Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For May 9, 2020 The CV pandemic
across the planet crosses the 4,000,000 mark in cases with 97,209 new
cases (a 2.43% increase compared to a 3% increase yesterday) to
bring the total to 4,095,129 cases,2,383,840
of which are active, 1,711,289 of which have been closed
with 1,431,202 recoveries (83.63% compared to yesterday’s 83.33%)
and 280,087 deaths (16.37% compared to yesterday’s 16.67%);
in the U.S. which has the dubious distinction of leading the world in total
cases`with new cases of 28,786 have brought total cases to 1,344,683 (a 2.19%
increase compared to yesterday’s 4.89% increase) with 1,027,958 active
cases and 316,725 closures, 79,960 of which have been deaths (25.25% compared
to yesterday’s 26.08%) and 236,765 of which have been
recoveries (74.75% compared to yesterday’s 73.9%), while total testing has
increased to 8,888,330, an increase of
324,153 from yesterday; Obama has
surfaced once more on the political scene charging the dismal of charges agains
Flynn represent a grave departure from the rule of law (you have to admire him
for keeping a straight face given his wiretapping of Flynn and the FBI’s grave
prosecutorial misconduct and his mischaracterization of Flynn being charged
with perjury when he was not); Obama also slammed Trump for his response on the
pandemic, calling it misguided and a disaster and blaming Trump for the divide
in this country (looks like Obama no longer watches MSM’s 24/7 TDS rants or the
rabid resist movement at all costs in the Blues and Hidin’ Biden may be jumping
for joy in his basement as Obama promised to do everything it takes to propel
Biden to a win); Gruesome Newsom who can’t be trusted to do a reputable mask
deal has opened the floodgates of voter harvesting fraud by announcing he will be
sending mail in ballots to all Californians; Pelosi has reverted back to her
ripping up the SOUS by telling a reporter to not waste her time on what Trump
says (control your hate Nancy, it makes you look like an idiot); on the CV good
news front 99 year old 2 time Purple Heart WWII Marine Max deWeese has successfully
recovered from COVID-19 (Semper Fi and Oorah Max)) and Angelina Friedman, 102
years old and a survivor of the Spanish Flu, has recovered from the CV; Little
Richard a rock and roll icon, best known for such songs as “Good Golly Miss
Molly” and Tutti Frutti, has died at 87;
Elon Musk, frustrated by Alameda County’s refusal to allow him to reopen Tesla’s
Fremont plant with 10,000 jobs has sued the county and is threatened to move
production out of California (facing a multi-billion dollar deficit California
needs that like a hole in the head); Reds are up in arms over Blues opening up
one in person voting site in Tuesday’s special election in California to fill
the seat vacated by Blue Katie Hill for her sexual indiscretions as they claim
mail in ballots were favoring the Red candidate; in Chicago, as of May 7, 2020, 861
shootings of whom 162 have died (so much for the effectiveness of Chicago’s
stay at home order); Baltimore with a fraction of Chicago’s population and
hoping against all hopes that 2020 will not be a record in terms of deaths is
now 58 behind Chicago with 104 murders (when will Chicago and Baltimore get
serious about this carnage or is this the case of true racism as a Blue run
city turns a deaf ear and a blind eye to the slaughter of people of color by
people of color and when will the left focus on the problem of color on color
shootings in Blue run cities which have been more deadly and more numerous than
random mass shootings?).
As always, I hope you enjoy
today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for this day in
history, a musical link to Daniel Powter, the fact that you enjoy being
ostreophagous and a quote by Newton Minow on the wasteland of TV, secure in the
knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like
Father’s Day, college graduations, birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries,
you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized
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1. Victory Day—celebrating in Russia and former areas of the former areas of
the Soviet Union the signing of the unconditional surrender documents by the
Soviets on this day 1945.
2. Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Drive—celebrated since
1991 on the second Saturday in May as a day in which letter carriers pick up
nonperishable food left near mail boxes and at post offices and then deliver to
food banks but even though with 33 million Americans now jobless and needing
help more than ever sadly postponed due to fears of infection from the COVID-19
virus.
3. 2006 Number One Song— the number 1 song in 2006 on this day on a run of 5 weeks
in the position “Bad Day” by Daniel Powter. Here is a recording of the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH476CxJxfg: This
Canadian born singer battled with alcohol and drugs to overcome his feelings of
guilt from being sexually abused from age 7-10 by a female babysitter.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “ostreophagous” which means oyster
eating which is a great way to start a meal once our seafood restaurants open
again.
5. 20 10 and Loyal to the Core—celebrating the
birth on this day in 1960 of MLB player for the San Diego Padres of Tony Gwynn
who in addition to being 1 of the all time batting average leaders spent his
entire 19 year career with 1 team but sadly used chewing tobacco since his
rookie season and came down with cancer of the saliva glands which he fought since
its diagnosis in 2014 until his death on June 16, at the too early age of 54.
On this day
in:
a. 1960 FCC Chairman gave his Wasteland speech about the state of American TV.
b. 1970 75,000-100,000 converged on Washington, D.C.
to protest the Vietnam War.
c. 1974 in a beginning of the end moment, the House
Judiciary Committee opened formal public hearings on the impeachment of Richard
Nixon who would in order to avoid impeachment and a certain conviction by the
Senate resigned 3 months later on August 8, 1974.
d. 1980 the Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture in a storm and having its radar fail collided with
the Tampa Bay Sunshine Skyway Bridge causing a 1400 foot section to fall 150
feet into the water along with 6 cars, a Greyhound Bus and 37 passengers, 1 of
whom miraculously survived
e. 1990 5 armed robbers attempted to rob a Security
Pacific Branch in Norco, California leading to a massive shoot out with police
in which 2 of the robbers and 1 officer was killed, 8 officers, 2 robbers and 1
civilian wounded and some 30 police vehicles damaged by gunfire in ensuing
chase. The 3 surviving robbers were caught after exiting their vehicles, tried,
and sentenced to life without possibility of parole.
Reflections on the state
of TV programming: “When television is good, nothing - not the theater, not the
magazines or newspapers - nothing is better. But when television is bad,
nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your television
set when your station goes on the air and stay there for a day without a book,
without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a
rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station
signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.”
Newton Minnow, former FCC Chairman
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