© December 7, 2023 Ridley’s Believe It Or Not
The tsunami created by the
presidents of 3 Ivy League Universities--
Harvard, MIT and refusal to acknowledge a growing wave of antisemitism is
growing by leaps and bounds with major donors cancelling pledges, resigning
from governing boards and calls from politician to subpoena records to
investigate how real claims antisemitism are and whether they are growing.
Cries are being raised that
the 3 were picked as presidents not because they were competent but rather they
filled the DEI boxes. A rabbi on Harvard’s antisemitism board resigned after
hear Harvard’s president testify. In Albany, New York outside of Temple Israel
which had preschoolers inside, a 28 year old male shouted “Free Palsistine
before firing his shotgun then dropping it to the ground before police arrived
to detain him. The trustees of Penn went into emergency session after a $100
million donor demanded Penn’s President resign after her testimony. Several Red
Reps are demanding the Event Brite disclose to terms of its antisemitism event
polices.
On the Hunter Biden criminal
front, he has been indicted in Los Angelese on 9 counts arising out of his
failure to pay $200,000 in taxes in 2019 while the House is considering to hold
him in Contempt of Congress if he does not appear to be deposed.
On the University of Nevada shooting front,
police have identified the shooter as 67 year old Anthony James Polito of
Henderson Nevada who had applied unsuccessfully to be hired at colleges in the
area. He killed 2 and wounded 1 and was shot to death in a shootout with
police.
On the salmonella front, the
FDA after learning of 230 cases with 3 deaths in 38 states in 129 cases in Canada in 6 provinces with 5
deaths has issued a recall of whole and precut pared cantaloupe from Mexico and
sold under the Rudy and Malichita brands to Sprouts, Trader Joe’s, Kwik Trip,
RaceTrac, Aldi, Walmart and Vinyard.
On the internet security front Meta has
announced an encryption by default on Facebooks platforms allowing only the
intended recipient to read the messages. In the war on false information the
company announced it was reviewing claims of false information concerning the
Hamas Israeli War.
December 7, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
Noted Holidays: National
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: Created by the U.S. Congress by joint
resolution on October 3, 1984 to honor the 2412 Americans who lost their lives
on morning hours of December 7, 1984 to prompt us to never not be vigilant to
the forces of terror wherever they may be to that want destroy or damage our
way of life.
Word of the Day: The word
of the day as we continue with words starting with “b” is “blandiloquence” which means
complimentary speech or flattery which it is almost guaranteed one will hear in
a typical T-Ball interview by a member of the MSM interviewing Biden or one of
his cabinet officials.
Song of the Day: Leaving the
number 1 songs on this day in 1940’s to come back to the number song
in 2018 in the U.S.A. was “Thank U Next” by Ariana
Grande on a run of 6 weeks noncontinuous to share number 1 status with 11 other
songs, while 13 acts reached number one status while 9 acts, including Ariana
Grande had their 1st number 1 single and
XXX Tentacion received his first number 1 single posthumously, Here is a
recording with lyrics of Ariana Grande performing “Thank U Next”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl1aHhXnN1k
December 7
Birthdays: “Try to shoot down a Red Tail and you will fail” celebrating the birth on this day in Cleveland,
Ohio who joined the Tuskegee Airman who escorted B-17’s and B-24’s on the
Italian front in World War II and never lost a plane they were escorting and
who advertised their presence to any German fighter pilot who had the temerity
to enter into aerial armed combat with them. Stayed in the military to fight in
the Korean and Vietnam wars to fly before his retirement in 1973 in 3 wars 409
combat missions, a very high number. He never lost his flying skills, in 2019
to celebrate his 100th birthday he took over the controls of a
Cirrus Vision Jet and a Cessna Citation M2, not having flown a plane in 37
years but receiving a high passing grade in terms of pilot skills from those in
the plane with him. He died in his sleep on January 16, 2022 as one of the last
surviving Tuskegee Airmen.
December
7, Historical Events in Rhyme
1.
On this day in 1993 a mass shooting occurred on the Long Island Rail Road that
highlighted that racism is a two way street/As Jamaican borne Colin Ferguson
boarded car number 3 of the LIRR heading east/Pulled out his semi-automatic
handgun and in 3 minutes walking down the aisle killed 6 and wounded 19 all
white/After emptying 2 magazines he reached into his bag of 160 rounds/While
trying to reload several passengers jumped him and pinned him to the ground/Until
an off duty cop picking up his wife put him in cuffs/Search warrants of his
personal belongings revealed a bounty of hateful and needing revenge against
whites stuff/ William Kunstler of Chicago 7 trial fame was to be his lawyer who
raised the defense of insanity and “black rage”/A defense to the shootings
after all the discrimination against him by whites Ferguson had claimed was
waged/Ferguson wanted to dismiss his counsel and represent himself which proved
to be a big error/Jury quickly convicted him on January 17, 1995 of all counts
of murder and attempted murder shooting terror/Judge sentenced this reverse
racist to 315 years and 8 months which means/He will never again outside of
prison be seen.
2. On
this day in 1982 in society’s never ending quest/To make death of a convicted
felon less painful and with less stress/Charles Brooks, Jr. in Texas had the
dubious distinction of being the first inmate to die by lethal injection/His
fellow co-felon cut a plea deal to earn a death sentence rejection/40 years in
prison but after 11 years served/Released on parole to with a chance to his
remaining life outside of prison preserve.
3.
On this day in 1972 in an end of an era of Lunar Landings/Apollo 17 was
launched and en route to the Moon took a photo of Earth which will forever
remain outstanding/Called the “Blue Marble” our for now only home/But as we
denigrate it to future homes following generations will have to roam:
On this
day in 1946, in the same way the Titanic proved no ship is unsinkable,
the 15 story Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta advertised as “absolutely fireproof”
suffered in a fire the unthinkable/Steel does not burn but flammable interiors
do/No sprinkler system and a single flight of stairs above third floor was a
death trap and with the fire was through/Of the 304 quests, 65 injured, 119
died in the deadliest U.S. hotel fire, including 32 who jumped or fell from bedsheets
tied together too far above the ladders or the ground/The vaunted central fire
alarm system made no sound/Like the Titanic whose designer and captain
went down with the ship/The hotel owners the Winecoff’s never escaped the
deadly smoke inhalation grip.
4. On
this day in 1932 Albert Einstein received a visa to visit the U.S./While there
Hitler was elected and he was smart enough to know discrimination against Jews
would increase and not be less/From the U.S. to Germany he never returned/Could
read the handwriting on the wall to know not even his Nobel Prize would save
him from being gassed and then burned.
5. On this day in 1904 the Royal Navy
conducted a fuel efficiency test/ Between the HMS Spiteful which burned
only oil and the HMS Peterel powered
only by coal to see which fuel was best/The stokers manned their shovels at an
exhausting pace/But could not match the oil fed into the boilers pace/And could
not hide the massive revealing burning coal black smoke trail/Which would mean
any attempt to avoid detection would fail.
Quote on the
deaths caused by hotel fires by Harry S. Truman: “The serious losses in
life and property resulting annually from fires cause me deep concern. I
am sure that such unnecessary waste can be reduced. The substantial
progress made in the science of fire prevention and fire protection in this country
during the past forty years convinces me that the means are available for
limiting this unnecessary destruction. ”
© December
7, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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