Sunday, March 31, 2019

Biden Picking Abrams-Take The Cake Or Wise Move


Uncle Joe Biden already seeing his reputation by a sexual harassment claim tarnished
Is contemplating naming from his announcement the candidate for Vice President he wants his appeal to garnish
Stacey Abrams a black female who barely lost in the Georgia gubernatorial race
But then refused to concede and let the winner rightfully take his place
Tagged a sore loser who received a lot of flack
Abrams may want to a Senate seat effort track
Could be a déjà vu moment ala Ted Cruz
Who announced he would pick Fiorina as VP but went to Indiana to lose
Politics makes strange bedfellows and Biden’s move may take the cake
A move that would be a campaign ending mistake
Or it might shore up his tarnished standing with females and the progressive wing
Hold on to your seats too soon to see what twists and turns 2020 will in the fall bring
© March 31, 2019 Michael P. Ridley

Herring Shortage May Curtail Lobster


For lobster lovers disturbing news that on prices will have an adverse bearing
Lobsters are caught in traps that must be baited and the bait of choice is herring
The disturbing news is that the catch of herring is significantly down
Lobster men may not have enough bait to put enough traps on the marine grounds
Plus with the Chinese devouring lobster like it is going out style
The poor consumer here may be looking at high prices for quite a while
Nothing beats a steamed lobster with garlic butter in which to dip
Try one and you will be locked into its addictive culinary grip
If in Little Saigon, the lobster is sliced up
So a struggle over extracting the whole tail does not erupt
No need for the bibs as each piece easily comes free
Unless allergic to shell fish it’s a meal so easy to agree
Hard to believe that not too long ago lobster was thought of as scrap fish
Not worthy to be classified as a 5 star epicurean dish
Let’s hope the lobster men find a substitute for herring
So during the summer lobster bakes with friends we will be sharing
For those who on cholesterol levels seemed doomed to dwell
Relax, a lobster is probably 90% shell   
© March 31, 2019 Michael P. Ridley  

March 31, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Cesar Chavez Day


Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For March 31, 2019  Amidst reports that the “mother of all caravans is being formed to include upwards of 20,000 illegals according to Mexico’s Interior Secretary Sanchez
Cordero as Trump met good his threat to cut aid to Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras while Blues continue to insist the crisis at the border is not real only manufactured (anyone taking that position is completely ignorant and out to lunch refusing to address asylum which is being scammed and could be solved in a heartbeat by requiring seekers to seek asylum at the American Embassy or consulates in their host country and if not granted or applied for be subject to immediate deportation); Pope Francis has slammed those who want to build walls and barriers to keep migrants out (sadly this argument bolsters Pelosi’s criticism that walls are immoral; Trump is serious about his threat to close the border if Mexico and Central America do not step up their nonexistent efforts to halt the illegal migrations (as has been done and applauded in the past by Presidents Nixon and Reagan); Reps. AOC and Ayanna Pressley are pushing back on Blue House leadership’s plans to protect Blue incumbents from primary challengers; the reptilian brain may have claimed another victim, Joe Biden, who has been charged by 2014 Blue Lieutenant Governor candidate Lucy Flores of unwanted sexual advances (Biden has denied but promises to listen respectively and the nation wonders whether since this involves a Blue, Hirono will be ranting the accuser must be believed); Rashida Tlaib who is pushing impeachment is alleging that Obama looked her straight in the eye and stated “I am proud of you.”; Senator Feinstein who lost all credibility with her delayed ambush of Judge Kavanaugh is fuming because President Trump has not consulted with Queen Di Fi over two proposed nominees to the 9th Circuit (what does she expect--that Trump will receive an objective listening to his ideas—what a joke); on the lobster front going into the summer lobster fishing season, lobster fisherman are facing a decline of herring which is the preferred bait fish for lobster traps; as of March 30, 2019 429 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 74 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 John Denver, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you are employed as a palingman; a relevant quote from Cesar Chavez on farm workers, 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 Back Up Day—on the eve of April Fools today is a great day to back up your data to avoid be caught nude and empty from a data perspective.
2. Cesar Chavez Day—created by President Obama in 2014 to honor the accomplishments of Cesar Chavez in the agricultural labor relations field to improve labor conditions and wages of farm workers.
3. 1974 Number One Songthe number one song on this day in 1974 on a run of 1 week in that position was “Sunshine on My Shoulders” by John Denver. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diwuu_r6GJE Unfortunately there was no sunshine on his shoulders on October 12, 1997 and he crashed his plane into Monterey Bay and died.
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 “palingman” which means a seller of fish or eels which is one smelly profession to be involved in at the retail level.
5. Carbon Footprint Hypocrite—celebrating or bemoaning the birth on this day of Al Gore who has served as a Representative and Senator from Tennessee and Vice President under Clinton. After losing to Bush he became a leading activist against climate change and global warming although he probably has one of the largest carbon footprints on the planet and on global warming is probably the epitome of do as I say not as I do.
       On this day in:                                        
a. 1931 a Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashers near Baazar, Kansas, killing 8, including University of Notre Dame head coach Knute Rockne.. 
b. 1951 Remington Rand delivered the first UNIVAC I to the U.S. Census Bureau.
c. 1968 after ending a speech on how to limit the war in Vietnam, President Johnson stunned the nation with his vow that “I shall not seek nor will I accept my party’s nomination to run as your president for another term.”
d. 1990 about 200,000 protestors took to the streets of London to protest the implementation of a poll tax.
e. 1992 in an end of an era moment, the USS Missouri, the last active battleship in the U.S. Navy was decommissioned in Long Beach to later become a floating museum in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  
        Reflections on being a farm worker: ” Farm workers are society's canaries. Farm workers - and their children - demonstrate the effects of pesticide poisoning before anyone else.” Cesar Chavez
        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.
© March 31, 2019  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet


Saturday, March 30, 2019

Uproar Over Proposed Renaming L.A. Memorial Coliseum to United Airlines


The Friendly Skies took an unwelcome turn for the worse
As its naming rights agreement with USC felt the public’s curse
LA Memorial Coliseum named to honor American Veterans of World War One
Whose surge of troops to exhausted allies enabled the war to be won
Was supposed to for $69 million become United Airlines Memorial Coliseum
Has created a among politicians and veterans’ groups somewhat of a rheum
United Airlines does not conjure up images of blood and sacrifice
Only no leg room, overbooking, dead pets in cargo and suffering of passengers that is anything but nice
Let the veterans of World War One not have to roll over in their graves
Least we can do for those who died to end all wars and democracies in Europe save
© March 30, 2019 Michael P. Ridley

No NAACP Award For Smollett Who's Slammed By Chris Rock


The fact that Jussie Smollett was nominated for a NAACP Award shows the organization may be out of its mind
Creating a hoax that could easily have anti white feelings stoked with violence no wonder Smollett has been maligned
Fortunate saner minds prevailed
In his quest of the award, he failed
But the host Chris Rock slammed him as a total fool
False racial attackers in MAGA hats so very uncool
Feeling the need to hide from the public spotlight and lay low
At the Awards Dinner Jussie Smollett was a visible no show
This whole hoax episode continues to stink
As confidence in Kim Foxx’s judgment also sinks
Was there a quid pro quo to the charges dismiss?
If FBI does not investigate another example of it being remiss
© March 30, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet  

March 30, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not World Bipolar Day


Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For March 30, 2019  Schumer and Pelosi and all the other Blues with their heads in the sands claiming that there is no border crisis and that Trump’s Declaration is manufactured need to open their ears and eyes and listen to Obama’s head of DHS Jeh Johnson who claims “By anyone's definition, by any measure, right now we have a crisis at our southern border. ” as the U.S. is on track to have 100,000 apprehensions of illegals this month; current and former engineers at Boeing are alleging that Boeing and the FAA rushed to approve of the security system on the 737  Max and ignored design flaws that may have contributed to the two crashes; on the war on religion front Buffalo airport has joined San Antonio airport in banning Chick-fil-A over the perception of its owners’ anti LGBTQ views (totally outrageous to bar a business from a public space on anti-religious grounds and those of faith out to flock out in droves to protest and better yet eat more chicken); Judge Gleason an Obama appointee has just thrown out Trump’s reversal of Obama’s drilling ban in the Arctic (difficult to become energy independent when judge’s step in to insert their bias); Bozo O’Rourke who wants to tear down the existing barriers along the border and personifies the open border mentality of the Blues opened his campaign with a rally in El Paso seeking to become the illegal alien supporter king; TGI Fridays has been sued for $5 million for selling potato skins that are not potato skins; after rightful indignation over Kim Foxx’s decision to not prosecute Smollett, she has indicated she is open to an independent investigation of her decision; as of March 29, 2019 416 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 73 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 Roberta Flack, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you are not prone to palaver; a relevant quote from Carrie Fisher on bipolar disorder, 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 Doctors Day—honoring the contribution of doctors to our public health and well being and celebrated on this day as it marks the anniversary of the first surgery in this country under general anesthesia on this day in 1842 by a Doctor Crawford Long who used ether to anesthetize his patient and remove a tumor from his neck.
2. World Bipolar Day—created to promote awareness of the disease that causes rapid mood shifts and to promote research in finding cures and treatments of a disease that is believed to be the 6th leading cause of disabilities.
3. 1973 Number One Songthe number one song on this day in 1973 on a run of 1 week in that position was “Killing Me Softly With His Song” by Roberta Flack. Here is a recording of the song:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgl-VRdXr7I Slowed down by a stroke several years ago, she is still going strong at 82.
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 “palaver” which means to talk idly or profusely which is too often the norm among politicians.
5. In the Genes—celebrating the birth on this day in 1937 of Warren Beatty, noted younger brother of Shirley MacLain, who is best known for his role in Bonnie and Clyde.
       On this day in:                                        
a. 1870 Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction. 
b. 1961 the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs which outlawed narcotics and other drugs with similar effects except for prescribed purposes was signed in New York City.
c. 1972 North Vietnamese forces in large numbers crossed the DMZ to begin the Easter Offensive into South Vietnam to enhance their position at the Paris Peace Talks.
d. 1981 President Reagan was shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley< Jr. whose bullets also wounded three others and who was confined to institutionalized psychiatric care until September 10, 2016.
e. 2017 SpaceX launched the world’s first successful reflight of an orbital class rocket.  
        Reflections on being bipolar from one who suffered from the disorder: “’m fine, but I’m bipolar. I’m on seven medications and I take medication three times a day. This constantly puts me in touch with the illness I have. I’m never quite allowed to be free of that for a day. It’s like being a diabetic.” Carrie Fisher who died on December 27, 2016 after 4 days in intensive care with cocaine and heroin in her system after experiencing a medical emergency on a plane coming back from Europe 15 minutes before landing in Los Angeles four days earlier.
        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.
© March 30, 2019  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

Friday, March 29, 2019

Will Trump Close The Border With Mexico


In the Swamp the Blues have gone totally deaf
Cannot hear the pleas of Border Patrol on the caravans from Central America that have left.
Have closed their eyes to surging tsunami waves
Rubbing their hands with glee that illegal voting will control to them pave
Surging across our borders to scam our asylum laws
Refusing to join with Reds to fix this fatal flaw
Trump is faced with no choice if he wants this country’s safety and sovereignty protect
A dreadful and costly choice that most of us would wish he could reject
Since Mexico’s efforts on its southern border are almost nil
And Central America will do nothing to hinder remittances from illegals that fill their tills
He may have to shut down and close the border at great cost
Such as all the goods and services into this country lost
A trade war of epic proportions as Mexico will no likewise
Leading to a lot of economic growth suffering a demise
As long as Blues call for border security but in reality their support is a myth
The border will be open and torn asunder by an ever widening rift
Without secure borders the concept of a country one defies
Lost to the Blues’ demand for more power to satisfy
© March 29, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet  

Emmanuel Blames Trump For Smollett Hoax


Rahm Emmanuel who fortunately is not running for reelection
In his response to Smollett deviates from objectivity and goes to over the top rhetoric as his selection
Blames Trump for the hoax by creating a toxic environment that seduced Smollett that he could get away with his crime
What an absolute crock that should be thrown back in Emmanuel’s face as a justification without reason or rhyme
That somehow because people in restaurants wearing MAGA hats have been abused or barred
That the credibility of two people out in the freezing cold assaulting Smollett by Chicagoans would not discard
The world of Blues has gone so typically berserk
When no matter what, blame Trump is the response knee jerk
The only thing Emmanuel has tried to do but failed to do it right
Was to demand repayment for some of the police costs investigating the hoax that night
The person whose culpability dwarfs that of Emmanuel
Is Kim Foxx whose campaign transparency promise went to Hell
After contacted by Michelle’s former chief of staff the prosecution is blocked
Then the evidence garnered by the police is to the public locked
No transparency by this anti-police crusader Foxx
Represents on the rule of law and equal justice a major pox
The feds are still in the game over Smollett’s use of the mails to mail to himself white powder
Mailing something that resembles anthrax is against the law and the cries for prosecution should grow louder
Along with an inquiry of what if anything has Kim Foxx received?
In order to Smollett from prosecution without explanation be relieved
© March 29, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

With No Collusion Findings Blues In World Of Hurt


The Blues are at each other’s throats and in a major bind
Without a uniting collusion theory the glue holding them together will unwind
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
The Trump collusion with the Russians comes to an end
Progressives and declining moderates with no plans to solve issues that to America matter
Without Trump collusion to as one attack and batter
Have lost their compass, lost their rudder, are hopelessly adrift
No wonder frantic lies of evidence of collusion from Adam Shift
And as the party glue may soon fall apart
Their MSM allies, their shills, to survive may soon depart
Rachel Maddow following the release of the Report has seen 500,000 viewers disappear
No longer buying her false collusion mantra that stoked Russian fears
Viewers lost means ad revenue in decline
Now in terms of high priced pseudo journalists a good sign
Lies from Blues continue to be exposed
A stench of rot reaching to Obama that clogs our nose
The dropping of the shoe will get worse
When Trump releases the FISA Court Warrants that will reveal corrupt DOJ and FBI Abuse
Fox with its creed of fair and balanced reporting continued to rise
While MSM collapses by spreading lies to no one’s surprise
Each day the Blues cling to the delusion of the existence of Russian collusion
Will increase voters’ growing rejection of them and from votes their exclusion
© March 29, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

March 29, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Vietnam War Veterans Day


Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For March 29, 2019  Unicorn LYFT has gone public and will begin trading today at approximately 7:45 EDT; just when you thought that Pelosi might try to govern her unruly divided flock by telling them impeachment was not worth it, she reverted to her true form, praising and defending lying Schiff for his work as chair of the House Intel Committee as all Republicans on it demanded his resignation for his lying on the issue of collusion and slammed AG Barr’s summary for being condescending and arrogant (ironic that Barr has committed to release all of the material in the Report he can subject to holding back on sources and methods, grand jury material and classified material so why is she on the attack?); San Francisco awash in used needles, urine and feces in the street and homeless on the sidewalks is facing a NIMBY backlash to a proposed homeless shelter in the form of a crowd funding effort to fight it that has already raised $60,000 (naturally this effort is in Pelosi’s Congressional District); on the public school brainwashing front, an unnamed Houston school teacher of 7th graders has given the students an assignment to review several essays critical of Trump and then check multiple choice conclusions that include that Trump responses that he should be impeached with none complimentary or objective or neutral (needless to say parents are outraged and this peudo teacher has sadly received death threats); Harry Reid is suing the maker of a fitness device for causing him to fall, losing his eye sight and forced to retire from the Senate and is also in the news for failing to endorse Elizabeth Warren and blasting AOC 70% tax on the wealthy proposal saying Americans will not support quick radical change (bring the temperature to boil slowly so the lobster dies before it’s too hot to escape the pot); Nicolas Cage after being married and divorced three times has come up with the perfect minimize the alimony strategy-move to annul 4th marriage after 4 days; Elizabeth Warren is praising the resignation of Wells Fargo CEO Allan Sloan and demanding an investigation of crimes committed under his leadership at Wells Fargo (shareholders may have to brace themselves on this news); many Blues are replacing POW/MIA flags with Transgender Equality flags in their offices to protest Trump’s ban of transgenders serving in the military; as of March 27, 2019 405 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 America, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that we need more action and less palabra in the Swamp; a relevant quote from Vivek Wadhwa on the dot.com bubble 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. Vietnam War Veterans Day—honoring the service of Vietnam War Veterans since March 29, 1974 in a miserable war in which over 58,000 Americans lost their lives and hundreds of thousands were wounded before the last combat and support troops were withdrawn on March 29, 1973.
2. No Homework Day—celebrated on the last Friday to give all students a respite over the weekend from homework assignments.
3. 1972 Number One Songthe number one song on this day in 1972 on a run of 3 weeks in that position was “A Horse With No Name” by America. Here is a recording of the song:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAJ0l4OBHM
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 “palabra” which means word or idle talk which probably describes most politicians, all palabra and no action.
5. In the Genes—celebrating or bemoaning the birth of Billy Carter on this day in 1937 who became the poster child of why presidents in some cases need to be only children and who while during Jimmy Carter’s presidency he gained notoriety by starting a beer company Billy’s Beer and was involved in a scandal with Libya which may have tanked Carter’s reelection bid against Reagan. Sadly like his father and sister he contracted and died from pancreatic cancer on September 25, 1988.
       On this day in:                                        
a. 1961 the 23rd Amendment to the Constitution, giving residents in the Swamp the right to vote in presidential elections was ratified.  
b. 1974 the Terracotta Army, a collection of terracotta sculptures of soldiers and horsemen buried with Qui Shin Huang in 210-209 B.C., the first Emperor of China, to protect him in the afterlife was unearthed in Shaanxi Province, China (definitely should be on one’s bucket list if it is ever again on exhibit here).
c. 1984 the Baltimore Colts loaded up their possessions and sneaked out of Baltimore in the night to move the team to Indianapolis.
d. 1999 the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 10,000 at 10,006.78 for the first time during the dot.com bubble.
e. 2010 two female jihadists from Dagastan detonated suicide bombs during morning rush hour in the Moscow Metro Subway 40 minutes apart, killing 40 and wounding 100.  
        Reflections on the dot.com bubble that was doomed to be popped:” During the dot-com days, one could take just about any company public and reap fortunes. All you had to do was to make sky-high projections for growth, say you were in the Internet space, and go along with unscrupulous investment bankers and their analysts.” Vivek Wadhwa noted technology pundit and entrepreneur.
        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.
© March 29, 2019  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Need For Transparency In Smollett Case


What is so troubling about the Smollett hoax
Is the fire of racial divide it stokes
A hoax of two hooded black “klansmen” putting a rope around his neck
Summons up the dark images of true racism into race relations inject
Thank God Smollett seems to be a bit mentally impaired
Paying for the two hoaxers with a check almost guarantees he would by the police be snared
Instead of thanking his lucky stars that Michelle’s former chief of staff tried to intervene
And a hack of a state attorney decided to remove him from the prosecuted scene
And then sealing his lips and fading from the spotlight far away
He came up with the dumbest thing a guilty, lying person could ever say
Had his lawyers demand an apology from the police who are in a livid fit
Prompting a demand by Chicago to reimburse the city the $130k spent licked-split
Kim Foxx must unseal this mess to discover why the office refused to prosecute what many believe was a slam dunk case
To the fears of a dual system of justice one for us and the other for the celebrities and connected try to erase
© March 28, 2019 Michael P. Ridley the Alaskanpoet

Tlaib and Green File Impeachment Articles As Trump Rallies in Michigan


Green and Tlaib Blues have turned on Pelosi a deaf ear
To her warnings disaster from impeachment in 2020 election year
No collusion or obstruction in Mueller Report
Despite $25 million and two years it came up short
Yet Nadler and Schiff will not let go
Quixote like trying to on collusion Americans snow
Ignoring Michelle’s forlorn hope that Democrats go high when Republicans go low
Sinking to the depths of depravity as venom increases and does not slow
Albright said women not voting for Hillary deserve a special place in Hell
Schiff, Nadler, Waters, Swalwell  and others likewise as collusion they keep trying to sell
Schiff like McCarthy for lying to the people will find his days numbered
Will sink into the mud by the lies his credibility has been encumbered
Pelosi wants to remain in power and should remove him as Intel chair
Having him as a lying lightning rod for Reds will be more than she can bear
Schiff has joined the ranks of Bush, Hillary, Rubio and others tagged by a Trump nickname
Lying Schiff now a pencil neck and a perfect target for Trump’s attempts to shame
Blues will soon be running out of time
When all they have is investigation slime
No ideas, no policies that are near and dear to American hearts
Unless some bipartisanship they should be excluded from the 2020 election mart

© March 28, 2019 Michael P. Ridley The Alaskanpoet

March 28, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Children's Picture Book Day


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 Songthe 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.
        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.
© March 28, 2019  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

March 27, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not International Theatre Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For March 27, 2019  Chicago police department and mayor continue to fume over prosecution’s decision to drop case against Smollett after Michelle Obama’s former chief of staff interceded on his behalf with Kim Foxx the state’s prosecutor while he continues to show no remorse and continues to lie about the incident (video of Michelle dancing with Smollett adds credence to the idea of two classes of justice one for mere mortals and the other for the Obamas, Clintons and their friends); Kamala Harris with a straight face indicated she was confused over the decision when it had to be clear to her that money and connections walk and justice for all merely talks); CNN continues to shovel cack as Chris Cuomo and others at CNN continue to push their propaganda narrative that the Mueller Report was wrong that there was collusion with the Russians; ESPN’s pivot away from injecting politics was dealt a blow when Max Kellerman excoriated Tiger Woods for opining that we should respect the office of the president calling a man who went to Stanford “dumb”; the Trump administration will soon be proposing reform of Fanni Mae and Freddie Mac; amid reports that the Border Patrol is releasing illegals from detention because of overcrowding the MSM and the Blues continue to ignore the pleas of the Border Patrol that there is a crisis of unprecedented proportions and tout the false narrative that there is no crisis https://www.foxnews.com/us/large-illegal-immigrant-groups-crossing-us-mexico-becoming-daily-occurrence-pushing-agents-to-breaking-point; Tommy Hilfiger has just joined The Gap, Lord and Taylor and Ralph Lauren in closing their flagship stores on Fifth Avenue as the decline in brick and mortar continues to devastate the retail sector; Wendy Williams who recently revealed her struggle with drugs and alcohol had left a rehab facility to be found drunk and rushed to the hospital after her husband’s mistress had given birth to a baby; we send legislators to the Swamp to legislate not to become spineless wimps to vote “present” as 43 Blues and Bernie Sanders did on the Green New Deal passed by the House (I believe that all Blue presidential candidates led by the illegal alien supporter Queen Kamala Harris voted shamefully “present”); Rockland County in New York, hit by a measles epidemic, has banned all minor children from public places (another example of the anti-vaccine zealots’ endangering the public health of this nation); the struggle over abortion and the judicial activism to hinder the states’ abilities to restrict or regulate it is alive and well as a federal judge William Osteen, appointed by President Bush has struck down North Carolina’s law to prohibit abortion after 20 weeks except in limited cases to protect the health of the mother; as of March 29, 2019 392 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 67 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 Simon and Garfunkel, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact if you are in front of a jury, the pais would be favorably disposed to your case; a relevant quote from Dennis Powers on one of the tsunamis created by the Good Friday Earthquake, 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. International Whisk(e)y Day—celebrated since 2009 on the birthday of noted beverage critique Michael Jackson and in parenthesis as Scottish, Canadian and Japanese whiskies have no “e” but American and Irish do.
2. World Theatre Day—created by the International Theatre Institute in 1961 create awareness of the importance of the theatre to our culture and promote theatrical performances around the globe.
3. 1970 Number One Songthe number one song on this day in 1970 on a run of 7 weeks in that position was “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunkel. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_a46WJ1viA
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 “pais” which means a panel from which a jury is drawn which explains the rise in high priced jury selection consultants in an effort to stack the odds of a favorable verdict.
5. The Octaves Have It But Not Perfect—celebrating the birth on this day in 1970 of noted singer Mariah Carey who has sold over 200 million records and is one of the few singers to sing in four octaves but capable of making big mistakes when her 2016 New Year’s Eve lip synching Times Square performance was a disaster.
       On this day in:                                        
a. 1964 on Good Friday an earthquake registering at 9.2 struck Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and causing massive damage to Anchorage and almost leveling Valdez and killing 12 with the resulting tsunami slamming Crescent City, California.
b. 1977 a KLM 747 and Pan Am 747 collided on a fog shrouded airport in Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing all 583 persons on board.
c. 1981 Solidarity staged a warning strike in Poland when 12 million Polish workers walked off their jobs for 12 hours.
d. 1990 the U.S. began broadcasting anti-Castro messages on TV Marti to Cuba.
e. 1998 in a let the good times for the elderly roll, the FDA approves the use of Viagra for erectile dysfunction.  
        Reflections on one of the tsunamis spawned by the Good Friday Earthquake:” "It was like a violent explosion. A thunderous roar mingled with all the confusion. Everywhere we looked, buildings, cars, lumber and boats shifted around like crazy. The whole beachfront moved, changing before our very eyes. By this time, the fire had spread to the Texaco bulk tanks. They started exploding one after another, lighting up the sky," recalled Peggy Coons in The Raging Sea by Dennis Powers. 
        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.

© March 27, 2019  Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Reds Demand Lying Schiff Resign


Adam Schiff’s mantra and code of conduct on Trump is to the truth ignore
His constant lies of evidence of collusion fueled the continuation of witch-hunt that should have been ignored
Like McCarthy claiming that Communist Party members had infested Army and the State
Schiff’s anti-Trump animus alleging collusion hobbled and weakened our ship of state
No way to engage Russia in areas where the two nuclear armed forces could work toether
As Trump would be charged of being an agent shackled to Putin’s tether
The $25 million we lost we can recover
But not the lost opportunities for easing tensions we did not discover
Schiff throughout this mess has been a bald faced liar
A wooden nose and pants on fire.
How can any man work with the other side?
When he is accused falsely of being a Russian agent trying to sweep our defense aside
Two years of potential compromises swept away by the broom of gridlock over the cliff
Americans care about issues like jobs, safety, health care not the collusion lies of Adam Schiff
Republicans are joining in increasing foray
That Adam Schiff for his lies should go away
At minimum he should resign as chairman of House Intel
His lies are rotten, damaging the nation and really smell
But Schiff is defiant and gearing up for a fight
If collusion is plainly visible, he alone must have 20/5 eyesight
© March 26, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet