Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 11, 2018 Talk about a
feast or famine weather world in California—after days of almost 30 fires raging
out of control in Southern California that destroyed almost 1,000 structures,
taxed the efforts of almost 9,000 firefighters and killed two humans and scores
of horses, California was hit with massive rain storms, the mudslides from
which have killed 17 with 8 still missing and believed possibly dead; Chelsea
Handler rants have stooped to new lows in her profanity laced attacks on
Senator Graham urging him to come out of the closet (the LGBTQ community
usually expressing anti homophobic rage at the drop of the hat is strangely
silent as opposed to condemning her outburst); now that a DACA deal may be
nearing fruition the Blues have turned their wrath of Trump’s desire to end
temporary refugee status of 250,000 Salvadorians and Haitians that started over
two decades ago due to natural disasters; on a day when more MS-13 gang members
have been charged with murder Trump gets slammed by the PC Police for calling
El Salvador a “s-hole” which it is; the Blues are being boxed into a corner as
without border security, end to chain migration and lottery migration they will
not get a DACA bill and if they shut down the government over the interests of
DACA they will be blown out of the water in November (immigration cannot be the
Groundhog Day of politics that
because of a porous border we have the same problem of more illegals that we
have to deal with again in 2 or 3 years; in another example of how difficult it
is to find peace in the Middle East Gadot of Wonder Woman fame who is an Israeli
wore a designer dress from Ellie Saab who is Lebanese to the wrath of Lebanese
who are technically still at war with Israel; 2018 in Chicago is off to another
bloody start in terms of shootings and killings through the 9th of
January with 63 shot, 15 of whom have died while the mayor and his
administration remain MIA in terms of addressing the problems faced by
residents of color in that city.
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music
link to the B.J. Richards, factoids of interest for this day in history, the
fact that you seem to be free from lethe and a relevant quote by C. Everett
Koop on death and smoking, 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
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1. National Awareness of Human Trafficking Day—created by the U.S.
Senate on June 22, 2007 and observed since 2008 to create awareness of the need
to combat human trafficking in this country and throughout the world.
2. Cigarettes Are Hazardous to Your Health Day—commemorating the release by the Surgeon General’s report on this day in 1964 that pronounced the link between smoking and lung cancer, a link which the tobacco companies have fought tooth and nail as millions of smokers have died since its release.
2. Cigarettes Are Hazardous to Your Health Day—commemorating the release by the Surgeon General’s report on this day in 1964 that pronounced the link between smoking and lung cancer, a link which the tobacco companies have fought tooth and nail as millions of smokers have died since its release.
3. 1970 Number One Song— the number one song in 1970 on a run of 4 weeks in that position was “Rain
Drops Keep Falling On My Head” by B.J. Thomas. Here is a recording of the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT1HCQcSHW0
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “lethe” which means forgetfulness which
too often describes an increasing number of baby boomers as they age.
5. Dueling Pistols--celebrating the birth on this day in 1757 or 58 of Alexander
Hamilton one of founding fathers and the first Secretary of the Treasury who
was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr although many have speculated he wasted
his first shot given his opposition to dueling as a means of settling disputes.
Fortunately he beat the PC move to replace him on the $10 Bill with Harriet
Tubman who will replace Jackson on the $20 Bill.
On this day
in:
a. 1908 the Grand Canyon National Monument was created.
b. 1922 marked the first use of insulin to treat the disease of
diabetes.
c. 1935 Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from
Hawaii to the United States.
d. 1973 in a lengthen one’s career move, the American League
owners approved the use of the designated hitter.
e. 2003 Governor George Ryan of Illinois commuted the sentences
of 167 prisoners on death row to life after a detailed investigation of the
practices of the Chicago Police Department revealed that many convictions had
been tainted due to torture practiced by police officers under the command of
Jon Burge.
Reflections
on progress made from the first smoking warning in 1964 but a lot more in the
fight to eliminate smoking remains to be done: “Cigarette smoking is clearly
identified as the chief, preventable cause of death in our society.” C. Everett
Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General
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