Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For May 15, 2020 The CV pandemic
across the planet continues with 118,291
new cases (a 2.63 % increase compared to a 2.09%
increase yesterday) to bring the total to 4,609,249 cases, 2,559,301 of which are active,
2,049,948 of which have been closed with
1,742,455 recoveries (85% compared to yesterday’s 84.86%) and
307,493 deaths (15% compared to yesterday’s 15.14%); in the U.S.
which has the dubious distinction of leading the world in total cases with new
cases of 39,308 have brought total cases to 1,480,353 (a 2.73% increase
compared to yesterday’s 1.45% increase) with 1,071,070 active cases and 409,283 closures, 88,298 of which have been deaths (21.57%
compared to yesterday’s 21.63%) and 320,985 of which have
been recoveries (78.43% compared to yesterday’s 78.37%) while total
testing has increased to 10,971,663 an increase of 398,350 from
yesterday; Pelosi’s $3 trillion “stimulus” loaded with goodies like payments to
illegals and end of deportation to illegals doing essential work and bailouts
to state and local governments with bloated unfunded pension liabilities which must
have been drafted between scoops of gourmet ice cream with no input from Reds
or the Trump Administration is being voted on with several Blues elected from
swing districts reading the tea leaves in the fall voting against it (Pelosi
has tossed the word bipartisan from her dictionary is acting more and more like
a Banana Republic dictator); Chris Christie went into the lion’s den of the
clueless “The View” to expose TDS and anti Red bias (that host is so misnames
as there is not Joy in that biased body
only hate); a silver lining in the pandemic is that it coupled with
aggressive Trump policies to keep illegal migrants in Mexico is doing what a
Wall could only dream of doing reducing the flood of illegals to a mere trickle
as the CBP once swamped with illegals at detention centers is down to just a
few hundred; Comey’s corrupted FBI may merit our condemnation but not stupid as
they watched HRC destroy thousands of her emails with impunity and now face
allegations from former DOJ spokesman Ian Prior that key 302 reports on Flynn
were purposely lost; NYC Health Commissioner denying NYPD’s request for masks and
saying she couldn’t give “two rats asses” means this idiot must be fired
although Di Blasio is too dumb and biased to do the right thing; retail sales
are in the tank and J.C. Penney’s has joined the ranks of retailers that have
recently filed for bankruptcy; Hidin’ Biden in his basement safe from questions
from his MSM lackey supporters had a light bulb moment when he said voters who
believe Tara Reade should not vote for him and to distinguish himself from Ford
pledged not to pardon Trump if elected (like the allies’ demand for
unconditional surrender that kept the Wehrmacht fighting to the bitter end announcement
will energize Trump supporters even more and dismay those of us who want to see
a ramp down of the rhetoric and bias); Newsom must have had a light bulb moment
finally and the Tesla plant in Fremont can stay reopened (lost in the debate
over shutdown continuation versus reopening is the simple fact that this
economy cannot wait until a vaccine and the short and long term effects of a
destroyed economy will be catastrophic from a public health and national
security standpoint); in
Chicago, as of May 14, 2020, 920 shootings of whom 168 have died but no one
yesterday (so much for the effectiveness of Chicago’s stay at home order);
Baltimore with a fraction of Chicago’s population and hoping against all hopes
that 2020 will not be a record in terms of deaths remains 60 behind Chicago
with 108 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, musical links to the Gotye
featuring Kimbra, the fact that you are blessed with an absence of
outrecuidance and a quote by Anon on Las Vegas, 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
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recipient. You need only contact me for details.
1. Police Officers Memorial Day—created by Congress and
the President on October 1, 1962 to honor those police who have died or been
disabled in the line of duty which in terms of deaths stands at 43 through May
15, 2020 compared to 57 at same period last year.
2. Hyperemesis Gravidarum
Awareness Day—created on May 15, 2012 by the HER Foundation to promote
awareness of Hypremesis Gravidarum which is morning sickness but like on
steroids that makes pregnancy exceedingly stressful and may lead to an increase
in only children.
3. 2012 Number One Song— the number 1 song
in 2012 on this day on a run of 8 weeks in the position not continuous was “Somebody
That I Used To Know” by Gotye featuring Kimbra which was their first number one
song and put an end to the rumor that Aussies and Kiwis do not get along well
together. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “outrecuidance”
which means overwhelming arrogance or self esteem which our current and former
president seem to possess in spades.
5. Last White Hope—celebrating
the birth on this day in 1945 of the Bellflower Bomber Jerry Quarry, a heavy weight
boxer who had started early as an amateur too young and had 200 fights before
turning pro and become a number one contender but never succeeded in beating
the likes of Ali or Frazier and after retiring became hobbled by dementia and
died on January 3, 1999 at the age of 53.
On this day
in:
a. 9005 the city of Las
Vegas was formed when the 105 areas of what was known as the downtown area was
auctioned off
b. 1920 a fire at the
Cleveland Clinic which would become one or America’s premier medical facilities
killed 123 people .
c. 1969 California Governor Ronald Reagan
orders a UC park known as People’s Park fenced off, sparking massive riots.
d. 1988 after tiring of its 8
year similar Vietnam the Soviet Union began to withdraw its over 100,000 troops
from Afghanistan.
e. 2010 Jessica Watson three
days before her 17th birthday became the youngest person to sail
around the world unassisted.
Reflections
on Las Vegas ”If you aim to leave Las Vegas with a small fortune, go there with
a large one.” Anon How true this person was
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