Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For July 2, 2019 Megan Rapinoe is on the bench for today’s
semifinal with England with a hamstring injury; AOC has been denounced for her
lying stunt on the border of women forced to dring out of toilets at the
detention center she visited while screaming at Border Patrol Agents and who
denounced her—the woman allegedly drinking from the toilet and Latino pastors
accompanying her who commented that the centers were well run and clean; after AOC’s
latest diatribe since Pelosi can’t show some balls she needs to show some guts,
and strip AOC of her committee assignments and begin censure proceedings followed
by a total shunning of this disgrace to Congress; video released of Smollett
and his attackers who were part of a hoax attack while evidence is released
that the CPD was ordered by Cook County prosecutors weeks before the charges
against Smollett were dropped not to investigate the “attack” as a hoax; De
Blasio continues to amaze with the question of why is this 0 percenter running
after he missed a morning interview because he “messed up his alarm” (nothing
like having a president in a national emergency to be asleep at the switch); was
he in the air or not is the question as Mike Pence’s event at New Hampshire was
cancelled due to unspecified reasons requiring him to be in Washington, D.C.;
Nike which caved to wishes of Colin Kaepernick and pulled its Betsy Ross Flag
sneakers is taking deserved flack for its cowardice but resellers of the shoes
lucky enough to purchase them before Nike cave are selling them for $2,000 a
pair (Nike executives 2 days prior to the 4th need to have their
heads examined over their actions); Vogue
who is infamous for denigrating Melania Trump is back in the news for its
flattering article on the 5 female wanna-bes that excluded the only non politician
Marianne Williamson (she will not get any traction or name recognition but unlike
the other 5 with no ideas or failed ideas, she is a breath of fresh air); Mayor
Wheeler of Portland has the chutzpah to claim after a violent riot by the
Antifa thugs that Portland is a beacon of free speech even as the video shows
that beacon long since extinguished as gay journalist Andy Ngo was brutally
beaten while the police stood down (and from the left so pompous in their “defense
of a free press” when it attacks Trump only the sounds of silence); Anderson
Cooper who had previously indicated that he thought he would receive any money
from his heiress mother Gloria Vanderbilt learned he would inherit the bulk of
her estate; while thousands of American children are homeless with many living
on the streets, Congress continues to turn its attention illegals appropriating
$3 billion to shelter illegals and especially illegals with children (whatever
happened to the adage that charity begins at home?); like the certainty of the
Sun rising in the East, the ACLU has filed suit to block Florida’s new law that
allows felons to vote after completing their sentences if they pay fees and
fines; through July 1, 2019 1262 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 232
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. Made
in the U.S. Day—encouraging consumers to look at the label of products and when
having a choice purchase only those good made and assembled in the U.S. then
made in U.S. but not assembled in U.S. Much less difficult to do so after Trump
has made a full court press to bring back manufacturing jobs to the U.S.
2. World
UFO Day—if you missed celebrating this day on June 24, the anniversary
of the first sighting of UFOs near Mt. Rainier, Washington, you have another chance
to celebrate it today which is the anniversary of the Roswell, New Mexico UFO
Incident which the Air Force claimed involved the crash of a nuclear test
detection balloon which conspiracy theorists have questioned for years in the
face of massive debunking.
3. 1961 Number One Song—the
number one song on this day in 1961 with 2 weeks in that position was “Quarter
to Three” by Gary U.S. Bonds. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoopfp5iaKw
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 “pettifogger” which means a lawyer given to
underhanded tricks which is a term that could be applied to Michael Cohen and
hopefully few other members of the bar.
5. Ban the Banda—celebrating the birth on this day in
1969 of Jenni Rivera, a noted bilingual Mexican-American singer who was a noted
Regional Mexican singer who was often refused venues for singing Banda music
and who died way to early in the crash of a Lear Jet in Mexico after leaving a
concert performance on December 9, 2012.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Gary
U.S. Bonds, 5 factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that
you have not had to deal with a pettifogger in your personal or business
dealings, a quote by Michael Emmering on UFOs, 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. 1822 35 slaves were
hanged in Charleston, South Carolina including the lead Denmark Vessey for
planning a slave rebellion.
b. 1900 the first Zeppelin was launched from Lake
Constance near Frederichshafen, Germany.
c. 1962 the first
Walmart Store then known as Wal-Mart was opened in Rogers, Arkansas.
d. 1990 1426 Muslim
Pilgrims on a pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca were suffocated and trampled
to death in a pedestrian tunnel leading to Mina and the Plains of Arafat.
e. 2001 the first
AbioCor artificial heart was implanted on Richard Tools who lived for 151 days
and a second patient was able after transplant to live 571 days but the average
survival rate for the 14 patients was less than 5 months and the company
discontinued manufacture of the device.
Reflections on UFOs on their
day: “We live in a world where extraterrestrials could be everywhere and you
would never know. A world driven by god’s, unexplained structures, countless
stories and extraterrestrial occurrences. There is proof that our planet has
been and still continues to be visited by extraterrestrial life, but until we
are able to capture and study them, the question will remain. Do Aliens Really
Exist?” ― Michael E Emmering, noted American Ufologist.
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
2, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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