Peanuts compared to $1.7 Trillion House Spending Bill But Pelosi Ups Minimum and Maximum Staff Salaries

 

As it seems we work for them and their benefits rise much faster
Pelosi's parting shot at raising the national debt
Was to increase House staff salaries to the highest yet
Staffers now start out at a minimum of 45 grand
And the staff pay ceiling is now $212,000, 38 grand higher than the elected Reps in this land
Her rationale was to prevent "qualified" staff from leaving to the private sector
Doubt it will work for staff who want to K street vector
Become a lobbyist and massive dollars rake in
While mere mortals with issues lose and lobbyists' clients win
Only question is whether McCarthy reduces the minimum and the ceiling
Token lip service to frugality after $1.7 trillion bill House passes that has us reeling© 12/30/2022 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

El Paso Overwhelmed , Ranchers Pleading for Help as Homes Broken Into by Illegals While Biden Works on His Tan in St. Croix

 

The left exploded in fury when illegals were dropped off at “Cackles’” house in D.C.
Claiming Abbott sending them into the freezing cold was an insult to humanity
But silence for the border towns like El Paso by swarms of illegals overrun
Or Texas ranchers living along the border terrified to not leave their homes without a gun
Not because of dangerous animals that outside their homes in the bushes may lurk
But the two legged illegals crossing and trying to break in in a system gone berserk
Our border is wide open and we could be looking at 2.50-3 million illegals a year
Not only those misfortunate enough to live along the border but those in the interior should fear
Cackles has been from the day of her appointment as border czar MIA
And Biden’s plan he is supposedly working on has yet to see the light of day
How long can this country as a country endure?
When our borders from the day Biden took office became not secure
Not only not secure but with a Biden Administration outright lies
Not working on anything to the border secure and its open nature denies
When do the border states and yes even Newsom’s golden state now iron pyrite
Band together and declare the flood of aliens an invasion that the feds have failed to fight
And put up the walls topped with barbed and send back every illegal in sight
Save those who have at our Embassies and consulates in their home nation obtained an asylum status right
Then and only then start the task Congress has refused to debate
Of how many immigrants with what skills we need and how fleeing poverty as a claim for asylum rates
If SCOTUS after its hearing in February allows Title 42 to end
Kiss this nation goodbye as into the trash heap the left it will send

©  12/30/2022 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

 

Bryan Kohberger, PhD Student in Criminology Arrested at His Parent's Home in Pennsylvania as Suspect in Knifing Murders of 4 University of Idaho StudentsI obRY

 

Students at the University of Idaho may be sleeping better tonight
A suspect in the knifing murder of 4 fellow students who had taken flight
From his apartment as a PhD student in criminology at WSU to his parent’s home
In a gated community in Pennsylvania 1000’s of miles from the Moscow killing zone
Despite all the complaints that the Moscow police were not up to snuff
Those complaints have subsided as suspect Bryan Kohberger was extradited in cuffs
He made the mistake of having his car seen near the crime
Despite no view of the license plate police must have thought an arrest would be only a matter of time
As a student of criminology Kohberger must have known
Details known to the police and investigation status to the public are rarely shown
Best to flee with his car and in a gated community be somewhat out of sight
Didn’t work and thank God the students at Moscow can now without fear sleep at night
After the maligning by the victims’ parents of the job they thought was not being done
Might be time for kudos and appreciation for arresting a suspect on the run
Innocent until proven guilty and we have no idea of how strong the case
If found not guilty the fear of students there will take a long time to erase

© 12/30/2022 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

December 29 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

Maybe storms are jealous and envy those that get all the attention and headlines but after the deadly devasted winter storms in the Northeast, the Pacific Northwest tries to take center stage as strong winds and snow have caused several traffic deaths and thousands to be without power in the cold in Washington and Oregon. The winter storms that have raised havoc among the airlines especially Southwest seems to be lessening under the belated threats by the DOT as Southwest announced only 39 cancellations for today and announced normal flight operations would resume this Friday (will believe that when the planes leave and depart on or very near to scheduled time. For those celebrating the 4^th day of Kwanzaa and Ujamaa (shared wealth and work) and for those declining numbers in Northeast but new numbers in the northwest still without power, the 3^nd red candle lit will further lighten the darken rooms.  I hope you enjoy today’s Ridley's Believe It Or Not  and find it worthy to read and if not reply “Unsubscribe” to be removed.  
Ridley’s Believe It Or Not December 29, 2022
          Noted Holiday: National Tick Tock Day, another celebration created by Ruth and Thomas Roy not to honor the videos posted on Tik Tok, a site due to CCP ownership and influence, Congress will be moving to ban, but to encourage people to complete tasks needed to be completed before the clock ticks on midnight December 31.
          Word of the Day: The word of the day is “aculeate” which means an insect having a sting like a bee, wasp or ant which is very painful and possibly deadly if the victim is allergic.  
          Number 1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1993 was “Hero” by Mariah Carey on a run of 1 week to share with 10 other songs achieving number 1 status while 6 acts achieved their first number 1 song.  Here is a music video with lyrics of Mariah Carey performing “Hero”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IA3ZvCkRkQ
          Noted Birthdays: Stanley “Tookie” Williams III, born on this day in 1953, was an infamous gang member who founded the Crips in Los Angeles as its first major African American street gang and in the 70’s was the de facto crime boss of South Los Angeles, a career that end when he was arrested for 4 murders occurring during 2 robberies in 1979. He was convicted in 1981 and sentenced to death but like most on San Quentin managed to delay his execution for years until finally executed by lethal injection on December 13, 2005.
          Notable Events that occurred on December 29
          1.      1913—Cecil B. DeMille began filming Hollywood’s first feature film The Squaw Man a silent Western starring Dustin Farnum.
          2.      1934—Moving to preparing for World War II, Japan renounced the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 signed by France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and the U.S. that limited the construction of aircraft carriers, battleships and battlecruisers but not other warships and the London Naval Treaty of 1930 signed by the same nations which addressed the tonnage of aircraft carriers, battleships and battlecruisers and added other warships to the limits on construction.
          3.      1989—The Nikkei NI225 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed at its all time high of 38,915.87 to become the high mark of the Japanese asset bubble. In 33 years the index has recovered somewhat but closed today at 26,094.50, for its first annual loss in 4 years.
          4.      1998—In a what took you so long but still better late than never, the Khmer Rouge apologized for its genocide than turned Cambodia into the killing fields with over 1.5 -2 million innocent victims.
          5.       2006—In a better late than never the United Kingdom settled its Anglo-American loan taken out on July 15, 1946.
          Quote of the Day: Leonard Teale, an Australian actor after visiting Cambodia in 1979: “The Pol Pot regime started off with the view that everything in the cities was corrupt… the strength of the country lay in its soil, with the peasants… Pol Pot’s regime took it a lot further than that. They enslaved people to do it. Furthermore, they decided that anybody who was corrupted by the city, that is, anyone who had a Western education, whether doctor or official or their wife or child, it was impossible to re-educate them. So like a cancer they had to be removed, cut out and destroyed.”
So much for the idea after the Holocaust of “Never Again!”

Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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Art History Prof Fired at Hamlin College for Displaying Photo of Historic Mosque Hagia Sophia Because a Muslim Student Complained

 In Muslim/Left race 4 whose tolerance's the least
2 win rights 2 the censorship beast
At Hamlin College an art professor didn't warnings of blasphemy heed
Any Muhammad depiction is blasphemy 2 Muslim creed
Was fired 4 photo of the Hagia Sophia dome,
A noted mosque but by Muslim student falls within the blasphemy zone
Even though free speech and academic freedom at this pseudo school
Seems dead but gets even worse by the debate of these academic coward fools
They first wanted to dismiss him due to hate speech
Then finally "an act of intolerance" was reached
Did these idiots of academic freedom even know
That for centuries thousands of the faithful into Hagia Sophia to worship would go?
No sure what the tuition is at Hamlin but it seems worth less than a dime
If students are taught to follow administrators and cave at the slightest thin skinned PC whine

© 12/29/2022 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Staffers Complain of Porter's Hostile Work Environment as She Fires Wounded Warrior for Violating Office Protocol to Allegedly Give Her COVIDher wo0rkscomp

 

Katie Porter who won with dollars not solving the issues adversely affecting voters’ pocket books and lives
Wants to run for Senate and Senator Cackles’ hostile work environment she has revived
Squatting in a below market bought UCI home while a prof
But now no longer a faculty member so she should have moved off
Emails disclosing “firing” a Wounded Warriors Fellow
For allegedly  giving her COVID and falsely not office procedures to follow
Now that emails have been released, she denies she was fired only ordered to work home
A politician who won with well-financed smears to create fear--a natural for the lying zone
If she runs for Senate and to leave her District Reds hope she will
Because her likely opponent will be Shifty Schiff who lusts to Di-Fi’s seat fill
To run both will have to give up their seats
Hopefully in open races two Blues will go down to defeat

© 12/29/2022 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

December 28 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

The winter storms have raised havoc with the nation’s air traffic system with thousands of flights cancelled and many more subject to long delays but normal flight operations are starting to resume with only 2,860 cancellations already logged for Wednesday flights departing within, to or out of the United States as of 3:20 p.m. ET, but some 2,509 of them have been cancelled by Southwest Airlines raising the ire of Mayor Peter as Secretary of Transportation. For those celebrating the 3^rd day of Kwanzaa and Ujima (collective responsibility) and for those declining numbers still without power, the 2^nd red candle lit will further lighten the darken rooms.  I hope you enjoy today’s Ridley's Believe It Or Not  and find it worthy to read and if not reply “Unsubscribe” to be removed.  

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not December 28, 2022
          Noted Holiday: National Download Day, according to most surveys today is the day that most new apps are downloaded and the number of apps available continue to grow since the introduction of the Apple Smart Phone in 2007 and the best news for consumers is that 98% of the apps available are free to use.
          Word of the Day: The word of the day is “acrophobia” which means a fear of heights which puts a damper on working in tall office buildings or mountain climbing.
          Number 1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1994 was “Here Comes the Hotstepper” by Ini Kamoze on a run of 2 weeks to share with 9 other songs achieving number 1 status while 7 acts, including Ini Kamoze, achieved their first number 1 song. Boyz II Men became the first act since the Beatles in 1964 to have two back to back number one songs.  Here is a music recording with lyrics of Ini Kaboze performing “Here Comes the Hotstepper”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhuT10rpeR4
          Noted Birthdays: Denzel Washington, born on this day in 1954, is a noted actor and film maker and winner of a Tony Award,  2 Academy Awards, 3 Golden Globe Awards and the Presidential Medal of Honor, and named by the New York Times as the best actor of the 21^st Century. In a rarity in Hollywood he is a devout Christian and married to his wife for over 39 years.
          Notable Events that occurred on December 28
          1.      1895—Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen published his paper, "On A New Kind of Rays" which would become known as X-Rays and garner him a Nobel Prize in Physics.
          2.      1918—Irish socialist Constance Markiewicz while being imprisoned in Holloway Prison for her role in the 1916 Easter Rising became the first woman to be elected as a member of Parliament to the British House of Commons although she never took her seat. From 1919 -1922 she served as the Irish Minister of Labor, the first woman to hold a cabinet position.
          3.      1967—American business woman Muriel Siebert broke the glass ceiling at the New York Stock Exchange to join 1365 male members as the first woman to own a seat of the NYSE.
          4.      1972—To the great joy of approximately 300 men scheduled to be inducted on the last day of the draft, President Nixon had declared a day of mourning due to the death of former President Harry S. Truman which caused federal offices to be closed and they were unable to be sworn in. Since the draft was never reinstated those lucky potential draftees were never inducted.
          5.       1973—The Endangered Species Act was signed into law by President Nixon.
          Quote of the Day: Rush Limbaugh, former conservative radio talk show host and political commentator who died on February 17, 2021 on the unintended consequences of the Endangered Species Act: “Government barriers on Business For example, the Endangered Species Act prevents 'disturbing the habitat' of the spotted owl. That has restricted 4.2 million acres of forest from development, leading to the loss of 30,000 lumber-related jobs and the annual loss of 1.1 billion board feet of lumber. This has driven up the cost of houses by at least $4,000 each. In addition, regulators ordered a Kansas City bank to install a Braille keypad on its drive-through automatic teller machine, presumably to aid any blind drivers. The list goes on and on.”
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

In New York the climate change warriors have been replaced by the military called up to enforce the traffic ban in Buffalo due to the deadly blizzards  and to patrol the roads and highways as the winter storm finally is abating. Unfortunately the winter storms have not abated fast enough as on Monday some 5000 flights were cancelled and thousands more were subject to flight delays. For those celebrating the 2^nd day of Kwanzaa and having the misfortune of having lost power due to winter storms, on the bright side the red candle burning to represent Kujichagulia, or self-determination will burn brighter.  I hope you enjoy today’s Ridley's Believe It Or Not  and find it worthy to read and if not reply “Unsubscribe” to be removed.  
Ridley’s Believe It Or Not December 27, 2022
          Noted Holiday: National Snowflake Day, not sure who created this day and when but it is celebrated by cutting out paper snowflakes which seems somewhat of an overkill when the real stuff is many inches or feet deep and snarling all traffic.
          Word of the Day: The word of the day is “acronyx” which means an ingrown nail which can be painful and best treat by cutting a “v” in the nail and rubbing a file across the center of the nail. 
          Number 1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1995 was “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men on a run of 5 weeks to share with 11 other songs achieving number 1 status while 5 acts achieved their first number 1 song,  Here is a music video with lyrics of Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men performing “One Sweet Day”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
=UXxRyNvTPr8
          Noted Birthdays: Hayley Williams, born on this day in 1988, is the lead vocalist, principal songwriter and keyboardist for the pop rock band Paramore.
          Notable Events that occurred on December 27
          1.      1845—To the joy and relief of future mothers destined to undergo painful delivery, Doctor Crawford Long used ether anesthetic for the first time in Jefferson, Georgia.
          2.      1845—Having previously coined the term “manifest destiny” in July, journalist John L. O’Sullivan argued in his newspaper The New York Morning News that the United States had the right and duty to claim all of the Oregon Territory.
          3.      1929—Soviet General Secretary ordered the liquidation of the “kulaks” as a class in Ukraine through mass murder, starvation and deportation.
          4.      1978—Spain became a democracy after 40 years of General Franco’s fascist rule commencing from his victory in the Spanish Civil War.
          5.       1989—The Romanian Revolution which resulted in the execution of Communist Dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elana on Christmas Day came to an end with minor street protests and stray shootings in Bucharest.
          Quotes of the Day: Eugene Lyons, United Press correspondent in Russia during the genocide of the Ukrainian kulaks on complicity of foreign journalists blind to the killings: “ The truth is that we did not seek corroboration for the simple reason that we entertained no doubts on the subject. There are facts too large to require eyewitness confirmation. … Inside Russia the matter was not disputed. The famine was accepted as a matter of course in our casual conversation at the hotels and in our homes.”
Garath Jones, a 27 year old former secretary to Britain’s Prime Minister David Lloyd George who managed to visit 20 villages and broke the story of the famine to the West: “I crossed the border from Great Russia into the Ukraine. Everywhere I talked to peasants who walked past. They all had the same story.” “There is no bread. We haven’t had bread for over two months. A lot are dying.” The first village had no more potatoes left and the store of burak (“beetroot”) was running out.” “They all said:” “The cattle are dying, nechevo kormit’ [there’s nothing to feed them with]. We used to feed the world & now we are hungry. How can we sow when we have few horses left? How will we be able to work in the fields when we are weak from want of food?”

 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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Nothing But Feigned Anger and Over the Top Hypocrisy as Illegals Dropped Off in Front of VP "Cackles" D.C. House

 

Thousands of illegals are braving trafficking, cold temps, drowning or abandoned in the desert as to the border they struggle to make their way
Lining the pockets of the cartel for the privilege of being able to attempt to cross the border they must pay
With the border not secure but wide open the cartels are laughing all the way to the bank
Added millions to the illegal drugs and deadly ones like fentanyl that a leading cause of death ranks
As our CBP is overworked, demoralized and under great stress
The lack of coverage by the MSM shows they could care less
But when illegals are sent by governors to Martha’s Vineyard massive condemnation of Reds by the left is put in place
The welcome here left shows its true colors and ships them to  a nearby military base
And now when illegals on Christmas Eve are dropped off at the D.C. home of  VP “Cackles”
The left’s hypocrisy and feigned outrage unleashes a wave of massive hackles
Claiming the poor illegals have been dropped off in the cold
Abbott is heartless pushing a myth the trek here is a piece of cake being sold
not a peep from the MSM or the left on the dangers illegals on their trek face
Only foaming and attacking Abbott and Reds on the issue of illegals being an inhuman disgrace
If the border were secure and Biden’s actions did not the welcome mat tout
This cartel financed wave would quickly be blocked out

© 12/27/2022 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

Monday Night Football at The Beach Hut Deli

 

Beach Hut Deli Monday Chargers game
A viewing father wondering how a college school at sea a daughter will tame
Will not be at dockside to her say bon voyage and goodbye
For she board her ship not here but at Dubai
He is beaming in full on fatherly pride
How lucky for her to be on an education maritime ride
Viewers watching a low scoring game against the Colts
Whose season has been in the Dolts
But the Chargers from San Diego and now of L.A.
In a playoff hunt to clinch they need a win today
A band of the Monday Mucho fans at $5 a pint glass
The cheers for great plays or miscues through the Deli blast
Not as loyal fans but linked to the betting pool
Hoping they beat the odds that too often are cruel
The Chargers dominated the Colts to win going away
No surprise as Colts have not won on Monday Night in 6 years and 21 days

© 12/27/2022 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

 

Judge Edelman Nominated to D.C. Court Who Released on an Ankle Monitor A Thug Who Then Shot and Killed a 10 Year Old Has Nomination Expire

 

Finally some common sense shown in the Blues in the Senate on judicial nominations
D.C. Superior Court Judge Edelman nominated to the District Court was facing Red condemnation
In a case before him he released misnamed Christian Wingfield whose trial, he awaited
For illegal possession of a firearm on an ankle monitor and a warning to criminal activity be abated
With police undermanned and overworked not sure if his movements were tracked
But shortly to prior criminal activity he was once again back
Went to of all places a “End violence rally” armed with a gun
Shot and killed a ten year old there whose life had just begun
A week prior to Edelman’s release another judge more astute
Denied release as a threat to the community of a thug willing to again shoot
Senator Blackburn on the Senate Judiciary Committee raked him over the coals
A 10 year old is dead and he was expecting a promotion to achieve financial security goals
The Committee never brought his nomination to a vote
Which means at least one Blue would a negative ballot devote
The nomination has now expired so the question remains
With a 51-49 Senate is Biden smart enough to from renomination refrain?

© December 27, 2022 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Tow Truck Driver Lured by Bogus Junk Car Seller Shoots and Kills Him During Robbery Attempt

 

We all know that ambushing police is a rising deadly trend
We fear more and more for our safety as the rise does not seem to end
Now the news in Detroit is that non police can be an ambush target
A tow truck operator was off to a seller of a junk car to be met
But to his dismay the junker was not for sale
But an attempt to rob that quickly failed
The tow truck driver had a permit to conceal and carry
In a robbery he was not to be the one the funeral home would bury
The attempted robber had no idea the victim was armed
And it was he not the victim who was harmed
He was shot in self defense and rushed to a hospital to die
Another example to be ignored by the MSM that for safety on the 2^nd one must rely

© December 27, 2022 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Bail Project Backed by Danny Glover, John Legend and Richard Branson Bailed Out Thug Who 6 Days Later Robbed a Las Vegas and Shot a Worker 11 Timesdays

 

The Bail Project backed by celebs like Legend, Glover and Branson
Has posted bail for 22,000 suspects as of December 2021
A noble well intentioned goal for those innocent or whose criminal behavior is done
But not so when a dangerous suspect is bailed out and has access to a gun
In Las Vegas the Bail Project posted for Rashawn Gaston-Anderson his 3 grand bail
Ignoring that the day before he was arrested for pandering and carrying a concealed weapon but not confined to jail
Maybe coincidence or just bad luck but in his criminal behavior he was stuck
6 days later he robbed a restaurant and with 11 bullets a worker there he struck
His victim Wang must have had an angel big time
Or Gaston-Anderson must have been a lousy shot as Wang did not die in the crime
He is now rotting in prison for 7-18 years and Bail Project has closed its doors
Due to Wang’s lawsuit against them for the chance of Gaston-Anderson’s crimes to ignore?
Bail Project claims that was not the case
Needed to reallocate funds to different places
Bail used to be used to insure a guilty person before trial would not flee
Now the first concern as to bail and its amount has to be threat to public safety

© December 27, 2022 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Rachel Lavine as Leading Fascist in the Biden Administration Is On Crusade That Must Be Stopped To Censor "Misinformation"e biden

 There is only one word to Rachel Lavine describe
“Fascist” as she demanded Big Tech Censorship of gender affirming treatment “she” wants to hide
The last most obvious Mussolini at least was able to make the trains run on time
Lavine is shredding the First Amendment, the use of which fascists consider a holy crime
Is trying to do something so egregious our government is not allowed to do
By the carrot or the Big Stick entice and force Big Tech to not let “misinformation” to the parents and general public get through
Since this transgender will never be able to give birth to a child
“She” lets her biased disregard of parents’ rights to be unchecked and run wild
“She” has absolutely no business in her position being allowed to continue to occupy
To the extent that the Blues in their end run gutting Reds’ power of the purse till September 2023
Have not succeeded her funding of gender reaffirmation should be scrubbed so not a dime will she see
|Reds must be outraged, and wonder are there any parents concerned over their children’s welfare left among the Congressional Blues
We will rue the day “she” is not impeached so her fascist grip and gender reaffirmed nonsense grew
We are doomed as a nation if “her” of misinformation is pushed through
Disagreement is not information a truism “she” is without a clue

© 12/26/22 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

The Maligned Potato As a Leading Dietary Culprit For Type II Diabetes Freed From the Claim

 

The Irish lived and died by the potato brought to the Island from the New World
By Sir Walter Raleigh in 1589 as a cheap nourishing food for the Irish to dine
Slowly the ease of growing it and the nutrition gained by eating it
Potatoes dominated the Irish plates and cash generated made it hard to from the diet quit
The population grew, and prosperity was on an upward path
Trickling down to even tenant farmers but fungi always have the last laugh
In 1845 the annual potato crop began to fail from the P. infestans mold
By turning it into a slimy mass that could not be eaten of sold
The Irish farmer tenants were left with only a Hobson choice
In a British ruled island on which they had little voice
Die from starvation caused by the Potato Famine or from the nation flee
Many chose the United States they viewed as the land of opportunity
Treated like dogs and crammed into tenement slums where they died like flies
A deadly lesson not to be easily forgotten of the dangers of potato to rely
Famine memories may not have lasted long
Plates of meat and potatoes over time at meals would belong
Today with obesity more of a challenge and Type II diabetes running free
The potato especially fried has become the cuisine bête noire to see
The icons of nutrition sounded the alarm
Eat potatoes and the increased risk of Type II diabetes will you harm
But the studies did not separate the baked and mashed spuds from what tagged along
All the butter, sour cream and bacon to maintain health did not belong
New studies now tout that baked potatoes by themselves do not raise the Type II risk
High in fiber, low in calories, and high in vitamins so should not be banned from the food list
© December 26, 2022 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Doggy Flu Spreading in Leaps and Bounds But There Is a Vaccine That Dog Owners Should Not Ignore

 A  dog may be a man’s best friend
Linked together with humans a dog shares a similar trend
As the nation fills up its pediatric wards with kids laid low with the flu
Disturbing news on the viral wars front is that dogs can get it too
Dogs coming down with the doggy flu are in for a world of hurt
Not a lot of treatments available for the vets to try to assert
But there is a silver lining that dog owners should follow
And unlike the Fauci myths on COVID protection that rang hollow
There is a doggy flu vaccine that will protect one’s canine friend
Bringing the chances of infection to a more certain and quicker end
Whereas some humans have rejected COVID vaccinations on religious grounds
Dogs do not bark for a 1^st Amendment right when the virus is going around
We can only hope that dog owners don’t insert their religious views in front of the needle
To prevent vaccination of his pet be it a lab, colly, Maltese, Doberman, poodle, or beagle

© December 26, 2022 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

 

Time to Get Serious And Address Immigration and Our Open Border

 

The Biden Administration continues to a secure border proclaim
Which border videos flush that lie down the drain
Still clings to the myth that Biden is doing the necessary border work
Leaving all of us to wonder what more than squat has he done as multi thousands ready to cross lurk
Instead of lying out in the open where of Fox viewers can see the lie
Not filtered or obfuscated with euphemisms to reality conceal but with their own eyes|Why not admit he and his DHS have failed and it is time to Reds and Blue border state reps bring to the table
To agree what steps must be taken to secure the border in fact not a DHS talking point fable
After those steps were taken and the illegal crossing dwindled to a mere drip
And the handcuffs taken off of ICE to be able to illegals to deport and back to their home nation
Then and only then start the rational discussion of what skills and talents we need
And how many illegals will add to our prosperity and security not those goals impede
Then and only then discussions on contributions those millions here for years have made
Ranking those who we value the most the earliest path to leave the shadows and the shades

© December 26, 2022 Michael P. Ridley

 

Killer Storm Killing Many Motorists Stranded in Their Cars by Freezing Them to Death

 

In the Northeast climate change has done a 180 heading into frigid zones
People by the scores have died frozen in their cars when they left homes
Stranded by a snow bank unable to a freedom from a freezing prison achieve
Heater on and working until the gas tank needle show E and the heat then quickly leaves
Worse this killer storm shows no willingness to move on
Leaving officials fearful of how many new bodies frozen stiff to find each dawn
Remaining in one’s home used to be a safe bet
But how safe when natural gas inventories are the lowest yet?
The storms have revealed the Green New Deal deadly Achille’s Heel
Blizzards wipe out solar and freezing temperatures slow down wind turbines’ speeds to less than ideal
Freezing homeowners have no alternative than to turn to fossil fuels
Biden’s continued war on domestic energy makes him a total fool
Residents shivering in the dark condemn him as really cruel
When will the Green Warriors realize we do not have enough batteries to power store
When solar is blotted out and wind does not generate enough to power any more?
How many Americans will die in the coming days?
Due to the Green New Deal Carbon free Nirvana which must delayed?
And when the switch is turned on for life saving heat
The needle is stuck at 0 or less and livable room temperature moves not to it greet

© December 26, 2022 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

December 23, 2022 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

We are in the third day of winter and the climate warning bells are going off as at least 26 states are beginning to face monstrous winter storms of below zero falling temps with blizzards of snow many inches deep cancelling flights like falling dominos and closing airports like those in NYC. If you are trudging through the snow and cold from parked car to the Mall stores searching for last minute Christmas gifts, a time to envy the Humanists who believe in cherished values like morality, tolerance, freedom, critical reason, and science, but don't believe in gods to celebrate and promote humanist values, ideals, and ideas of tolerance, compassion, empathy, honesty, free inquiry, reason, and rationality with HumanLight, a holiday celebrated today that believes that humans can create a peaceful, ethical, and enlightened world without any guidance from deities and is best known for gathering with fellow humanists over diner, games, and musicxt to impossible to keep.  I hope you enjoy today’s Ridley's Believe It Or Not  and find it worthy to read and if not reply “Unsubscribe” to be removed.  
Ridley’s Believe It Or Not December 23, 2022
          Noted Holiday: National Pfeffernüsse Day, not sure who created this day and when but it celebrates a small hard holiday cookie made with spices and a pinch of pepper and often dusted with sugar and originating in Central Europe.
          Word of the Day: The word of the day is “acroamatic” which means knowledge delivered orally to a small group of disciples like Christ’s parables spoken to his Disciples. 
          Number 1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1996 was “Un-Break My Heart” by Toni Braxton on a run of 4 weeks to share with 8 other songs achieving number 1 status while 8 acts, including Toni Braxton, achieved their first number 1 song,  Here is a music video with lyrics of Toni Braxton performing “Un-Break My Heart.”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Rch6WvPJE
          Noted Birthdays: Jim Harbaugh, born on this day in 1963, who played quarterback for Michigan and 6 NFL teams for 14 seasons before becoming a college coach who turned around Stanford’s football program and then the 49’ers before returning as head coach for Michigan where he will lead the undefeated Number 2 Wolverines in the NCAA Championship Playoffs against Number 3 TCU.
          Notable Events that occurred on December 23
          1.      1968—The 82 man officers and crew of the USS Pueblo  after being captured in International Waters and then interned in North Korea were released but the ship still remains in North Korea as a museum.
          2.      1971—Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists founded the international aid group Doctors Without Borders in Paris, France.
          3.      1972—The last of 16 survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 carrying 45 passengers, including the Old Christians Rugby Union team, and a crew of 5 on a flight from Montevideo, Uruguay to Santiago, Chile which had crashed into the Andes Mountains on October 13, killing 2 of the crew and 9 passengers on impact. An additional 17 would die from an avalanche, freezing and injuries while survivors were forced to resort to cannibalism before 2 survivors hiked without any climbing gear over a 15,360 foot mountain in ten days to reach help who arrived in two shifts of helicopters  on the 22^nd and 23^rd to rescue the survivors.
          4.      1986—Voyager, a propeller driven aircraft piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager landed at Edwards Air Force Base 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds after taking off from there on December 14, 1986 after a round the world flight without refueling on the ground or in the air to set a flight endurance record of 26,266 miles.
          5.       2002—A U.S. MQ-1 Predator drone patrolling the no fly zone over Iraq seeking to entice Iraqi warplanes to enter was shot down by an Iraqi Mig-25 in the first aerial combat between a manned fighter and a drone when its air to air missile was distracted by the heat seeking missile fired by the Iraqi Mig-25.
          Quote of the Day: Craig Hosmer, 10 term Red Congressman from California on the seizure of the USS Pueblo and the interment of its sailors: “…We went through all the motions of a bluff. We sent the U.S.S. Enterprise, one of the mightiest warships in the world, steaming toward North Korea. We called out part of the National Guard. Our Ivy League diplomats and all the appropriate administration officials made all the appropriate noises in the appropriate diplomatic language. It was quite possibly the biggest threat the United States had made since the War of 1812.
           If we had threatened the Soviet Union or the Red Chinese in such terms, there would have been little doubt that we meant what we were saying. But I guess that the North Koreans and the world just did not believe that the big, powerful United States of America would turn the muscle on North Korea. And the bluff fell flat on its face. Then we stuck our four aces in our pocket and let the North Koreans keep the pot.
           The penny ante gambler beat the billionaire without even openers. The  U.S. chickened out. It is that simple. When the crew of the Pueblo is finally. returned home-and I pray they will be returned soon-we will have to admit to them that we could not take the pressure… 
           Now that the time for force has long since passed, let us take any steps necessary to effect the return of those men. We keep hearing about secret negotiations between the United States and North Korea, but I have difficulty understanding what is being negotiated. They hold all the cards now, and we are going to have to get the crew returned on their terms." 

Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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December 22 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

We are in the second day of winter and the climate warning bells are going off as at least 26 states are beginning to face monstrous winter storms of below zero falling temps with blizzards of snow many inches deep rendering many plan to arrive at friends and families for the holidays next to impossible to keep. Like the hurricane warnings governors in hurricane prone areas often give, Biden is warning residents to leave now if you want any chance to arrive in time to Christmas celebrate.  I hope you enjoy today’s Ridley's Believe It Or Not  and find it worthy to read and if not reply “Unsubscribe” to be removed.  
Ridley’s Believe It Or Not December 22, 2022
          Noted Holiday: National Regifting International Day, created by the National Money Management in 2006 and celebrated on the Thursday before Christmas as that is the day most Christmas Office Parties are held as is the perfect time to regift a gift previous received but rarely if ever used. The day is the cousin for procrastinators who hold White Elephant gift parties where gifts are received and traded with great speed and frequency.
          Word of the Day: The word of the day is “acratia” which means lack of strength, feebleness or debility which too often describe too many aging seniors who avoid exercise like the plague.                             Number 1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1997 was “Candle in the Wind 1997”/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight” by Elton John on a run of 12 weeks to share with 9 other songs achieving number 1 status while 7 acts achieved their first number 1 song, including The Notorious B.I.G. who became the 5^th artist to achieve his status posthumously after being shot and killed in a drive by shooting in Los Angeles in the early morning hour of March 9, 1997. Here are music videos with lyrics of Elton John performing  “Candle in the Wind 1997”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PlrjTLQego  and Something About the Way You Look Tonight” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggm5kAYONcE
          Noted Birthdays: Steve “Lefty” Carlton, born on this day in 1994, a Hall of Famer who ended his career as the lefthander pitcher with the second most strikeouts and second most wins becoming the first pitcher to win 4 Cy Young Awards. He was one of the last pitching workhorses becoming the last National League pitcher to pitch 300 innings in a season and perhaps best remembered for in the 1972 season winning 46% of the last place Philadelphia Phillies games (27). Still alive owning an orchard of 150 trees content to be out of baseball.
          Notable Events that occurred on December 22
          1.      1937—The Lincoln Tunnel opened to vehicular traffic in New York City. the joy of future cruciverbalists everywhere, Arthur Wynne published “word-cross”, the world’s first crossword puzzle in the New York Herald.
          2.      1971—Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists founded the international aid group Doctors Without Borders in Paris, France.
          3.       2001—Richard Reid, a passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 63, tried to destroy the plane by lighting explosives hidden in his shoes but fortunately for all aboard, he failed as passengers subdued him to be arrested when the plane landed in Boston where he was arrested and after pleading guilty was sentenced to 3 consecutive life sentences without possibility of parole plus 110 and is rotting in a SuperMax Prison in Colorado.
          4.      2010—President Barack Obama signed an executive order ending the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy which prevented openly gay soldiers from serving in the military.
          5.       2018—The U.S. Government was forced to shut down as a result of failing to pass an appropriations bill that also provided for funding a wall on the Mexican U.S. Border and remained shut down until January 25, 2018 for the longest shut down in U.S. history.
          Quote of the Day: Olivia Jane Cockburn, a noted American actress and film maker better known to her fans as Olivia Wilde: “I'd like to refocus everyone's attention away from the Kardashians and onto Doctors Without Borders or aid workers. Let's redefine scandal. Scandal is not who so-and-so is dating; scandal is the fact that 1.2 million people are still living in tents in Haiti, and cholera is rampant because Nepalese U.N. soldiers dumped s- from their Porta-Potties into the river. That's a f-ing scandal. If the average 15-year-old was hearing about that instead of so-and-so's plastic surgery or cheating in Hollywood, I'd feel better about our future.”

Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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Biden Hurling F*Bombs and Temper Tantrums at Staff and Foes--Another Sign of Fading Mental State????

 

Biden ran as the only adult in the room
The great unifier who would end our divisive doom
Continued the theme through most of the State of the Union Speech
If we were unified there was no goal we could not reach
Almost before the applause had faded away Biden made the great pivot
Attacked to a man the Reds whose MAGA beliefs he deemed illicit
Attacked parents of elementary school kids
Who wanted the teaching of CRT to them rid
Who refused to allow Gender ID affirming behind their backs
And started appearing at school board meetings to mask mandates protest
Only in many cases to find themselves subject to arrest
School boards refused to their concerns as parents heed
The Blue response was the domestic terrorist label they would need
Parents and girls outraged that transgender males could in girls’ sports compete and win
Could use girls’ bathrooms and shower together in the gyms
Biden’s response was to not fathom how parents and girls could disagree
Could not accept that a boy’s private parts a girl not be forced to see
In a few day we will be able to read In the Fight of His Life about his outbursts over not achieving his goals
Temper tantrums and f*bombs unleashed against foes and staff in signs of troubled soul
Temper tantrums and angry outbursts of a man in decline of a cognitive state beyond compare
With increasing lapses, gaffs and disorientations that show mentally that it cannot be repaired
One hopes the light bulbs go off in Jill’s mind to convince him not to enter the 2024 race
To spend what cognitive time that have together in a far less stressful place.

© 12/22/22 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Madoff Merely Stole From Investors While Bankman-Fried Added Our Democracy to the List of Victims With Millions of Stolen Money Donated to Bluesith ol

 

Sam Bankman-Fried has been extradited back to the United States to face securities fraud charges so large that Bernie Madoff’s guilt will look like a petty pick pocket
While Madoff merely stole money with his elaborate Ponzi Scheme, Bankman-Fried was doling out millions to Blues to against Reds sock it
In both cases investors were duped and took it on the chin
But in Bankman-Fried’s case the money helped Blues win
Big Tech with the likes of Zuckerberg has corrupted our elections with money spent
And all manner of obstacles to voters hearing conservative ideas prevent
And the Tweets thanks to Musk seeing the light of day
Show collusion to destroy opposing Red voices that got in the Blues’ way
Blues have since January 6, 2021 beaten the threat to democracy drums
Terrified that Trump will win in his second run
The bloom may be off the Trump reelection rose
But the threat to our democracy from Big Tech, MSM and DOJ/FBI by leaps and bounds grows
At least in the Big Tech/Social Media sector there is against the pagans a Horatio at the bridge
Who against the Blue Censorship howls will raise the drawbridge
Social Media censorship in conjunction with the FBI and DOJ Biden’s reelection saved
For the next two years a thin red line in the House is all we have to prevent democracy from being buried in a grave

© December 21, 2021 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

December 21 Ridley's Beleive It Or Not

 

Highly appropriate that today is the Winter Solstice that marks the first day of winter and the shortest day in the year as 26 states are facing chilling storms that will raise havoc with Christmas travel place a huge demand on heating supplies. While the days and nights may not get immediately warmer as after today, we start on the celestial trek to spring at least the light each day will stay longer and on another minor symbolic note, today is also Hump Day heading to the weekend after its end.  I hope you enjoy today’s Ridley's Believe It Or Not  and find it worthy to read and if not reply “Unsubscribe” to be removed.  
Ridley’s Believe It Or Not December 21, 2022
          Noted Holiday: National Homeless Persons Memorial Day, created by the National Coalition for the Homeless and first observed on this day in 1990 to promote awareness of the growing problem of homelessness affecting single adults, families and single parents with children. Visit almost any city or large town in this nation and you will be greeted with homeless encampments and tent cities that seem to defy reduction at a time when policies hinder the development of cheap housing and federal and state dollars are too often being directed toward the problem of illegal aliens without shelter. Karen Bass, the newly elected mayor of L.A. has declared homelessness to be a state of emergency and those of us living in Southern California wish her nothing but success.
          Word of the Day: The word of the day is “acoria” which means a pathologically huge appetite which may be a plus for those aspiring to be Champion Sumo wrestlers but a curse to anyone concerned about their health.   
          Number 1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1998 was “I’m Your Angel” by R. Kelly and Céline Dion on a run of 4 weeks to share with 15 other songs achieving number 1 status while 10 acts achieved their first number 1 song. Here is a music video of R. Kelly and Céline Dion Thomas performing  “I’M Your Angel”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PlrjTLQego
          Noted Birthdays: Emmanuel Macron, born on this day in 1977, the President of France since 2017 and for a brief time in his political career a Socialist but who founded the centrist party En Marche. He married his high school teacher who is 24 years his senior who has three children and who has been very influential in his political career.
          Notable Events that occurred on December 21
          1.       1913—To the joy of future cruciverbalists everywhere, Arthur Wynne published “word-cross”, the world’s first crossword puzzle in the New York Herald.
          2.       1919—Anarchist and creator of Mother Earth Emma Goldman was deported to the Soviet Union where she became disillusioned to the Soviets’ crackdown of dissident voices and fled the country to live in England, France, and Canada and to travel to Spain to support the anarchists against invading Franco forces. Fully disillusioned with Communism, she died in Toronto, Canada on May 14, 1940.
             3.       1968—In preparation for a landing on the Moon, Apollo 8 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center to orbit the Moon ten times, photographing potential landing sites before returning to Earth.
          4.       1995—The city of Bethlehem passed from Israeli control to Palestinian control.
          5.       2004—A suicide bomber detonated his suicide vest at a U.S. Forward Operating Base at Mosul, Iraq, killing 14 American soldiers, 4 U.S. citizen Haliburton employees and 4 Iraqi soldiers while wounding 72 individuals, 51 of whom were U.S. soldiers.
          Quote of the Day: Sherrilyn Kenyon, a prolific American writer with over 70 million books sold worldwide: “Not everyone who’s homeless is a drug-addict or in need of mental health care. Some are normal people who have been knocked down, and it can happen to you too. Not all of us made bad life choices.” Wise observation especially when many financial advisers believe that a large majority of Americans are one paycheck away from disaster.

Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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December 20 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

Stanford is sporting two new black eyes from a one two punch—first its president is being attacked for submitting erroneous data for scientific publications years ago and second coming out with an Index of Harmful words like “American”, “tone deaf”, or “child prostitute” that should not be used. Thousands upon thousands of Argentines crowded the streets of Buenos Aires to cheer their arriving World Cup Champions team, some jumping off a bridge to get on the bus the players were on:                                                          

While here no crowds for the U.S. Men’s Soccer Team who made it to but could not advance beyond the quarter finals but at least on the streets a good number of carolers caroling Christmas songs. Hope you enjoy today’s Ridley's Believe It Or Not  and find it worthy to read and if not reply “Unsubscribe”

          Ridley’s Believe It Or Not December 20, 2022
          Noted Holiday: International Human Solidarity Day, created by the UN General Assembly on December 22, 2005 and celebrated since December 20, 2006 to promote human solidarity as a basic human right and goal.
          Word of the Day: The word of the day is “acopic” which means curing or relieving fatigue which describes one of the properties of coffee to a tee. 
          Number 1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1999 was “Smooth” by Santana feat. Rob Thomas on a run of 10 weeks in 1999 that continued for 2 more in 2000  to share with 14 other songs achieving number 1 status while 11 acts, including Santana and Rob Thomas achieved their first number 1 song. Here is a music video of Santana feat. Rob Thomas performing  “Smooth”: https://music.youtube.com/tasteprofile
          Noted Birthdays:  Kylian Mbappé , born on this day in 1998, a professional soccer player and member of the French National who scored a hat trick in a losing effort to the World Cup 2022 Argentina, the youngest player to score a goal in World Cup in 2018 and reported to be the highest paid soccer player in the world.
          Notable Events that occurred on December 20
          1.       1987—The oil tanker Vector with a crew of 13 only 2 or whom survived  collided with the heavily overladen Philippine ferry Doña Paz with a crew of 56, none of whom survived the collision which caused the Vector to catch on fire sinking both vessels causing the deaths of 4,385 with only 26 survivors to make the collision the deadliest maritime disaster in peacetime.
          2.       1989—The U.S. invaded Panama to depose and capture its dictator Manuel Noriega for drug trafficking in the U.S. He was tried and found guilty and sentenced to 40 years later reduced to 30. He was extradited to France to face similar charges and then to Panama to face charges for murder to die from brain hemorrhages while under house arrest on May 29, 2017.
          3.       1991—In a classic example of fanatic Muslims inability to assimilate a Missouri jury found militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria guilty of the honor killing of their daughter Palestina and were sentenced to death which Zein cheated by dying of diabetes and Maria by having her sentence commuted to life imprisonment where she died in prison.
        4.       1999—Macau, best known for its gambling cassinos, was turned over by Portugal to China.
        5.       2019—Under the direction of President Trump, the U.S. Air Force created the U.S. Space Force, the first independent service branch since the creation of the U.S. Air Force from the U.S. Army Corps.
          Quote of the Day: Anthony Ng, a legislator often described as Macau's most outspoken advocate of democracy, "Most Chinese people in Macau will welcome the arrival of Chinese troops to our streets," said Ng. "They believe that they will bring security. . . . It is only the marginal people who won't be happy." Only time will tell and if Taiwan is invaded I would not count on China putting forth a democracy like face.

Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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MIA "Cackles" Harris Blames Reds for Failing to Work with Blues for Path to Citizenship for Border Crisis

 

Once again “Cackles” rises up from her slumber to point her finger of blame
Directly at the Reds for their failure to create a path to citizenship to illegal immigration tame
She does not believe that when a finger is pointed 3 point back
And the thumb points to Hell where her views are on track
Her view that 1st illegals here be given a citizenship path
Then and only then can we Blues join to a secure border craft
Reagan was lied to by Ted so shame on Ted
If we ape the process and admit, shame on each and every Red
How can you believe any words out of “Cackles’” lips
When the Administration insists the border is secure and they are on top of it
Only a total idiot would not know
That only saying it is does not make it so
To secure the border the Wall we must complete
Applications for asylum must be filed in home country before asylum to seek
If not filed or filed and denied immediate deportation
Back to illegals’ home nation
To eliminate incentive to come here to work
Employers must no longer be able to requirements of e-verify shirk
Other than emergency care or public schooling for minor kids
Any public assistance like housing must be rid
May seem heartless and too draconian but with illegals coming across counting the  getaways at probably at 3 million or more
The damage done to our social safety net with some $31.5 trillion in national debt will swamp the lifeboats far from shore
Maybe for a year all immigration is halted until we agree on who gets to stay and what skills we need to let in
And we have a system of temps that can work and when work done back to where from whence they have been
We have to have a system that lets in the brightest and the best
Not those who are prime candidates for welfare or soon subject to arrest
© 12/20/22 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

Jane and Leland Must Be Rolling in Their Graves With Stanford's Publication of Index of Harmful Words Including "American"

 

The Wind of Freedom Blows
To scatter the censorship seeds PC Woke Warriors sow
No more as Stanford bans “harmful words”
That can only be described as absurd
Use of “American” must no longer be used
Must be “U.S. Citizen” so naturalized immigrants not feeling abused?
Stanford now longer turns out educated adults able to reason on their own
Only thin skinned molting lobsters wanting all imagined verbal insults to be atoned
The Index of Harmful Words is an outrage and  total joke
The value of a Stanford degree cheapened and revoked
© December 20, 2022 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet Stanford AB With Great Distinction 1969

Transgender Male Attacks Two CIS Females in a Girl's Bathroom in Edmond, Oklahoma

 

In Oklahoma students are supposed to use a bathroom that conforms to their birth certificate sex claim
And if they now want to a bathroom that matches how they feel and proclaim
A bathroom that can be used only by one and locked
So a cis male or female can a noncis male or female block
In Edmond Memorial High School in Edmond, in the Sooner State
A chick with a dick entered the cis females bathroom and two girls started to berate
“His” mother claimed “he” was bullied for being a transgen
Not right but no excuse to a female to the hospital send
“She” quickly knocked one to the ground with a possible concussion
And the other struck so hard she was afraid to continue the lopsided pugilistic discussion
A man even though even “he” has identified as a female
Against a cis female will almost is all cases in a fight prevail
Larger heart and lungs to more oxygen inhale
More muscle to insure in such a fight “he” will not fail
The chick with dick has been arrested for assault but no longer is in school
Not charged with entering a women’s bathroom to as ending assaults be a useful tool

© December 16, 2022 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

December 19, 2022 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

In the World Cup Finals on Sunday Argentina beat France 4-2 penalty kicks after the game ended in a n tie in regulation to deprive France of back to back titles. Croatia in the Consolation Game beat Morocco 2-1 on Saturday for third place. While the streets quickly filled in Buenos Aires after Gonzalo Montiel kicked a penalty kick to with the game, an Argentinian woman in the Qatar stadium got carried away and went topless to be led away by Qatar police to face possible jail time. The U.S., Canada, and Mexico will host the 2026 World Cup so hopefully by then the U.S. will be able to start scoring more goals to have a chance to advance into the final 4. Hope you enjoy today’s Ridley's Believe It Or Not  and find it worthy to read and if not reply “Unsubscribe” to be removed.  
Ridley’s Believe It Or Not December 19, 2022
          Noted Holiday: First Day of Hanukah, a eight day celebration commemorating the rededication and purification of the Second Temple of Jerusalem after the Syrians had occupied it for two years and permitted only the worship of Greek gods. According to Jewish law, the purification had to be performed with a menorah burning for 8 days but it their case they had only enough oil for 1 days burning but a miracle occurred, and the oil lasted for 8 days to purify  the temple.
          Word of the Day: The word of the day is “acescence” which means to become sour which describes what happens to milk left in the refrigerator too long.   
          Number 1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 2000 was “Independent Woman” by Destiny’s Child on a run of 7 weeks  to share with 17 other songs achieving number 1 status while 10 acts achieved their first number 1 song. Here is a music video with lyrics of Destiny’s Child “Independent Woman”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lPQZni7I18
          Noted Birthdays: Jason “Jake The Snake” Plumer, born on this day in 1974, a former quarterback with the Arizona Sun Devils who played 10 year is the NFL and acquired his nickname for his proclivity in slithering out of potential sack situations by  defenses and who now is a functional mushroom grower.
          Notable Events that occurred on December 19
          1.       1912 William Van Schaick, the Captain of the steamship William Slocum which had been chartered on June 4, 1904 by St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Little Germany district of Manhattan to go on their annual rite to cruise up the East River and then across Long Island Sound to Locust Grove, a picnic site on Long Island, was pardoned by President Taft and released from prison after serving 3 ½ year of a ten year sentence for dereliction of duty when a fire broke out soon after departure that quickly engulfed the ship carrying 1358 passengers and 30 crew, causing 958 deaths and 180 injuries.
          2.       1984—The Sino-British Joint Declaration stating that China would regain sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China subject to rights of autonomy of Hong Kong other than foreign policy and defense to be effective July 1, 1997 was signed in Beijing by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher. As might be expected China severely limited Hong Kong’s autonomy and considers the treaty to now be null and void.
          3.       1998—President Bill Clinton was impeached for perjury but was  acquitted in the Senate with all Democrats voting not guilty.
          4.       2001—Massive riots broke out in Buenos Aires and other large Argentine cities over rising inflation and the pegging of the Argentine peso to the dollar which caused the deaths of 39 civilians and resulted in the resignation of the President of Argentina.
          5.       2016—Anis Amri, an Tunisian denied asylum 4 days earlier, car jacked a semi-trailer truck, killing the driver and then ploughed into an outdoor Christmas market in Berlin, killing 13 shoppers and injuring 44 others and managed to escape from the scene but was approached by police in Milan, asking for his identification papers whom he shot and wounded one and was then shot and killed by the other.
          Quote of the Day: Margaret Thatcher in a speech at the signing of the Sino-British Joint Resolution on Hong Kong: “The Agreement fully meets the political requirements of Britain and China, as well as the interests of the Hong Kong people. It provides a framework in which, as a Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong will maintain its economic systems and way of life for fifty years after 1 July 1997. It gives Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy. Hong Kong people will administer Hong Kong and the Special Administrative Region will pass its own legislation.
It allows Hong Kong to continue to decide its own economic, financial and trade policies and to participate as appropriate in international organizations and agreements. It preserves Hong Kong's familiar legal system and the rights and freedoms enjoyed there.
In short, it provides the assurances for the future which Hong Kong needs in order to continue to play its unique role in the world as a trading and financial centre.” Great words to go with great hopes but sadly in dealing with the CCP it sounds more like Neville Chamberlain’s waiving Hitler’s signature to the Munich Sudetenland Agreement and pronouncing “Peace in Our Times.”

Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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Transgender Male Assaults 2 CIS Females in a Girls' High School Bathroom in Edmond, Oklahoma

 

In Oklahoma students are supposed to use a bathroom that conforms to their birth certificate sex claim
And if they now want to a bathroom that matches how they feel and proclaim
A bathroom that can be used only by one and locked
So a cis male or female can a noncis male or female block
In Edmond Memorial High School in Edmond, in the Sooner State
A chick with a dick entered the cis females bathroom and two girls started to berate
“His” mother claimed “he” was bullied for being a transgen
Not right but no excuse to a female to the hospital send
“She” quickly knocked one to the ground with a possible concussion
And the other struck so hard she was afraid to continue the lopsided pugilistic discussion
A man even though even “he” has identified as a female
Against a cis female will almost is all cases in a fight prevail
Larger heart and lungs to more oxygen inhale
More muscle to insure in such a fight “he” will not fail
The chick with dick has been arrested for assault but is no longer in school
Not charged with entering a women’s bathroom to as ending assaults be a useful tool

© December 16, 2022 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

San Bernardino Studying a Move to Break Away From California

 

San Bernadino, California’s 5^th largest county has from bankruptcy emerged
Feeling its oats has commissioned a study on how to from the rest of the counties unmerge
Would require positive vote of the U.S. and California legislature which is a very long shot
Like Don Quixote and his windmill the effort will go for naught
But like the eastern part of Oregon that from the leftist west wants to be free
Could be an increasing trend of those trapped by leftist ideology they disagree
The idea of a United States may become somewhat passé
As long as end justifies the means and ad hominem holds sway
California has become a one party takes all Banana Republic State
Any Red ideas are quickly dismissed in any political debate
Despite increasing power the thirst for more does not the Blues sate
And because of that people are voting with their feet from a once golden now 2^nd rate

© December 16, 2022 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Biden Lies On Visits to Iraq and Afghanistan--Consistent with Lie of Visits to Southern Border

 

There is an old joke that you know when a lawyer is lying  when he moves his lips
In Biden’s case when his lips move he is losing on reality his grip
In a Veterans’ Center Named for his son in Delaware
At a Town Hall meeting on the PACT Act his number of visits to Iraq and Afghanistan he shared
38-39 as vice president and 2 as president for 40-41
Once again, the truth of the number chose to shun
Repeat of the same lie he made during his SOTU speech
Corrected by PolitiFact that only 21 times that area he did reach
His Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
As in her briefings so many lies are there
As we see thousands of illegals wrapped in El Paso in blankets to ward off the cold
She continues to spread the lie that Biden is securing  the border we are told
Title 42 our most immediate deportation tool is about to expire
Yet blaming Reds for not agreeing to comprehensive border reform Blues never tire
Since Blues must be ignorant of an open border’s assault on safety and prosperity
So with idiocy they push for citizenship without solving the open border asperity

© December 16, 2022 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Ridley's Believe It Or Not December 15, 2022

 

With college sports due to NIL set to undergo fundamental changes that will pose great challenges to colleges, players and the NCAA, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, a Red, will become president of the NCAA when its current president steps down in March, 2023 and in PAC 12 news UCLA’s football team has been cleared by the California Board of Regents to move to the Big Ten in August 2024 subject to paying Cal what has been called the “Berkeley Tax” of some $2-$10 million a year to compensate Cal for lost revenues caused by the move. If you live in Orange County, California a welcome relief from shopping and holiday parties and an enjoyable day to celebrate Hump Day would be to watch a maritime Christmas Son et lumière in the Newport Beach Harbor December 14-18 Annual Christmas Boat Parade. Hope you enjoy today’s Ridley's Believe It Or Not  and find it worthy to read and if not reply “Unsubscribe” to be removed.  
Ridley’s Believe It Or Not December 15, 2022
          Noted Holiday: Cat Herders Day, created by Ruth and Thomas Roy but not sure when but know the holiday is an oxymoron of the nth degree as cats defy any and all methods to herd them as do senior programs whose where difficulties of controlling them was first described as “herding cats” in the 80’s.
          Word of the Day: The word of the day is “aceldama” a site or scene of violence or bloodshed which describes sadly most if not all of our urbans sites and large numbers of movies produced and hitting the theaters and video games sold.   
          Number 1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 2002 was “Lose Yourself” by Eminem on a run of 8 weeks  to share with 8 other songs achieving number 1 status while 5 acts, including Eminem, achieved their first number 1 song. Here is a music video with lyrics of Eminem performing “Lose Yourself”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yhyp-_hX2s
          Noted Birthdays: Dave Clark, born on this day in 1939, who founded the Dave Clark Five, the first band after the invasion of the Beatles to participate in the British invasion. Clark was an astute singer songwriter who required any songwriter in the band to assign the copyright to him even if he did not co-write the song. The Dave Clark Five was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. He is still alive at 82 living in England but no longer performing.
          Notable Events that occurred on December 15
          1.       1791—The Bill of Rights became part of the Constitution when it was ratified by Virginia.
          2.       1973—The grandson of John Paul Getty who had been kidnapped by an Italian crime syndicate who demanded $17 million for his release negotiated down to $2.2 million and paid by Getty after receiving his grandson’s severed ear was found. The kidnapping traumatized him big time and he became addicted to drugs and alcohol which led to an overdose and stroke that left him severely disabled to die too early at age 54.
          3.       1973—To the joy of gays in the closet, the American Psychiatric Association voted 13-0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
          4.       1978—In a move we probably regret today, President Carter recognized the Peoples Republic of China but also sadly severed relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan.
          5.       2001—The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened after 11 years of work to stabilize it and the expenditure of $27 million.
          Quote of the Day: Harry Browne, noted American writer and investment adviser and Libertarian Candidate for President in 1996 and 2000 on the importance of the Bill of Rights: “The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.”

Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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December 14 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

Argentina who beat Croatia 3-0 on Tuesday will face France who beat Morocco 2-0 today in the finals  on December 18 at 700 A.M. PST (feel pity for those on the East Coast who will have to rise at 4:00 in the morning). Sam Brinton formerly in charge of nuclear was disposal has been arrested in Las Vegas for a second luggage theft and released on $15,000 bail with a stern warning from the judge to stay out of trouble (can you guess which photo is “his” arrest mug shot and which one is “his” official government portrait photo?)

If you live in Orange County, California a welcome relief from shopping and holiday parties and an enjoyable day to celebrate Hump Day would be to watch a maritime Christmas Son et lumière in the Newport Beach Harbor December 14-18 Annual Christmas Boat Parade. Hope you enjoy today’s Ridley's Believe It Or Not  and find it worthy to read and if not reply “Unsubscribe” to be removed.
Ridley’s Believe It Or Not December 14, 2022
          Noted Holiday: Roast Chestnuts Day, Created by Bob Matthews of Holiday Insights in 2015 and celebrated on Day 1 of the 12 days before Christmas and easy to celebrate if you don’t have and open fireplace by using the oven assuming you mark each chestnut with an “x” with a knife to allow them to open as opposed to exploding if you don’t.
          Word of the Day: The word of the day is “accubation” which means to recline on a couch which is the preferred position after a huge Thanksgiving or Christmas meal.   
          Number 1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 2003 was “Hey Ya” by OutKast on a run of 3 weeks  to share with 10 other songs achieving number 1 status while 10 acts achieved their first number 1 song. Here is a music video with lyrics of OutKast performing “Hey Ya”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw
          Noted Birthdays: Ernie Davis, aka the Elmira Express, born on this day in 1939, who went on to star as a running back at Syracuse University to become the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy and be drafted number 1 in the NFL Football Draft on December 4, 1961 by the Washington Redskins who were owned by a rabid racist whose team had no black players but was forced to draft Davis to avoid losing the 30 year lease where they played; Davis wanted no part of the Redskins and was traded to the Browns where he was signed to a $200,000 three year deal in a record for rookies. Unfortunately leukemia was discovered so he never played a game and died too early on May 18, 1963 at age 23.
          Notable Events that occurred on December 14
         1.       1918—Women were able to vote in the first time in the 1918 General Election in the United Kingdom.
         2.       1964—SCOTUS in the case of Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v The United States upheld the constitutionality of Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations based on race, religion or national origins.
          3.       1985—Wilma Mankiller became the first woman chief of the Cherokee Nation.
         4.       2012—After killing his mother, 20 year old Adam Lanza went to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut and shot and killed 26 people, 20 of whom were school children 5-7 years of age and 6 adult staff members before he he fatally shot himself in the head as first responders converged on the school.
       5.       2017—The Walt Disney Company announced that it would acquire 21^st Century Fox, including its movie studio, for $52.4 billion.
      Quote of the Day: President Joe Biden on the need to ban assault weapons on the 10 year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Massacre: “We should have societal guilt for taking too long to deal with this problem. We have a moral obligation to pass and enforce laws that can prevent these things from happening again. We owe it to the courageous, young survivors and to the families who lost part of their soul 10 years ago to turn their pain into purpose.”
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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