Death Comes In Threes But Third Victim is Debbie Reynolds not Oval Office Alec

When it comes to bad taste meriting condemnation

Alec Baldwin is the most egregious in this nation

Two celebrities died at an early age

The outpourings of grief and accolades filled many a page

Carrie Fisher who not even the Jedi could save

A massive heart attack heading her to a far too early grave

George Michael whose music will live forever on discs and from the musicians that he inspired

Dead also at the earlier age of 50—listening to him perform–a pastime his fans never tired

What do we hear from Alec Baldwin to add to the many tributes?

Only the following Tweet which merits our stern rebuke

“Death comes in threes. Carrie Fisher George Michael The integrity of the Oval Office”

The Oval Office integrity died 8 years ago with Obama’s Hope and Change promise

But to the extent that death comes in threes

With that part of the tweet I have to agree

But the third victim here was not the integrity for it had long since been dead

From hope and change to no smidgeons of IRS corruption to keep your plan, torn to shreds

The third victim which this insensitive, egotistical oaf should have had the sense to surmise

Would be an 84 year old mother of Carrie Fisher suffering great grief over her daughter’s impending demise

Baldwin must not be bright enough when he is without a script

To know that a “massive heart attack” can be a quick trip to the family crypt

A man like Baldwin swearing at his 11 year old daughter must be clueless about grief and pain a parent feels

When he is in great fear that his child will not from her malady or injury soon heal

And when death comes it comes like a hot poker searing and piercing a parent’s heart

Must be how Debbie Reynolds felt when the news came that her daughter from this world did depart

At 84 such news would be like needing to win Powerball to stay alive

 Too high the odds and a stroke hopefully one quick and painless that she could not survive

Artistic freedom and freedom of expression is a cornerstone of this nation but certainly SNL could find another Trump-like to Baldwin replace

I am sure that the 60 million plus deplorables and millions of nondeplorable fans of Fisher would love not ever having to look at his face.

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December 29, 2916 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Tick Tock Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For December 29, 2016 Talk about a one two punch—first Carrie Fisher at 60 from a heart attack and then her mother Debbie Reynolds at 84 from a stroke most likely caused by the grief of having her daughter die; Alec Baldwin whom the silent and forgotten men and women who elected Trump is rightfully being slammed by the left and the right for his pathetic tweet that death comes in threes—Fisher, Michael and integrity of the Oval Office (long since dead under Obama); 23 days left in this lame duck’s term and unfortunately he shows no signs of writer’s cramp as he sets designates 1,650,000 acres of land in Utah and Nevada as National Monuments and should announce shortly sanctions against Russia for hacking during the election (anything to foster the impression that Hillary and Obama’s policies didn’t lose but had the election stolen due to Russian hacking); the new sheriff in the Middle East Russia announced with Turkey that there will be a cease fire in the Syrian Civil War (another byproduct of Obama’s failed foreign policy-- http://alaskanpoet.blogspot.com/2016/12/us-and-syria-excluded-by-russia-iran.html); top Democrats other than Ms. Irrelevant Nancy Pelosi are slamming Kerry’s speech yesterday  which like Obama shows he is blinded by delusional cataracts even worse than Obama (one can hardly wait to see what evidence the Israelis have of the Obama’s collusion in moving the UN Resolution forward (hopefully Trump and the Congress will want to spend $3-4 billion more on infrastructure and a like amount less on supporting the UN; the winter weather in Chicago must be affecting the gangs’ aim as on Wednesday 12 people were shot but only one killed (where is the mayor, where is the governor and where is the National Guard to stop this mostly black on black carnage?).

          As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances of which there is only one and its replacement is a great word to know and use as most people that you insult with it will not have a clue what it means, a music link to Jim Croce, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant observation from Edward Hoagland, looking forward to enjoying a bowl of pepper pot soup, 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. Tick Tock Day—time to look back on what one did or did not accomplish before the wave of New Year’s Resolutions blur what was done (zero holidays and observances of note).

          2. Word of the Day--Barmacide—since Barack Obama’s first name starts with “B” it is only proper the word of the day filling in for a complete lack of holidays and observances should be “barmacide” which describes our president perfectly—a person who offers benefits that are disappointing or illusory, from the Islamic Arabic Prince Barmaki who provided a feast to a beggar to be served on ornate serving dishes that contained no food. Great image when you thing about “hope and change”, “nothing but shovel ready jobs” or “if you like your plan you can keep it” to name but a few examples.

          3. Number One Song in 1973—celebrating the number 1 song in 1973 on a run of 2 weeks in that position “Time In A Bottle” by Jim Croce. Here is a link to Jim Croce performing the song:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO1rMeYnOmM

          4. National Pepper Pot Day—celebrating a hearty beef or tripe soup with potatoes and selected vegetables and ground pepper, George Washington’s and FDR’s most frequently requested soup.

          5. Hogs, Hogs, And More Hogs—celebrating the birth on this day in 1880 of William S. Harley co-founder of the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Company, still going strong since its formation in 1903.

            On this day in:

1. 1845 the Republic of Texas independent since 1836 was annexed by the United States and became the 28^th state (wonder if the Texans ever believed Washington, D.C. would become the swamp it is today with its tentacles reaching into the states whether they would have consented).

2. 1860 the HMS Warrior with its screw propeller, iron armor and iron hull was launched and very quickly rendered all other warships obsolete.

3. 1934 in a chilling omen that war was bound to be on the horizon at least in the Pacific Japan, renounced the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930 limiting the size and numbers of warships the signatories to such treaties could build.   

4. 1997 in a bad day for chickens, Hong Kong began to kill all of the nation’s 1.25 million chickens in an attempt to stop the spread the Bird Flu.

5. 2013 in what had to be a chilling reminder to Russia that it is more at risk to the danger of radical Islam than Europe or the United States in the city of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) due to its large and growing Muslim population and Muslim majority former Soviet Republics that border Russia to its south and east, a suicide bomber detonated his bomb at the Volgograd Train Station, killing 18 people and wounding 44.  

Reflections on the residents of our 28^th state: “Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.” Edward Hoagland, noted American writer best known for his writings on nature and travel and still kicking at age 84.  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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US and Syria Excluded by Russia, Iran and Turkey

Cease fire talks are being held in Moscow with the Middle East’s New Big Three not Big Four

Another painful reminder that more and more of the world when it comes to our input chooses to ignore

Turkey, Iran, and Russia are meeting to obtain a cease fire in Syria’s rubbled streets and  killing fields

To slow down or stop the carnage past 500,000 that is in this conflict the butcher’s bill initial yield

The U.S. is playing follow its  leader and is MIA at the cease fire table

Exposing the Obama’s view that we are stronger than ever as a delusional fable

Syria is not present either which may be a for civilians a good sign

That the killings of civilians and the rise of ISIS has gotten completely out of line

Russia probably could care less about Assad’s continued reign

But its expanded naval base at Tartus and its new airbase, it would not want to see flushed down the drain

Russia too faces a ticking population time bomb

Muslims as a percentage are increasing rapidly, a fertile ground for radical Islam

Turkey has also witnessed the gruesome ISIS effects

Having Russia bombing and strafing ISIS may cause them to from NATO defect

Iran wants ISIS out of the way to its land bridge to Lebanon is intact

Funneling arms and men to Hezbollah so Israel they can easily attack

In the end the Syrian rebels and ISIS by Russian bombs and missiles wipe out

While Iranian and Turkish forces complete the rout

Leaving an independent Kurdistan, shia Iraq, a puppet of Iran, and sunni Iraq

Knowing they will be next as the U.S. will not protect their back

And Assad reduced to a puppet pulled by Russian strings

And American influence reduced to a mere prayer lacking any wings

While the Big Three are chatting and solidifying Russia’s role as the new Mideast Power Broker

Kerry is trying to justify our sticking Israel in its ass with a red hot poker

Pushing a two state solution that was tried as a beta in Gaza only to see the tunnels and the rockets like a monsoon rain

Any Israeli who is rational and alive only because of the Iron Dome and believes statehood brings peace is probably insane

The only rational for Israel to back a two state solution

Would be the higher Arab birth rates to cause a Jewish majority dilution

While Obama is fiddling in delusional land with fantasy land cataracts obscuring any reality vision

No wonder our allies and foes look at us with contempt and derision

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December 28, 2016 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Pledge of Allegiance Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For December 28, 2016 After seeing the mini riots in 9 different malls across the nation, online retailers must be licking their chops as who in their right mind would want to go to a mall and be greeting by a bunch of rioting teenage thugs; after the carnage over the long Christmas weekend, the gangs must have depleted there ammunition as in Chicago only one person on Tuesday was shot to death and only four others wounded (where is the mayor, where is the governor, and where is the Illinois National Guard?); the Rip Van Winkle of diplomacy with three weeks before he is kicked out of Foggy Bottom is going to deliver his vision of what is needed for peace in the Middle East (what took Kerry so long to wake up—a threat that Israel has solid evidence that the U.S. colluded with  members of the Security Council to prepare and present the resolution condemning the settlements as illegal?); President Obama is still in denial as he continues to insist he has the right vision for the country that voters would have accepted (his vision whatever in might be for eight years was devoid of action and clearly today is clouded by major delusional cataracts); Congress up in arms over Obama’s last minute stab in the back move against Israel appears to be planning to cut funding to the UN and possibly expel Palestinian diplomats from U.S. (President Obama for better or worse is the only president we have until noon on January 20, 2017 but his foreign policy move is unprecedented and will hand over to President Trump another major set of problems in that chaotic region); finally some good news on the battle to recover Mosul—the last bridge controlled and used by ISIS into the city has been destroyed; Echo may be the best thing since sliced bread but all sounds are recorded and with a warrant may convict someone charged with murder in a house with Echo (another example of further erosion of privacy); DHS is joining the social media age and will now be asking certain foreigners entering this country for their social media information; the celebrities in Hollywood may be bashing Trump but the forgotten Americans, the American consumers, after his election have pushed consumer confidence to a 15 year all time high.

          As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Billy Paul, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant observation from Jay Innis, looking forward to enjoying a  few chocolate candies, 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. Pledge of Allegiance Day—commemorating the recognition of the Pledge of Allegiance written in 1892 by Congress on this day in 1892 (given the antics of spoiled athletes like Kaepernick with respect to the National Anthem wonder when the left will mount a full scale assault to have in banned from schools due to “one nation under God) and the reference to “liberty and justice for all” which the BLM fringe believe is a lie).

          2. National Card Playing Day—celebrating the myriad of card playing games from solitaire to bridge that bring great enjoyment in an era of computer video games and in the case of cribbage are excellent to teach set theory and counting skills to children; have no idea why December 28 has been chosen as March 23 would be more appropriate as on that day in 1631 Puritans in Massachusetts banned playing cards on penalty of punishment.

          3. Number One Song in 1972—celebrating the number 1 song in 1972 on a run of 3 weeks in that position “Me And Mrs. Jones” by Billy Paul. Here is a link to Billy Paul performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45jjVZVQwLI  Billy Paul joined the list of entertainers who left us in 2016 by dying of pancreatic cancer on April 24 at the age of 81.

          4. National Chocolate Candy Day—after enduring a slice of fruit cake if you are a chocoholic today is your day to upgrade to your favorite chocolate candy.

          5. Music Is Color Blind—celebrating the birth on this day in 1921 of Johnny Otis, often called the “Father of Rhythm and Blues” who was born to Greek immigrants but grew up in a black neighborhood and chose to live as a black musician and DJ.

            On this day in:

1. 1065 Westminster Abbey in London although not yet completed until 1090 was consecrated and King Edward the Confessor who died on January 5, 1066 and was buried in the Abbey a week thereafter.

2. 1832 with less than three months remaining in his term as vice president, John C. Calhoun resigned to replace another Senator who had resigned to become governor of South Carolina and become a Senator to better represent the state in the Nullification Crisis. He was the first vice president to resign and we would have to wait until Spiro Agnew resigned as part of a plea bargain to escape prosecution for bribery and tax evasion, proving that no party Red or Blue has a monopoly on corruption.

3. 1918 in a feat that Hillary did not get a chance to emulate, Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway Prison, become the first woman to be elected as a MP to the British House of Commons, but in line Sinn Fein’s policy she did not seat herself.   

4. 1973 to the consternation of builders everywhere the Endangered Species Act was passed which unfortunately did not include moderate Blues who really are an endangered species.

5. 2010 as part of the Arab Spring, popular protest began against the government of Algeria.  

Reflections on the Endangered Species Act: “What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing. Jay Inslee, Democratic governor of the State of Washington, agreed but you have to have balance and under Obama’s EPA particularly in the West and especially Alaska, the EPA has become a lawless rogue agency that with Trump will be reformed. 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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Waters Promises Scorched Earth Against Trump

If there ever was a candidate for who would be the poster child for term limits, it would be Maxine

A denizen of the swamp,  a public parasite all her life showing anger against Trump and venting her spleen

She has been in Congress in safe districts in California since 1991

Always with at least 70 percent of the vote in all the elections she has won

A member of the California Assembly since 1976 and before that a deputy to an Assemblyman for three years

She represents exactly what the founding fathers of this country despised, politicians making their office a career

Ms. Water announced that the Blues in dealing with the Reds when they had the majority have been too kind

What land of delusion does this swamp creature come from when the tyrannical Pelosi would shut off the lights leaving the chambers blind

How nice was it when the Blues under Reid and Pelosi jammed the ACA through denying any input from the Reds

Then used a budget reconciliation bill to any chance of filibuster shed

Sowed the seeds of ACA’s destruction when it’s a Republican president instead

They should be praying that the art of the deal master allows them some morsels of political bread

So this 78 year old swamp creature declared a scorched earth war against Trump and will fight him every inch of the way

Talk about nonproductive and blatant obstructionist partisanship on display

This Congresswomen  further demeans the office of the President by refusing to even with him meet

There is a new sheriff for urban blacks who unlike the Blues will want jobs, education and law and order to poverty and the fast track to jail defeat

I can only feel pity for those poor and Blue abandoned inner city residents of her district while she remains seated

Any chance with a roadblock like Waters, her constituents’ chance for even an iota of the American dream will be defeated.

The Blues under Obama have lost a 1000 federal and state legislative seats and governorships yet with the likes of Pelosi and Waters are in denial mode

Schumer is at least showing some amount of class indicating he is willing to find common ground to avoid seeing the number of Blue Senators in 2018 erode

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Even the Jedi Cannot Stave Off Heart Attacks of a Young Princess

As the tributes to Carrie Fisher from fans and fellow celebrities pour in

Another reminder that smoking is almost always guaranteed to put you in a battle you cannot win

60 years old is way too young for a woman  to from a heart attack die

With genes from a mother still alive at 84 and a father who died from complications from a broken hip you wonder why.

Her mother Debbie Reynolds never smoked and is still alive and kicking

Not facing the cigarette time bomb that even if you quit it remains ticking

If there is a silver lining in Carrie Fisher’s early death it might be this

Smoke as she did and there will be thousands of lines of scripts to miss

Along with more episodes of Star Wars for the Force to us mere mortals awe and impress

But even the Jedi cannot for their actors and actresses who smoke, cancer, heart attacks and strokes suppress

Movie scenes may last almost forever on the small or big screen

But not for the thespians who pick up the habit soon to be trapped by clouds of nicotine.

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Special At 8 1/2 Cafe Is Ban Trump Voters

So much for the motto of Hawaii as the “Aloha State”

May be for Blues but if you voted for Trump you won’t get a plate

The owners of 8 ½ Café Robert Warner and his wife Jili

Are about as stupid and childish as restaurant owners can be

Maybe their food is so high priced they don’t care

Or they have made so much money before cutting the elites’ hair

But for 8 ½ Café to seek to Trump voters ban

Because if you voted for him you must be a Nazi must be condemned and ridiculed out of hand

If they are right 8 ½ Café’s days are numbered as they have just pissed off 62 million potential diners

But not surprising in the land of the left who are becoming a group of bitter sore losers and whiners

If visiting in Honolulu and a Trump voter forget about giving 8 ½ Cafe a try

Put your credit card in your wallet and join the thousands some of whom are deplorables in walking right on by

Too bad the Warners did not name the café the 8 ½ Rocket

In honor of Fellini and the movie 8 ½ with a director Guido who is daft an out of his socket

With ideas like their ideas on Trump are weak, intellectually spineless, and confusing

When we now need from the left is no more whining and partisanship subject to concerted defusing

The movie is a typical Fellini fantasy scene with Guido when his movie is cancelled shooting himself in the head

Then dancing with the cast with a realization that he should accept things as they are rather than helping others instead

Many too many metaphors for the owners of a dispenser of Italian cuisine

But time for their idiotic whines to be weaned

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December 27, 2016 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Boxing Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For December 27, 2016 May your credit cards still have availability after you have gorged on after Day after Christmas Sales bargains; the carnage in Chicago continues and all we hear from the major are the sounds of silence and from the police the need for more gun control in a city that has the strictest gun control laws in the nation (Chicago needs a surge of National Guardsmen or a declaration of national emergency so the Military Police can be called in to supplement the Chicago PD who must be demoralized beyond belief; after reports that she was in stable condition, Carrie Fisher has died; the final numbers are in on Obama’s effect on the Democratic Party during his two terms in office—1042 Senators, House Representatives, state legislative seats, governors, and the big prize the presidency; in yet another example of the complete failure of socialism, Venezuelan women since contraceptives have all but disappeared from the shelves are resorting to sterilization in record and increasing numbers (who in their right mind would want to bring a child into the world in such an economically dysfunction country, oil reserves not withstanding?); Japanese Prime Minister Abe will be visiting Pearl Harbor but will not deliver an apology for the attack on December 7, 1941.

          As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, music links to Marlene Dietrich (both in German and English), factoids of interest for this day in history, relevant observations from Marlene Dietrich, looking forward to enjoying or enduring a few slices of fruit cake, 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. Boxing Day—if a servant or tradesman this is your favorite holiday to receive the Christmas box from your employer which normally falls on the 26^th unless Christmas falls on a Sunday to postpone the gift receiving celebration to the 27^th.

          2. National Visit A Zoo Day—since most students are on Christmas Break, today would be a great day to bundle up the family and take them to a zoo and relive a tradition that dates back to 1500 B.C. when the first zoo was established in Egypt.

          3. Number One Song in 1971—celebrating the number 1 song in 1971 on a run of 3 weeks in that position “Brand New Key” by Melanie. Here is a link to Melanie performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5LzOlNZPCc  A bouncy song that should make you want to dance.

          4. National Fruit Cake Day—now that Christmas is over and you are wondering what to do with the fruit cakes you received as gifts, could be a day to donate them to the local food bank or bite the bullet and have a few slices and drop a note or video to the person who sent it to you thanking them profusely, even if you do not like fruit cakes.

          5. Lili Marlene Enjoyed by All—celebrating the birth on this day in 1901 of Marlene Dietrich, iconic German born actress and singer whose career spawned over 50 years who had the sense to leave Germany in the late 30’s as she detested Hitler and entered American troops during World War II, often singing the song that American, British and German troops thoroughly enjoyed—“Lili Marlene”. Here is a recording of Marlene Dietrich singing the song in both German and English (I think the German is far more tear jerking): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q56QzGcAKZc in German https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR-nGIJAaw4 in English. In addition to being a great actress and singer, she had great longevity genes; despite smoking and being dependent on alcohol and pain killers in later life, she passed away on May 6, 1992.

            On this day in:

1. 1703 to the joy of wine connoisseurs and woolen manufacturers in England the Methuen Treaty aka the “Port Wine Treaty,” Portuguese wine primarily port could be imported into England at a tariff of one third that levied on French wines and English woolen cloth would be admitted to Portugal free of tariff.

2. 1845 Irish journalist John L. O’Sullivan displaying his bias against the English wrote in the New York Evening News that the U.S. had the right to take over the entire Oregon Country by virtue of its “manifest destiny.” Fortunately saner heads prevailed and Britain and the U.S. in 70 years and the Oregon Treaty was signed creating the border between Washington, Idaho and Montana as it exists today.

3. 1929 Joseph Stalin cemented his path to becoming the dictator who is responsible for more deaths than any human being in history by ordering the elimination of the “kulaks as a class”.

4. 1945 the International Monetary Fund was established.

5. 2001 in a let the trade deficits with China soar off the charts, China was granted permanent normal trade relation status with the United States while the U.S. received nothing but currency manipulation and closing of Chinese markets to American goods made here in the U.S.  

As the countdown to 800 homicides in Chicago continues committed mostly by black gang members against other black gang members or innocents in the wrong place and the wrong time, reflections from the birthday girl on a major root of the problem—the absence of fathers: “A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.” Marlene Dietrich 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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