Trump was arraigned in
Miami to plead “not guilty” and was released on the condition that he appear at
all future hearings and that he not contact any potential witnesses about the
case but may otherwise have contact as many of them are in his inner circle but
to some of the more vociferous Trump critics he did not have to surrender his
passport and had no restrictions placed on his travel. As the long awaited
Ukrainian counteroffensive has started, Putin has admitted that his forces are
lacking in drones and other specialized military equipment similar to what has
been supplied to Ukraine’s allies like the U.S. and other NATO countries. As
the Trump motorcade was leaving the Miami Courthouse a man dressed in prison
garb holding a big sign stating “Lock Him Up” jumped in front of one of the
SUV’s to be pounced on by Secret Service and dragged away. Starbucks prides
itself as a staunch supporter of the LGBTQ community has been hit by false
accusations that it is removing Pride flags which the company vehemently
denies. In Ecuador 76 year old retired nurse Bella Montoya had been declared
dead in a hospital and sent to a funeral home where family members had gathered
for a wake shortly after it began she started pounding on the coffin to the
shock of her family who rushed her back to the hospital as she still seemed to
be in critical condition. During a math class at Edison High School in
Huntington Beach, the teacher started to show a Pride Month video which
prompted a classroom revolt among his students demanding that it be turned off
to be threatened with attendance at Saturday school to have to watch it. Wheel
Of Fortune host Pat Sajak has announced plans to retire and the end of next
season. Look for the Red candidates for president to run on the slogan “A vote
for Biden is really a vote for Kamala Harris” who is probably as surprised as
most Americans as 86% of Blues would be supportive of her being president.
Despite Mark Cuban’s observation that Bud Light is doing good business, sales
data for the week ending June 3, show sales down from over a year ago by over
24% and they have fallen from being the highest selling beer to be replaced by
Modello.
June 13, 2023 Michael P. Ridley
aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: World Softball Day: created on April 25, 2005 by
Don Porter of the International Softball Federation and first celebrated on
June 13, 2005 and on each 13th of June thereafter. Watching women at
the collegiate level is a real trip as the pitcher is throwing the ball from 43
feet away that is moving at 70-75 miles per hour mean the batter has less than
one half a second to determine to swing or let it pass.
Word of the Day: the word
of the day is “apocalypticism” which means describes the imminent end of
the world which AOC is quick to remind us that the end will come soon if we do
not sign on to her green new deal to prevent increasing climate change.
Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1964 was “Chapel
of Love” by The Dixie Cups a run of 3 weeks to share with 23 other songs
achieving number 1 ranking, while 11 acts, including the Dixie Cups and the
Beatles who had 6 songs, achieved number one status for the first time. Here is
a recording of The Dixie Cups performing “Chapel of Love”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTq7w8P6_2I
June 13 Birthdays: “Double the Bang for
the Bucks”: Ashley Olsen and Mary Kate Olsen, identical twins were
born on this day in 1886 in Sherman Oaks, CA and began their acting career
before the age of 9 months playing the role of Michelle Tanner in the ABC
sitcom Full House and to comply with strict child labor laws altered
their time on the set. After a successful career as child TV and movie stars,
they took over control of their production company Dualstar on their 18th
birthday to branch into fashion, fragrances, furnishings and accessories sold in over 3,000 stores in the U.S. Not
sure who was born first but both are very accomplished women and were actresses
with a lot of talent and vision.
June 13 Historical Events In Rhyme
1. On this day in 2005 after a 4
month trial involving Michael Jackson’s alleged abuse of then 13 year old Gavin
Arvizo at Neverland Ranch the jury returned its verdict/On all 14 counts of
abuse allegations the jury voted to acquit/After the verdict Jackson to
Neverland never returned/Even the appearance of abuse with minors he must after
the trial have learned.
2. On
this day in 2000 South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung for the first time met
with Kim Jong-il his North Korean counterpart/To discuss certain issues like
moving from an armistice to ending the war, amount of troops at DMZ and nuclear
weapons that keep the 2 nations apart/Little progress on either side/Especially
since the North’s efforts to develop nukes will not subside.
3. On this day in 1994 a jury in Anchorage
found Exxon and Captain Hazelton reckless in the running of the Exxon Valdez
onto a reef in Prince William Sound/Where millions of dollars of commercial
fisheries and recreational fishing can be found/To enable the damaged
plaintiffs to proceed on $15 billion damages from the resulting oil spill/A
costly reminder that oil spills due to environmental damage come with a very
large bill.
4. On this day in 1981 at the Trooping of
the Colour/Teenager Marcus Sarjeant his failures increasing and life in his parent’s
home getting duller and duller/To get the fame and notoriety he desperately
sought/Pointed a fake pistol at Queen Elizabeth to fire 6 blank shots/Causing
her and her horse great alarm and fear/And for Sarjeant being sentenced to
prison for 5 years.
5. On this day in 1971 with Nixon Vietnamizing
the war/As Americans were growing tired of our troops suffering death and gore/So
the weekly death and maiming totals would not soar/WAPO began publishing the “Pentagon
Papers” leaked by Daniel Ellsberg that show the Johnson Administration was
lying to its core/Over 58,000 Americans mostly draftees near the war’s end
died/Would have been saved if our Pentagon had not consistently lied.
Famous Quote on Courage of Leaking the Pentagon Papers:
Daniel Ellsberg: “There
are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up
a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or
Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited
to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare.”
© June 13, 2023 Michael
P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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