The fire news
out of Maui is still pretty grim with the death toll having risen from 53 to 67
(look for the toll to increase as the number only includes bodies found outside
of structures and hundreds are reported as missing) and the town of Lahaina has
almost been completely destroyed with 2 fires on the island still raging. The
outrage over the wrist tap soft plea deal the DOJ tried to sneak past the court
has finally forced Garland to appoint David Weiss as special counsel to handle
the criminal charges against Hunter Biden (will he have the authority to
investigate potential involvement by President Biden in those activities?).
Woody Harrelson has landed in the leftist doghouse for his attack on COVID
vaccinations on SNL wearing a RFK, Jr. hat. Feces City once known as the City
By The Bay, plagued by homelessness, crime, drugs, 33% downtown office vacancy
and a looming 2 year budget deficit of $780 million ranks dead last of 62
cities analyzed to gauge their recovery from the COVID pandemic with only 32%
of the downtown traffic in the pre-pandemic spring of 2019. Liberal host of Meet
the Press has admitted that Governor Abbot was right in thinking that
sending busloads of illegals to Blue run cities in the north would cause Blue
mayors to rail against the Biden administration to secure the border. In World
Cup action Sweden beat Japan 2-1 to advance to the semifinals.
August 11, 2023 Michael P. Ridley
aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: Presidential Joke Day: Created by Ronald Reagan’s
sound check before making an address to the nation when he jokingly intoned,
“My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed
legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes.”
Sadly with Biden and his proclivity for gaffes every day is a joke when he is
speaking without a teleprompter.
Word of the Day: the word
of the day is “asperse” which means to slander or disparage. Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 2020 as we
have left 1940 and leaving the present going back on our daily backwards
musical journey continues to “Cardigan” by Taylor Swift on a run of 1
week to share number 1 status with 19 other songs achieving number 1 ranking
while 13 acts achieved number 1 status for the first time. Here is a music
video with lyrics of Taylor Swift performing: “Cardigan”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-a8s8OLBSE
August 11 Birthdays: “If you can
lie, you can act, and if you can lie to crazy girlfriends, you can act under
pressure.”: Joe Rogan, born on this
day in 1967 in Newark, New Jersey, is a standup comedian, martial arts expert,
incredibly successful podcaster and a ardent defender of free speech and the 2nd
Amendment and relentless foe of the cancel culture Woke warriors.
August 11, Historical Events
In Rhyme
1. On this day in 2000 on a
Southwest Airlines Las Vegas to Salt Lake City flight/a 19 year old passenger Jonathan
Burton charged the cockpit door and kicked it with all his might/Managed to
partially into the cockpit invade/Pilot and copilot managed to push him out
into the arms of a 6-8 man fire brigade/Restrained him but in the process ended
his ability to breathe/His death by asphyxiation was then achieved/No charges
filed as no murderous intent/Only passengers fearing he would into the ground
have the plane sent.
2. On this day in 1992 in Bloomington,
Minnesota the Mall of America opened its doors/At the time the largest mall in
the U.S. with 2.87 million square feet of retail space in 550 stores/12,700
parking spaces and a 7 acre indoor amusement park/40 million visitors a year to
the Mall of America by auto, bus, taxi
or tram embark.
3. On this day in 1982 a bomb exploded under a seat cushion on Pan Am’s Clipper Ocean Rover/Causing the passengers and crew to think their lives would soon be over/The blast killed a 16 year old boy in his seat and injured his parents and 14 more/The plane was able to continue to fly 147 miles to in Honolulu land as the blast only damaged the ceiling and floor.
4. On this day in 1972, the last American ground combat units in South Vietnam were withdrawn/Leaving behind 43,500 advisors, airmen, and support troops, including nearby naval ships who on March 29, 1973 would also be gone/The North Vietnamese and those in the South who could flee could see the writing on the wall/The outnumbered poorly trained and soon to be underfunded ARVN would soon cause the country to the North Vietnamese fall.
5. On this day in 1965 on a hot summer evening in Watts, black Marquette Frye/Was pulled over for a suspected DUI/He failed the field sobriety test/Then fought the police when they tried to him arrest/Hit in the face with a baton while a crowd of angry blacks saw another case of LAPD to excessive force use/And orders to disband to refuse/Rumors of a black pregnant woman being thrown by police to the ground/And soon burning and looting was breaking out all over the town/Police were outnumbered as the riots quickly spread/14,000 California National Guardsmen arrived, a curfew imposed, almost 3500 arrests, $40 million in property damage, and 34 dead/The 5 days of rioting were the most expensive and deadly until the acquittals of the cops caught on tape beating Rodney King/Caused 6 days of rioting with 64 deaths, $1 billion in damages and over 12,000 arrested to the jails bring.
Famous Quote by Martin Luther King on the Watts Riots: “What did Watts accomplish but the death of thirty-four Negroes and injury to thousands more? What did it profit the Negro to burn down the stores and factories in which he sought employment? The way of riots is not a way of progress, but a blind ally of death and destruction which wrecks its havoc hardest against the rioters themselves”
© August 11, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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