On the growing retail crime front, large
retailers like Costco and Walmart are responding to customer complaints of
having to use self-service checkouts and the amount of five fingered discount
occurring at self-service checkouts are revaluating their use to the joy of
displaced checkout cashiers and shoppers who enjoy their brief interchange with
cashiers as the checkout.
On the Hamas Israeli War the IDF
has surrounded GAZA’s largest hospital which is running on fumes with respect
to fuel, food and medical supplies and is claiming Hamas has underground command
centers under the hospital. Hamas to be expected has denied the existence of
its forces underneath the hospital but has refused to allow inspection which
would end any dispute. The IDF is going to great lengths to avoid Gazan civilian
casualties but still receiving a host of complaints for the increasing number
of civilians in Gaza being killed.
On the SCOTUS ethics front
after conservative justices like Thomas and Alioto have come under fire for
accepting gifts such as free vacations, SCOTUS has promulgated a 14 page Code
of Ethics which is something that should have been done years ago. It is not
clear who will enforce violations or whether the other two coequal branches oof
government will have that right.
On the
open border front as monthly crossing of illegals continue to increase to new
levels and sanctuary cities like New York and Chicago are being overwhelmed by
the costs of providing shelter, food, medical treatment and other necessities
of life to illegal aliens, CNN has leaked plans of Trump to address the open
border by executive order terminating the funding of shelter and transportation
of illegals and rounding up illegal aliens to be placed in deportation centers
before being deported. Although not in the leak it can be assumed that Mayorkas
will be fired on day 1 of the Trump Administration.
On the fire front, a fire that
erupted under the an 1-10 underground storage has closed down an portion of the
I-10 in the downtown area with new reports that the damage will not result in
the need to replace certain sections such that the highway can be reopened in a
3-5 week time frame despite the holidays and winter rains.
On the climate change front
the national report required by law each 5
years on progress in meeting climate change goals shows that the U.S. is
slowly meeting those goals but not fast enough. The problem remains since carbon
emissions do not remain in place, whatever reductions we make here will be
obliterated by China’s and India’s increase in carbon emissions.
On the safety in food front, the
CDC has alerted retailers in 14 states that unsafe levels of lead contamination
have be found in cinnamon-flavored applesauce from , WanaBana Schnucks and Weis.
On the automaker’s EV front,
Stellantis has announced it is offering early retirement severance packages to
6400 of its nonunion salaried personnel to better able it to increase its EV
production.
November
14, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: World Diabetes Day: Created by the International
Diabetes Foundation and the World Health Organization and first celebrated on
the 14th day of November, 1991, the birthday of Sir Richard Banting,
the cofounder, along with Charles Best, of insulin in 1922. The holiday was
formed to create awareness of how to avoid Type II diabetes with proper diet
and exercise,
Word of the Day: The word
of the day as we continue with words starting with “b” is “bêtise” which means a foolish act or stupidity.
Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day
in 1943 was “Paper Doll” by the
Mills Brothers on a run of 8 weeks non
continuous sharing with 11 other songs achieving number 1 ranking. Here
is a recording of The Mills Brothers performing
“Paper Doll:”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaMeSrynug0
November 14 Birthdays: “Waiting Till the End of Time” -Celebrating the
birthday of King Charles III, born on this day in 1948 London to become the
longest serving heir apparent and upon becoming king on the death of his mother
Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, 2022 became the oldest person to accede to becoming
King of England.
November 14 Historical Events in Rhyme
1. On
this day in 2012 in response to increasing salvoes of Hamas rocket attacks/the
IDF launched its 8 day Operation of Pillar Defense as a means of striking back/
for 8 days Israeli jets controlled the skies/for 8 days Israeli Iron Dome penetration
by Hamas rockets denied/When the battle was over the IDF claimed it had struck
1500 sites while a United Nations High Commission on Refugees put the number of
dead Palestinians at 146 with 100’s of wounded Palestinians from destroyed
homes fleeing/With Hamas oblivious to the amount of loss their rockets had caused
to the Gazans’ wellbeing/What is so tragic that Hamas may have learned to dig
deeper and to store more ammo and rockets
underground/And that in the court of world using dead Gazans to be blamed on
the IDF is quite sound.
2. On this day in 2001
the Taliban which had previously controlled almost 90 percent of Afghanistan/facing
the Northern Alliance which before the events of 9/11 controlled some 10
percent of the land/Now faced the Northern Alliance backed by U.S. Air and troops
trying desperately control of the capital Kabul remain/It seemed to easy but against
U.S. support the Taliban were flushed down the drain.
3.
On this day in 1979, in response to the seizure of the American Embassy in
Tehran/President Carter froze all Iranian assets located in this land/Carter
was felt by the mullahs in Iran to be weak/Asset freezings failed to obtain the
release of the hostages they were designed to seek/But Reagan had been elected
and would on January 20 take power/Viewed as a commander in chief who would not cower/Iran’s military was aging fast
against Iraq was engaged in a war/Reagan was believed to have wanted to support
Iraq to cause Iran’s casualties to soar/Freeing the hostages moments after Reagan’s
inauguration the mullahs could not resist/Letting them go meant Iran would have
better chances to continue to exist.
4.
On this day in 1970 Marshal University’s Thundering Herd was flying back
home after suffering to the East Carolina Pirates a 17-14 loss/Oblivious to the
fact the team was facing a higher cost/In foul weather a mile away from the
airport the plane was flying too low/If the visibility would have been better
the tree tops along the side of the plane would show/Flight crashed into the
trees and into flames burst/Killed all 75 aboard to claim as a sports related
tragedy in U.S. history ranked as worst.
5. On
this day in 1960 escorted by federal marshals Ruby Bridges became the first
black elementary school student at William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans
to attend/Angry white parents in protest over integration refused to their kids
to the school send/All but one teacher refused to teach a black student/So Ruby
had a classroom to herself with 1 on 1 teaching while marshals violence
against her would prevent/She was as the marshals claimed a brave little
trooper and hero/Looking back at 1960 it is hard to believe so many parents
behaved like total zeros.
Quote by Matthew McConaughey in his
role as Coach Jack Lengyel of Marshall University’s Thundering Herd From the
Movie We Are Marshall: “For
those of you who may not know, this is the final resting place for six members
of the 1970 Thundering Herd. The plane crash that took their lives was so
severe, so absolute, that their bodies were unable to be identified. So they
were buried here. Together. Six players. Six teammates. Six Sons of Marshall.
This is our past, gentlemen. This is where we have been. This is how we got
here. This is who we are. Today, I want to talk about our opponent this
afternoon. They’re bigger, faster, stronger, more experienced and on paper,
they’re just better. And they know it too. But I want to tell you something
that they don’t know. They don’t know your heart. I do. I’ve seen it. You have
shown it to me. You have shown this coaching staff, your teammates. You have
shown yourselves just exactly who you are in here.
When you take that field today, you’ve got to lay that heart on the line, men.
From the souls of your feet, with every ounce of blood you’ve got in your body,
lay it on the line until the final whistle blows. And if you do that, if you do
that, we cannot lose. We may be behind on the scoreboard at the end of the game
but if you play like that we cannot be defeated. Now we came here today to
remember six young men and sixty-nine others who will not be on the field with
you today, but they will be watching. You can bet your ass that they’ll be
gritting their teeth with every snap of that football. You understand me? How
you play today, from this moment on is how you will be remembered. This is your
opportunity to rise from these ashes and grab glory. We are…
Young Thundering Herd: Marshall!
Jack Lengyel: We are.
Young Thundering Herd: Marshall!
Jack Lengyel: We are!
Young Thundering Herd: Marshall!
Jack Lengyel: The funerals end today!
November
14, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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