RIDLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT April 2, 2022
CV World Cases: The planet continues with cases still
increasing but the increase slowing down with cases now passing 491
million at 491,017,722 cases, 59,253,873 of which are active, 431,763,849
closed with 425,589,539 recoveries (98.57%), and crossing the 6,000,000 barrier
6,174,310 deaths (1.43% )to continue the low trend of increased cases with
increased recovery percentages and decreased death percentages with some
plateaus, dips, and rises.
CV USA Cases: Total
cases now passing 81 million at 81,826,371 with 15,292,238 active cases
of which 1988 are serious or critical, (15,517 on 12/12) (back to steady
decreases despite the increase in active cases due to the relative mildness of
the Omicron variant) to .0130% of active cases (back to back steady decreases
despite the increase in active cases due to the relative mildness of the
Omicron variant and to increase the reduction from the
29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 27,283 with 66,534,133 closures with 1,008,159 deaths
(1.52%) and with 65,525,974 recoveries
(98.48%). Our death rate percentage is .09% higher than the world’s death rate.
Standing: On a deaths
per million population measure on a steady but slowing climb to 3015 the
U.S. ranks behind Peru (6285) 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 a new method of reporting; Bulgaria (5332), Hungary (4732), Romania (3423), Brazil
(3068), and Poland (3053) and slightly higher than Chile (2922), Argentina (2789),
Columbia (2694), Italy (2648), Belgium (2640), Russia (2529), Mexico (2462), UK
(2417), Spain (2192), France (2174),
Portugal (2138), Ecuador (1956), Bolivia (1832), Sweden (1796)
that never closed its economy down like we did, and Switzerland (1565).
US Vaccinations:
As of 04/02/22 561.2 million doses, 223,358 per day last
week (76.2%) of population now vaccinated with at least one shot)
and in California 27,963 per day (which means at least 82.5% of the
population of California has received at least one shot) which many believe is
necessary to develop herd immunity (other than Flip Flop Fauci who may believe
that 90% is required). In California 72,704,550 total doses
have been given (83.1% of doses received to exceed the U.S. average of 79.9%),
California has not moved from 12th of the 50 states in terms of the
percentage of doses administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the
states and at 71.1% of its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S.
average of 64.9% and has not moved from
12th in terms of the percentage of the population fully
vaccinated compared to other states (nothing like a recall election to get
Newsom’s attention and performance).
Non CV
News: Day 38 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has Russians withdrawing
from Kviv either being pushed back by Ukrainians or being forced to leave after
being exposed to radiation after digging trenches near Chernobyl digging
through the earthen cover of contaminated soil and leaving the areas vacated
strewn with deadly mines and booby traps to kill or maim civilians that escaped
injury during Russian missile and shelling attacks; Biden and his
Administration is in full lying and deception mode on their war of fossils
claiming the industry has all the leases it needs on federal lands to increase
domestic production hiding the fact that the actual permits needed to drill on
leased land are being slow walked along with the permits needed to construct
pipelines from the well head (look for a massive ad campaign to expose the lies
and deception); Duke was beaten by North Carolina 81-77 ruining Duke retiring
coach Mike Krzyzewski’s chance
to win his last NCAA Championship; Colin Kaepernick who last played in the NFL
in 2016 attended Michigan’s Spring Game at Coach Harbaugh’s invitation to perform a 15 passing exhibition to who had
signup to go into the NFL hoping the pro scouts attending the game and the
exhibition would be wayed to recommend his return to the NFL; a Los Angeles
judge has declared California’s corporate diversity law which public
corporations with corporate headquarter here to include in their boards a
member from an underrepresented community including Blacks, Asians, LBGT,
Latinos, American Indians or Pacific Islanders to be unconstitutional; in a
disturbing trend that continues, the number of police officers shot in the line
of duty at 101 is 43% higher that the number shot in 2021; Oberlin College who
was sued by the owners of a bakery who the college claimed to be racist has had
the $25 million plus over $6 million in legal fees upheld (maybe a good lesson
the left should take into account when at the drop of a hat it slings the
racist card charge); look for Disney to face a mountain of backlash over its
woke crusade against Florida’s new law banning instruction before the 4th
grade on the issue of gender identity (Walt must be rolling in his grave over the
wokeness the “Happiest Place on Earth” has degenerated into); as inflation is
devastating the middle classes pocket books and imposing great strain on
obtaining the necessities of life and the war in Ukraine having a potential
devastating effect on world grain supplies watch for more food price increases
not less.
Chicago Gun Violence: Hey
Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show that through April 1,
2022, gun violence involving mostly persons of color shooting mostly
persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 6381 shot of whom 120 have
died.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest
for this day in history, a video recording of “Black Velvet” by Alannah
Myles; the fact that you are frugal enough to have some spondulix; and a quote
by John Lewis on a conversation he had with George Wallace, secure in the knowledge that if
you want to send a gift for any memorable events like St. Patrick’s Day,
Mothers’ 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. Please
contact me for details on pricing.
1. World Autism Awareness Day—created by the UN on November 18,
2007 and celebrated for the first time on this day in 2008 to promote awareness
of the condition and to promote research to develop cures and treatment of the
condition and promote efforts in include those suffering from it in society as
opposed to excluding them.
2. International Children’s Book Day—created by the International Board
of Books for Young People in 1967 and celebrated on this day which is the
anniversary of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen to promote and encourage
reading early in life to develop a pleasure that will last a lifetime.
3. 1990 Number 1 Song—the number 1 song in 1990 on
this day was “Black Velvet” by Alannah Myles in that position for 2 weeks to join 25 other number 1 songs and
14 other acts that hit the charts at
Number 1 for the first time. Here is a video recording of Alannah Myles “Black
Velvet”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkXNEmtf9tk
Alannah Myles is a Canadian born singer
songwriter who won a Grammy with “Black Velvet” and is still performing today
at 63.
4. Word of the Day—the word of the day is “spondulix”
is an archaic 19th Century word which means a reasonable amount of
spending money which the wave of inflation is stripping most Americans from.
5. “Can’t We Just Get Along”—celebrating the birth on this day in
1965, the year of the Watts Riots in Los Angeles, after a chase for suspected
drunk driving on March 3, 1991 was finally pulled over by LAPD who proceeded to
brutally beat him on the side of the road not knowing the event was being
caught on video and later released to local TV stations. The officers involved
were arrested, tried and acquitted despite the clear video evidence of their
wrongdoing, sparking a riot that had the dubious distinction of having more
people killed and wounded and more property damaged than the Watts Riots. King
received $3.8 million for his injuries but struggled with future run ins with
the law and drugs and alcohol and on June 17,2012 drowned in a swimming pool
with drugs and alcohol is his system that contributed to a heart attack.
On this day
in:
a. 1912
the ill-fated Titanic begin sea trials that would lead on its maiden
voyage to a rendezvous with an ice berg in the North Atlantic that would sink
her in the early morning hours on April 15, 1912 with the loss of more than
1500 passengers and crew, including its captain.
b. 1972 Charlie Chaplin
returned to the United States for the first time after being accused of being a
Communist in the 50’s and after leaving on September 18, 1952 to premier his
film Limelight in London, had his reentry permit revoked by the U.S. AG.
c. 1986 confined to a wheelchair since a failed assassination attempt on
his life on May 15, 1972 by Arthur Bremer while campaigning for the Democratic
nomination for president, announced that he would not run for a 5th
term of Governor of Alabama. Bremer who was sentence to 63 years, reduced to 53 on appeal, was paroled on November
9, 2007 and will be off probation in 2025.
d. 1992 John
Gotti, the don of the Gambino Crime Family and known as the Dapper Don for his
clothes and the Teflon Don for his ability to be acquitted in criminal trials
was finally convicted of racketeering and murder and sentenced to life in
prison where he died on June 10, 2002 of throat cancer.
e. 2004 Islamist terrorists, emboldened
by the March 4 Madrid attacks, tried to attack a Spanish AVE high speed train
with 6 kilograms of high explosives but the device and its detonator had 136
meters of wire which fortunately was not connected to anything to trigger an
explosion and never were caught.
Contemplation boosted by confinement to
a wheelchair: “He said, 'John Lewis, will you come by and talk with me?'
And I remember the occasion so well. It was like someone confessing
to their priest or to a minister. He wanted people to forgive him. He said to
me, 'I never hated anybody; I never hated any black people.' "He said,
'Mr. Lewis, I'm sorry.' And I said, 'Well, governor, I accept your apology.'
" John Lewis, recently deceased former long term Blue Representative from
Georgia.
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