Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For May 23, 2019 On divisive front, Pelosi must be under great stress from
her progressive wing which is clamoring for impeachment as she came out
claiming Trump is engaged in a cover up and obstructing justice and calling for
the president’s family and friends to perform an intervention (ironic that she
uses a term used in the treatment of alcoholics when Trump is a nondrinker); sadly
the anti-Trump animus of the Blues has become so all consuming and toxic that
nothing concerning the issues Americans want solve will merit attention; after
being labeled a felon for obstructing justice by Pelosi, Trump walked out of a
scheduled infrastructure meeting (turn the rhetoric down Nancy and start
legislating on a bipartisan basis); on the impeachment front, Wells Fargo has
turned over reams of financial records of Trump’s financial records to the
impeachment queen Mad Maxine Waters; in
another move to restore sanity to our broken immigration system, Trump is moving
to enforce existing law that requires a sponsor of an immigrant to reimburse
the government for any aid like Medicaid that immigrant received; Julian
Assange has been indicted by a federal
grand jury for conspiring with Chelsea Manning
to leak thousands upon thousands of classified documents; scientists have
discovered a large reservoir of ice one mile beneath the planet’s surface as
NASA continues its progress on a manned expedition to Mars by 2030; in an Op-Ed
The New York Times has castigated many Blue led cities as being
unlivable with homeless and drug problems out of control; on the democracy
front the votes of over 600 million Indians have finally been counted and
Narendra Modi has been reelected by a
landslide; the Senate has passed a $19 billion disaster relief bill for
states and Puerto Rico ravaged by hurricanes, flooding, tornadoes and other
natural disasters (sadly no money for a human disaster the flood of illegal
aliens across our border); through May 22,
2019 844 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 167 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. World
Turtle Day—created
by American Tortoise Rescue to promote awareness of the problems faced by
turtles and tortoises.
2. World Chrons and
Colitis Day—observed
since 2007 to promote awareness of Chrons Disease and colitis and to promote
research for a cure.
3. 2012
Number One Song—the number one song on this day in 2012 on a run of 8 weeks in
that position was “Somebody That I Used To Know” by Gotye feat. Kimbra. Here is
a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY
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 “passus” which means a section of a poem or
story.
5. The
Few The Proud The Marine Laughter—celebrating
the birth on this day in 1958 of game show host and comedian Drew Carey who
served in the Marines and performed as a comedian which shows Marines do have a
sense of humor.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Gotye
feat. Kimbra, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that
you can enjoy a passus of your favorite work, and a relevant quote from Frank
Hammer on the slaying of Bonnie and Clyde by police, 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. 1934 infamous bank
robbers Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed by police and killed.
b. 1945 after being
arrested by British troops Heinrich Himmler who had hidden a suicide pill in
his mouth bit on it and died.
c. 1995 the first version
of Java was released.
d.
2013 At Mount Vernon, Washington, one span of the Interstate 5 Bridge over the
Skagit River collapsed fortunately with no fatalities.
e. 2014 7 people
including the perpetrator and misogynist Eliot Rodger died in a Santa Barbara shooting
spree and 14 were wounded.
Reflections on the police fatal ambush of Bonnie and Clyde: "I
hate to bust the cap on a woman, especially
when she was sitting down,
however if it wouldn't have been her, it would have been us".FRANK A.
HAMER (After slaying Bonnie in ambush).
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.
© May 23, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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