Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For December 20, 2019 Being closing
linked to Hollywood, the Blues have learned how to act, intoning solemnly that
impeachment was a sad day for America when they could hardly their joy contain
(check out Tlaib’s video heading to impeachment vote almost clicking her heels
and cheering for the moment it will be time for her to vote and Pelosi’s hand
across the throat motion to end Blue cheers); after a rush to judgment kangaroo
court to create Articles of Impeachment, the Hypocrite in Chief Pelosi wants to
delay Articles being sent to the Senate until it bows to her dictates of who
will appear (time for her to pound sand and reap the winds of impeachment chaos
against Blues, especially Blues in districts won by Trump who were either dumb
enough or spineless enough to vote for impeachment; under the DNC debate rules,
Blues reduced to the Non Magnificent Seven at their last night’s debate despite
Spartacus’ pleas that he not be crucified on the cross of nonappearance (for
rating purposes the DNC if it had a brain would have had Marianne Williamson on
for levity appeal); while we are in the limbo land that Trump has not been
impeached until Articles of Impeachment are delivered to the Senate, Pelosi
managed to clear her anti-Trump hatred long enough to invite the president to
deliver his State of the Union Address to the Congress; wave goodbye to any
hopes of unity and civility after impeachment vote as disgraced and resigned
former Senator Al Franken stoked the flames by comparing Senator McConnell to
serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer (shame on you Franken); thanks to
Trump, 100 MS-13 members have learned there is no sanctuary in Di Blasio’s NYC
and have been arrested in the largest sweep in New York history; if you are
going to a Lady Gaga concert in the future you might want to make sure your
seats are up wind as she cannot remember the last time she has bathed; Chicago with
a new interim police chief now having to replace a fired police chief, as of
December 19, 2019, 2645 have been shot, of whom, 445 have died but none in the
last two days; Baltimore with a fraction of Chicago’s population, is coming in
second place in the amount of gun deaths as 333 have been murdered, a number
which has passed all of 2014’s deaths and all of 2016’s yearly total of 318
fatalities but 2017’s record of 342 looks like it may not be broken in the
waning days of 2019 (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, factoids of interest for this day in history, a musical link
to Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, the fact you do have the capacity to be
puissant in your business relationships, a relevant quote on the invasion of
Panama by President George H.W. Bush, secure
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1. International Human Solidarity Day—created by General Assembly on December 22, 2005 and first celebrated on
this day in 2006 to promote unity through diversity.
2. Go Caroling Day—not sure where this observance came
from or when first celebrated but the tradition of caroling during the holidays
in nursing homes, assisted living, senior citizen centers and street corners
and driveways is a worthy, fun family event.
3. 2009 Number 1 Number
One Song— the number one song in 2009 on this day on a run of 5 weeks
in the position was “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. Here is a
recording of the song performed at Times Square December 31, 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TC02VaB1Rw.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “puissant”
which means mighty which Reds hope defines the level of outrage of Reds and
Independents over the impeachment travesty.
5. Follow Me After the Holiday--celebrating the
birth on this day in 1981 of Christmas Abbot, noted physical trainer and
fitness author who we should follow after our caloric splurging over the
holidays.
On this day in:
a. 1957 the King of Rock and Roll was drafted
into the U.S. Army.
b. 1957 the initial production model of the Boeing 707
made its first flight, making the world a much smaller place at over 500 miles
per hour.
c. 1989 U.S. forces invaded Panama to depose Manuel
Noriega who ultimately surrendered to U.S. forces on January 3, 1990 to be
transferred for trial and conviction back to the U.S.
d. 1991 Zein Isa and his wife
were convicted in Missouri and sentenced to death for the honor killing of
their daughter but Isa escaped the death sentence by dying of diabetes and his
wife Maria had her sentence commuted to life in prison without parole where she
died on April 30, 2014.
e. 2007 Queen Elizabeth II became the longest
reigning monarch of the United Kingdom to the dismay of Prince Charles who
wonders if he will ever get the chance to be king as his mother shows no signs
of slowing down or abdicating.
You can run but you cannot
hide from the U.S. even if you run a country as a dictator: “General Noriega's
reckless threats and attacks upon Americans in Panama created an eminent danger
to the 35,000 American citizens in Panama. As President, I have no higher
obligation than to safeguard the lives of American citizens. And that is why I
directed our armed force to protect the lives of American citizens in Panama,
and to bring General Noriega to justice in the United States. I contacted the
bipartisan leadership of Congress last night and informed them of this
decision, and after taking this action, I also talked with leaders in Latin
America, the Caribbean, and those of other U.S. allies.” President George H.W.Bush
announcing the invasion of Panama.
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