MSM pundits were lavish in
their praise of Biden’s 2nd SOTUS while condemning Reds for their
heckling, calling Biden a liar and lack of civility showing a certain lack of
memory when they remained silent as then Speaker of the House was ripping in
two the pages of Trump’s SOTUS. The small number of conservative more objective
less advocacy outlets like Fox were bashing Biden’s SOTUS and praising Sarah
Huckabee Sanders’ rebuttal speech. In a warming
moment Paul Pelosi with his head covered by a hat due to being hit with a
hammer on his head received a standing ovations as did 15 year old Brandon Tsay who wrested the handgun
away from the Monterey Park 72 year old shooter Huu Can Tran who had already
killed 10 and wounded 11 but as could have been predicted Biden used the event
to call for a ban on assault weapons which the hand gun was not. To snub or not
to snub, 4 members of SCOTUS chose not to attend the SOTUS (no explanations given). I hope you enjoy today’s Ridley's Believe It
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Ridley’s Believe It Or Not February 8, 2023
Noted Holidays: Opera Day not
sure who created this day to celebrate a music form that has been around since
the Ancient Greeks and Chinese but it is easy to enjoy by attending an opera or
listening to one on CD and if traveling enjoy the bonus of attending one in an architectural
masterpiece like the Sydney Opera House or La Scala in Milan.
Word of the Day: The
word of the day is “agelast” which means someone who never laughs which would
never describe our VP who chuckles or
cackles at the drop of a hat especially when confronting an issue she is not
prepared to discuss or clueless as to the answer.
Number 1 Song of the
Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1964 was “There I Have Said It Again”
by Bobby Vinton on a run of 4 weeks to share with 22 other songs achieving
number 1 status, while 11 acts achieved their first number song and The Beatles
achieved their first followed by 5 others. Here is a recording with lyrics of Bobby
Vinton performing “There I Have Said It Again”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLAhVU0NOm0
The Polish Prince and his wife Delores will be celebrating their 61st
Anniversary in December and he could be the spokesperson for companies that
produce the Shingles vaccine that advertise the disease may lie dormant to rise
up like it did for him in 2015 that ended his recording and touring tours.
Noted Birthdays: Nick
Nolte, born on this day in 1941 and a noted actor who has appeared in 40 films
and been nominated for 2 Academy Awards. He had in the past struggled with
alcohol and substance abuse but has overcome those addictions and has a new
movie Eugene the Marine with a TBA release date.
Notable Events that
occurred on February 7:
1. 1960—The Hollywood Walk of Fame was
established with actress Joanne Woodward slated to receive the first star.
2. 1962—The
NASDAQ Stock Index opened for the first time.
3. 1978—United States Senate proceedings were
broadcasted for the first time.
4.
1983—The Irish race horse Shergar destined for stud duty was
kidnapped by the Irish Republican Army demanded payment of a £ 2 million
ransom. Sadly the horse may have after kidnapping panicked, injuring his leg
and destroying his stud ability which resulted the horse being killed and no
body to find.
5. 1993—The U.S.
Congress passed the Communications Decency Act.
Quote of the Day: Siva
Vaidhyanathan, Professor of Law and Media Studies, University of Virginia on
the adverse effects social media: “Facebook and its leaders have consistently
applauded themselves for connecting millions of people around the world and
enabling friction-free conversation, and have gladly taken unwarranted credit
for pro-democracy movements in different parts of the world. And yet Zuckerberg
himself has denied any moral responsibility for the fact that Facebook has
helped poison American democracy."
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
Poems on events of the day
Commissioned unique poems
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