Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For January 28, 2018 Two days to Trump’s first SOTUS and smart money like on DACA is that he will across
aisle reach to chairs filled with closed and biased minds even as black
unemployment falls to all time lows; Trump’s plan on fixing the immigration
mess has created a firestorm of rhetoric from both Reds and Blues led by Pelosi’s
over the top rhetoric that Trump wants to make America white again; in addition
to the “People’s SOTUS” with such biased intellectual lightweights as Moore and
Goldberg trying to be relevant, Waters (fixated on removing Trump with the same
intensity of an Ahab trying to kill Moby Dick, Wilson (colorful hats but
nothing underneath them), Lewis and Blumenauer are boycotting the speech;Trump
aggressively campaigned for black votes as opposed the HRC’s taking them for
granted with the slogan “What do you have to lose?” when it should have been “What
do you have to gain?”—lowest unemployment rate in history; on the PC
educational front Gregory Salcito a high school teacher at El Rancho High in Southern
California was caught on a cell phone video rant attacking the U.S. Military
for being “a bunch of dumb shits” and should not be allowed to recruit on
campus (if they are pointing their lives on the line to protect a scumbag like
Salcito maybe they are but if this idiot had brain still function he should be
on this knees thanking God they have
enlisted and because of the First Amendment bought and paid for over the years
with a lot of American blood and property in oversea cemeteries, he can make a
fool of himself http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/28/california-teacher-slams-military-members-as-lowest-low-in-classroom-rant-caught-on-video.html;
new book out The Corrupt Classroom that
asserts that not only are the public schools failing in their educational
mission, a task certainly not help by the flood of illegal children with no
English skills that school districts have to educate, but they are becoming politicized
by the leftist ideas of far too many of their faculties; Scott Baio, a rarity
in Hollywood as a conservative, has been accused of sexual molestation by
Niccole Eggert 30-32 years ago while she was 14-17; a claim that he vehemently
denies; in a be careful what you wish for moment, Blues hounding the RNC to
return any campaign contributions from Steven Wynn are now shocked he or his
groups have contributed in the last nine years over $700,000 to Nevada Democrats
and related parties in Chicago through January 27, 2018 189 people have been
shot of whom 31 have died.
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s
holidays and observances, a music link to Yes, factoids of interest for this day in
history, learning another word “ligyrophobia” that you can use in Scrabble and
a relevant quote by Alan Alda on politics and art, 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. Data Privacy Day—commemorating since 2007 the need to promote best practices of
cyber security to prevent hacking, viral intrusion and all forms of malware.
2. Pop Art Day—commemorating merging of popular and cultural symbols with fine
art pioneered by Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichenstein in the 50’s and
60’s but why it is observed on Jackson Pollock’s birthday on this day in 1912
as opposed to the birthday of the painter of the Campbell Soup can, Andy Warhol
a mystery.
3. 1984 Number One Song— the number one song in 1984 on a run of 2 weeks in that
position was “Owner of a Lonely Heart” by Yes. Here is a recording of the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O6e7cgkeqw
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “ligyrophobia” which is the fear of
loud noises which probably explains why people jump when they hear a loud noise
on a quiet night.
5. It’s All In The Name--celebrating the birth on this day in 1936 of noted big and small
screen actor Alphonso D’ Abruzzo, better known to his fans as Allen Alda,
immortalized in the long running TV series M*A*S*H.
that brought a lot of humor into our living rooms when the carnage of the
Vietnam War did not.
On this day in:
a. 1958 in a move that made it dangerous for parents of young
children to walk on bare feet indoors, Lego patented its design of its bricks
used in constructing its toys.
b. 1977 the first day of a three day blizzard known as the
Blizzard of 77 dumped up to 10 feet of snow in Upstate New York with winds
created 30-40 foot snow drifts.
c. 1981 President Reagan by executive order removed domestic price
controls and petroleum allocation regulations put in place by Carter due to the
supply disruptions due to the fall of the Shah and heralded the oil glut of the
80’s and falling oil prices.
d. 1986 The Space Shuttle
Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff killing all seven astronauts
on board and grounded the Space Shuttle program for 32 months.
e. 2016 to the horror of pregnant women in warm climes throughout
the world, the World Health Organization announced an outbreak of the Zika virus
carried by mosquito virus which in many cases resulted in the birth of babies
with very small brains.
Reflections on politics
and art by the birthday boy:“There is an impression, I think, that M*A*S*H was
making political statements a lot. I think it was rare that it ever happened.
It was usually only a satirical swipe.” Alan Alda. Given the economic, human,
and social chaos the Vietnam War caused this country one in retrospect should
regret that more political statements were not made. 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
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January 28, 2018 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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