On the
urban decline front, embattled Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has indicated that he
will not run for reelection in 2024 to focus on solving Portland’s severe
problems like crime and homelessness and after touting his “successes” assured
Portlanders that Portland’s “best days lie ahead” (with him not in the Mayor’s
Office he is certainly right assuming the voters don’t elect someone like the
candidate whom Wheeler narrowly beat in 2020—an avowed supporter of antifa, but
rather a mayor who is tough on crime, ends Portland’s sanctuary city
status, removes the tent cities that
plague Portland and support the police).
The bogus plea deal for Hunter
that a judge threw out is bearing some fruit as he was indicted for lying about
his drug use on a federal form and illegally possessing a firearm but before
Reds pop the corks there should be massive outrage over Weiss’ slow crawl of
income tax violations for money received by Hunter which may have allowed the
statute of limitations to lapse.
On the virus infection front,
India is facing an outbreak of Nipah virus infections which are spread by
infected fruit bats in the Indian state of Kerala and whose mortality rate is
near 75%.
On the Writers’ Guild Strike
front, Bill Maher announced that his show “Real Time” must go on without
segments that need writers which had the left in meltdown mode calling him scab
and has beens like Keith Olbermann touting the show without writer would be “83
seconds long.”
On the concert front viral
recording sensation Oliver Anthony cancelled a performance at the Cotton Eyed
Joe Club in Knoxville, Tennessee after the venue wanted to charge $90 a ticket
and $200 for a meet and greet after he instructed his friend who booked the engagement
he wanted the ticket prices to be $40-25 and nothing for the meet and greet. He
also sounded off that if we do not change our ways and focus on what made this
country great, in one generation we will not have a country.
On the school bullying front, the
Moreno Valley School District in California has just settled a bullying
wrongful death suit brought by the parents of then 13 year old Diego Stolz who
complained of being bullied by 2 13 year old middle school students and was promised
the bullies would be reported and expelled which they were not and on September
16, 2019 he was punched to death by them who being juveniles were sentenced
only to 47 days plus ordered into therapy. The settlement cost the district $27
million.
On the diversity front the Trustees
of the Sunol Glen Unified School District in the East Bay which serves 278 K-8
students voted 2-1 voted to ban all flags other the U.S. and California flags
from its school flag poles.
On the EV cart before the horse
mandate in California of banning the sale of new fossil fueled cars in 2035
when it is doubtful there will be enough charging stations and electricity to
make them a reliable choice, the House passed the Preserving Choice in Vehicle
Purchases Act, 222-190 with 8 Blues voting yes to ban California from banning
the sale of fossil fueled cars which has been introduced in the Senate but not
out of Committee yet but facing a potential veto by Biden
On the natural disaster
front, Danial an unusually severe storm in the Mediterranean with massive
rainfall caused two dams near the city of Derna, Libya to breach sending a
tidal wave of flood waters into Derna which has killed 11,300 with another
10,000 reported missing.
September 14, 2023
Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: Support
Latino Business Day: Created on this day in 2019 Support Latino
Business Day (SLB) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working to uplift, champion, and resource the
4.37 million Latino/x businesses to scale and thrive for generations to come.
Word
of the Day: The word of the day to dazzle your rural friends that
you are not a “city slicker” is “aubin” which
means a horse’s gait between an amble and a gallop.
Song of the Day: The number 1 song
on this day in 1992 was “End of the
Road” by Boyz II Men on a run of 13 weeks to share number 1 status with 11
other songs achieving number 1 ranking while 7 acts, including Boyz II Men,
achieved number one status for the first
time. Here is a video recording with
lyrics of Boyz II Men performing “End
of the Road”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKO6XYXioc
September
14 Birthdays: “The Mouse No Longer Roars But Squeals”—Ron De Santis, born
on this day in 1978 in Jacksonville, Florida to become a member to become a member of the
House of Representatives and the Governor of Florida where he attacked
Disneyworld’s self-governing status and the woke assault in public schools from
CRT to gender reaffirmation and is now a candidate for president but trailing
Trump and Nikki Haley.
September 14 Historical Events in Rhyme
1. On
this day in 2001 at the Washington Memorial Cathedral a Memorial Prayer Service
for the victims was held/A nation grieving for the thousands dead as the WTC buildings
were felled/And the Pentagon was hit by a fully fueled jet plane/And the
passengers who died trying to a hijacked plane aiming for the White House
restrain/A lot of sadness and overflowing tears of grief/But an angry resolve
for revenge that would bring to the suffering some relief.
2. On
this day in 1998 World Com and MCI Communications in a $37 Billion deal merged/Almost
before the champagne bottles had emptied another merger was urged/Sprint and
MCI World. Com announced a $137 Billion deal to merge/But DOJ opposition that
the merger would create a monopoly caused both boards to the deal purge/But
soon a small team of internal auditors uncovered billions of overstating income/And
very soon into B/K would MCI. Com succumb/And due to the founder’s active fraud
role he was convicted of securities fraud and sentenced to 25 years/After serving
13 years he was released as death on his doorstep was very soon to appear.
3. On
this day in 1984 Joseph Kittinger took off from Caribou, Maine/In a large gas
balloon with a gondola underneath not a plane/Flying solo over the Atlantic Ocean
with the winds as his only power source/To 4 days later land his Balloon of
Peace in Cairo
Montenotte, Italy after completing his long Transatlantic course.
4. On this day in 1960 The Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries was founded/To obtain higher prices for the
petroleum in the members that abounded/In addition to higher prices controlling
the flow of oil to further political means/Has too often been part of our
international conflict scenes/More green energy and domestic production will
weaken OPEC’s grip/And attempts to use oil as a weapon in the bud nip.
5. On
this day in 1812 Napoleon’s Grande Armée entered Moscow thinking that
the war against Russia had been won/But the Russian Army was not contesting but
evacuating as the Moscow Fire had just
begun/Destroying almost all buildings except those made of stone/With no
shelter, little provisions and the first snows starting to fall Napoleon had no
choice but to start to retreat back to home.
Quote on OPEC: Donald Trump: “If you
look - look at - I mean, look at what's going on with your gasoline prices.
They're going to go to $5, $6, $7 and we don't have anybody in Washington that
calls OPEC and says, 'Fellas, it's time. It's over. You're not going to do it
anymore.'”
©
September 14, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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