Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For February 27, 2019 While Trump is
in Hanoi trying to move Kim forward tomorrow on the issue of giving up his
nukes which is of utmost importance to most Americans, the Blues are making a
spectacle of themselves by calling as their first witness convicted felon and
serial liar Michael Cohen to testify before the House Oversight Committee which
disregarded its own rules requiring committee members receive opening statements
and supporting documents 24 hours prior to a witness’ appearance (very
contentious partisan questioning lacking only as props fire extinguishers to put out
pants’ fire); good news out of Hanoi as billions in new aircraft deals with Boeing
in the billions; India and Pakistan are in a mini-skirmish in Kashmir which is
what this Earth in that part of the world does not need; the Cack News Network
is in the doghouse again by stacking a town hall meeting with Sanders with attendees
with deep roots to the Democratic Party and D.C. Lobbyists whom Sanders detest
(déjà vu again for the DNC establishment candidate); FOX News dominated the
cable airways in February with MSNBC finishing a distant 2nd and CNN
a really distant 6th ; 300 Venezuelan soldiers frustrated by Maduro’s
orders to block humanitarian aid coming in to the country have defected and
fled into Columbia; Northern California is being pounded by heavy rain and snow
making air flights in and out of the Bay Area problematic at best; the United
Methodist Church may become disunited as delegates to its General Conference voted
to strengthen the ban against same sex marriages and the ordination of LBGTQ
clergy; watch the supply of housing hit road blocks as progressive Oregon is
ready to pass legislation that would block rent increases state wide to 7% plus
inflation; to the surprise of many conservatives who had hoped her last bout
with lung cancer would cause Ruth Bader Ginsburg to retire at her return to the
court she appeared strong and alert.
As always, I hope you
enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to the Count Basie
and His Orchestra, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact
you are an orthographer and a relevant quote from John Sayer on the Wounded
Knee Siege shooting, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any
memorable events like college graduations, birthdays, weddings,
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1. World NGO Day—created by the UN in 2014 to promote the activities of NGOs in
conjunction with the public and private sector to address and promote awareness
of problems facing our societies today around the globe.
2. National Retro Day—commemorating the good old days before the internet, smart phone
and self driving cars while still living in the present with all of its
technological advances.
3. 1947 Number One Song— the number one song on this day in 1947 on a run of 1 week
in that position was “Open the Door Richard” by Count Basie and His
Orchestra. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXgOb6ek_Fw
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with
“n” to words beginning with “o” is “orthographer” which means a correct
speller a trait rendered somewhat no longer needed with spell check in Word.
5. Nothing Shows But Increasing Sales—celebrating the
birth on this day in 1971 of Sara Blakely the founder of the undergarment and
shape ware company Spanx which has made her a billionaire and whose company was
in the free publicity news as Susan Hyland revealed she was wearing a double Spanx
to conceal the bulge from a recent kidney transplant.
On this day
in:
a. 1922 SCOTUS in the case of Leser v Ganatt rebuffed an
attempt by plaintiff to declare the 19th Amendment giving women the
right to vote illegal.
b. 1939 SCOTUS ruled that sit down strikes violated a
property owner’s rights and were illegal.
c. 1951 the 22nd Amendment limiting the president to 2
terms was ratified.
d. 1964 the government of Italy requested aid to keep the
leaning Tower of Pisa from falling over which resulted in 26 years of extensive
studies on how to prevent it from falling over but keeping its distinctive
lean. The Tower of Pisa was closed to publice in 1990 while work began to
stabilize the lean and was opened in 2001 with stability assured for another
300 years.
e. 1073 the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee to
protest treatment of American Indians by the federal government and remained in occupation for 71 days before
surrendering to federal authorities.
Reflections on federal
overkill during the siege of Wounded Knee: “The equipment maintained by the
military while in use during the siege included fifteen armored personal
carriers, clothing, rifles, grenade launchers, flares, and 133,000 rounds of
ammunition, for a total cost, including the use of maintenance personnel from
the national guard of five states and pilot and planes for aerial photographs,
of over half a million dollars" John Sayer chronicler of the Wounded Knee siege.
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