Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For March 28, 2019 On the
religious liberty front, the City of San Antonio is being investigated by the
Texas AG for banning Chick-Fil-A from its airport due to its owners’ aversion
to the LBGT community which they believe
violates their Christian beliefs; on the anti-Trump front, the Eric Holder perhaps the most politicized AG to
hold the office after wisely deciding not to put his tarnished political record
into the ring by joining Cuomo questioning when was America ever great (shades
of Michelle Obama from a man who politicized the DOJ in a way not seen before
and who has obviously forgotten the efforts of the Greatest Generation in World
War II or their fathers who pulled Europe’s chestnuts out of the fire in World
War II and who has been the benefit of millions of legal aliens coming to
improve their life; while Schiff, Swalwell, Nadler and Waters continue to push
the discredited collusion delusion narrative, Trump blasts the disgraced top
brass of the FBI and vows to release the FISA warrants and applications that
should prove to be a chilling abuse of power; a federal judge has ruled the FBI
must turn over the documents on which it was relying upon to keep Comey’s memos
of conversations with Trump secret (this two year agony we have endured can be
directly traced to the false anti-Trump dossier which Comey leaked to the media
which led to the appointment of the special counsel; instead of thanking his
lucky stars for his get out of jail card, hoaxer in chief, Smollett, has had
his lawyers demand an apology from Chicago which has responded by demanding
payment of $130,000 spent in investigating the hoax (once again as the former
chief of staff of Michelle Obama weighed in with Kim Foxx who recused herself
but not her office, this sordid mess reveals two systems of justice, one for
mere mortals and the other for those with money and political connections); in
a blatant example of why blacks can be racist also, in Savannah, Georgia a
campaign meeting for mayor barred the press from entering unless they were
members of the black press; Trump has backed away from a funding cut for the
Special Olympics, taking away another point of attack of the Blues in 2020 and
proving once again how hard it is to rein in spending; in a new book revealing
the snit fits on The View Barbara
Walters threatened to quit if leftist Rosie O’Donnell resigned which she did
not; not much chance of bipartisanship in Puerto Rice where the governor called
Trump a bully and if he got close to him he would punch him in the face
(classic example of what is wrong with our political discourse and the
Democratic Party); in an unprecedented move every Republican on the House Intel
Committee has signed a letter because of Schiff’s continued lying and leaking
on the Russian collusion hoax demanding he resign as chairman (given his lack
of character and integrity it will not happen but another example of the
poisoned political atmosphere in the Swamp); frustrated with the delays of the
Blues in the Senate, McConnell is considering the suitcase nuclear option to
vote on failed votes to end filibuster whether such votes be approved which
would require only a majority; as of March 27, 2019 404 people have been shot
in Chicago of whom 70 have died (what makes the Smollett case so frustrating is
that it forced the city of Chicago to allocate scarce detective resources when in
only 9% of the shootings resulting in murder have a suspect being charged this
year).
As always, I
hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Janis
Joplinl, factoids of interest for this day in history, the some paizogony
with your mate; a relevant quote from Edward Teller on nuclear reactors and
Jane Fonda, 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. National Hot Tub Day—if you are fortunate
enough to have a hot tub today is the day to turn off your cell phone and relax
in it until your hands are wrinkled and let the warm waters and hydro jets
soothe your stress away.
2. Children’s Picture Book Day—like
we learned to crawl before we learned to walk the first step toward reading is having
a picture book read to a child.
3. 1971 Number One Song—the
number one song on this day in 1971 on a run of 2 weeks in that position
was “Me and Bobby McGee” by Janis Joplin. Here is a recording of the
song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV_QjenbDw
Sadly this great talented performer died of a heroin overdose on October 4,
1970 before the record was released in 1971.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day
as we move from words beginning with “o” to words beginning with “p” is
“paizogony” which means necking, love play which is always appreciated before
engaging in sexual relations with your mate.
5. Bad Deal—celebrating or bemoaning
the birth of Bowe Bergdahl a U.S. Army soldier who deserted his post in
Afghanistan on June 30, 2009 and was captured and held prisoner by the Taliban
until being exchanged for 5 high ranking Taliban fighters being held in Gitmo;
he was charged with desertion which he ultimately pled guilty to and was
dishonorably discharged and reduced in rank from sergeant to E1.
On this day
in:
a. 1933 Imperial Airlines City
of Liverpool was sit on fire while in the air by a passenger who jumped to
his death from 200 feet before crashing to the ground killing the remaining 14
on board to become the first airplane in flight to be destroyed by sabotage.
b. 1978 SCOTUS in the case of Stump v. Sparkman upheld
judicial immunity of a judge who had ordered sterilization of a female minor without
her knowledge or consent.
c. 1979 a coolant leak in Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor 2 prompted a partial meltdown and evacuation
of the surrounding area but fortunately no deaths or injuries; the reactor has
been dormant since and is expected to close in 2036.
d. 1990 the President George H.W. Bush posthumously awarded the
Medal of Honor to Jessie Owens who with 4 Gold Medals in the Berlin 1936
Olympics single handedly defeated the myth of Aryan supremacy.
e. 2006 massive demonstrations occurred in France to protest the
First Employment Contract designed to encourage employment of employees under the
age of 26 entering the job market by making it easier for employers to fire
them.
Reflections
on Jane Fonda and Three Mile Island:” On May 7, a few weeks after the accident at
Three-Mile Island, I was in Washington. I was there to refute some of that
propaganda that Ralph Nader, Jane Fonda and their kind are spewing to the news
media in their attempt to frighten people away from nuclear power. I am 71
years old, and I was working 20 hours a day. The strain was too much. The next
day, I suffered a heart attack. You might say that I was the only one whose
health was affected by that reactor near Harrisburg. No, that would be wrong.
It was not the reactor. It was Jane Fonda. Reactors are not dangerous.” Edward
Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb By coincidence Three Mile Island disaster
occurred 12 days after the release of The
China Syndrome which garnered Fonda a
Best Actress nomination.
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© March 28, 2019 Michael
P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
