Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For September 4, 2019 The Board of
Supervisors of San Francisco has just passed a resolution declaring the NRA a
terrorist organization because it uses its money to promote gun ownership and
“to incite gun owners to commit violence” (either the Board has given up trying
to solve the homeless problem with its
feces, drug use and crime that has plagued this once beautiful city and
is using the resolution to distract attention to its failures or its members have been stepping in too much
feces or are on drugs); all but one body has been recovered from 34 divers/passengers
aboard the MV Coronation that sank in
a blazing inferno off the waters near Santa Barbara and the Coast Guard will
soon be interviewing the 5 crewmen who survived by jumping ship; Christine
Ford’s lawyer is implying the she was motivated to tar Kavanaugh with an
asterisk that would impair his ability to rule on Roe v. Wade’s limiting
or overruling it (so much for being truthful in one’s testimony if the lawyer
is right); Dorian’s death toll has risen to 20 in the Bahamas and it has
regained strength to a CAT 3 as it moves up the coast to North Carolina to
create more destruction and hopefully no deaths; the Obama’s have always been
suspected of the ends justifies the means when it comes to politics seem to
have transported that behavior to intellectually property being accused of
filing a frivolous petition in a trade mark to get approval for their proposed
mark “Higher Ground Productions” which has been rejected as being too similar
to Higher Ground Enterprises (Michelle’s new rallying cry must be “When they go
low we go lower when it comes to trademarks”); while the left crows about
Wal-Mart cancelling handgun sales in Alaska and limiting the sale of handgun
ammo, the family of a woman visiting in Ontario is in mourning over her death
from a black (not armed when she went to investigate her barking dogs); in
another example of why we need firearms, a neighbor woke up to the sounds of
his neighbor’s house being burglarized, went to investigate and was shot and
killed following which another neighbor appeared and traded shots with the
burglar trying to flee on a bicycle, hitting him in the leg (we mere mortals do
not have the privilege of armed security 24/7 and must fend for ourselves until
the police can respond); China and the U.S. may have stepped back from the
brink of the trade war, agreeing to further talks next month (positive response
from the market with such news); in Chicago through September 2, 2019, 1899
have been shot of whom 322 have died and in Baltimore with a fraction of
Chicago’s population, 234 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 Eminem feat. Rihanna, factoids of interest for
this day in history, the fact that you can enjoy the day without meeting
people who want to practice pokerish acts, and a relevant quote from Elizabeth
Eckford on integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, 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. Talent Acquisition Professionals Day—created
by the Association of Talent Acquisition Professionals and KRT Marketing on
September 5, 2018 and to be celebrated on the first Wednesday thereafter to honor
the contributions of talent acquisition professionals to find the right people
with the right talent for the right company in need of such services.
2. National
Wildlife Day—created by Colleen Paige in 2005 to promote awareness of the
dangers faced by animals who are endangered nationally and globally and now
celebrated since the death of Steve Irwin, noted conservationist and star of The Crocodile Hunter on his birthday on
February 22.
3. 2010 Number One Song— the number one
song in 2010 on a run of 7 weeks in that position was “Love The Way You
Lie” by Eminem feat Rihanna. Here is a recording of the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uelHwf8o7_U. His
rap has transcended his life and he has had several run-ins with the law in
addition to battling prescription drug addiction but still producing hit rap
records.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “pokerish”
which means causing terror which a nuclear armed North Korea would be capable
of in spades.
5. It’s A Dog’s Life—celebrating the birth on
this day in 1942 of Jan Pol who emigrated to the U.S. from the Netherlands and
practiced veterinary medicine for years for creating his own show on veterinary
medicine in 2011 and is still growing strong with the show which also includes
his wife and three children who have become veterinarians,
On this day in:
a. 1957
Governor Orville Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the
integration by nine black students at Central High School in Little Rock,
Arkansas, a move quickly thwarted by President Eisenhower who federalized the
National Guard with orders allow the students to enter and protect them from
angry segregationists.
b. 1957
in one of the more disastrous business decisions, Ford Motor Company introduced
the Edsel, a car believed by the public to be overpriced, overhyped, and unattractive
and disappeared from the production lines in 1960.
c. 1972 The Price Is Right aired on CBS to ultimately become the longest
running game show on TV, still going today.
d. 1998 Google was founded by two
Stanford students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
e. 2002 the Oakland Athletics won
their 20th consecutive game, a Major League Record16 the U.S. and
China which together amount to 40% of the world’s carbon emissions signed the
Paris Agreement regarding the reduction in carbon emissions which the U.S.,
while leading the world in carbon emissions, has announced its intention to
withdraw prior to the 2020 elections.
Reflections
on the integration of Central High School by one of the Little Rock 9: “They
moved closer and closer. ... Somebody started yelling. ... I tried to see a
friendly face somewhere in the crowd—someone who maybe could help. I looked
into the face of an old woman and it seemed a kind face, but when I looked at
her again, she spat on me.” Elizabeth Eckford, one of the nine very brave
school kids who integrated Central High School whose act reminders us of what
real racism was.
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