Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For December 20, 2017 The tax cut
bill is finally heading to the president for his signature as already the party
of obstruction and economic destruction is beating the drums that it is a tax
cut for the rich paid for by the middle class (the first tangible sign of the
benefits of the tax cut came from AT&T announcing as a result of the bill
its 200,000 employees will receive a $1,000 bonus and it will be spending a $1
billion more in capital expenditures when it is signed by Trump as the Reds have
doubled down and hopefully the economy will take off and such take off heralded
to the public to sweep the midterms); who polices the police as McCabe was
grilled for almost 8 hours on the bias of the FBI in the form of anti-Trump
bias and in the form of pro-Hillary bias with subpoenas expected soon to be
served on the anti-Trump, pro-Hillary cabal (write your member of Congress and
demand his testimony be made public as any involvement by the FBI and/or the
DOJ to influence an election is outrageous and should merit long prison
sentences for the guilty so involved); the Marvin K Moody of the pervert club,
Al Franken, announced he will leave the Senate on January 2, 2018—good riddance
pervert; once again proving the reptilian brain excesses knows no party line,
Florida State Senator Lavala who is running for governor has resigned after a
report was made public detailing his sexual harassment and possible quid pro
quo sex for legislation after Red Governor Scott and AG Bondi demanded he
resign; Kim has just given us another reason to annihilate his regime as news
out that his military is testing the insertion of anthrax into missile
warheads; Rosie O’Donnell must be breathing easier as she will not have to fork
over the $2,000,000 promised if Red Senators would vote against the tax cut
bill; almost a stuck record or a gruesome remake of Groundhog
Day, Chicago style, the carnage in Chicago continued unabated
with total shootings by mostly minorities against mostly minorities in
2017 through December 19 increasing to 3493, 612 of whom have died.
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music
link to the Teddy Bears, factoids of interest for this day in history, not
being leguleian in your dealings with people, a relevant quote by Suzy Kassem
on “honor” killings, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any
memorable events like birthdays, 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 Human Solidarity Day—established by
the UN General Assembly to promote solidarity among those who benefit the most
and suffer the least with those who suffer the most and benefit the least by
promoting programs to eradicate poverty around the globe.
2. Go Caroling Day—celebrating one of the great aspects of Christmas singing Christmas
carols, especially putting together a group of singers and going to nursing
homes and senior assisted living centers. Even if you can’t carry a note across
the room, the cold night air outside will turn anyone into a Bing Crosby
incarnate.
3. 1958 Number One Song— the number one song in 1958 on a run of 3 weeks in that
position was “To Know Him Is To Love Him” by the Teddy Bears. Here is a
recording of the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCnUsInBQws
The song was recorded for a low cost of $75 and stayed on the top 100 list for
23 weeks but the group never replicated its commercial success and disbanded
after two years.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “leguleian” which means like a
lawyer or underhanded which describes most representatives and senators to a
tee in that too many are members of the bar and almost are or after a few terms
will become underhanded.
5. Some Things Are Faster Than A Speeding Bullet—celebrating the
birth of Robert “Bullet Bob” Hayes on this day in 1942. He was an Olympic Gold
Medalist and NFL Hall of Famer and considered to be one of the fastest humans
on the planet but whose speed could not outrun prostate cancer which killed him
in 2002.
On this day
in:
a. 1946 the movie It’s A
Wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart was released; if you are one of the
few people who have not seen it, have no fear as you will surely get another
chance on TV in the coming days.
b. 1951 in Arco, Idaho the EBR-1 nuclear plant became the first
reactor to generate electricity but before one could pop champagne corks,
reality set in as the amount of electricity generated could only power 4 light
bulbs.
c. 1957 in a death knell to transatlantic passenger ships and
propeller driven passenger planes, the initial production version of the Boeing 707 jet made its first flight and would
go into commercial service in October of 1958.
d. 1989 the U.S. invasion of Panama deposed Panamanian dictator
and drug trafficker Manuel Noriega and brought him to the U.S. for trial and
conviction to release him for good behavior after serving 17 years of his 40
year sentence, releasing him to France to be sentenced to 7 years for money
laundering but quickly extradited to Panama to be sentenced for murder in 2011;
he was diagnosed with brain cancer in March, 2017 and the poster child for acne
died two months later.
e. 1991 in another example of the difficulties in assimilating
Palestinian militants, Palestinian born Zein Isa and his Brazilian born wife
were convicted and sentenced to death for the “honor” murder of their 16 year
old daughter who was dating an African American and against her parents’ wishes
had a job at Wendy’s and liked music and dancing. Fortunately because of his
membership in a jihadist group, the FBI with a warrant had planed listening
devices in the home and his daughter’s screams were recorded along with Zein’s
cries of “Die daughter die.” Both scumbags cheated execution and died of natural
causes while in prison.
Reflections on the complete absence of
honor in “honor killings”: “Cultural and religious traditions that forbid
cross-cultural unions prevent peace on earth. Instead of rejoicing that our
sons and daughters are heart-driven and love other humans outside of their
familiar religious, social or cultural domains, we punish and insult them. This
is wrong. Honor killings are not honorable by God. They are driven by ignorance
and ego and nothing more. The Creator favors the man who loves over the man who
hates. If you think God will punish you or your child for allowing them to
marry outside of your tribe or faith, then you do not know God. Love is his
religion and the light of love sees no walls. Anybody who unconditionally loves
another human being for the goodness of their heart and nothing more is already
on the right side of God.” Suzy Kassem Rise
Up and Salute the Sun:The Writings of Suzy Kassem. She is a noted American author and poet of
Egyptian descent that mullahs and imans in the Muslim world ought to be extolling
her thoughts to their faithful. Please enjoy the poems on events of
interest on my twitter account below (if you like them,
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