Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For March 4, 2020 Biden came back from the dead as Blues woke up to the
fact that socialism may not be a winner after all and following his poor
showing on Tuesday, Bloomberg suspended his campaign and endorsed Biden (Blues
have to be crossing fingers that the feds do not move forward on Biden’s and
his son Hunter’s Ukrainian shenanigans that would be a potential death blow to
his candidacy worse than his gaffs and speculation over mental fitness);
Schumer is on thin ice when he threatens SCOTUS Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh
that “they will pay the price” if they rule against abortion (sounds like a
physical threat of injury to me since judges don’t run for reelection and the
FBI should be pounding on this idiot’s Senate office door); Chief Justice
Roberts rightfully rebuked Schumer for his unwarranted, brazen attempt to
threaten members of SCOTUS (the sounds of silence from Schumer’s lackeys in the
Senate only blow the dog whistles of violence against the rule of law and the
court); AOC’s attempt to multiply the Squad has had its day in the Sun as none
of her backed primary House candidates won; Pence was in Washington, the state
leading the nation with 10 coronavirus deaths announcing new guidelines for
nursing homes to control the spread of infectious diseases and announcing that
insurance will cover the cost of coronavirus testing; must be interesting in
the Conway household during dinner and bedtime as anti-Trumper Kellyanne’s
husband has contributed the maximum amount to Joe Biden’s campaign; Spike Lee was
enjoying his 1st Amendment to blast black Trump supporters appearing
at a White House Prayer event as “House Slaves”(when will this reverse racist
realize we have a wallet amendment right to not pay to see his films?); in
Chicago, as of March 3. 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 18 behind Chicago
with 53 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 Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra, the fact that you like to use an
octothorpe in your read an octastitch a relevant quote by Magic
Johnson on the HIV Virus, 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
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for details.
1. Holy Experiment Day—celebrating a day to do
something religious like pray and hopefully be rewarded with your prayers being
answered favorably.
2. National
Grammar Day—created in 2008 by Martha Brockenbrough, founder of the Society
for Good Grammar.
3. 1956
Number 1 Number One Song— the number one song in 1956 on
this day on a run of 4 weeks in the position was “Lisbon Antigua” by Nelson
Riddle and His Orchestra. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nczWyKNSVDo. This popular band leader of the 50’s and early 60’s
must have been a heavy drinker as he died of cirrhosis on October 6, 1985 at
the age of 64.
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “octothorpe” which is the hash or
pound sign well used in tweets.
5. Fame Came Late—celebrating
the birth on this day in 1951 of Korean borne avant-garde author Teresa Cha whose
classic book Dictee was published one
week before she was raped and murdered in New York City on November 5, 1982.
On this day
in:
a. 1957 the S&P 500 replaced the S&P
90.
b. 1966 in a interview with the London Evening Standard John Lennon
declared that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ.
c. 1974 People
Magazine was published for the first time.
d. 1985 the FDA approved the blood test for the HIV Virus to be used in
testing for the safety of blood in blood donations.
e. 2020 Nik Wallenda became the first person on a high wire to walk over
Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua, a 1800 foot walk in 31 minutes 23 seconds.
Reflections
on the HIV Virus: “Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they
didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living
with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing
basketball.” Magic Johnson.
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