Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For
August 26, 2019 On the opioid front, Johnson & Johnson have had handed to
them a $578 verdict for their roll in promoting their opioid drugs; dramatic
drone footage of the Army Corps of Engineers building a section of the 18’ high
bollard border wall in Arizona were illegals used to flow across in numbers
like schools of salmon coming to spawn; after the left’s hue and cry over Trump’s
threat to impose tariffs on Mexico if they did not cooperate in assisting in
the stopping of illegals crossing into the U.S’, recent data shows the threat worked
and Mexico’s efforts can be seen in an almost 40% drop in illegal crossings;
the years of our educational system demeaning our values are bearing fruit as a
new Wall Street Journal survey shows
that millennials are abandoning faith, patriotism and having children (another
reason for more charter schools and less teachers’ union bureaucrats running
our schools); the scenes from the G-7 meeting in France have been pretty
opulent but Trump is suggesting the next G-7 be held at his Doral Resort in
Miami where each country can have a villa (slight concern over the emollients clause
to the Constitution fueling increased howls for impeachment might torpedo the
site location) market bounced back somewhat over belief that China and the U.S.
will restart trade talks and may be close to a trade deal; MSNBC’s attacks on Trump
are in full force and effect as Rachel Maddow attacks latest nominee Menashi to
2nd Circuit as being racist and a white supremacist (shame on this
pathic biased pseudo “journalist” who does not belong on the air; in Chicago
through August 25, 2019, 1821 have been shot of whom 304 have died and in
Baltimore with a fraction of Chicago’s population, 222 have been murdered in Baltimore ( when
will Chicago get serious about this carnage or is this the case of true racism
as a Blue run city turns a deaf ear and a blind eye to the slaughter of people
of color by people of color?).
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Nelly
feat. Kelly Rowland, factoids of interest for this day in history, the
fact that you are able to escape the clutches of plenonectic people and a relevant quote from Simon Winchester on
the Krakatoa eruption, secure in the knowledge that if you
want to find a gift for any memorable events like Father’s Day, 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.
1. Women’s
Equality Day—commemorating
the effective date of the 19th Amendment which gave women the right
to vote and celebrated on this day since 1973.
2. National
Dog Day—created by Colleen Paige in 2004, an animal rights activist
whose family adopted a dog on this day, to promote awareness of the need to
adopt dogs as opposed to having them euthanized.
3. 2002
Number One Song— the number one song in 2002 on a run of 7 weeks in that
position was “Dilemma” by Nelly feat. Kelly Rowland. Here is a recording
of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=donqtllL3hM
This noted rapper and singer is in hot water with the IRS over large tax lien
and has been accused of rape.
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “plenonectic” which means greedy or
covetous which describes feelings of politicians when it comes to your earnings
and assets.
5. Home Alone Can Still
Age—celebrating the birth on this day in 1980 of noted child actor who
bridged the gap Macauly Culkin who after 15 movies in 7 years took a break and
went to a private high school in Manhattan and then returned to acting.
On this day in:
a.
1983 the volcano Krakatoa in Indonesia began its final paroxysmal, stage
ultimately spewing tons of ash into the atmosphere which lowered temperatures worldwide
and killed some 36,000 people.
b. 1920 the 19th
Amendment granting women the right to vote went into effect.
c. 1944 with
German snipers still active, Charles de Gaulle entered Paris triumphantly.
d. 2011 Boeing’s
787 Dreamliner, its first composite material jetliner received certification from
the FAA and EASA to begin operations.
e. 2015 TV journalists
Alison Parker and Adam Ward of CBS Affiliate WBDJ of Roanoak, Virginia were murdered on live TV interviewing the head of
the Chamber of Commerce of Moneta, Virginia by ex-fellow worker Vester Flanigan
who had been dismissed from the station two years earlier and who shot and
killed himself after a 5 hour manhunt in Moneta, West Virginia.
Reflections
on the eruption at Mt. Krakatoa: “The eruption of Krakatoa was, indeed, the
first true catastrophe in the world to take place after the establishment of a
worldwide network of telegraph cables—a network that allowed news of disaster
to be flashed around the planet in double-quick time.” ― Simon
Winchester
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August 26, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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