Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For November 5, 2017 Tragedy at a First Baptist
Church in the small Texas town of Sutherland Springs with at least 26 people
killed and dozens wounded by a gunman who walked into the church during
services today and opened fire (over 6 percent of the town’s population gone);
Donna Brazile’s revelations about the rigged Democratic primary elections in
favor of HJC have the Democrats in disarray as she claimed that the Clintonites
made her feel like a slave (typical Democratic strategy—take the black vote and
run away after the elections) as the Blue once leading in Virginia by 7 points
in the race for governor has seen his lead evaporate to a dead heat; Trump was
roundly cheered by the U.S. military at an air force base in Japan and then met
with Prime Minister Abe during a round of golf with him and admitted that he
will be meeting with Putin later in the Asian trip to discuss North Korea; on
the sports front in New York City, Shalane Flanagan became the first American
woman to win the NYC Marathon in 40 years beating a three time winner from
Kenya by one minute and finishing behind the men’s winner from Kenya by 13 some
minutes; heavy police presence along the route prevented any problems; Stanford’s
hopes of revenge against USC in the PAC 12 Championship Game and Bryce Love”s
dreams of a Heisman were both dashed yesterday in Pullman by Washington State 24-21
in the rain and light snow; on the business front, Sprint and T-Mobile have
called off their merger; almost like a stuck record or a gruesome remake
of Groundhog Day, Chicago style, the carnage in Chicago
continued unabated with total shootings in 2017 through November 4 increasing
to 3189 and the death toll increasing to 555 and still nothing is being done to
hinder or prevent the killings of minorities by minorities.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a relevant quote from that
radicalize scumbag Nidal Hasan, a music link to Monica, factoids of interest
for this day in history, while hoping that your day is not filled with
unproductive lacunae, while secure
in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events
like birthday, 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. Guy Fawkes Day—observed in the United
Kingdom, New Zealand, and the Canadian
Provinces of Labrador and Newfoundland to commemorate the arrest of Guy Fawkes
on this day in 1605 who was guarding the gunpowder placed under the House of
Lords to be used to assassinate King James I.
2. Bank
Transfer Day—celebrating a consumer activist movement to transfer funds from
big banks and their outrageous fees to nonprofit credit unions.
3. 1998
Number One Song—the number one song in 1998 on a run of 5 weeks in that position
was “The First Night” by Monica. Here is a recording of
the song to enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImynIRpbQLE
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “lacuna” which is a blank or missing
space.
5. Five
Time Loser—celebrating or bemoaning depending on your point of view the
birth on this day in 1855 of Eugene V. Debs noted American socialist who ran
for President of the United States 5 times from 1900 to 1020 and lost each time
(no wonder Bernie Sanders though a socialist ran as a Democrat.
On this day
in:
a. 1916 in a sad day for labor relations police and members of
the Industrial Workers of the World clashed at Everett, Washington in a
shootout that left 2 police and 5 IWW members dead and scores from both sides
wounded. b. 1940 President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt became the first and only person to be elected to a third term
as president.
c. 1990 Rabbi Meir
Kahane, leader of the right wing Kach Party was shot and killed after giving a
speech in a Manhattan hotel.
d. 2007 Google
introduced its Android operating system.
e. 2009 Major Nidal
Hasan, who had been radicalized, shot and killed 13 soldiers and wounded 32 others
at Fort Hood in the deadliest shooting at a U.S. military installation; true to
form Obama could not call it for what it was and instead used the euphemism “workplace
violence.”
Reflections on what we are
up against in confronting radical Islam: “I formally and humbly request to be
made a citizen of the Islamic State. It would be an honor for any believer
to be an obedient citizen soldier to a people and its leader who don’t
compromise the religion of All-Mighty Allah to get along with the
disbelievers.” –Nidal Hasan, was sentenced to death for his crimes but
unfortunately still has not been executed. 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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