, devoting all his time to philanthropy with his wife by means of the Gates Foundation which unlike the Clinton Foundation is free from even the slightest hint of pay to play corruption.   
On this day in:                                                                                   
a. 1538 the first university in the New World Universidad Santo Tomas de Aquino was established in the Dominican Republic. b. 1636 by a vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first university in the American colonies Harvard was established almost 100 years after the founding of the Universidad Santo Tomas de Aquino’s founding.  
c. 1919 the Congress passed the Volstead Act over President Wilson’s veto allowing Prohibition to begin the following January.
d. 1942 in an amazing feat of engineering through incredibly difficult terrain, the Alcan Highway linking Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska was completed.
e. 1956 in a testimony to the power of celebrities, Elvis Presley received a polio vaccination on TV; within six months vaccination levels rose from .6% to 80%.   
Reflections to how best to learn:  “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.” Bill Gates 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.
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