After the
$3.65 million settlement paid to business owners in CHOP it looks like the
failed BLM inspired riots and protests is the gift that keeps on giving as the
father of 16 year old Antonio Mays, Jr. killed in CHOP is suing Seattle and the
Evergreen State for his death. Unabomber Ted Kaczynski who terrorized the
nation with mail bombs for decades, killing 3 and injuring 23 and serving 4
life sentences without possibility of parole in a Federal Supermax prison until
moved in December of 2021 to a federal medical facility has been found dead in
his prison cell at age 81 with cause of death not yet revealed. In another
example that the Munroe Doctrine no longer exists. The Biden Administration has
confirmed that China and Cuba have agreed to a Chinese spy station will be
established in Cuba (with our open border just what we do not need). On the sports
front in the Super Regional at Stanford’s Sunken Diamond Stanford plays Texas
at 5:00 P.M. Go Stanford!
June 10, 2023 Michael P.
Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: Alcoholics Anonymous Founders Day celebrating the
founding of Alcoholic Anonymous on this day in 1935 in Akron, Ohio by Bill
Wilson and Doctor Bob.
Word of the Day: the word
of the day is “aphagia” which means the inability to eat or swallow which
in the case if Franz Kafka resulted in a far too early death from starvation.
Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1967 was “Respect”
by Aretha Franklin on a run of 2 weeks to share with 18 other songs
achieving number 1 ranking, while 8 acts, including Aretha Franklin, achieved
number one status for the first time. Here is a recording of Aretha Franklin performing “Respect”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzqGZjFnYnA. June
10 “Paint the Road Yellow”: Francis Ethel Gumm, better known to her
fans as Judy Garland was a noted singer and actress born on this day in 1922 in
Grand Rapids, Minnesota probably best remembered for the Wizard of Oz and
her movies with Andy Hardy but who struggled with lack of self-confidence, alcohol,
5 marriages and barbiturates and who way before her time accidentally overdosed
on June 22, 1969 at age 47 in London, England.
June 10 Historical Events In Rhyme
1. On this day in 2018 Opportunity,
a Mars Exploration Rover after traversing the Martian surface of 5111 Earth
days/Its signals from Mars finally faded away/A tribute to American engineering
it transmitted data 47 times longer than planned during its long Martian stay/Valuable
data needed when our planned manned to Mars comes into play.
2. On this
day in 1977 James Earl Ray convicted as the shooter who did Martin Luther King,
Jr. slay/Escaped from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Tennessee to enjoy
a brief freedom of only 3 days.
3. On this day in 1967 the Six Day which was
for Arabs a humiliating disaster costing Jordan the West Bank/Came to an end with
a cease fire as Syria was just about out of tanks/ And Israeli forces were
poised to roll down the Golan Heights/To Damascus where the Syrians would be
unable to put up much of a fight.
4. On this day in 1964 after the nation was
sickened by the dogs and billy clubs blacks wanting to a Selma bridge cross/To
at the state capital Montgomery the right to vote in elections they had lost/After
a 75 day filibuster by Senate Democrats against the 1964 Civil Rights Bill/On a
cloture vote to end debate the filibuster was killed/ By overwhelming
majorities the Civil Rights Act of 1964/ Was passed to voting rights killed by
Jim Crow laws to be restored.
5. On this day in 1863 the French Army
marched in to Mexico City occupy/With the U.S. knee deep in the Civil War it
was easy to the Monroe Doctrine defy; Soon Archduke Maximillian of Austria
would assume the rule Emperor backed by French bayonets everywhere to see/But
with the American Civil coming to a close with the Appomattox surrender of
Robert E. Lee/Maximillian could the French Army withdrawal foresee/He had the
time but did not flee/But falsely believing the Mexicans loved and need him chose
not to leave/He and two generals were shot by a firing squad on June 19, 1867
leaving his young wife Carlota to his death grieve.
Famous Quotes: Maximillian’s last words before being executed on June
19, 1867: “I forgive
everyone, and I ask everyone to forgive me. May my blood, which is about to be shed, be
for the good of the country. Long live Mexico, long live independence.”
©
June 10, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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