Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For April 14, 2020 Trump quashed rumors he was going to fire Dr. Fauci and
announced he is cutting funding to W.H.O over its duplicity with China in
concealing the C)VID-19 pandemic; as the death toll and new cases from the COVID-19
virus continue to rise, disturbing suspicions about its Wuhan origin have surfaced
from leaked State Department cables in 2018 the inadequacy of safety procedures
at a Wuhan research lab conducting viral research on bats (what a cheap and
painless way to destroy a foe-release infected bats into wet markets, infect expendable
residents, cause them to flee out of China to create a panic and pandemic to shut
down their economies all with the complicity of WHO that praised them as they
lied about human to human transmission); the CV pandemic continues
unabated with 59,371 new cases increasing the total to 1,983,219 cases, 1,391,468
of which are active, 591,751 have been
closed with 466,606 recoveries (79%) and 125,145 deaths (21%); in the U.S.
which has the dubious distinction of leading the world, new cases of 16,555 brought total cases to 603,496
with 540,157 active cases and 63,339 closures, 25,195 (39.8%) of which have
been deaths and 38,144 (60.2%) have been recoveries; the curve continues to
flatten slowly and the market today took off with the Dow in triple digit
gains; what the Squad cannot or will not understand is that we must first deal
with Americans first and their idea of handing out money to illegals is insane
and should be roundly condemned by Blues and Reds alike; it can never be said
that the Blues are not quick to capitalize on any misfortune get their candidates
elected as a former lawyer for HRC’s campaign is threatening to sue Nevada for
blocking the harvesting of ballots, a practice that is infected fatally with
the election fraud virus and probably contributed significantly to the
slaughter of Red candidates in California in 2018; while many Sanders
supporters are in a palace revolt over his endorsement of Biden, “lead from
behind” Obama has come out with a glowing endorsement of Biden viewing him a
man of great wisdom without gaffes or personal corruption issues but
surprisingly only attacked Republicans in Congress and not Trump by name; as
more and more people are wearing masks in public, here is a helpful link on how
to clean and disinfect it https://www.foxnews.com/health/homemade-coronavirus-masks-tips-wash-face-covering-properly;
Italy which is number three in the world in terms of CV cases announced the
lowest level of new cases in a month; in Chicago, as of April 13, 2020, 645
shootings of whom 119 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 still stands at 38 behind Chicago with 81 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 Kenny
Loggins, the fact that hopefully you do not have to oppignorate any valuables,
and a quote by Thomas M. Dexter on the human genome project, 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. Pathologist’s Assistant Day—created by the American
Association of Pathologist’s Assistant in 2013 promote awareness of the
contributions of pathologist’s assistants to the work of pathologist in
determining the cause of death or the nature of a disease affecting a person.
2. Children With Alopecia Day—not sure when or by whom
the day was created but the purpose is assist children with issues caused or
related to random spots of baldness.
3. 1984 Number One Song— the number 1 song
in 1984 on this day on a run of 3 weeks in the position was “Footloose” by Kenny
Loggins. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltrMfT4Qz5Y,
which definitely makes you want to start dancing. He is still going strong
solo.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “oppignorate”
which means to pawn which describes what
many newly unemployed Americans will have to do if they don’t start getting
their unemployment checks from a totally overwhelmed system.
5. Hard to Out Sly
a Bullet—celebrating the birth on this day in 1977 of Nate Fox who was a
center for the University of Maine but was not drafted in the NBA but had a
very successful career playing professional basketball in Europe for 12 years
and after retirement was shot to death in his driveway on December 22, 2014 by
Jeffrey Keller due to his jealousy over an emotional affair Keller was having
with a woman. Keller was convicted of murder and will be spending the rest of
his life in prison.
On this day
in:
a. 1939 The
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck was published by Viking Press four years
after the Black Sunday dust storm, the worst dust storm during the Dust Bowl,
swept across parts of Texas and Oklahoma.
b. 1981
the Space Shuttle Columbia after
completing 36 orbits of the Earth successfully landed in the first Shuttle
mission.
c. 1988 at Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union
signed an agreement pledging to withdraw its troop from Afghanistan.
d. 2003 the Human Genome Project is completed
with 99% of the genome sequenced with 99.99% accuracy.
e. 2005 the Oregon
Supreme Court nullified same sex marriages that had been performed in Multnomah
County (county were Portland is located).
Reflections
on the mapping of the human genome: “Mapping the human genome has been compared
with putting a man on the moon, but I believe it is more than that. This is the
outstanding achievement not only of our lifetime, but in terms of human
history. A few months ago I compared the project to the invention of the wheel.
On reflection, it is more than that. I can well imagine technology making the
wheel obsolete. But this code is the essence of mankind, and as long as humans
exist, this code is going to be important and will be used.” Thomas M. Dexter,
noted biologist.
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