Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For May 10, 2019 Comey’s
sanctimonious tirades against Trump are rising the ire of Americans who believe
they are pure baloney (Comey should enjoy his remaining days of freedom as he
is looking at major criminal problems which could not happen to a more
appropriate target); Comey is in a bridge burning mode mocking Deputy Rod
Rosenstein and even worse defending Obama’s non involvement in the Russian attempts
to subvert our 2016 elections; Kimmel’s “humor” is usually too politically
biased but on his view of leftist politicians pursuing Trump’s tax returns as a
waste of time, I have to agree with him that such efforts are a waste of time
as a majority of Americans could care less; Joe Biden has taken the inane position that
illegal aliens have the right to have the government provide them with free
medical care (what part of the scene of illegals being housed in shelters while
American citizens are sleeping outdoors in the rain on sidewalks and parks does
this failed has been not understand?); former three term Maryland Representative
John Delaney has praised Joe Biden but has asserted that his centrist ideas are
better; adult film star Taylor Jackson demonstrated Tesla’s dividend of
autopilot by demonstrating sex acts while on auto pilot prompting Elon Musk to
tweet that evidently there were some additional benefits for Tesla’s auto pilot
that had not been contemplated; Louis Farrakhan incredulously indicated he does
not hate Jews but his ideas are dangerous because they can be researched; Uber
is going public today at $82 billion valuation largest IPO valuation in five
years; through May 8, 2019 739 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 146 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).
1. Golden Spike Day—celebrating
the driving of a golden spike to indicate the joining of the Central Pacific
and Union Pacific Railroads on this day in 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah to
create the nation’s first transcontinental railroad.
2. National Military Spouse Appreciation Day--Created by Ronald Reagan to call attention to the importance of
military spouses to the defense readiness of the nation on May 23, 1984 which
holiday was standardized by making it the Friday before Mothers’ Day.
3. 2006 Number One Song—the number one song on this day in 2006 on a run of 5 weeks in
that position was “Bad Day” by Daniel Powter. Here is a recording of the song:
https://www.google.com/search?q=daniel+powter+bad+day&se_es_tkn=v79yy3hl
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 “parlous” which means full of danger or
risk which describes the issues we are facing today on the world scene.
5. You Don’t Need a
Pistol When a Knife Will Do—celebrating the birth on this day in 1957 of
not singer and bassist John Simon Ritchie, better known to his fans or detractors
as Sid Vicious whose career was hobbled by drug use and a second degree murder
charge for the murder of his girlfriend fellow drug user Nancy Spungen by his knife
whose murder spiraled him into depression and more drug use and a fatal drug overdose
on February 2, 1979.
As always, I hope you enjoy
today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Daniel Powter, factoids of interest for this day in history, the
fact that your day is not a parlous one, and a relevant quote from Jason
Mraz on not giving up, 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.
On this day
in:
a. 1924 J. Edgar Hoover was appointed the first Director of the
FBI and served in that capacity until his death in 1972.
b. 1962 Marvel Comics published the first edition of The Hulk.
c. 1975 Sony introduced the Betamax recorder in Japan.
d. 2005 a hand
grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian at George W. Bush while giving a speech
in Tibilisi, Georgia landed 20 meters from him but malfunctioned and did not
explode; Arutyunian is serving a life sentence without possiblity of parole.
e. 2013 One World Trade Center became the tallest office
building in the Western Hemisphere almost 12 years after being destroyed on
9/11.
Reflections on trials and tribulations of being a military spouse: “I
won’t give up on us, God knows I’m tough enough, We’ve got a lot to learn, God
knows we’re worth it – Jason Mraz, noted American singer
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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.
© May 10 , 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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