Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For July 27, 2017
House has voted to appropriate $1.8 billion as a down payment for construction
of the much needed wall on our border with Mexico; if you look at the tweet’s from ideologues like
Harris, Warren, Sanders, Murray, Schumer et al McCain’s plea for bipartisanship
fell on deaf ears but the Reds are trying to craft a “skinny repeal” that will
eliminate the most objectionable parts of Obamacare only that may get enough
Red votes to pass and send to committee with the House (total drama that brings
into question the wisdom of the founding fathers in creating the Senate that
was designed to be removed from the democratic passions of the people); more
drama and expenditure of political capital at the White House with Trump’s
transgender order, Scaramucci and Priebus feuding, and Trump’s tweet rails
against Sessions and Mueller (total distraction from what this nation must have—tax
cuts, border security, and infrastructure spending); lost in the shuffle in the
MSM’s anti-Trump was the announcement that Foxconn which builds parts for Apple
products will be building a $10 billion plant in Wisconsin that will create
thousands of jobs; on the terror front reports that U.S. Syrian forces have
reclaimed half of Raqqa, the “capital of the ISIS Caliphate”; in yet another example
of the war by the left on free speech and assembly the Michigan People’s
Defense Network is gearing up to disrupt in Michigan a Catholic conference on
promoting what is needed for men to be good fathers and husbands; the law firm
for the Pakistani IT staffer for Debbie Wasserman Schultz under criminal
investigation nabbed trying to flee the country has resorted to parroting the
race and Islamophobic card so quickly dropped by many Blues claiming the arrest
was due to his ethnicity and religion; we all know that the skies are not
friendly in United Airlines for cramped passengers and now that truism will be
tested in court for animals as United Airlines is being sued for the death of
Simon, a Continental Giant rabbit, who perished on a flight from England to the
U.S. (on behalf of all passengers who have endure no service, no food, and no
leg room sock it to them jury) through July 26, 2137 people have been
shot in Chicago 373 of whom have died (sadly the ATF agents Trump has sent has
not put a damper on the carnage).
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Sir
Mix-a-Lot; factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from
the Korean War Memorial, hoping your day is free from interfacing with people
who display inurbanity towards you, secure
in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events
like 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.
Korean War Armistice Day—celebrating
the Armistice Agreement signed on this day in 1953 that ended the hostilities
on the Korean Peninsula but with no regime change in the North has necessitated
the presence of large numbers of U.S. troops who unless we or the Chinese act
will soon be armed with nuclear weapons capable of reaching the U.S.
2. Bagpipe
Appreciation Day—celebrating that musical instrument that can continue to play as
long as the piper can continue to breath and is great to listen to if going
into battle, great to fear if heard through the fog waiting for a bunch of face
painted Scots to descend and guaranteed to bring tears to one’s eyes at a
funeral when “Amazing Grace” is played.
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “inurbanity” which means a lack of
manners or deportment which is what we are seeing far too often from our
politicians which explains the gridlock we are facing in the Swamp.
5. Ash
Hot Rod—celebrating the birth on this day in 1975 of baseball great Alex
Rodriguez who ended his career with 696 homeruns even with a one year
suspension for using steroids (drugs may enhance performance but in the end
like LeMond or Maguire you get caught and all the records and fame go for
naught).
On this day in:
a. 1921 researchers at
the University of Toronto discovered that the hormone insulin regulates the
blood sugar levels.
b. 1929 the Geneva
Convention regulating the treatment of prisoners was signed by 53 nations.
c. 1949 in another the
world become much smaller moment the de Havilland Comet, the first commercial jet
airliner, was flown.
d. 1964 the mission
creep to disaster that would become the Vietnam War continued as 5,000 more
military advisers were sent to South Vietnam increasing the total to 21,000.
e. 1974 the House
Judiciary Committee voted Articles of Impeachment for obstruction of justice
against President Richard Nixon.
Quotation
on the Korean War Memorial which was dedicated on this day in 1995 “Our nation
honors its sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a nation they
never knew and a people they never met.” Please enjoy the poems
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