Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For July 1, 2019 SCOTUS told an atheist in effect to pound
sand in rejecting his law suit to force removal of “In God We Trust” from U.S.
currency; delusion on illegal aliens is confined to the Blues in the U.S. as
the new President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele took the blame not the U.S. for
the deaths of Martinez and his daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande, saying
immigration in his country should be an option not an obligation (open your
deaf ears Harris and Castro); a rare person indeed, Jay Setphens, a conservative
reporter for the NYT, blasted the Blues on their pro illegal alien stance and was
condemned as being a “White Nationalist” (the left should not worry that the
NYT is abandoning its anti-Trump pro illegal alien stance as an Op-Ed from Kate
Cronin-Furman, an assistant human-rights professor at University College London
called on Americans to shame Border Patrol and other federal agents to resign
over their treatment of “migrants” (come visit the border Ms. Cronin-Furman to
see what American citizens are forced to endure and call them what they are “illegal
aliens.”); Castro with a straight face is managing to try to convince Americans
that his call to decriminalize illegal entry is not a call for open borders and
that civil charges could still be brought (good luck with that Castro given the
legions of lawyers that would volunteer to clog the courts and bring
deportation to a trickle); Megan Papinoe may be a soccer star but in terms of
representing her nation, she is a total disgrace, kneeling during the National
Anthem and indicating she would go to Congress after AOC’s invitation but not the
f*ing White House; Ted Cruz has come out strongly urging the Mayor of Portland
be prosecuted for hate crimes after ordering the police to stand down during a
violent riot by Antifa and a vicious assault on conservative journalist Andy
Ngo (from the MSM “free press” only the sounds of silence against an assault on
one of their own); the Winds of Freedom may blow on the Stanford campus but in
Baldwin’s case the winds of tolerance do not as he slammed the photo of Trump
with his departing press secretary and incoming press secretary because all were
white; through June 30, 2019 1257 (26 on
the 30th but aim off and no one died) people have been shot in
Chicago of whom 229 have died (what makes the Smollett case so frustrating and
why the appointment of a special prosecutor should be applauded, is that it forced the city of Chicago to
allocate scarce detective resources when in only 9% of the shootings resulting
in murder has a suspect being charged this year and where is the outrage over
mostly blacks shooting and killing mostly blacks?).
1. Canada
Day—celebrating on this day in 1867 the unification of three provinces,
Province of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, into one dominion, Canada.
2. National
Freedom Day—created as a great holiday idea to complement our political
freedom by taking steps like cutting back on credit card usage, investing in
higher yield savings account, and living within your means to achieve financial
freedom free of debt or in the case of mortgages with a steadily decreasing
balance.
3. 1960 Number One Song—the
number one song on this day in 1960 with 2 weeks in that position was “Everybody’s
Somebody’s Fool” by Connie Francis. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvZnM9qcCXc
The noted singer has had several traumatic interruptions in her career but is
still performing at age 80, closing in on her 81st birthday on
December 12 of this year.
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 “pessimal” which means less favorable which
describes the Blues’ position on immigration to a tee.
5. Adopt a Singer—celebrating the birth on this day in
1945 of noted singer, actress, songwriter and model Angela Trimple, better
known to her fans as Debbie Harry, who was adopted at age 3 ½ months and went
on to form the band Blondie and is still performing at the age of 84.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Connie
Francis, 5 factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that your
lot in life is not pessimal, a quote by General John Bell Hood on the Battle of
Gettysburg, 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. 1863 the battle that
would prove to be the high water mark of the Confederacy began at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania to end on July 3, 1863 with Pickett’s Charge and defeat.
b. 1963 in an
effort to make snail mail faster, Zip Codes were introduced in the U.S.
c. 1968 the CIA’s
program designed to assassinate Viet Cong supporters was implemented.
d. 2002 the
International Criminal Court was established to prosecute individuals for
genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.
e. 2007 smoking is banned
indoor in all public places in England.
Reflections on premonition
of impending defeat by one general who was there: After this urgent protest
against entering into battle at Gettysburg according to instructions - which
protest is the first and only one I ever made during my entire military career
- I ordered my line to advance and make the assault.” John Bell Hood,
Confederate General ordered by General Longstreet to attack the left of the
Union line, which attack was repulsed with heavy casualties.
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 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 for just This
Day in History go to www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com.
July 1, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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