Tuesday, March 21, 2023

March 21, 2023 Ridley's Believe It or Not

 

After being shut down for most of the COVID-19 Pandemic and having to rely on online classes only which in the elementary and middle school level were devasting to students’ educational progress, the Los Angeles School District’s shutdown started today more severe that that during the pandemic as no online classes will be offered. The virus causing this shutdown is linked to humans like COVID-19 we now believe with a high degree of certainty was engineered from the Wuhan Lab, and those humans marching to the drum of the Service Employees International Union, which represents about 30,000 teachers’ aides, special education assistants, bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria workers and other support staff. The strike is for 3 days and parents without childcare options or the ability to enroll in private schools not affected are going to be scrambling be able to work at home during the next 3 or longer days (the 1 silver lining in the CAVID-19 pandemic is that many companies have instituted work at home rather than being laid off). On a lighter note, Jimmy Garoppolo, formerly the QB for the 49’s in 2022 until being injured after 11 games has signed a 3 year deal with the Las Vegas Raiders for $72 million with a bonus not from the team but from the Chicken Ranch Brothel in Las Vegas where 2 workers there have promised him “free sex” for life (the amateur nature of collegiate sports already shattered by NIL purists 1 hopes that college recruiters do not figure out a way to use NIL incentives to attract star high school athletes to their schools especially UNLV). It is now past lunch and so far president Trump has not been indicted in what will be a historic moment with far reaching consequences for him and for the nation. I hope  you missed Ridley's Believe It Or Not these last few weeks and that you find Ridley's Believe It Or Not worth your time reading and if not please respond with an “Unsubscribe”.                               

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not March 21, 2023
          Noted Holidays: World Poetry Day:
On a day in which 22 holidays exist some most worthy, like World Down Syndrome Day or International Day for the Elimination of Discrimination and others like Slytherin Pride, your Alaskanpoet selected World Poetry Day created by the UNESCO on November 3, 1999 establishing March 21 as World Poetry “with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard.”
The length of prose increased by the minutiae can easily put you to sleep

Whereas poetry appealing to the heart can easily sweep you off your feet
To drive one to the polls to elect or induced by fears or smears to defeat
Platforms in prose with cross references and footnotes send the intent far too deep
But poetry enables the speaker to sally forth to the speaker’s goals obtain
If set to music tapping your feet, clapping your hands, urge to act not restrained
No wonder Andrew Cuomo’s father whose commencement this Trustee had to endure
Remembered only briefly then flushed out from the neurons as the easiest cure
Bur Mario will always be remembered for this winning  command
To be followed by our candidates without millions to spend across the land
“Campaign in poetry, rule in prose”
If prose is not doublespeak, compromise chances can flow
If it is, greater chances of gridlock
Where needed solutions are blocked
© 3/21/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
          Word of the Day:  The word of the day is “alexia” which means the inability to read which if “barely” in front of it, sadly describes the literacy of large segments and maybe majorities of our kids in urban schools.
          Number 1 Song: The number 1 song on this day in 1946 was “ Let It Snow, Let It Snow” by Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra with Vaughn Monroe and the Norton Sisters on a run of 5 weeks  to share with 14 other songs that achieved number 1 status. Here is Vaugh Monroe and His Orchestra with Vaughn Monroe and the Norton
Sisters performing “Let It Snow, Let It Snow” a song with many residents in the mountains of California already under massive snow drifts would not want to hear:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-0bhji_w4o
           March 21 Famous Birthdays: Timothy Dalton, noted British actor born on this day in 1946 at Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, who is best remembered for his role as James Bond, in the 15th and 16th James Bond movies, Living Daylights and License to Kill   and was under contract to perform in a 3rd James Bond film which was in preproduction in 1990 but was ensnared in a legal dispute between  UA/MGM and Eon Production and Dalton in 1994 decided it was time to move on. He has never been married but had several long relationships, 1 of which was with Vanessa Redgrave and he briefly dated Whoopi Goldberg.
           March 21 Notable Events
           1.     1952—Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
           2.     1980--In response to the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan, President
Jimmy Carter announced that the United States would boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.              3.     1999—Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones became the first 2 men to circumnavigate nonstop the Earth in hot air balloon departing from Château-d'Œx, Switzerland on March 1 and landing in Egypt after voyage of  45,755 km (28,431 miles) from whence they had departed 19 day, 3 hours and 47 minutes after they had taken off.
           4.     2000—Pope John Paul II, made the first visit as a Pope to Israel.
           5.     2006—The social media giant Twitter was founded by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone and Evan Williams to grow into a social media giant which many conservative politicians and pundits blasted for Twitter’s censoring of tweets or banning their  accounts which protests have largely disappeared after Elon Musk acquired the company. 
           Famous Quote on Notable Events Or Persons:
           Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Adviser to Jimmy Carter, talking in 1998: “We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would...That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Soviets into the Afghan trap ... The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, I wrote to President Carter ‘We now have the opportunity of giving to the Soviet Union Its Vietnam War.’”
            Burhanuddin Rabbani, President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan (Northern Alliance) in 2002: "Had it not been for the jihad, the whole world would still be in the Communist grip. The Berlin Wall fell because of the wounds which we inflicted on the Soviet Union, and the inspiration we gave all oppressed people. We broke the Soviet Union up into fifteen parts. We liberated people from Communism. Jihad led to a free world. We saved the world because Communism met its grave here in Afghanistan!"   

© 3/21/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
Poems on events of the day
Commissioned unique poems

Monday, March 20, 2023

March 20, 2023 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

Sadly Stanford Women did something that only 4 number 1 seeded teams in the regionals have done in the history of the tournament—get defeated by a lower seeded team to not advance to the Sweet 16 and last night marked the second time they have been so upset. The basketball gods where lightly weeping today in California over the loss. For those working parent with school age children and living in Los Angeles School District the news was definitely not well received of a 3 day strike starting on May 21st by the teachers. The other news item of note is the pending arrest of former President Donald Trump arising out of the settlement agreement with porn star Stormy Daniels concerning her alleged affair with him which Trump has vehemently denied. I hope  you missed Ridley's Believe It Or Not these last few weeks and that 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 March 20, 2023
          Noted Holidays: Vernal Equinox:
celebrated at 2:24 P.M. PST the first day of spring.
           Word of the Day:  The word of the day is “alethiology” which means the study of truth which if involved alethiology of truth to be found in the political arena would require a lantern with many more lumens capability than the one caried by Diogenes. 
           Number 1 Song: The number 1 song on this day in 1947 was “ Heartaches” by Ted Weems and His Orchestra with Elmo Tanner on a run of 8 weeks  to share with 10 other songs that achieved number one status. Here is Ted Weems and His Orchestra with Elmo Tanner whistling performing “Heartaches”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_MSCBOx46420
           March 20 Famous Birthdays: Chester Berrington born on this day in 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona was a noted vocalist for such bands as Death by Sunrise and Linkin Park but struggled with alcohol and drugs but managed to break free of his addictive habits but not his depression to hang himself on July 20, 2017 at his home in Palos Verde at age 41.  
           March 20 Notable Events
           1.     1985—Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod The Last Great Race on Earth and to prove that women wining a really grueling race was not a fluke Susan Butcher won the next 4 out of five races but had her mushing career cut short with leukemia and died from the disease on August 5, 2006 at age 51.
           2.     1987--- To the joy of thousands who had been given a death sentence after being infected with AIDS, the Federal Food and Drug Administration approved AZT to be used to treat AIDS. 
           3.     1995—The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo, led by Shoko Asaha  carried out a coordinate sarin nerve gas attack on three lines of the Tokyo Metro, killing 14 and injuring some  5,500 with 1500 critically injured. Numerous members of the cult were arrested including Shoko Asaha and by November of 2004, 189 had gone to trial with Asaha and 12 others sentence to death, 5 sentenced to life, 80 received prison sentences of varying length, 89 received suspended sentences, 2 were only fined and 1 found not guilty. After exhausting all appeals, Asaha and the other 12 were executed by hanging on July 6, 2018.
           4.     2000—H. Rap Brown now known as Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin was captured after he murdered a Georgia sheriff’s deputy Ricky Kinchen and severely wounding deputy Aldranon English.
           5.     2003—The Armed Forces of the United States, Poland, United Kingdom and Australia began the invasion of Iraq to find the WMD that never existed and before we had left in 2011 cost in excess of $1.1 trillion.
           Famous Quote on Notable Events Or Persons:
           Libby Riddles Reflecting on Being the First Female to Win the Iditarod:The moment when I won the Iditarod is going to be a pretty hard moment to beat, ever, in my whole life, really. “One of my less famous quotes was, ‘If I die now, it’ll be okay.’ Because that was just spontaneously what it felt like. It’s like, ‘Wow, how are we ever going to beat this one?’”   

© 3/20/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
Poems on events of the day
Commissioned unique poems

UN Report Calling for Gigantic Reductions in Carbon Emissions While China and India Are Racing to Build More Coal Plants

 

The UN has released a lengthy report calling for more efforts to the use of fossil for energy to rid-
May be an impossible task as coal, gas and oil produce 70% of all energy plus 60% of the electricity grid  
Made more difficult as China and India are in a massive program to build coal fired electricity generators|
When it comes to reducing carbon emissions China and India are not willing to be  carbon emission abnegators
For each step the western world takes to curb emissions for their economies at great cost
China and India will take two steps backward with new coal fired power  plants and the emission reductions are lost
Once again the U.S. and its allies are supposed to our prosperity sacrifice
While China and India are bringing large numbers of coal plants on line—no dice!
The UN report called for a global effort to carbon emissions reduce
But what is expected from the Western Gander should also be expected from the Chinese and Indian Goose
We must not crucify this nation’s economy on the cross of carbon emissions decreases
That are matched or nearly matched by Chinese and India carbon emissions increases.

© 3/20/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Whoopi Goldberg on The View Should Be Applauded For Castigating the SLS Shouting Down Judge Ryan As "Snowflakes"

 

This poet was outraged over the students at SLS who shut down Judge Ryan’s speech
They must have been oblivious to how acting like that in a courtroom a contempt citation would them quickly reach
But when Whoopi Goldberg castigated the students and called them “snowflakes”
I quickly realized I may have made on judging her a major mistake
I never thought from her the ideas of tolerance I would hear
Her warning to the flakes that in life people with whom you disagree will appear
The response should be to leave but not to shelter your ears
By shouting down to drown out what others may want to hear
The “snowflakes” at the SLS in Whoopi’s mind can be lumped together
With Red “snowflakes” with their views on women, people of color and drag queens tolerating only sycophants for their weather
Stormy Hostin chimed in about her love of law schools
As a place for free exchange of ideas helped by learning of debating tools
But slammed Judge Duncan for calling the hecklers as “appalling idiots”
In his defense no one volunteering his time to give a speech wants to be insidiated
For The Views’  liberal audience one hopes that they will Whoopi’s words heed
Now more than ever tolerance for opposing views this divisive nation needs

© 3/20/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

 

Bragg seems to be hell bent indict Trump for Election Law Violations in case of Stormy Daniels

 It would appear that NYC District Attorney is moving forward to soon Trump indict
For paying $130,000 to Stormy Daniels through Michael Cohen to remove her allegations from sight She had claimed that she had had an affair with Trump after he had with Melania tied the knot
Which if she persisted would have severely damaged the presidential office he had sought
Trump’s corporation wrote off the money to Cohen as a legal expense
After 5 years of promising to put Trump in jail we are nearing the height of suspense
That is at best a state potential election law violation in a state where Trump lost
It is high time for Bragg to take a step back and consider the cost
Not so much in terms of time by his lawyers spent
But rather the costs of credibility of a politicized system of justice we must prevent
Bragg’s record so far of catch and release felons before  the ink on the report is dry
Is resulting in far too many residents of the Big Apple being wounded and too often to die
If Bragg lived in any state in which voters could him by law impeach
The lesson of what happed to his Soros funded clone in SFO should him teach
He would be gone in New York City second
Voters cross lines when their safety is threatened
When crime in SFO was on the menu for law abiding citizens every day
With voters in NYC fearful for their safety voters will be putting pressure on Hochul to send him away

© 3/20/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Sunday, March 19, 2023

Ridley's Believe It Or Not March 19, 2023

Yesterday marked the end of the Iditarod, The Last Great Race on Earth and the restarting of Ridley's Believe It Or Not in a world that much has not changed with the Ukraine War continuing with Ukraine begging for more weapons and growing hesitation to the U.S. reducing its inventories by sending more to Ukraine with a possible invasion of Taiwan becoming more likely. Fortunately we are in the midst of March Madness for both men and women with the Stanford women seeded 1st in their bracket playing Mississippi tonight on ESPN at 6:30 P.M. On the political front the headlines emanating out of New York is that Soros backed NYC Alvin Bragg with be indicting Trump for the payments made to Stormy Daniels for her silence in 2015 with Trump and large numbers of leading Reds complaining about the politization of the NYC’s District Attorney when crime continues to surge in that city, due potential in part to lenient and soft on criminals policies emanating out of Bragg’s office. I hope  you missed Ridley's Believe It Or Not these last few weeks and that 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 March 19, 2023
          Noted Holidays: National Poultry Day: celebrating chickens, turkey, geese, and duck which provide some 30 percent of the meat consumed in the world and are a valued source of protein from their eggs. It has not been a good year for poultry as over 47 million have died from the avian flu or have been culled to prevent further infection. An easy holiday to celebrate by having eggs for breakfast, a chicken sandwich for lunch (recommend Popeyes), turkey for dinner and chicken nuggets to munch on while watching March Madness which sad to say saw Number 1 Seed its Region be upset in a close game led all the way by Mississippi save a minute or so in the waning minutes of the 4th Quarter.
           Word of the Day:  The word of the day is “aleatoric” which means depending on contingencies or chance which given the chaos and volatility in the market and uncertainty status of our banking system a not recommended method of managing your investments. 
           Number 1 Song: The number 1 song on this day in 1948 was Mañana  (Is Good  Enough for Me)” by Peggy Lee  on a run of 9 weeks  to share with 9 other songs that achieved number one status. Here is Peggy Lee performing: “ Mañana  (Is Good  Enough for Me)”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPFnjWK38pI
           March 19 Famous Birthdays:  Harvey Weinstein born on this day in 1952 in New York City and  famous for creating Miramax and producing well received films but infamous for an over active reptilian brain that caused him to sexually abuse and rape successful and aspiring to be successful actresses but found guilty in two trials in New York City and in Los Angeles to serve a cumulative 39 years which are to be served not concurrently but consecutively which means he will die in prison either in New York or California.  
           March 19 Notable Events
           1.     1920—The U.S. Senate rejected for the second time the Treaty of Versailles which insured that the U.S. would not enter the League of Nations and its punitive and draconian measures against Germany and Austria-Hungary all but guaranteed the rise of Hitler to redress the perceived injustices made far worse with the worldwide depression and the inflation that accompanied it.
           2.     1921—The largest battle in the Irish War of Independence was fought between some 100 IRA volunteers and some 1,200 British troops at Crossbarry, County Cork in Ireland in which the British were unable to encircle and capture some 100 IRA volunteers and lost 10 men killed in the attempt while the IRA lost 3 dead with the rest escaping to fight another day in pursuit of Irish
Independence.
           3.     1982—Argentina invaded the Falkland  Islands by landing on South Georgia resulting in war between the United Kingdom and Argentina which was won by the British 
           4.     1989—The Egyptian flag was raised again in the Egyptian City of Taba, which was captured by Israel in the 6 Day War in 1967 and to be surrendered back to Egypt following the Israeli- Egypt 1979 Treaty after the boundaries of the area were to be settled by an international  commission.
           5.     2011—After the failure of Muammar Kadhaffi’s forces to retake Benghazi from the rebel forces seeking to overthrow Kadhaffi, the French air force began military operations against his forces ultimately joined by the U.S. Air Force leading to his ultimate capture and execution.
           Famous Quote on Notable Events Or Persons: Adolph Hitler on Trial for His Failed Munich Putsch for Which He Was Found Guilty and Sentenced to 5 Years at Landsberg Prison Only to Be Released  after Serving 9 months:I alone bear responsibility but I am not a criminal because...there is no such thing as high treason against the traitors of 1918...I feel myself best of the Germans who wanted the best for the German people.” Adolph Hitler at his trial in 1924 for his role in the Munich Putsch

© 3/19/2024 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
Poems on events of the day
Commissioned unique poems

Eviction Bans Are Creating Squatter with No Fear

 

Home owners who live in triplexes or duplexes and rent out rooms to the mortgage payments assist
With the COVID pandemic have found themselves to be at great financial risk
Not from deadbeat renters who refuse or cannot pay rent without delay
But from well-intentioned city councils barring eviction so they can continue to stay
Most people would agree the pandemic on job security and ability to payment for necessities of life has been an unmitigated disaster
Probably assume that most landlords are large corporations that with ample cash reserves a suspension of rent payments they can master
After all the rent is not forgiven only payment “temporarily” because of the pandemic delay
But just like the Biden myth that the inflation that has been gripping this nation is temporary the “delay” becomes more lasting each day
Too many renters must have seen the movie “Pacific Heights”
Where a renter provides no security deposit only promises of wires that never make the flight
And then changes the locks, refuses to leave and then begins to destroy the apartment
The law seems powerless to force the renter now squatter from the dwelling to be sent
In a case where movies are aped by reality, a woman in Chicago is trying  to evict from her deceased mother’s home a “professional” squatter
A man with a rap sheet an arm long who when it comes to landlord rights a skilled mocker
This woman will have to get a lawyer to an unlawful detainer suit file
At a time when many courts are dark with personnel “working” at home it make take a long while
1 more example that the 5th Amendment’s ban against taking property w/o due process
Like the 4th & 1st are under attack & under great stress

© March 19, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Saturday, March 18, 2023

New study is a fearful one as it discloses that 186 banks face the same threat of collapse

 The filing of bankruptcy by SVB has sent shivers through out the Feds
Faced the facts that when yields go up the value of the principal is shed
If banks holding long term federal notes could hold them to maturity
We would have little doubt that the banks were acting with a strong sense of security
But when depositors are spooked with paper losses as the bonds’ values sink
And bank financials one can only watch waves of fresh seas of red ink
Depositors will be making a sprint to the banks
Before the assets collapse into the tank
When that lemming like behavior corrupts depositors’ minds
Our banking system is heading toward a disastrous bind
Biden seduced us and lied to us that inflation was transitory and would not last
Yet prices continue to rise fanned by the flames of stimuli payments in the not too distant past
Biden is damned if he does but as long as he  spends trillions from the printing press
The beast of inflation will continue to be with us causing citizens on fixed incomes a whole lot of distress
Do not be surprised to see wheel barrows loaded with paper trying to get to the stores
Before another daily round of price increases raises the prices of goods once more
The printing presses must be slowed down or even stopped
Ere inflation will without any doubt cause our recovery to flop

© 3/18/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Soros Funded Alvin Bragg Expected to Indict Trump Paying Stormy Daniels for Silence on Her Purported Affair with Him

 

The 2024 Presidential Race just got more exciting as NYC District Attorney Alvin Bragg
Who has been thoroughly castigated for his soft on crime and looks like in objectivity lags
Appears to be hell bent on indicting Trump for his payment to Stormy Daniels to settle her claims of with him an affair
Which if leveled and made public would have damaged his 2016 election chances beyond repair
Do not be surprised if Trump is arrested by a large force of SWAT armed head to toe
To the public Bragg’s attempt to create the image of a dangerous criminal to show
Treating Trump as an armed and dangerous felon to the be exposed to the perp walk
In front of countless cameras in handcuffs to be processed and then in a cell locked
We have not seen the indictment yet but it is very hard to believe
That Bragg is objective and wants justice to be achieved
When on the surface this appears to be politically driven
A Blue attempt to prevent Trump from running is an obvious given
The closest in our history we have witnessed was the shooting of Hamilton by VP Aaron Burr
Which occurred along with his arrest after he the office of VP no longer secured
Another great warning to others that our democracy is indeed under attack
By the politicization of the FBI and DOJ and Soros funded D.A.’s on their leftist tack
The U.S. with justice officers like Garland, Wray, Bragg, and James
Is trying to ape the Banana Republics with firing squads in acts and in name

© March 18, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

The Iditarod The Last Great Race on Earth: The 2023 Edition of the Iditarod Has come to an End With Jason Mackey Winning the Red Lantern For Finishing in Last Place

 

Iditarod Standings 3/17 17:17:03:07  12 Days, 2 Hours, 3 minutes and 7 seconds into the Race. The Iditarod for this year has come to a close with Jason Mackey, the last musher to cross the finish line in Nome at 17:03:07 to claim the Red Lantern Trophy and to have time to rest up, clean up and enjoy the Mushers’ Dinner in Nome. Hope you enjoyed all the race updates and will be looking forward to seeing them next year on www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com  

 


Jason Mackey

20

Nome

3/17 17:03:07

5

12d 2h 3m 7s

3.40

3h 22m

Safety

3/17 13:41:00

 

Friday, March 17, 2023

Behar Batters Leftists Who Want to Censor To Kill a Mockingbird

 

This poet has castigated “Joyless” Behar for her too often bias rants against the right
She had in my mind a totally closed mind able only to attack Reds as this nation’s greatest blight
Racism was a one way street, always coming from whites
With her, viewing The View’s statements as the only way to cure this plight
Today from her normally biased lips
A chance that her bias is losing its grip
She attacked attempts by the left to censor To Kill a Mocking Bird
Due to racial slurs  that might make blacks feel threatened as being absurd
Censorship she intoned is a two way street
Which makes it harder to defeat
When competing ideas go up against each other in a debate
More likely than not result will not be winner and loser but a compromise as a fate
Give a little to win much more
Give nothing and there are no winners only losers very sore
If Behar continues on her compromise tack
TShe will be surprised to see some Indies and Red viewers coming back

© 3/17/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

 

In a Paper Slap on the Wrists of Putin and the Commissioner for Children's Rights the ICC Issued Arrest Warrants

 

While China remains our largest existential threat
ICC has decided war crimes by Putin it will not forget
The Court in an act that is symbolic at best
Has issued warrants on Putin to him arrest
And also warrants for Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children’s Rights
Who under Putin joined in the deportation to Russia of thousands of children from Ukraine day and night
A pure paper slap on the wrist
For Russia refuses to accept that any legitimacy for the Court exists
The two of them are in Russia now permanently stuck
Unless visiting China, Iran, North Korea or Belarus they may be out of luck
Without Iron Domes or control of the skies with fighter jets
Russia missile and bombs will continue to kill Ukraine civilians without regret
As U.S. stockpiles of weapons needed to thwart China invading Taiwan
Reds viewing China as our existential threat wondering how long our aid can go on
In the nation confidence in the President and his DEI advisers continues to erode
America is facing a long and dangerous road

© 3/17/2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

Harris booed at Howard v. Kansas B-ball Game Then Kiddy-Talk pep talk in Bisons' Locker-room

 

Jesse Owens winning 4 Gold Medals to hand Hitler his Master Race on platter
The Miracle on Ice to the myth of Soviet Union ice hockey invincibility shatter
The Black Power raised fists by Tommie Smith and John Carlos at Mexico City
The Munich Olympics where 11 Israeli Wrestlers will killed without pity
Images of where sports and politics have been mixed
Images of success or evil which in our consciousness stick
Sports were once thought to be from politics free
Not so today when fans are an easy target on TV
Who can forget the crowd at NASCAR Talladega hurling F* Bombs at Biden
Which the commentators changed to “Let’s Go Brandon” to the gulf between the MSM and the mere mortal fads widen?
Harris went to see her alma mater sacrificed on the altar of March Madness
The numerous fans booing her to their rejection of Biden’s performance express.
Howard University’s basketball team went down 96-68  to Kansas in defeat
She went into the Bison locker room to try to cheer up and greet
Speaking in Kiddy talk word salad with only participation ribbons to lack
Men having to listen to her pitch and feelings not expressed and  glad she’s not coming back

© March 17, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet

The Iditarod The Last Great Race on Earth 3/17: 08:24, 11 Days, 43 Minutes Into the Race

 

Iditarod Race Standings: 3/17:08:24,11 days, 43 minutes into the race
There are only 4 mushers left in the race, all of whom have left White Mountain, 77 miles from Nome, with rookie Gerhardt Thiart in 26th place leading rookie Bridgett Watkins in 27th place by  by 4 minutes and Jason Mackey in 28th place leading rookie Jed Stephensen by 15 minutes. I will post the winner of the Red Lantern after the Stanford Women’s basketball game against Sacred Heart University which erased an early 10 point deficit to win the first NCAA tournament in any sport in the school’s history 57-47.

Finished

Pos

Musher

Bib

Checkpoint

Time In

Dogs In

Total Race Time

Average Speed

Time Enroute

Previous

Checkpoint

Time Out

1

Ryan Redington

5

Nome

3/14 12:12:58

6

8d 21h 12m 58s

4.63

3h 50m

Safety

3/14 08:22:00

2

Peter Kaiser

33

Nome

3/14 13:36:40

8

8d 22h 36m 40s

4.60

2h 52m

Safety

3/14 10:44:00

3

Richie Diehl

15

Nome

3/14 14:40:20

7

8d 23h 40m 20s

4.58

3h 7m

Safety

3/14 11:33:00

4

Matt Hall

7

Nome

3/14 17:21:57

7

9d 2h 21m 57s

4.52

3h 26m

Safety

3/14 13:55:00

5

Jessie Holmes

2

Nome

3/14 19:08:53

10

9d 4h 8m 53s

4.48

2h 39m

Safety

3/14 16:29:00

6

Kelly Maixner

23

Nome

3/14 20:00:15

10

9d 5h 0m 15s

4.47

3h 38m

Safety

3/14 16:22:00

7

Eddie Burke, Jr. (r)

18

Nome

3/14 23:37:54

7

9d 8h 37m 54s

4.39

3h 24m

Safety

3/14 20:13:00

8

Matthew Failor

16

Nome

3/15 00:20:36

6

9d 9h 20m 36s

4.38

3h 52m

Safety

3/14 20:28:00

9

Mille Porsild

4

Nome

3/15 03:42:32

7

9d 12h 42m 32s

4.32

6h 6m

Safety

3/14 21:36:00

10

Wade Marrs

28

Nome

3/15 04:07:56

9

9d 13h 7m 56s

4.31

3h 20m

Safety

3/15 00:47:00

11

Hunter Keefe (r)

12

Nome

3/15 14:39:44

8

9d 23h 39m 44s

4.12

2h 43m

Safety

3/15 11:56:00

12

Dan Kaduce

11

Nome

3/15 15:23:04

8

10d 0h 23m 4s

4.11

2h 39m

Safety

3/15 12:44:00

13

Christian Turner

30

Nome

3/15 16:16:06

8

10d 1h 16m 6s

4.09

2h 38m

Safety

3/15 13:38:00

14

Jessie Royer

26

Nome

3/15 16:35:07

10

10d 1h 35m 7s

4.09

3h 1m

Safety

3/15 13:34:00

15

Aaron Peck

31

Nome

3/15 18:15:17

8

10d 3h 15m 17s

4.06

2h 52m

Safety

3/15 15:23:00

16

KattiJo Deeter (r)

10

Nome

3/15 21:44:00

6

10d 6h 44m 0s

4.00

3h 36m

Safety

3/15 18:08:00

17

Nicolas Petit

9

Nome

3/16 01:09:18

9

10d 10h 9m 18s

3.95

2h 12m

Safety

3/15 22:57:00

18

Riley Dyche

21

Nome

3/16 05:11:46

8

10d 14h 11m 46s

3.88

3h 12m

Safety

3/16 01:59:00

19

Ramey Smyth

24

Nome

3/16 06:24:34

7

10d 15h 24m 34s

3.86

3h 28m

Safety

3/16 02:56:00

20

Deke Naaktgeboren

34

Nome

3/16 10:05:02

12

10d 19h 5m 2s

3.81

2h 27m

Safety

3/16 07:38:00

21

Kristy Berington

6

Nome

3/16 14:50:50

8

10d 23h 50m 50s

3.74

3h 6m

Safety

3/16 11:44:00

22

Anna Berington

8

Nome

3/16 14:51:06

9

10d 23h 51m 6s

3.74

3h 7m

Safety

3/16 11:44:00

23

Michael Williams, Jr.

32

Nome

3/16 19:57:16

7

11d 4h 57m 16s

3.67

3h 38m

Safety

3/16 16:19:00

24

Bailey Vitello (r)

3

Nome

3/17 07:49:57

11

11d 16h 49m 57s

3.51

2h 38m

Safety

3/17 05:11:00

25

Joanna Jagow

25

Nome

3/17 08:07:23

9

11d 17h 7m 23s

3.51

2h 54m

Safety

3/17 05:13:00


Pos

Musher

Bib

Checkpoint

In

Out

Rest In Chkpt

Time Enroute

Previous

Layover
Completed

Status

Time

Dogs

Time

Dogs

Checkpoint

Time Out

Speed
(mph)

8hr

24hr

26

Gerhardt Thiart (r)

22

White Mountain

3/16 17:36:00

10

3/17 02:40:00

10

9h 4m

5h 31m

Elim

3/16 12:05:00

8.34

✔

✔

27

Bridgett Watkins (r)

19

White Mountain

3/16 18:26:00

11

3/17 02:44:00

11

8h 18m

6h 21m

Elim

3/16 12:05:00

7.24

✔

✔

28

Jason Mackey

20

White Mountain

3/16 22:17:00

5

3/17 06:18:00

5

8h 1m

6h 4m

Elim

3/16 16:13:00

7.58

✔

✔

29

Jed Stephensen (r)

27

White Mountain

3/16 22:16:00

11

3/17 06:33:00

10

8h 17m

5h 44m

Elim

3/16 16:32:00

8.02

✔

✔