The Oceangate Titan
may have been destroyed but the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has started an
investigation to determine if any laws were broken in terms of marketing the
visit to the Titanic or the visit itself before the vessel imploded. The
Wagner Group, a mercenary force of some 25,000 troops which was starting to
march on Moscow has turned around and will be heading to the sanctuary of
Belarus and as the Ukrainian counteroffensive is still moving forward questions
are being raised over the impact on Putin’s continued rule in Russia and the
ability and morale of the Russian troops who were promised when the invasion
began that they would be taking Kviv in 2 to 3 weeks. Trump is linking the $5.1
million received by Hunter from China to the weakness being displayed by the
Biden Administration as in a déjà vu of the Cuban Missile Crisis, China is
building a spy base on the island. The revelations that Biden was in the room
when Hunter was pressuring his Chinese business associates to wire the promised
$5.1 million or face severe adverse consequences from Joe Biden has prompted
Senator Cruz to call upon the House to start an investigation on whether Biden
should be impeached. The L.A. Coroner’s office has determined 54 year old Adam
Rich, the child star in Eight is Enough died from an overdose of
fentanyl. Major retailers continue to abandon their flagship stores in downtown
San Francisco due to crime, homelessness, drug use and feces and urine on
sidewalks and streets. The war against women by those demanding that transgenders despite their biological
advantage be allowed to compete is
heating up as another NCAA Harvard swimmer Abby Carr castigated the Biden
Administration for trying to have their civil rights movement on the backs of
women athletes. The judge in the upcoming murder trial of Bryan Kohberger has
loosened his gag order to have it apply to only judicial officers in the case
not allowing them to make statements that would prejudice a fair trial. In a
blow to its lofty academic standing
Harvard Business School Professor Francesca Gino, a leading expert on
behavioral psychology may have falsified the results of her study on honesty. V.P. Kamala Harris or
“Chuckles” or “Word Salad Queen” as she is known to her legions of detractors
was ridiculed for urging that rage on the overturning of Roe v. Wade
should be let out. On the sports fronts in Colorado the Angels won the game
25-1 turning the Rockies in the 3rd inning to triskaidekaphobiacs
when the Angels scored 13 runs.
June 24, 2023 Michael P. Ridley
aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: National Bartender and Mixologist Day: Celebrated
on the last Saturday of June since 2021 but sad to say clueless on who created
this event only to know that a good bartender is worth his or her weight in
gold both as a speedy maker and server of drinks but also a wonderful ear for
those unhappy souls pouring out their
sorrows as they order yet another drink.
Word of the Day: the word
of the day is “aracjarachibutyrophobia” which is a mouthful but means
fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1953 was “The
Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart?)” by Percy Faith and His
Orchestra on a run of 10 weeks to share with 8 other songs achieving number 1
ranking. Here is a recording of Percy Faith and His Orchestra performing: “The
Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPDF2ORPOFQ
June 24 Birthdays: ”One of the Best” Jeff
Beck an English guitarist born on this day in
1944 in Wallington, Surrey, England whose talent resulted in 8 Grammy Awards
and recognition of the top 5 guitarists of all times to finally have his guitar
pick taken from him by spinal meningitis on January 10, 2023.
June 24
Historical Events In Rhyme
1. On this day in 2024 the march on
Moscow by the Wagner Group, 25,000 Russian mercenaries fighting against Ukraine
as Russia’s finest troops/after one day came to an end/Signs that the oligarchs
having their yachts and assets seized want this war to come to an end/And maybe
Putin’s on Russia’s iron grip/To the joy of Ukraine and the West is starting to
slip.
2. On
this day in 2022 after a draft opinion had been previously leaked/SCOTUS
overruled Roe v. Wade granting to the
states not the courts to make rules governing abortions women wanted to
seek/Once more on the abortion front a chasm of divide/Prochoice abortion on
demand up to the moment of birth and prolife after first trimester mostly
denied/Turned the Red Wave in 2022 to a mere ripple and a Senate loss/And even
with an impaired Biden abortion issue may result in Red chances for the W.H. to
be tossed.
3. On this day in 2021, in Surfside, Florida
in the early morning hours/A partial collapse occurred of the 12 story South
Champlain Towers/98 people died buried by the tons of rubble, 11 injured and 3
picked from rubble survived/In a heartwarming moment on July 9 with the
confirmed death toll at 79 and large numbers missing, a pet cat Binx that lived on the 9th
floor was found alive/Wrongful death, personal injury and loss property class
action suit quickly followed for defective construction and improper maintenance
and repair/A settlement was reached with many potential defendants not yet named
adding to the $1.02 Billion after legal fees the victims would share/Almost
half of which was paid by as of yet unnamed as a defendant Securitas, AB/whose
guard on duty hearing the rumble of impending collapse without pulling the
building alarm chose to flee.
4.
On this day in 2013 proving that the reptilian brain knows no national
borders and of being caught or consequences has no fear/Former Italian Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi was found guilty of abuse of power and sex with a minor
prostitute El Mahroug and sentenced to 7 years/He appealed and the conviction was
overturned/But Italian authorities charged him with bribing witnesses to the
relationship with El Mahroug as facts on payments were learned/In February of
this year he was acquitted and will go free/ But Italians will no longer be
able to vicariously his bunga-bunga parties enjoy as he died on June 12, 2023.
5. On this day in 1994 on a finis flight for
crewmember Colonel Robert Wolf, the
adage “there are no old, bold pilots alive” to B-52’s applies/At Fairchild Air
Force Base in Spokane Captain “Bud” Holland was putting his plane through its
air show paces to stall rules deny/Flying a hard circle at 250 feet from the
ground/As the plane made its tight turn the left wing was pointed at 90 degrees
down/The plane stalled and at 250 feet too low to recover from the stall/Crashed
into earth to immediately kill all/Including Wolf whose family and friends had
gathered to see his last flight before he retired/Sadly Bud Holland was an
aggressive macho pilot who often broke flight safety rules designed to prevent
stalls which is the main reason he and his crew expired.
Famous Quotes on the
Dobbs Decision:
Kristan Hawkins, President
Students for Life: “Roe
v. Wade has been a cancer growing in our Constitution resulting in more than 63
million deaths. Today, the court has cut it out, and that’s a win. Now we get
back to building up a healthy society, affirming life for women and their
children, born and reborn.”
Michele B. Goodwin, director of
the Reproductive Justice Initiative at the University of California, Irvine’s
School of Law: “This
will not go down well in history. This is a decision that is in company
with Plessy v. Ferguson, and the kinds of decisions that do not speak well to
American rule of law and democracy,”
© June 24, 2023
Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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