Ridley’s Believe
It Or Not For May 17, 2018 Thanks to
six Blue votes Gina Haspel was confirmed as the first female director of the CIA (Flake should be ashamed of himself
for voting against her); Scott Peterson who would not go into Parkland School
as children were being gunned down is now receiving a pension of almost $9,000
a month for being a coward and a disgrace to his uniform; rumor has it that the
IG may be releasing his report on the sham “investigation” of HRC’s email
server as a growing number of Americans are becoming fed up with the witch-hunt
of Mueller that has fleeced taxpayers millions with zip collusion to show for
it (time to end Mueller and his pigs gorging at the public trough); the federal
judge who reamed Mueller a new sphincter over his prosecution of Manaforte has
now received a copy of the “scope” memorandum created by Rosenstein who should
be in jail for contempt of Congress as this conflicted witness refuses to
provide requested documents to Congress and slams Congress for exercising its
Constitutional right to oversight; in a pathetic display of self promotion and an
indictment of what is wrong with the MSM, aging porn star Stormy Daniels’
lawyer has been interviewed on TV 147 times in 10 weeks (enough is enough!); on
the why we need a secure border front, four time deported illegal alien Arnoldo
Pompa-Rascon has been arrested for attempted murder after shooting two victims;
the big island on Hawaii is blowing its proverbial top with ash plumes rising
30,000 feet into the air; in Chicago through May 16, 2018, 902 people have been
shot, of whom 147 (8 Parklands) have died.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Blondie,
factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that hopefully with
the Trump tax cut you will be enjoying entering the mammon class and a relevant
quote by Gregory Petsko on the benefits of fish oil, secure in the
knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like Father’s
Dday, 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. World Hypertension Day—promoting awareness of the need to monitor one’s blood pressure
which has been called the silent killer and a major cause of strokes and heart
attacks and exacerbated with obesity and a lack of exercise.
2. International Day
Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia—created on this day
in 2009 as a day against homophobia but later expanded to include phobias
against bisexuals and transgenders.
3. 1980 Number One
Song— the
number one song in 1980 on a run of 6 weeks in that position was “Call Me”
by Blondie. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StKVS0eI85I
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of
the day is “mammon” which means the wealthy or the upper class which the Blues
always are harping that they should pay their “fair share” of taxes.
5. Childhood
Diseases Can Be A Real Killer—celebrating the birth on this day in 1955 of noted actor Bill
Paxton who appeared in such films as Apollo
13 and Titanic but who as a child
came down with rheumatoid fever and suffered a fatal stroke at age 61 after
undergoing heart surgery to repair damage.
On
this day in:
a. 1977 to the
bane of parents, Nolan Bushnell opened the first Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in
San Diego.
b. 1990 the
General Assembly of the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from
its list of psychiatric disorders.
c. 1995 Shawn
Nelson stole a M-60 tank from the California National Guard Armory which
fortunately did not have any ammunition on board and proceeded to go on a
rampage in San Diego before police managed to open the hatch and shoot him to
death.
d. 2004 the first
legal same sex marriages in the United States were performed in the state of
Massachusetts.
e. 2006 the USS Oriskaney, an Essex Class Aircraft
Carrier that was completed after WWII was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to create
an artificial reef.
Reflections
on why salmon seiners should rule the world because of what they provide the
world: “As far as protecting yourself against Alzheimer's disease, well, it
turns out that fish oil has the effect of reducing your risk for Alzheimer's
disease. You should also keep your blood pressure down, because chronic high
blood pressure is the biggest single risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.”
Gregory Petsko, noted biochemist and endowed professor at Cornell University. Please
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