On the 2024
election front, the power of TV and the hurdles to appear imposed by the RNC
became evident as Mayor of Miami Richard Suarez who did not jump over those
hurdles and was banned from the first primary debate stage became the first
announced Red candidate to withdraw. As a Latino who has railed against Blues
for pushing policies that run counter to many Latino’s core values, the
candidates still in the race should pedal to the metal to try to get his
endorsement. Vivek Ramaswamy at the Iowa State Fair thrilled fairgoers with his
rendition of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” which did not thrill the rapper who had
BMI send Ramaswamy a “cease and desist” letter, prompting outrage from some
conservatives.
On the weather front Tropical
Storm Idalia has strengthened to a CAT 1 Hurricane some 275 miles south south west of Tampa at 11 A.M.
EDT, moving at 14 miles an hour with an early Wednesday morning expected landfall as a CAT 3 Hurricane in the
Big Bend Area of Florida bringing with it storm surges of 10-15 feet as a King
Tide will coincide with its landfall. De Santis has mobilized 3000 Florida
National Guardsmen with another 1800 enroute and 30,000 utility workers on
positioning to address power outages as
they occur. 21 counties have received evacuation orders, 9 of which are mandatory
for low lying portions thereof, the two largest airports in the impacted area
are now closed, the planes are being moved from MacDill Air Force Base and the
Governor of South Carolina has declared an emergency.
On the Transgenders in sports
front, the White House is refusing to take a stand as it claims the issue is “complicated”
bowing to the radical left that feel banning biological males who identify as
woman must be allowed to compete though their muscle mass size and organ size
destroy a level playing field. A solution would be that there is a transgender
female and transgender male class which would draw next to zero fans and would
be unsustainable.
On the transgenders in education
front, the Spreckels Union
School District in Monterey County, CA transitioned an 11 year old female
student Alicia Konen without informing her mother who when she discovered what
was happening, sued the school district. Alicia has since detransitioned back
to being a little girl and her mother is the recipient of a $100,000
settlement.
On the Biden lack of empathy front, a
House committee heard testimony on the Afghanistan withdrawal which included
some Gold Star Parents of the 13 American Military service personnel that were killed
at the Kabul Airport by a suicide bomber and they launched into Biden like
there was no tomorrow especially at Andrews Airforce Base where the 13 coffins
landed and Biden glancing down at his watch as if hoping the ceremony would
soon be over.
On the public school
education front test scores have been falling across the nation despite the
fact that we spend more per pupil than almost any other nation. But news coming
out of Oklahoma alerts us to the fact that our school transportation system may
be in shambles as a 5 year old was dropped off at the wrong stop and when the
mother went to the designated stop no child and a driver who ignored protocol that
requires a drive to check backpack or lanyard that matches the name and stop.
She was reunited but not before on Tik Tok the boy was caught on camera knocking
on a door in 105 degree crying and asking for help to find his mother.
On the Biden bribery scandal front, in response
to FOIA lawsuit filed by the Southeastern Legal Foundation against the National
Archives and Records Administration (“NARA”), NARA has indicated it possesses
5,000 emails from or to Biden s pseudonym accounts as Vice President--robinware456@gmail.com,
JRBWare@gmail.com and Robert.L.Peters@pci.gov
(Reds can hardly wait to get their hands on them.
On the hunting front, for
individuals hunting for alligators in Mississippi on the Yazoo River with rods
and reels hooked a huge male alligator 14’3” long and weighing 803 pounds which
took them 7 hours to land on their boat which had to be reasonably large and
equipped with a lifting crane.
Definitely
a lot of material for belts, purses and shoes: 
August
29, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: National
Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: Created on August 4, 1990 by the House of
Representatives, the Senate on October 17, 1990 and President George W. Bush on
October 31,1990 to promote awareness of a rare autoimmune disease that affects
20-50 people per 100,000 of whom infected 5 to 10 percent die. Very difficult
to diagnose as it has a myriad of symptoms but not curable but treatable.
Word of the Day: The word
of the day is “athetosis” which means a nervous twitching of digits
and extremities.
Song of the Day: The
number 1 song on this day in 2002 was “Dilemma”
by Nelly feat Kelly Rowland on run
of 10 weeks noncontinuous to share number 1 status with 8 other songs
achieving number 1 ranking while 5 acts, including Nelly and Kelly Rowland
achieved number one status for the first
time as did Eminem with ”Lose Yourself” which Vivek Ramaswamy was rapping to at
the Iowa State Fair to be hit with a cease and desist letter by BMI. Here is a music video with lyrics of Nelly
feat. Kelly Rowland “Dilemma”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WYHDfJDPDc
August
29 Birthdays: “The King of Pop”—Michael Jackson, Born on this day in 1958 in Gary, Indiana to
starting as the youngest member with his siblings of the Jackson Five to branch
out on his own to become one of the most iconic cultural icons of the 20th
Century to die weeks before starting another sold out world tour from an overdose
of prescription drugs prescribed by his hack personal doctor on June 25, 2009.
His hack doctor was charged with involuntary manslaughter, convicted and
sentenced to 4 years.
August 29 Historical Events in Rhyme
1. On
this day in 2022 Ukrainian forces went on the counter offensive to retake Kherson/Bitter and bloody fighting
during the day and from dusk to dawn/ Slowly the Russians were pushed
back/Hoping American support for Ukraine the American public would soon
lack/Among Red candidates save Haley support shows signs of waiver/Fearing when
China invades Taiwan we will not have the arms to act as Taiwan’s savior.
2. On
this day in 1997 Netflix began its humble beginnings as an online rental
service for DVD’s/Few would imagine it would become the streaming giant we now
see/While DVD rentals like Blockbuster went into the tank/Netflix in terms of entertainment
is now in the top ranks.
3. On this day in 1970
in L.A. the Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War was on display/30,000
Chicanos marched for an end to the war as tear gas came the marchers way/3 protestors
were shot and killed by L.A. riot police including Rueben Salazar/A journalist
reporting on police corruption he was a rising star/ At a time where phones with
cameras were not in place/No charges were ever filed against the cop who committed
this disgrace.
4. On
this day in 1966 at Candlestick Park, the Beatles’ touring came to an end/Unshackled
from the stress of touring into new venues of creativity could they now
send/Albums like Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Band and Abbey Road displayed the new
creativity to by the band appear/But far to soon the Beatles disbanded but
fortunate their member’s solo careers did not disappear.
5. On
this day in 1949 since the Manhattan Project was infested with Soviet spies/Whose
atomic expertise and hidden Communist leanings we had to rely/ The Soviets
detonated at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan its atomic bomb known as Joe 1/The American
nuclear monopoly sadly had ended and the Cold War had just begun.
Quote on the War in
Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine: “If there is no
Ukrainian strong army, there will be no Ukraine, and that will be the case when
everyone will understand… it’s not the war in Ukraine; it’s the war in Europe.
We are defending our country, our land. We are not attacking anyone because
that is immoral.”
© August
29, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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