George H.W. Bush Rip

In April his wife of 73 years

Died to her soul on Earth disappear

Today George H. W. Bush’s soul opted to reunite

His body gave up on the stay alive fight

The oldest living ex-president has passed

Tomorrow in tribute flags will be at half mast

A vet in World War II, youngest fighter pilot to have flown

Shot down off Iwo Jima in skies we did not own

Rescued by a sub to a political career aspire

After serving in the oil business a career he would not tire

From this man’s political seed

A governor and president to fill the need

An incredible public servant whose deeds should impress

A President whose accomplishments we should honor more not less

To George Walker Bush now time to RIP

Your place is reserved in history

© November 30, 2018 Michael P. Ridley

Good Friday Anchorage Deja Vu

On March 27, 1964 the day became misnamed as a Good Friday it was not

A 9.2 earthquake ravaged Anchorage and 139 farms in Alaska, Oregon and California were bought

The ground moved up to 60 feet along 600 miles for 4 to 5 minutes of destruction

Hundreds of structures were heavily damaged or destroyed due to lack of earthquake proof construction

A tsunami of death reach as far south as Crescent City

Where 13 farms were bought without pity

The strongest earthquake ever to hit North American land

Showing how puny man is and the forces of nature he cannot withstand

The town of Valdez totally destroyed to be rebuilt on a new site

Silver lining in that TAPS did not exist so no environment oil pollution to then fight

When it comes to earthquakes many assume California in numbers leads

Not true as it is Alaska that the moving tectonics draw the most numerous beads

The silver lining is that no one seems to have died

And a tsunami warning has been lifted and damage to TAPS is denied

Alaskans are a hardy lot and hardy these Alaskans need to be

Without power in the dark in freezing temps surrounded by debris

The governor has declared a state of disaster

Down but no out the damage inflicted the state will master

Beefing up its building codes to enhance buildings’ ability to quake survive

While we here in California pray the aftershocks do not kill anyone still alive

© November 30, 2018 Michael P. Ridley

Storm On Horizon Coming To Avenatti--Scorned Client

Stormy Daniels has unleashed another storm

From Avenatti’s actions which appear beyond the norm

After a judge her defamation suit by Avenatti against Trump

Ruled that from the docket it be dumped

Our favorite star of porn

Feels that her counsel has her scorned

She claims the suit against Trump was without her consent

Wonders how the $600,000 Go Fund money was spent

He will not account for Go Fund money raised

If he mingled funds he is in deep Bandini land

A investigation by the State Bar may soon be at hand

Fortunately his numerous CNN and MSNBC appearances should soon come to an end

A poster child of why we mere mortals dislike lawyers and to the doghouse want to send

© November 30, 2018 Michael P. Ridley

TAv

November 30, 2018 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Meth Awareness Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For November 30, 2018 A 1964 Good Friday déjà vu as Anchorage, Alaska his by a 7.0 earthquake (fortunately no reports of tsunamis being formed like the one that hit Crescent City, California after the Good Friday earthquake); Secretary of the Interior Zinke has blasted Representative Grijalva as a drunken hostile Democrat for whom the taxpayers paid a former staffer almost $50,000 to dismiss a harassment suit after he wrote an OpEd calling for Zinke to resign (so much for a plea of civility and compromise when the person who should resign is Grijalva for his drunken and abusive behavior); at the G-20 Putin and the Saudi Crown Prince are high fiving it and Macron is caught on a hot mike lamenting to the Crown Prince that “You never listen to me.” In regards to Yemen; the welcome mat in Tijuana for the illegals is being yanked as the mayor demands that the organizers of the caravan be arrested while more illegals continue to head north; lady justice is nowhere blind as Clapper and Comey have lied to Congress with no adverse consequences but Cohen is prosecuted and has to plead guilty (when will this biased witch-hunt of Mueller in search of a crime end?); the Asian long horned tick first discovered in New Jersey has spread to 9 Eastern states and is raising concerns of the CDC since the insect is a voracious biter and can lay up to 2,000 eggs on its host without mating; Emanuel’s announcement that he will not seek reelection has not curbed the gun violence as through November 29, 2018, 2740 people mostly of color have been shot by mostly people of color, of whom 461 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).

        As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Lorne Greene, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you have no need to dwell on nugacious issues and a relevant quote from an addict on the dangers of using meth, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like college graduations, 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. Meth Awareness Day—created by President Bush on this day to promote awareness of the dangers of using meth, a drug that destroys large areas of the brain.

2. Computer Security Day—celebrating since 1988 the need for awareness of the need to have strong spyware systems and passwords that are unique to each device and website and updated frequently even more so than ever on a day in which the Marriott announced that a data breach had occurred with respect to 500 million users.

3. 1964 Number One Song— the number one song in 1964 on a run of 1 week in that position was “Ringo” by Lorne Greene. Here is a recording of the song:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCyuq-ofnPc

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we moved from words beginning with “m” to words beginning with “n” is “nugacious” which means unimportant which far too many of us dwell on nugacious things.

5. Ten Thousand Angels Can Be Trumped by the Depression and Substance Abuse Devil--celebrating the birth on this day in 1975 of noted country singer Mindy McCready best known for her first album Ten Thousand Angels but who struggled with depression and substance abuse and shot herself to death at the age of 37.

    On this day in: 

a. 1972 Press Secretary Ron Ziegler announced that since troop levels in South Vietnam had fallen to 27,000, there would be no more public announcements of further troop reductions there..

b. 1982 Michael Jackson released his sixth record album Thriller which went on to become the most purchased album in history until surpassed by the Eagles—Greatest Hits-1971-1975 in August of this year.

c. 1995 Operation Desert Storm officially came to an end with a crushing defeat by Coalition forces of the Iraqis. 

d. 1998 Exxon and Mobil signed a $73.7 merger agreement to create ExxonMobil the largest company in the world.

e. 1999 some 40,000 anti-globalization protestors violently rioted against a meeting of the World Trade Organization catching the police by surprise and forcing cancelation of opening ceremonies.

    Reflections on the dangers of meth from a meth addict: “Welfare money was not enough to pay for our ‘meth’ habit and support our son, so we turned our rented home into a meth lab. We stored the toxic chemicals in our refrigerator, not knowing that the toxins would permeate into the other food stored in the icebox. “When I gave my three-year-old son some cheese to eat, I did not know that I was giving him poisoned food. I was too stoned on meth to notice it until twelve hours later, that my son was deathly ill. But then I was so stoned it took me two hours to figure out how to get him to the hospital five miles away. By the time I got to the emergency room my boy was pronounced dead of a lethal dose of ammonia hydroxide, one of the chemicals used to make meth.” —Melanie

     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 poems on breaking news items of importance or go to www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com for just This Day in History.

© November 30, 2018,  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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November 28, 2018 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Red Planet Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For November 28, 2018 The Red candidate in Mississippi blew out the Blue by 10 percentage points to give the Reds a 53 to 47 majority which will help Trump in his quest to reshape the federal courts; Flake true to his name has seen his bill to protect Mueller blocked from a vote and true to form voted with Blues to block the Farr confirmation to go forward forcing Pence to vote in favor (what a joke this man is and although Sinema replacing him will be even worse, it will be great to see him gone); more and more Central Americans are heading toward Tijuana and the left continues to go ballistic over the use of tear gas against rock throwing illegals that tried to rush the border (nothing but silence when Obama authorized the same use); the good news is that many illegal asylum scammers are giving up and heading back to their home countries; the left is going over the top once again criticizing Melania Trump over her selection of Christmas decorations for the White House (this women of incredible class and taste has responded that the decorations look great in the face of Trump derangement syndrome); 203 Blues voted to nominate Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House but 15 votes short of what she will need to win election in January (as bad and partisan as she is her election will insure that the Reds will be galvanized in 2020 to retake the House); former AG Gonzales has blasted Mueller if he has been setting perjury traps for Trump (Mueller and his disgraced and rebuked lap dog Weissman are under growing condemnation over the duration and politicization of his witch-hunt); Madonna has not prevailed in her court fight to overturn by-laws of her co-op to ban her staff and children from staying in her $7.2 million apartment when she is not there; at the first stop of their 13 city tour, only 3300 people were dumb enough to buy tickets to hear this pathetic couple at the 19,000 seat Scotiabank Arena in Toronto; on the day Trump disbanded his Voter Fraud Commission a Texas Apellate Court upheld the conviction and sentence of 8 years  of permanent resident Rosa Maria Ortega for illegally voting for ten years (another example of why we need a national ID card to prevent this sort of nonsense); Emanuel’s announcement that he will not seek reelection has not curbed the gun violence as through November 27, 2018, 2726 people mostly of color have been shot by mostly people of color, of whom 458 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).

        As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Dale and Grace, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you have no need to nubilate and a relevant quote from Margaret Thatcher on socialism, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like college graduations, 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. Red Planet Day—commemorating the launch of Mariner 4 on this day in 1964 which after 228 days passed within  6,118 miles of Mars.

2. Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting—celebrating since 1933 the lighting of a 69-100 foot Christmas tree at the Rockefeller Center in Manhattan on the first Wednesday after Thanksgiving.

3. 1963 Number One Song— the number one song in 1963 on a run of 2 weeks in that position was “I’m Leaving It Up to You” by Dale and Grace. Here is a recording of the song:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5L5i7ARdAY

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we moved from words beginning with “m” to words beginning with “n” is “nubilate” which means to obscure which is a trait that the Deep State is particularly fond of.

5. Monkey Business--celebrating the birth on this day in 1936 of Gary Hart a former senator and failed candidate for president whose campaign was derailed by a photo of Donna Rice on his lap on a dock during a yacht trip to the Pacific aboard the yacht Monkey Business.

    On this day in: 

a. 1942 in Boston, a fire at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub killed 492 people.

b. 1965 responding to President Johnson’s call for more flags in South Vietnam President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announced he would send Filipino troops to South Vietnam.

c. 1972 Claude Buffet and Roger Bontemps had the dubious distinction of being the last criminals guillotined in France. 

d. 1980 the bulk of the Iraqi Navy was destroyed by the Iranian Navy.

e. 1990 the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher, resigned a leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister resulting in John Major replacing her in both positions.

    Reflections that Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders need to pay heed to: “The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.” Margaret Thatcher Wise advice that the far left continue to ignore. 

     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 poems on breaking news items of importance or go to www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com for just This Day in History.

© November 28, 2018,  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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November 27, 2018 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Giving Tuesday

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For November 27, 2018 The mid terms will officially end today as voters in Mississippi are going to polls in a runoff for senator after Trump held two rallies yesterday for the Republican candidate (if she wins the Republicans will have picked up two seats); Jim Acosta is back and still up to his old antics, sparring with Sanders argumentatively and violating the one question rule promulgated by the White House; GM’s closing of plants and laying off thousands due to its discontinuance of its Impala and Cruze lines has raised the ire of President Trump who has raised the possibility of terminating subsidiaries; former Pennsylvania AG Kathleen Kane has been ordered to report to jail to start serving her 10-23 month prison sentence for leaking grand jury material then lying about it (pretty despicable breach of the public trust); Putin is back to his old aggressive tricks as Russia has fired on Ukraine’s ships and seized 24 sailors prompting Trump to threaten to cancel his upcoming meeting with Putin; on the pc censorship front Twitter was raked over the coals for permanently banning Iraq vet Jesse Kelly on the Tucker Carlson Show last night and surprise Twitter reinstated him (this sort of censorship has got to come to an end and the only tweets that should be banned are those inciting violence); the leftist MSM and Blues continue to go ballistic over the fact that the Border Patrol after being pelted with rocks and bottles used tear gas to disperse and angry mob of asylum scammers trying to rush the border; Emanuel’s announcement that he will not seek reelection has not curbed the gun violence as through November 26, 2018, 2723 people mostly of color have been shot by mostly people of color, of whom 457 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).

        As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to the Four Seasons, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you have no need to bring a noxal action against someone today and a relevant quote from Caroline Kennedy on kindness, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like college graduations, 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. Giving Tuesday—created by the Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact in response to the commercialism celebrated by Black Friday and Cyber Monday; giving to those less fortunate is a great way to enjoy the gift of peace.

2.National Electric Guitar Day—celebrating the contribution to music of this unique instrument popularized by the late great Jimi Hendrix who was born on this day in 1942 but despite his talent was a heavy drug and alcohol user and had his cord unplugged for good after taking 18 times the normal dose of sleeping pills on September 18, 1970.

3. 1962 Number One Song— the number one song in 1962 on a run of 5 weeks in that position was “Big  Girls Don’t Cry” by the Four Seasons. Here is a recording of the song:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8yvnqHmFds

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we moved from words beginning with “m” to words beginning with “n” is “noxal” which means of, like or pertaining to a wrongful injury by an object or animal of another.

5. Last of Camelot--celebrating the birth on this day in 1957 of Caroline Kennedy the last surviving child of President Kennedy and former ambassador to Japan.

    On this day in: 

a. 1965 in a reinforcing a lost cause the Pentagon advised President Johnson that to succeed in South Vietnam, American troop strength would have to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000, advice which sadly the president followed and exceeded.

b. 1968 Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play in a professional men’s basketball game for the Kentucky Colonels against the Los Angeles Stars inbounding a pass to a teammate who immediately called a time out as the 5’3” Early returned to and remained at the bench.

c. 1975 after announcing a £50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of IRA members responsible for shootings and bombings in the U.K. Alan Whirter, the co-founder of The Guinness Book of Records, was assassinated by the Provisional IRA. 

d. 1978 San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and openly gay Supervisor Harvey Milk were shot and killed by Dan White who used the Twinkie defense to escape being convicted of murder to receive a 7 year sentence for manslaughter.

e. 2015 Robert Dear, Jr. entered a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado and shot and killed 3 people and wounded 9 others before surrendering to a SWAT team; a judge ruled he was incompetent to stand trial and ordered him to be confined to a state mental hospital where he remains today.

    Reflections on what this nation needs in addition to prosperity: “As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.” Caroline Kennedy. Wise advice from someone who has known tragedy in her family on something in our divisive society is totally lacking. 

     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 poems on breaking news items of importance or go to www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com for just This Day in History.

© November 27, 2018,  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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November 26, 2018 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Good Grief Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For November 26, 2018 Finally some sense of rationality on the illegal alien caravan front as Mexico has moved to deport those who tried to overrun the border (seeking a job is not grounds for asylum and they should be deported immediately if apprehended); Ocasio-Cortez back in the news making a fool of herself comparing the Jews in Nazi Germany to the illegal asylum scammers in the caravan while celebs slam Trump for using tear gas on illegals charging the border fence in Tijuana; Beto O’Rourke that failed Texas Senatorial run dork now is considering joining the crowded 2020 field (he must have not spent a lot of the millions he raised and is feeling cocky); on the space front the InSight Lander has successfully landed on Mars and is beaming back photos of the Martian surface (the probe will analyze below the Martian surface as a prelude to a manned expedition in 2030); with no ability to obtain quid pro quo donations to the Clinton Foundation are dropping like a hot rock from $62.9 million in 2016 to $26.7 in 2017 giving credence to the pay to play accusations by Reds; Emanuel’s announcement that he will not seek reelection has not curbed the gun violence as through November 25, 2018, 2718 people mostly of color have been shot by mostly people of color, of whom 457 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).

        As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Jimmy Dean, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you are blessed with nous and a relevant quote from Tina Turner on abusive relationships, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like college graduations, 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. Cyber Monday—celebrating and promoting online shopping which remains on a surging growth path.

2. Good Grief Day—celebrating the birth on this day in 1922 of Charles Schultz, the creator of Peanuts whose main character Charlie Brown often used the phrase.

3. 1961 Number One Song— the number one song in 1961 on a run of 5 weeks in that position was “Big Bad John” by Jimmy Dean. Here is a recording of the song:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnnHprUGKF0

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we moved from words beginning with “m” to words beginning with “n” is “nous” which means pure intellect or reason, a trait which most in the Swamp lack.

5. Long Leg of Success--celebrating the birth on this day in 1939 of noted singer and actress Tina Turner known for her voice and long legs and who fortunately for her safety and sanity divorced Ike Turner due to his abuse, infidelities and substance abuse to go on to forge a very successful solo career.

    On this day in: 

a. 1863 President Lincoln proclaimed the 4^th Thursday in November to be Thanksgiving the day on which it has always been celebrated except during 1939-1941 when President Roosevelt moved it up one week to stimulate retail sales during the Great Depression.

b. 1976 Sex Pistols released “Anarchy in the U.K” heralding the arrival of punk rock.

c. 1998 Prime Minister Tony Blair became the first prime minister to address the Irish Parliament. 

d. 2000 Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush to be the winner of Florida which put him at 271 electoral votes one more than needed to become president prompting litigation that went up to the Florida Supreme Court and then to SCOTUS which halted the recount and put Bush into office.

e. 2003 the Concorde made its last flight ending supersonic commercial air traffic.

    Reflections on abusive relationships: “For anyone who's in an abusive relationship, I say this: Go. Nothing can be worse than where you are now. You have to take care of yourself first—and then you take care of your children. They will understand later.” Tina Turner Wise advice from someone in an abusive relationship. 

     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 poems on breaking news items of importance or go to www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com for just This Day in History.

© November 26, 2018,  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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November 24, 2018 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Small Business Saturday

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For November 24, 2018 On the wildfire front, helped by heavy rains,  the Camp Fire is now 95% contained as firefighters are slowly gaining ground and the death toll has risen to 84 with the number of people missing has decreased to 475; the House will hold hearings on the state of the DOJ’s investigation of the Clinton Foundation which has been heavily criticized for the pay to play scandal of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton while Comey has told the House to take a hike as he will ignore the subpoena if the hearing is not closed; Trump and Chief Justice Roberts are in a snit fit over an Obama District Court Judge blocking
Trump’s executive order on asylum as the illegal alien caravan begins to arrive in Tijuana; Schumer drew flack for condemning Justice Roberts’ decisions while praising for standing up to Trump; in a Holy Rollers moment Houston firefighters responding to a supposed church fire discovered no flames but a 100 illegal slot machines; the most overused word in the
English language was used after the airing of the 1973 Charlie Brown Thanksgiving since a black Franklin was sitting by himself in a lawn chair at the dinner table; the Fourth National Climate Assessment was released indicating that if there are not significant reductions in greenhouse emissions the U.S. economy will be reduced by 10% in the next 80 years; on the sports front Phil Mickelson birdied the 4^th playoff hole to best Tiger Woods in their $9 million golf matchup in Law Vegas; sadly 13 year old Sandra Parks who wrote a prize winning essay on gun violence two years ago was shot and killed when two gunman opened fire on her house; Emanuel’s announcement that he will not seek reelection has not curbed the gun violence as through November 22, 2018, 2712 people mostly of color have been shot by mostly people of color, of whom 457 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).

        As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Elvis Presley, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you can change the channel when exposed to nothous claims and a relevant quote from Alan Dershowitz on the Iran nuclear deal, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like college graduations, 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. Evolution Day—celebrating the publication on this day in 1859 of Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species.

2. Small Business Saturday—created by American Express in 2010 to promote shopping at small businesses which are the backbone of our economy in terms of job growth.

3. 1960 Number One Song— the number one song in 1960 on a run of 6 weeks in that position was “Are You Lonesome Tonight” by Elvis Presley. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cS5aCozhcA  

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we moved from words beginning with “m” to words beginning with “n” is “nothous” which  means spurious which too often describes the news output of the MSM.

5. To Trip A President--celebrating the birth on this day in 1949 of Linda Trip who secretly recorded her conversations with Monica Lewinsky that led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton.

    On this day in: 

a. 1944 the 73^rd Bombardment Wing commenced the first B-29 bombing runs over Tokyo.

b. 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President Kennedy was shot and killed in the basement of the Dallas Police Department by Jack Ruby.

c. 1973 West Germany due the OPEC oil embargo imposed a speed limit on its Autobahn which lasted for four months. 

d. 1974 Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discovered a 40% complete skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis that they name “Lucy” in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia’s Afar Depression.

e. 2013 Iran signed a deal called by Trump the worst deal in history with the P5+1 nations calling for it to reduce its nuclear program in exchange for reduced economic sanctions.

    Reflections on Iran nuclear deal: ““Most people today are not aware that British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain helped restore Great Britain’s financial stability during the Great Depression and also passed legislation to extend unemployment benefits, pay pensions to retired workers, and otherwise help those hit hard by the slumping economy. But history does remember his failure to confront Hitler. That is Chamberlain’s enduring legacy. So too will Iran’s construction of nuclear weapons, if it manages to do so in the next few years, become President Barack Obama’s enduring legacy. Regardless of his passage of health care reform and regardless of whether he restores jobs and helps the economy recover, Mr. Obama will be remembered for allowing Iran to obtain nuclear weapons.” ― Alan Dershowitz, The Case Against the Iran Deal: How Can We Now Stop Iran from Getting Nukes? 

     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 poems on breaking news items of importance or go to www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com for just This Day in History.

© November 24, 2018,  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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Snipe Finally Resigns

Brenda Snipe finally saw the writing on the wall

For her ineptness of fraud that occurred once again in the fall

Totally delusional that she was doing a great job

While misplaced lost ballots looked like a win by Scott to rob

Snipe finally did something right and from her post resigned

Only question remaining is whether Florida will prosecute her for election law violation crimes

Americans should be outraged by the Blue apparent strategy of being able to oversee the counting of votes

This is a clear and present danger to our democracy not in the slightest way remote

Out of the Stalin playbook to insure that elections are a sham

A well thought never let the Reds regain power evil program

No longer as election supervisor in Broward County there

But in parting of course the racist card she tried to share

© November 22, 2018 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

Camp Fire Death Toll Continues to Climb

Paradise is a name that evokes images of a heavenly scene

Of tranquil seas, gentle breezes and waves of grassy green

Today a town so misnamed by a fiery deadly hell

Totally burned to the ground a place where almost no one can now dwell

A town with lots of retirees trying to the flames trying to flee

Roads encased in flames from burning and exploding trees

83 dead from smoke and flames that moved at lightning speed

Life in the face of a raging Mother Nature clinging on a slender reed

No Paradise in Paradise only ash and the burnt scent of death

While miles away in the Bay Area residents are choking for breath

The second punch may be delivered on Thursday

Increasing rain means deadly mudslides are on their way

We humans may be on the top of the food chain and think Mother Nature we can rule

The dead, hundreds still missing and the burned out homeless show that idea is one of fools

© November 22, 2018 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

Poetry in Motion at Mi Casa

Ode to Poetry in Motion

Mexico is known as mañana land

Where nothing is ever done at the tempo of a quick stepping marching band

At Mi Casa that concept is dismissed out of hand

Here there is a server who moves with speed hard to understand

A flurry of motion

Pure customer devotion

A blonde with well coiffured blonde hair

Beauty in blue jeans that would turn many a head to stare

A pro at what so skillfully she has to do

Customer service with a memory of desired brand of brew

© November 20, 2018 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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Camp Fire Smoke Reaches New York City

California’s oppressive taxes and regulations are causing people to from the state flee

On that statement it’s hard to disagree

The beneficiaries of this exodus are low tax states

Where cheaper fuel and housing prices await

Something else is also in flight mode

Making its way quickly to a new abode

The smoke and embers from the Camp Fire have now reached New York City

Creating hazy skies and enhanced sunsets and sunrises very pretty

While the New Yorkers are enjoying the colorful hue

Californians are nearly suffocating praying that the fire will soon be through

© November 21, 2018 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

November 21, 2018 Ridley's Believe It Or Not World Television Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For November 21, 2018 On the wildfire front, the Camp Fire is now 80% contained as firefighters are slowly gaining ground and the death toll has risen to 81 with the number of people missing has increased to 870 with heavy rains forecasted for Wednesday which should help firefighters but hinder the search for victims and result in mudslides; the House will hold hearings on the state of the DOJ’s investigation of the Clinton Foundation which has been heavily criticized for the pay to play scandal of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; on the war on women front, a federal judge has ruled that a Michigan law banning female genital mutilation is unconstitutional as it infringes on the freedom of religion clause (where in the Koran does it condone this barbaric practice?); on the political correctness front, Rider University in New Jersey notwithstanding an overwhelming desire of its students to have Chick-fil-A on campus has refused to allow the chain due to its corporate values (school alumni should boycott giving a single penny to this school); Massachusetts has opened two dispensaries for recreational marijuana; the House has passed a farm bill that imposes increased work requirements to receive SNAP assistance but the Senate bill has left the existing rules unchanged (with the unemployment rate as low as it is why the Senate is not following the House is a complete mystery recipients able to work should be required to do so); Emanuel’s announcement that he will not seek reelection has not curbed the gun violence as through November 19, 2018, 2692 people mostly of color have been shot by mostly people of color, of whom 452 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).

        As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Bobby Darin, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you are fortunate enough to not be subject to nugament and a relevant quote from Richard Nixon on Reagan and the Iran-Contra affair, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like college graduations, 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 Television Day--created by the UN to promote awareness of the contribution of television to our daily lives.

2. Alaskattalo Day—created by writer Steven Levi to promote Alaskan humor and named after the fictitious animal the alaskattalo a cross between a moose and a walrus. The day is marked by a one block parade down an alley in Anchorage, Alaska.

3. 1959 Number One Song— the number one song in 1959 on a run of 3 weeks in that position was “Mack the Knife” by Bobby Darin. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=SEllHMWkXEU His switchblade was permanently closed at the age of 37 on December 20, 1973 following open heart surgery to repair a damage heart valve.

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we moved from words beginning with “m” to words beginning with “n” is “nugament” which  means nonsense which describes sadly what goes on too often in the Swamp.

5. Sock It To Me--celebrating the birth on this day in 1945 of actress Goldie Hawn who is best noted for her being a cast member of Laugh In and the socialite recruit in Private Benjamne. She is still going strong at age 73 and still with Kurt Russell after 35 years.

    On this day in: 

a. 1967 in a pre Tet delusional moment General Westmoreland told reporters that “Today I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing.” How wrong he was as Tet would prove in 1968.

b. 1969 the first permanent ARPANET link was established between UCLA and SRI.

c. 1970 a joint U.S. Army and Air Force special ops team landed at the Son Tay prisoner of war camp near Hanoi but found that the prisoners had been previously moved. 

d. 1985 Jonathan Pollard was arrested for spying on behalf of Israel and transmitting classified information on Arab nations to Israel. He pled guilty and became the only person sentenced to life for releasing classified material to an ally of the U.S. He was granted parole and released on November 20, 2015.

e. 1986 Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly linking them to the Iran-Contra affair.

    Reflections on Iran-Contra by one whose own scandal ended his presidency: “Reagan will survive, because, when all is said and done, Reagan can get up and say 'I am an idiot and therefore I can't be blamed,' and everyone will agree.I never had that option.” Richard M. Nixon

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© November 21, 2018,  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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