Ridley’s Believe It Or Not June 16, 2021
CV World Cases: The CV
pandemic across the planet continues on a slowing down basis the new year
with cases now over 177 million at 177,191,404 cases (177,191,404
yesterday), 11,687,472 of which are active, 165,874,140 closed with 162,033,575
recoveries (97.68% and 97.68% yesterday, and 3,840,565 deaths (2.32% and 2.32%
yesterday) to continue the slow trend of increased cases with increased
recovery percentages and decreased death percentage with some plateaus, dips,
and rises.
CV USA Cases: Total cases now over 34 million at 34,353,431 (34,335,482
yesterday) with 5,158,494 active cases of which 4,336 (4,403) yesterday and
8,599 on 3/25/2021) (now down to .084% of active cases and now a significant
reduction to decrease the number of serious or critical cases to increase the
reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 24,935, 29,194,937 closed, with
615,780 deaths (2.11% and 2.12% yesterday) and with 28,579,157 recoveries (97.89%
and 97.88% yesterday). Our death rate percentage continues to slowly improve
and after many months is now .21% lower than the world’s death rate.
Standing: On a deaths per million population
measure on a steady but slowing climb
to 1850 the U.S. ranks behind Peru (5665) the new number 1 which has had a
quantum leap in deaths previously unmatched which was a change in the classification
to give Peru the u a method of reporting; Hungary the new number 2 has had a
huge continuing surge in deaths with the increase now slowing down and
improving slightly to 3.93% of its closed cases have died (3107),
aping Hungary in terms of increase in deaths Bulgaria 2599), Brazil
(2295) which has been hit with a rapid rise in deaths and cases and passed us
and Italy, Belgium (2157), (Italy (2106), Poland (1976) and the UK (1875) which
had passed us despite leading world in testing and now has new deaths barely
increasing), and Argentina (1900), and slightly better than Mexico (1769),
Spain (1724), France (1690), Portugal (1677), Romania (1676),
Chile (1601), Sweden (1431) that never closed its economy down like
we did, Bolivia (1331) and Switzerland (1247).
Tests:
We have now conducted 496,061,959 tests (now at 1,490,325/M) compared to number
2 now France at 1,368,862/M) as we are conducting more tests in number and
on a per capital basis for all nations (other than those nations that contain
small populations like Bahrain, Denmark, Israel, Malta, Singapore and UAE)
other than the U.K. which remains as king of the mountain with respect to tests
at 2,884,509/M.
CV Open Gate: Lost in the pronouncements by Biden and his lackeys that
there is no crisis of illegals surging across the border is that fact that
COVID-19 is alive and well and spreading in the Northern Triangle and Mexico
which been passed by Argentina to move down to 11th on my
list of deaths from the pandemic at 1769/M
with a fatality rate of 10.52% of closed cases and the 3 countries in the
Northern Triangle in terms of active cases and deaths per million are as
follows even though the data may be suspect as underreported (regardless of
number we need no more cases):
Guatemala: Active
Cases: 17,115 Deaths/M 468
Honduras: Active
Cases: 151,896 Deaths/M 664
El
Salvador: Active cases: 3,196 Deaths/M 354
US Vaccinations: As of 6/15/21 311.9
million doses finally after decreasing for several days falling to below 1
million to increase from 1.11 million per day to 1.14 million which means if
the rate does not increase it will take us now down to some 5 months to have
75% of the population vaccinated which many believe is necessary to develop
herd immunity. In California 40,667,793 total doses have been given (84.2% of
doses received to exceed the U.S. average of 83.2%), but even with the pressure
of a recall to be scheduled this fall which hopefully end Newsom’s term,
California has not moved from 24th of the 50 states
in terms of the percentage of doses administered as a percentage of doses
delivered to the states and at 46.8% of its population fully vaccinated
compared to the U.S. average of 43.9% has not moved from 19th among the 50
states. A long way to go still to get herd immunity in terms of
getting vaccines received into arms and the percentage of the population fully
vaccinated compared to other states which means a great reason to recall this
inept and hypocritical governor.
Non CV
News: Putin and Biden have ended their Summit and each held a
solo press conference which allowed Putin an anti-American unchallenged forum
(Biden’s handlers most likely terrified to have a frail, weak, lapsing
President next to vibrant and viral Putin); in a show of a shred of
journalistic nonfawning Kaitlan Collins challenged Biden’s claim the Summit was
productive only to have Biden go postal on her telling her as he walked away
that if she didn’t understand his answer “she was in the wrong business; Biden
has given Putin the redline of 16 infrastructure entities that must be immune
from cyberattack (hope this is not a déjà vu of Obama’s redline in Syria);
Putin has taken advantage of the systematic racism and white supremacy claims
of the Blues and the left by holding out the January 6 events at the Capitol
and the BLM protests over police killings of blacks; CBS anchor Tony Dokoupi
after seeing the brazen shoplifter in a Walmart
stealing merchandise in front of aa security guard and pedaling in the
aisle out through the door dismissed it as “he probably needed it anyway”;
Tiger Woods was spotted in L.A. on crutches
with a leg brace hobbling); HRC in an interview on the Biden/ Putin
Summit apparently still can’t come to grips with her loss in 2016 blaming Putin
for destroying her chances (let it go HRC and get a life); ex-FBI now CNN
“pundit” is being mocked for claiming the FBI does not know the motive for the
shooting of Scalise and others at a Red practice for the Annual Congressional
Baseball Game; in an Ohio McDonald’s a black customer went postal and attacked
three employees behind the counter because they wouldn’t mix flavors in her
Slurpee (one hopes she was having a bad day and not a reflection of anger over
the false narrative of systematic racism and white supremacy pedaled by the
left https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/ohio-mcdonalds-fight-drink-request); our
armed forces evidently have a theft problem involving firearms which sometimes
end up in the hands of criminals but despite FOIA requests seems to be hiding
the extent of the problem not only from the public but also from Congress; in
another anecdotal of the Woke Nation Caleb Wells, a teacher in Illinois
slamming the “prison-industrial complex” and the military-industrial complex is
slamming those parents who oppose Classic Race Theory as “racist”; in a weird
karma moment Haiti’s goaltender Josue
Duverger, who born in Montreal, self conceded a goal to give Canada a 1-0 lead
enroute to its 3-0 win which eliminated the island nation; the mayor and city
council of Minneapolis which have cut the police budget due to calls to defund
the police were sued by two residents for failing to staff the department at
required levels; frustrated over what he sees as a complete abandonment of Biden’s
responsibility to secure the border as seizures of fentanyl are up 800% in just
4 months in amounts sufficient to kill 21 million, Governor Abbot of Texas
steps up the plate to announce a $250 million to start building the wall of
Texas state land and land to be donated by private citizens; the House
with 14 Reds voting no passed the Senate’s
bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the date on June 1865
when federal troops arrived in Texas to tell them that they had been freed by
the Emancipation Proclamation some two years earlier; Jack Phillips, the
conservative baker/artist who won before SCOTUS to prevent creating a wedding
cake for a same sex couple has been hit with and lost a lawsuit brought by a
transgender woman to celebrate her transition which ruling will be appealed; as
nonMSM members continue to raise doubts over Biden’s fading mental acuity,
leave it to the political cartoonist to graphical display the concerns over
Biden’s declining mental state:
Chicago
Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show
that through June 15, 2,021, gun violence involving
mostly persons of color shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive
and well with 1697 persons shot of whom 293 have died.
As always, I hope you enjoy
today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for this day in
history, a recording musical link to “In a Little Gypsy Tea Room” by Bob Crosby,
the fact that you do not stoop to
roorback, and a quote from Mary Alice on how to learn from sea turtles, secure in the knowledge that if you want to send 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
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1. World Sea Turtle Day—created by American
Tortoise Rescue in 1990 to promote efforts to protect sea turtles from
extinction as certain species the are endangered. The Ridley Kemp Sea Turtle
which is the smallest sea turtle and the Olive Green Ridley Sea Turtle which is
one of the smallest sea turtles have no relation to the Alaskanpoet, but both
are endangered and protected by the Endangered Species Act.
2. National
Vinegar Day—created to celebrate that ubiquitous liquid used
in cleaning, as a spice, pickling agent and as seasoning and a lesson the wine
being stored for years was not properly corked and celebrated on this day and November
1 of each year. 3. 1936 Number 1 Song USA—the
number 1 song in 1936 on this day was “In a Little Gypsy Tea Room” by Bob
Crosby a run of 1 week in that position. Here is a recording by Bob Crosby of his
number 1 song in 1936: “In a Little Gypsy Tea Room.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPUhjQYSnLE Bob Crosby was the younger brother of the Crooner Bing Crosby and an accomplished jazz
singer and band leader in his own right and best known for this group the
Bobcats. He used up his 9th life on March 9, 1993 from cancer.
4. Word of the Day—-today’s
word is “roorback” which is a defamatory falsehood used for political effect
which describes the rants of most Blues but particularly members of the Squad.
5. 3 out of 4 Not Too Bad--celebrating
the birth on this day in 1970 of noted golfer Phil Mickelson who is one of 17
golfers to win 3 out of 4 of the major PGA Championships, the Masters, the PGA
Championship and the U.S. Open which he has never won but finished a record 6
times as a runner-up and is the oldest player to win a major championship when he
won the PGA Championship weeks before his 51st birthday. On
this day in:
a.
1904 Irish author James Joyce began his relationship with Nora Barnacle and
uses the date as a basis for the actions in his novel Ulysses; the date
is now known among Joyce fans as “Bloomsday.”
b. 1981 President Ronald Reagan
awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada’s Ambassador to Iran
during the American Hostage Crisis for his role in spiriting 6 American
diplomatic personnel out of Tehran; he was the first foreigner to be so honored.
c. 2010 the mountain air in Bhutan became
much fresher when the country became the first nation to ban all tobacco within
its boundaries.
d. 2016 the Shanghai Disneyland Park opened,
the first Disney Park in mainland China.
e. 2019 upwards of 2,000,000 protestors in
Hong Kong took to the streets over China’s heavy-handed rule and curtailment of
liberties.
Reflections on sea turtles on their day of honor: Pride of one’s work is
not improper, unladylike, or vain. Low self-esteem is not modesty. We can all
take a lesson from the sea turtle. She does not travel thousands of miles or
risk all for her ego. She has an instinct for greatness — one that I believe is
found in all living creatures.” Mary Alice a noted American actress whose
observation is right on.
Please enjoy the poems on events of interest
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just This Day in History.
a. 1904 Irish author James Joyce began his relationship with Nora Barnacle and uses the date as a basis for the actions in his novel Ulysses; the date is now known among Joyce fans as “Bloomsday.”
c. 2010 the mountain air in Bhutan became much fresher when the country became the first nation to ban all tobacco within its boundaries.
d. 2016 the Shanghai Disneyland Park opened, the first Disney Park in mainland China.
e. 2019 upwards of 2,000,000 protestors in Hong Kong took to the streets over China’s heavy-handed rule and curtailment of liberties.
Reflections on sea turtles on their day of honor: Pride of one’s work is not improper, unladylike, or vain. Low self-esteem is not modesty. We can all take a lesson from the sea turtle. She does not travel thousands of miles or risk all for her ego. She has an instinct for greatness — one that I believe is found in all living creatures.” Mary Alice a noted American actress whose observation is right on.
Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet, and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.
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