Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For December 19, 2019 The House on
purely partisan lines impeached Trump on two bogus counts abuse of power and
obstruction of Congress with not a single Red vote yes and sane minding Blues
voting no and to some surprise Gabbard voting present and now the farce goes to
the Senate although Pelosi is posturing that the Articles of Impeachment will
not be sent to the Senate until she is satisfied with the procedures re
witnesses (talk about hypocrisy from the head Blue after an impeachment process
that reeked of due process abuse); Lawrence Tribe, rabid anti-Trump leftist
Harvard Law Professor, and Alan Dershowitz, an Emeritus Harvard Law Professor
are in a constitutional snit fit over the legality of the House not bringing
the Articles to the Senate (after a rush to impeach Pelosi is looking more and
more like a jilted bimbo trying to keep the Articles in limbo so they can raise
money and energize the base to get out and vote while the country’s political
business grinds to a complete halt); it’s like Deliverance with law books instead of banjos but Dershowitz and
Tribe are at each other’s legal throats over the ability of Pelosi to ignore
Senate rules and sit on Articles of Impeachment (my vote is with Dershowitz who
still has a lot of objective genes in his body); while Blues still support open
borders and sanctuary cities to the detriment of the safety of all residents,
citizens and illegals, Trump administration has moved forward with agreements to send asylum seekers back to
Guatemala while their cases are being considered; after being delayed by Pelosi
for almost a year the USMCA has passed with as expected the super hypocrite Pelosi
taking credit; Obama’s former doctor has sounded the warning on Biden that he “is
not a healthy guy”; Chicago with a new interim police chief now having to
replace a fired police chief as of December 18, 2019, 2642 have been shot, of
whom, 445 have died; Baltimore with a fraction of Chicago’s population, is
coming in second place in the amount of gun deaths as 332 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 Beyonce, the fact you do are not puisine in your dealings with many of
your business associates, a relevant quote on the transfer of power over Hong
Kong to China by Queen Elizabeth II, secure
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1. Holly Day—created by Jace-Shoemaker Galloway to popularize an evergreen long associated
with Christmas as its prickly leaves represent the crown of thrones Christ wore
on his death.
2. National Regifting Day—celebrated on the last Thursday
before Christmas since 2006 and must be a holiday detested by retailers both on
line and brick and mortar.
3. 2008 Number 1 Number
One Song— the number one song in 2008 on this day on a run of 3 weeks
in the position was “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” by Beyonce. Here is a
recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY.
This classic trained pianist singer and songwriter has been hitting all the
right keys in her career.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “puisine”
which means inferior in rank, which if applied to the Blue wanna-bes who will
have to face Trump, impeachment notwithstanding, fits them to a tee.
5. Gift of Objectivity--celebrating or bemoaning
the on this day in 1972 of noted actress Alyssa Milano who despite her talent
has become a rabid anti-Trumper that she turns off half of the country.
On this day in:
a. 1912 William Van Schaick, captain of
the PS General Slocum which given the
absence of workable safety equipment was a death trap, caught fire and killed
almost 900 people, was pardoned by U.S. President Taft after serving three-and-a-half-years
in Sing Sing Prison.
b. 1972 in an end of an era moment, the last
spaceship that sent Americans to the surface of the Moon, Apollo 17, returned
to Earth.
c. 1974 Nelson Rockefeller pursuant to the 25th
Amendment was sworn in as Vice President replacing Gerald Ford who had replaced
Spiro Agnew as a result of his resignation and then replaced Richard Nixon
following his resignation.
d. 1984 in a bad day for Hong
Kong residents, Great Britain and China agreed to the transfer of power from Great
Britain to China on July 1, 1997.
e. 1998 Bill Clinton was impeached for
perjury among other crimes to be like Trump should be found not guilty by the
Senate.
Reflections on the transfer
of Hong Kong from Great Britain to China: “Hong Kong now faces its transition
to Chinese sovereignty in excellent condition - prosperous, stable and dynamic.
Unprecedented though this moment in history may be, we have the utmost
confidence in the abilities and resilience of the Hong Kong people. Britain
learnt long ago that Hong Kong people know best what is good for Hong Kong. We
have no doubt that Hong Kong people can run Hong Kong, as the Joint Declaration
promises, and that faithful implementation of the Joint Declaration is the key
to Hong Kong's continued success. The eyes of the world are on Hong Kong today.
I wish you all a successful transition and a prosperous and peaceful future.”
Queen Elizabeth II Watching the pro democracy protests in Hong Kong certainly question the
intent of China to live up to its obligations and promises.
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