Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For December 30, 2019 The Fort Worth
Church shooter was not very smart as in Texas lots of law abiders carry
concealed guns and before killing and wounding more he was shot down in six
seconds by an armed parishioner; like a puppet De Blasio blamed the most pro Jewish
president ever for the anti-Semite attack by a machete wielding black on Donald
Trump (when will the residents of the Big Apple realize they have a rotten one
in their midst and dump him?); in an annual poll, Trump has tied Obama as the
most admired man in America but including Adam Schiff in the list of most
admired albeit with only some 2 percent, raises some questions as to the poll’s
veracity; in an attempt to allay fears that lurk beneath the service as to his
ability to serve, Sanders’ doctor has released his medical report following his
heart attack, giving him a clean bill of health; in a potential death blow to
ratings, Trump will be holding a campaign rally in Wisconsin the same night the
Democrats are holding a presidential debate among some of the candidates; given
his ratings that continue to fall, it is a mystery why Brian Stelter consumed
by his anti-Trump rhetoric still has a job with the Cack News Network; Hunter
Biden whom many believe will become the equivalent of the private server of HRC
is back in the news with a private investigator firm investigating his finances
in his ongoing child support case has claimed it has obtained access to his
financial records which show participation in a multimillion dollar counterfeit
scheme (after having to walk back his refusal to obey Senate impeachment trial,
Biden needs this new scandal like the proverbial hole in the head); in another
example of polarization and PC culture a photo showing 18 out of 30 of a West
Virginia Correctional Officers Training Class giving what appears to be the
Nazi salute with the caption Hail Byrd (their instructor) which prompted the
governor to indicate they should be fired along with some instructors who did
not report the incident; time to pity Uncle Joe facing hecklers of “Quid Pro
Quo Joe in New Hampshire campaign stop (pity the poor Blues tied to a loser who
if against Trump will flop); in Chicago with a new interim police chief now
having to replace a fired police chief, as of December 29, 2019, 2747 have been
shot, of whom, 458 have died; Baltimore with a fraction of Chicago’s
population, is coming in first place in 2019 not yet finished in the amount of
gun deaths as 343 have been murdered, a number which has the dubious
distinction of passing all of 2014’s deaths and all of 2016’s yearly total of
318 fatalities and 2017’s and 2015’s record of previous record of 342 (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 Bruno Mars Carey, the fact you are usually punctilious, a relevant quote
on executing Saddam Hussein by Richard Dawkins, secure
in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events
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1. Fifth Day of Kwanzaa--created by Maulana Karenga, a professor of black studies at Cal State
University, in 1996 to celebrate 7 principles of African Culture ending on
January 1 of each year of which today’s is “purpose.”
2. Bacon
Day—celebrating that food that probably gives cardiologists great
headaches and was created by Danya Goodman and Jeff Leonard in response to
Homer Simpson’s question on the “I Love Lisa” episode “Is It Bacon Day?”
3. 2012 Number 1 Number
One Song— the number one song in 2012 on this day on a run of 4 weeks
in the position was “Locked Out of Heaven” by Bruno Mars. Here is a recording
of the song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-fA-gBCkj0
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “punctilious”
which means scrupulous and exact, traits which are found lacking in most
politicians expecially when seeking your vote.
5. Out of the Woods Into the Masters--celebrating
the birth on this day in 1975 of one of the truly great golfer Tiger Woods who
after a 14 year hiatus from the Green Jacket wore one again this year.
On this day in:
a. 1916 Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsarina
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince
Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow
river three days later. As Russia continued to lurch to revolution as its
troops were being slaughtered in the trenches in World War I.
b. 1936 the United Auto Workers staged its first sit
down strike at General Motors’ Plant in Flint, Michigan which lasted for 40 days
and resulted in recognition of the UAW Union.
c. 1965
Ferdinand Marcos became President of the Philippines and remained so until
1986, having ruled as dictator under martial law from 1975 to 1981.
d. 2005 Tropical Storm Zeta
disproved the adage “last but not Least” tied the record for the latest
tropical storm formed in the North Atlantic Basin and after limping into 2007
faded quickly away never making landfall or causing any damages.
e. 2006 former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was executed for mass
murders by hanging.
Reflections on Saddam
Hussein’s execution: “The obvious objections to the execution of Saddam Hussein
are valid and well aired. His death will provoke violent strife between Sunni
and Shia Muslims, and between Iraqis in general and the American occupation
forces.” Richard Dawkins, noted English eholigist and author and whose
predictions of chaos following Hussein’s execution seemed to be right on point.
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