Ridley’s Believe It Or Not July 25, 2020
CV World: The CV
pandemic across the planet continues with 289,826 new
cases (a 1.84% increase compared to a .87% increase yesterday)
to bring the total exceeding 16 million
to 16,077,287 cases, 5,609,079 of which are
active, 10,468,208 of which have been closed with 9,822,971 recoveries (93.84%
compared to yesterday’s 93.77%) and 645,237 deaths (6.16%
compared to yesterday’s 6.23%) to continue the trend of increased recovery percentages
and decreased mortality percentages.
CV USA: New
cases of 82,026 with total cases surging to over 4 million of 4,282,777 (a
1.95% increase compared to yesterday’s .74% increase) with
2,064,117 active cases of which 19,069 (19,171 yesterday) are in serious or
critical condition a welcome drop rise, and 2,186,655 closures,
148,988 of which have been deaths (6.81% compared to yesterday’s 6.91%)
and 2,037,677 of which have been recoveries (93.19%
compared to yesterday’s 93.09%) (our death rate percentages continue to
improve and are finally in single digits since Cuomo repealed his order
sending CV positive patients on May 10 but remain higher than the world
probably due to idiots like Cuomo sending positive CV patients into nursing
homes to infect the residents and staff who then die and accounted for some 40%
of our deaths with 52,919,650 tests (so much for Biden’s claim of lack of
testing by Trump and implications Trump is slowing testing to hide CV
increases).
Non CV News: Regis
Philbin noted TV personality and host of Live and Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire has died of natural causes at 88; the first day of a 6 day
celebration opf life took place in his home town of Troy. Alabama with another service
to be held this evening (Trump ignored Rep Bass’ admonition that he not say
anything as he tweeted today that Lewis was a “Civil Rights hero.”; a locksmith
pried open the doors of the Chinese consulate in Houston ordered closed due to espionage
and IP theft; Trump has sent 100’s of federal agents to Chicago to protect
federal property and assist the CPD fight the wave of black on black shootings
and killings and some fruit as 3 have been arrested for federal firearms
violations; a federal judge has wisely blocked the Seattle Council’s attempt to
ban the use of riot gear by the SPD (otherwise cops are left with only batons
and firearms to protect themselves from rioters’ dangerous or deadly force); in
Louisville, a “protest” by a black
militia group “Not F---ing Around” resulted in one of the “protesters”
accidentally shooting 3 of his fellow protesters (when you are packing heat
peaceful protest my ass that sounds like getting ready to riot); another rock
legend Peter Green, the co-founder of Fleetwood Mac has died in his sleep at
age 73; Eric Swalwell the most consistent liar in the House thought the
disclosures of the FBI investigating Trump were perfectly justified because Trump’s
“hope the Russians have Hillary’s deleted emails” proves he was asking for
their help (not only a liar but totally delusional); still reeling from the
Chinese love note of the CV pandemic, residents in Virginia and Utah have
received unsolicited seed packages evidently from China which the Department of
Agriculture has advised not to plant until the nature of the seed is identified
(invasion of the invasive plants?); in a chilling reminder of how divisive we
have degenerated into a noted black Trump and BLM supporter in Milwaukee Bernell
Trammell was shot and killed in front of his store; Hurricane Hanna is expected
to make landfall in Texas bringing massive amounts of rain and potential
flooding (wonder if the boats of Confederate Navy will be welcome flying their
Stars and Bars in rescuing flooded victims?).
Chicago/Baltimore Gun Violence: In Chicago as of July 24, 2020, the
number of shootings increased by 20 to 2,197, of whom 393 have died (so much
for the defund the police movement and for the effectiveness of
Chicago’s stay at home order and a complete dereliction of duty by Mayor
Lightfoot other than swearing at people outraged over the killings); Baltimore
with a fraction of Chicago’s population and hoping against all hopes that 2020
will not be a record in terms of deaths but now seems to be shooting less and
killing less and is now 207 behind Chicago now at 186 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 shootings by police or 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 UB40, the fact that if you are to own a
boat you would not have Bligh like tendencies as a patroon, and a quote from Richard Nixon on
Vietnamization, 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 poem at a great price tailored to the event and the
recipient. You need only contact me for details.
1. National Hire a Veteran Day—created by Hire Our Heroes on June 5, 2017 and first
celebrated on this day in 2017 to promote the hiring of veterans who bring
unique managerial talent and skill sets to the private sector and employers should
feel very good about themselves and given the amount of homelessness present
among our vets a job is exactly the lifeline they need and could use.
2. Perthes Disease Awareness Day—celebrated on the last Saturday in July to create awareness
of a rare disease that affects 1 out of 1200 children and causes a blockage of the blood vessels to the bone
cells in the hip causing bone lose and requiring in many cases surgery preferably
sooner than later as the disease progresses.
3. 1993 Number One Song— the number 1 song in 1993 on this day on a run of 7
weeks was “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” Here is recording of the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajp0Uaw4rqo . This
British pop and reggae band was formed in 1978 and is still active and was named
after the form one needs to fill out to seek unemployment benefits in the U.K.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “patroon” which means captain of
the ship and when the ship is the ship of state, grave concerns over whether
Biden is up to the task.
5. Tough Kid but Not Tough Enough--celebrating the birth on this day in 1982 of Brad
Renfro who was living with his grandmother in a trailer park when he with no
acting experience but exhibiting the nature of a “tough kid” the director wanted
landed a starring role in The Client and
went on to have roles in 21 feature films but struggled with drugs, alcohol and
the law and overdosed on heroin and morphine on January 15, 2008 at the age of
25.
On this day
in:
a. 1837 in London William Cooke and
Charles Wheatstone made the first commercial demonstration of the telegraph and
the world became yet another smaller place.
b. 1965 Bob Dylan switched to an
electric guitar commencing a major shift in pop and rock music.
c. 1969 President Nixon declared the
Nixon Doctrine requiring the citizens of Asian countries to be the first line
of defense against Communists intrusion which led to the Vietnamization of the
Vietnam War creating the beginning of the withdrawal of American forces.
d. 1994 in a better late than never
moment, Jordan and Israel signed the Washington Declaration which ended the
formal state of war that existed between the 2 countries since 1948.
e. 2010 WikiLeaks published classified documents,
some of which were leaked by Chelsea Manning, about the U.S. military’s role in
Afghanistan in one of the largest leaks of classified military information ever.
Reflections on
Vietnamization: “Tonight I can report that Vietnamization has succeeded.
Because of the increased strength of the South Vietnamese, because of the
success of the Cambodian operation, because of the achievements of the South
Vietnamese operation in Laos, I am announcing an increase in the rate of
American withdrawals. Between May 1 and December 1 of this year, 100,000 more American
troops will be brought home from South Vietnam.” Richard Nixon– Televised address to nation,
April 7, 1971 Sadly not a realistic statement as after signing of the Paris
Peace Accords on January 27, 1973, in a little over 2 years South Vietnam fell
to the North on April 15, 1975 with a resigned Richard Nixon no longer president
to see the failure of Vietnamization.
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