Saturday, July 31, 2021

Political Cartoon Embellishes Hypocrisy of the Blues on Masks

 

In urban areas cameras that surveil are almost everywhere
To deter criminal activity and to criminal perpetrators of criminal activity snare
Like the old TV program that Alan Funt told the bamboozled to smile
Committing a crime caught on camera and better chance to be going away for a while
Prior to the pandemic wearing a mask entering a bank was a red light warning a robbery would occur
A sign for the tellers to hit the silent alarms to a quicker response from the police to insure
With the pandemic mask wearing indoors and even some outdoors was the rule
A godsend for criminals needing a now illegal conceal one’s identity tool
The surveillance cameras continued to show all manner of crime taking place
But ID of suspect harder to name with a masked face
Fortunately most violent criminals in mental power lack
Dumb enough to not be wearing a mask while on the attack 
The cartoon hits the nail on the head
For hypocrisy the Blues are loath to shed
Crimes must only count if a mask is not used
While shoplifting running rampant stores are abused
Stripping shelves of goods bare
Caught on camera the thieves do not care
No need to wear a mask
Completing their criminal task
No need to employees or security guards kill
No need to with a weapon open the till
For once the cartoon seems a bit over the top
Save in the Capitol many sheriffs will not maskless people arrest in a stop
© July 31, 2021 The Alaskanpoet



July 30, 1921 Ridley's Believe It Or Not National Whistleblower Appreciation Day

 

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not July 30, 2021       

            CV World Cases: The CV pandemic across the planet continues on a slowing down basis the new year with cases now over 197 million at  197,754,286  cases (196,985,853 yesterday); 14,770,951 of which are active, 182,983,335 closed with 178,763,566 recoveries (97.69% and 97.69% yesterday, and 4,219,769 deaths (2.31% and 2.31% yesterday) to continue the slow trend of increased cases with increased recovery percentages and decreased death percentage with some plateaus, dips, and rises.
            CV USA Cases: Total cases now over 35 million at 35,592,710 (35,492,860 yesterday)  with 5,336,806 active cases of which 9,205 are serious or critical, (9,051 yesterday and 8,599 on 3/25/2021) (now on a serious upswing due to Delta virus up to .017% of active cases and now a steady increase in the number of serious or critical cases to decrease the reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 20,066, 30,255,904 closed, with 628,549 deaths (2.08% and 2.08% yesterday) and with 29,627,355 recoveries (97.92% and 97.92% yesterday). Our death rate percentage has been stuck at 2.08% since July 12, 2021 and is still .23% lower than the world’s death rate.

             Standing: On a deaths per million population measure on a steady   but slow climb to 1887 the U.S. ranks behind Peru (5863) the new number 1 which has had a quantum leap in deaths previously unmatched which was a change in the classification to give Peru the a new method of reporting to have a fatality rate of 9.31% of total cases now; Hungary the new number 2 has had a huge continuing surge in deaths with the increase now slowing down and improving slightly to  3.86% of its closed cases have died (3117), aping Hungary in terms of increase in deaths Bulgaria (2642),   Brazil (2590) which has been hit with a rapid rise in deaths and cases and passed us and Italy, Columbia newly added to the list  (2334);  Argentina (2303), Belgium (2167), (Italy (2121), Poland (1991), and the UK (1898) which had passed us despite leading world in testing and now has new deaths barely increasing),  and slightly better than Mexico (1841), Chile (1833), Romania (1795), Ecuador newly added to list (1760), ( Spain (1742),  France (1709), Portugal (1706), Bolivia (1502),  Sweden (1438) that never closed its economy down like we did, and Switzerland (1250).  b                              Tests: We have now conducted 529,101,922 (now at 1,588,476/M) just passed by France at 1,590,649 who is now 2nd 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 3,575,768/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 been passed by Argentina and newly added Columbia to move down to 12th  on my list of deaths from the pandemic  at 1841/M with a fatality rate of 9.87% of closed cases 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 (regardless of number we need no more cases):
                     Guatemala:  Active Cases:  34,955 Deaths/M 561
                     Honduras:    Active Cases: 186,889 Deaths/M 774
                     El Salvador:  Active cases:     7,742 Deaths/M 401
              US Vaccinations: As of 7/30,21 344.9 million doses at .652 million per day (7 months to go for 75% of population vaccinated) and in California 82,509 per day which means if the rate does not increase it will take us now some 5 months to have 75% of the population of California vaccinated which many believe is necessary to develop herd immunity (other than Flip Flop Fauci who may believe that 90% is required).  In California 45,044,810 total doses have been given (88.5% of doses received to exceed the U.S. average of 86.6%), but even with the pressure of a recall to be scheduled this fall which hopefully end Newsom’s term, California has  moved  up from 19th to 18th   of the 50 states in terms of the percentage of doses administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the states and at 52.7% of its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S. average of 49.5% is still 17th among the 50 states.  A long way to go still 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: The CDC Director has indicated that vaccination mandates are under serious consideration as cases from the Delta variant are surging but vaccinations are not and way below the million plus daily achieved several weeks ago; the head of the Postal Union is opposing Biden’s mandatory vaccine mandate for federal works but at least encouraging workers to get vaccinated; Governor Abbot, whose state Texas is plagued with CV infected illegals pouring across his border while the Biden Administration is playing the fiddle tune of no crisis, has signed an executive order banning mask and vaccination mandates in his state; the rich will get richer and the poor get poorer is a mantra of the Blues but it may also be true in college sports with the ability of athletes to be paid for their likeness as Texas and Oklahoma will be joining the SEC in 2025 (wonder if antitrust rule can be applied to college football conferences?); Mayor Garcetti has learned the hard way that in L.A. don’t mess with the homeless as his home was vandalized soon after signing a ordinance that limited homeless encampments in the city; on the food front almost 300,000 pounds of raw hamburger prepared by an Omaha meat processor have be recalled due to e-coli contamination and more Brightfood packaged lettuce sold at Walmart has been recalled due to salmonella concerns; the ACLU has further distanced itself from reality by inanely claiming the 2nd Amendment is rooted and based upon racism; the DOJ may have to change its name to Department of Hacked as 27 U.S. Attorneys around the nation were hacked; up to $125 million of COVID-19 relief funds distributed to CCNY will be going to forgive student debt including debt of illegal aliens (hopefully Harris chalks that largesse as one of the root causes of illegal immigration); 6 passengers on a Royal Caribbean Cruise have test positive—4 vaccinated adults, 3 of whom have no symptoms and 1 of whom has mild symptoms and 2 unvaccinated children who have no symptoms; in a refreshing note to the consternation of Blues who adhere to the myth that racism is only prevalent among Reds, Reds are demanding another hearing on Biden’s pick to head the ATF David Chipman was making denigrating racist comments about black ATF agents (when will Biden come to what little senses he has and withdraw the nomination of this rabid anti-2nd Amendment leftist?); as Biden continues to hector Americans to get vaccinated, he totally ignores and dismisses the fact that illegal aliens infected by COVID are also pouring across the border released into the interior maskless and unvaccinated to spread the disease, leave it to the political cartoonist to portray the gravity of this super spreader event:                                                                         

              Chicago Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show that through July 27, 2021, gun violence involving mostly persons of color shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 2529 persons shot of whom 434 have died.
              As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for this day in history, a video recording musical link to “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” by Jim Croce,  the fact that you have never been exposed to scatology, and a quote by Robert Bothwell on Medicare, secure in the knowledge that if you want to send a gift for any memorable events like Labor 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 pricing.
              1.  National Whistleblower Appreciation Day—created by the United States Senate on this day in 2013 to promote the protection of whistleblowers who expose fraud, corruption, waste and other illegal behavior on the behalf of “public servants” and to encourage public employees to become whistleblowers when they observe such conduct.
              2.  World Day Against Trafficking in Persons—created by the UN General Assembly on December 18, 2013 and celebrated on this day since 2014 to promote the end of human trafficking which with our open border and cartel members getting rich bringing in illegals is a problem big time in this nation which the Biden Administration seems helpless to take any steps to curtail.  
              3. 1973 Number 1 Song USA—the number 1 song in 1973 on this day was “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” by Jim Croce on a run of 2 weeks in that position to join 26 other songs that achieved number 1 status and as third person to achieve number 1 status posthumously, join 13 other acts who achieved their first number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. Here is a video recording by Jim Croce of “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” by Jim Croce:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvwDohEEQ1E Croce had released 5 albums and numerous singles and had just completed a concert at Northwestern State to board a private plane with 3 others to head to Austin College for another concert on September 20, 1973 one day before the scheduled release of his single “I Got a Name” which reached number 10 in the charts. Sadly, due to pilot error the plane crashed on takeoff, killing all 5 on board.
              4.  Word of the Day—the word of the day is “scatology” which means the study of excrement which also apply to the study of the news broadcasts of the Cack News Network, CNN.
              5.  I’ll Be Back--celebrating the birth on this day in 1947 of noted bodybuilder, actor and governor of California first by recall and then a second term by election Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger is best known for his action films as Conan and in the Terminator series and sadly fell victim to the reptilian brain impregnating his housekeeper while his wife Maria Shriver was also pregnant; 14 years after his son out of wedlock was born the relationship was reveals resulting in his divorce from Shriver.

              On this day in:
              
a. 1932 Walt Disney’s animated short Flowers and Trees premiered to become the first animated film to use Technicolor and the first animated short to win an Academy Award.
               b. 1945 the Japanese submarine I-58 sunk the USS Indianapolis fortunately for us after and not before it had delivered the 2 atomic bombs to Tinian Island for dropping on Japan. Of the 1195 crew members, 300 went down with the ship 12 minutes after being torpedoed the rest went into the water without sufficient life rafts, food or water and it took the Navy 4 days to know they had lost a ship and find the survivors which had dwindled down to 316 due to shark attacks, exposure and dehydration.
               c. 1965 to the joy of seniors, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Social Security Act of 1965 creating Medicare and Medicaid.

               d. 1975 Jimmy Hoffa disappeared at around 2:30 p.m. from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, a suburb of Detroit, never to be seen or heard from again.
               e.  2006 in all-good things have to come to an end sometime, the world’s longest running musical show, Top of the Pops, broadcast its last episode on BBC Two after 42 continuous years.  

               
Reflections on Medicare: “We like to say medicare is uniquely Canadian, but Americans have Medicare too. Even the name. I can't actually determine where the name started, except that it appeared in the two countries at about the same time. Had the Vietnam War not occurred, the Americans would have had a Medicare system much like ours." Robert Bothwell, noted Canadian author

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Friday, July 30, 2021

Lemon and Kasich in a Snit Fit Over Conservative Whites Not Vaccinating

 

The only right about Don Lemon is that his name matches an unfit car
One that upon leaving the lot quickly breaks down after not going very far
One of the rarest viewers on news shows on Cable TV
Is the one who is dumb enough to turn on the channel to Don Lemon see
Unless one is one of the most biased on the planet most of use his rants want to forget
Recent rants are that conservative whites are refusing to do their civic vaccination bit
On his show with RINO Kasich he got into a vaccine snit fit
To his credit Kasich found a spine and told Lemon his fact less bashing of whites he should quit
 Don Lemon is the perfect of his namesake car
And shedding viewers like a bad case of dandruff a fading never was star

© July 30, 2021 The Alaskanpoet

Uncivility Theater of the Absurd--Stephanie Murphy Flipping the Bird

 

Members of Congress continue to spiral into the theater of the uncivil absurd
Caught on video was Blue Rep Stephanie Murphy flipping a NRCC female staffer the bird
Who had the temerity to this icon of civility ask
What she thought of Pelosi violating her House rules and not wearing a mask
Knowing she was on video most likely tried to conceal by scratching her head
Hoping if it went viral it would appear merely that she was trying to dandruff spread
Blues sadly must almost all feel
In their intolerant anti-conservative zeal
That Reds are Untermensch and like the Soviets facing the Nazis in World War II
Their ideas have no right to be heard or exist in the world to be ruled by the Blues
When will the lightbulb finally go on in Blues’ leftist biased brains
That to accomplish anything in politics to solve our needs from lack of civility they must refrain
Demean and insult anyone and any chance of further discussion usually will come to an end
More and more we see this in the Swamp and across the nation in an accelerating trend
For Murphy with her one finger salute a corollary to Murphy’s Law
Flipping the bird and trying to conceal it will chew you up in a viral condemning buzzsaw  

© July 30, 2021 The Alaskanpoet

 

We are plagued with the Biden virus two step
Sadly it is a tragedy we all will live to regret
One step forward against COVID-19 with the warp speed vaccines
Two steps backward with infected illegals crossing border in an increasing stream
Illegals without masks or vaccines are the new super spreaders
Biden’s idiotic stopping wall construction means harder to return them to sender
Illegals infected released into the general population
How many Americans have to die before Red wave ballot condemnation?
Cartoon shows that a blind to reality Biden either doesn’t care
Or clearly enjoys having more future Blue voters to snare
Sadly the omens look like the two steps will turn into a run
Far too soon, shut downs, lock downs and capacity reductions will join the mask mandatories that have just begun
The fragile recovery again hobble by COVOD-19 will again stall
While more illegals, drugs, crime and trafficking in record number pour through gaps in unfinished wall 
© July 30, 2021 The Alaskanpoet


July 29, 2021 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Earth Overshoot Day

 

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not July 29, 2021       

            CV World Cases: The CV pandemic across the planet continues on a slowing down basis the new year with cases now over 196 million at  196,985,853  cases (196,267,832 yesterday); 14,059,934 of which are active, 182,525,919 closed with 178,317,200 recoveries (97.69% and 97.69% yesterday, and 4,208,719 deaths (2.31% and 2.31% yesterday) to continue the slow trend of increased cases with increased recovery percentages and decreased death percentage with some plateaus, dips, and rises.
            CV USA Cases: Total cases now over 35 million at 35,492,860 (35,487,490 yesterday)  with 5,260,198 active cases of which 9,051 are serious or critical, (8,795 yesterday and 8,599 on 3/25/2021) (now on a serious upswing due to Delta virus up to .017% of active cases and now a steady increase in the number of serious or critical cases to decrease the reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 20,220, 30,232,662 closed, with 628,137 deaths (2.08% and 2.08% yesterday) and with 29,604,525 recoveries (97.92% and 97.92% yesterday). Our death rate percentage continues to slowly improve and after many months is now .23% lower than the world’s death rate.

             Standing: On a deaths per million population measure on a steady   but slow climb to 1886 the U.S. ranks behind Peru (5861) the new number 1 which has had a quantum leap in deaths previously unmatched which was a change in the classification to give Peru the a new method of reporting to have a fatality rate of 9.31% of total cases now; Hungary the new number 2 has had a huge continuing surge in deaths with the increase now slowing down and improving slightly to  3.86% of its closed cases have died (3117), aping Hungary in terms of increase in deaths Bulgaria (2641),   Brazil (2583) which has been hit with a rapid rise in deaths and cases and passed us and Italy, Columbia newly added to the list (2328);  Argentina (2297), Belgium (2167), (Italy (2121), Poland (1991), and the UK (1897) which had passed us despite leading world in testing and now has new deaths barely increasing),  and slightly better than Mexico (1838), Chile (1822), Romania (1795),  Spain (1740),  France (1707), Portugal (1705), Bolivia (1499),  Sweden (1438) that never closed its economy down like we did, and Switzerland (1250). 
              Tests: We have now conducted 527,154,538 (now at 1,582,654/M) compared to number 2 now France at 1,572,867 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 3,561,987/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 been passed by Argentina to move down to 11th  on my list of deaths from the pandemic  at 1838/M with a fatality rate of 9.90% of closed cases 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 (regardless of number we need no more cases):
                     Guatemala:  Active Cases:  34,135 Deaths/M 560
                     Honduras:    Active Cases: 186,139 Deaths/M 770
                     El Salvador:  Active cases:     7,404 Deaths/M 399
              US Vaccinations: As of 7/28/21 343.4 million doses at .608 million per day (7 months to go for 75% of population vaccinated) and in California 77,525 per day which means if the rate does not increase it will take us now some 5 months to have 75% of the population of California vaccinated which many believe is necessary to develop herd immunity (other than Flip Flop Fauci who may believe that 90% is required).  In California 44,761,604 total doses have been given (88.5% of doses received to exceed the U.S. average of 86.9%), but even with the pressure of a recall to be scheduled this fall which hopefully end Newsom’s term, California has  moved  down from 18th to 19th  of the 50 states in terms of the percentage of doses administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the states and at 52.5% of its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S. average of 49.3% is still 17th tied with Delaware among the 50 states.  A long way to go still 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: Pelosi has directed the Capitol Police to arrest members of Congress, staff and visitors who are not wearing masks regardless of vaccine status (unlike the sheriffs and chiefs of police in many jurisdictions with mandatory mask requirements regardless of vaccine status who will not enforce the mandate expect the chief of the Capitol Police to bow to Pelosi’s wishes); SCOTUS has ruled 5-4 that the rent eviction prohibitions cannot be extended past July 30 without congressional action (many tenants will be in a world of hurt but so will many noncorporate owners of rental property deprived of their rental income by not being able to evict nonpaying tenants and replacing them with those who can pay); Biden’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is under fire for terminating top career employees and replacing them with Biden loyalists and then refusing to provide documents to Red members of Congress inquiring into the matter (no surprise that a career politician like Biden would condone such acts); the AFT’s President and School Kids Hostage Taker in Chief appears to be backpedaling on her goal to open schools for in person learning in the fall over the CDC’s flip flopping on mask requirements; sadly like the shootings in our urban centers, violence against flight attendants is on the rise on airlines, prompting the flight attendants’ union to file complaints with the FAA and DOJ (the days of “Coffee, Tea or Me” have long since faded away); the CBP inspecting the container ship Pan Jasmine which had arrived in New Orleans with some of its cargo infested with a type of Asian beetles and ants that have been a threat to American trees and lumber for years and immediate ordered the vessel out of U.S. waters; Merrick Garland has immediately indicated the DOJ will challenge Governor Abbot’s executive order banning the transportation of illegal aliens infected with COVID-19 (only in America have our political idiots forced vaccinated Americans to wear mask while welcoming maskless illegals infected by the virus to enter and stay in the U.S.); as blues seem to be in a mad rush to impose mask requirements under the guise of “follow the science” leave it to the political cartoonist to point out the idiocy of their position:  

               Chicago Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show that through July 27, 2021, gun violence involving mostly persons of color shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 2511 persons shot of whom 431 have died.
              As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for this day in history, a video recording musical link to “Alone Again (Naturally)” by Gilbert O’Sullivan,  the fact that you could never be accused of being a scaramouch, and a quote by Jack Paar on doing The Tonight Showsecure in the knowledge that if you want to send a gift for any memorable events like Labor 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 pricing.
              1.  National Intern Day—created by the Way Up International and celebrated on the last Thursday in July since 2017 to promote the hiring of interns while still in college to bridge the gap between the classroom and the boardroom and to foster the career advancement of interns.
              2.  Earth Overshoot Day—created by Andrew Simms to mark the day when the demand for ecological resources exceeds the amount the Earth can regenerate and was observed on this day in 2021 breaking the trend to have the milestone occurring earlier each year due to the slow down of the world economy and the increased number of deaths caused by the pandemic of COVID-19.
              3. 1972 Number 1 Song USA—the number 1 song in 1972 on this day was “Alone Again (Naturally)” by Gilbert O’Sullivan on a run of 4 weeks in that position to join 20 other songs that achieved number 1 status and join 17 other acts who achieved their first number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. Here is a video recording by Gilbert O’Sullivan of “Alone Again (Naturally)”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_P-v1BVQn8 O’Sullivan started performing in 1967 and after 19 albums and numerous top hot hits is still going strong at age 74.
              4.  Word of the Day—the word of the day is “scaramouch” which means a scoundrel or rascal which carefully describes almost phonetically fired former Trump adviser Scaramucci.   
              5.  Marathon Man--celebrating the birth on this day in 1938 of Peter Jennings noted TV newsman and anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 1983 to 2005 and best remembered for his marathon broadcast of the New Year’s Eve Millennium Special and his 17 hours of continuous coverage of the 9/11 attacks but a heavy smoker who after quitting for 20 years picked up the habit again following 9/11 and died from lung cancer on August 7, 2005 after ending his stint as anchor on April 1, 2005.
              On this day in:

               a. 1948 after a 12 year break due to World War II, the Summer Olympics resumed with the XV Olympiad opening in London.
               b. 1957  Jack Paar began hosting The Tonight Show, which he continued to do until March 29, 1962. When he died Time’s obituary included the observation perhaps strongly contested by fans of Johnny Carson that “His fans would remember him as the fellow who split talk show history into two eras: Before Paar and Below Paar.”
               c. 1981 an estimated 700 million viewers watched the marriage of Charles, the Prince of Wales, to Lady Dianna Spencer at London’s St. Paul Cathedral.

               d. 1987 English Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President Francois Mitterrand signed an agreement to construct a tunnel linking the two nations under the English Channel.
               e.  1996 the child protection provisions contained in the Communications Decency Act were struck down by a federal court as being too broad.
               Reflections on The Tonight Show:Doing the show was like painting the George Washington Bridge. As soon as you finished one end, you started right in on the other.” Jack Paar.
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Thursday, July 29, 2021

Unruly Air Passengers More and More Out of Control

 

Sadly the social fabric in America seems to more and continuing rapidly to unravel
Whether on the Capitol steps, the halls of Congress, urban city streets or  on an airline seat trying to travel
The flight attendants union has with the DOJ and FAA raised the alarm
More and more often unruly passengers on flight attendants or other passengers trying to inflict harm
It’s easy to blame the airlines for this increasingly violent mess
Air travel even before the pandemic was not a trip of joy but rather a time stress
Less legroom, no meals, luggage charges and long check in through TSA security lines
Now mandatory mask wearing for those over two in a space so confined
But pointing the finger of blame at the airlines ignores where three fingers are aimed
They point back to the passenger whose loss of temper control is the one to be blamed
And the thumb points to a probable end game
Handcuffs and jail if one cannot violent urges tame
We as a nations no matter where we are have to learn
We have to have tolerance and seek more civility in our lives return
You cannot control often times how one thinks, speaks or acts
But you can control the urge to in response attack

The urge to rage while couped up in an airplane one must learn to cool
Hitting another passenger or a flight attendant makes you a complete fool
Bad enough on the ground but so much worse in the air
The cops will be waiting with cuffs when flight ends to get you there

© July 29, 2021 The Alaskanpoet

Americans Face Arrest If Maskless on Capitol Grounds Yet Infected Maskless Illegals Bussed to Interior Towns Huh?

 

Americans should be rising up in arms
And start loud and clear sounding the alarm
While maskless Americans face arrest on Capitol grounds
COCID infected illegals are being bussed into interior towns
Biden’s inane policy with future illegal voters to stack the election deck
While our safety from drugs, crime and infected illegals reject
We cannot keep going down this destructive to America path
Blue politicians must hear and see our righteous wrath
The illegal tidal wave will economically drown most blacks
Unless they move to the voting Red track
Ditto to the Hispanics who are citizens or who have green cards
Wave after wave of illegal aliens will mean their economic gains to discard
We cannot be a nation where Americans must follow the anti-COVID-19 rules
While infected illegals maskless stream across making us look like fools
It might seem extreme but since do not have the power to illegals deport
If being a human coyote a capital offense in states  became
Might go a long way to the tidal waves of illegals tame
May seem theatrical but in 2022 and 2024 we need a Red tidal wave
Or we will be writing eulogies for this Republic we failed to save

© July 29, 2021 The Alaskanpoet

Police Chief Hero Who Saves Attempted Drowning Victim Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Him

 

Police have the most difficult job in the world to us serve and protect
While despite the dangers or how heinous the crime to keep emotions in check
In Greenwood, Missouri Robert Zicarelli walked into the police station
Admitted to a heinous act that merits only condemnation
Drowned his six year old daughter in a pond nearby
Police Chief and others raced to pond to see her face down lie
The started CPR and warmed her until the paramedics arrived
Thanks to his quick actions the little girl survived
But the chief’s emotions he could not ignore and no matter his training could not deny
Returning to the station he threw a handcuffed Zicarelli to the ground, punched him and threatened “you deserve to die!”
He pled guilty to assaulting Zicarelli and now sentencing he awaits
In current defund the police hysteria one hopes prison is not his fate
Killing or trying to kill a child by a parent is the lowest of the low
It would take a real saint to one’s emotions to avenge totally stow
Saving the child makes him a hero
Chances of prison sentence should be zero
Those of us outraged that a dad would killing a 6 month old try
Can only shake our heads and ask the prosecutor on prosecution "Why"?  
© July 29, 2021 The Alaskanpoet

Follow the Science If Only It Were True

 

Normally the political cartoons posted on Fox News hit the nail on the head
Here a glaring mistake to weaken the message  as the crayon held is red
The insertion of the phrase "junk science" the truth reveals
Mocks the "follow the science " appeal
Since the DNC is a mere puppet of the teachers’ unions demands
Blue should have been the color of the crayon in the kid’s hand
Since the first COVID case the claims of Fauci and his gang that “science they follow”
Have with the numerous flip flops and complete lack of transparency rung hollow
Leaving Americans if a sea of distrust and in the dark
On the need for masks, the effectiveness of masks or acquired immunity versus the vaccine
Sadly clear from almost the very start the virus has been used to further political means
Whether to control more of peoples’ lives or to the election laws bend
So a sitting president the voters back to the Oval Office would not send
Fauci has long since passed his expiration date
Doubt if we are ready for another wave of shutdowns forced onto our plate.


© July 29, 2021 The Alaskanpoet

July 28, 2021 Ridley's Believe It Or Not World Hepatitis Day

 

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not July 28, 2021       

            CV World Cases: The CV pandemic across the planet continues on a slowing down basis the new year with cases now over 196 million at  196,267,832  cases (195,664,774 yesterday); 14,052,623 of which are active, 182, 078,402 closed with 177,881,075 recoveries (97.69% and 97.69% yesterday, and 4,197,327 deaths (2.31% and 2.31% yesterday) to continue the slow trend of increased cases with increased recovery percentages and decreased death percentage with some plateaus, dips, and rises.
            CV USA Cases: Total cases now over 35 million at 35,555,430 (35,288,273 yesterday)  with 5,156,410 active cases of which 8795 are serious or critical, (8447 yesterday and 8,599 on 3/25/2021) (now on a serious upswing due to Delta virus up to .017% of active cases and now a steady increase in the number of serious or critical cases to decrease the reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 20,476, 30,199,020 closed, with 627,370 deaths (2.08% and 2.08% yesterday) and with 29,571,650 recoveries (97.92% and 97.92% yesterday). Our death rate percentage continues to slowly improve and after many months is now .23% lower than the world’s death rate.

             Standing: On a deaths per million population measure on a steady   but slow climb to 1884 the U.S. ranks behind Peru (5859) the new number 1 which has had a quantum leap in deaths previously unmatched which was a change in the classification to give Peru the a new method of reporting to have a fatality rate of 9.31% of total cases now; Hungary the new number 2 has had a huge continuing surge in deaths with the increase now slowing down and improving slightly to  3.86% of its closed cases have died (3117), aping Hungary in terms of increase in deaths Bulgaria (2640),   Brazil (2577) which has been hit with a rapid rise in deaths and cases and passed us and Italy, Columbia newly added to the list (2322);  Argentina (2286), Belgium (2167), (Italy (2121), Poland (1991), and the UK (1894) which had passed us despite leading world in testing and now has new deaths barely increasing),  and slightly better than Mexico (1831), Chile (1822), Romania (1794),  Spain (1739),  France (1707), Portugal (1703, Bolivia (1496),  Sweden (1438) that never closed its economy down like we did, and Switzerland (1250). 
              Tests: We have now conducted 526,903,395 (now at 1,581,395/M) compared to number 2 now France at 1,570,658 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 3,534,930/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 been passed by Argentina to move down to 11th  on my list of deaths from the pandemic  at 1831/M with a fatality rate of 9.92% of closed cases 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 (regardless of number we need no more cases):
                     Guatemala:  Active Cases:  33,219 Deaths/M 557
                     Honduras:    Active Cases: 185,564 Deaths/M 766
                     El Salvador:  Active cases:     7,416 Deaths/M 396
              US Vaccinations: As of 7/27/21 342.6 million doses at .588 million per day (8 months to go for 75% of population vaccinated) and in California 78,240 per day which means if the rate does not increase it will take us now some 5 months to have 75% of the population of California vaccinated which many believe is necessary to develop herd immunity (other than Flip Flop Fauci who may believe that 90% is required).  In California 44,761,604 total doses have been given (88.5% of doses received to exceed the U.S. average of 86.8%), but even with the pressure of a recall to be scheduled this fall which hopefully end Newsom’s term, California has finally has  moved  up from  20th  to 18th of the 50 states in terms of the percentage of doses administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the states and at 52.4% of its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S. average of 49.2% is 17th tied with Delaware among the 50 states.  A long way to go still 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: It is becoming more difficult for all but the most rabid Blue backers of Biden or those most terrified of Harris’ incompetence and leftist slant to not accept the fact that Biden’s mind may be under raging dementia assault as he first misnames the Afghan President while he is visiting the Oval office then confuses Trump with Obama and implies Trump caused the 2009 recession; Pelosi took time out from her assault on Ranking Minority Leader McCarthy as being a “moron”, to dismiss the Squad’s call for an illegal dismissal by Biden of $50,000 of the student debt that is a great burden to students since Biden does not have the legal power to take that act; anyone not blind can see that the border is open and we are in a crisis with the unprecedented surge of illegals and now we have additional worries the flood of those illegals infected with COVID-19 that are being process and released into the interior among us as spreaders (whistleblowers’ lawsuits that DHS was demanding that CV infections be concealed at the Fort Bliss processing center); the new Iron Curtain in American will soon be the Vaccine Curtain that will keep you out from working there in person unless you are vaccinated as Facebook has joined the vaccine required ranks; as Biden pushing to spend trillions that will most certainly will fuel more inflation, the fed has announced that inflation will remain high for some time; first liberal Blue Barbara Boxer was attacked in Oakland and Newsom’s PlumpJack’s retail wine store had is window smashed by would be burglars (welcome to the real world Newsom); as the January 6 Capitol Commission starts its hearings leave it to the political cartoonist portray graphically what many believe in terms of its ability to be impartial:          

                  Chicago Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show that through July 26, 2021, gun violence involving mostly persons of color shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 2496 persons shot of whom 429 have died.
              As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for this day in history, a video recording musical link to “Indian Reservation (Lament of the Cherokee Indian Reservation)” Paul Revere and The Raiders,  the fact that you could never be accused of being a scapegrace, and a quote by Terry Fox on fighting cancer, secure in the knowledge that if you want to send a gift for any memorable events like Labor 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 pricing.                                        1.  World Hepatitis Day—created by the World Hepatitis Alliance on May 19, 2008 and changed in May of 2010 by resolution of the 63rd Annual World Health Assembly to change the date, but not the focus to promote awareness of Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E, work for the prevention and treatment of the disease, to July 28 to honor the birthday Baruch Samuel Blumberg who discovered the virus that causes Hepatitis B.
              2.  National Hamburger Day—celebrating that quintessential uniquely American staple of our diet that is believed to have been first served by Louis Lassen at his Louis Lunch restaurant in New Haven on this day in 1900.
              3. 1971 Number 1 Song USA—the number 1 song in 1971 on this day was “Indian Reservation (Lament of the Cherokee Indian Reservation)” by Paul Revere and The Raiders on a run of 1 week in that position to join 21 other songs that achieved number 1 status and join 15 other acts 1 of whom was Janis Joplin who was the second artist to achieve that status posthumously, who achieved their first number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. Here is a recording by Paul Revere and The  Raiders of “Indian Reservation (Lament of the Cherokee Indian Reservation)”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lZxoHSELZ4  This American group with their Revolutionary War garb which have been a no-no today had great success in the late 60’s and the early 70’s.
              4.  Word of the Day—the word of the day is “scapegrace” which means a scoundrel which sadly defines far too many of our politicians.
              5.  Hope May Not Run Fast But It Runs--celebrating the birth on this day in 1958 of Terry Fox, a high school runner and athlete who lost a leg to bond cancer and after being fitted with an artificial leg decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. He dipped his artificial leg into the Atlantic Ocean on April 12, 1980, and then started his Marathon of Hope which involved running a marathon a day on each day he day he ran which was almost every day after 143 days and 3339 a fit of intense coughing caused him to check into a hospital where it was confirmed that his cancer had returned and found its way to his lungs. He was forced to stop, and chemotherapy was not successful resulting in his death from cancer on June 28, 1981 but his death had not gone in vain as his original goal of collecting one dollar from each of the 24 million Canadians was almost surpassed by a telethon that aired a week after he stopped his run that raised $10.5 million and donations continued to pour in such that by April over $23 million had been raised. After his death, an annual Terry Fox Run has held annually that through 2018 had raised over $750 million for cancer research.

              On this day in:
              
a. 1932 in what would make the January 6 protests at the Capitol look like a picnic, the U.S. Attorney General ordered the Bonus Army of 13,000 WWI veterans and their 17,000 dependents removed from all government property in Washington, D.C. prompting the army to send in 1000 soldiers and cavalry supported by 6 tanks to remove them and burn down their encampment, resulting in 69 police being injured and 2 veterans shot and killed and contributing to the landslide that swept Hoover out of officee.
               b. 1945 in a chilling omen of what a plane crash might mean, a B-25 Bomber in the fog crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building, killing all 3 crew members and 11 people in the building starting fires that were quickly put out and the structural integrity of the building not damaged.
               c. 1984 the Games of the XXIII Olympiad opened in Los Angeles which were boycotted by Iran and Libya and in a tit-for-tat move due to the U.S.’s boycott of the Moscow Olympics due to the invasion by the Soviet Union of Afghanistan by 14 Eastern Bloc nations excluding Romania which participated and was third in total medals won.

               d. 2005 the Provisional Irish Republican Army called an end to its 30 year armed struggle against British rule in of Northern Ireland.
               e.  2018 Australian Wendy Tuck became the first woman captain to win the Clipper Round the World Race.     
               
Reflections on fighting cancer: “The night before my amputation, my former basketball coach brought me a magazine with an article on an amputee who ran in the New York Marathon. It was then I decided to meet this new challenge head on and not only overcome my disability, but conquer it in such a way that I could never look back and say it disabled me.” Terry Fox whose death passed the baton of his cancer funding efforts to the annual Terry Fox Run.

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