© December 28, 2023  Ridley’s Believe It Or Not

             If we thought censure might cause Rashida Tlaib to tone down her antisemitic rhetoric we were greatly disappointed as she blasted Netanyahu as a “genocidal maniac and blasted any of her fellow Blues that had the temerity to recently meet with this “murderer.”
             On the ban Trump from the ballot in Colorado front, the Colorado GOP filed an appeal with SCOTUS prompting the Colorado Secretary of State to put Trump’s name on the primary ballot on January 5, 2024 unless SCOTUS affirms the Colorado Supreme Court ruling or refuses to take up the case. Hopefully this ruling will put a damper on the more that dozen cases filed in state courts trying to keep Trump off the ballot other than Maine whose Blue Secretary of State Sheena Bellows after an “administrative hearing” ruled Trump had participated in an insurrection and barred him being of the ballot which will be appealed and gives greater urgency for SCOTUS to rule on the ability of Secretaries of State to remove a candidate from the ballot on a charge that he or she participated in an insurrection.
              On the illegal surge front a caravan of illegals totaling more 8,000 has just crossed into Mexico’s southern border with the organizer a zealot open border proponent bragging that it will near 15,000 when it reaches the U.S. while Blinken is hand in hand visiting Mexico seeking their assistance in securing their southern border. So far only Texas has recognized what the surge of illegals really is—an invasion mostly without arms and is not arresting illegals crossing into Texas which Arizona, New Mexico and most importantly California should follow coupled with no aid and assistance and sending them back home which cause illegal immigration to dry up overnight.
              As might be expected the Biden Administration instead of implementing means to secure the border is threatening to sue Texas for its stepping in to do what the Biden Administration has capitulated on—securing the border.
              On the Hamas Israeli War propaganda front, pro-Palestinian protestors have been trying to block access to airports in New York City and block the entrances to the World Trade Center.
            December 28, 2023  Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet 
            Noted Holidays: National Short Film Day: Created by Film Moment in 2019 and celebrated on December 28 of each year to commemorate  In 1895 at the Grand Café in Paris, two brothers sparked the world's love of cinema. Auguste and Louis Lumière brought that fascination to life first in a paying audience of 33 customers. That day, the film pioneers presented 10 short films, each about 50 seconds in length. To the amazement of all those in attendance, the brothers captured everyday events on film and played them back as moving pictures. The experience of “watching movies” came alive that day. And it all began with those first 10 short films.
             Word of the Day: The word of the day as we continue with words starting with “b” is “brandling” which means striped earthworm used as bait.
              Song of the Day: Leaving the number 1 songs  on this day in 1940’s to come back to the number song in 1997 in the U.S.A.  was  “Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Looked Last Night”  by Elton John on a run of 12 to share number 1 status with 9 other songs, while 7 acts, including The Notorious B.I.G. who was the 5 artist to achieve number one status posthumously, achieved their first 1^st number 1 single. Here is a recording of Elton John performing “Candle In the Wind 1997”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxb0GeS4gL8
               December 28 Birthdays: “RINO Is Ticket to Better RINO Gigs”: Celebrating the birth on this day on December 28, 197I in Chinandega, Nicaragua of Anna Navarro, co-host on The View to as a Red though centrist as a supposed counterweight to  the over the top leftist views of the likes of Goldberg, Behar, and Hostin, a role she performs poorly having voted for HRC in 2016 and Biden in 2020 and probably is supporting him again in 2024,
               December 28 Historical Events in Rhyme
               1.      On this day in 1978, UA Flight 173 headed to Portland from JFK after a stop in Denver to refuel/ While beginning to land with flaps down and landing gear to be lowered a malfunctioning chip would the crew fool/Was not green so the landing gear was thought to be not locked in the position down/Which would mean it would buckle and the plane would crash into the ground/Flew around in circles for over an hour trying to be certain the landing gear was locked to safely bring the plane down/With flaps down burned more fuel and the 4 engines soon flamed out for the now glider to crash into the ground/27 people injured and 10 died/Thanks to not monitoring the fuel and a faulty chip on they relied.
               2.      On this day in 1973 the Endangered Species Act was by Nixon signed into law/To recognized that any conservation effort that ignored protection of habitat was flawed/As of 2023 of the 1780 species that were once on the endangered or threaten list/ 64 had moved from endangered to threatened and 64 would without endangered or threatened status exist/Despite our best efforts 11 species have become extinct/another 23 have not been seen for so long extinct status is what agencies think.
               3.      On this day in 1972 the day President Truman died most federal offices with day of mourning closures complied/The last 300 draftees as the draft was to end the next day reported but access to locked federal buildings was denied/Never had to the jungles of South Vietnam report/To run the risk of their lives in a rice paddy being cut short.
              4.      On this Day in 1967 the glass ceiling at the home of the Bulls and Bears/Was shattered as Muriel Seibert became the first female member of the New York Stock Exchange though many of the men did not want her there/Relentless advocate of women in financial markets as the best way to compete/Against Asian countries using only half their population to result in greater losses and defeats/Appointed as Superintendent of New York banks/With the distinction of during her tenure never having one go into the tank.
              5.      On this day in 1943 the 3 day deportation 93,000 Kalmyks to Siberia commenced/In Stalin’s mind 5,000 of them earlier in the German invasion had committed a mortal offense/Formed into a cavalry corps to fight on the German’s side/That some 23,000 had served in the Red Army winning 8 Orders of Lenin to defeat the German invasion tide/Being deported to Siberia and its living conditions caused the death of 16,000 Kalmyks/And the charge against Stalin and his henchmen as war criminals to in history forever stick.
              Quote on the Endangered Species’ Act  by James Saxton, Moderate Republican Congressman from New Jersey Who Served For 25 Years:
               “It is a drastic mistake to eliminate the provisions that have to do with the protection of habitat for endangered species. It is my opinion that the Endangered Species Act is 99 percent about protecting critical habitat.”

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