Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For March
15, 2019 Since the Senate with 12 Reds voting in favor of the House sponsored
bill overturning Trump’s National Emergency Declaration, Trump will veto the
bill and since the Blues in all likelihood will not have the votes the matter
will be decided by the courts most likely in the 9th Circuit whose
leftist judges will overturn the Declaration (too bad the judge who issues the
ruling is not required to go to the border to view the chaos of a tidal wave of
illegal immigrants and drugs); in New Zealand a 28 year old from Australia
attacked two mosques in Christchurch, killing 49 and wounding 20 and has been
captured by police (this mad killer was live streaming the video which fortunately
social media has taken off the air); Australian Senator Fraser Anning is being castigated for his remarks calling
for reinstating Australia’s “white only” immigration policy and blaming the
shooting in New Zealand on Muslim immigration; Reuters has revealed that Bozo O’Rourke
was a member of the hacking group “Cult of the Dead Cow” and as a teenager wrote
a short story on the joy of killing two children (biggest problem he will have
is that he has no record and no accomplishments other being able to
skateboard); “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot Sully Sullenberger has come out and
decried the lack of training of the pilots of the two 737 Max 8 planes that
crashed killing all aboard; finally some good news in California in that the
drought is officially over due massive rainfall; after a week of the country being without electricity which Trump blamed
on Maduro’s looting of public funds power is back on except in some poor slums
(Maduro has blamed the outage on an American cyber attack); as of March 14,
2019 324 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 55 have died.
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s
holidays and observances, a music link to Frankie Avalon, factoids of
interest for this day in history, the fact when you prevail you do not
overcrow; a relevant quote from Richard Cordray on consumer protection, 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 Consumer Rights Day—celebrated
on this day since 1983 by consumer organizations to promote the rights of
consumers.
2. World Speech Day--celebrated on this day since 2016 to promote live speeches
and speaking events.
3. 1959 Number One Song—the number one song on this day in
1959 on a run of 5 weeks in that position was “Venus” by Frankie Avalon. Here
is a recording of the song by Avalon on a very young Dick Clark’s American Bandstand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fakpqLDEQAo
Still going strong at 78.
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 “overcrow” which means to crow
over or to triumph which is what the Blues will do if they are able to overturn
Trumps veto of his Declaration of a National Emergency on the border.
5. All You Need Is Love—celebrating the birth on this day in 1941 of Mike Love,
noted singer and songwriter and co-founder of the Beach Boys. He is still
performing at a ripe young age of 78.
On this day
in:
a. 44 B.C. Julius Caesar, the Dictator
of Rome, was assassinated at the Roman Senate by a group of Roman Senators led
by Brutus.
b. 1917 Tsar Nicholas II
abdicated the throne in Russia ending the 304 year reign of the Romanov
Dynasty.
c. 1951 the Iranian oil industry was
nationalized.
d. 2011 beginning of the Syrian Civil
War which rages on today with thousands upon thousands of civilians and
combatants having been killed with no end in sight.
e. 2019 49 people are killed in two
Christchurch mosque shootings.
Reflections on consumer protection: “When
the consumer is strong, the American economy will be strong, so consumer
protection actually serves economic growth and economic progress. Richard
Cordray, first Director of the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau.
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©
March 15, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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