Americans got to witness
the difficulties and humiliations that the handicapped face every day and why
motorists who park in handicapped spaces should be ashamed of themselves as Denver
Councilman Chris Hinds in a wheelchair
had to hoist himself onto the debate stage as the venue had no ramp (at least
there were no podiums only chairs from which candidates could make their
pitches and attack). Bernie Sanders who is in a race with Elizabeth Warren in
attacking capitalism was hoisted on his own petard by his book tour through Ticketmaster
where tickets to attend cost $95. Facebook with its stock down some 54% from
its high in December, 2021 is rolling out a paid monthly subscription upgrades
to its Facebook and Instagram accounts. The top 5 dirtiest cities in the U.S.
are led by Democrats and 4 out of the 5 cities with the highest homicide rate
are led by Democrats and the 5th is led by a former Democrat who
switched to independent. Hope you can find a sports bar with the PAC12 Network
to see the Number 3 ranked Cardinal play UCLA at Maples at 6:00 P.M. Also hope
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Ridley’s Believe It Or Not February 19, 2023
Noted Holidays: National Vet Girls
Rise Day: Created by Active Vets with Answers in November, 2017 and
celebrated as National Vet Girls Rock Day on this day in 2028 and 2019 and
thereafter as National Vet Girls Rise Day to celebrate and honor the contributions
made to military by women.
Word of the Day: The word of the day is “agrypnia” which means
insomnia which can make your days to be unproductive with massive amounts of
coffee or tee to make up for sleep lost the night before.
Number 1 Song: The number 1
song on this day in 1954 was “Oh My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)” by Eddie Fisher on a run of 7 weeks to share with
8 other songs that achieved number one status. Here is Eddie Fisher performing “Oh My Pa-pa (O Mein Papa)”:
February 19 Famous Birthdays: Alexis Alijai Lynch, better known to her fans
as Lexii Alijai, an up and coming rapper who
dropped out of Creative School to pursue her music career. Less than 4 months
after the release of her studio debut album, she was found dead in a
Minneapolis Loew’s Hotel Room at age 21 of an accidental fentanyl and alcohol
abuse.
February 19 Notable Events
1. 1847—The
first group of 3 rescue parties reached Donner Party. Charleston, South,
Carolina.
2. 1859—New
York Congressman Daniel Sickles was acquitted of murder on the basis of
temporary insanity.
3. 1915—The first Allied attack on the Dardanelles
began when French and British ships started bombarding the Ottoman forts on the
coast but the ships had to turn back due to mines which led to the disastrous
to the Allies’ Gallipoli Invasion.
4. 1953—The Georgia Literature Commission was formed to investigate
literature deemed to be harmful to the population and inform distributors of
its findings and then recommend prosecution to appropriate authorities. Through
1967 it had reviewed only 6 books and fortunately ceased to exist under
Governor Jimmy Carter’s 0 budgeting requirements.
5. 1976—President Gerald Ford signed a Presidential
Proclamation rescinding FDR’s infamous executive order 9066 authorizing the
removal of Japanese-Americans, including those born here, to internment camps
away from the border.
Famous Quote on Notable Events Or
Persons: Frank Mullen, Jr., author of
the Donner Party Chronicles: In studying the
Donner Party, I expected to find heroes, and villains, monsters and
saints. Instead, I found families and a cascade of events which swept
them to disaster They made mistakes; the biggest one was allowing the
differences of class and race and national origin to keep them apart.
Keseberg says they were born under a bad
sign and what happened was predestined. It was not fate, but human failure that
undid the Donners. The Donners are us, written very large."
© 2/19/2023 Michael P.
Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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