The Daily Dose/July 24, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY: Earlier this week in this space we discussed, rather civilly, those hicks who are declining to get COVID vaccinations and asked them to get one. It didn’t work. A lot of them ignored our plea and remain unvaccinated.
Dry, Technical Matter: Less than two-thirds of US adults are vaccinated, despite the vaccine being plentiful, safe and free. Virtually all new COVID cases are happening in those who have not been vaccinated.
Let’s Call An Orange An Orange, Shall We?: By not getting vaccinated you are being ignorant, a word thrown around in the original column, including a reference to the many times in our life we’ve been ignorant. Stubborn, too. You are also being stubborn.
Look, you are not sticking it to the liberals, you are not showing solidarity with Donald Trump or the GOP, neither of which care about you, you are only sticking it to yourselves because this might kill you. And your country because it is possible your ignorance will force me to wear an infernal mask again and America to take it in the economic shorts again.
Broad, Historical Context: All of us have been getting vaccinated since shortly after birth. Polio, diphtheria, tetanus, chicken pox, et al. and we generally didn’t have a choice, either: our parents took us to the doctor or our entire class was marched off in school. Honestly, we don’t see the problem with a COVID vaccine. It’s not a government conspiracy to put a microchip inside you. It is nothing more than an opportunity to inoculate yourself against COVID. Deep down you know this, too.
The Bottom Line: As with some other things in life, our biggest obstacle is looking us in the mirror because America getting vaccinated is the biggest barrier between us and getting rid of COVID. Our collective ignorance is showing, America. It’s not going to kill me because I’m vaccinated, but if you’re not vaccinated, it may well kill you and you would have died for nothing.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – The cat helps Sparrow get out of bed. Today’s Diary.
The cat was completely adorable this morning…When I wasn’t responding to the alarm clock with the alacrity she demanded, she hopped on the bed to make inquiries and when I still didn’t move, climbed over me to the other side, the direction I was facing, and reached out a paw and touched one of my hands, presumably to see if I was warm and still alive.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1998 – Russell Weston, Jr, enters the US Capitol and shoots and kills two Capitol police officers and wounding another officer and a civilian. Six years earlier Weston had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and would later be deemed unfit to stand trial. Weston would later say he committed the shootings to prevent the US from being ruined by disease and cannibals. He remains in civil confinement.
In 1980 – The Australians win the 4×100 meter medley relay at the Moscow Summer Olympics in a time of 3 minutes, 45.70 seconds over the Soviet Union and Great Britain. The event had first been contested at the 1960 Rome Olympics and this remains the only time the United States, which boycotted these Olympics, has not won the gold medal in the event. Australia has also won three silver medals and five bronze medals in the event.
In 1976 – The Manhattans are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Kiss and Say Goodbye. The song also went to #1 in Belgium, Holland and New Zealand, peaked at #4 in Great Britain, at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart and was Billboard’s sixth-biggest song of the year and its third-biggest soul song of the year. It was the second of three Top 40 hits for the group and remains their only #1 song.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Nothing is weaker than water, yet when united it can become a titanic force. It overcomes because it is relentless.
Deng Ming-Dao
365 Tao
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The major league record for most hits in a player’s major league debut is five, done twice, first by Fred Clarke of the Louisville Colonels in 1894 and again by Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators in a 12-inning game in 1933. The modern major league 9-inning record is 4, done many times.
Today’s Stumper
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What country won the most swimming gold medals at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games? – Answer next time!
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