Super Bowl LVII lived up to all the drama expected with two talented young quarterbacks entering the game at below 100% with Mahone still recovering from an ankle sprain and Hurts recovering from a shoulder injury with the 1^st half ending with the Eagles ahead by 10 and Mahone on the sideline in a world of hurt grimacing from a reinjuring his ankle. He somehow overcame the pain and scramble like his old self, a 26 yard scamper to set up the winning field goal with less than 10 seconds left and was named the outstanding player of the game but Jalen Hurts’ performance other than a fumble which was run back for a Chief’s T.D. was remarkable, passing for 304 yards and rushing for 70 yards to break a 20 year old Super Bowl record for rushing by quarterbacks while Mahone on a gimpy ankle passed for 182 yards and rushed for 44 which should end any doubt that the era of the drop back passer is probably over. The 4^th intruder over Lake Huron was traveling at 20,000 feet was shot down as journalists and Reds are becoming increasingly frustrated that the Biden Administration is playing the intrusions and shoot downs very close to the vest in terms of details especially as to how many intrusions have occurred in the past not reported. Super Bowl ads are incredibly expensive and after each Super Bowl debate rages over how effective and distinctive the ads were but with respect to 2 ads  by the Christian group He Gets It touting a Jesus empathetic to migrants and the poor and frustrated with the divisiveness of politics. AOC was outraged over their airing claiming Jesus was promoting fascism. Lebron James may be the King of Basketball after breaking Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s scoring record but for football fans at Superbowl LVII he was booed when video showed him in attendance in a skybox and his placing an imaginary crown  on his head did not mollify the crowd of booers 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 13, 2023
          Noted Holidays: National Football Hangover Day Created by Katie Nolan in January of 2019 to be suffered on the Monday after Super Bowl Sunday which marks the end of the NFL season but probably observed without designation since the first Super Bowl held on January 15, 1967 in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum by large numbers of Americans calling in sick on Monday following too much celebrating either before, during or after the game or among the above average numbers of DUI’s arrested that Sunday recovering behind bars.
          Word of the Day:  The word of the day is “aggrate” which means to gratify or please which hopefully will describe your Valentine’s reaction to your gift tomorrow.
          Number 1 Song: The number 1 song on this day in 1960 was “Teen Angel” by Mark Dinning on a run of 2 weeks to share with 18 other songs that achieved number one status while 12 acts, including Mark Dinning,  achieved their first Billboard 100 number one status. Here is Mark Dinning performing “Teen Angel”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG_VIcoiCFA Mark suffered from alcoholism which turned “Teen Angel” in terms of hits to “one and done” although he did subsequently have 3 minor hits before dying of a heart attack at age 52.
          February 13 Famous Birthdays:  Jerry Springer, noted TV host, former lawyer and Mayor of Cincinnati and aspiring politician, was born on this day in 1944 in the London Underground Station of Highgate which was used also as a shelter from German bombers and is best known for the Jerry Springer Show where guests were exposed to a friend or family member who was guilty of some severe character defects or unsavory behavior that usually generated such anger the a fight broke out which the bouncers tried hard to contain.
          February 13 Notable Events
          1.     1914—In New York City, the American Society of Composers, Artists and Publishers was established to protect the copyrights of musical compositions.
          2.    1960—France became on its way to create Charles De Gaulle’s desired nuclear force de frappe when its nuclear program known as Gerboise Bleue resulted in it becoming the 4^th nation to develop an atomic bomb.
          3.     1975 a fire broke out in the North Tower of the World Trade Center  in Floor 11 which then vertically in a shaft carrying telephone cable to Floors 9-14. The fires were quickly put out despite the fact that the building did not have a fire sprinkler system, a deficiency that was not remedied until March 12, 1981 when the New York Port Authority announced a $45 million plan to install sprinklers in both Towers.
          4.      1991—In a glaring reminder of the collateral damage that so easily arises in war, 2 laser guided bombs hit the Amiriyah bomb shelter in Baghdad thought by U.S. and its Coalition forces to harbor military communications but instead was a shelter for civilians and the bombs killed over 400 civilians.
          5.     2021—Former President Trump impeached after he left office was acquitted in his second impeachment trial.
          Famous Quotes on Notable Events Or Persons:   Air Force General Merrill McPeak on the bombing of the Amiriyah bomb shelter in Baghdad:  “With those, [satellite reconnaissance photos] it’s rather difficult to separate out civilians from somebody wearing a uniform. It never occurred to us that it was a place where civilians went to take shelter – we thought of it as a military bunker in which command and control facilities resided. Civilian casualties happened, this was a legitimate military target, it was hit precisely, it was destroyed and put out of business – and there was very little collateral damage.”

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