October 29, 2021 Ridley's Believe It Or Not International Internet Day

 RIDLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT October 29, 2021

            CV World Cases: The CV pandemic across the planet continues on an increasing basis with cases now over 246 million at 246,592,349 cases,  18,192,948 of which are active, 228,399,401  closed with 223,398,263 recoveries (97.81%), and cracking the 5,000,000 barrier 5,001,138 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 46,693,879 with 9,362,900 active cases of which 12,966 are serious or critical, (8,599 on 3/25/2021) (back to steady decreases despite the  Delta variable to .138 % of active cases and to increase the reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 16,305, 37,330,979 closures with 763,894 deaths (2.05%) and with 36,567,085 recoveries (97.95%). Our death rate percentage is .14% lower than the world’s death rate.
             Standing: On a deaths per million population measure on a steady   but slow climb to 2290 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 (3488), Hungary (3192) just passed by Bulgaria, Brazil (2830) which has been hit with a rapid rise in deaths and cases and passed us and Italy, Argentina (2534),  Columbia newly added to the list  (2465), and  Romania (2240),  and slightly better than Belgium (2228), Mexico (2200), Italy (2188), UK (2054),  Poland (2034), Chile (1960),  Spain (1868),  Ecuador newly added to list (1831),  France (1797), Portugal (1787), Bolivia (1591),  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  10^th  on my list of deaths from the pandemic  at 2200/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:    6,588 Deaths/M  813
                     Honduras:    Active Cases: 249,161 Deaths/M 1012
                     El Salvador:  Active cases:   14,829 Deaths/M  553  
               US Vaccinations: As of 10/29/2021 417.8 million doses,  1.09 million per day (down to 2 months for 75% of population vaccinated) and in California 135,122  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 53,719,846 total doses have been given (86.1%  of doses received to exceed the U.S. average of 81.9%), California has moved from 19^th to 4^th  tied with New York  of the 50 states in terms of the percentage of doses administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the states and at 61.1% of its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S. average of 57.6% and has moved from 1^st to 15^th  in terms of getting vaccines received into arms and the percentage of the population fully vaccinated compared to other states.    
               Non  CV News: On the vaccine mandate front, the FDA has just approved on an emergency basis the Pfizer vaccine for children 5 to 11 (look to more outrage among parents with young kids now facing vaccine mandates to be able to attend public schools); GOP mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa enroute to a radio interview was hit by a cab but still able to appear and complete the interview (déjà vu of Teddy Roosevelt on the Bull Moose being shot and still delivering a campaign address); the McAuliffe Youngkin campaign appears to be infected by “dirty tricks” of McAuliffe as Younkin charged him of colluding with the Lincoln Project to have 5 false Youngkin supporters appear at his rally dressed like “Unite the Right” supporters (McAuliffe’s campaign denied the allegation declaring “there is only one white supremacist in the race—Glenn Youngkin” before the Lincoln Project admitted to the deceptive stunt); the Wokes and PC warriors ranting against the tomahawk chop of Atlanta Brave fans have been scalped by Baseball Commissioner Rob Mansfeld who supported its use pointing out that the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians are supportive of it (wonder if Pocahontas is too busy with her billionaire’s wealth tax to weigh in on the issue); Scott Ziegler, the embattled superintendent of the Loudin County School District, evidently has never read How to Win Friends and Influence People as he compares the parents in Loudin County protesting CRT to the protestors on July 6 and those drinking on a public beach; Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Red who voted to impeach Trump has announced he will not seek reelection; AG Merrick Garland who refused to answer a simple question of whether he had contacted the Office of Government Ethics given his son-in-law’s company Panorama who has business dealings with the Loudin County School District that may involve the CRT that the parents were so outraged about is now facing a demand for investigation by the Office of Government Ethics filed by America First Legal (Garland is coming across as a man bent on revenge due to his failure to even get a vote on his nomination); WHO’s leader Tedros disgraced over his handling of China’s involvement in the COVID-19 pandemic is running for another term unopposed; in the hardware versus software market cap battle Microsoft at $2.47 trillion has edged Apple’s $2.46 trillion; as Biden jets off to Rome for an audience with the Pope and the G20 Summit in Rome and then to Switzerland for a climate conference while the nation is beset with major issues where he and his Immigration Czar are MIA, leave it to the political cartoonist to reveal the molehill he is focused on while ignoring the chaos of the mountains:             

                                                                

                Chicago Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show that through October 28, 2021, gun violence involving mostly persons of color shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 3895 persons shot of whom 668 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  “Look What You Made Me Do”  by Taylor Smith, the fact that you rarely express ideas that are shuck; and a quote by Christina Romer on the 1929 Stock Market Crash, 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.  International Internet Day—created by the Association of Internet Users and celebrated since 2005 on this day which is the anniversary of the first computer to computer transmission on this day in 1969.
              2.  World Stroke Day—created by the World Stroke Organization in 2006 to create awareness of a condition that is the leading cause of disability and the second leading cause of death and means to prevent a stroke and methods to recover from one.
              3. 2017  Number 1 Song USA—the number 1 song in 2017 on this day was “Look What You Made Me Do” by Taylor Swift  on  a run in that position of 3 weeks to join 11 other  songs that achieved number 1 status  as 12 acts achieved  their first number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. Here is a music video of “Look What You Made Me Do” by Taylor Swift:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tmd-ClpJxA
              4.  Word of the Day—the word of the day is “shuck” which means nonsense which describes typically what comes out of the mouths of any member of the Squad.
              5.  Rx For Death—celebrating the birth on this day in 1943 of noted screen writer, actor and producer who produced such memorable films as Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun and The Rock that grossed over $3 billion worldwide was heavily addicted to drugs both prescription and illegal and before he died of heart failure due to combined drug intoxication of cocaine and prescription drugs from a habit that was running $60,000 a month on prescription drugs on January 19, 1996.
              On this day in:
              a. 1929 in what became known as “Black Tuesday” the New York Stock Exchange crashed marking the end of the great Bull Run of the 20’s to be replaced with the Great Depression.
              b. 1960 a plane carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed shortly after takeoff from Toledo, Ohio, killing 22, including 16 members of the football team and injuring 24.
              c. 1994 53 year old Francisco Duran fired over 2 dozen rounds at the White House  trying to kill President Clinton before being subdued by onlookers. Arrested and convicted after he asserted a not guilty plea by reason of insanity and was sentenced to 40 years. Currently rotting in a Super Max federal penitentiary with a parole date in 2029.
              d. 1998  the Space Shuttle Discovery, carrying 77-year-old John Glenn aboard, was launched into space with the distinction of carrying the oldest person into space until l surpassed by 82 year old Wally Funk and later by 90 year old William Shatner thanks to Jeff Bezos whose trips unlike Glenn’s were very brief and suborbital.
              e. 2008 Delta Airlines merged with Northwest Airlines reducing the number of major carriers in the U.S. to 5.
              Reflections on the Stock Market Crash known as Black Tuesday: “ The stock market crash in October 1929 didn't destroy a particularly large amount of wealth or make people highly pessimistic. Rather, it made companies and consumers very unsure about future income, and so led them to stop spending as they waited for more information.” Christina Romer noted Professor of Economics at the University of California Berkeley and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers for President Obama
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October 28, 2021 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Honoring First Responders Day

 RIDLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT October 28, 2021

            CV World Cases: The CV pandemic across the planet continues on an increasing basis with cases now over 246 million at 246,225,743 cases,  18,138,835 of which are active, 228,086,908  closed with 223,091,834 recoveries (97.81%), and 4,995,074 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 46,670,093 with 9,365,975 active cases of which 13,000 are serious or critical, (8,599 on 3/25/2021) (back to steady decreases despite the  Delta variable to .139 % of active cases and to increase the reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 16,271, 37,304,118 closures with 763,146 deaths (2.05%) and with 36,540,972 recoveries (97.95%). Our death rate percentage is .14% lower than the world’s death rate.
             Standing: On a deaths per million population measure on a steady   but slow climb to 2288 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 (3488), Hungary just passed by Bulgaria (3188),   Brazil (2821) which has been hit with a rapid rise in deaths and cases and passed us and Italy, Argentina (2534),  Columbia newly added to the list  (2465), and  Romania (2235),  and slightly better than Belgium (2226), Mexico (2198), Italy (2188), UK (2051),  Poland (2031), Chile (1951),  Spain (1867),  Ecuador newly added to list (1831),  France (1797), Portugal (1787), Bolivia (1591),  Sweden (1472) that never closed its economy down like we did, and Switzerland (1286). 
              Tests: We have now conducted 695,903,354 tests (2,086,265/M) just passed by France at 2,309,785/M who is now 1^st  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 4,761,947/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 is  10^th  on my list of deaths from the pandemic  at 2198/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:    6,588 Deaths/M  813
                     Honduras:    Active Cases: 249,093 Deaths/M 1007
                     El Salvador:  Active cases:   14,838 Deaths/M  552  
               US Vaccinations: As of 10/28/2021 417.8 million doses,  .991 million per day (down to 2 months for 75% of population vaccinated) and in California 121,523  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 53,719,846 total doses have been given (86.1%  of doses received to exceed the U.S. average of 81.9%), California has moved from 6^th to 19th tied with Illinois  of the 50 states in terms of the percentage of doses administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the states and at 61.1% of its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S. average of 57.6% and has moved from 16^th to 1^th in terms of getting vaccines received into arms and the percentage of the population fully vaccinated compared to other states.    
               Non  CV News: CRT supporters like McAuliffe drool while Virginia parents rule as the latest poll shows that Youngkin now leads McAuliffe among likely voters 53% to 45% (no wonder the alarm bells are ringing in Blue Party headquarters and given the miniscule crowds Biden attracted doubt if his appearance will chance the outcome); at an Orange County, Florida School Board Meeting a parent was forcibly removed after protesting the shelving in the high school the book Gender Queen: A Memoir and reading passages from it the school board considered too vulgar ( if so why was it on the shelves in the first place); Los Alamitos School Board President Marlys Davidson’s f*bomb was not the only indiscretion caught on a hot mike as she denigrated an Asian American parent by complaining “Oh God, here we go”; Brittany Cooper a tenured associate professor in Rutgers University  Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies degrees from which lead quickly to the unemployment line was ranting at an event that when it comes to whites “We got to take these mother f—kers out”; the infrastructure bill is still held hostage by the Progressives in the House because of cuts to the misnamed Build America Back Better bill down to $1.75 trillion which still is a mindboggling inflation generating and national debt generating amount we really can’t afford; totally oblivious to the homelessness crisis and the struggles of low income families as inflation soars the Biden Administration is floating the idea of $450,000 per person payments to families separated under Trump’s zero tolerance immigration policy; the supply chain fiasco just blazed an 0-2 fastball past our inept president as due to the supply chain disaster the Braves and the Astros are playing with jerseys that do not have the normal World Series patch (how difficult would it have been to hire some local seamstresses to create the 150 or so patches needed?); Mario Cuomo the disgraced New York governor who has resigned has just been charged with a misdemeanor sexual assault news of which were trashed by his “journalist” brother Chris at CNN; while California is suffering from a prolonged drought Seattle was enjoying monsoon like rains flooding the Skokomish River with salmon using it as a path to their spawning sites:                                                                 

As AG Garland is accused of quashing free speech and using the FBI to intimidate CRT protesting parents leave it to the political cartoonist to reveal the extent of the parents’ defiance:                                                           

                Chicago Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show that through October 27, 2021, gun violence involving mostly persons of color shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 3888 persons shot of whom 668 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  “Closer”  by The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, the fact that you are facing anyone who wants to shend you; and a quote by Nicholas D. Kristof on the benefits of DDT, 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.  International Animation Day—created by the International Animated Film Associations to promote the creation and acceptance by the viewing audience of animated films. 
              2.  Honoring the Nation’s First Responders Day—created by the U.S, Senate on June 5, 2019, and first celebrated on this day in 2019 to commemorate the service and dedication of the nation’s first responders and their selfless dedication at the risk of their own lives and injuries to keep us safe.
              3. 2016  Number 1 Song USA—the number 1 song in 2016 on this day was “Closer”  by The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey  on  a run in that position of 12 weeks to join 10 other  songs that achieved number 1 status  and join 7 other acts that  achieved their first number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. Here is a music video of “Closer” by The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT2_F-1esPk The Chainsmokers who don’t smoke are a duo that started performing in 2012; Halsey is a female bisexual who started performing in 2012 and has sold a million albums and is very open about her bipolar issues and is the mother of a son Ender Ridley (no relation to the Alaskanpoet) born this year to her and her partner.
              4.  Word of the Day—the word of the day is “shend” which means to ruin or destroy which describes to a tee what conservatives feel about the Progressives’ agenda for America.
              5.  It Must Have Been the Coffee—celebrating the birth on this day in 1917 of Goru Suzuki better known to his fans as Jack Soo, noted comedian and actor who began entertaining as a comedian in a Japanese American internment camp and best known for his role as Sergeant Yemana on the TV series Barney Miller, but who was a smoker who came down with esophageal cancer to die from it on January 11, 1979 at 61.
              On this day in:
              a. 1919 the U.S. Congress overturned President Wilson’s veto of the Volstead Act paving the way to the implementation of the failed social experiment of Prohibition.
              b. 1942 the Alaska Highway built to enable the shipment of military supplies to Alaska for its defense against the Japanese connected Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek, British Columbia.
              c. 1948 Paul Hermann Müller  was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology for his discover of the insecticidal properties of DDT, the use of which was instrumental in the war against malaria and the over use of which made Rachel Carson famous for her book Silent Spring.
              d. 1962 Nikita Khrushchev blinked to end the Cuban Missile Crisis and ordered the removal of Soviet nuclear missiles from Cuba.
              e. 1965 in a what took you so long moment, Pope Paul VI promulgated Nostra acetate wherein the Church officially recognized non-Christian religions.
              Reflections on DDT: “If the U.S. wants to help people in tsunami-hit countries like Sri Lanka and Indonesia - not to mention other poor countries in Africa - there's one step that would cost us nothing and would save hundreds of thousands of lives. It would be to allow DDT in malaria-ravaged countries.” Nicholas D. Kristof, NYT columnist and aspirant to run as governor of the state of Oregon oblivious to the legal requirement there that a candidate must have been a resident for at least 3 years.
              Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet, and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in History,  poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance or go to  Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.

              © October 28 ,2021 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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October 21, 2021 Ridley's Believe It Or Not International Shakeup Day

 

RIDLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT October 21, 2021
            CV World Cases: The CV pandemic across the planet continues on an increasing basis with cases now over 243 million at 243,243,001 cases,  17,855,784 of which are active, 225,363,187  closed with 220,420,425 recoveries (97.81%), and 4,942,762 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 46,174,547 with 9,522,759 active cases of which 14,232 are serious or critical, (8,599 on 3/25/2021) (back to steady decreases despite the  Delta variable to .149 % of active cases and to increase the reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 15,039, 36,651,788 closures with 753,747 deaths (2.06%) and with 35,898,041 recoveries (97.94%). Our death rate percentage is noel .14% lower than the world’s death rate.
             Standing: On a deaths per million population measure on a steady   but slow climb to 2260 the U.S. ranks behind Peru (5956) 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 (3320), Hungary just passed by Bulgaria (3164),   Brazil (2819) which has been hit with a rapid rise in deaths and cases and passed us and Italy, Argentina (2532),  Columbia newly added to the list  (2461), and  Romania (2280),  and slightly better than Belgium (2215), Italy (2183), Mexico (2183),  UK (2036),  Poland (2019), Chile (1947),  Spain (1862),  Ecuador newly added to list (1831),  France (1794), Portugal (1784), Bolivia (1590),  Sweden (1468) that never closed its economy down like we did, and Switzerland (1280). 
              Tests: We have now conducted 667,292,559 tests (2,030,665/M) just passed by France at 2,319,818/M who is now 1^st  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 4,745,922/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 is  11^th  on my list of deaths from the pandemic  at 2183/M with 385,347 active cases and a fatality rate of 8.36% 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:   9,716 Deaths/M 794
                     Honduras:    Active Cases: 248,747 Deaths/M 1,006
                     El Salvador:  Active cases:   14,483 Deaths/M 541   
               US Vaccinations: As of 10/20/2021 409.4 million doses,  .816 million per day (down to 3 months for 75% of population vaccinated) and in California 90,556  per day  (which means if the rate does not increase it will take us now only  some 2 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 52,655,046 total doses have been given (86.7%  of doses received to exceed the U.S. average of 82.7%), California has not moved from 6^th to 7^th  of the 50 states in terms of the percentage of doses administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the states and at 60.4% of its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S. average of 57.1% and has  not moved  from 15^th in terms of getting vaccines received into arms and the percentage of the population fully vaccinated compared to other states.    
               Non  CV News: The human remains found yesterday in Florida have been confirmed to be those of Brian Laundrie although his cause of death has not be confirmed; Merrick Garland was grilled by the House Oversight Committee today and seemed unaware of the reality of the threats of violence and harassment against teachers and school board members that prompted the DOJ’s involvement and somewhat unprepared; Democrats in Connecticut have formed a new PAC Democrats Against Parents with tweets comparing parents who are protesting CRT to noted movie horror creatures (brilliant way to turn parents with school kids against the party in droves next November); hard to believe but the latest poll averages  shows Biden’s approval/disapproval rating lower than Obama and Bush but higher than Trump’s at 43/51 to 40/55 (watch the rising inflation rates and the continuing border surge to accelerate Biden’s decline); recent poll about concerns of voters showed inflation and political agendas of school boards are major concerns (explains why McAuliffe is in major trouble in Virginia); hard to believe given Biden’s rating collapse but he is coming soon to Virginia to campaign for Terry McAuliffe); bipartisanship briefly surfaced in the House where it found Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena concerning events surrounding January 6, 2021 demonstrations at the Capitol; Missouri and Texas have just filed suit to compel the federal government to resume construction of the border wall; Dodger bats which had been in hibernation came out and came out in force as the Dodgers facing elimination 3-1 beat the Braves in game 5 11-2;  CNN’s Biden’s Town Hall was packed with 7 Blues and 2 Reds and Biden even with Anderson Cooper to moderate damage, came across as someone really cognitively struggling;  leave it to the political cartoonist to reveal the Biden myth that Reconciliation won’t cost a thing when the costs will create a great hole our kids and grandkids will be stuck with:                                              

         

               Chicago Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show that through October 20, 2021, gun violence involving mostly persons of color shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 3817 persons shot of whom 649 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  “The Hills”  by The Weeknd, the fact that you have never worked as a shenago; and a quote by Bob Woodward’s failed attempt to rewrite the history of Watergate, 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.  International Shakeout Day—created by the United States Geological Survey in 2008 and celebrated on 3^rd Thursday in October to create awareness of earthquakes with earthquake drills to help protect those persons subject to an earthquake which unlike hurricanes or tornados occur with almost no reliable predictable warning.  
              2.  Latina Women Equal Pay Day—commemorating the day each year that a Latina women has worked enough days in the current year when added to the past year results in her equaling the amount earned by non-Hispanic white males for the similar job.
              3. 2015  Number 1 Song USA—the number 1 song in 2015 on this day was “The Hills”  by The Weekend  on  a run in that position of 6 weeks to join 8 other  songs that achieved number 1 status  and join 5 other acts that  achieved their first number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. Here is a music video of “The Hills” by The Weeknd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzTuBuRdAyA This 31 year old Canadian R&B singer with a falsetto voice was born as Abel Makkonen Tesfaye has been performing since 2009 after beginning to release his songs on YouTube and has sold 75 million records.
              4.  Word of the Day—the word of the day is “shenago” which means a casually hired dock worker which given the automation at clogged ports like Los Angeles and Long Beach will probably not be able to help with the supply chain shortages.
              5.  The Third Out—celebrating the birth on this day of Brett Mydland, noted keyboardist for the Grateful Dead who became the third member of the band to die of a drug overdose following ingesting some speedballs on July 26, 1990.
              On this day in:
              a. 1850 the first National Women’s Rights Convention was held in Worcester, Massachusetts where the participants demanded among other things suffrage.
              b. 1911 in an omen of the future role of airplanes in war occurred when the first use of an airplane occurred in military operations in the Italo-Turkish War when Italian planes were used for reconnaissance.
              c. 1973 the Watergate noose became tighter as President Nixon agreed to turn over the subpoenaed Watergate Tapes to the Senate Committee investigating the Watergate break-in.
              d. 1995 Selena’s former fan club president Yolanda Saldívar was convicted of killing up and coming singer Selena on March 31, 1995 and sentenced to life imprisonment in Texas but eligible for parole on March 30, 2025.
              e. 2002 40 heavily armed Chechen terrorists seized the Dubrovaka Theater in Moscow holding some 850 people hostage and after the Russians stormed the theater all 40 terrorists had been killed along with 131 hostages.
              Reflections on the Watergate Tapes: “ After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixon's tapes.” Bob Woodward, noted American author and co-author of All The President’s Men.
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October 20, 2021 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Unity Day

 RIDLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT October 20, 2021

            CV World Cases: The CV pandemic across the planet continues on an increasing basis with cases now over 246 million at 246,586,837 cases,  17,807,469 of which are active, 224,779,368  closed with 219,846,826 recoveries (97.81%), and 4,932,542 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 46,002,053 with 9,541,967 active cases of which 14,797 are serious or critical, (8,599 on 3/25/2021) (back to steady decreases despite the  Delta variable to .156 % of active cases and to increase the reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 14,474, 36,460,386 closures with 748,827 deaths (2.05%) and with 35,711,559 recoveries (97.95%). Our death rate percentage is still .14% lower than the world’s death rate.
             Standing: On a deaths per million population measure on a steady   but slow climb to 2245 the U.S. ranks behind Peru (5956) 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 (3286), Hungary just passed by Bulgaria (3162),   Brazil (2815) which has been hit with a rapid rise in deaths and cases and passed us and Italy, Argentina (2531),  Columbia newly added to the list  (2460), and  Romania (2257),  and slightly better than Belgium (2213), Italy (2182), Mexico (2180),  UK (2,034),  Poland (2018), Chile (1947),  Spain (1861),  Ecuador newly added to list (1831),  France (1793), Portugal (1782), Bolivia (1589),  Sweden (1468) that never closed its economy down like we did, and Switzerland (1280). 
              Tests: We have now conducted 664,015,290 tests (2,020,903/M) just passed by France at 2,309,846 who is now 1^st  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 4,729,189/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 is  11^th  on my list of deaths from the pandemic  at 2180/M with 355,694 active cases and a fatality rate of 8.36% 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:  32,161 Deaths/M 787
                     Honduras:    Active Cases: 248,700 Deaths/M 1,004
                     El Salvador:  Active cases:   14,495 Deaths/M 539   
             US Vaccinations: As of 10/20/2021 409.4 million doses,  .816 million per day (down to 3 months for 75% of population vaccinated) and in California 90,556  per day  (which means if the rate does not increase it will take us now only  some 2 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 52,655,046 total doses have been given (86.7%  of doses received to exceed the U.S. average of 82.7%), California has not moved from 6^th to 7^th  of the 50 states in terms of the percentage of doses administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the states and at 60.4% of its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S. average of 57.1% and has  not moved  from 15^th in terms of getting vaccines received into arms and the percentage of the population fully vaccinated compared to other states.    
               Non  CV News: Nikolas Cruz, the shooter in the Parkland School case, entered a plea of guilty to the killing of 17 persons at the school and now faces the penalty phase where the jury will determine whether he will face life of execution; AG Garland under severe criticism for his labeling of parents as domestic terrorists and referring the matter to the FBI will face his first House Oversight hearing on Thursday; in the Quinnipiac poll just released on Tuesday, Biden’s approval continues to sink like a stone with an approval rate of 28% among Independents, 3% among Reds and 80% among Blues (given the Blue infighting between the expanding Progressives and the dwindling Moderates some surprise approval is that high) and 58% of Americans do not want Trump to run in 2024 (in a potential suicidal election mode 78% of Reds want him to run); the mask wearing debate continues unabated for schools and the CDC Director Walensky continues along with her allies the teachers unions to press for mask mandates for kids returning to school (when will we ever get some unbiased studies on the effectiveness of masks in preventing the spread of the COVID-19 virus?); the undermanned and underfunded CBP arrested more than 1.7 million illegals, a record only surpassed in 1986 when the Amnesty Bill was passed; our vaunted intelligence community was caught asleep at the switch as China revealed that it had developed a hypersonic ICBM capable of carrying nuclear warheads; McAuliffe may be cracking under the increasing signs that his support of CRT and opposition to parents’ influencing what is taught in Virginia’s public schools after he terminated a televised interview half way into it slamming the interviewer for doing his job by asking “dumb questions” ( in Blue speak questions that were not T-Ball or softball); Witless Whitmer has indicated that she will veto a Red sponsored bill that enable students who so desire to enter private schools where they will have a much better chance of receiving a quality education as opposed to being trapped in a failed urban school preparing them only for prison; leave it to the political cartoonist to reveal how out of touch General Milley is concerning the issues that should trouble the nation’s defense:                                                                 

                                                 

               Chicago Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show that through October 19, 2021, gun violence involving mostly persons of color shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 3800 persons shot of whom 649 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  “All About That Bass”  by Meghan Trainor, the fact that your life is not generally shambolic and a quote by Mike Mansfield on the night of the Saturday Night Massacre bemoaning the decline of bipartisanship in Congress, 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.  World Osteoporosis Day—created by the United Kingdom Osteoporosis Society on this day in 1996 and taken over by the International Osteoporosis Federation since 1997 to promote awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone diseases.
              2.  Unity Day—created by the PACER National Center for the Prevention of Bullying in 2011 and now celebrated on the Wednesday closest to October 22^nd to promote awareness of the harmful effects of bullying and seek to prevent it. If you see someone wearing orange today that person is not getting into the spirit of Halloween but rather showing the person’s support for the day.
              3. 2014  Number 1 Song USA—the number 1 song in 2014 on this day was “All About That Bass”  by Meghan Trainor  on  a run in that position of 8 weeks to join 10 other  songs that achieved number 1 status  and join 5 other acts that  achieved their first number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. Here is a music video of “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk This 27 year old singer/songwriter and television personality won the 2016 Grammy for Best New Singer, has released 3 albums and enjoyed sales of 11 million records on her debut single “All About That Bass.”
              4.  Word of the Day—the word of the day is “shambolic” which means chaotic which describes our open border and the Biden Administration being MIA in trying to handle the illegals surging across in record numbers.
              5.  The Czar That Wasn’t There—celebrating or bemoaning depending on your point of view  the birth on this day in 1964 of Kamal Harris, the nation’s first female Vice President and first Asian American Vice President serving with Joe Biden.
              On this day in:
              a. 1947 the House Un-American Activities Committee began its investigation of Communist infiltration of Hollywood’s film industry that resulted in the film studios banning suspected Communist actors, directors, screenwriters, musicians and other members of the entertainment industry from being employed by the studios.
              b. 1973 in what became known as the “Saturday Night Massacre” President Nixon ordered AG Richardson and Deputy AG Ruckelshaus to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox which they refused to do and resigned causing the Solicitor General Robert Bork to do so who then wanted to resign but was urged by Ruckelshaus to remain for the good of the DOJ.
              c. 1977 enroute to Baton Rouge to perform at LSU, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s chartered plane ran out of fuel and crashed near Gillsburg, Mississippi, killing the pilot and co-pilot, 3 band members and the assistant road manager and seriously injuring the rest of the band and several road crew members.
              d. 1981 Kathy Boudin after dropping off her infant son Chesa Boudin, who is now the embattled liberal D.A. in Feces City subject to a recall effort, with a babysitter, joined 3 former members of the Weather Underground and 6 members of the Black Liberation Army to rob a Brink’s armored car at the Nanuet Mall in Nanuet, New York, killing 1 and wounding 2 before fleeing with $1.6 million and became engaged in a shootout that killed 2 Nyack police officers. She pled guilty to 1 count of felony murder and robbery and was sentenced to 20 years to life and was paroled in 2003 and is now an adjunct professor at Columbia University.
              e. 2011 Libyan rebels captured deposed ruler Khadafy in his home town of Sirte and killed him and his son Mutassim shortly thereafter.
              Reflections on the Saturday Night Massacre by the then Senate Majority Leader: “In the weeks ahead the Senate is going to do what it has done all this year and that is to act constructively, to attend to our business, to keep politics to a minimum, and to make certain that this government of yours and ours functions. Perhaps out of this will come a purification and a cleansing which will be beneficial to the whole country, and which will bring about a reordering of our priorities so that we can attend to the needs of our people first, and perhaps out of this will come a closer look at what the political office holders do. Their records will be scanned more carefully, and that is as it should be, and that is as it must be. We’re all paying a price at the moment because I think all of us in some degree are responsible for what we have allowed to occur. We’ve lost our sense of morality, I believe, to a certain degree, We’ve become too materialistic minded, and maybe a return to the old values and the old virtues might, in my opinion, stand us in good stead today.” Senator Mike Mansfield at a speech honoring Frank Church in Boise, Idaho, October 20,1973 Sadly in Congress those words on both sides of the aisle have been more often than not by the partisan ad hominem attacks on each other ignored.
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October 6, 2021 Ridley's Believe It Or Random Acts Of Poetry Day

 

RIDLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT October 6, 2021
            CV World Cases: The CV pandemic across the planet continues on an increasing basis with cases now over 236 million at 236,829,578 cases,  18,049,652 of which are active, 218,779,926  closed with 213,944,755 recoveries (97.79%), and 4,835,171 deaths (2.21% )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 44 million at 44,787,462 with 9,780,321 active cases of which 18,560 are serious or critical, (8,599 on 3/25/2021) (back to steady decreases despite the  Delta variable to .190 % of active cases and to increase the reduction from the 29,271 peak on 12/31/2020 to 10,711, 35,007,141 closures with 724,863 deaths (2.07%) and with 34,282,278 recoveries (97.93%). Our death rate percentage is still .14% lower than the world’s death rate.
             Standing: On a deaths per million population measure on a steady   but slow climb to 2174 the U.S. ranks behind Peru (5947) 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; Hungary the new number 2 has had a huge continuing surge in deaths with the increase now slowing down and improving slightly to  3.77% of its closed cases have died (3142), aping Hungary in terms of increase in deaths Bulgaria (3098),   Brazil (2792) which has been hit with a rapid rise in deaths and cases and passed us and Italy, Argentina (2522),  Columbia newly added to the list  (2452), and  Belgium (2200),  and slightly better than Italy (2173), Mexico (2143),  UK (2,009), Romania (2006), Poland (2005), Chile (1946),  Spain (1853),  Ecuador newly added to list (1825),  France (1786), Portugal (1773), Bolivia (1581),  Sweden (1459) that never closed its economy down like we did, and Switzerland (1274). As vaccine mandate hysteria grows in the U.S., if you are infected you have a 1.615% chance of dying and if you are over 65 the percentages of deaths for that group is 78%.
              Tests: We have now conducted 650,725,771 tests (1,951,507/M) just passed by France at 2,188,277 who is now 1^st  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 4,5,26,264/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 is  10^th  on my list of deaths from the pandemic  at 2143/M with 360,937 active cases and a fatality rate of 8.40% 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:  24,288 Deaths/M 749
                     Honduras:    Active Cases: 247,087 Deaths/M 981
                     El Salvador:  Active cases:   14,170 Deaths/M 510   
             US Vaccinations: As of 10/6/2021 397.7 million doses,  .932 million per day (down to 3 months for 75% of population vaccinated) and in California 111,685  per day  (which means if the rate does not increase it will take us now only  some 2 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 51,250,207 total doses have been given (86.9%  of doses received to exceed the U.S. average of 83.1%), California has not moved from 6^th  of the 50 states in terms of the percentage of doses administered as a percentage of doses delivered to the states and at 59.4% of its population fully vaccinated compared to the U.S. average of 56.0% and has   moved  from 14^th   to 15^th place as a percentage of the population fully vaccinated. 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.
              Non  CV News: McConnell crossed the aisle to become other that Manchin and Sinema on the side adults in the room to agree to a short term debt ceiling increase to avoid financial chaos (if inflation numbers keep climbing will Blues come to their senses and toss the reconciliation bill into the trash can?); Manchin becomes more and more like the epitome of what a Senator should be as opposed to most of the Blues who cowering from the Squad are hell bent to ram the $3.5+ (aka “it’s paid for reconciliation bill”) as he refused to carve out from the filibuster an increase in the debt ceiling; Sinema deserves the same accolades while Warren high fiving that McConnell caved comes across as a blithering idiot; another revelation that Biden’s dementia must be getting worse by the day as it was revealed today that Biden who is speaking from the White House is using sets that enable him to read from a face on full video screen text that even he cannot mangle; Biden’s approval ratings continue to sink and his disapproval rating continue to soar with 55% opining his administration is not competent to run the government (Biden and his handlers must be quaking in their boots fearing that pollsters will ask the question “do you feel Biden is mentally up to the task of being president); Psaki is becoming the “Biden walk back artist” par excellence as she heads backwards after Kerry claims French outrage of the breach induced sub deal with the French involving the purchase by Australia of a nuclear powered sub; in another example of the idiocy of defund the police, 2 police officers were stationed in the Timberview High School in Arlington where a shooting that erupted after a fight where 1 victims were taken to the hospital, 1 of whom is in critical condition who responded immediately to the situation preventing further injury to students and the suspect fled and was later captured; in a we need this like a hole in the head moment, the FDA is warning that hand sanitizers distributed by ArtNaturals of Gardena, California may contain levels of cancer causing benzene; in the black on black shooting capital of the world it is refreshing to see two inept Chicago official turn on each other as Mayor Lightfoot (Lightweight) has turned on State Prosecutor Kim Fox (perfect clone for L.A. DA Gascon) for releasing gangbangers back on to Chicago’s streets to continue the carnage; Lt. Colonel Stuart Scheller, Jr. the Marine officer who spoke out against the ineptness of senior leadership of the botched Afghanistan withdrawal and the death of 13 service personnel was placed in the brig and is now facing court martial (accountability of the senior military officers in charge with the fiasco—zip);  in the Wild Card Game Dodgers Chris Taylor  hit a 2 run homer in the bottom of the 9^th to beat the Cardinals 2-1 to move on to the Division playoffs with the San Francisco Giants; leave it to the political cartoonist to reveal the deception of Biden and the hypocrisy of Vogue on where the Biden tax increases will probably fall:                                                                                  

                                                                 

     

               Chicago Gun Violence: Hey Jackass.com is alive and well to collect data to show that through October 5, 2021, gun violence involving mostly persons of color shooting mostly persons of color in Chicago is alive and well with 3645 persons shot of whom 628 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  “Wrecking Ball”  by Miley Cyrus, the fact that people will rarely if ever see you shail and a quote by Anwar Sadat why he entered into a peace treaty with Israel, 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.  World Space Week—created by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1999 to start on the anniversary of the launch of Sputnik on October 4, 1957 and ending on the anniversary of the signing of the Outer Space Treaty on October 10, 1967 to commemorate man’s progress in exploring outer space for the betterment of human society.
              2.  Random Acts of Poetry Day—celebrated first on this day in 2015 by creating poetry in a public space with chalk or on a whiteboard which is erasable. 
              3. 2013  Number 1 Song USA—the number 1 song in 2013 on this day was “Wrecking Ball”  by Miley Cyrus  on  a run in that position of 2 weeks to join 10 other  songs that achieved number 1 status  and join 7 other act that  achieved their first number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. Here is a music video of “Wrecking Ball” by Miley Cyrus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2FRPA3Gf8
              4.  Word of the Day—the word of the day is “shail” which means to shamble or stumble which describes our frail president after leaving a speech turning his back on any questions.
              5.  Never Asked Never Told-- celebrating the birth on this day in 1941 of Army First Lieutenant Paul Popham who served with the 5^th Cavalry Regiment of the 1^st Cavalry Division in South Vietnam and retired as a major in the army reserve in 1969. He founded the Gay Men’s Health Crisis in 1981 when AIDS was beginning to devastate the gay community to become and serve as its president from 1981-1985 until AIDS required him to retire to die from the disease on May 7, 1987 at age 45.
              On this day in:
              a. 1927 the first prominent “talkie” motion picture The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson in black face premiered at Warner Brothers premier theater in New York City marking the rapid beginning of the end of silent motion pictures and the musicians who played in the orchestra pits.
              b. 1979 Pope John Paul II became the first Pope top visit the White House.
              c. 1981 on live television at an annual victory parade celebrating Egypt’s crossing of the Suez Canal in the Yom Kippur War President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by a band of Jihadists outraged over his peace treaty with Israel.
              d. 2007 Jason Lewis survived being hit by a car while cycling and arrested and held for over 100 days on suspicion of spying to complete the first human powered circumnavigation of the Earth which had commenced on July 12, 1994.
              e. 2010 Instagram was founded by 2 Stanford grads, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger; after Kevin had turned down a recruitment offer from Mark Zuckerberg in 2012 with only 13 employees the company was acquired by Facebook with Krieger and Systrom remaining in management roles until resigning in 2018. Just as well as Instagram is on the Congressional hot set for practices deemed dangerous to kids.
              Reflections on why Anwar Sadat signed a peace treaty with Israel which led to his assassination: “I took this decision after long thought, knowing that it constitutes a great risk, for God Almighty has made it my fate to assume responsibility on behalf of the Egyptian people, to share in the responsibility of the Arab nation, the main duty of which, dictated by responsibility, is to exploit all and every means in a bid to save my Egyptian Arab people and the pan-Arab nation from the horrors of new suffering and destructive wars, the dimensions of which are foreseen only by God Himself.”—Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat, Speech to the Israeli Knesset. 
              Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet, and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in History,  poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance or go to  Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.

              © October 6,2021 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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