Ridley's
Believe It Or Not December 28, 2020
CV World
Cases: The CV pandemic across the planet continues with 515,751 new
cases (a .64% increase compared to a 1.22% increase yesterday) to
bring the total over 81 million to 81,657,864, 22,118,245
of which are active, 59,539,619 closed with 57,758,713
recoveries (97.01% compared to yesterday’s 97.00%) and 1,780,906 deaths
(2.99% compared to yesterday’s 3.00%) to continue the trend of increased cases
with increased recovery percentages and decreased death percentages.
CV USA Cases: New cases of 207,777
(a 1.06% increase compared to yesterday’s 1.09% increase) to bring
the total over 19 million to 19,781,624 with
7,741,715 active cases of which 28,912 (.37% of active cases and an increase
from a 28,747 new peak), recently on a disturbing upward trend with no dips
from a high of 19,155 on July 23 (28,672 yesterday), are in serious
or critical condition as trend has shifted and is still continuing to go
up, and 12,039,909 closures, 343,182 of which have been deaths (2.85%
compared to yesterday’s 2.88%) and 11,696,727 of which have been
recoveries (97.15% compared to yesterday’s 97.12%). Our death rate
percentage continues to improve and after many months is now .14% lower than
the world rate and .27% lower than Canada which has the socialized type
medicine Biden may well want to implement here and on a deaths per
million population measurement on a steady climb to 1034 ranks behind Belgium
(1653), Italy (1198). Peru (1130), Spain (1072), Bulgaria (1047) and UK
(1045 which has now passed us despite leading world in testing), and only
slightly worse than France (966), Hungary (950) and (839) six days ago so added to the list, Mexico (948),
Argentina (944), Brazil (898), Chile (857 that we recently
passed), Switzerland (848) and (830) two days ago so added to list, Sweden
(817) that never closed its economy down like we did but has recently been
experiencing a rapid rise in deaths, Ecuador (787) and Bolivia (774) and we
have now conducted 2,404,022 more tests to bring the total to 249,113,995 (now
at 750,443/M compared to Russia at 613,270/M so Trump was telling truth that we
conduct more tests in number and on a per capital basis for nations (other than
those nations that contain small populations like Bahrain,
Denmark, Israel, Singapore and UAE) but for the U.K. which remains
off the testing charts with tests at 767,793/M.
Non CV Case News: The House did not touch the non CV Pork
in the bloated goody bag relief bill with only $600 stimulus checks and passed
the $2,000 stimulus check bill and sent it to the Senate and ignoring the need
to in the interests of free speech and curbing the social media’s Iron Curtain
of censorship eliminate Section 230 overrode Trump’s veto of the Defense
Authorization Bill; Niki Haley who may well be the Red candidate for president
in 2024 slammed Blues for making socialism the default position of the party (
Reds need to put more air time in front of Reps like Rep-Elect Victoria Spartz
who left Ukraine and knows firsthand the failures of socialism; Rick Laude,
Anthony Quin Warner’s neighbor revealed that Warner had indicated to him on the
21st that “Nashville and the world will never forget me”; Big Fredo
had his hands slapped in the toss the First Amendment away jar as the court struck
down his draconian rules limiting attendance in churches, synagogues and other places of
worship; Greg Norman, “The Shark,” as he fights CV which has turned his dives into
sand wedges in terms of distances is warning that this is a serious disease and
to follow the CDC rules;
Chicago/Baltimore Gun
Violence: In Chicago as of December 27, 2020, the number
of shootings increased to 4,157 of whom 714 have died (total
travesty of BLM when blacks are shot and killed by blacks in droves and only
sounds of silence and complete absence of any protests in front of City Hall
demanding action to curb the killings and shootings); 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 381 behind Chicago at 333 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
way more deadly and way more numerous than shootings
by police or by random mass shootings which occur far fewer times).
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and
observances, factoids of interest for this day in history, a musical link
to “Family Affair” by Sly and the Family Stone, the fact that you enjoy a good prothalamion as a guest at a friend’s wedding and a quote on eating endangered fish from Charles
Clover, "The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and
What We Eat," secure in the
knowledge that if you want to send 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
poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient. Please
contact me for the details on the pricing.
1. The Pledge of
Allegiance Day—celebrating
the Pledge of Allegiance which ironically was written by a Baptist Minister
Francis Bellamy who was a socialist to celebrate the 400th Anniversary
of Columbus’s arrival in North America and Congress on this day in 1942 recognized
the Pledge of Allegiance and on this day in 1945 Congress recognized Pledge of
Allegiance Day.
2. National Download Day—not
sure when established or by whom but clearly created to encourage smart phone
users to download apps which surveys show more apps are downloaded on this day
that any other day of the year.
3. 1971 Number One Song— the
number 1 song in 1971 on this day on a run of 3 week was “Family Affair”
by Sly and the Family Stone to join 21 other number 1 songs. Here is a recording of Sly
and the Family Stone singing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbT_ask1Cco
The band was the first major band to be male and female and racially integrated,
formed in San Francisco and active 1966-1983 playing funk, psychedelic soul and
rock.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “prothalamion”
which means a song or poem celebrating an upcoming marriage, a skill which the
Alaskanpoet possesses in spades.
5. An Admiral With
No Ships---celebrating
the birth on this day in 1998 of Japanese Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara who
after a variety of staff jobs in WWII was appointed to the dead end job of garrison
commander of Wake Island after it had surrendered to the Japanese on December
23, 1941. The island was never invaded only bombed occasionally by American
carrier forces include one attack in a sortie with future president George H.W.Bush
and after one such raid on October 5, 1943, fearing an imminent invasion, Sakaibara
ordered the execution of the 98 American civilians doing manual labor for the Japanese, a crime which after the island surrendered
to the Americans on September 4, 1945, resulted in his being hanged as a war
criminal on June 19, 1947 at age 48.
On
this day in:
a. 1832 John C. Calhoun became the first person to resign as Vice President as
he had been elected to the Senate from South Carolina.
b.
1895 Wilhelm Rontgen published a paper describing a form of radiation which become
known as X-Rays.
c. 1918 Constance Markievicz, an Irish
politician serving in a British prison became the first woman to be elected a
M.P. to the House of Commons,
d. 1967 Muriel Siebert became
the first woman to own a seat of the New York Stock Exchange, joining 1365 male
members.
e. 1973 to the bane of developers, the
Endangered Species Act was signed into law by President Nixon.
Reflections on Endangered Species: "Celebrity chefs are the leaders in the field of food,
and we are the led. Why should the leaders of chemical businesses be held
responsible for polluting the marine environment with a few grams of effluent,
which is sublethal to marine species, while celebrity chefs are turning out
endangered fish at several dozen tables a night without enduring a syllable of
criticism?" Charles Clover, "The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is
Changing the World and What We Eat"
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© December 28,
2020 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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