Trump flew
Trump 1 to Washington, D.C. to enter a plea of not guilty, exited the courtroom
to proclaim it was a sad day for America and headed to Reagan International to
fly back to New Jersey (not sure what if any conditions or restrictions were
imposed by Obama appointed District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, designated by Associated Press of the “harshest punisher”
of the 11 1/6 cases who appeared before her, matching the DOJ’s recommended
sentences in 4 cases, exceeding the DOJ’s recommended jail sentences in 3 cases
and in 4 cases where the DOJ recommended no jail sending the violators to jail).
John Bolton has joined the list of pundits commenting on the case that Smith
had a strong case against Trump but an acquittal would be devastating to the
country as it would embolden Trump to commit further illegal activity. Mike
Pence capitalizing on Trump’s comment on Pence not doing what Trump had
allegedly asked him to do on the election that he was “too honest” has
capitalized on that comment in his fund raising attempts. Chris Christie best
remembered during the RNC for his speech on HRC that had the delegates chatting
to his rhetoric “Lock her up” has opined that Trump is morally responsible and
claiming any Red candidate who has not attacked Trump for being indicted is really
running for a spot in his administration but refused to opine if he believed
Trump was criminally responsible. Will Hurd going through the motions of
running for president opined that the arraignment is not about weaponization of
the DOJ but rather that Trump refused to accept the outcome and Nikki Haley
opined she wanted to focus on issues really important to this nation like China
not whether we should be trying to put a 77 year old in prison. On our open
border, the Pentagon pulls 1100 soldiers previously sent there while
extending the deployment of 400 and in a
drop in the bucket display Biden sends 60 ICE agents. Portland awash in crime,
homelessness and safety concerns has been shedding residents like a bad case of
dandruff and is now the 6 largest city in terms of population lost in the nation.
August 3, 2023 Michael P. Ridley
aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: National IPA Day: Created by Ashley Routson and
Ryan
Ross in 2011
and celebrated on the first Thursday in to promote craft beer which at that
time had less than 2000 craft breweries and now closer to 10,000. Easy to
celebrate at your local watering hole or supermarket shelf.
Word of the Day: the word
of the day is “arpenteur” which means a land surveyor, one of the most
notable of whom before achieving military success was George Washington who
became one in 1752 and completed some 200 surveys.
Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1943 was “You’ll
Never Know” by Dick Haymes and the Song Spinners on a run of 4 weeks to share with 11 other
songs achieving number 1 ranking. Here is a recording of Dick Haymes and the
Song Spinners performing “You’ll
Never Know”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKZlNeC8rCQ
August 3 Birthdays: “Age Is a State of
Mind”: Tom Brady, noted NFL quarterback with the New England Patriots and
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was born on this day in 1977 at San Mateo, California who
in a storied career won 7 Super Bowls and 5 Super Bowls MVP Awards and finally
retired for good in 2023 holding the most wins by a quarterback and being the
oldest quarterback to start a Super Bowl.
August 3, Historical Events In
Rhyme
1. On this day in 2004 after the
Statute of Liberty had been closed on 9/11 due to a feared terrorist attack/And
$20 million had been spent to upgrade the security the Statute lacked/The pedestal
was to the public opened again/ But only open to the first toe fearing another
attack but not knowing when.
2. On
this day in 1997 in Auckland, New Zealand after construction of 2 and ½ years/
The Sky Tower opened to the public as the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere/
Such notoriety sadly for the Kiwis would only for 25 years last/ until 2022
after 8 years on construction in Jakarta, The Autograph Tower at 382 meters
would soar past.
3. On this day in 1977 Tandy Corporation
announced the TR-80 the first mass produced PC/ To outsell Apple II’s Mac
initially/ But lousy quality control and unreliability became a sales killing trend/And
Tandy’s foray into the PC market to Jobs’ relief would soon come to an end.
4. On this day in 1958 the USS Nautilus,
the world’s first nuclear submarine completed a submerged traverse of the North
Pole/Achieving an escape for detection goal/Fulfilling the submariner’s creed “I
can run underneath the service not having to surface to complete a recharging
the battery needs.
5. On this day in 1936 after the NAACP
failed to convince Jessie Owens in the Berlin Olympics not to compete/ Won his
first Gold Medal in the 100 M dash by a .1 of a second to a teammate defeat/ He
would go on to win 3 more Gold Medals to the Nazi claims of Aryan supremacy
arrest/The Nazi’s touting of Aryan supremacy during the Olympics had failed its
first major test.
Famous Quote on Competing
by the Birthday Boy, Tom Brady: “I
think that at the start of a game, you're always playing to win, and then maybe
if you're ahead late in the game, you start playing not to lose. The true
competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.”
© August 3,
2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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