Marily Mosby Former Baltimore State Attorney Who Prosecuted 6 Cops For Freddy Gray's Death and Lost Is on Trial for Perjury and False Mortgage Applications to Go on Trial November 1

 

Marilyn Mosby the Baltimore State Attorney who rose to fame with the death of Freddy Gray
Who filed charges against the 6 officers how had arrested him that day
Officer Porter’s trial ended in a mistrial and Officers Nero, Goodson and White were acquitted
And on July 17, 2016 all the remaining three officers discharge of crimes benefited
The feds refused to prosecute and her rising star was out luck
Remained in office for 2 terms when straying from the law her struck
Claimed financial hardship during COVID while receiving full salary to from her pension withdraw
$90,000 of funds to buy Florida properties and in lying on her financials for mortgages broke the law
Charged in 2022 with perjury and filing false mortgage applications by the feds
Her reelection chances in the primary were quickly shed
If convicted 5 years for perjury and up to 30 years for false mortgage apps
Her defense team has just all resigned and the Public Defender stepping up to replace the legal gap
Mosby now scheduled to go on trial November 1
As a poster child for the premise that lawyers especially, the truth should not shun
© 2/28/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Lori Lightfoot Failed Not Because She Was a Gay Black Female But Because She Failed to Deter Violent Crime

 

The Windy City voters are sighing a relief
Now longer will Lori Lighfoot’s war against the CPD mean less crime relief
After voting today she came in third
As voters a chance to be in the runoffs refused on her to have conferred
Ridiculed for her aping pizza delivery pitch
Throughout her reign public safety thrown into the ditch
Like Nero playing his fiddle as Rome was burning to the ground
She was on the air for a Chicago Karaoke contest making the rounds
Realizing her reelection was in serious doubt
Called Time cover racist when it showed her predecessor but kept her out
Further desperation when she aped Madeline Albright
Who intoned special place in Hell for women who didn’t vote for HRC to win her election fight
Also stated that if you didn’t vote for her you should stay home
And finally if you opposed her you did because she was a black woman and for your racism you had to vote for her to atone
People came out and voted against her not because she was black or female
But when it came to public safety on violent crime she totally failed
Lori Lightfoot’s political tenure will soon be through
But with only Vallas and Johnson in the runoff, sadly Chicago will remain Blue

© 2/28/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

6'6'' Black Student Who Viciously Beat White Teacher's Aide Caught on Surveillance Camera Will Be Tried As an Adult

 

The 6’6” 270 pound student coward at Matanzas High School in Palm Coast
Due to his assault risks losing freedom that he values most
After the insulting the deputies with a “F**k You toast
And vowing he would beat again the aide who took his Switch boast
Was cuffed and arrested to later find he is in a world of hurt
Will be tried not as a juvenile but as an adult for the beating he chose to assert
The female teacher’s aide who took his Switch probably because he was playing in class against the rules
Had not  a chance after being attacked from behind, knocked to the floor and then hit by fists and feet as deadly tools
He didn’t want to go to jail
And now stuck there on one million dollar bail
When it comes to a  game that he could have after class gotten back
This thug is so lucky she did not die when head hit the floor in his attack
Doubt anyone will be dumb enough to give to a Go Fund Me Account
When this brute with an uncontrollable temper rage another vicious attack mount
If convicted which the video evidence is pretty clear
He needs to put in a cell with anger management classes until such time as it is under control to on the streets again appear.
And our hearts and prayers go out to the beaten teacher’s aide
That she gets paid a lot and does not live her life from attacks be afraid

© 2/28/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

 

Supplies to Woke Warriors Ben & Jerry's Exploiting Migrant Child Labor--Tiem for Boycott?

 

Ben & Jerrys, the ice cream maker of exotic flavors, is the epitome of Woke to its core
Standing with immigrants but now a new revelation its supporters must not ignore
It seems some of Ben &Jerry’s suppliers are using migrant children in violation of the law
Under age and under paid with longer hours to be engaged violating the law
Looks like the purveyors of Woke are not immune
From shedding it when profits adherence to it dooms
But the hypocrisy of being a proper Woke Warrior by Ben & Jerry’s  is yet to be curtailed
If this New York Times is correct which it probably is Woke shoppers from their products should bail
They are way too over price unless in a rarity they are on sale
Sadly they are not alone as suppliers of Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, Ford, and General Motors the same migrant policies prevail

© 2/28/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Head of AFT Destroying Public Education with School Closures Now Melting Down Over SCOTUS Student Debt Forgiveness Casecotafter

 

Randi Weingarten the Tyrant in Chief of the AFT Union was in the forefront
To any chance of education success through charter schools confront
Fought them 24/7 tooth and nail
Oblivious to the fact that urban public schools could only fail
The high percent of public elementary, middle and high schools who fail basic tests
Showing they with great difficult can barely read, write or compute a record of failure to attest
This failure under her watch was in full court press
Before COVID-19 hit to put public education under even greater stress
When Biden, Fauci, Birx, and the CDC
Went on the warpath to an elimination of Constitutional rights spree
Loss of rights to worship, to assemble, to petition and to travel
Shutting down businesses they deemed as unessential as our economy began to unravel
The public schools populated by least infected by COVID-19
Were closed across the nation and remote computer learning came on scene
A nation forced to wear masks in some cases even outside that didn’t work
A power grab to control and stifle opposing voices of reason that went berserk
On closing public schools and keeping children locked up at home thought Randi
Despite all evidence to the contrary was according to her was really dandy
This woman who has zero credibility in her field as on the SCOTUS steps
Was melting down over the SCOTUS case on forgiving student debt
Instead of picketing the Court and Uncle Sam
The student debt holders should be picketing the universities that put them in this jam
With the lure of higher paying jobs no matter however useless the degree
To raise tuition and induce students to go on a debt creation spree
They have billions in endowments that should be dipped into for relief
An not impose on taxpayers many who have paid or did not to college go billions of additional taxes grief

© 2/28/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Fremont #1, San Jose # 2, and Whopper of Whopper Disbelief SFO #5 in Survey of 180 Cities to Name the Happiest Huh?

 

Wallet Hub is out with its rankings of happiest cities to live in
180 of the largest cities examined 30 key indicators to see who was the happiness kingpin
The rankings are in a one city has won three times in a row
Wonder if the judges were smoking what is legal to use and grow
Even more suspect that the judges were still on a high
2 more cities in this state were ranked in the top five
Before the drum roll for the city identity to reveal
The state in which they are found is rapidly losing its appeal
Thousands upon thousands and many businesses are leaving in droves
In the forefront of the push to ban gas stoves
Highest tax rates in the nation and 2^nd highest prices for gas
Hawaii, 3000 miles away, leads the nation and by $.10 a gallon the state surpasses
The state which leads the nation in the number of homeless and if counted the number of used needles in the parks and streets
Where in the near the state will the sale of new gas powered cars defeat
Paraphrasing John Donne no city is an island in its state
How did Fremont #1, San Jose #2 and the whopper of all whoppers San Francisco #5 win in the most happiest debate?
Were the pollsters by the leaders of the Chambers of Commerce tendered a bribe?
Or in case of SFO also overcome by feces stench and  with others still on a high ride?

© 2/28/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

CNN Cole Impugns SCOTUS Justices of Student Debt Relief Case Because of Elite Private Schools and Relative Wealth and Not Debtors' Life Experiences

 

With Chris Licht taking over from “advocacy king” Zucker at CNN
There was hope that real journalism and unbiased news would appear again
Cuomo and Stelter let go, Tobin pushed out and Lemon dumped from prime time Sadly it seems that Chris Licht needs more work to achieve that goal
After listening to CNN analysis on student debt relief SCOTUS by Devin Cole
Who impugned the SCOTUS Justices ability to impartially rule on the case
Because they are relatively wealthy to avoid having to the pains of student debt face
Attending elite private schools in his private they avoided the life experience of the holders of student debt
Which in many cases universities raised tuition and urged them to add debt so goals like families and houses they must forget
In Cole’s mind being one of the best and brightest and from a top flight law school
Makes you unable to apply to rule on Constitutionality those learned tools
Instead life experiences have to be taken into consideration
If you took courses that led to dead end low paying jobs you deserve debt salvation
If you were able to enter his mind you would find what he really believes
Everyone is entitled thanks to the government to a college free at least bachelor’s degree
It is an absolute travesty and joke to debt forgiveness for student debt to be based
On a law to give relief for military fighting in Iraq to have debt payment stress erased
Stop the Constitution end run
Act of Congress forgives and case is done

© 2/28/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Mayor Pete Thanks to Fox Digital Under Investigation for Private Jet Flights by DOT Watchdog Agency

 

Mayor Pete who like Climate Czar Kerry hectors us on carbon emissions
Has been hoisted on his own petard for using private jets-an act fit for Green New Deal perdition
His proclivity for private jets to escape the discomfort of commercial air
Was thanks to Fox Digital report to the DOT Watchdog shared
18 private jet flights in 2 months when mere mortals were sleeping the floors
Due to thousands of flights delayed or cancelled such inconvenience he could ignore
The DOT has opened an investigation and we hope it shows private jets
When commercial flights were available that he chose to reject
Maybe our government departments’ elites feel they compared to private sector are not paid enough
For working shorter hours but no excuse for frugality to at every opportunity stuff
Since Mayor Pete is quick to expound on the wasteful amount of carbon emission
At least he could stifle his hectoring as long as he flies private without justification permission
© 2/27/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

 

Final Wuhan Lab Confirmed As Source of COVID 19 Leak-- Should Have Kept the Initial Name "Wuhan Virus"

 

Finally after more than 2 years of Chinese denial and concealment
Of more than 2 years of Fauci’s I am beyond reproach treatment
Of more than Social media and Big Tech ridicule and censorship
The truth finally from China, WHO and our CDC has slipped from their grip
COVID-19 never came from a wet market that bats were blamed
And any Chinese researcher who suggested otherwise disappeared or were silenced in shame
Fauci and Brix took over our lives, crushed our Constitutional rights
Demanded that they and they along be obeyed in the COVID-19 fight
Educational learning lost over 2 years, an untried vaccine shoved down professionals and military’s throats
Millions of workers laid off while those fortunate stayed on working remote
Billions spent in economic aid with fraud and national debt going sky high
Around the world millions would be hospitalized and die
It has finally been confirmed that we gave up our freedoms and were lied to
Entirely likely under Fauci’s leadership gain of function research grew
Another wakeup call that China is not our friend that we must confront
24/7 on the military, viral, economic, intellectual property, political and social media fronts
If we treat this as a struggle non existential and short term
This nation and its city of lights on a hill will crash and burn
© 2/27/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Catholic Girls Football Team in Vermont Forfeits In State Championship Game Because Opponent Has Transgenders--Gloria Allred Where Are You

 

As the push for gender identity seeks to supplant biological identity
After all these years of women’s sports becoming a reality
Thanks to the passage of Title IX that athletic directors fought tooth and nail
In the belief money diverted from football and male basketball would cause those programs to fail
Fortunately they were wrong then and as Title IX has flourished wrong today
But for women’s athletics there is a growing danger that will women’s sports slay
The latest leftist crusade is to promote gender identity that you are the sex you feel
With transgenders fully equipped roaming women’s locker rooms and bathrooms to their manhood reveal
No requirement for gender transformation surgery or estrogen female enhancing hormone injections
To allow such a transgender to without be treated as a woman merits only rejection
The left wants to go to any lengths to one’s sexual identity transform
Social media, peer pressure and dangerous puberty blockers as the norm
Only adults as long as someone else not injured or deprived should have that right
But not preteen and teen children the knowledge or approval of transformation is often kept from the parents’ sight
In Vermont which has a law forbidding discrimination of transgenders in sports
But evidently allows a case by case determination to that right abort
Not sure if the time frame gives any reasonable chance of relief
Or the costs block any action due to financial grief
But a Catholic Girls Football team in the state championship tournament forfeited its game
Playing football against transgender males the risk of danger they could not contain
Here is a suggested solution
Transgenders play only transgenders with not enough to form teams end this misguided revolution

© February 27, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

  

Latest Lie in Long History of Biden Lies Put to Rest As There Are Not 9000 Unused Drilling Pemits

 

Biden has had a long public “service” career
Where his embellishments or outright lies too often appear
From the infamous Corn Pop at a swimming pool
To his lie on unused drilling permits the American public he is always trying to fool
His constant lie to help in his war on fossil fuels of unused drilling permits
Finally after many months of lies the truth he had to admit
There were not 9000 approved drilling permits not in use
The latest in his proclivity to the truth submit to abuse
Now that he is older the embellishment and lies still continue from his lips
His defense might be plausible that memory losses his recollection grips
Logical for someone at 82 who has aneurisms 1 and 2
Further evidence his cognitive fitness is through
Harris would be a disaster so he continues to serve but must not run
Time to retire in 2024 after 1 term and be done
If Trump does not surrender to his ego and runs sadly Biden has a good chance
But only if without Harris he seeks a second term to his agendas advance
The Word Salad Queen lacks any sliver of Presidential Timber
Biden’s puppet masters will from the campaign wagon quickly her unlimber
No way he would live for more years
Harris stepping is too great a fear
To keep Clyburn happy he will have to find another woman who is black
If Mayor Black of L.A. dents the homeless problem and scraps lowering police academy standards she has a chance she to be on the campaign track

© 2/27/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Blue Rep In Illinois Idiotically Introduces Bill to Require Merchants in Chicago Have an Armed Guard During Operating Hours

 

When it comes to the crime wave in Chicago, Blue leaders have had their heads in the sand
911 calls by shop owners are answered not in minutes or seconds by hold or slow movements of the hour hand
Now a Blue genius state Rep has come up with the solution to solve the police lack
Thaddeus Jones has just introduced the Armed Protection Security Act
To require businesses like banks, grocery stores, gas stations and pawn shops starting in July
To have at least one armed guard on the premises during operating hours to criminal activity defy
These businesses are already paying some of the highest tax rates in the nation
The bill is silent whether added expense is a tax credit salvation
Or whether jewelry stores, high clothing and apparel stores will be added to the list
Likely because thieves are prone to ape Willie Sutton to rob where the armed guards don’t exist
The bill ignores the reality police forces have not the ability to adequate numbers of cops enlist
In a patrol car in the streets each minute a cop is not driving with the bullseye on your head
In a store a target for robbery the thieves will not be smash and grab but heavily armed to shoot the guard dead
Will these guards like cops in the use of firearms be well trained?
Will they have like cops qualified immunity if in split second decisions they kill or maim?
Charter schools may be the rising trend
To lack of education of urban minorities bring to an end
This bill could mean the arming of most residents to conceal or open carry
The end of policing in poor neighborhoods and the convenience of longer retail hours bury
Better idea is to focus criminal reform on the victims
When the violent criminals are caught no bail and if convicted for long times in cells stick them

© 2/27/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

The Light Bulbs Are Finally Being Turned On China Ruled by the CCP Is Not Our Friend but an Existential Threat

 

Finally in the political arena lawmakers are waking up to the CCP existential threat
It took decades of their stealing our IP, unfair trade practices and holding trillions of our debt
That the purchase of farm land near ICBM sites and a spy balloon to get politicians in gear
Thanks to Red Governor Younkin China is now banned from agricultural land
Look for soon calls for universities housing Chinese think tanks to disband
Look for Hunter’s ties to the Chinese to raise investigation on how much Biden is compromised
Look for a major push to divest reliance upon China for the goods we need for green power as Biden seeks fossil fuels demise
China is a nuclear power upgrading its and increasing its military, increasing its nuclear warheads
They are committed to replace the U.S. as the dominant superpower and pedal to metal moving ahead
This new found awareness and sense of alarm cannot be a short term sprint
It must be bipartisan and across all sectors of the nation in a long term stint
With Taiwan the likely target for Chinese to invade
We must fulfill the military orders from Taiwan for which we will be paid
Instead of the English Channel China must over a hundred miles of ocean cross
Taiwan must have the planes to control the air to inflict unacceptable loss
|Each day of delay adds to the invasion war risk
That would the supply of semiconductors almost cease to exist
And the risk of a nuclear World War Three
All nations losers with the most death and destruction we have yet to see
© 2/26/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Mayor Bass Solution to L.A. Cop Shortage Is to Lower Bar For Admission to Police Academy and Root Out Right Wing

 

After far too many cases of unarmed blacks being shot and killed
Too many funerals and the cities paying far too many wrongful death bills
In addition to riots and defund the police calls across the nation
Better qualified and better trained police is viewed as a salvation
It is not easy to gain admittance to a police academy as the first step
Harder to stay with the physical and myriad of laws a cop cannot forget
In years past before BLM and Defund the Police
With good pensions and salaries and benefits on the increase
More new cops hired than those lost in line of duty, resigned or retired
Now across the nation police forces are experiencing net losses as fewer being a cop aspire
More and more cops feel city hall does not have their backs, morale is in the tank
More and more even outside black and brown communities only scorn never thanks
With fewer cops on the streets most crime especially violent is on the rise
911 once quickly answered have become a life endangering on hold exercise
  Karen Bass of L.A. who is focused on the increasing number of homeless
Has finally woken up to the crime wave and shortage of cops to address
The light bulb has finally been turned on Angelenos’ concern for safety is causing potential loss of office distress
Her solution announced is to lower the bar for academy admission, lower difficulty of the tests
To admit trainees with lower IQ and to root out the “right wing extremists” who a badge now wear
Mayor Bass sadly is not immune from the myth of right wing extremist being found everywhere
To raise morale to attract more cops we need to enforce the laws not plea down to release felons too soon
And misdemeanors before a report has been filed so they believe from more serious crime they are immune
Start public ads to cops as protectors not occupiers portray
End the push to end qualified immunity when is split second a cop has had to slay
Corporate policy has to be all cops we serve as valued customers welcomed here
Customers in a diner, coffee house, or other public seeing a cop a thank of appreciation from lips should appear.

© 2/26/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Mother with 5 Year Old Angry Man in a Wheel Chair Would Not Move So She and Child Could Sit Down

 

Pass It On has a commercial of a young man on a crowded bus with no seats
Ear pods in ears listening to his music’s beat
An elderly woman gets on and is forced to stand
At her age unseated the pain of the stop and go hard to withstand
The man pulls out his ear pods, stands up and offers her his seat
She overjoyed accepts and happy that such a gentlemen was there for her to meet
Fast forward from the make believe influence world of public service ads to life’s reality
A woman with a 5 year old on a full bus to a man in a wheel chair made a plea
To move his wheel chair so  she and her daughter could sit down together and he didn’t agree
Asked again and received the same answer no
As if in a wheel chair strapped he had the ability to another place go
So the woman who stood up with her daughter later went on social media to ask
Whether it was right for her to plea again for the man in a wheel chair to perform that task
The majority of responses said no and ridiculed her as a person with legs
To be angry that a man who could not walk refused to comply with her beg
Something in the article seems not right
After a wheel chair comes up the ramp the driver folds the seat and secures the wheel chair down tight
Where it stays until the at rider’s bus stop he pulls the cord
There’s no stopping of the bus to rearrange locations when a mother and child come aboard
The man in the wheel chair and the bus driver would resist
The woman is claiming a right or privilege that doesn’t exist

© 2/25/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

 

Albert Hammond's Song Was Wrong It Does Rain In Southern California

 

Albert Hammonds’ “It Never Rains in Southern California” is getting little air play
As monsoon rains and blizzards are hitting So Cal on this day
The mountains in surrounding the L.A. are crowned in white
That we go to the snow instead of vice versa makes So Cal alright
Big Bear already deeply covered in snow and expecting several more feet
The eagle nest with 2 eggs warmed by mom’s feather blanket to freezing temps to defeat
The Grapevine after CHP convoys is now closed as So Cal drivers in the snow are not vets
Traveling north today on the 5 from L.A. is a trip you would do well to forget
Heavy fog reducing visibility and blocked in some parts due to snow
The 101 without the blizzards only rain is also not the way to go
Mudslide warnings and closed due to flooding in many segments
Not what global warming weather was supposed to have to us sent
Further north cities like Portland are being covered in snow.
But the good news in San Francisco is only clouds not rain
The bad news the feces are still on the sidewalks not washed down into the storm drains
At least in the colder weather the vapors of stench do not rise
But still the sight along with used needle makes us mourn the City by the Bay’s demise
The reservoirs are filling up and the snow pack is huge
But one storm does not a drought end so we momentarily welcome the deluge
But not the mudslides in areas burned by wild fires
And if the rain continues of it we will soon tire
© 2/25/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Seattle Settled Lawsuit Over Its Handlin of Chop by Paying $3.65 Including $600,000 For Deleting Thousands of Texts

 

When in protest to the death of George Floyd protestors in Seattle occupied a portion of Capitol Hill
After a week of violent demonstrations against the police marked on June 7 of a civilian driving into the crowd at a protestor shot to kill
Mayor Durkan in a vain effort to deescalate
Ordered the police to their Precinct Station vacate
Protestors moved in and created the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Like the “Summer of Love” behind barricades Mayor Durkan intoned
But at night in CHOP anarchy and violence roamed
And residents living near or in were afraid to leave their homes
More and more the “Summer of Love” became the “Summer of Looting”
Punctuated at night by shootings
Finally on July 1 Durkan said “enough is enough and police moved in
To clear the protestors out and the encampment structures and possessions tossed into trash bins
Business owners and residents in CHOP sued the city for its handling of CHOP
Claiming the city effectively authorized the protestors actions instead of trying to stop
The city has just announced its obligation to pay plaintiffs $3.65 million in settlement
Which includes 600 grand in penalties for thousands of texts the Mayor, Police Chief and city leaders to the cyber space trash bins sent
Sadly Seattle has confirmed Watergate that the coverup is more costly than the crime
Hopefully cities around the nation confronted with similar protests will not ape Seattle this time

© 2/25/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

   

For Sandwiches at Costco Inflation Is Now King

 If the Costco Roast Beef sandwich is compared to a normal deli sandwich of roast beef
The price of $9.99 actually provides some inflation relief
But compared to Subway and the other Costco sandwiches it is way too high
Cannot believe the Costco brass expect customers to buy
Unless it is the vanguard of a new wave of price increases for all sandwiches it sells
Even so thanks to the massive spending by Biden we remain in inflationary Hell

© 2/25/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

February 24, 2023 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

Today marks the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, unleashing a flood of migrants trying to escape the violence, impacting worldwide food production, devastating Ukraine cities being bombed and missiled into rubble, over 8,000 civilians killed and over 13,000 wounded while the body count for soldiers on both sides is hard to calculated due to exaggeration and concealment but it is probably fair to say at least 1000 a month Ukrainian forces die and since Russians initially were attacking more than 1000 a month Russian were dying. While the American cat is preoccupied with the Russian rat the Chinese are flexing in force  towards Taiwan and in the South China Sea which does not bode well. MLB has started spring training with the net rules to speed the game on..8 seconds for a batter to get set and 15 seconds for a pitcher to hurl a pitch extended to 20 if a runner is on base. Time to get ready for March Madness and the NCAA Men and Women Tournament with Stanford Women looking at a number one seed for their regional which may be subject to their beating Utah on Saturday and  also winning the Pac-12 Championship Tournament starting in Las Vegas on March 1. I hope you find Ridley's Believe It Or Not worth your time reading and if not please respond with an “Unsubscribe” in the message.                              
 Ridley’s Believe It Or Not February 24, 2023
          Noted Holidays: International Stand Up to Bullying Day: created by Travis Price and David Shepard in 2007 and celebrated semiannually because with the damage including suicides done by physical bullying even more threatening bullying on social media is celebrated twice each year since 2008, on the third Friday in November and the last Friday in February.
           Word of the Day:  The word of the day is “ablescent” which means becoming white as a color not as a political belief leftists charge conservative blacks like Larry Elder with. 
           Number 1 Song: The number 1 song on this day in 1949 was “A Little Bird Told Me” by Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters  on a run of 7 weeks  to share with 8 other songs that achieved number one status. Here is Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters performing “A Little Bird Told Me”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6J7LvSERRI 
           February 24 Famous Birthdays:  Two Famous Entrepreneurs Phil Knight and Steven Jobs:  Phil Knight born on this nay in 1938 in Portland, Oregon who ran track while at the University of Oregon and went to Stanford to obtain his MBA to co-found Nike and create the iconic brand Air Jordan. Nike became a dominant shoe company from which he retired as CEO of Nike on November 28, 2004 several months after his son’s funeral who had died from a heart attack while scuba diving in El Salvador. He has become beyond compare a very important philanthropist to Stanford, contributing in 206 $105 million to the Stanford Business School, the largest donation of an individual at that time to a business school and then topping that with a $400 million pledge to create the Knight-Hennessey Scholars patterned after Rhodes Scholars but targeted to attack global issues like poverty and climate change. In a sign that this remarkable man was not yet done, he and his wife donated  $75 million for the Phil and Penny Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience to be housed at Stanford's Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute  to study the cognitive decline and degenerative brain diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
Steven Jobs, co-founder of Apple born on this day in San Francisco in 1955 and like a fellow successful high-tech entrepreneur and founder of Oracle, Larry Ellison, was adopted soon after birth who attended a very liberal Reed College but quickly dropped out to with his co-founder revolutionize the person computer business with Apple Computer from which he was ousted in a power struggle with John Sculley in 1985 to then found NeXT which due to its involvement with Pixar which created Toy Story was acquired by Apple in 1987 with Jobs becoming CEO and revitalizing Apple. Sadly, Jobs contracted prostate cancer which after a long battle would claim him on October 5, 2011 at age 56.
           February 24 Notable Events
           1.     1917—In what would prove to be the last straw to cause after disclosure of unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans on February, U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. was given the Zimmermann Telegram dated January 17, 1917, intercepted by the British, in which Germany pledged to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas and Arizona to Mexico which it had not the military wherewithal to do so  if Mexico would be dumb enough to declare war on the United States.
           2.     1968—The Tet Offensive which surprised the American military but which was decimated militarily but politically at home destroyed American support for continuing the Vietnam War and forced LBJ not to run for reelection ended as South Vietnam forces replaced American Marines to mop up in the recapture of Hue.
           3.     1991—After heavy artillery and aerial bombardment, U.S. forces crossed the Saudi border to confront Iraqi forces to destroy them before the “battle of all battle” Hussein promised would occur and to avoid further slaughter of Iraqi forces trying to escape Kuwait President Bush proclaimed a cease fire after 100 hours of combat.
           4.     1996—Two unarmed Cessna airplanes operated by the Brothers to the Rescue were shot down by the Cuban Air Force in international waters killing all four aboard with the third plane managing to escape.
           5.     2008—Fidel Castro resigned as President of Cuba after ruling for 32 years to be succeeded by his brother Raul but still retains his position as head of the Communist Party.
           Famous Quote on Notable Events Or Persons: H.R. McMasters, retired Lieutenant General who fought in the Gulf War, Gulf War II and Afghanistan and former National Security Advisor to President Trump: “There are two ways to fight the United States military: asymmetrically and stupid. Asymmetrically means you're going to try to avoid our strengths. In the 1991 Gulf War, it's like we called Saddam's army out into the schoolyard and beat up that army.”
© 2/24/2024 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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One Year Anniversary of Unprovoked Invasion of Ukraine How Many More Russian Body Bags for Putin to Finally Refrain

 

Today is the anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine
Undeterred by Biden’s threat of sanctions if they did not refrain
Why should Putin have worried as when Biden was V.P.
The only aid we sent to counter Russia was blankets and MRE’s?
Even this time if military aid would be sent Russia would have taken Kviv by week three
Instead the Russian Bear was met with force and courage they never thought they would see
On the road to Kviv they were stopped in long lines in their tracks
Had the U.S. artillery and Javelins been there the slaughter would have more quickly forced them back
As China and India and other nations ignore the sanctions and Russian oil continue to buy
Russia can finance its military invasion as Ukrainian cities are bombed and citizens by the hundreds die
Putin must have thought Ukrainians’ resolve to fight would crumble
As their cities became more and more of destroyed rubble
He ignored the lessons from the bombed citizens of London and Berlin
Killing citizens from the air is not a guaranteed way to win
141 nations have supported the end of the war and for Russians to withdraw
Putin will ignore the resolution until the body bags flowing in become the last straw
It took 15,000 dead Russians for them to come to their senses and leave Afghanistan
That number has probably been greatly exceeded how many more body bags will Russian mothers withstand?
A good number of Putin supporting oligarchs by sanctions and seizures are feeling the pinch
How much more pain before these wealth oligarchs tell Putin it is time for Russian troops to squinch?
As NATO offers to insure that Ukraine will not join NATO
But treaties are signed to defend it if Russia again into an invasion mode goes

© 2/24/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

 

Three Optics From the East Palestine Derailment You May See In 2024 Election

 On the East Palestine train derailment three photo opts for three tales
Of a government response like the train is off the rails
Like almost to date any transportation disaster Mayor Peter is in a response MIA
It’s above his level of competence so for as long as possible tries to stay
Missed a town meeting but after 20 days with hard hat and vest on appeared
Unlike Melania who wore her stilettos only to the copter Pete had his fashion boots on that must have cost dear
Then launched into an examination of the reporting on the  disaster
And lost his train of thought in a Biden like lapse the aping he mastered
The other photo opt is from The View where Behar is blaming Trump
And the residents for voting him in 2020 instead of him choosing to dump
The third one is Trump on the scene with water bottles to pass out
And buying the first responders meals at the local takeout
May be a bit of show
But he chose there to go
While Biden was in Ukraine probably kicking himself he didn’t before the invasion start the flow
Of lethal arms instead of sanctions that are sending Russian body bags to the seeds of Russian opposition to the invasion sow

© 2/24/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

6'6" 277 pound 17 Yr. Old Viciously Attacks Teacher's Aide For Taking His Nintendo Switch Game Away in Class

 

At Matanzas High School in Palm Coast, Florida a very close call
As a white female teachers’ aide is brutally attacked in the hall
By a black 17 year old 277 pound student 6’6’’ tall
Who threw down to the floor and with kicks and punches mauled
Could easily have died as she hit her head hard on the floor
Or also by the power of his kicks and punches on her he continued to score
Fortunately teachers and fellow students were able to pull this thug off
Who supposedly is a special needs student so the severity of his acts he may scoff
The teacher’s aide’s “crime” to have provoked this violent attack?
She took away his Nintendo Switch from him in class and did not give it back
Not sure what this brute’s special needs are, but anger control he obviously lacks
Not sure what his parents or special needs teacher have taught him that it’s not OK to with feet and fists a teacher’s aide whack
If this person does not get help with his anger control
Once out of school or juvenile hall on society he will take a toll
But for special needs the attack has all the earmarks potentially a hate crime
But since his white victim was not killed, he probably will not serve any time
But his need for anger control help looks clear
Let’s hope the Florida justice system causes it to appear

© 2/24/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Sanity in Academia as the University of North Carolina Bans DEI As a Condition to Admission, Employment or Promotion

 

Finally some sanity against the Woke Wave of DEI that will meritocracy destroy
To often when DEI is the criteria for admission, employment or promotion is employed
The idea of seeking the best and the brightest is thrown into the trash
Sadly the effects are like hiring pilots based on DEI causing the plane to crash
The University of North Carolina on DEI has finally said enough
DEI as a criteria of admission, employment of promotion into the trash bin stuffed
If instead of meritocracy mediocrity is used a great risk to end up only with the dregs
In a competitive world politically, militarily and economically a sure bet to put us on our last legs
But the corollary to the UNC’s decision should be
From preschool to high school diploma resources to teach must be allocated in equality
Our students in public schools in urban areas by the teachers’ unions are held captive
Their goal seems to be electing more Blues while students needing help is detractive
Far too many students locked into attending a school in which they barely learn to write, compute or read
And lack the the skill to think for themselves they need
Where a diploma is not worth the cost of its paper
Chances for a job or career vanish like vapors
Forced to the trough of CRT and forced to drink
Losing all ability for themselves to think
Any chance for charter schools or school choice the teachers’ unions fanatically refute
The proof of that observation is that by very wide margins from donations funded by dues Blues receive the loot
Equality of opportunity because of education should be the goal
Not Equality of result due to DEI destroying meritocracy’s role

© February 24, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

 

 

 

Black Middle School Teach In Hot Water For White Students Fanning and Feeding Their Black Classmates on Chairs As Ownersjheubg er iS

 

We continue to hear from the left that White Supremacy is a great threat to the nation
That it must be found, weeded out and face the most severe condemnation
The total elimination of racism has to be our number one priority, our number one goal
But all out efforts to eliminate one way racism is taking its toll
Too many leftists adhere to the idea that blacks as victims cannot against whites be racists
Impossible when CRT tells us blacks are oppressed and oppression by whites pervasively exists
In Florida a black middle school teacher had his students perform a skit
Since during Black History Month he thought it be fun and would fit
So black students were sitting on chairs with whites bowing as those not free
Getting up to feed them and creating a cooling, fanning breeze
Ethan Hooper the teacher made the mistake of posting on social media his skit
Put on leave and proceedings to be commence to him discharge as his school district was not pleased one bit
Some kids were pleased and wanted to participate
Doesn’t give him a pass as it ignores the power a teacher rates
Like the cases where a coach has his players pray before a game
Pressure to kneel to play even if unspoken not tamed
Might be better for Hooper to have some training on reverse discrimination
Than discharge as part of his deserved condemnation

© 2/24/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet  

Does Jill Biden Lust to Apeing Edith Wilson If Biden Runs and Wins?

 

When in Africa “Will Biden run again?” Dr. Jill was asked
She stated he would because he is not finished the task
On that she is right as rain
He has not yet completed flushing American down the drain
Still needs more conservative judges to retire
To remove with leftist appointees any judicial blocks to goals the left aspires
Statehood for Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico to a Blue Senate Majority lock
Any state efforts in the case of abortion at any time even with cord not cut block
Shut down more production of fossil fuels in the pursuit of all green now
Reduce carbon emissions by moving to plant based protein, reducing cows
Enforce CRT on the minds of students starting in preschool
Stricter gun control to end firearms as a self-defense tool
Cram down Diversity, Equity and Inclusion down businesses throats
Toss hiring and promotion based on meritocracy out of the boat
Insure all transgenders have unfettered access to women’s sports
Impose a wealth tax and lower the threshold for higher income taxes as revenues come up short
Address white guilt and black victims to pass a reparations bill
End the debt ceiling as it would bankrupt our Treasury till
The list goes on but for Jill knowing about Edith and Wilson’s stroke
May be lusting for Shadow Oval Office powers that a 2^nd term to her would invoke

© 2/24/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

February 23, 2023 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

On the eve of the anniversary of the invasion by Russia of Ukraine 141 nations voted in favor of a UN Resolution calling for an end to hostilities and demanding Russian withdrawal of its forces, 32 abstained and 6 joined Russia in voting against the resolution-- Belarus, North Korea, Syria, Eritrea, Mali and Nicaragua (sadly the only resolution that will have a chance is a steady stream of wounded and dead Russians heading back to Russia). In Los Angeles, we know why climate activists no longer use the term “global warming” instead of climate change as a winter blizzard warning has been issued for parts of L.A., the first once since 1989; the Mississippi Bulldogs baseball team are blessed with having an ambidextrous pitcher, freshman Jurrangelo who in 4 innings of work against LSU Monroe struct out 7 batters in 4 innings, 6 right handed and 1 left handed in a 14-3 win. The Women Utes destroyed Cal  101-76 probably leaving their starters will rested for Saturday’s 11:00 A.M. game against Stanford at Salt Lake City, who despite an atrocious start missing their first 15 shots beat Colorado in double overtime 72-63.  Go Stanford an onward to a Pac 12 Championship by winning the Pac 12 Championship starting March 1. I hope you find Ridley's Believe It Or Not worth your time reading and if not please respond with an “Unsubscribe” in the message.                     

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not February 23, 2023
          Noted Holidays: The Great American Spit Out: Not sure who created this day or when but the day is celebrated on the 4^th Thursday of February to promote the end of using smokeless tobacco which does not have the second hand smoke dangers that cigarettes do is still loaded with all the disease causing ingredients that plague smoked tobacco such that one dip of smokeless is the equivalent of smoking 3-4 cigarette.
           Word of the Day:  The word of the day is “alalia” which means a delay in an infant in beginning to speak from causes such as being a late bloomer or deafness but usually treatable with the help a speech language pathologist. 
           Number 1 Song: The number 1 song on this day in 1950 was “The Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy” by Red Foley on a run of 4 weeks  to share with 11 other songs that achieved number one status. Here is Red Foley performing “The Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTdRvLJv1AE
           February 23 Famous Birthdays:  Michael Dell, born on this day in 1965 in Houston, Texas, noted entrepreneur and founder of Dell Computer Corporation and wealthy and active philanthropist who at age 27 was the youngest CEO in Fortune 500’s largest companies and is living proof if you are an entrepreneur at heart dropping out of college as a freshman does not put a damper on becoming a very wealthy billionaire.
           February 23 Notable Events
           1.     1905—Chicago businessman Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet over lunch to found the Rotary Club, the world’s first service organization.
           2.     1954—To the great relief of parents throughout the land the first massive inoculations against polio with the Salk vaccine began.
           3.     1983—The EPA announced its intent to buyout the dioxin contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri, and evacuate all its inhabitants.
           4.     2008—a B-2 Spirit bomber with a price tag over $1.4 billion crashed shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Base in Guam, in the first and only operational loss of the aircraft but fortunately the 2 man crew survived.
           5.      2020—in addition to the dangers of driving while black Ahmaud Arbery proved it is dangerous to be jogging while black when he was jogging near Satilla Shores, a neighborhood near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia when he was wrongly mistaken as a burglar by Travis McMichael and his father Gregory who jumped in their vehicle armed and chased after him. Travis jumped out armed with a shotgun and assaulted him and when he tried to defend himself, Travis shot and killed him. McMichael’s neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan was in another vehicle filming the whole event. The Glynn County Police arrived shortly but not arrests were made. I a move the three will regret for the rest of their lives the video Bryan was not destroyed along with the camera somehow a local attorney obtained possession of it and gave it to a local TV station and within days all three we arrested on multiple charges, convicted in the case of the McMichaels to life in prison without parole and in the case of Bryan life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years.
           Famous Quote on Notable Events Or Persons: Victor David Hanson, noted author and Hoover Institution Fellow on American spending priorities: “Americans spend more money on Botox, face lifts and tummy tucks than on the age-old scourges of polio, small pox and malaria.” © 2/23/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

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February 22, 2023 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

Hope your Hump Day proved to be a great one. Maybe Biden is no longer scaring Blues and Blue leaning Indies that 80 in his case is not the new 90’s in cognitive ability as a majority of such voters believe in his candidacy and only 45% feel the party should select another candidate while in Trump’s case a majority of Reds and Red leaning Indies feel someone other than Trump should be the candidate. Wasilla, Alaska gave us Sarah Palin but also in seems Red State Representative David Eastman who had the idiotic temerity to argue that fatal child abuse could be a benefit to society because it would save taxpayer dollars which prompted the House to censure him 35-1 with his vote being the only negative one. If you long to hear some good news that highlights the generosity and goodness of the American public here is some—a 80 year old janitor came out of retirement to work in January at Callisburg High School in North Texas because his rent had increased by $400 a month and could no longer make ends meet. Some students heard of his plight and started a GoFundMe Account entitled “Getting Mr. James out of this school” with a target goal of $10,000 and have now raised $160,000 (brings tears to your eyes). No. 3 ranked Stanford Women’s Basketball Team on the hunt for a number 1 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament that starts on March 1 plays No 21 ranked Colorado this Thursday at 2:00 PST in Boulder on the PAC 12 Network TV and No. 8 ranked Utah in Salt Lake City this Saturday at 11:00 PST. Go Stanford an onward to a Pac 12 Championship.   I hope you find Ridley's Believe It Or Not worth your time reading and if not please respond with an “Unsubscribe” in the message.            Ridley’s Believe It Or Not February 22, 2023
            Noted Holidays: World Thinking Day: Created by The World Conference of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1926 for a day of international friendship, a day for speaking out on issues that affect young women, and a day for thinking about "sisters" (or "brothers") around the world, the meaning of Guiding, and its global impact. The day is also shared by the Scouts as Scouts Day as February 22 is the birthday of Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting and also the birthday of his wife Olave Baden Powell, the founder of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
           Word of the Day:  The word of the day is “alak” which is a word used to express sorrow or regret which most Americans must feel for the Ukrainians who have endured  almost a year of seeing their cities being reduced to rubble by Russian shelling and missiles.
          Number 1 Song: The number 1 song on this day in 1951 was “The Tennessee Waltz” by Patti Paige on a run of 9 weeks, one of which occurred in December, 1950.  to share with 9 other songs that achieved number one status. Here is Pattie Paige performing with lyrics:  “The Tennessee Waltz”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XCvfy6Huyc
           February 22 Famous Birthdays:  Drew Barrymore,  noted actress with Barrymore acting genes in her body and lineage born on this day in 1975 at Culver City and who was before the camera at age one for a dog food commercial in which she was bitten producing not a cry but a laugh. She debuted as a child actor in 1982’s E.T. The Extra Terrestrial and the race to stardom was on marked by highly publicized alcohol and drug binges and her emancipation as a minor at age 15, but still managed to become the youngest host of SNL at age 7. A free spirit without any doubt but with a lot of talent and audience appeal as her numerous movies have grossed over $2.3 billion, has developed a fashion and fragrance line, dabbled in directing, and written a book.
           February 22 Notable Events
           1.     1879—In Utica, New York, F.W. Woolworth opened its first five and dime store “Woolworth’s Great Five Cent Store”  which was closed in May of 1879, but Woolworth’s marketing ideas did not and another store was opened in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on July 18, 1879 to grow to become one of the largest department store chains in the United States in the 20^th Century  but closed down its department stores to focus on sporting goods in 1997 and is still in business under the name Foot Locker.
           2.     1909—16 American battleships called  The “Great White Fleet” led by the USS Connecticut, after leaving the Hampton Roads, Virginia on December 16, 1907 circumnavigated the world to arrive back on this day bringing an end to a voyage that covered 43,000 nautical miles and entailed 20 port stops.                           
           3.     1980—At the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York in what was to be considered one of the greatest upsets in sports and called  “The Miracle on Ice”, in the semi-finals, the underdog U.S. Ice Hockey Team with only amateur players and 4 minor league professionals defeated the heavily favored Soviets 4-3 after being down 3-2 at the end of the second period to advance to the finals and win the Gold Medal by defeating Finland 4-2 after being down 2-1 at the end of the second period.
           4.     1997—In Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, British scientists announced that an adult sheep Dolly had been cloned.
           5.      2014— President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine was impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328-0 and on the 24^th fled to Russia claiming asylum and maintaining that he was still the legitimate president of Ukraine, requesting Russian help to protect Russian speaking residents of Eastern Ukraine and would most likely like Quisling in Norway have been installed as president if the Russians would have been successful in occupying Kviv which most military experts assumed would happen in a few weeks.
           Famous Quote on Notable Events Or Persons: President Theodore Roosevelt in a speech to the men of the Great White Fleet on their return to Hampton Roads, Virginia: “Over a year has passed since you steamed out of this harbor, and over the world’s rim; and this morning the hearts of all who saw you thrilled with pride as the hulls of the mighty warships lifted above the horizon. You have been in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres; four times you have crossed the line; you have steamed through all the great oceans; you have touched the coast of every continent. Ever your general course has been west ward; and now you come back to the port from which you set sail. This is the first battle fleet that has ever circumnavigated the Globe. Those who perform the feat again can but follow in your footsteps.”

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February 21, 2023 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

As Ron De Santis chances as a possible candidate one of the failed Trump backed supporters in the disappeared Red Wave, Sarah Palin who lost has come out saying he does not have to and should not run (the issue Reds should really fear is that the non MAGA voters should fear is that opposition to  Trump on the ballot will be a lightning rod that will overcome Biden’s advance cognitive disabilities and the Reds and the down ballot Reds will lose. Lori Lightweight must be fearing an upcoming loss as she blurted out that anyone that does vote for her should sit he election out only run back the statement, saying she misspoke and all voters in Chicago should go to the polls. The second person son of legal Indian immigrants who is a very successful and wealthy entrepreneurs, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, has announced his candidacy for president with a bold move of announcing he would do away with affirmative action if elected. Belt tightening may be in order in California as the state has gone from a near $100 billion surplus to a some $30 billion surplus. Biden has visited Ukraine and Poland affirming the support of America of Ukraine and NATO (hopefully the increase in NATO budgets due to Trump’s hectoring and Putin’s rash invasion move will continue). I hope you find Ridley's Believe It Or Not worth your time reading and if not please respond with an “Unsubscribe” in the message. 

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not February 21, 2023
          Noted Holidays: Mardi Gras: Celebrating the street party of all street parties with parades and masked balls especially in the Big Easy, New Orleans culminating the next day of Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Unfortunately unwanted violence too often joins the party and 5 people were shot with one dying on Sunday in New Orleans.
           Word of the Day:  The word of the day is “agyiophobia” which means a fear of crossing busy streets which is a good fear to have especially in sanctuary cities with hit and run drivers often being illegals and even with cross walks clearly marked unless also bordered by flashing lights means a pedestrian is putting his or her life at a grave risk.
          Number 1 Song: The number 1 song on this day in 1952 was “Cry” by Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads on a run of 10 weeks to share with 10 other songs that achieved number one status. Here is Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads performing  “Cry”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iob-_shdLQ0
           February 21 Famous Birthdays:  Scott Kelly and Mark Kelly, identical twins and astronauts born at Orange, New Jersey on this day in 1964 with Scott Kelly who spent a yearlong mission in space at the International Space Station to see what changes space and its zero gravity environment were making on him while his identical twin Mark was on Earth. He ended his career with 4 space flights and 520 days in space while Mark also made 4 much shorter space flights to spend a total of 54 days in space. Mark married Congresswoman Gabby Gifford who was severely wounded in a shooting in Arizona and retired from Congress while Mark is now the Junior Senator of Arizona, having replaced John McCain.
           February 21 Notable Events
           1.     1952—The British Government under the direction of Winston Churchill abolished identity cards.
           2.     1958— The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment was designed and completed completed by Gerald Holtom:               

                                                                                                    

           3.     1971—The Convention on Psychotropic Substances, designed to control the use of both illegal drugs ad legal drugs was signed in Vienna and now has 184 nations as parties to it, but given the number of deaths in the United States from overdoses of drugs like heroin and fentanyl to China it is not worth more than the cost of the paper it is printed on.
           4.     1994—Aldrich Ames, a 36 year counter intelligence agent for the CIA was arrested on this day by the FBI in Arlington, Virginia for spying for the Soviet Union. Ames was a notorious heavy drinker had numerous write-ups for poor performance   and in the years prior to his arrest seemed to be living in a manner that his $60,000 a year salary could support but the CIA turned a blind eye until March of 1993 when he was put under extensive surveillance. With Ames scheduled to attend a conference in Moscow in March, the FBI was forced to move and arrest him. His espionage had compromised a 100 or so spy missions, uncovered to the Soviets a large number spies and resulted in the deaths of at least 10 executions. He pled guilty to espionage in a plea bargain that including his wife pleading guilty to tax evasion and receiving a 5 year sentence while he was sentenced to life without possibility of parole. He is at age 81 rotting in a medium security federal prison in Terra Haute, Indiana.
           5.      2022—Putin declares that the Luhansk People’s Republic and the Donetsk People’s Republic in Eastern Ukraine are independent from Ukraine which declaration is not recognized and condemned by the U.S. and the nations in NATO Russians moved troops into the areas to springboard attacks against Ukraine.
           Famous Quote on Notable Events Or Persons: Scott Kelly, Astronaut with Longest Time in Space on achieving great dreams: “After spending a year in space, I was absolutely inspired that if we can dream it, we can do it...and most importantly, if we work as a team, because teamwork makes the dream work. The sky is not the limit.”

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Vivek Ramaswamy Noted Indian Entrepreneur of Immigrant Family Vows to End Affirmative Not So Fast

 

For those who equate affirmative action with an assault on meritocracy
To condemn a society to the disastrous effect of mediocracy
The entry on the Red side to the presidential races in 2024
Of Vivek Ramaswamy will finally mean hiring the best and brightest to restore
Around the world we are in an economic race
Where in order to secure at least a top 5 place
The best and the brightest have to lead the fight
Such that the U.S. that shining light on the hill does not fade into the night
Ramaswamy has said he would end affirmative action on the first day
A great slogan but what if the factors for failure in an inner city were in a child’s way?
If all kids were able attend school with the same qualities of teachers, home life and  equipment
Affirmative Action would be an issue that to the trash can would have long ago been sent
But poverty stricken kids black, brown and even white are left at life’s race at the starting gate
How you sort out the handicaps other to race only you equate?
Is a task that we must try to solve
So inner city kids of color have a chance to into best and brightest evolve
Hate to ape Bill Clinton but rather than it quit
“Don’t end it but mend it”

© 2/21/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

 

The Nanny State Is Alive and Well Trying to Entrench Itself in Florida Banning Dogs From Sticking Heads Out of Car Windows

 

In addition to the pervasive creep of Woke
The Nanny State is on a mission to our pleasures and joys choke
The Nanny State exists when the government overrules many of a persons’ choices
When the decisions involve the health of others like smoking indoors or driving and texting not many opposing voices
But banning large soft drinks with sugar because over time obesity and diabetes it will cause
Is a Nanny State philosophy which is far too long and flawed
So what do we do if the targets of the Nanny State law have no voice
Do we condemn the state overreach of do we rejoice
If you are a canine there is a joy that you never seem to tire
Travelling down a road with head looking out at scenery your joy can go no higher
Even if another dog on the sidewalk was sped by
So slim to almost nothing the dog would jump while moving and be injured or die
Yet Florida a Red State that is attracting migrants from Blues like rats leaving a sinking ship
When it comes to canines is looking to be locked into the Nanny State’s death grip
 St. Sen. Lauren Book, a Blue, is introducing SB 932
Which if passed days of dogs in a car without restraints or heads out the window would be through
Hopefully the bill is rejected but dogs near the capital must the identity of the sponsor learn
Sniff out her car and mark it with the quantity a fire hydrant would earn
And if passed from DeSantos a quick veto would appear
Another step needed to make the Nanny State disappear

© 2/21/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

California from $100 Billion Last Year to Some $30 Billion Deficit Leading to Increase in Increasing Exodus of Business and Taxpayers from the State

 

California has been on an F ticket roller coaster
From a $100 billion surplus we are a well-managed boaster
To a projected deficit of $22.5 billion which looks like it will get worse
To the tune of another $7 billion more due to falling stock market valuations curse
Time for taxpayers to begin to wonder
As our fiscal security is being torn asunder
Is whether exodus of really large numbers from this state
Of taxpayers and businesses mean we will be in continuing dire straits
California was once known as the Golden State
For weather yes but also for the wealth created by new technology driven businesses that did not abate
For college grads in computer science, engineering and biology 6 figures comp salaries awaiting
When does the crime, drugs, stratospheric cost of housing and taxation rates end the debating?
On issue of whether to stay here or move to a low cost standard of living and low tax rate state?
With moves in Sacramento to tax wealth why would an up and comer wait
Move to other states and work on line
In a safe place free of feces and growing crime
The worse living in California becomes
The better the chances potential high earners will run
With illegals and low income soon to be on welfare being more and more of those remain
Causing need for more public spending for life’s necessities and tax revenues going down the drain.

© 2/21/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Biden Makes a Surprise Visit to Ukraine and Poland Promising Additional Aid

 

As we near the one year anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine
Biden ignoring our open borders and in East Palestine a massive derailment of a toxic materials laden train
Made a surprise trip to Kviv in Ukraine
After informing Russians 2 hours before to they didn’t try to shoot down his plane?
Zelensky has been warning that a new offensive by Russia would begin soon
And without more weapons Ukraine disasters would loom
Still smarting for his refusal to start before the invasion the weapons flow
That would have been more effective than promise of sanctions if into Ukraine Russia would go
And the daily photos of miles of Russian tanks enroute to Kviv in a single file halted
Would have been slaughtered if from the air with U.S. planes had been assaulted
Has promised more billions in addition to the M-1’s, Leopards and Challenger 2’s  on their way
Which despite typical Biden stalling may not arrive before Russia’s new offensive day
With China supposedly assisting Russia militarily in addition to buying huge quantities sanctioned Russian oil
This war has all the threats of a war now simmering will outside the pot confines boil
One aspect of this war that really needs to come to an end seems very clear
A negotiated peace will need more Russian deaths to make the cost in Russian lives too dear

© 2/21/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Blues and the MSM, Especially The View Are the New Alchemists Trying to Change Minorites Into White Suprematcists on Election Day

 

In the Middle Ages alchemists tried and failed but tried again
For these crusading chemists the banner was not if but when
Their mission in life was to turn something plain like lead into gold
Instead of just painting it with gold paint and trying to then it have sold
On the left there are a growing number of new alchemists not dealing in lead
But in humans who they want us to believe their color they can shed
They are found mostly as zealots of the Blues or on the MSM
Their goal is to by any means the elections of conservative females and minorities stem
In their minds any conservative minority who wants to the Blue voting slave plantation leave
Is a White Suprematcist in black or brown skin with racist and MAGA goals to achieve
And likewise conservative women of color are the 5^th Column for more White Supremacy rules
Who have lost their skin color inner core and become for the White Suprematcists’ mere tools
Nikki Haley is the latest example of the newest brown Karen voters must reject
She is worse than a Derek Chauvin with his knee pushing down on George Floyd’s neck
MSM including the leftist zealots on The View
Is going berserk with their vitriolic anti-Red spews
Trying so hard to convince voters she is not brown only suprematcist white
The ViewSo they will vote against her and her policies to her lose after votes are counted on Election Night

© 2/21/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

  

February 20, 2023 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

Don Lemon has gone to the woodshed to be chastised by the head of CNN Chris Licht and will undergo 2 days of training before will appear on CNN. We hope the “training” will help him to learn that biased based attacks on conservative Red women are no longer acceptable ere his time on CNN will be numbered. Kviv has been ground zero for hundreds of Russian missile attacks and unlike cities in Israel is protected by Iron Dome from death and destruction. Could in be that our Defense Department was terrified for his safety in visiting Kviv today and notified Russia of his trip? As the war in Ukraine approaches its one year anniversary, news of a Kremlin secret plan to within 7 years bring Belarus but into the old Soviet Union fold. What Biden fails to comprehend is that any decrease in the price of oil and natural gas due to an unshackling of our domestic production will threaten Putin’s ability to wage war in the Ukraine. The California State Bar is in a world of hurt as one of its members Sara Jacqueline King who was suspended  in 2022 for nonpayment of bar dues and re-admitted has been sued for taking over $10 million of a client’s money to loan fully secured to third parties but instead blew the funds gambling in Las Vegas. In what started as a real Stanford Women shellacking of UCLA turned into in the 4^th quarter a very close game with UCLA leading into the last minutes of the game before Stanford went ahead to win by 71-66. I hope you find Ridley's Believe It Or Not worth your time reading and if not please respond with an “Unsubscribe” in the message.  As  a kid I used to laugh at the antics of the cartoon rooster Foghorn Leghorn who was a harmless blow hard not like the rooster recently reported on in Cork, Ireland who killed a farmer on whose property he had been moved to for attacking a child by puncturing his leg causing him to bleed to death (here is the face of the killer rooster that should scare anyone: Don Lemon has gone to the woodshed to be chastised by the head of CNN Chris Licht and will undergo 2 days of training before will appear on CNN. We hope the “training” will help him to learn that biased based attacks on conservative Red women are no longer acceptable ere his time on CNN will be numbered. Kviv has been ground zero for hundreds of Russian missile attacks and unlike cities in Israel is protected by Iron Dome from death and destruction. Could in be that our Defense Department was terrified for his safety in visiting Kviv today and notified Russia of his trip? As the war in Ukraine approaches its one year anniversary, news of a Kremlin secret plan to within 7 years bring Belarus but into the old Soviet Union fold. What Biden fails to comprehend is that any decrease in the price of oil and natural gas due to an unshackling of our domestic production will threaten Putin’s ability to wage war in the Ukraine. The California State Bar is in a world of hurt as one of its members Sara Jacqueline King who was suspended  in 2022 for nonpayment of bar dues and re-admitted has been sued for taking over $10 million of a client’s money to loan fully secured to third parties but instead blew the funds gambling in Las Vegas. In what started as a real Stanford Women shellacking of UCLA turned into in the 4^th quarter a very close game with UCLA leading into the last minutes of the game before Stanford went ahead to win by 71-66. I hope you find Ridley's Believe It Or Not worth your time reading and if not please respond with an “Unsubscribe” in the message.  As  a kid I used to laugh at the antics of the cartoon rooster Foghorn Leghorn who was a harmless blow hard not like the rooster recently reported on in Cork, Ireland who killed a farmer on whose property he had been moved to for attacking a child by puncturing his leg causing him to bleed to death (here is the face of the killer rooster that should scare anyone: 

                             

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not February 20, 2023
          Noted Holidays: Presidents’ Day: Celebrating the birthday of George Washington on February 22, 1732 and the birthday of Abraham Lincoln on February 12, 1809 but celebrated on the third Monday to give our hard working federal workers a 3 day weekend.
          National Cherry Pie Day: Celebrating pies made from this delicious fruit which has not even appeared on cherry trees in Washington, D.C. but probably observed to honor the myth of honesty of a young George Washington who refused to lie to his father that he had cut down a cherry tree on the family farm.
          Word of the Day:  The word of the day is “aiger” which means a tidal wave occurring when a flood tide is channeled  into a narrow inlet which if one lived near the Qiantang river at Hangzhou in China, one would face a tidal wave which could exceed 4 meters high, spreading out over 3 kilometers wide and traveling with speeds in excess of 24 kilometers an hour.
          Number 1 Song: The number 1 song on this day in 1953 was “Till I Waltz Again with You” by  Teresa Brewer on a run of 5 weeks to share with 9 other songs that achieved number one status. Here is Teresa Brewer performing  “Till I Waltz Again with You”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZkTC0YmfVY
           February 20 Famous Birthdays:  Cindy Crawford, an iconic model born on this day in 1966 at Dekalb, Illinois who graduated a valedictorian of her high school and was admitted to Northwestern University on a scholarship to study chemical engineering but dropped out after one quarter to pursue a career in modeling which would make her famous dominating most of the fashion magazines with well over 500 appearances. She retired from active modeling in 2000 to launch  a cosmetics line and a line of home furnishings. Still alive and well and as attractive as ever.
           February 20 Notable Events
           1.     1685—French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier established the Fort St. Louis colony which by 1688 half of the settlers had died from disease and the other half killed by attacks of Karankawa Indians, save 5 children who were adopted the tribe.
           2.     1942—USN Lieutenant Edward O’Hare became the first American ace in World War II by shooting down 5 Japanese Betty bombers on this day enroute to attack his carrier. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and after a period of training pilots to face Japanese tactics to be able to survive combat returned to combat and unfortunately on November 26, 1943 while flying a Wildcat F6 fighter on a night mission to intercept Betty bombers armed with torpedoes was shot down and his body and aircraft never recovered. He will be remembered daily by the thousands of passengers who pass through the terminals at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport from or to their planes. 
           3.     1962—After Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin completed one Earth orbit on April 12, 1961, John Glenn in Friendship 7 became the first American to orbit the Earth which he did for three times before splashing down safely in the ocean.
           4.     1986—The Soviet Union successfully launched into orbit its MIR space station where it would remain for 15 years, 10 which it was occupied.
           5.      2003—at a Great White concert at The Station, a nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island a pyrotechnic display part of the concert set fire to the acoustic padding in the walls of the stage, causing the building to be totally engulfed in less than 6 minutes, killing 100 and injuring some 230, making it the 4^th deadliest nightclub fire in the nation.
           Famous Quote on Notable Events Or Persons: Edward O’Hare’s Medal of Honor Citation: “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in aerial combat, at grave risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, as section leader and pilot of Fighting Squadron 3 on February 20, 1942. Having lost the assistance of his teammates, Lieutenant O'Hare interposed his fighter between his ship and an advancing enemy formation of 9 attacking twin-engine heavy bombers. Without hesitation, alone and unaided, he repeatedly attacked this enemy formation, at close range in the face of intense combined machine gun and cannon fire. Despite this concentrated opposition, Lieutenant O'Hare, by his gallant and courageous action, his extremely skillful marksmanship in making the most of every shot of his limited amount of ammunition, shot down 5 enemy bombers and severely damaged a sixth before they reached the bomb release point. As a result of his gallant action—one of the most daring, if not the most daring, single action in the history of combat aviation—he undoubtedly saved his carrier from serious damage.”
© 2/20/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
Poems on events of the day
Commissioned unique poems 

                                             

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not February 20, 2023
          Noted Holidays: Presidents’ Day: Celebrating the birthday of George Washington on February 22, 1732 and the birthday of Abraham Lincoln on February 12, 1809 but celebrated on the third Monday to give our hard working federal workers a 3 day weekend.

          National Cherry Pie Day: Celebrating pies made from this delicious fruit which has not even appeared on cherry trees in Washington, D.C. but probably observed to honor the myth of honesty of a young George Washington who refused to lie to his father that he had cut down a cherry tree on the family farm.

          Word of the Day:  The word of the day is “aiger” which means a tidal wave occurring when a flood tide is channeled  into a narrow inlet which if one lived near the Qiantang river at Hangzhou in China, one would face a tidal wave which could exceed 4 meters high, spreading out over 3 kilometers wide and traveling with speeds in excess of 24 kilometers an hour.
          Number 1 Song: The number 1 song on this day in 1953 was “Till I Waltz Again with You” by  Teresa Brewer on a run of 5 weeks to share with 9 other songs that achieved number one status. Here is Teresa Brewer performing  “Till I Waltz Again with You”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZkTC0YmfVY

           February 20 Famous Birthdays:  Cindy Crawford, an iconic model born on this day in 1966 at Dekalb, Illinois who graduated a valedictorian of her high school and was admitted to Northwestern University on a scholarship to study chemical engineering but dropped out after one quarter to pursue a career in modeling which would make her famous dominating most of the fashion magazines with well over 500 appearances. She retired from active modeling in 2000 to launch  a cosmetics line and a line of home furnishings. Still alive and well and as attractive as ever.

           February 20 Notable Events
           1.     1685—French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier established the Fort St. Louis colony which by 1688 half of the settlers had died from disease and the other half killed by attacks of Karankawa Indians, save 5 children who were adopted the tribe.
           2.     1942—USN Lieutenant Edward O’Hare became the first American ace in World War II by shooting down 5 Japanese Betty bombers on this day enroute to attack his carrier. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and after a period of training pilots to face Japanese tactics to be able to survive combat returned to combat and unfortunately on November 26, 1943 while flying a Wildcat F6 fighter on a night mission to intercept Betty bombers armed with torpedoes was shot down and his body and aircraft never recovered. He will be remembered daily by the thousands of passengers who pass through the terminals at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport from or to their planes. 
           3.     1962—After Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin completed one Earth orbit on April 12, 1961, John Glenn in Friendship 7 became the first American to orbit the Earth which he did for three times before splashing down safely in the ocean.

           4.     1986—The Soviet Union successfully launched into orbit its MIR space station where it would remain for 15 years, 10 which it was occupied.

           5.      2003—at a Great White concert at The Station, a nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island a pyrotechnic display part of the concert set fire to the acoustic padding in the walls of the stage, causing the building to be totally engulfed in less than 6 minutes, killing 100 and injuring some 230, making it the 4^th deadliest nightclub fire in the nation.

           Famous Quote on Notable Events Or Persons: Edward O’Hare’s Medal of Honor Citation: “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in aerial combat, at grave risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, as section leader and pilot of Fighting Squadron 3 on February 20, 1942. Having lost the assistance of his teammates, Lieutenant O'Hare interposed his fighter between his ship and an advancing enemy formation of 9 attacking twin-engine heavy bombers. Without hesitation, alone and unaided, he repeatedly attacked this enemy formation, at close range in the face of intense combined machine gun and cannon fire. Despite this concentrated opposition, Lieutenant O'Hare, by his gallant and courageous action, his extremely skillful marksmanship in making the most of every shot of his limited amount of ammunition, shot down 5 enemy bombers and severely damaged a sixth before they reached the bomb release point. As a result of his gallant action—one of the most daring, if not the most daring, single action in the history of combat aviation—he undoubtedly saved his carrier from serious damage.”

© 2/20/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
Poems on events of the day
Commissioned unique poems