From Worldometer (new COVID-19 deaths yesterday):
DAY USA WORLD Brazil India South Africa
Summary:
- This pandemic is just not going away anytime soon.
- The USA remains #1 in new cases with 104,819, which means that two weeks from now we still could be having four digit deaths/day.
- Russia #2 with 1240 new deaths and Ukraine #3 with 595.
- Michigan, California and Oklahoma had more than 100 new deaths.
- Taiwan had 5 new cases and no new deaths, and China had 22 new cases and no new deaths.
- Michigan was the only state with five digit new cases, with 10,020.
- For those having a family and friends Thanksgiving dinner, be careful.
Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is truly a special day. It was first celebrated in 1621 when the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians shared a fall harvest. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of thanksgiving to be held each year in November. In the United States, Thanksgiving is held on the fourth Thursday in November. Thanksgiving Day is more than a day of fond memories, parades, football, and special dinners. It is also a day of thanks.
According to the New York Times, in 1621, the pilgrims did celebrate a successful harvest with a three-day gathering that was attended by members of the Wampanoag tribe. At least 90 men from the Wampanoag tribe were present, according to TIME magazine.
The deadly conflicts that came after, however, are practically erased from school textbooks, McCaulley pointed out.
In fact, many scholars argue Massachusetts Colony Gov. John Winthrop proclaimed the first official “Day of Thanksgiving” in 1637 to celebrate the safe return of a group of heavily armed colonial volunteers. The men returned from what is now Mystic, Connecticut, where they had massacred 700 Pequot Indians — men, women and children.
“The real meaning of why it became a holiday is just atrocious and it’s sickening,” McCaulley said. “They’re giving kids false stories of what was actually a really horrific experience and changing (the story).”
This classical fairy tale is repeated by other stories now becoming known. Another.
You also did not learn in grade school about the origin of turkeys.
- All of life originated from a common ancestor that lived a 3 billion years ago. Eventually, dinosaurs appeared.
- A turkey is a dinosaur. There appears to be an early relation with a velociraptor or Tyrannosaurus REX 190 million years ago.
- According to Wikipedia, the earliest turkeys evolved in North American over 20 million years ago, which was domesticated 2000 years ago.
- One theory of why a turkey is called a turkey had to do with exporting of this American bird to the Middle East by merchants having nothing to do with turkeys. They were known as Turkey Coqs.
Disney’s The Lion King foretold our food future. Don’t believe me? Remember when Pumbaa and Timon take Simba on a culinary tour of their world, slurping on bugs? “Tastes like chicken,” Timon says. “Slimy yet satisfying,” Pumbaa chimes in. We might all be saying the same in the decades to come. Edible insects — already popular in large parts of the non-Western world — are rich in protein yet are more sustainable to produce than beef or pork. All of which is driving an explosion in demand for these creepy crawlies, which are expected to have a global market worth $4.6 billion by 2027. One country that could really benefit economically is Mexico, home to 29% of the world's edible insects species.
However, for now, it's safe to say that no insect will ever replace a turkey for your Thanksgiving meal. For one, the largest is a Giant Weta, which weighs in at 2.5 ounces.
New York City's Macy's Parade came to life:
- Candyman by Jim James and Friends. Nope, never heard this cowboy song before. I thought this was The Candy Man by Sammy Davis, which is more Thanksgiving-like to me.
- We are Family, Sister Sledge.
- American Pie, Don McLean. Not only did they misspell his name as McLeon, but I also wonder why they included this song because it is one of tragedy.
- Do the Mashed Potatoes, James Brown. Not my kind of mashed potatoes. I liked Dee Dee Sharp's Mashed Potato Time.
- Autumn in New York, Billie Holiday.
- The Thanksgiving Song, Adam Sandler. Interestingly enough, I heard it this morning on that Music Choice Thanksgiving channel, and wondered if this was that Adam Sandler. It is.
- #1 What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong.
- #2 We are Family, Sister Sledge.
- #3 Where You Lead, Carole King.
- #4 Take Me Home, Country Roads, John Denver. He died in a plane crash he was piloting not long after his concert in Hawaii which I attended. I was at that time thinking of taking flying lessons.
- #5 Thanksgiving Prayer, Johnny Cash/
- #8 Autumn in New York, Billie Holiday.
- #20 American Pie, Don McLean. Also misspelled his hame McLeon.
The following was also sent to me by a working woman:
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