Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For April 3, 2018 On gun violence front a woman shot
three people now in critical or serious condition before taking her life at
UTube’s headquarters in San Bruno; on the immigration front Mexico now in
negotiations with the U.S. on NAFTA and the $100 billion trade deficit it has
caused may have realized that Trump is serious about securing the border as the
caravan of illegals from Honduras now grown to 2,000 may be hindered by Mexico
(Trump should inform Mexico if one Honduran appears at the border NAFTA with
Mexico is finished); on the sports front, Villanova crushed Michigan to win the
NCAA championship; New York the state that leftist Cuomo hopes to use as a
favorite son base to secure the nomination and election is taking the lead in
wasting taxpayer funds by suing the feds over including a question on citizenship
(illegals make up 6 percent of the population of California and if their
numbers were excluded the state would lose millions of federal funds based on population
and 3-4 representatives which if they
were Blue would be a good thing for this nation; head of the EPA announced that
the War on Coal is over and announced plans to roll back the Obama era mileage
standards, a move cheered by the automotive industry but predictably prompted California’s
Pavlovian response to declare it would sue (just what we need to waste our
taxpayer dollars on as the Administration has just filed action against
California over its demand to regulate sales of federal property located in the
state); on the PC front George Washington University is promoting a seminar on
white Christian privilege and perks they do not deserve to receive (what a
crock and to think parents have to go into debt for their kids to hear this
dribble); on the why we don’t need and can’t afford public service unions the teachers
strike in West Virginia has spread to Oklahoma where the union turned down a
$6100 raise and Kentucky; the Secure Elections Act designed to prevent hacking
of election systems is gaining bipartisan support in a good first step but
still does not address the issue of illegals voting which is the Holy Grail of
the Blues who need new voters as they have no ideas; in Chicago through April 2
541 people, mostly minorities, have been shot of whom 94 have died but in a
rarity no one on April 2.
As always, I hope you enjoy
today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Perry Como, factoids of
interest for this day in history, a day experiencing macarism watching
other people, a relevant quote by Prophet Owen Pratt on polygamy, 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. SAAM Day Of Action—created
by the National Sexual Assault Resource Center to promote awareness of the
nature of and prevalence of sexual assault especially during Sexual Assault
Awareness Month. The reptilian brain is alive and well in both genders and on
both sides of the aisle harming victims and, as Rep. Etsy’s decision not to
seek reelection shows, also those in a position to prevent it in the workplace and
fail to act. If you see someone wearing teal you are seeing someone observing the day.
2. Movie Score Day—created by Movie Score and More
Radio on January 30, 2018 to celebrate movie score and the talented composers
who create them. April 3 was the date selected because on that date in 1942 the Jungle Book with a musical score composed
by the Miklos Rozsa was released and the score was recorded onto a 78 rpm
record and released to the public in 1943 with a narration by Sabu, the film’s
star, as the first record from a nonmusical and sold numerous copies.
3. 1951 Number One Song— the number one song in
1951 on a run of 6 weeks in that position was “If” by Perry Como. Here is a
recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPqhvhlhCcs
The great crooner died in his sleep at the age of 89.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “macarism”
which means to take pleasure in another person’s joy which is a great concept
rarely found in the Swamp.
5. Make
America Free Of Trump Again—celebrating or bemoaning, depending on
one’s political view, the birth on this day of Alec Baldwin, noted actor,
animal rights activist, and SNL regular portraying Donald Trump and although
his political views stink to his credit a recovering alcoholic since 1985.
On this day
in:
a. 1996 after a 17 year reign of bombing terror in multiple
locations across the nation that killed 3 people and wounded 23 the “Unabomber”
Ted Kaczynski was captured by police after he had published his manifesto that
his younger brother recognized as having the same hand writing as Ted’s. He is
now serving multiple life sentences and will die in prison.
b. 2004 4 Islamic terrorists involved in the March 11, 2004
Madrid Subway bombings that killed 192 innocents and wounded 2,000 were
surrounded by Madrid police and rather than face the consequences, these cowards
killed themselves but 5 to 8 escaped.
c. 2008 Texas Rangers and Child Protective Services surrounded
the Fundamentalist Church of the Latter Day Saints that believed in polygamy
and over the next 8 days took 439 children into protective custody. 6 adults
were arrested, tried and convicted for child abuse, sex with children and entering
into child marriages with sentences ranging from 7 to 75 years.
d. 2010 Apple introduced
the iPad, the world’s first tablet computer.
e. 2016 an anonymous source never revealed leaked 11.5 million
documents from Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm and corporate service
entity involving 214,488 offshore entities including financial and attorney
client information.
Reflections on the practice of polygamy which the Mormons once believed
and now no longer except in fringe groups like the Fundamenalist Church of
Latter Day Saints: “Some of the nations of Europe who believe in the one wife
system have actually forbidden a plurality of wives by their laws; and the
consequences are that the whole country among them is overrun with the most
abominable practices: adulteries and unlawful connections through all their
villages, towns, cities, and country places to a most fearful extent.” Apostle
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