Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For May 25, 2020 The
CV pandemic across the planet continues with 98,672 new cases (a 1.81% increase
compared to a 2.37% increase yesterday) to bring the total to 5,563,260 cases, 2,881,790 of which are active, 2,681,470
of which have been closed with 2,334,790
recoveries (87.07% compared
to yesterday’s 86.68%) and 346,680 deaths (12.81% compared to yesterday’s
13.32%); in the U.S. which has the dubious distinction of leading the world in
total cases with new cases of 24,081 have brought total cases to 1,700,541 (a 1.44%
increase compared to yesterday’s 1.89% increase) with 1,143,625 active
cases and 556,916 closures, 99,684 of which have been deaths (17.9% compared
to yesterday’s 18.14%) and 457,232 of which have been
recoveries (82.1% compared to yesterday’s 81.87%) (our death rate
percentages continue to improve since Cuomo repealed his order sending CV
positive patients on May 10 but remain higher than the world probably due to
idiots like Cuomo sending positive CV patients into nursing homes to infect the
residents and staff who then die) while total testing has increased to 15,187,647;
with scorching temperatures celebrants of Memorial Day put lock downs and social
distancing at bay and flocked to the water in boats and bars and restaurants
that were opening up:
As always, I
hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for
this day in history, a musical link
to Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, the fact that you can be pacable and a
quote from Beth Pennington on celebrating Memorial Day, secure
in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events
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1. Memorial Day—first
celebrated as Decoration Day in a growing number of towns in the 1860’s after
the end of the Civil War to honor those members of the military that had died
while in uniform to become a federal holiday in 1971 and celebrated on the last
day in May.
2. Missing Children’s Day—created by
proclamation by President Reagan on this day in 1983 due to the efforts of Etan
Patz’s father following his abduction of on this day in 1979 and his efforts to
promote awareness of the problem of childhood abductions.
3. 2020 Number One Song— the number 1 song in 2020 on this day on a run of 1 weeks in the
position was “Stuck with You” by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber. Here is a
recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE49WK-oNjU These two talented performers both seem to have anxiety and depression issues
but Bieber seems to have grown out of his earlier brushes with the law.
4. Word of the Day—today’s
word of the day is “pacable” which means willing to forgive which is a great
trait to possess.
5. Number Two Can Become Number One--celebrating the birth on this day in 1960 of the Senior Senator from
Minnesota Amy Klobuchar who ran without success in the Democratic Presidential
Primaries but has been mentioned and undergone vetting to be a potential vice
president with Joe Biden (wonder how she is handling the #MeTooMovement given Tara
Reade’s allegations against Biden.
On this
day
in:
a. 1977 the first of many Star Wars was released into the American
theaters.
b. 1979 United Airlines DC-10 Flight
191 taking off from O’Hare to Los Angeles dropped its left engine from the
plane causing it to quickly crash, killing all 271 aboard and 2 on the ground
to become the deadliest plane crash on U.S. soil.
c. 2001
in a there is no handicap that can’t be overcome moment, Eric Weihenmayer
became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mt. Everest aided by Dr.
Sherman Bull.
d. 2011
Oprah Winfrey aired her last episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, ending a run of
21 years.
e. 2012 the SpaceX Dragon, an unmanned
space capsule, became the first commercial space vehicle to dock with an
orbiting satellite, the International Space Station.
Reflections on Memorial
Day: “As we set today aside to honor and thank our veterans, let us be mindful
that we should do this every day of the year and not just one.” Beth Pennington,
author at Military Missions.Org
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