Tuesday, August 1, 2023

August 1, 2023 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

Merit Garland’s DOJ and the Biden Administration have crossed the politicization line and criminally charged Trump for exercising his free speech and if these charges stand we have become a true banana republic where losers are shot or incarcerated by the winning party. The indictment from Jack Smith concerning January 6, 2021 which the DOJ had to have approved  indicted Trump on 4r federal charges out of Smith’s  probe, including conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights. Trump will enter his not guilty plea on August 3 and one hopes that all Red candidates and the 2 non Biden candidates denounce in no uncertain terms the trashing of our Constitution and the blatant illegal election interference (Stalin was called “Uncle Joe” during WWII and Biden should now start using that same nom de plume. We have always known that American football is often a game of inches in terms of scoring or making or failing to make first downs but in the Women’s World Cup, we learned that in soccer or football, scoring is a game of inches as Portugal’s Anna Capeta in the first minute of extra time kicked the ball at the American net clearly looking like it would go in as the Portuguese stormed onto the field in celebration only to have it hit the goal posts and go wide, resulting a 0-0 tie game enabling the U.S. to advance to the next round. In New Jersey while Governor Murphy was vacationing, Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, formerly the first black to serve as speaker of the senate, who as serving as acting governor was admitted to the hospital on Monday and shortly thereafter died at age 71. The missing Golman Sachs staffer, John Castic, last seen exiting from a Zed’s Dead concert at The Mirage at 2:30 A.M. on Saturday, has been found dead in a portion of a creek in Brooklyn hauntingly called English Kills. On the War on Fentanyl front, Biden is proposing to end sanctions against China in exchange for their cooperation in stopping the flow of the deadly drug to Mexico where it is processed to come across our open border, a proposal that Reds in the House are threatening to block. The Word Salad Queen who has angrily been attacking Florida’s curriculum on slavery written by a very competent African American professor with what De Santis calls blatant lies has been challenged by De Santis to open debate on the curriculum (so far the Word Salad Queen has not responded). De Santis is rightfully proud of Florida’s economy and the fact that it is a magnet for migrants from high tax states like New York and California but should be appalled that Central Florida is the home of nearly a fifth of the 159 cases nationwide of leprosy. George Soros, who with his billions, represents a clear and present danger to conservatives and a never ending lifeline to liberal a and leftist groups, has funded $750,000 of the $752,040 raised by Texas Majority PAC, a shadowy group with sparse information other than its desire to flip Texas. His son Alex sadly is following in his father’s footsteps having visited the White House 20 times.
             August 1, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet 
             Noted Holidays: World Lung Cancer Day: Created by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies, the International Association for the Study of  Lung Cancer and the American College of Chest Physicians in 2012 and celebrated each year on August 1 to create awareness of the disease and how to prevent it and raise money to improve cures for it.

             Word of the Day: the word of the day is “aristarch” which means government by the best which sadly does not even come close to describing our bloated and check the box mediocre federal government.
              Song of the Day:  The number 1 song on this day in 1945 was “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe” by Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers  on a run of 8 weeks to share with 7 other songs achieving number 1 ranking. Here is a recording of Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers performing  “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNzoXLTrdVg
              August 1 Birthdays: “Grateful to Be Alive”: Jerry Garcia, noted founder, lead guitarist, songwriter and vocalist for the Grateful Dead, who was born on this day in 1942 in San Francisco. The name of the band was not representative of a death wish despite Garcia’s struggles with drugs, obesity and smoking. Despite attempts to curtail his use of heroin and cocaine, Gacia had a tendency to relapse and was in a relapse facility when he died on August 9, 1995 in San Leandro, California of a heart attack.
              August 1, Historical Events In Rhyme
              1.     On this day in 1993 the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers which had been rising since April/ With increasing water flow that would a bowl the size of Busch Memorial Stadium at St. Louis in 70 seconds fill/ Crested in St. Louis at 49.6 feet, 20.1 feet above flood stage/And until October, flooding and death and destruction on large areas near the rivers would rage/ Rightfully so it was known as the Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993/$15 billion in flooding damage and 32 deaths with more water that states bordering the rivers would never again want to see.
              2.     On this day in 1984 peat bog cutters discovered a body near Linton Moss/Not a recent crime scene as almost 2000 years ago the man’s life was lost/Face down in the bog from a violent death the reason for which we will never know/ Known as the Linton Man it has been freeze dried and to see it to the British Museum one must go.
              3.     On this day in 1981 the sounds of music viewers would now hear/On television MTV Network would on TV sets start to appear/ Chosen for the first song was by The Ruggles an English band of the genre New Wave/ Who a rocking performance of “Video Killed the Radio Star to the viewers gave.
             4.      On this day in 1971 Ex-Beatle George Harrison organized 2 concerts at Madison Square Garden to raise funds for Bangladesh refugees/ Who were trying to from India from genocide flee/Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russel and Badfinger were just some of the acts/ The first demonstration of the power of rock and roll to funds for charitable purposes attract/250 grand raised at the gate/Followed by $15 million from album sales to hunger and misery abate.
            5.      On this day in 1944 with the Red Army on the outskirts of Warsaw and thinking it would soon arrive/ The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupiers came alive/ Little did the Poles know/ That Stalin, until the Polish Home Army was destroyed, into Warsaw would not go/The Poles fought for 63 days outnumbered and outgunned enduring a firestorm of steel/ While the Russians wanting Polish Home Army destroyed merely sat on their heels/Warsaw was leveled almost to the ground, 200,000 civilians and 20,000 from the Home Army died and 700,000 civilians expelled/ A foretaste of Soviet intentions to occupy Eastern Europe and until the fall of the Soviet Union turn it into a living Hell.
            Famous Quote on the Warsaw Uprising by Carol Drinkwater, Noted British Actress, Filmmaker and Writer:  “Warsaw's historic heart was deliberately almost entirely destroyed towards the end of the Second World War by the German occupying troops. After the war, it was painstakingly rebuilt and that reconstruction is perceived as expressing the nation's determination to survive, to conserve its history and its culture.

© August 1, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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