RIDLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT March 29, 2022
CV World Cases: The planet continues with cases still
increasing but the increase slowing down with cases now passing 484
million at 484,827,400 cases, 60,002,702 of which are active, 424,824,698
closed with 418,669,491 recoveries (98.55%), and crossing the 6,000,000 barrier
6,155,207 deaths (1.45% )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 81 million at 81,670,147 with 15,939,836 active cases
of which 2283 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 .0143% 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 26,998 with 65,730,311 closures with 1,004,681 deaths
(1.53%) and with 64,725,630 recoveries
(98.47%). Our death rate percentage is .08% higher than the world’s death rate.
Standing: On a deaths
per million population measure on a steady but slowing climb to 3005 the
U.S. ranks behind Peru (6283) 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 (5320), Hungary (4719), Romania (3416), Brazil
(3064), and Poland (3043) and slightly higher than Chile (2910), Argentina (2787),
Columbia (2694), Italy (2637), Belgium (2633), Russia (2520), Mexico (2459), UK
(2408), Spain (2189), France (2167),
Portugal (2124), Ecuador (1956), Bolivia (1798), Sweden (1768)
that never closed its economy down like we did, and Switzerland (1560).
US Vaccinations:
As of 03/28/22 559.5 million doses, 246,375 per day last
week (76.1%) of population now vaccinated with at least one shot)
and in California 30,759 per day (which means at least 82.4% 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 72,488,669 total doses have been given
(83.2% of doses received to exceed the U.S. average of 80.0%), California
has moved from 12th to 11th of the 50 states in terms of
the percentage of doses administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the
states and at 71.0% of its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S.
average of 64.8% and has not moved from
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: Day 34 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine which around Kviv the Russians
are redeploying troops from KVIV to continue attacks in Eastern Ukraine not
withdrawing them as “negotiations” continue in Turkey and Ukraine without enough missiles and planes stop
or at least the decrease the quantity of missiles, bombs and shells being
rained on its civilian is pleading with Biden and NATO for more than just
supportive words and is demanding iron clad guarantees from “leading armies” 3
of whom possess nuclear weapons if it is attacked by Russia again in the
future; n three e; Biden’s adlib to U.S. troops in Poland seemed to imply they
would be going to Ukraine which they are not but later as what is becoming the
Biden 2 step his announcement they were training Ukrainian troops in Poland disclosed
a fact not already having been disclosed; Russia is claiming that 2 small
villages in Russia near the border with Ukraine had to be evacuated due to being
shelled from Ukraine; Fox News cameraman
Pierre Zakrzewski who was killed Ukraine covering the war was buried in Ireland
today; the successful efforts of the MSM and social media giants to quash the
Hunter Biden laptop scandal which probably helped immensely in electing Biden
may be unraveling as Senators Grassley and Johnson on the Senate floor are
alleging Hunter received $100,000 from Russian oligarchs and supposedly have
the receipts to prove it; Jim Carrey blasted the Hollywood celebs at the Oscars
who applauded Will Smith after he sucker slapped Chris Rock after his joke in
poor taste about his wife; Walt Disney must be rolling in his grave as the “it’s
a small world” company has morphed into “it’s a woke world” company as leaked
videos show the company promoting the LBGT lifestyle and removing signs for “men”
and “women” at its parks to avoid offending transgenders; in the dueling
governors Newsom has attacked DeSantis for his COVID-19 policies and opposition
to progressives’ ideologies in K-12 while DeSantis fired back that actions of
people leaving California speak louder than words; Miranda Devine, journalist
and author of Laptop from Hell, is predicting bombshells on Hunter Biden’s
shady deals as the IRS tax evasion probe continues (wonder whether the “Big Guy”
will be snared); Nielsen, the media data collecting group, is going to be acquired
by a private equity group for $16 billion; the latest scam at universities are
the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion “experts” who are raking in higher salaries
than many full fledged professors while students are crushed with high student
debt loads; as Judge Jackson has been
ridiculed on her inability to indicate what a woman is, leave it to the
political cartoonist to suggest there is a lot more hidden leftist judicial
baggage that meets the eye that may derail her nomination:
Chicago Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show that through March 28, 2022, gun violence involving mostly persons of color shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 607 shot of whom 113 have died.
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest for this day in history, a video recording of “The Living Years” by Mike + The Mechanics; the fact that you are quick to see through smoke and mirrors; and 2 quotes by Lieutenant William Calley during trial and one 38 years later, secure in the knowledge that if you want to send a gift for any memorable events like St. Patrick’s Day, Mothers’ 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 Vietnam War Veterans Day—created on March 28, 2017 when President Trump signed the National Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017, to be observed on March 29th , the anniversary of the withdrawal of the last combat troops in 1973 from South Vietnam.
2. Smoke and Mirrors Day—celebrating an illusion first mentioned by Johann Georg Schrepfer in 1770 where an beam of light from a lantern would reflect off a mirror to appear or disappear in a plume of smoke. The term is now used to describe efforts by a person to hide things from the audience which is what politicians and bureaucrats are notorious for.
3. 1989 Number 1 Song—the number 1 song in 1989 on this day was “The Living Years” by Mike + The Mechanics in that position for 1 week to join 31 other number 1 songs and 11 other acts that hit the charts at Number 1 for the first time. Here is a video recording of Mike + The Mechanics performing “The Living Years”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hr64MxYpgk The band was formed in Dover, England by Mike Rutherford and was disbanded in 2004 following the death of vocalist Paul Young from a heart attack and revived in 2010 by Rutherford with a new set of musicians.
4. Word of the Day—the word of the day is “spoliate” which means to despoil or plunder which describes what the Russians are doing to the civilian population of Ukraine.
5. The Last of His Kind—celebrating the birth on this day in 1895 of Ernst Jünger who served in the German Army in World War I and was awarded the Pour le Mérite for his service, achieved fame as an author and philosopher and served as a captain in the Wehrmacht in Paris until forced to resign due to being indirectly implicated in the July 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler. The Pour le Mérite for military service was discontinued after World War I, and when he died on February 17, 1998 at the age of 102 he was the last living recipient of the award for military service.
On this day in:
a. 1971 Lieutenant William Calley was convicted for the premeditated massacre of Vietnamese civilians at Mai Lai and sentenced to life in prison but had his sentenced reduced to 10 years and Nixon ordered him to serve under house arrest at Fort Benning and he ultimately was paroled after being under house arrest for 3 years 4 months.
b. 1999 at the height of the dot.com internet bubble the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 10,000 for the first time at 10,006.78.
c. 2010 2 female Islamic terrorists from Dagestan detonated suicide vests at 2 Moscow Metro Stations, killing a total of 40 people and injuring some 100 others.
d. 2014 same sex marriages were performed in Wales and England for the first time.
e. 2017 UK Prime Minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the European Union Treaty beginning the process to withdraw from the European Union.
Reflections on Mai Lai from Lieutenant William Calley: “Well, I was ordered to go in there and destroy the enemy. That was my job on that day. That was the mission I was given. I did not sit down and think in terms of men, women, and children. They were all classified the same, and that was the classification that we dealt with, just as enemy soldiers...I felt then and I still do that I acted as I was directed, and I carried out the orders that I was given, and I do not feel wrong in doing so, sir” On cross examination during his trial
“There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in Mỹ Lai. I feel remorse for the Vietnamese who were killed, for their families, for the American soldiers involved and their families. I am very sorry.” While speaking to the Kiwanis Club of Greater Columbus on August 19, 2009
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