The news out of Georgia was
not good but perhaps expected, as former president Jimmy Carter at age 98 announced
he would be spending his last days in hospice care at home with his family and
regardless of party affiliation Americans should pray he remains conscious and
alert as he spends his last days with Rosalyn and family. Voters in Pennsylvania
ignored Red claims that Fetterman as a result of his stroke was not fit to
serve as their senator and now face the reality of his checking himself in for
depression to face several weeks of treatment. Americans, Red and Blue, should
pray for his recovery. From an increasing surge of hate crimes and antisemitism
to a rise of physical and social media bullying which should castigate parents
being MAI in their duties of how to raise children, we seem to under a siege of
growing violence. On the sports front the Stanford Women beat USC 5—47 and the
Stanford Men who consistently over the years have played second and third
fiddle to the women, hopefully buoyed by their recent upset of Arizona and a
close loss to UCLA play the Trojans tonight. Hope you find Ridley's Believe It
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Ridley’s Believe It Or Not February 18, 2023
Noted Holidays: World Whale
Day: Created by Greg Kaufman, founder of the Pacific Whale Foundation in
1980 and celebrated on the 3rd Saturday in February to promote
awareness of the issues faced by these huge mammals which are highlighted today
by a surge of whales who end up dying after being beached in causes not yet
known but suspected in the recent cases of whales being beached near an area
considered for a wind farm of underwater explosions damaging the sonar whales
use to navigate.
Word of the Day: The word of the day is “agrize” which means
to fear or shudder in fear of something frightful which should describe our
reaction to our $31.455 trillion national debt which is almost 5 times our GNP.
Number 1 Song: The number 1
song on this day in 1955 was “Sincerely” by The McGuire Sisters on a run of 6 weeks to
share with 10 other songs that achieved number one status. Here are The McGuire
Sisters performing “Sincerely”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hodjPurFT-8
February 18 Famous Birthdays: Francisco
Rabaneda Cuervo, better known to his fans as Pacco Rabanne, a noted clothing designer,
creator of fragrances and jeweler born on this day in 1934 at Passaia, Spain who was known as enfant
terrible for his use of unconventional materials in his clothing designs
and best remembered for the Green Dress in the movie Barbarella he
designed for Jane Fonda. He just died of natural causes on February 3, 2023 at 88 years of age.
February 18 Notable Events
1. 1735—In
recognition of the fact that culture existed in the 13 Colonies, The ballad
opera called Flora, or Hob in the Well went down in history as
the first opera of any kind to be produced in North America in Charleston,
South, Carolina.
2.
1970—The Chicago Seven in a trial that was pure anti-government theater
were acquitted of the charge of inciting
the riots during the Chicago National Democratic Convention.
3. 1972—The California Supreme Court in the
case of People v. Anderson ruled the death penalty in California was
unconstitutional and commuted the death sentences of all inmates on death row,
including Charles Manson, to life imprisonment.
4.
2010—WikiLeaks started publishing the first of hundreds of
thousands of classified documents leaked by the former U.S. Sergeant now known
as Chelsea Manning.
5. 2021—Perseverance, a Martian rover
carrying a small helicopter, landed on Mars to explore the Jersero Crater on the
planet, searching for microbial life, evidence of past life and testing oxygen production
for human occupation. Still fulfilling its mission, including 23 flights by its
helicopter.
Famous Quotes on Notable Events Or
Persons: Walter Cronkite, noted CBS News
Anchor August 25, 1972: “"The Democratic Convention is about to
begin in a police state. There just doesn't seem to be any other way to say
it."
Abe Ribicoff, campaigning
for George McGovern: “With George McGovern as
President of the United States, we wouldn't have to have Gestapo tactics in the
streets of Chicago."
Bob Schieffer, then a CBS
Reporter: “Once all these riots had
broken out, and all this trouble had happened in Chicago, the nomination wasn't
worth the paper it was written on."
© 2/18/2023 Michael P.
Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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