Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For September 2, 2018 McCain’s
funeral service was a touching memorial to a great man complete with a very grieving
daughter who attacked Trump not by name but in a way anyone present or watching
would know she was not pleased, tributes by Obama and Bush and a beautiful rendition
of “O Danny Boy” (when will Trump get it that to be a president one must at
events like funerals or tragedies act like one with empathy and compassion
instead of reaching for the tweet to tout MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN in response
to Meghan’s eulogy); Schumer’s proposal to rename the Russell Senate Office
Building after McCain is gaining traction along with some opposition from
Democrats (in this wave of removing Confederate flags and memorials it is ironic
that the Senate honors a staunch segregationist who opposed civil rights and
laws against lynching); Libya is going to hell and a hand basket as rival
militia groups clash in Tripoli and 400 prisoners at the Ain Zara prison riot
and then escape (another example of the failed policy of regime change of
Clinton and Obama and an omen of more refugees trying to flee to Europe; the UK
and the EU are in a snit fit over Brexit with May showing some spine against
the EU; the confirmation bloodbath over Kavanaugh’s confirmation starts on
Tuesday (wonder if the Republican governor of Arizona will immediately fill the
vacancy created by McCain’s death with a Republican to restore their 52-48
majority); after floating speculation that John Kerry is thinking of running in
2020, he revealed that his running mate in 2004 John Edwards did not measure up
as a candidate; Pope Francis is being dragged into the sexual abuse scandal
plaguing the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania with allegations that he had covered
up the scandal; in Chicago while Rahm Emanuel continues to imitate Nero playing the fiddle and Chicago’s
top cop lays the blame directly on prosecutors and lenient judges not sending
armed thugs to jail, through September 1, 2018 2082 people mostly of color have
been shot by mostly people of color, of whom 333 have died (when will Chicago
get serious about this carnage or is this the case of true racism as a Blue run
city turns a deaf ear and a blind eye to the slaughter of mostly people of
color by mostly people of color and when will Emanuel who has been MIA resign
or be voted out of office).
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Glenn
Campbell, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that there
is a chance however slim that Congress will honor the memory John McCain by not
being multifarious and a relevant quote from President Harry S. Truman on
unconditional surrender, secure in the knowledge that if you
want to find a gift for any memorable events like college graduations,
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1. Victory Over Japan Day—celebrating the end of the war in the
Pacific and Asia when on this day in 1945 Japan on board the USS Missouri signed documents of
unconditional surrender.
2. Spaulding Baseball Day—celebrating the birth on this day in
1850, noted baseball pitcher and the founder of Spaulding Sporting Goods
Company.
3. 1975 Number One Song— the number one song in 1975 on
a run of 2 weeks in that position was “Rhinestone Cowboy” by Glenn
Campbell who battled alcoholism and cocaine addiction and who announced in 2011
that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s which caused his death on August 8,
2017. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kAU3B9Pi_U
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “multiviolent”
which means disagreeing which defines our political culture to a tee and
explains the gridlock in the Swamp.
5. Twinkies Are Deadly—bemoaning or celebrating the birth on
this day in 1946 of Dan White who became infamous for his killing of Mayor
Moscone of San Francisco and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected
official in the country, and would have killed Supervisor Willie Brown, a nemesis
of Reds but could not find him on the day of the shootings; White committed
suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning at the age of 39.
On this
day in:
a. 1901
President Teddy Roosevelt uttered his famous line “Speak softly but carry a big
stick.” at the Minnesota State Fair.
b. 1935
the Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to hit the United States
made landfall at Long Key, Florida eventually leaving 400 dead in its wake.
c. 1963 CBS Evening News became the first
television station to expand its 15 minute news program to a full half hour.
d. 1987
the trial of Mathias Rust for landing his private aircraft in Red Square Moscow
commenced; he was found guilty, sentenced to 4 years prison and released after
14 months and several top ranking military air defense officials were removed
from their posts.
e. 2013
the Eastern replacement span for the San Francisco-Bay Bridge reopened after
expenditures of $6.3 billion following the destruction of the old span in the
1989 Loma Prieto earthquake.
Reflections on meaning
of unconditional surrender: Just what does the unconditional surrender of the
armed forces mean for the Japanese people? It means the end of the war. It
means the termination of the influence of the military leaders who have brought
Japan to the present brink of disaster. It means provision for the return of
soldiers and sailors to their families, their farms, their jobs.It means not
prolonging the present agony and suffering of the Japanese in the vain hope of
victory. Unconditional surrender does not mean the extermination or slavement
of the Japanese people.” President Harry S. Truman, May 8, 1945
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items of importance or go to www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com for
just This Day in History.
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2018 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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