Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For February 28, 2020 At a time when the markets are being rocked by
coronavirus fears and the number of infections are increasing in more and more
countries along with deaths, what is needed are clear heads and bipartisan
responses and instead we are inundated with MSM rhetoric that this is the Trump
coronavirus; classic example of how this virus is stoking the flames of
partisanship; Garamendi is in a snit fit over the response or as he claims
nonresponse of Trump to coronavirus and threatens Don Trump, Jr. with
altercation (good luck on that John as it’s been over 50 years since you played
football and wrestled for Cal); the second case of the virus not stemming from
a known infection has been reported in California; as Iran is hit with the
spread of infections and deaths, the Great Satan has offered assistance to
fight the virus (wonder if the move will still the “Death to America” chants in the streets of Tehran?);
Nunes has indicated the subpoenas are in place ready to be filed against senior
FBI and DOJ officials involved in the FISA Court abuse and the Russian
collusion delusion investigation (would prefer that guilty parties plead guilty
and seek pardons form Trump as a means to restore the integrity of the DOJ and
FBI and like Ford’s pardon of Nixon attempt to heal the nation); Trump may have made great strides in reshaping
the ultra-leftist 9th Circuit but its recent ruling banning Trump’s
executive order to force asylum seekers to return to Mexico pending
adjudication which has been immensely successful in reducing illegal entry
shows that much more appointments need to be made; Mark Zuckerberg has been hit
with numerous allegations of misconduct involving his family and aides which
spokesmen deny and claim to be unfounded; black commentator for CNN Angela Raye
is heaping shame on black supporters of President Trump (wakeup call CNN black
voters are just like other voters who have a tendency to vote their pocket
books and the news for blacks in that regard is great); in Chicago, as of
February 27, 2020, 331 people have been shot of whom 65 have died as no one
died yesterday in a minor miracle; Baltimore with a fraction of Chicago’s
population and hoping against all hopes that 2020 will not be a record in terms
of deaths has fallen 16 behind Chicago with 49 murders by shootings (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 Teressa Brewer, the fact that you do not suffer from ochlophobia, a
relevant quote by Lady Gaga on bullying, 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
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1. Global Scouse Day—created Liverpool,
England, the city that brought us the Beatles, to celebrate a beef or vegetable
stew by the same name. For those curious on how to make it here is a link: https://globalscouseday.com/bby
2. International
Day to Stand Up to Bullying—created in 2008 when two students in
Nova Scotia stood up to a bully who was bullying a fellow classmate for wearing
a pink shirt.
3. 1953
Number 1 Number One Song— the number one song in 1953 on
this day on a run of 5 weeks in the position was “Till I Waltz With You Again”
by Teresa Brewer. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt-oU8KqQFs.
This prolific singer who recorded over 600 songs during her career waltzed her
last on October 17, 2007 at the age of 76.
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “ochlophobia” which means a fear of
crowds, a characteristic all of us may soon acquire in the coronavirus pandemic
continues to expand out of control.
5. Anti-Trumper All the Way—celebrating
or bemoaning depending on your political views the birthday on this day in 1953
of Paul Krugman, noted purveyor of the “Dismal Science” who has been a rabid
critic of Trump’s economic policies.
On this day
in:
a. 1953 James Watson and Francis Crick
announced to friends that they had discovered the chemical makeup of the DNA
molecule.
b. 1958 a school bus in Floyd County,
Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the Levisa
Fork River resulting in the death of the driver and 26 school children.
c. 1983 the
final episode of M*A*S*H aired on TV watched by some 106 million viewers, a
record for a last episode number of viewers.
d. 1993 the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms raid the Branch Davidian Compound near Waco, Texas trying
to serve arrest warrants which resulted in a shoot out in which 4 ATF agents
and 6 Davidians were killed prompting a 51 day siege before the Compound was
set on fire with multiple fatalities to the Davidians.
e. 2013 Pope Benedict XVI resigned
as Pope, becoming the first do so since Pope Gregory XII in 1415.
Reflections
on bullying: " I've been actually really very pleased to see how much awareness
was raised around bullying, and how deeply it affects everyone. You know, you
don't have to be the loser kid in high school to be bullied. Bullying and being
picked on comes in so many different forms.” Lady Gaga
Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.
Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.
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February 28, 2020 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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