Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For September 9, 2019 On the college
admissions scandal Felicity Huffman who is looking a jail sentence of one month
and has pled with the judge for probation, community service and a fine as
opposed to jail time was slammed by the panelists on The View instead of just Meghan McCain who is the only sane person
on the show for seeking a soft sentence; despite statements to the contrary
Blues are the party that want open borders as reports have surfaced that while
Blue staffers have been barred from Border Patrol facilities due to rude and
disruptive behavior, Blue House members have been crossing the border to
“coach” illegals on how to exploit loopholes in our sieve immigration law; on
the maritime good news front the 4 crew members, all of whom have been rescued.
on the Golden Ray which near
Brunswick, Georgia caught fire and rolled over but did not sink; British
Airways as a result of a pilot strike has cancelled all of its flights; President
Trump has awarded the Medal of Valor on the Dayton police officers who charged
into a hail of rifle fire to kill the shooter and commendations on several
officers responding to the El Paso shooting (on a day when heroes trying to
stop mass shootings are honored, it is appalling
to note that the carnage in a misnamed city “Charm City” aka Baltimore where 7
people were shot, 2 of whom died, bringing the death toll to 240 for the year a
statistic which is so typical of Blue run cities); in a we will believe it when
it happens moment, state media of North Korea announced that it was willing to
resume denuclearization talks with the U.S. in the coming weeks (like their
hopes for a recession Blues must be sweating blood if meaningful talks actually
occur which would boost substantially Trump’s reelection chances); almost 1,500
people have died in France from excessive heat waves in June and July; the FDA
has slammed JUUL Labs for its marketing practices as concerns over vaping safety
rise (company has 15 days to respond and may be facing federal investigations
over potential criminal conduct); Google is once again in hot water not for
anti-conservative bias but for monopolistic practices in an inquiry by 50
states and led by Texas (surprise surprise, leftist and pro Google Newsom has
allowed California to join the investigation); as expected Google is defending
itself with what one might call the Lance Armstrong defense in that its products
provide such good to society that that good outweighs any anti competitive damages
(not sure given the anti-conservative bias how well that is going to play at
the DOJ and Texas); a now not so secret Iranian air base in Eastern Syria under
construction was hit by 8 U.S. airstrikes with 21 fatalities; McDonald’s is
selling Shamrock Shakes not in Boston and not in March but in Philadelphia in
September to celebrate the opening the Eagles’ football season; in Chicago
through September 8, 2019, 1941 have been shot of whom 328 have died (bad aim
by the shooters ended as the 3 day hiatus of no one shot dying has ended) and
in Baltimore with a fraction of Chicago’s population, 240 have been murdered in
Baltimore (when will Chicago and Baltimore 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 and when will the
left focus on the problem of color on color shootings in Blue run cities which
have been more deadly and more numerous than random mass shootings?
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and
observances, a music link to Omi, factoids of interest for this day in
history, the fact that you do not have polyhydrosis, and a relevant quote from Irwin
Cobb on traffic safety, 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
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1. California Admission Day—celebrating the
admission on this day in 1850 of California as the 31st state.
2. Tester’s Day—celebrating the finding of the first
computer bug on this day in 1947 in the Mark II Computer at Harvard University—a
real live moth which was debugged from the computer as the word was moved into
the lexicon of computers and the testing software engineers do to detect bugs
in the software and debug the program.
3. 2015 Number One Song— the number one
song in 2015 on a run of 6 weeks (not continuous) in that position was “Cheerleader”
by Omi. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGflUbPQfW8.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “polyhidrosis
which means excessive perspiration which could mean a sickness or nervousness,
lying or overexertion.
5. Pads And Helmets Are For Wimps—celebrating the
birth on this day in 1990 noted New Zealand professional rugby player Shaun
Johnson who in 2014 was acclaimed to be the world’s best professional rugby
player.
On this day in:
a. 1958
Elvis Presley appeared live to perform on The
Ed Sullivan Show.
b. 1966
President Lyndon Johnson signed the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
imposing safety standards for road traffic and for motor vehicles which help
curtail the spiraling death and accident rate on America’s streets, roads and
highways.
c. 1971 New York Attica State Prison
Riot began and lasted for 4 days before New York State Police retook the prison
ending in 39 deaths, mostly inmates killed by police retaking the prison.
d. 1972 at the Mammoth Cave National
Park in Kentucky researchers discovered a link to the Flint Ridge Cave System,
making it the longest known cave system in the world.
e. 2015 Elizabeth II became the
longest serving monarch in British history.
Reflections
on traffic safety: “I've run a temperature in at least two hospitals and I also
met up with quite a few legless, armless and otherwise badly messed up folks.
There's a whole lot of mighty serious accident contemplation going on in our
hospitals. My observations have taught me that it is much better to think about
accidents before they happen than to brood on them afterward. Take it from an
old campaigner, the best kind of hospital bed is the one that is permanently
empty. And personally, I'd rather be late for dinner tonight here than to be on
time for breakfast in the next world in the morning. Haste makes waste of a lot
of good human material.” ~Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944) [highway
safety editorial for the National Safety Council, c.1930
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