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Sunday, May 24, 2020

COVID-19: Too Good to Throw Away

From Worldometer,  COVID-19 new deaths:

DAY           USA   WORLD  Brazil  India South Africa
May     13   1772      5314
            14    1715     5317
            15    1595     5072
            16    1218     4360
            17      865     3618
            18    1003     3445
            19    1552     4589
            20    1403     4685
            21    1418     4934         1188     150         30
            22    1293     5252           966     142         28
            23    1036     4183           965     142         10

Summary:  Good day for Humanity.

Sunday is my day to show some some faith, usually science over religion.  President Donald Trump did it again, contrary to even what his scientific advisors are saying, by announcing that he would override governors to open places of worship today.  I was wondering why his continued incompetence has been mostly tolerated by the masses.  Then today I saw that ONLY 17% of Americans trusted the Federal government BEFORE this COVID-19 Pandemic.  This New York Times article was entitled:

Will the Coronavirus Kill What’s Left of Americans’ Faith in Washington?

That's enough of this pandemic (incidentally, on Wednesday I will focus on the next pandemic:  global warming) for today.  Let me instead foist on you all those video clips and photos and stuff taking up too much space on my desktop, for they're too good to throw away:


Likewise, some photos and stuff:


#1 Songs of 1992 in six minutes.  What happened in 1992?

  • First confirmed detection of exoplanets.  If you recall, I spent the summer of 1976 at the Ames Research Center to do this, and did come up, with Charles Townes, a method that could have done this cheaper and much quicker.
  • President George H.W. Bush meets with President Boris Yeltsin and formally declare that the Cold War is over.
  • Maastricht Treaty signed, the European Union is founded.
  • Los Angeles riots involving Rodney King and Koreatown.
  • Falun Gong forms in China.
  • First World Oceans Day coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro.
  • Hurricane Iniki demolishes Kauai.
  • Bill Clinton defeats George H.W. Bush and Ross Perot for President of the USA.  Would Bush have been re-elected if Perot did not run?
To close, a Musical Tribute to and from Hawaii's Class of 2020.


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