Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For June 20, 2019 Iran falsely claiming that a U.S. Drone had
violated Iranian air space shot it down with the claim that it was in Iranian
airspace vehemently denied by the U.S. (although the president indicated that
it may have been a loose and stupid mistake and that the nation will not stand
for it indicating to Trudeau that the world will have to see the response (the
mullahs out to be shaking in their feudal boots wondering what the response
will be as a good chance the U.S.sending some tomahawks to Iranian oil rigs in
the Persian Gulf, attacking air bases where missiles were launched and; or targeting
an oil refinery plus more sanctions); Chuck Todd who is a very liberal member
of the MSM rose above leftist leanings to slam AOC for her claims that the U.S.
is operating concentration camps at the border (AOC should have the sense of
revulsion that camps like Auschwitz convey to the American voters including
those in her district who if they have any sense at all will send her back to
bartending); Zuckerberg may be in hot water with the FTC as revealed by his
private e-mails denouncing privacy concerns of the FTC and may be facing a huge
fine in the billions of dollars for violating the privacy consent decree; the
death toll in the Dominican Republic of Americans stay in resort hotels has
climbed to 9 amidst growing concerns that the DR Tourism Department is not
being forthcoming of its investigation of the deaths and delay toxicologists’
reports (the country is gambling with the dice if Americans start cancelling
trips given fears that death will be the turndown service at these resorts); desperation
time among the Blue wanna-bes for president as they are tossing out the race
card at the front runner Joe Biden as Joe Scarborough shed his “journalist”
façade on Morning Joe and donned his
political hack outfit to defend Biden for working with segregationist senators
from the south; Hunter Biden whose quid pro quo like deals with China and
Ukraine may derail is now facing another derailment of his father’s campaign as
news reveal that a woman in Arkansas has just filed a paternity suit against
him, claiming that she conceived her 10 month old son with him (runs a little
counter to Biden’s theme of “Make America Moral Again”); through June 19, 2019
1133 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 215 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
Refugee Day—created by the UN General Assembly on December 4, 2000 to establish
June 20 as World Refugee Day to promote awareness of the needs of and dangers
to refugees and to ameliorate issues that contribute to the migration of
refugees.
2. National
Kouign Amann Day—created by b. patisserie in April, 2015 to celebrate a popular
Brittany round cake pastry created in 1860 and consisting of yeast and layers
of butter and sugar—definitely a diet and heart stressor.
3. 1949 Number One Song—the
number one song on this day in 1949 for 7 weeks in that position was “Ghost
Riders of the Sky” by Vaugh Monroe and His Orchestra. Here is a recording of
the song: https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-pty-pty_maps&hsimp=yhs-pty_maps&hspart=pty&p=vaugh+Munroe+ghost+riders+inthe+sky#id=1&vid=759ea777e38128d807b3bf87fec4b502&action=click
Monroe saddle up his ghost horse on
May 21, 1973 in a hospital shortly following surgery for a bleeding ulcer.
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 “periculous” which means dangerous which
describes to a tee the times we live in.
5. When
Irish Eyes Are Rhyming All the World Is Bright and Gay:—celebrating
the birth on this day of 1951 on noted Northern Ireland poet Paul Muldoon who
has won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2003 along with numerous prizes and
fellowships for his poetry.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Vaughn
Monroe and His Orchestra, 5 factoids of interest for this day in
history, the fact that your life is by and large not periculous; a quote from Tarig
Ramadan on refugees and the person who created them, 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. 1877 Alexander Graham
Bell established the first commercial telephone system in Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada.
b. 1972 the nose of
a possible obstruction of justice charge arising out of the Watergate break-in
grew more real as an 18 ½ minute gap with Nixon’s conversations with his
advisors was discovered.
c. 1975 the movie Jaws was released to become the largest
grossing film up to that time and to create the term summer blockbusters to
describe hit movies released during the summer.
d. 1991 the Bundestag
voted to move the capital of Germany from Bonn in West Germany to Berlin.
e. 2003 the WikiMedia
Foundation was founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Reflections
on refugees on this World Refugee Day: ““Your enemy is not the refugee. Your enemy is the one who made
him a refugee.”― Tariq Ramadan, noted Swiss Muslim scholar and professor
at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford untile 2017 when he took a leave of absence to
contest sexual harassment and rape charges and is now in jail awaiting trial on
two rape charges.
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 oe links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in History,
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Day in History go www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com.
June 20, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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