June is Pride Month a time when members
of the LGBTQ+ want to express their pride at having that status which should
not merit any condemnation but it their desire to express their pride they may
force others to cross the line as Biden did when he violated the U.S. Flag Code
that requires that when other flags are being displayed the U.S. Flag is to be
in the center of the display but at Biden’s White House Pride Ceremony the
Pride Flag was in the center and at a Dallas “family friendly” Pride festival
vendors were selling erotic art, sex toys and edible penises. The special
prosecutor Smith who brought the 37 count indictment against Trump denied two
systems of justice but Alan Dershowitz while admitted the tape of Trump waving
a document that was supposedly classified is a damning piece of evidence even
if the person to whom it was exposed to testifies he was unable to read it, but
insisted Smith was hired to “get Trump”. There is no way that Trump’s trial
will occur prior to the election but the proceedings may put a crimp in Trump’s
campaign in the primary and in the election which a conviction for other than
espionage probably would not prevent him being elected (What an absolute mess).
In the RBC Canadian Open, Canadian Nick Taylor was the crowd favorite as
spectators were singing “O Canada” when he approached the tee boxes in the
later holes to become the first Canadian since 1954 to win the RBC Canadian
Open by sinking a 72 foot eagle putt to defeat Tommy Fleetwood on their 4th
playoff hole. Fellow Canadian Adam Hadwin who finished 12th and
after watching the playoff was dressed in street clothes and when the putt went
in ran toward Taylor spraying him with champagne only to be tackled by security
who did not recognize him: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/adam-hadwin-tackled-by-security-trying-to-celebrate-fellow-canadian-nick-taylors-win Tom Brady was with his kids on Mr. Beast’s
multimillion dollar yacht enjoying life when he tossed a pass to Mr. Beast who
dropped it and challenged Brady to knock a drone out of the sky which he
promptly did, joking maybe he should reconsider his retirement: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/tom-brady-drills-mrbeasts-drone-football-300m-yacht.
Thousands of Menhaden fish have died along a Texas Gulf Beach due to the
perfect storm of warmer ocean water and cloudy skies blocking microscopic
phytoplankton or macroalgae from oxygen creating photosynthesis. Trump has not
even appeared in Miami courthouse to enter a plea and already an MSNBC panel on
leftist Velshi’s panel has demanded that District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, a
former federal prosecutor nominated by Trump in 2020 recuse herself from
Trump’s classified material case. If you were hoping that George Soros’
monetary attempts to influence elections to pursue his destructive leftist
agenda would end with his stepping down from the management of his
multi-billion dollar empire, think again as his son Alex is taking over the
reins and has admitted he “is more political” than his father.
On the sports front in the Super Regional at Stanford’s Sunken Diamond Stanford
redeemed its Friday collapse of a 5-2 lead to lose 7-5 by dominating Texas 8-3
with the Stanford starter Quinn Matthews throwing 156 pitches in a complete
game, allowing 8 hits, striking out 16 and walking 1. Must win for both teams
on June 12, 2023 to go to the World Series. Go Stanford!
June 11, 2023 Michael P.
Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: Abused Women and Children Awareness Day
celebrated on the second Sunday in June but clueless to know who created the
observance or when only that its purpose must be to create awareness of the
thousands upon thousands of women abused in relationships and probably even
more children in family situations and to promote legal and emotional avenues
to reduce the number of victims, women and children.
Word of the Day: the word
of the day is “aphologistic” which means flameless which would describe
vaping to a tee or wood exposed to monsoon like rain that you are trying to use
in a fireplace.
Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1966 was “Paint
It Black” by The Rolling Stones on a run of 2 weeks to share with 26 other
songs achieving number 1 ranking, while 16 acts achieved number one status for
the first time. Here is a recording with lyrics of The Rolling Stones performing “Paint It
Black”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg
June
11 “Wizard was not there and the yellow brick road washed out”: Mehemet
Oz, television personality, former surgeon, and senatorial candidate who lost
to a stroke impaired John Fetterman who managed to avoid a debate until after
weeks of mail in balloting had occurred.
June 11 Historical Events In Rhyme
1. On this day in 2010 the first FIFA’s World Cup in Africa in South
Africa began/Seemed like only yesterday
in 1961 from the World Cup South Africa was banned/South Africa won the bidding
fight/As Mandela testified while in prison Africans playing soccer in the
streets made us feel alright.
2. On
this day in 2001 Timothy McVeigh unremorseful to the very end/And defying the
execution delays that go on for years as the death penalty cases trend/Ate his
last meal of ice cream and went to his fatal injection/With a look that his act
were justified and not worthy of rejection.
3. On this day in 1998 Compaq Computer
acquired Digital Equipment Corporation for record a record $7 billion cost/To
try to recover market share in the PC market from Dell it had lost/But the
expectations of higher profits went into the skids/In 2022 Compaq accepted from
Hewlett Packard a $24.2 billion bid.
4. On this day in 1963 with Jim Crow in
Alabama at its worst/George Wallace tried to quench the segregationists thirst/
Stood at the University of Alabama and tried to federal law ignore/Blocking the
entry of 2 black students Vivian Malone and James Hood to register at the
school/Short-lived success as students returned with armed federalized Alabama National
Guardsmen with whom Wallace was smart enough to not fool.
5. On this day in 1895 the 732 mile Paris-Bordeaux-Paris
took place/The fastest car’s time was 48
hours 48 minutes, a 15.21 m.p.h. “blistering pace”/It and the second car some 6
hours behind were disqualified from first and second place/They were 2 seaters
when only 4 seaters were allowed in the race/a 4 seater with a time 59:48 was
the winner declared/ Of the 30 cars departing from Paris in the “first car race”
only 18 cars made it back there.
Famous Quotes on the Execution of Timothy McVeigh:
Rob Nigh, McVeigh’s Attorney: “There has
been a movement in the states to celebrate the dignity of human life and to
start a moratorium on executions. It did not come soon enough for Tim McVeigh,
but it can come soon enough for others. Where we go from here is a question of
critical importance. If there is anything good that could come from the
execution of Tim McVeigh, it may be to help us realize sooner that we simply
cannot do this anymore. I am firmly convinced that it is not a question of if
we will stop, it is simply a question of when.”
Vigo County Deputy Coroner Susan Amo, who examined McVeigh for signs of abuse before his execution:
“After
he started talking more, his bravado came back. The longer he talked, the more
he seemed like what his normal self would be like.... He almost looked like he
might be starting to tremble but not quite there.... Then he did like the
normal soldier thing and was going to face it square on.”
Peggy Harris, one of the 50
prodeath penalty supporters outside the execution site: “He's getting off
way too easy. I just wish it was a lot more harsh [sic] than what it is. I
would like to be the one that pushes the needle in the arm that kills him.”
George W. Bush: “This
morning the United States of America carried out the severest sentence for the
gravest of crimes. The victims of the Oklahoma City bombing have been given not
vengeance, but justice. And one young man met the fate he chose for himself six
years ago. For the survivors of the crime and for the families of the dead, the
pain goes on. Final punishment of the guilty cannot alone bring peace to the
innocent. It cannot recover the loss or balance the scales, and it is not meant
to do so.”
©
June 11, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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