Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For August 30, 2017 Houston
area waters are finally starting to recede but the death toll is rising to 23
along with the number of residents admitted to shelters and nearby Beaumont and
Port Arthur are literally under water; MSM always quick to find anything to criticize
Trump for are in a frenzy over Trump’s supposed lack of empathy and Melania’s
wearing stiletto heels on to Air Force One while the Texas governor grades
Trump’s deployment of federal resources in Texas as meriting an A+; the DNC (Dedicated
to Nominate Clinton) dodged a class action lawsuit by Sanders supporters
seeking refunds of contributions to the DNC that clearly rigged the primary
process to make sure she got the nomination and given her abysmal campaign and
lack of energy in hindsight guaranteed Trump would win; Congress is reaping the
sowing of the seeds of obstruction and gridlock with an approval rating of 15%
which given what has been accomplished seems overstated by a factor of 5; Trump
is taking his case for tax cuts to the people in Springfield, Missouri tonight
(Sen McCaskill needs to listen and get on board if she wants to return to the
Senate in 2018); the scenes of volunteers
in boats saving trapped Texans reminds us the tragedies like Harvey bring out
the best in Americans but the news that thieves posing as DHS officials
ordering people out of their homes so they can be burglarized also reminds us
that such tragedies sadly bring out the worst; news that the Antifa movement
because of its violence may be of concern to liberal anti Trumpers (why should
there be any doubt that these thugs should be prosecuted and disavowed?); through
August 29, 2017 in Chicago the number of people being shot climbed to 2516, but
surprise, surprise the death toll remained at 434.
As always, I
hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to the Jimmy
Dorsey Orchestra, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant chilling
quote by Jorge Videla on the disappeared in argentina, hoping that if you are opening
a jeroboam tonight you have a few friends to share it with 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. International Day of the Disappeared—created
in Costa Rica in 1981 by the Latin American Federation of Associations for
Relatives of Detained-Disappeared to create awareness of the plight of people
wrongfully arrested and incarcerated and to agitate for the end of such
practices far too common in Latin American countries with dictatorships.
2. National Beach
Day—created by Colleen Paige in 2014 to promote cleaning up beaches
of trash and debris which is not only unsightly but also a danger to wildlife
on our beaches.
3. 1941 Number One Song— the number one song in 1941
on a run of 4 weeks in that position was “Green Eyes” by the Jimmy Dorsey
Orchestra. Here is a performance of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI7U2Ys4DM0
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “jeroboam”
which means a large bottle of wine holding the equivalent of 3 liters of wine.
5. Quite A Cup of Tea—celebrating the birth on
this day in 1946 of Mod Squad actress
Peggy Lipton who retired from acting after the birth of her two daughters but
after a divorce has returned.
On this
day in:
a. 1963 in a move designed
to prevent accidental nuclear war and ease tensions the Washington, D.C. Moscow
hotline was installed.
b. 1967 Thurgood Marshall
became the first African American appointed to SCOTUS.
c. 1984 the Space
Shuttle Discovery took off from the
JFK Space Center on its maiden voyage.
d. 1992 after being wounded
by a FBI sniper who killed his wife, the 12 day siege of Ruby Ridge ended with
Randy Weaver surrendering to authorities.
e. 1995 NATO started
launching air strikes against Bosnian Serb forces in Operation Deliberate
Force.
Reflections on the ends justified the means rationale of Jorge Videla
former dictator of Argentina who is now serving a life sentence for his part in
Argentina’s Dirty War: “Let’s say there were 7,000 or 8,000 people who needed
to die to win the war against subversion. There was no other solution. We were
agreed that was the price to win the war against subversion and that we needed
it not to be evident so that society didn’t notice.” Jorge Videla His figures
are sadly too low as most historians believe 30,000 Argentines disappeared many
weighted down and dropped from airplanes into the Atlantic to avoid detection. 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.
© August
30, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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