Ridley’s Believe It
Or Not July 23, 2020
CV World: The CV pandemic across the
planet continues with 405,944 new cases (a 2.26%
increase compared to a 2.26% increase yesterday) to bring the total
nearing 16 million to 15,651,898 cases,
5,480,096 of which are active, 10,171,802 of
which have been closed with 9,535,332 recoveries (93.74% compared
to yesterday’s 93.67%) and 636,470 deaths (6.26% compared
to yesterday’s 6.33%) to continue the trend of increased recovery percentages
and decreased mortality percentages.
CV
USA: New cases of 97,482 with total cases surging to over 4 million of 4,169,991 (a
2.39% increase compared to yesterday’s 2.73% increase) with 2,043,041 active
cases of which 19,155 (16,729 yesterday and an alarming 14.5% increase) are in
serious or critical condition, and 2,126,950 closures, 147,333
of which have been deaths (6.93% compared to yesterday’s 7.09%) and 1,979,617 of
which have been recoveries (92.07% compared to yesterday’s 92.91%)
(our death rate percentages continue to improve and are finally in single
digits since Cuomo repealed his order sending CV positive patients on May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 and accounted for some 40% of our deaths with 51,552,175 tests
(so much for Biden’s claim of lack of testing by Trump and implications Trump
is slowing testing to hide CV increases).
Non
CV News: Black radio host tells Biden to ”shut the eff up” over his claim that
Trump is the first racist president (critics whose minds still work as opposed
to Biden’s pointed out that 12 presidents had owned slaves and that Wilson and
FDR might well be paragons of racism); hope Fauci is better plotting on how to
fight the CV than he is on “shot putting” a baseball to open the truncated MLB
season; after failing to quell 53 days of riots in Portland, pressure by
Portland officials has resulted in the IG Michael Horowitz in conjunction with
the IG of the DHS to open up an investigation of the federal agents deployed to
Portland: AOC slams an apologetic Rep Yoho for calling her a "f---ing
b---h," but lips are silent on Pelosi’s storm trooper and Clyburn’s
Gestapo rants (hypocrisy always dilutes credibility of one’s outrage AOC); the
surge in CV has also prompted a surge in online swinging with almost 725,000
swingers according to the App #Fun (wonder if each member of the threesome has
negative test results card of recent vintage); Southwest Airlines and American
Airlines will require all passengers over the age of 2 to wear a face mask as
they imitate sardines in their crowded seats; Michael Cohen who violated the
terms of his home arrest by dining at a pricey Manhattan restaurant and was then
sent back to prison has convinced a federal judge that ordering him back was in
retaliation for his wanting to write a book and ordered him to be returned back
to his house on Friday (having money and the anti-Trump MSM on your side is a
plus when dealing with the criminal justice system); another retailer is the
victim of the CV pandemic, Acsena Retail Group which owns Ann Taylor, Lane
Bryant and Loft, has filed for Chapter XI Bankruptcy; John Lewis will become
the second civilian to lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda.
Chicago/Baltimore Gun Violence: In Chicago
as of July 22, 2020, the number of shootings increased by 11 to 2,161, of whom
387 have died (so much for the defund the police movement and for
the effectiveness of Chicago’s stay at home order and a complete dereliction of
duty by Mayor Lightfoot other than swearing at people outraged over the
killings); Baltimore with a fraction of Chicago’s population and hoping against
all hopes that 2020 will not be a record in terms of deaths but now seems to be
shooting less and killing less and is now 202 behind Chicago now at 185 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 shootings by police or 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 EMF, the fact that
you are not pathic, and a
quote from Roger Craig on hitting against pitchers like Don Drysdale, 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. World’s
Sjögren’s Day—commemorating since 2010 the work of Henrik Sjögren,
a Swedish ophthalmologist who identified
the autoimmune system disease best known for dry eyes and mouth and joint pain that
bears his name and is suffered by some 4 million Americans.
2. National
Yada, Yada, Yada Day—inspired by the 153rd episode of Seinfeld which aired on April 24, 1997
and created by Michael W. Casby who on April 15, 2015 noted there was a Blah, Blah,
Blah day and tweeted to Checkiday to name on July 23 Yada, Yada, Yada Day.
3. 1991
Number One Song— the number 1 song in 1991 on this day on
a run of 1 week was “Unbelievable” a
first number 1 song by EMF, an alternative British rock band formed in 1989,
disbanded in 1997 to reform 3 times and is still active today. Here is
recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5kr2OBhh4c .
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “pathic” which
means passive which describes to a tee how Blue urban politicians view their
black constituents when it comes time to vote.
5. Shutout
King--celebrating the birth on this day in 1936 of noted Dodger pitcher
and sportscaster Don Drysdale who was not afraid to hit a batter and often did,
was good hitter for a pitcher (1965 he was the Dodgers only 300 hitter). He set
the scoreless inning record at 58 2/3rd the night Bobby Kennedy was
assassinated in L.A. and his record of 6 consecutive complete game shutouts
still stands. Sadly this talented pitcher and this poet’s hero when he was
pitching in little league died from a heart attack on July 3rd,
1993.
On
this day
in:
a.
1903 Ford Motor sold its first
automobile.
b.
1962 Jackie Robinson became the first
black player to be inducted to MLB Hall of Fame.
c.
1983 Air Canada Flight 143 from Montreal to Edmonton in a Boeing 767 after
being incorrectly loaded with the proper amount of fuel, ran out of fuel at
41,000 feet midway into the flight but was fortunate enough to glide itself to
a safe landing at Gimbli, Canada on an abandoned air force base converted to a
race track.
d.
1999 Space Shuttle Columbia was launched
on the 93rd space shuttle mission with Eileen Collins being the
first female commander.
e.
2018, in Attica, Greece wildfires killed 108 people, making it the deadliest
fire in Greece history and the 2nd deadliest after wildfires that
killed 180 in Australia.
Reflections on facing pitchers like Don Drysdale: ““I personally think
it’s too bad if a batter gets hit crowding the plate. I know that Don Drysdale,
Larry Sherry and Stan Williams felt the same way when they pitched for the
Dodgers in the late 1950s and early ’60s. That was the formula I was raised on.
Come to think of it, I’ve never seen a batter apologize for smashing a line
drive off some part of a pitcher’s torso”
— Roger Craig, Inside Pitch
— Roger Craig, Inside Pitch
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