RIDLEY’S
BELIEVE IT OR NOT November 1, 2021
CV World
Cases: The CV pandemic across the planet continues on an increasing basis
with cases now over 247 million at 247,501,784 cases, 18,316,141
of which are active, 229,185,643 closed with 224,169,931 recoveries
(97.81%), and cracking the 5,000,000 barrier 5,015,712 deaths (2.19% )to
continue the low trend of increased cases with increased recovery percentages
and decreased death percentages with some plateaus, dips, and rises.
CV USA Cases: Total
cases now over 46 million at 46,823,938 with 9,342,936 active cases of
which 12,284 are serious or critical, (8,599 on 3/25/2021) (back to steady
decreases despite the Delta variable to .131% of active cases and to
increase the reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 16,987, 37,481,612
closures with 766,299 deaths (2.04%) and with 36,715,313 recoveries (97.96%).
Our death rate percentage is .15% lower than the world’s death rate.
Standing: On a deaths
per million population measure on a steady but slow climb to
2297 the U.S. ranks behind Peru (5961) 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 9.26% of
total cases now; Bulgaria the new number 2 (3489), Hungary (3208) just passed
by Bulgaria, Brazil (2833) which has been hit with a rapid rise in deaths
now slowing down, Argentina (2535), Romania (2504) and newly added to the
list (2466), and slightly better than Belgium (2230),
Mexico (2206), Italy (2189), UK (2057), Poland (2037), Chile (1953), Spain
(1868), Ecuador newly added to list (1831), France (1798), Portugal
(1788), Bolivia (1592), Sweden (1472) that never closed its
economy down like we did, and Switzerland (1287).
Tests: No
need to tally tests as testing programs are functioning well.
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 is 10th on my list of deaths from the
pandemic at 2206/M with 385,347 active cases and a fatality rate of 8.34%
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: 5,787 Deaths/M 822
Honduras: Active
Cases: 249,255 Deaths/M 1012
El
Salvador: Active cases: 14,813 Deaths/M 55r
US
Vaccinations: As of 10/31/2021 420.7 million doses, 1.08 million per day
(down to 2 months for 75% of population vaccinated) and in California 126,767
per day (which means if the rate does not increase it will take us now
only 4 weeks 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 54,091,213
total doses have been given (85.4% of doses received to exceed the U.S.
average of 81.2%), California has moved from 4th to 5th
tied with Colorado of the 50 states in terms of the percentage
of doses administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the states and at
61.2% of its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S. average of 57.9%
and has moved from 15th to 14th in terms of getting
vaccines received into arms and the percentage of the population fully
vaccinated compared to other states.
Non CV
News: Om the G20 front the world leaders have called for a 15% minimum
corporations tax and Biden held a press conference with a crib sheet of
reporters he called on (had crib sheet of talking points which raised question
of whether questions in advance were presented to assist him); was it due to
the need for naps or time for the energy boosters to take effect but Biden was
consistently late for meetings including his press conference; Biden’s coughing
in his hand and then shaking hands of supporters in line may have claimed its
first victim as Psaki has tested positive for the virus although he tested
negative after her infection ; with polls showing Youngkin leading him,
McAuliffe in desperation has shifted gears from the anti-Trump card of Youngkin
being a Trump clone to trying to argue his record when he was governor (touted
the fact he had 5 children in the public schools when in fact 4 went to private
schools which with vouchers like Youngkin advocates children in failing urban
schools choking under the iron fist of the teachers’ union would have the same
opportunity); McAuliffe must know he is in trouble when the liberal NYT does
not conceal but actually prints photos showing miniscule crowds at his rallies
compared to Youngkin’ s; as pundits on the left are calling upon the super wealthy
to pay more in taxes and sell some stock to alleviate hunger, Elan Musk tweeted
he would gladly do that if an accounting were made on where the money would go
and how its expenditure would alleviate hunger (when has the government or the
UN ever done something efficiently compared to private enterprise?); the kill
the golden goose mentality of the Blue one party mentality in California has
resulted in Tesla planning to move its corporate headquarters to Austin; going
up the escalator Biden had a question about the $450,000 per separated child
the Biden Administration is mulling around and true to form was speechless and
could only scratch his head; on a Southwest Airline flight from Houston to Albuquerque
the pilot ended his message with “Let’s Go Brandon” which prompted a firestorm of
criticism from the MSM and an investigation by Southwest Airlines (the shortage
of pilots aggregated by the vaccine mandates may save the pilot’s job and merit
only a reprimand; NYFD firefighters to the tune of 2000 have been going on sick
leave to protest the vaccine mandates that will impose sanctions on the unvaccinated
starting this Monday; the Astros overcame a first inning grand slam and the leftist
despised tomahawk chops to beat the Atlanta Braves 9-5 to force a 6th
game on Tuesday; as the chant concealing
profane thoughts on Biden, “Let’s Go Brandon” sweeps the country and has morphed
into a number 1 rap song, leave it to the political cartoonist to link the
anti-vax movement with the slogan and potential for cancelled flights due to
pilots terminated for not taking the jab:
Chicago
Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show that
through October 30, 2021, gun violence involving mostly persons of color
shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 3923 persons
shot of whom 675 have died.
As always, I
hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for
this day in history, a music video link to “Girls Like
You” by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, the fact that you enjoy reading articles
that describe events that may be sibylline; and a quote by Gary L. Francione, secure in the knowledge that if you want to send a gift for any
memorable events like Halloween or Veterans 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 Brush Day—created
by the Partnership for Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives in 2013 to promote
brushing of teeth for 2 minutes a day twice a day for good dental health and chosen
due to the massive amounts of candy young kids will have received and started consuming
on Halloween.
2. World Vegan Day—created
in 1994 by the Louise Wallis, the Chairperson of the Vegan Society of the United
Kingdom to commemorate the beginning of
the Vegan Movement 50 years ago in 1944 and to promote the benefits of a vegan
diet.
3. 2018 Number 1 Song USA—the
number 1 song in 2018 on this day was “Girls Like You” by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi
B on a run in that position of 7 weeks to join 11 other
songs that achieved number 1 status as 9 acts achieved their first number
1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, including rapper XXXTentacion, who was
murdered in an armed robbery at age 20 to become the 8th artist to reach number 1
status posthumously. Here is a music
video of “Girls Like You” by Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJOTlE1K90k
4. Word of the Day—the
word of the day is “sibylline” which means prophetic which describes the onset
of inflation to be caused by the trillions of new dollars to be spent by the
federal government if Biden’s spending agenda is passed.
5. One Two Punch—celebrating the birth on this day in 1960 of Tim Cook, Steve
Jobs successor as CEO at Apple, who led the company to become the first company
with a $1 trillion market cap on August 2, 2018
and then become the first company to achieve a $2 trillion market cap on August 19, 2020.
On
this day in:
a. 1896
a picture of a native woman with bare breasts appeared in National
Geographic for the first time.
b. 1956 John “Jack” Graham, angry over his mother’s placement
of him in an orphanage during his childhood and desirous of a large
insurance payment, placed a bomb in her luggage before she boarded United
Airlines Flight 629 from Denver to Portland which exploded minutes after the
plane took off, sending it crashing to the ground, killing all 44 aboard.
Graham was arrested, tried in Colorado’s first trial that was televised,
convicted of one count of murder for his mother as there were no statutes that
made bombing of an interstate flight a federal crime which was remedied when
President Eisenhower signed legislation making bombing an aircraft illegal and
executed on January 16, 1957.
c. 1968
the Motion Picture Association of America adopted in rating system for
movies for violence and sexual content of G, M, R and X.
d.
1982 Honda became the first Asian car manufacturer to open a plant in Marysville,
Ohio to manufacture cars in the United States.
e. 1984
anti-Sikh riots broke out in India after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated
by her 2 Sikh bodyguards and when they ended 4 days later some 8,000 Sikhs had
been killed.
Reflections on Veganism: “Veganism is not about giving anything up
or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes
from embracing nonviolence and refusing to participate in the exploitation of
the vulnerable”
― Gary L Francione, noted professor of law at Rutgers University and
author of many books and articles on animal ethics.
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