Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For November 15, 2018 On the wildfire
front the Camp Fire is still uncontained and the death toll has risen to 56
with around 200 still missing and a new blaze has erupted near San Bernardino;
Flake is living up to the meaning of his last name by throwing a snit fit when
McConnell blocked a bill to protect Mueller by announcing he will vote against
any judicial nominee (good riddance though a national shame that Arizonans
elected the great deceiver Sinema as opposed to war hero McSally); the New York
Times and Facebook are in a snit fit after a the paper published a scathing
report on Facebook’s lack of response over Russian meddling with social media and
failure to act against the spread of fake news (who will have the guts in the
Swamp to apply anti-trust law against Google, Facebook and Twitter and call for
their break up to end their monopoly power and suppression of conservative views?);
Nancy Pelosi the despised lightning rod for Republicans is facing a growing “Never
Nancy” within her own party putting her quest for Speaker of the House in
question; the vanguard of the illegal alien caravan has reached the border at
Tijuana with thousands more behind them still approaching (Congress must change
the amnesty law to provide an illegal must seek and obtain amnesty at an
American Embassy or Consulate in his or
her home nation or be subject to
immediate deportation); Sinema lived up to her reputation as the great deceiver
when she broke her campaign promise not to support Schumer and voted for him;
the governors of Virginia and New York are being slammed for the billions in
extortion in the form of tax relief to Amazon to have it open a headquarter in
each state; Emanuel’s announcement that
he will not seek reelection has not curbed the gun violence as through November
14, 2018, 2652 people mostly of color have been shot by mostly people of color,
of whom 440 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 Tony
Bennett, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you
can always change channels to escape the toxic rhetoric and a relevant
quote on this Great American Smoke Out Day on why a smoker should quit, 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. Day of the Imprisoned Writer—created in 1981 by PEN International
an association of writers to create awareness of the plight of writers around
who are in prison for articles adverse to the interests of governments and to lobby
for their release.
2. Great American Smoke Out—created by the American Cancer Society in 1977 first held in San
Francisco to urge the 40 million Americans who still smoke to forgo the deadly
habit for 24 hours as a first step in ending their addiction.
3. 1953 Number One Song— the number one song in 1953 on a run of 6 weeks in that
position was “Rags to Riches” by Tony Bennett. Here is a recording of the
song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y22tIJ6toPY
He is still going strong and performing at the ripe young age of 92.
4. Word of the Year—according to the Oxford Dictionary the word of the year is
toxic which describes to a tee the political climate in this nation today.
5. Keeping Up With The Jones—celebrating the birth on this day in
1968 of Russell Jones better known as the rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard who was a
heavy drug user, was in prison and rehab and died of a drug overdose at the age
of 35.
On this day in:
On this day in:
a. 1971 Intel released the world’s first single chip microprocessor
the 4004.
b. 1975 a package in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to
Washington, D.C. started to emit smoke forcing the plane to make an emergency
landing.
c. 1985 a research assistant at the University of Michigan was
injured when a package sent by the Unabomber addressed to a professor exploded.
d. 1988 the first Fairtrade label Max Havelaar was introduced in the
Netherlands.
e. 2006 Al Jazeera English
was launched worldwide.
Reflections on smoking on Great American Smoke
Out Day: ““Smoking does not make you a KILLER per se, but your heart will drown
in GUILT if second hand smoke gave someone in your own family a
life-threatening disease. Save a lifetime of regret – quit today.” Anon
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© November 15, 2018, Michael P. Ridley aka the
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