Our skies over North America are becoming shooting galleries with second and third intruding objects over Alaska and Canada being shot down. If these objects are coming from China, they are playing a dangerous game of chicken or Russian roulette which really needs to end before we start ratcheting up our nuclear strike readiness from DEFCON 1. A leak in a pipeline for gas and diesel fuel from Los Angeles to areas to the East including Phoenix and Las Vegas has been found and fixed, to the joy of motorists located there be reopened. The Phoenix open which endured a streaker on its 16th hole yesterday who performed a pole dance with the flag and raced off pursued by security personnel as he jumped into and a nearby water hazard had to endure a 1:48 delay in teeing off due to frost. In an attempt to battle food costs, Subway is moving away from presliced meat to slicers in its 22,000 outlets (every saved penny counts )! With former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the stands at Maples, 10-14 Stanford upset the Number 4 ranked Arizona Wildcats 88-79 to hopefully begin the long march to no longer being a distant second fiddle to the Stanford Women’s Basketball team. Hope you have purchased all your Super Bowl LVII snacks and looking forward to watching a game with friends and family knowing that for once your square in the pool will win. Hope also 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 11, 2023
Noted Holidays: Pro Sports
Wives Day Created by the Pro Sports Wife’s Association in 2006 and
celebrated on this day since 2006 to honor the work done by the wives of pro
players in support of community and league charity event and to recognize the
sacrifices made when the husband is traveling during his sport’s season.
Word of the Day: The word of the day is “ageusia” which
means damage to the sense taste which was one of the signs of COVID-19
infection which if lasting would be a disaster to those who fancy themselves as
gourmets.
Number 1 Song: The number
1 song on this day in 1961 was “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” by the Shirelles on
a run of 2 weeks to share with 21 other songs that achieved number one status
while 16 acts, including The Shirelles, achieved their first Billboard 100 number one
status. Here is the Shirelles performing “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2e8B2CmicQ
February 11 Famous Birthdays: Michelle
L’Esperance after being hospitalized for 84 days to insure a safe birth gave
birth to Alexandria, Danielle, Erica, Raymond, and Veronica L’Esperance,
the nation’s first test tube quintuplets were born to Michelle and
Ray L’Esperance. Could not find any information on how they are doing only that
their mother died in 2010.
February 11 Notable Events
1. 1937—The Flint sit down strike at General
Motors which had started on December 10, 1936 ended when General Motors
recognized the United Auto Workers.
2. 1953—President Eisenhower rejected a plea
for clemency for convicted Soviet spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg who after
appeals and further public pleas for clemency and who refused to give up the
names of others who had spied in exchange for their life were executed on June
19, 1953.
3. 1990—James “Buster” Douglas as the
challenger in heavy weight fight and a 42-1 underdog against Mike Tyson,
knocked him out in the 10th round.
4. 2013—The Vatican confirmed that Pope Benedict
XVI would resign because of his age and failing health to be the first Pope to
do so on his own initiative since Pope Celestine V in 12984. He would become a
Pope Emeritus and remain in the Vatican until his death on December 22, 2022.
5.
2020—The WHO gave the deadly virus that originated in Wuhan, China the
designation COVID-19 to be more politically correct that the Chinese or Wuhan Flu.
Famous Quotes on Notable
Events Or Persons: Judge Irving Kaufman
who presided over the trial of the Rosenberg’s on rendering their death
sentences:” I believe your conduct in putting into the hands of the Russians
the A-bomb years before our best scientists predicted Russia would perfect the
bomb has already caused, in my opinion, the Communist aggression in Korea, with
the resultant casualties exceeding 50,000 and who knows but that millions more
of innocent people may pay the price of your treason. Indeed, by your betrayal
you undoubtedly have altered the course of history to the disadvantage of our
country.”
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg:
"By asking us to repudiate the truth of our innocence, the government
admits its own doubts concerning our guilt ... we will not be coerced, even
under pain of death, to bear false witness".
Michael P. Ridley aka the
Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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