Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not May 5, 2021
CV World Cases: The
CV pandemic across the planet continues the new year with cases now nearing
156 million at 155,813,271 cases (154,973,948 yesterday), 19,361,692 of
which are active, 136,451,579 closed with 133,196,702 recoveries (97.61%
and 97.61% yesterday ,and 3,254,877 deaths (2.39% and 2.39 % yesterday) to
continue the slow trend of increased cases with increased recovery percentages
and decreased death percentage with some plateaus, dips, and rises (have no
idea why the comparatively large improvement in deaths and recoveries
yesterday).
CV USA Cases: Total cases now over 33 million at 33,320,979
274,659 (33,274,659 yesterday) with 6,705,251 active cases of which 9,400 (9,451)
yesterday and 8,599 on 3/25/2021) (now still at .14% of active cases and now a
blip down to decrease the number of serious or critical cases to increase the
reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 19,871), 26,615,728 closed, with 593,134 deaths (2.23%
and 2.23% yesterday) and with 26,022,594 recoveries (97.77% and 97.77%
yesterday). Our death rate percentage continues to slowly improve and after
many months is now .16% lower than the world rate after the world’s spike in
improvement and now .15% higher than Canada which has the socialized type of
medicine Biden may well want to implement here but has approved 4 vaccines as
opposed to our 3, one of which J&J is now no longer on hold.
Standing: On a deaths per million population
measurement on a steady climb to 1783 the U.S. ranks behind Hungary the new
number 1 which has had a huge surge in deaths (2923), aping Hungary in terms of
increase in deaths Bulgaria (2429), Belgium (2095), Italy (2020), Brazil (1939)
which has been hit with a rapid rise in deaths and cases and passed us, Peru
1879, and the UK (1871) which had passed us despite leading world in
testing), and Poland (1811) and
slightly better than Spain (1680), Mexico (1674), Portugal (1670), France (1615),
Romania new entry (1496), Argentina (1446), Sweden (1394) that never
closed its economy down like we did but has recently been experiencing a steady
rise in deaths, Chile (1388),
Switzerland (1227) and Bolivia (1108).
Tests: We have now
conducted 453,054,365 tests (now at 1,362,005/M) compared to number 2 now
France at 1,182,168/M) as we are conducting more tests in number and on a
per capital basis for all nations (other than those nations that contain small
populations like Bahrain, Denmark, Israel, Malta, Singapore and UAE) other
than the U.K. which remains as king of the mountain with respect to tests at 2,356,092/M.
CV Open Gate: Lost in the pronouncements by
Biden and his lackeys that there is no crisis of illegals surging across the
border is that fact that COVID-19 is alive and well and spreading in the
Northern Triangle and Mexico which has moved up to 11th on my list
of deaths from the pandemic at 1674/M and the 3 countries in the Northern
Triangle in terms of active cases and deaths per million are as follows even
though the data may be suspect as underreported:
Guatemala: Activecases: 14,551 420Deaths/M
Honduras: Activecases: 131,097 537Deaths/M
El
Salvador: Active cases: 2,325 329
Deaths/M
US Vaccinations: As of 5/5/2021
249.6 doses million now falling to 2.13 million per day in the last week sounds
impressive but if the rate does not increase it will take us now increased to
some 4 months to have 75% of the population vaccinated which many believe is
necessary to develop herd immunity. In California 31,670,889 total doses have
been given (77.8% of doses received slightly more than the U.S. average of 77.6%),
but even with the pressure of a recall to be scheduled this fall which
hopefully end Newsom’s term, California has finally moved from 28th to
27th out of the 50 states in terms of the percentage of doses
administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the states and at 32.4% of
its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S. average of 32.3% has
fallen from 28th to 30th among the 50 states. A long way to go to get herd immunity in
terms of getting vaccines received into arms and the percentage of the
population fully vaccinated compared to other states which means a great reason
to recall this inept and hypocritical governor.
Non CV News: As Oracle and the
Nashville City Council came to a deal on Oracle’s new research facility that
will include a $175 million construction inducement, a commitment by Oracle to
invest over $1.2 billion and the creation of over 8,000 high paying high tech
jobs, Caitlyn Jenner was lambasting Newsom for the flight of California
businesses and his hypocrisy during the pandemic (she is a true rarity—a fiscal
Red conservative and a Red moderate social policy supporter); while Facebook
evidently panders to the cartels for their ad money to entice illegals to smuggle
into this land, the company has banned Trump for life (Orwellian assault on
free speech justified by algorithms written by leftists); the long knives in
the Reds are being unsheathed to use against Liz Cheney to remove her from her
leadership post in the Reds as she strikes back bemoaning Trump supporters as a
cult; South Carolina has found a novel way to circumvent the problems of supply
and medical ethics of using drugs to execute the condemned and appears to be
bringing back the firing squad which is
quick and evidently painless, although potentially bloody (Gary Gilmore déjà vu
ending the Furman ban on executions by being shot by gunfire in Utah); Kurt
Bardella, appearing on Joyless Reid’s biased show had the inanity to proclaim
the Trump and the Reds were a greater threat to American than Al-Qaeda, Osama
bin Laden and the Taliban combined (great sense of tolerance from this radicalized
Blue).
Pseudo biased “journalist” Brian Stelter whose
inane rants make us want to seek from him shelter was applauding Facebook’s
permanent Trump ban; Antonio Hurtado, a U.S. citizen who was the captain of the boat that was
washed into the cliffs at Point Loma and destroyed with 33 illegals pulled from
the water and at least 3 died, has been arrested for smuggling the illegals,
many of whom told the Border Patrol they had paid $15-$18,000 to be smuggled
into the U.S. (so much for the theory the illegals are fleeing poverty which is
not a reason for asylum); in Biden’s inane view of the world, illegals who are
illiterate, low skilled and whom we do not need are welcomed into this nation
yet 17,000 Afghans who worked as translators for our military during the war in
Afghanistan and are hanging by a slender thread as if we do not bring them with
us most if not all run a great risk of becoming dead; Bezos Blue Orchard
company on July 20 will launch into space with 1 seat auctioned off to the highest
bidder, go up 60 some miles, create 3 minutes of weightlessness and then return
via parachute to Earth (how dumb does a person have to be for a very brief ride
into space and then back?); Garret Rolfe, the Atlanta police officer who shot
and killed Rashard Brooks who fired at him with a taser taken from one of the
officers trying arrest him and was fired the next day and although he has been
charged with murder will now have a job as the Atlanta Civil Service Board
ruled the city violated its own rules in firing him.
While Giuliani has had his home search by FBI leave it to a pollical cartoonist
to reveal the politicization and double standard of justice of the FBI to our
detriment:
Chicago Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com
is back to show that through May 2, 2021, gun violence involving mostly
persons of color shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive and well
with 1101 persons shot of whom 195 have died.
As always, I hope you enjoy
today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for this day in
history, a musical link to “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now” by Phil
Collins, that you enjoy having time to remigate and three quotes by President
Ronald Reagan on his visits to Bitburg and Bergen-Belsen, secure in the knowledge that if you want to send a gift
for any memorable events like Mother’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 details on the pricing.
1. Cinco
de Mayo Day—celebrating
the victory of the Mexican Army over the French at the Battle of Puebla on this
day in 1862 and the celebrations of which now appear to have surpassed St.
Patrick’s Day in terms of alcohol consumed.
2. Bike
to School Day—not sure who created this or when it started but suspect
it was not observed last year as the teachers’ unions were already holding
school children hostage by closing the schools due to the pandemic but albeit
far too slowly their damaging grip is being lessened but not fast enough in
California.
3. 1984 Number 1
Song USA—the number 1 song in 1984 was “Against All Odds (Take a Look at
Me Now” by Phil Collins on a run of 2 weeks in that position to join 19 other
songs reaching number 1 and 14 other acts achieved who their first number 1
status. Here is a recording by Phil Collins of “Against All Odds (Take a Look at
Me Now)”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuvtoyVi7vY
Collins is a British singer and drummer best known for his career with Genesis,
a productive solo career and a 5 year retirement ending in 2015 to spend time
with his family, and being the wealthiest drummer after Ringo Starr.
4.
Word of the Day—the word of the day
is “remigate” which means to row which is a great way to exercise either on the
water or in a gym on a machine.
5.
First Action Star Up in a Cloud of Smoke—celebrating
the birth on this day in 1914 of noted screen and stage actor Tyrone Power who
was a pilot in the Marines during WWII who unfortunately had a 3-4 pack a day
habit along with numerous pipe bowls that contributed to his early death on
November 15, 1958 while being airlifted to a hospital in Madrid. His pregnant
wife gave birth to his son Tyrone Power, Jr. two months after his death.
On this day in
a. 1891 to the joy of music lovers, the New
York City Music Hall, later renamed the Carnegie Hall, was opened to the public
for the first time with Tchaikovsky conducting the first performance there.
b. 1973 Secretariat, noted Triple Crown
Winner, won the 1973 Kentucky Derby at the bub 2 minute time of 4 1:592⁄5 , a record that still stands
today.
c. 1981 Bobby Sands after a 66 day
hunger strike protesting British Army activities in Northern Ireland, died in
Long Kesh Prison.
d. 1985 President Ronald Reagan briefly visited
the German military cemetery at Bitburg that also contained the graves of 49
members of the Waffen SS to lay a wreath in a visit that generated much controversy
and also delivered a speech at the site of the concentration camp at
Bergen-Belsen.
e. 1994 18 yr. old teenager Michael Fay was
caned in Singapore for stealing some road signs and vandalizing 10 cars.
“All these children
of God,
under bleak and lifeless mounds, the plainness of which does not even hint at
the unspeakable acts that created them. Here they lie, never to hope, never to
pray, never to live, never to heal, never to laugh, never to cry… And then,
rising above all this cruelty, out of this tragic and nightmarish time, beyond
the anguish, the pain and suffering, and for all time, we can and must pledge:
never again.” Ronald Reagan speech at Bergen-Belsen
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