Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Ridley's Believe It Or Not December 6, 2022

 

Millions upon millions have been spent on the Georgia Senate runoff which is taking place today in what would have been a race to determine who would control the Senate, but that issue was decided after votes were counted following Election Day as the Blues with the Vice President voting on ties retained control and the influence of Senators Manchin and Sinema lessened if Warnock wins. The race is a tossup leaning to Warnock, but the amount of money spent by both sides represents a sad commentary on the role of PAC money in determining election outcomes. Trust your tree has been purchased and decorated and your Christmas shopping is almost complete so you can enjoy the glut of Christmas Parties and  today’s Ridley's Believe It Or Not. Hope you find them informative and worthy of your time to read. If not, please reply “Unsubscribe” and I will delete you from the mailing list.
Ridley’s Believe It Or Not December 6, 2022
          Noted Holiday: National Pawnbrokers Day, celebrated on December 6 of each year which is St. Nicholas Day which honors the patron saint of pawnbrokers to honor the importance of this $3 billion industry in the U.S. but has been with us since ancient times. Not sure when it started or who other than perhaps the National Pawnbrokers Association created it but with rampant inflation, growing credit card debt and recession fears look more utilization by strapped consumers pawning valuables for need cash. 
          Word of the Day: The word of the day is “absquatulate” which means to decamp or flee quickly which describes to a tee what residents may have to do during wild fires or if in Hawaii from Mauna Loa which started erupting again on November 27, 2022 after 38 years of dormancy.
          Number 1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 2011 was “We Found Love” by Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris on a run of 8 weeks  to share with 13 other songs reaching achieving number 1 status while 9 acts including Calvin Harris achieved their first number 1.  Here is a recording with lyrics of Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris performing “We Found Love”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrJosGJj7w0
          Noted Birthdays: Andrew Cuomo, born on this day in 1957, was the son of former N.Y. Governor Mario Cuomo and who served as governor for 3 terms and had announced in 2019 his intent to run for a 4th term in 2022. Those plans were derailed by (1) his response to COVID-19 by sending COVID-19 infected patients into nursing homes with a very vulnerable elderly population causing over 6000 nursing home deaths and then undercounting the deaths, (2) his reptilian brain that caused 11 female employees and journalists to come forward to complain about his sexual harassment, and (3) his use of state employees to assist him in his book American Crisis which earned him some $5.1 million which the state ordered him to repay. Facing growing demands for resignations from both sides of the aisle and almost certain impeachment, he resigned on August 10, 2021, effective August 24, 2021.
          Notable Events that occurred on December 6.
          1.       1956—At the Summer Olympics in the water polo match between Hungary, which had rebelled against Soviet occupation and was crushed by Soviet troops and armor, and the Soviet Union, the Hungarians won 4-0 but the contest was best remembered as “Blood in the Water” after Hungarian player  Ervin Zádor emerged from the pool in the closing minutes heavily bleeding from being punched in the eye by a Soviet player. 
          2.       1957—In an attempt to ape the Soviet Union’s launch into orbit of Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 on October 4 and November 3, 1957, respectively, the United States on national television launched from Cape Canaveral Vanguard TV-3 which climbed slowly to a height of 4 feet, lost thrust and exploded as its fuel tanks then ruptured. 

           3.       1967—Adrian Krantrowitz performed the first pediatric heart transplant in the world and the first heart transplant to be performed in the U.S. on 19 day old Jamie Scudero born with heart defects that would prove fatal with a healthy heart from David McIntire Bashaw who was anencephalic baby with a brain which was "grossly malformed" and who had a poor infant’s startle response. The transplant was successful; and the donor heart was pumping blood in Scudero but the infant died in 6 hours.
          4.       2006—In a move that might make a colony on Mars a reality, NASA announced that photos taken by Mars Global Explorer indicated the presence of liquid water on Mars.
          5.       2017—President Trump announced the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the plan to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to it.
          Quote of the Day: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Andrew Cuomo’s handling of the COPVID-19 pandemic: “Thousands of vulnerable New Yorkers lost their lives in nursing homes during the pandemic. Their loved ones and the public deserve answers and transparency from their elected leadership” One of the few times this poet has agreed with Representative AOC. 

Michael Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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