Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For April 2, 2019 On the
judicial front, judges appointed by Republicans will soon constitute a majority
of the very liberal 9th Circuit as Senator Feinstein is fuming that
Trump is not consulting with her on Judges to be appointed to California
District Courts (after her sitting on Christine Ford’s accusations of sexual
misconduct decades ago against Kavanaugh and ambushing him, she is delusional in expecting to have Trump
consult with her); Sarah Palin who was McCain’s running mate revealed that not
being invited to McCain’s funeral felt like a gut punch worsened by the fact
that the noninvitation came from an intermediary as opposed to the family; every
time AOC opens her mouth there is a great chance to show that she is an idiot especially
when it comes to the Constitution which has probably never read when in a town
hall she touted the achievements when the Democrats held the Congress and the Presidency
such that the Constitution was amended to prevent FDR from another term (news
flash AOC the 22nd Amendment limiting terms of the President was
passed two years after FDR had died); both the Nothing But Cack and the Mostly
Slanted News Broadcasting Cack were slammed when there managing editor of
political analysis tried to bully Yasar Ali from publishing the dates of the
Blue Presidential Primary Debates (nothing like a “journalist” being at the
beck and call of the DNC); AOC’s town hall pushed by MSNBC and NBC was crushed
by Tucker Frederickson in the ratings; Deborah Norville of “Inside Edition” is
thanking her lucky stars that a viewer spotted a tumor on her neck and called
in prompting her to go to a doctor who determined it to be cancerous and will
operate this week; as the Sultan of Brunei is doubling down to implement Sharia
Law, celebrities led by George Clooney are demanding a boycott of hotels owned
by the Sultan including the Beverly Hills Hotel; IIhan Omar, the Somali that
refuses to assimilate and thumbs her nose at America is in hot water for
allegedly using campaign funds of $6,000 for personal expenses including for
her divorce lawyer (this zealot really needs a full court press to defeat her
in 2020 along with impeachment queen Rashida Tlaib); the NHTSA has opened an
investigation involving non collision fires on 5 Hyundai and Kia models made in
2010-2015; another Blue Mayor, Catherine Pugh of Baltimore, hits the conflict
of interest quid pro dust for not abstaining in the awarding of contracts for
medical services to Kaiser Permanente and the University of Maryland Medical
Systems who had purchase 1000’s of her book Healthy
Holly and has gone on indefinite medical leave; as of April1, 2019 439
people have been shot in Chicago of whom 79 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 The
Four Seasons, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that
you in your affairs you use palinola; a relevant quote from a Amy Gravino on
autism and bullying, 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 Children’s Books Day—created in 1967
by the International Board for Books for Young People and celebrated on the
birthday of Hans Christian Andersen to promote the creation of and reading of
children’s books as a means to inculcate a love of reading to last a lifetime.
2. World Autism Day—adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 7, 2007 to
promote awareness of the issues faced by people on the Autism Spectrum and
their caregivers.
3. 1976 Number One Song—the number one song on this day in
1976 on a run of 3 weeks in that position was “December, 1963 (Oh What a
Night” by The Four Seasons. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDxhugRKZ8g
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 “palinola” which means repetition of an act
until it is perfect validating the adage that practice makes perfect.
5. The Prince of Soul—celebrating the birthday on this day of noted singer Marvin
Gaye, Jr. who battled substance abuse and who tragically after moving back into
his parent’s house while on the music comeback trail, got into a dispute with his
father who killed him on April 1, 1984.
On this day
in:
a. 1917 President Wilson who campaigned in 1916 on a slogan of “He
kept us out of war,” asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany.
b. 1973 computerized legal search firm Lexis Nexus commenced
doing business for lawyers needed to research cases.
c. 1986 4 term governor of Alabama best known for his stand in
the schoolhouse door announced that he would not seek a 5th term.
d. 1992 John Gotti, the Teflon Don, was convicted of multiple
counts of murder and racketeering and sentenced to life without possibility of
parole; he died in prison on cancer on June 10, 2002.
e. 2012 One L. Goh a former student at Oikos University in
Oakland, CA went on campus and opened fire, killing 7 and wounding 3; he was
apprehended 5 hours later after stealing one of the victim’s cars and pled no
contest to multiple murder and attempted murder counts and was sentenced to
life without possibility of parole. He died while in prison on March 20, 2019.
Reflections on autism
which too often is the target of bullying: “ believe that inside every person
who is bullied there is a strength and a tenacity to survive. You don’t always
know that this strength exists, but if you make it through those dark times,
you become aware. You become a survivor, someone whose courage and spirit is
far stronger than all of the hate and cruelty of their bullies. The one thing
that I want to impart to children with autism is knowledge of their own inner
strength, and the belief that one day at a time, they, too, can get through
this.” Amy Gravino, noted author, public speaker, autism advocate and sufferer
of Asperger’s Syndrome.
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This Day in History.
© April 2, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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