Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For August 24, 2017 Congressman John Lewis of Minnesota is just the latest Red
to be targeted at their homes by well funded leftist activists to protest the lack
of town hall meetings that they can then disrupt and intimidate (make no
mistake about it the left will do everything including violence to undermine
the Trump agenda); the rhetoric from the Blues continues to flow over the top as
Clapper infamous for his blatant lying to Congress on the collection of megadata
of Americans claims that Trump is unfit to be President (why isn’t he facing
perjury chargers?), Don Lemon of Cack “News”
Network accused Trump of inciting civil war (what a crock as anarchy by the
left continues unabated) and a former CIA operative agent Valerie Plame who is
on a quest to obtain control of Twitter so it will terminate Trump’s tweets
pontificated how concerned she was over Trump’s temperament to be Commander in
Chief to a willing interviewer from the Cack “News” Network Wolf Blitzer; a
federal district court judge has ruled that Senator Menendez’s corruption trial
move forward which means he will be absent from voting during the trial (bring
Obamacare repeal back as you would only need 49 votes which hopefully Mitch has
to send it to Mike Pence to vote the tie breaking vote); in a chilling reminder
of why we are so fortunate that a very weak person Hillary Rodham Clinton is
not in the White House, she in a promo snippet of her upcoming delusional book What Happened spoke about how threatened she felt during the
second debate with Trump roaming the stage (imagine how threatened in dealing
with Putin, Kim, or Iran she would be); on the PC athletic front ESPN shifted
Korean American sports commentator from covering the UVA football opener because
of his name Robert Lee might offend people because of the protests in Virginia
(when will insanity stop?); on the European terrorist front, ISIS boasts to
Spain that more attacks are coming: Rome officials blast refugee migrants with
water cannon; and the mayor of Venice has instructed police to shoot anyone yelling
“Allahu Akbar”; hold on to your hats Mitch is sending signals that no tax cut
this year as Trump threatens to veto any debt ceiling bill not coupled with funding
to build the wall bill; through August 23, 2017
in Chicago the number of people being shot climbed to 2460, 426 of whom have
died sadly only when things like a major snow storm, massive rain, or a total
eclipse does the maiming and death daily total sink.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Magic,
factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote by John Lennon
on death, wishing the Blue janissaries would abandon Pelosi and Schumer and
demand what is best for the nation, 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. National Waffle Day—celebrating not
the unique and despicable talent of politicians to skirt issues and questions
but rather that tasty breakfast item smothered in all sorts of toppings and
cooked with a waffle iron for which a patent was issued on this day in 1869 to
Cornelius Swarthout.
2. Den' Nezalezhnosti—celebrated
by Ukraine to mark its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 but given
Putin’s actions in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine not sure how many more
celebrations may be held in the future.
3. 2014 Number One Song—the number one song in 2014
on a run of 6 weeks in that position was “Rude” by Magic. Here is the
performance of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIh2xe4jnpk
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “janissary”
which is a member of a highly loyal group of supporters of a person or a cause
which describes Trump’s supporters and Sanders’ supporters to a tee and which
were far and few between in HRC’s case.
5. Iron
Man—celebrating the birth on this day in 1950 of Carl Ripken, Jr.
who played in 2632 consecutive games, totally smashing Lou Gehrig’s record to
set a record given the proclivity of teams and players to trade and be traded
that will probably never be broken—great work ethic Carl!
On this day in:
a. 1963 in the quagmire
that began even before the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the U.S. State Department
cabled to officials in the American Embassy in Saigon that as a result of raids
on the Buddhist Xa Loi Pagoda that South Vietnamese generals be urged to mount
a coup against President Diem if he did not dismiss his brother Nhu (he did not
but they did and both Diem and Nhu were shot and South Vietnam while trying to
fight a war was exposed the musical chairs of ruling leaders).
b. 1967 Abbie Hoffman and
his Youth International Party members temporarily shut down trading on the
floor of the New York Stock Exchange by tossing hundreds of dollar bills onto
the trading floor from the visitor’s gallery causing traders to stop what they
were doing to scoop up the dollars floating down.
c. 1981 Mark David Chapman
was sentenced to 20 years to life for the killing of John Lennon; he is still in
prison at age 65 after numerous parole hearings with another scheduled in 2018
(as long as Yoko Ono is still alive a good bet that he will never see the light
of a free day).
d. 1995 Microsoft 95 was
released by Microsoft.
e. 1998 in a Big Brother
is encroaching on your privacy moment the first human implantation RFID was
tested in the United Kingdom.
Reflections on death from a
person no longer with us because of Mark David Chapman: “I'm not afraid of death because I don't believe
in it. It's just getting out of one car, and into another.” John Lennon I am
surprised John did not use the term “submarine,” but the analogy is a good one
that all Christians should welcome since the physical car they are getting out
of most likely is in need of repair with far too many miles on it and the other
is brand new. Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my
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24, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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