Friday, April 21, 2023

April 21, 2023 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

Larry Elder who ran for California Governor during the recall attempt on Governor Newsom and was sunk by massive donations to Newsom and his campaign’s ability the recall was an Republican attempt to overthrow an election & replace him with a White MAGA Suprematcist. In a move that may take the wind out of 2nd Amendment supporters in East Haven, Connecticut at 10:00 A.M.  37-year-old Xavier Otero disguised as a delivery man holding a manila package in his hand rang the doorbell and when the door open stepped forward and pulled out a pistol that the homeowner reacted immediately to push Otero violently back off the porch which caused him to run away to his accomplice and his waiting van to race off but to the felons dismay the whole episode was captured on a ring cam and very quickly the two were arrested. The Hunter Biden Scandal will not go away and information suggesting his involvement is dribbling out more each day, as Secretary of State Blinken formerly a Biden campaign advisers that was the moving force to obtain the signatures of 51 former foreign policy officials on a letter which claimed that the contents of his laptop were Russian disinformation which was not the case. We are learning that the creation of energy entails environmental risk a fact that was pointed out by the directors of fishery councils created by the federal government who have warned of the adverse effects on the fisheries industries on the East Coast of the large numbers of wind turbines being or planned to be constructed on the East Coast which assessment follows the earlier warned this year that booms used to determine where to construct have resulted in hundreds of whales beaching themselves due to damaged sonar abilities whales possess. Republicans and members of Congress representing border communities have been for a long time displeased with Mayorkas’ myth the border is secured but now we learn that DHS’ Transnational Organized Crime Mission Center executive director Brian Sulc’s office was raided and cordoned off with police tape while he was placed on administrative leave with no explanation for the raid. Megan Rapinoe in typical fashion excoriates women athletes for complaining about transgenders competing against them because sports are much less important than transgenders achieving the gender when transgenders with full male equipment are coming into shower with them in a woman’s bathroom or a female volleyball player being hit in the face by a spiked volleyball and giving her a concussion. We now know the cause of the rapid disassembly event which was the flight engineers causing it to destruct after it veered off course.  
           April 21, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet      
           Noted Holidays: National Creativity and Innovation Day: Created by Marci Segal on May 21, 2002 and supplemented by the U.N. General Assembly on April 27, 20017 to promote the growth creative industries –which include audiovisual products, design, new media, performing arts, publishing and visual arts– are a highly transformative sector of the world economy in terms of income generation, job creation and export earnings. Culture is an essential component of sustainable development and represents a source of identity, innovation and creativity for the individual and community. At the same time, creativity and culture have a significant non-monetary value that contributes to inclusive social development, to dialogue and understanding between peoples. Today,  creative industries are among the most dynamic areas in the world economy providing new opportunities for developing countries to leapfrog into emerging high-growth areas of the world economy.
           Word of the Day:  The word of the day is “” which means lacking muscle which results when one becomes way too sedentary and does not exercise sufficiently.

           Number 1 Song: The number 1 song on this day in 2007 was “Give It To Me” by Timbalane feat Neely Furtado and Justin Timberlake on a run of 2 weeks. The song shared with 17 other songs that achieved number 1 status  while 8 acts including Timbaland, achieved number 1 status  for the first time. Here is a music video of Timbaland, Neely Furtado and Justin Timberlake performing “Give It to Me”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgoiSJ23cSc
          April 21 Famous Birthdays: Tony Romo, born on this day in 1980 in San Diego was a quarterback who played 13 years for the Dallas Cowboys,  primarily as a backup during his 1st 3 years and then as the primary starting quarterback for the next 10 years and might have played many more but in 2015 his collarbone was broken, putting him on the injured list for 7 weeks only to come back and break the losing streak then reinjure his left shoulder in a losing next game effort. In 2015 he led the Cowboys for their first 2 wins but suffered a broken collarbone to miss the next 7 games coming back to win a third game on next week’s game with the Carolina Panthers in a losing effort which featured a reinjury to his left shoulder and ended his season. In 2016 in the 3rd preseason he suffered a fracture of his L1 vertebrae to miss the first 10 games of the season and lose his starting role to Dak Prescott and play in his last game  on January 1, 2017 with his last pass being a touchdown pass to Terrence Williams. He retired on April 4,2017 but was quickly signed up by CBS as a sports commentator though 2030 earning a reported $17 million a year.
          Noted Events on April 21:
          1.    1898—The U.S. Navy began blockading Cuban ports when Congress declared war on Spain, the was the day designated as the start of hostilities.
          2.    1975— President Nguyn Văn Thiu fled Saigon after the last major obstacle facing the advancing North Vietnamese, Xuân Lc  fell to them as the continued existence of South Vietnam was rapidly coming to an end.
          3.    1982—Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers  became the first pitcher to record 300 saves on his way to retirement in 1985 with 341 and almost extended his career with the Cincinnati Reds at the request of manager Pete Rose but owner Marge Schott had a clean shaven policy for her players and Fingers was not about to shave his.
          4.    1993—The Supreme Court of Bolivia sentenced former Bolivian Dictator Luis Garcia Mezas to 30 years in prison without  possibility of parole for murder, theft, fraud, and violation of the Bolivian Constitution. Garcia was living the life of Riley  in prison with a telephone, barbecue, gym, sauna and 3 cells until human rights groups in and out of Bolivia causing the privileges to be revoked which may have accelerated his death on April 28, 2017 from a heart attack while in a military hospital serving the remainder of his sentence.
          5.    2014—Flint, Michigan changed its water source to the Flint River leading to lead concentrations above acceptable levels infecting 12,000 people and 15 deaths resulting from Legionnaire’s’ Disease. Instead of administrative leave without pay which is often the result of mismanagement by city appointed and/or elected officials, 15 officials were indicted, 5 of whom were indicted for involuntary manslaughter.
          Famous Quotes on Events and Issues:  Erin  Brockovich on the Flint Michigan water contamination:  “Contaminated water is not a  problem limited to Flint. Think of New Jersey, where school fountains were found to contain unsafe levels of lead. Or the EPA's 33,000 superfund sites, which are highly-polluted areas that require long-term clean-up operations. The problem is so large that it feels insurmountable.” 

© April 21 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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