Today we observe and celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
honoring the birth and accomplishments of a man born on January 15, 1929 and
who was tragically assassinated on April 4, 1968 and who must be rolling in his
grave today seeing his dream of judging people not by the color of their skin
but the content of their character being corrupted by the spreading Woke
culture such as CRT and Project 1619 and the proclivity of too many people
hurling the charge of racism at anyone who may disagree however slight with
their policies. The scandal of Biden’s possessing classified documents in 3
different unsecured locations continues to grow troubling even leading Blues
and perhaps leading to speculation that Blue Presidential Wanna-Be’s like
Governor Newsom, V.P. Harris and others, hoping the age and cognitive health
issues will cause Biden not to run, may have some involvement in the disclosure
of classified documents. California is being hammered by strong winter storms
which have killed 19, caused 500 mudslides and has 8 million residents under a
flood watch ending at midnight tonight. Hope you enjoyed the weekend of NFL
Football Playoff games with your team advancing and are mourning the Trojan’s
upset of Number 2 Stanford Cardinal Women’s Basketball Team on Saturday. I hope
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Ridley’s Believe It Or Not January 16, 2023
Noted Holidays: Religious Freedom Day, Created
by Presidential Proclamation by George W. Bush on December 9.1992 and first
celebrated on January 16, 1993, the anniversary in 1786 of the Virginia Statute
of Religious Freedom which became part of the First Amendment to the Constitution.
The day celebrates the freedom of all faiths to worship in the faith of their
choice without interference by government or requirement of a state religion.
Word
of the Day: The word of the day is “adiaphoresis” which means an
inability to perspire which means of world of hurt for those with the problem
in hot weather or intensive exercise.
Number 1 Song of the Day: The
number 1 song on this day in 1985 was “Like a Virgin” by Madonna on a run of 4
weeks following 2 in 1985 to share with 26 other songs achieving number 1
status of which a record of 13 were performed by British acts while 17 acts
achieved their first number 1 song. Here is a music video of Madonna with
lyrics singing “Like a Virgin”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC-0K2Dm5XQ
Noted Birthdays: Kate Moss, a British
super model and pioneer in the fashion style heroin chic, was born on this day
in 1974. Her career hit a speed bump which accused of drug usage which she did
not admit and managed to return to her high priced model status. A former party-girl
in her youth, she is going strong with her own modeling agency and success in
the fashion model business and believed to be clean and sober.
Notable Events that occurred on
January 16:
1. 1919—Nebraska
became the 36th State to approve the 18th Amendment which
ratified the 18th Amendment to the Constitution mandating
Prohibition begin on January 17, 1920.
2. 1969—In a
world’s first Soviet Space Craft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 performed a
docking and a crew transfer which because
of the primitive nature of the docking tunnel had to be performed by a spacewalk
between the two space craft. On Soyus 5’s return after the transfer, the
landing rockets and parachutes failed to deploy as planned, causing a rough
landing severe enough to have a cosmonaut break some teeth. 2 months later Apollo
9 duplicated the docking feat but did so internally without the need to
perform a more dangerous spacewalk.
3. 1992—El Salvadoran
officials and rebel leaders signed the Chapultepec Peace Accords in
Mexico City bringing a ceasefire never broken to bring an end to the 12 year
Salvadoran Civil War which had claimed an estimated 75,000 lives.
4. 2003—The Space Shuttle
Columbia was launched on its Mission STS-107 from the Kennedy Space
Center not knowing that some of its heat resistant tiles had been damaged,
causing it to disintegrate 16 days later while reentering the Earth’s
atmosphere, killing all aboard.
5.
2020—The Senate affirmed the United States-Mexico-Canada Act which
ended the Clinton-Era NAFTA which had proven to be a complete disaster for
American manufacturers.
Quote of the Day: Eric Chang, Stories
of Civil War in El Salvador: A Battle Over Memory: “A
good part of the state’s assets were privatized, including electric power
distribution, banks, and telecommunications. The country lacks a national
currency, having shifted from the colón to the U.S. dollar in 2001. The
country’s main export is people, who travel to and remain in the United States
and other countries and send back remittances, which constitute one of the
largest contributions to the nation’s GDP; drug money-laundering may bring in
more than remittances, but nobody knows for sure. A sizable proportion of
economically viable enterprises are now owned wholly or partially by
multinational corporations, including the important banks, all communications
(mobile phones and internet), beer, petroleum derivatives, and airlines. The
country imports a lot of what it consumes, especially foodstuffs, energy, and
health products, which is reflected in a chronic trade deficit that would be
unsustainable were it not for remittances.” Explains why we should expect
little if any assistance from the nation is stopping the flow of illegals to
our Southern Border.
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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