Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For March 3, 2020 Today is Super Tuesday so be sure if you are in a state
holding primaries get out and vote; Biden has finally done something worthy of
praise instead of not another gaffe scorn as he rejected disgraced former FBI
Director James Comey’s endorsement; Nashville was hit with a massive tornado
causing death and destruction (Trump is heading to the scene to survey damage
and assess resources and aid needed); on the coronavirus front a Denver
Councilwoman has sunk to new lows of Trump Derangement Syndrome tweeting if she
were infected with the coronavirus she would go to as many MAGA rallies to
infect as many Trump supporters as possible (news to this idiot wishing death
on anyone for political beliefs is not capable of being a subject that can be
viewed as a jest); even though Blues face the possibility of a brokered
convention and a fractured party, HRC still trying to be relevant as she faces
a deposition over her private email server was not spreading oil over troubled
waters as she lashed out at Bernie’s campaign as being just baloney (given her
campaign performance in 2016 she may be right as it takes one to know one;
SCOTUS has just ruled that illegal aliens using someone’s else’s information in
filing out employment tax forms can be prosecuted; Joy Behar finally had a clue
when she lambasted Chris Matthews for his disparaging remarks on women; the Fed
implemented an emergency 50 basis point cut in rates but the market tanked over
500 points; in Chicago, as of March 2. 2020, 356 people have been shot of whom
71 have died; 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
19 behind Chicago with 52 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 the McGuire Sisters, the fact that you like to read an octastitch a
relevant quote by Canada Lee on being discovered by Orson Welles, 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. World Hearing Day—created by the World
Health Organization and celebrated since 2007 to promote the prevention of
hearing loss and improved hearing care.
2. Liberation
and Freedom Day (Charlottesville, Virginia) —created by
unanimous vote of the Charlottesville City Council in 2019 to commemorate the
arrival on this day in 1865 of Union Army forces under the command of General
Sheridan and the liberation of some 14,000 slaves.
3. 1955
Number 1 Number One Song— the number one song in 1955 on
this day on a run of 6 weeks in the position was “Sincerely” by the McGuire
Sisters. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FFUeGB_Bbo.
This popular trio of sisters were active from 1952-1968 and the youngest born
in 1931 is still with us.
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “octastitch” which means a poem of 8
lines, a concept this poet is looking forward to creating.
5. A Pioneer Who Died Too Soon—celebrating
the birth on this day in 1907 of noted failed jockey and prize fighter, African
American Canada Lee who was discovered by Orson Welles to become a noted stage
and screen actor until his early death on May 9, 1952 from kidney disease.
On this day
in:
a. 1939
Gandhi began a hunger strike in Bombay, India against British rule in India.
b. 1951 Jackie Brenston recorded with Ike
Turner’s band at Sam Phillips’ recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee “Rocket
88” believed to be the first rock and roll record.
c. 1980 the
world’s first nuclear powered submarine the USS Nautilus launched on Januaury 21, 1954 was decommissioned.
d. 1991 an amateur video captured
the beating of Rodney King by officers of the LAPD following a traffic stop
which lead to the Los Angeles Riots after the officers tried for the beating
were found not guilty.
e. 2005 Steve Fossett became the
first person to fly an airplane around the world without refueling.
Reflections
on the good fortune to have been discovered by Orson Welles: "I never would have amounted to anything
in the theatre if it hadn't been for Orson Welles. The way I looked at acting,
it was interesting and it was certainly better than going hungry. But I didn't
have a serious approach to it until … I bumped into Orson Welles. He was
putting on a Federal Theatre production of Macbeth with Negro players
and, somehow, I won the part of Banquo. He rehearsed us for six solid months,
but when the play finally went on before an audience, it was right—and it was a
wonderful sensation, knowing it was right. Suddenly, the theatre became
important to me. I had a respect for it, for what it could say. I had the
ambition—I caught it from Orson Welles—to work like mad and be a convincing
actor."
Canada Lee
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