In another sign of growing intolerance of the PC and Woke Warriors an Instagram meme was posted with George Floyd’s head on Simon the Crab with a logo of “Under Da Knee” liked by 77,360 viewers and one Noah Gragson, an up and coming NASCAR racer who was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR. Trump true to his counterpuncher image many have counter one punched too many with his post on Truth Social “IF YOU ARE COMING AFTER ME, I AM COMING AFTER YOU, prompting Smith’s legal to file a motion for a protective order to limit what discovery material Trump can disclose to the public with the judge giving Trump’s legal team a deadline of Monday to file a response. On the why there are not enough police front, Temple University police officer Chris Fitzgerald responding to a robbery call, started a foot chase of 3 hooded suspects who were running away, catching up with 18 year old Miles Pfefer and ordering him to the ground who then pulled a gun and shot Fitzgerald in head and torso then as he fell to the ground shot him 3 more times to kill him (fortunately caught and hopefully will be convicted and sent away never to be free of a prison cell again). Blue Boston Mayor Michelle Wu under fire for creating an “enemies list” of people who have protested against her policies and sending it to the BPD has been ordered to turn the list over along with emails in a criminal case between two restaurant owners, one of whom was on the list. In Tulsa. Donavan Anderson was arrested for kicking and stomping on the head of a 71 year old woman for saying something he didn’t want to hear: (a look of a lot of defiance and a look of a total lack of regret for the assault.
In a striking
reminder that green energy touted by the Biden Administration in place of fossil
fuels comes with dangers also as activists are claiming that the massive wind
turbines both in construction and in operation are destructive to sea life
especially whales with damaged sonar that are being beached to then die in
record numbers. Erryn Bradley, out on bond for exposing himself to a female gas
station owner in October has been arrested for sexually assaulting another
woman in Tulsa and can look forward to his bond revoked and a much higher bond
if any as a result of the arrest. In a must win game the U.S.A. women play
Sweden in a must win game Sunday morning at 2:00 PDT (in what could be their
last game in the 2023 World Cup let’s hope they all including retiring Meghan
Rapinoe show respect for our flag during the National Anthem).
August 5, 2023 Michael P. Ridley
aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: National Jamaican Patty Day: Created by Golden
Krust Caribbean Bakery in May, 2015 and first celebrated on August 1, 2015 and
thereafter on the first Saturday of August to promote a unique Jamaican
dish which is a turnover style pastry
stuffed with seasoned meat, fish, or vegetables covered in a baked thick crust
in the shape of a crescent. In 1989 Lowell Hawthorne and his wife with the aid
of their siblings opened the first Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery in the Bronx
which crew to 17 outlets in 1996 and now has 100 operates over 100 Golden Krust
Caribbean Bakery and Grill in 8 states but sadly California is not one of them.
Word of the Day: the word
of the day is “arreptitious” which means seized or repressed by a
demoniac means which describes to joy expressed on the MSM panels over the 4
Trump indictment.
Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1941 was “Daddy” by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with
Kaye Choir non continuous to share with 10
other songs achieving number 1 ranking. Here is a recording of Swing and Sway
with Sammy Kaye with Kaye Choir performing “Daddy”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RizJ65iH60w
August 5 Birthdays: “Small Step for a
Man a Great Leap for Mankind”: Neil Armstrong first person to step foot on
the Moon on June 21, 1969 was born on
this day in 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio was awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom and became grounded from space flight with his death on August 25,2012 18 days after having heart
surgery for complications.
August 5, Historical Events In
Rhyme
1. On this day in 2015 to protect
the environment EPA/showed its ineptness on display/At the Gold King Mine in
Colorado caused into the Colorado River the release/ Of 3 million gallons of
deadly tailings into the river that would not soon cease/ Proved once “We are
from the feds to you help” is a myth/Nothing but damage in no way to be welcomed as a beneficial gift.
2. On this day in 1981 Ronald Reagan drew a
line in the sand/Without traffic air controllers commercial planes could not
safely take off or land/After the air controllers went out strike/Come back to
work or you are fired and take a hike/ With supervisors and military personnel
commercial aircraft was able to continue to fly/But PATCO the union for air
traffic controllers was decertified.
3. On
this day in 1974 the U.S. appetite for funding the Vietnam War came to an
end/Congress voted that no more in a $ 1 billion in military aid could we send/
Without continued military support funding the writing was on the wall/In less
than two years later on April 30, 1975 South Vietnam to the North would fall.
4. On this day in 1974 under order of SCOTUS
President Nixon released the ”Smoking Gun” tapes/Almost immediately political
support to remain in office began to completely evaporate/Tapes made on June
22, 1972 his obstruction of justice and interference with the Watergate revealed/
Not wanting to be the only president found guilty of impeachment his
resignation fate was sealed.
5. On this day in 1957 the precursor to MTV American
Bandstand/With Dick Clark as host attracted teenagers to TV sets across the
land/Teenagers dancing on camera to Top 40 songs/With at least one live musical
act lip syncing along/Dick Clark was the only host from beginning to its ABC
1987 end/His long term of hosting surrounded by teens seemed to in its tracks
halt the aging trend. Famous Quotes on the Air
Traffic Controllers’ Strike:
Ronald
Reagan, in a letter to PATCO President Robert Poli, October 20, 1980: “You can
rest assured that if I am elected President, I will take whatever steps are
necessary to provide our air traffic controllers with the most modern equipment
available and to adjust staff levels and work days so that they are
commensurate with achieving a maximum degree of public safety... I pledge to
you that my administration will work very closely with you to bring about a
spirit of cooperation between the president and the air traffic controllers.”
Ronald Reagan, Press Conference
on August 3, 1981: “They are in violation
of the law, and if they do not report for work within 48 hours, they have
forfeited their jobs and will be terminated.”
© August 5,
2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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