Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For November 8, 2017 The Blues are dancing in the
streets after their candidates won in the races for governor in New Jersey and
Virginia (not surprising in New Jersey or Virginia which is breeding new Blues like
rabbits due to the growth of Swamp creatures moving into Northern Virginia from
the Swamp; Trump has landed in China and receiving the royal red carpet
treatment from his host as he faces the weighty issues of getting China on
board re trade imbalance and North Korea’s nuclear program; in a great display of trying to bring this
country together, the latest delusional Grinch Al Green announced he will bring
a vote on impeachment of President Trump by Christmas (good luck on that); John
Koskinen’s parting F* You to the business community was his announcement that
the IRS will enforce the Obamacare mandate for employers with more than 50
employees (why Trump did not fire this arrogant bastard is a complete mystery
and he should rectify that mistake with a tweet today telling him to pack his
bags and leave immediately, escorted out by the Capitol police); Rep. Shiff
unleashed a twitter storm on the president as the worst president in history as
the market soared to record highs (with the huge increase in the market Shiff
might check the value of the State’s pension fund assets to see how many
billions of dollars of unfunded liability have been reduced); on the crime
front that will make you laugh a UPS driver hearing a person calling “Help Me”
phoned Clackamas County deputies who went to the house to find it was a parrot
who was making the plea; unless CNN is sold the DOJ will nix the proposed Time
Warner AT&T merger; as a goodwill gesture, China is making it possible for
Trump to tweet while he is there on his state visit; 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 7 increasing to 3206 and the death toll increasing to 559 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 Socrates
on urban planning, a music link to Mary J. Blige, factoids of interest for this
day in history, while hoping you can laetificate someone having a bad day 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. World Radiography Day—celebrating since 2007
the benefits of radiography in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and
traumas and observed on the anniversary of the discovery of X-rays in 1895.
2. World
Urbanism Day—observed since 1949 to promote urban planning to improve vehicular
and pedestrian traffic flow, balance the need for housing with parks and
recreation and allocate land uses more efficiently.
3. 2001
Number One Song—the number one song in 2001 on a run of 6 weeks in that position
was “Family Affair” by Mary J. Blige. Here is a recording of
the song to enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znlFu_lemsU
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “laetificate” which means to cheer up
which the Trump Rally has definitely done for investors since his election.
5. Hard
to Take On the Government—celebrating the birth on this day in
1983 of Aaron Schwartz a computer whiz kid who dropped out of Stanford after
one year and went on to be a co-founder of Reddit and a staunch supporter of
the idea that information on any subject should not be hoarded by any one group
which led to his being pursued for computer fraud and his suicide on January
13, 2013. He was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in June of 2013. What
a waste, what a waste!
On this day
in:
a. 1923 Adolph Hitler led the Munich Beer Hall Putsch in an
unsuccessful attempt to seize Munich’s city hall; one of the marchers in
whose arm Hitler had locked into was one of the 16 Nazis killed (if only the bullet
had hit Hitler how difference the world would be).
b. 1933 in a real shovel ready moment FDR created the Civil Works Administration
to provide jobs for 4 million workers that were unemployed by the Great
Depression.
c. 1966 President Johnson
signed into law legislation that allowed the National Football League and the
American Football League to merge.
d. 1972 HBO started
broadcasting with its first movie Sometime
a Great Notion with Paul Newman and Henry Fonda as stars.
e. 1999 Bruce Miller
became the world’s first internet victim of murder when he was killed by his
wife’s online lover Jerry Cassaday who had been induced to kill him by Sharee
Miller and who later committed suicide; fortunately Sharee Miller, the wife,
was caught and convicted of second degree murder.
Reflections on the question of urban planning just as true now as it
was before Christ: “By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is
that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.” Socrates.
Amazing looking at our urban sprawl that after two millenniums of trying to create
better planning the goal still eludes us. 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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