RIDLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT
February 18, 2022
CV World Cases: The planet continues on an
increasing basis with cases now over 421 million at 421,935,764
cases, 69,695,843 of which are active, 352,239,931 closed with
346,348,135 recoveries (98.33%), and nearing the 5,900,000 barrier 5,891,876
deaths (1.67% )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 passing 80 million at 80,01621with 27,677,644 active cases of
which 12,562 are serious or critical, (15,517 on 12/12) (back to steady
decreases despite the increase in active cases due to the relative mildness of
the Omicron variant) to .045 % of active cases (back to back steady decreases
despite the increase in active cases due to the relative mildness of the
Omicron variant and to increase the reduction from the
29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 16,709, 52,349,047 closures with 958,152 deaths
(1.83%) and with 51,390,895 recoveries (98.17%). Our death rate percentage is .16%
higher than the world’s death rate.
Standing: On a deaths
per million population measure on a steady but slow climb to 2867 the U.S.
ranks behind Peru (6197) 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; Bulgaria (5096), Hungary (4477), Romania
(3275), Brazil (2991), and Poland (2899) and slightly higher than
Argentina (2726), Columbia (2663), Belgium (2561), Italy (2530), Mexico (2399),
Russia (2355), UK (2342), Chile (2119), Spain (2095), France (2083), Portugal
(2046), Ecuador (1942), Bolivia (1790), Sweden (1640) that
never closed its economy down like we did, and Switzerland (1498).
US Vaccinations:
As of 02/18/22 549.5 million doses, 646,802 per day last
week ( 75.4%) of population now vaccinated with at least one shot)
and in California 94,293 per day (which means at least 81.4% of the
population of California has received at least one shot) which many believe is
necessary to develop herd immunity (other than Flip Flop Fauci who may believe
that 90% is required). In California 70,952,253 total doses have
been given (83.1% of doses received to exceed the U.S. average of 81.2%),
California has moved from 14th to 14th
tied with Nevada of the 50 states in terms of the percentage of doses
administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the states and at 70.0%% of
its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S. average of 64.0% and
has moved from to 11th tied with Washington 12th
in terms of the percentage of the population fully vaccinated
compared to other states (nothing like a recall election to get Newsom’s
attention and performance).
Non CV
News: Russian invasion of Ukraine appears more and more likely as the
President of Ukraine has left the country to join Harris in a security
conference of NATO in Munich (ironic as it was the site of the 1938 Munich
meeting which resulted in the Sudetenland being appeased to Germany and
remember what happened to our highly trained and armed Afghan Army when its
president left the country—folded quickly like a house of cards); in the Ivy
League swimming championships Lynn Thomas, a transgender who used to compete as
a male, is making a mockery of women’s sports (unless this nonsense of allowing
transgenders to compete as females is ended, kiss women’s sports and Title IX
goodbye); Trudeau the Basement Tyrant is cracking down and arresting Freedom
Convoy truckers and incurring the wrath of Canadian clergy; looks like my name
of Cack News Network for CNN is being replaced to Corrupt News Network by the
actions of resigned Allison Gollust as while working there she was sending
notes to producers of interviews of areas disgraced governor Andrew Cuomo
wanted to discuss; as illegals and illegal drugs surge across the border in
massive numbers in January which is historically a low month, AOC continues to
make a fool of herself, this time selling “Abolish ICE” clothing and other
items on her online store; Karine-Jean Pierre, one of the Bobbsey Twins with
Jen Psaki of the Presidential Press Secretary Corps made a fool or herself claiming
Governor Noem’s signing of a bill in South Dakota prohibiting transgenders from
competing in women’s sports was attacking the LBGT youth in her state; Kim
Potter was sentenced by Judge Chu to 2 years in prison for her accidental
shooting of Daunte Wright which provoked some looting in Brooklyn Heights and
the march of 100 some protestors to the home of Judge Chu; George Gascon fighting
a second recall effort for his soft on criminals has become the buzzword target
by Orange County DA Todd Spitzer running for reelection as D.A. who charged his
opponent criminal defense attorney Pete Hardin as being another George Gascon
with similar views; Eric Adams with his tossing the race card at journalists is
looking more like Lori “Lightweight” Lightfoot and with respect to subway
safety having cops patrolling with nurse and health care workers more like a defund
the police wolf in sheep’s clothing; Amy Entelis, one of the troika appointed on
an interim basis to manage troubled CNN, is no stranger to toxic environments
having been an executive at ABC News, infamous for its toxic work environment;
while Biden and his Blues may be oblivious to the ravages of inflation, ordinary
Americans are not as Burger King is raising prices and dropping its iconic
Whopper from its discount menu; Trudeau is being attacked for his tyranny but
leave it to the political cartoonist to portray the roots of this man’s
tyranny:
Chicago Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to
collect data to show that through February 17, 2022, gun violence
involving mostly persons of color shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago
is alive and well with 331 shot of whom 75 have died while 2021 shootings
numbers compared to 2020 are 4544 to 4248 and deaths are 846 compared to 797.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest
for this day in history, a recording link to “Duke of Earl” by Gene
Chandler, the fact that you detest people who engage in sollevation, and a
quote by Bonnie Hanssen on her lack of knowledge of her husband’s spying, secure in the knowledge that if you want to send a gift
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1. National Drink Wine Day—not sure who or when created this day or why this day was chosen
to celebrate and “spread the love and health benefits of wine” when of course
consumed in moderation. This beverage has been part of our diet and culture
since 6000 B.C.
2. National Woman’s
Heart Day—created by Sister
to Sister: Everyone Has a Heart Foundation and celebrated on the third Friday
in February since 2001 to promote awareness of heart disease which is the
leading cause of death among women and steps to be taken to insure a healthy
heart.
3. 1962 Number 1 Song—the number 1 song in 1962 on this day
was “Duke of Earl” by Gene Chandler on a run of 3 weeks in that position
to join 20 other songs that achieved number 1 status and 13 other acts that
achieved their first number one song. Here’s a recording of Gene Chandler performing “Duke of Earl”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Uht69h8Is Chandler an
African American singer known rightfully given the hit song as “The Duke” was
one of the few artists to chart success spanning rhythm and blues, doo-wop,
soul, and disco. He has retired and will celebrate his 85th birthday
this year on July 6.
4.
Word of the Day—the word of the day is “sollevation” which means insurrection
which is what Blues and some of the MSM who should know better are trying to
characterize the events of January 6, 2021.
5. Stage Fright Won’t Kill You But Treating May—celebrating the birth on this day in 1940 of noted Italian
guitarist, singer and songwriter Fabrizio De André who recorded 14 albums and sold over 65
million records but who was shy and had
terrible stage frights that caused him to drink a liter of whiskey performing
until the mid-80’s after a doctor told him his cure would damage his liver and
kill him, causing him to become a chain smoker which led to lung cancer which
killed him on January 11, 1999.
On
this day in:
a. 1972
the California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson ruled
that California’s death sentence was unconstitutional and commuted all prisoners’
sentences to death to life imprisonment there by saving the life of Charles
Manson who despite many parole attempts died in prison on November 19, 2017 at
the age of 83.
b. 1979 Richard
Petty won his then record 6th Daytona 500 following a crash on the
final lap by leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough in the first NASCAR
race with flag to flag TV coverage.
c. 2001 after spying for the Soviet Union since 1979 FBI agent Robert Hanssen
was arrested and after pleading guilty he was sentenced to 15 consecutive life
sentences without possibility of parole and is rotting away at age 77 in ADX
Florence, a federal supermax prison spending 23 hours a day in solitary
confinement and leaving a wife and 6 children to bear the stigma of a spy for husband and father.
d. 2001 7
time NASCAR Champion Dale Earnhardt on the final lap of the Daytona 500 was
killed in a 3 car collision. His son Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished second in the
race.
e. 2010
WikiLeaks published 750,000
classified and unclassified documents containing sensitive military and
diplomatic material by a U.S. soldier Bradley Manning who is now a transgender
known as Chelsea Manning who in 2010 was arrested, imprisoned while awaiting trial
at which she was convicted on July 13, 2013 and sentenced to 35 years but was
fortunate enough to have her sentence commuted to time served on January 17,
2017 by President Obama.
Spies lie especially to a spouse: “But he told me he was
just tricking the Russians and feeding them false information. He never said he
was spying. I told him I thought it was insane.'' Bonnie Hanssen in a polygraph
examination to establish she knew nothing of her husband’s spying career.
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