Tuesday, December 10, 2019

December 9, 2019 Ridley's Believe It Or Not International Anti-Corruption Day0

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For December 9, 2019 The American people were exposed to the Democratic equivalent of Where’s Waldo as Where’s Adam appeared not before the Judiciary Committee to present the Intel Committee’s finding s but instead sent its biased legal mouthpiece who has a history of contributions to the Blues and anti-Trump tweets (could it me that Lying Adam Schiff would not appear because he would exposed himself to perjury charges on questions on his involvement with the “whistle blower”); total theater with lawyers not witnesses making arguments as opposed to factual statements that are not evidence all while the IG’s Report was issued detailing 17 major lapses of judgment in the FISA applications at the same time Durham and Barr appear to be at odds with his conclusion that no political bias was found (watch for spin on both sides which may obfuscate that which is very wrong, governmental officials spying on a political campaign and conspiring to defeat it); grasping for straws Blues are expected to announce two Articles of Impeachment-abuse of power and obstruction of justice for essentially asserting executive privilege, an assertion the Blues are not taking to court; Michelle Obama maybe because in her gardens is not sniffing pesticides has confided to Jenna Bush in an interview that the impeachment proceedings against Trump are surreal and expressed a hope the divisiveness among Americans would end; when it comes to Saudi Muslims we know learn tread on pins and needles is the game as a Pensacola instructor gave the deadly Saudi shooter a nickname “Porn Stash”; not sure whether the acts of Culpeper County in Virginia will rise to the level of West Virginia’s revolt against the state at the start of the Civil War, but the county has passed an ordinance to declare it a 2nd Amendment County as the sheriff vows to deputize citizens to enable them to carry fire arms;  in Chicago with a new interim police chief now having to replace a fired police chief as of December 8, 2019, 2590 have been shot, of whom, 440 have died as the major miracle of no deaths in three days ended on the 8th; Baltimore with a fraction of Chicago’s population, is coming in second place in the amount of gun deaths as 321 have been murdered, a number which has passed all of 2014’s death and all of 2016’s yearly total of 318 fatalities but 2017’s record of 342 looks like it won’t be broken (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 Ludacris feat. Shawna,  the fact you are not suffering from psycrophobia,  relevant quote on small pox by Doctor Edward Jenner,  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. International Anti-Corruption Day—created by the UN in 2003 to create awareness of the evils of corruption in public affairs but as the hearings pertaining to Ukraine show, a lot more needs to be done to solve this problem.
2. Green Monday—celebrating the wake up bell for Christmas Shopper Procrastinators as it represents the last Monday fbefore the 15 an the two week cut off for Christmas package deliveries.
3. 2003 Number 1 Number One Song— the number one song in 2003 on this day on a run of 1 week in the position was “Stand Up” by Ludacris feat. Shawna. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZG7IK99OvI .
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “psycrophobia”  which means fear of the cold which if the climate change pundits are correct an experience that will fade off into the future.
5. Spartacus and Paths Of Glory--celebrating the birthday on this day in 1916 of noted actor icon Kirk Douglas,    
On this day in: 
       a.  1963 the Petrified Forest National Park was established in Arizona. 
      b. 1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first of a series of Peanuts Christmas specials was aired on CBS.
    c. 1979 the deadly and scarring disease smallpox became the first disease to be certified as extinct (the other was rinderpest similarly certified in 2011).  
  d. 1996 Gwen Jacob was acquitted of performing an indecent act in Toronto, Canada giving women the right to display their breasts in public.
  e. 2008 the Governor of Illinois Rod Blagovich was arrested by the FBI for trying to sell the U.S. Senate Seat vacated by President-Elect Obama.
     
Reflections on the eradication of small pox from the man who started the march to eradication: “I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox.” Edward Jenner, the English physician who contributed to the smallpox vaccine and was instrumental in popularizing its use. author.
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