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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