Ridley's Believe It Or Not October 21, 2020
Non CV Case News: Brian Stelter wants to commit Helter-Skelter on conservatives by ranting Twitter and Facebook are not doing enough to curb conservative thought and speeches (this pseudo Cack News Network “journalist” is out of his mind); Hidin’ Biden may be still mumm on court packing but it is clear he will roll back Trump’s immigration measures that have put a damper on the surge of illegals into this country and for sure end any further discussion of security measures that work; Jill Biden made a safe appearance on The View free from any questions on Hunter Biden’s ongoing quid pro quo scandal with China and Ukraine but able to tout Biden is being “smeared”; Trump is in a snit fit with Leslie Stahl and her 60 Minutes which pulls him off message that he’s a win for the economy for all Americans and Biden is not and has not (knowing the reception he would get makes one wonder why he ever appeared); another Senate Stimulus Bill on the cross of aid to illegal aliens and bailout of Blue State unvested pension liabilities is crucified; a COVID vaccine volunteer has died but not clear whether the volunteer was in the placebo group or receiving the vaccine but the AstraZeneca/Oxford trials are continuing; thank God for Chuck the third time was still out of luck in his motion to deny voting on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett; not sure if this is the endorsement Trump would like to hear but Putin is saying what many Reds and a few rare moderate Blues feel that the Democratic Party is closer to the ideals that created Communism.
Chicago/Baltimore Gun Violence: In Chicago as of October 20 2020, the number of shootings increased to 3,456 of whom 589 have died (total travesty of BLM when blacks are shot and killed by blacks in droves and only sounds of silence and complete absence of any protests in front of City Hall demanding action to curb the killings and shootings); Baltimore with a fraction of Chicago’s population and hoping against all hopes that 2020 will not be a record in terms of deaths but now seems to be shooting less and killing less and is still 324 behind Chicago at 265 murders (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 way more deadly and way more numerous than shootings by police or by random mass shootings which occur far much less.
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for this day in history, a musical link to “Fantasy” by Mariah Carey, the fact that you do not suffer from polydipsia, and a quote by Senator Benjamin Tillman trying to justify lynching, secure in the knowledge that if you want to send 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. Please contact me for details.
1. Support
Your Local Chamber of Commerce Day—celebrated on the third Wednesday of October
each year to commemorate the work done by local chambers of commerce to promote
and advance the cause of local businesses in the community.
2. Check Your Meds Day—created
on this day in 2017 by Consumer Reports to
encourage Americans who take prescription drugs especially those on a a long
term basis to review with their doctor or pharmacist the medications they take.
3. 1995
Number One Song— the number 1 song in 1995 on a run of 8
weeks was “Fantasy” by Mariah Carey to join 11 other number 1 songs of which 1 was
her second 1. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tCTm5M3Cp8
4. Word of the Day—today’s
word of the day is “polydipsia” which means an abnormal thirst which is
definitely something not to have during times of drought.
5. A Dark Empire Strikes Back--celebrating
the birth on this day in 1956 of noted actress Carrie Fisher who appeared in
numerous films but perhaps best remembered for her role as Princess Leia in Star Wars but who struggled with
addiction and bipolar issues and on December 23, 2016 experienced a medical
emergency 15 minutes from landing at LAX
from a flight from London to be rushed to the ICU at UCLA Medical Center where
she died on December 27,2016 of cardiac arrest with traces of cocaine, heroin
and ecstasy in her system.
On this day in:
a. 1805 the British fleet under the command of
Admiral Nelson who in prior wars had already lost 1 eye and 1 arm lost his life
in defeating at Trafalgar the combined fleet of Spain and France in one of
Britain’s biggest victories.
b. 1921 President
Harding delivered the first speech condemning lynching in the Deep South which
unfortunately did not end the practice which did not disappear until March 21,
1981 in Alabama where Michael Donald had the dubious distinction of being the
last black lynched in the United States and unlike many lynchings that occurred
in the past, one perpetrator was executed in the first execution of a white on
black murder since 1913 and the other sentenced to life in prison.
c.
1967 in a sign that support for the Vietnam War was fading and opposition
growing, the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam after a
rally and Phil Ochs concert at the Lincoln Memorial attended by 70,000, some
50,000 marched to the Pentagon to protest the War in Vietnam peacefully with
some 650, including Norman Mailer arrested for civil disobedience.
d. 1973 defensive
end Fred Dryer, noted for his quickness became the first NFL player to score 2
safeties in a game in 2 back to back possessions in a game won by the Los
Angeles Rams 24-7 against the Green Bay Packers.
e.
1994 North Korea and the United States signed the Agreed Framework which required
North Korea to cease its nuclear weapons program and submit to inspections
which it sadly did not do and is closer to nuclear weapons and the means to
deliver them than it ever has been.
Reflections on
the crime of lynching: “We of the South have never recognized the right of the
negro to govern white men, and we never will. We have never believed him to be
the equal of the white man, and we will not submit to his gratifying his lust
on our wives and daughters without lynching him.” Benjamin R. Tillman in his
"Congressional Speech on Segregation" This Governor and Senator
from South Carolina who supported domination of blacks and lynching epitomized
what the word so tossed about by Blues at the drop of the hat really means.
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