Finally one of
Biden’s publicized proclivities for ice cream may finally have a positive
effect as NYC is considering a law that would require ice cream trucks
operating in the city to operate their generators to keep ice cream frozen on
solar or batteries which ice cream operators to a scoop indicate it will be
impracticable and put them out of business (how about a White House phone call
from Biden to weigh in on the idiocy of such a proposal). Fox News recently disclosed that Eric Schwerin, one of
Hunter Biden’s business partners with him in his defunct investment firm that
its disclosure that Schwerin had visited the White House and the VP Biden’s private
resident at least 26 times had understated the number of visits which now total
at least 36 (how could anyone believe Biden’s repeated lies that he had no
knowledge of Hunter’s business dealing or had any conversations with him?).
Ohio is voting on a measure to amend its Constitution to raise the number of
votes needed to amend it from 50% plus 1 to 60% and seeing record turnout
(conservatives view the measure necessary to prevent out of state money to
influence key issues like abortion and gun control). De Santis may be behind in
the polls in the Republican Primaries, but he is not afraid to go into the
lion’s den as he submitted to a lengthy interview with NBC’s Dasha Burns
sparring with her that the Blues’ support of abortion right up to the moment of
birth which she claimed Blues do not support is the equivalent of infanticide
and admitting that Trump lost the election while pivoting to the issue that if
the 2024 election is about Biden’s failures he will win but if about January 6
or “how many classified documents were found in the toilet” he would lose. In
another example of why women are outdistancing men in applying for concealed
gun permits, a road rage incident ended in a Raleigh, North Carolina Food Lion parking
lot where Steven
McLamb,
the road rager followed his target and tried to enter her car while she was
still in it and was fatally shot by her. In addition to the detested reptilian
brain in politics there is also the corrupt lactational brain causing
politicians to take milk from entities they regulate as Democrat Public Service
Commissioner Brandon Presley running for governor in Mississippi is alleged to
have received the “Mothers’ Milk” funding from green energy companies he
regulates in violation of Mississippi law. After being in jail for 340 days,
the last police officer charged in the
killing of George Floyd, Tuo Thao was sentenced to 4 years 9 months to run
concurrently with the Federal Civil Rights for aiding and abetting the killing.
Sadly too often football players in colleges and the pros are infected with
reptilian brains but now we learn the condition may also lurk in NFL owner
as Enrique Javier Loya, a Houston Texans
minority owner and the co-founder and CEO of OTC Global Holdings LP, was
charged with rape and sexual abuse in Kentucky.
August 7, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka
The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: Purple Heart Day: Created by the Military Order
of the Purple Heart on this day in 2014 to commemorate a medal that traces its
beginnings to the Badge of Military Merit established by George Washington on
the day in 1782 which ended after the Revolutionary War end but was resurrected
in 1932 to honor servicemen who had died or been wounded in battle or died
after being wounded and expanded to include prisoners of war and those affected
by terrorists or friendly fire..
Word of the Day: the word
of the day is “arrosive” which means gnawing or chewing which describes
to a tee what rats have a tendency to do to insulated electric wiring.
Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1940 before
we go back to the present tomorrow to again go back daily was “I’ll Never
Smile Again” by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with vocals by Frank Sinatra
and the Pied Pipers on a run of 12 weeks in a song that brought Frank Sinatra
national acclaim to share number 1 status with 7 other songs achieving number 1
ranking. Here is a recording of Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with vocals by
Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers performing “I’ll Never Smile Again”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pusdvcy-DLw
August 7 Birthdays: “Like
Father Like Siblings: Francesca Eastwood, daughter of Clint Eastwood born
on this day in 1993 in Redding, California and like most of her half siblings
has followed her father in the film business.
August 7, Historical Events In
Rhyme
1. On this day in 2007 Barry Bonds
hit his 756th home run to pass Hank Aaron’s record that had lasted
33 years/Before the season ended 6 more
balls over the fences would appear/No team signed him for 2008 so he
hung up his bat/Passed over for admission to Baseball Hall of Fame despite
awesome stats/Could it be the rejection was due to the use of performance
enhancing drugs scandal?/Voters belief that admission be denied with even hint
of drug use to esteemed records as Ruth and Aaron to trample.
2. On this day in 1990 lightly armed soldiers
from the 101st Airborne began in Saudi Arabia to land/Fortunately
Hussein did not unleash his tanks from the Kuwaiti sands/While troops, air and
armor poured in he sat on his hands/Allowing a force any attempt to invade
Saudi Arabia withstand/Instead only rhetoric of the Mother of All Battles to
the Coalition forces defeat/After weeks of bombing, Coalition forces attacked
and in less than 100 hours Iraqis were in panic on the Highway of Death
retreat/In a move that would the 2nd invasion of Iraq portend/After
destroy many tanks and air sources, but not all, Bush called the invasion to
end.
3. On
this day in 1987 Lynne Cox left Little Diomede’s beach/clad only in a swim
suit/swim cap and goggles to try by swimming to Big Diomede reach/In waters
hovering near 38 degrees/Water was only
9.6 above having salt water freeze/Flanked by 3 sea skin kayaks in a thick fog
the island she could not see/ When a Soviet vessel appeared out of the fog to
point her in a path to exit from the frigid sea/Saw a crowd of Soviet athletes,
newsmen and officials on a nearby beach/Despite the cold and near exhaustion swam
an extra half mile to them reach/After 2 hours and 16 minutes in the water she
was too exhausted to stand/2 Soviet soldiers grabbed her hands and pulled her
up out the shallow water to land/Her effort was made to theCold War try to
thaw/The idea of nuclear war no one could win was flawed.
4. On this day in 1964 in a rush to judgment based on falsehoods not facts/Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin giving LBJ broad powers to with military force the Viet Cong and North Vietnam attack/The nation based on false radar blips slipped headfirst into a long war/58,193 killed and 303,798 wounded 153, 372 which were hospitalize as the nation apart it tore.
5. On this day in 1944 IBM introduced the first programed calculator known as the Harvard Mark 1, 816 cubic feet in size and weighing 9,443 pounds, its size and weight would stun/The need to miniaturize obviously had not begun/But in the not too distant futures calculators the size of credit cards would us stun.
Famous Quotes on the Lynne Cox’s Swim to Big Diomede USSR Lynne Cox:“I decided to go that extra half mile, because I felt like if I touch rock, instead of somebody’s hand, what have I done? Nothing! There was no connection with the people on the opposite shore. They were so excited because they realized that for the first time in 48 years the border was open, and they were there to witness it and greet us.”
Ronald Reagan, on Signing the Intermediate Range Nuclear Treaty: “We saw on television how sincere and friendly the meeting was between our people and the Americans when she stepped onto the Soviet shore. She proved by her courage how close to each other our peoples live.”
© August 7, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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