Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For May 4, 2020 The CV pandemic
across the planet continues with 33,028 new cases (a .93% increase in total cases compared to 2.2% yesterday)
to bring the total to 3,596,717 cases, 2,180,100 of which are
active, 1,416,617 of which have been closed with 1,167,095 recoveries (82.39%
compared to yesterday’s 82.29%) and
249,522 deaths (17.61% compared to yesterday’s 17.71%); in the U.S. which has
the dubious distinction of leading the world in total cases with new cases of 8,591
have brought total cases to 1,193,081 (a .75% increase compared to yesterday’s
2.14% increase) with 945,192 active
cases and 247,889 closures, 68,978 of
which have been deaths ( 27.83% compared
to yesterday’s 27.74%) and 178,911 of which have been
recoveries (72.17% compared to yesterday’s 72.26%), while total testing has
increased to 7,234,948, an increase of 59,172 (great improvement
from several weeks ago); in a rare moment of putting themselves behind the
needs of others, McConnell and Pelosi have turned down’s Trump’s offer to have
all members of Congress tested saying it is more important to test first
responders (McConnell is 78 and Pelosi is 80, not what you would call spring
chickens and the average age of senators and congressmen at the beginning of
the 115th Congress is 61.8 and 57.8 respectively which puts a lot of
them in the most at risk category for COVID-19; the Biden/Tara Reade scandal
gets more complicated as the Secretary of the Senate responded to Biden’s plea
to release whatever complaint Reade may have filed that she is prohibited by
law from doing so (bizarre and wonder if Biden or his advisers had the mental
prowess to know that that would be the response); the NYT finally published
something worth reading in an opinion piece by Elizabeth Breuning who opined
that it is time for the Dems to consider a Plan B not involving Joe Biden;
China continues its militaristic expansion with a stealth bomber the H-2 bomber
which may be introduced this year and capable of carrying nuclear weapons (is
it time for the U.S. to consider an upgrade to its small and aging B-2 fleet?)
the Trump Administration is considering a push to admit Taiwan to W.H.O.; Lemon
an “anchor” for the Cack News Network has gone off the deep end with rants that
Obama was smarter and better looking and a better president than Trump and
Michelle was more accomplished and better looking than Melania (classic proof
he is like a car lemon and that TDS causes severe cataracts on the eyes of those
infected); on the CV front 15 states are opening parts of their economies today
and Kroger and Costco alarmed over the real possibilities of meat shortages announced
they would be limiting meat purchases; Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their
quest for financial security announced they would be coming out with a “tell-all”
book about them and the royal family in August; in Chicago, as of May 3,
2020, 825 shootings of whom 148 have died (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 is now 56 behind Chicago with 92 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 Janet Jackson, the fact that you enjoy being
oryzivorous and 2 quotes by General Robert Canterbury on the Kent State
Shootings, 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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1. Anti-Bullying Day—created by the UN in 2012
to promote an end to bullying and supported by the wearing of a pink shirts;
the day is celebrated internationally but many countries like the United States
and the United Kingdom celebrate it on February 28/29.
2. Star Wars Day—celebrated
to honor George Lucas’ Star War movies
as today is a play on “May the Force” be with you and observed by many wearing
costumes portraying many of the characters in Star Wars films.
3. 2001 Number One Song— the number 1 song
in 2001 on this day on a run of 7 weeks in the position was “All For You” By Janet
Jackson. Here is a recording of the song: https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-adk-adk_sbnt&hsimp=yhs-adk_sbnt&hspart=adk&p=janet+jackson+all+for+you#id=3&vid=ec08ee42df88f9a2aa381a63662418b0&action=click
This youngest member of the talented
Jackson family has sold over 100 million records but may be best remembered for
her breast being exposed during Super Bowl XXXIII Half Time Show.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “oryzivorous”
which means rice eating which certainly describes maybe Oriental diners to a
tee.
5. Putting the
Brakes on Racing and Life—celebrating the birth on this day in 1940 of Peter Gregg, who
was one of America’s most successful l race car drivers, with 152 wins out of
the 340 races he entered but sadly after being banned from racing in June of
2008 after finishing third at the Le Mans 24 Endurance Race, he committed suicide
on December 15, 1980.
On this day
in:
a. 1932 mobster Al Capone
began serving his 11 year sentence for tax evasion but he would be released
early on compassionate grounds due to his mental state caused by syphilis to
become one of the first patients in 1942 to receive penicillin but the disease
had progressed to far and his mental state had become that of 12 year old and
died of heart failure on January 25, 1947 after having had a stroke 4 days
earlier.
b. 1959 the first Grammy
Awards Ceremony was held in 2 locations simultaneously at the Beverly Hills
Hilton and the Park Sheraton in New York City.
c. 1970 28 members of the Ohio
National Guard sent to Kent State University to disband students protesting the
U.S. and South Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia suddenly opened fire with 67
shots being fired in 13 seconds on unarmed students many of whom were walking
to class carrying books, killing 4 and wounding 9 others, 1 of whom was paralyzed
permanently. Sadly the victims received no justice from the criminal justice system
and after their civil tort actions were dismissed by the judge settled for
$675,000.
d. 1978 the “Iron Lady”
Margaret Thatcher became the United Kingdom’s first female prime minister.
e. 1998 a federal judge in
Sacramento sentenced the anarchist “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski to 4 life
sentences plus 30 years for sending bombs that detonated on being opened,
killing 3 people and wounding 20 others while creating a reign of terror.
Reflections
on bogus justification and real reason for on Kent State shootings: "Guardsmen
on the right flank were in serious danger of bodily harm and death as the mob
continued to charge. I felt that, in view of the extreme danger to the troops
at this point, that they were justified in firing." General Robert Canterbury’s
remarks after the shooting in justification. “These students are going to have
to find out what law and order is all about." General Canterbury’s remark before
the shooting to someone pleading with him not to order his troops forward to
the demonstrators in a skirmish line.
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