Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 30, 2020 On the
coronavirus front as the total deaths have climbed to 179 and infections to at
least 7,834, the first human to human transmission has been reported in the
U.S. by a husband living in Chicago to his wife following his return from China
(both are now in a hospital as fears grow with some pet owners of dogs here donning
surgical masks and airlines ending hot foods and blankets on flights); the WHO
has declared the virus outbreak to be a health emergency but is not yet
recommending the banning of travel from infected areas; even with the Chief
Justice of SCOTUS presiding over the Impeachment Proceedings, Blues seem to
have completely forgotten the existence of the Third Branch that they failed to
go to enforce their subpoenas as Nadler does the pound the table equivalent of
a lawyer having no law and no facts as he warns of dictatorial consequences if
Trump is not removed; not sure if it has any chance as it would impact Save the
Winter Olympics Romney, but a Red state legislator has introduced a bill
allowing voters to recall members of the U.S. Congress (conservative Utah
voters probably not pleased with Romney’s call for witnesses like John Bolton);
while many believe that Joe Biden has lost it when it comes to mental acuity a
new documentary on his role in trying to block Clarence Thomas’ appointment to
the bench with cryptic questions about natural law raise the question of
whether he ever had it to lose; Joe Biden, freed from the chains of the Senate
Impeachment Trial, was in Iowa on the campaign trail railing against Trump as
being more of a bully than president (still nursing the fact that he was not
able to go back in time and meet Trump in the back of the gym and beat the crap
out of him); the Senate Trial drones on with senators submitted questions to
Justice Roberts to ask counsel (when will this farce end and the Senate take a
vote and hand the election back to where it belongs—in the votes of the
American people?); in Chicago, as of
January 29, 2020, 156 people have been shot of whom 26 have died; Baltimore
with a fraction of Chicago’s population and hoping against all hopes that 2020
will not be a record in terms of deaths has dropped back to 2 behind Chicago
with 24 murders by shootings (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 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, the fact you are not in the grips of
obluctation, a relevant quote by Justice
Frank Murphy on the Korematsu SCOTUS
decision, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any
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1. Fred Korematsu Day—created by California Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger on September 23, 2010 to commemorate the birthday of Fred
Korematsu on this day in 1919, a Japanese-American who was the plaintiff who
protested the incarceration of Japanese-Americans on the West Coast following Roosevelt’s
Executive Order and who lost before SCOTUS in one of the worst decisions
decided by the court in terms of Civil Liberties. Hawaii, Virginia and Florida
have since followed California in recognizing the day.
2. School
Day of Non-Violence and Peace—created in 1994 and observed on the
day of the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s death to promote the early teaching
of the need for non-violence and peace.
3. 1943 Number
1 Number One Song— the number one song in 1943 on this day on a run of 4
weeks in the position was “There Are Such Things” by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
with Frank Sinatra as vocals.
4. Word of the Day—today’s
word of the day as we move to words starting with “o” is “obluctation” which means resistance which describes the Blues relations with Trump and his agenda to a tee. “obluctation” which
means resistance which describes the Blues relations with Trump and his agenda
to a tee.
5. The Trout
Stopping Biting—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1935 of noted author and
poet Richard Brautigan who battled alcoholism and depression arising there from and
who put the pen down and picked up a 44 Magnum and shot himself fatally in the
head on September 16, 1984.
On this day
in:
a. 1835 a
painter Richard Lawrence unsuccessfully attempted the first assassination attempt
of a U.S. President by trying to shoot Andrew Jackson but was restrained by
onlookers including Congressmen. He was found guilty of innocent by reason of
insanity and spent the rest of his life in a insane asylum.
b. 1956 Martin Luther
King’s home is bombed in retaliation for his role in the Montgomery Bus
Boycott.
c. 1958 the MV Hans Hedtoft, a Danish liner and like the Titanic, known as unsinkable and like the Titanic ran into an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank, killing
all 98 aboard.
d. 1975 the Monitor Marine
Sanctuary, the U.S.’ first national marine sanctuary was established.
e. 1995 workers at the National
Institute for Health announced the first successful clinical trials for the
preventive treatment of sickle-cell disease.
Reflections on the SCOTUS decision in the Korematsu case that are
wise beyond belief: “But to infer that examples of individual disloyalty
prove group disloyalty and justify discriminatory action ... is to deny that
... individual guilt is the sole basis for deprivation of rights.” Dissent of Justice Frank Murphy.
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