On Hamas aping ISIS in attacks on Israel, the
terrorists who infiltrated Israel by land and sea have been killing men, women
and children where ever they can find them or taking them away back to Gaza to
be held as hostages and now threatening to execute them if Israel invades Gaza which
given the size of the IDF’s callup it seems it is preparing to do. At least 11
Americans have been killed but not clear whether their deaths were caused by
rockets or by the terrorists that invaded Israel. Blinken seems out of touch
advocating in social media a cease fire which was quickly deleted by him after
backlash and not yet blaming Iran for the attacks.
On the Biden blame front, as
the skies over Israel are filled with Hamas rockets, Biden’s White House Staff
are not burning the midnight oil on how to respond to the Hamas invasion but
rather enjoying a barbecue serenaded by a life band—another example of how
clueless he is on the message optics the event to Israel and the world sends.
On Israel’s response Netanyahu is claiming
that Hamas has made a mistake of epic proportions, vowing that Israel will win
this battle against Hamas. As Israel has declared a complete blockade of Gaza
such that no food, fuel or power will be able to get in so even as Israel vows
it will win the non Hamas residents living in Gaza will lose big time.
On the open border front, 260,000
encounters with illegals occurred in September an all-time record that Biden’s
way too late planned construction of 20 miles of border wall is a mere drop in
the bucket will do squat to deter illegals from crossing the border.
On the Social Security front,
beneficiaries are looking at a 3.2% increase in 2025 and inflation has cooled
somewhat.
On grizzly bear front the
Biden Administration is getting pushback on its idea to admit 7 Grizzly bears
annually in the North Cascades Park as the news of a couple being killed by a
grizzly in Banff National Park with a can of empty bear spray found nearby is
still fresh in the news. A least you can carry a firearm in our National Parks
if it complies with state and federal laws but to insure safety make sure it
has a large enough magazine with bullets that will stop a raging charging
grizzly.
On the RFK, Jr. campaign
front, Kennedy has ended the speculation to announce he is running for
president as an Independent which should put a nail in Biden’s political coffin
perhaps forcing him to withdraw as an increasing number of Blues citing his age
and mental ability are urging him to do.
October 9,
2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted
Holidays: National Online Banking Day founded by Ally Bank to recognize its
obtaining its 1 millionth customer in 2015 and celebrated on the second Monday
of October since 2015 to promote on line banking which is usually less costly
that brick and mortar band charges and way more 24/7 convenient.
Word of the Day: The word
of the day as we end the word of the day starting with “a” to move to words
starting with “b” “balneary” which means a bath, something we can enjoy
daily and for our middle age ancestors was a rarity.
Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1967
was “The Letter” by The Box Tops on a run of 4 weeks to share number 1 status with 18
other songs achieving number 1 ranking while 8 acts, including The Box Tops,
achieved number one status for the first time. Here is a video of The Box Tops performing
“The Letter”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIWY8UyW9bw
October 9 Birthdays: “49’ers
Are Back With a Strong Defense and a Balanced Thanks to McCaffrey Running and
Passing Attack”— George
Kittle Tight End for the 49’ers, born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1993 who
received on this Sunday Night Football slaughter of the Dallas Cowboys by the
49’ers 3 touchdown passes.
October 9
Historical Events in Rhyme
1.
On this day in 2012, a Pakistani Taliban assassin shot Malala Yousafzai in the head/But attempt failed as she was severely wounded
but not dead/Her crime that justified the attempt/And why the Taliban where
ever found must be held in contempt/She spoke out long and loudly that
education for girls was a right/That closing down girls schools was an action
that society had to fight/To the Taliban’s envious surprise/2 years later she
became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
2. On
this day in 2007/Investors thought the dot.com boom would mean on Earth
financial heaven/The Dow Jones Average reached an all-time high of 14,164/Then
collapsed as the dot.com bubble burst and the financial heaven was no more.
3. On
this day in 1995 Amtrak’s Sunset Limited near Palo Verde, Arizona
derailed/By sabotage of realigning the tracks but not cutting wires so
realignment warning failed/8 of the 12 cars went off the tracks, 4 falling 30
feet off a trestle into a dry river bed/With 78 injured, 25 of whom were hospitalized
with 12 with serious injuries but thankfully only 1 dead/Saboteur or saboteurs
were never found/But believed to be revenge for the deadly Waco siege from
notes found on the derailment grounds.
4. On
this day in 1986 CBS’, NBC’s and ABC’s lock on viewers was no more/With Fox
Broadcasting Network now broadcasting the number of networks increased to 4/The
Big 3 still in the top 3 places/But Fox with 50.5 million viewers has their
power partially erased.
5. On this day in 1969
after the trial of the Chicago 8 on September 24th had commenced/And
large numbers of protestors outside the courthouse to the holding of the trial
taking place/While inside the courtroom judicial bias and defendants’ mocking theater
taking place/The governor sent in the National Guard to prevent rioters to the
protestors replace.
Quote on the reflections of the dot.com bubble burst by Fred
Wilson, a venture capitalist who funded many dot.com startups and lost 90% of
his net worth when the bubble burst: “ A friend of mine has a great line.
He says "Nothing important has ever been built without irrational
exuberance." Meaning that you need some of this mania to cause investors
to open up their pocketbooks and finance the building of the railroads or the
automobile or aerospace industry or whatever. And in this case, much of the
capital invested was lost, but also much of it was invested in a very high
throughput backbone for the Internet, and lots of software that works, and
databases and server structure. All that stuff has allowed what we have today,
which has changed all our lives... that's what all this speculative mania built.”
©
October 9, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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