© December 29, 2023 Ridley’s Believe It Or Not
Maine Blue Secretary of State Sheena Bellows who based
on her bias decided to remove Trump is getting a lot of flak from Red Maine
legislators who want to her to be impeached from Blue legislators who since
Trump was not impeached her attempt to ban him has jumped the gun. Her stunt
and the Colorado Supreme Court early banning Trump attempt and the California
Secretary of State wanting to follow the State Constitution to keep him on
should mean SCOTUS has to weigh in hopefully with not a 5-4 but a 9-0 ruling
that banning him without due process is
like dumping the rule of law into a trash bin.
On the need for humanitarian
aid to the Gazans, 81 truckloads of food and medicine entered through
checkpoints which the UN blasted as not enough
so Gazans remain in a world of hurt which could be ended in a heartbeat
if Hamas released the over 100 hostages it holds which it will not do since it
would expose Hamas hiding in the numerous tunnels to forced evacuation or
drowning.
In Ukraine, massive missile and drone
strikes against almost exclusively civilian targets with Putin emboldened by
signs support for Ukraine from the EU is fading away. The mass drone and
missile attack may have been in response to Ukraine’s severely damaging a
Landing ship of the Black Sea Fleet.
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 now 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.
The cry in California by
surfers of “Surf’s Up” has been drowned out by cries of the “Surf’s Really,
Really Up” as waves in the 20 to 40 feet range have been hitting California
north of Ventura to the Bay Area.
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy
Rocket has been launched carrying the secret uncrewed probe X-37B deep into the
cosmos in a mission believed to focus on how to sustain life in deep space
hostile environments.
Boeing’s 737 Max continues to
be in the news that the company does not want to hear, as it is this notifying
customers to be aware of loose or missing bolts being discovered in routine
maintenance checks.
Sam Bankman-Fried received
some good news that prosecutors will not being going to trial on additional
fraud allegations that were not included in his first trial paving the way for
him to be sentenced to what good be a very long time in prison. December 29, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: National Get On the
Scales Day: Clueless who or when created this holiday but if you are an
average American between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve you probably have
gained 6 pounds and knowing how much you weigh gives you an idea of how much
you might want to lose to maintain a healthy lifestyle in the coming year.
Word of the Day: The word
of the day as we continue with words starting with “b” is “brasero” which means
a place where criminals and heretics were burned and on October 7, 2023
Israelis living on the Gaza by Hamas terrorists.
Song of the
Day: Leaving the number 1 songs on this day in 1940’s to
come back to the number song in 1996 in the U.S.A. was “Un-Break
My Heart” by Toni Braxton on a run
of 4 to share number 1 status with 8 other songs, while 8 acts, including Toni
Braxton, achieved their first 1st number 1 single. Here is a music
video with lyrics of Toni Braxton performing “Un-Break My Heart”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Rch6WvPJE
December 29 Birthdays: “Breaking
Another Glass Ceiling”: Celebrating
the
birth on this day on December 29, 1947 in Pago Pago, American Samoa Aumua Amata to become the first Republican and the first
woman to represent American Samoa as a nonvoting member of House but able to
debate on vote on issues in committees in which she serves on.
December 29 Historical Events in
Rhyme
1. On this day in 2006 a loan
of $3.75 billion with interest at 2 %/The final payment to discharge the debt
was sent/Made by the U.S. as the British economy was near meltdown on July 15,
1946 with a term of 50 years with repayments in 1950 beginning to commence/Some
of the funds were to be used for needed food and consumer goods but as the Cold
War increased dollars were spent on restoring Britain’s defenses/6 years of
extensions when exchange rates were crippling/But paid off to the last pence
while our erstwhile allies the Soviets the chances of repayment to zero were
quickly dwindling.
2. On this day in 1998 in what
has to rank as the most severe what took you so long to apologize/The delay of
the apology by the leaders of the Khmer Rouge for the genocidal demise/In his
zeal to Mao and his Cultural Revolution ape/Khmer Rouge dictator Pol Pot
embarked on turning Cambodia in to utopian rural state/Abolished private property,
forced urban dwellers into collective farms where they starved and 2 million
died/Over worked and stripped of Buddhism any chance of the promised utopia denied.
3. On
this day in 1994 Turkish Airlines Flight Number 278/On a flight from Ankara, Turkey
to Van, Turkey and trying to land was told to wait/Pilot ignored with visibility
almost zero dui to blizzard snow/and on third try into the hillside the plane
would go/A crew of 7 and 69 passengers were on board/For ignoring a call to not
land 5 crew and 52 passengers died and the others survived with serious
injuries as their reward.
4. On
this Day in 1975 at La Guardia Airport at TWA’s area for baggage claim/A bomb in
a coin operated locker had exploded to kill and maim/Estimated to have the
force of 25 sticks of dynamite/Fortunately 30 minutes after 2 arriving flights/With
200 packed together now gone after suitcases mostly picked up suitcases/Death
count was only 11 with 74 wounded waiting for transportation or cab and limo
drives when the bomb would erupt/Although some have a link to The Croatian terrorist group OTPOR suggested/No one has been ever
arrested.
5.
Cecille B. De Milles on this day in 1913/Began filming for the Silver
Screen/The Squaw Man, a silent was 74 minutes long filmed in Hollywood and
a profit made/Soon Hollywood would be the film capital with many more movies in
a never ending parade.
Quote on the Cambodian
Genocide by Dith Pran on the death of Pol Pot in 1998, quoted in the Times:
“This is sad for the Cambodian people because he
was never held accountable for the deaths of 2 million of his fellow
countryman. The Jewish people's search for justice did not end with the death
of Hitler and the Cambodian people's search for justice doesn't end with Pol
Pot.”
© December 29, 2023 Ridley’s
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