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Bank Holiday Monday and UK General Election coming up
I thought I should record my thoughts about the upcoming general election in UK, to be held on 'Independence Day' 4th July, as announced by UK Conservative PM Rishi Sunak in the rain last Thursday. The commentators point out that Conservatives are about fear under Labour, whereas Labour is about "change" - which is quite a potent offer, given the ( Read more... ) -
Total Solar Eclipse
The moon is expected to block the sun for 4 minutes (and 28 secs). Montreal is said to be the best place to see it. Pretty clear skies in Vermont, but sadly, will be overcast in Texas ( Read more... ) -
Eclipse
We're coming up to the next major Solar Eclipse, and I suddenly thought about how my LJ has been 'eclipsed' by other stuff (and thereby terribly neglected ( Read more... ) -
Reading My (Very) Old Posts
It feels like I am a stranger looking in, when re-visiting some of my old posts (say, back in 2006). It was a very different world then - and maybe I was naiive, in writing about how I felt about things, and, I confess, perhaps with a mind to impress readers. I feel like I am a different person now. How different? Older, maybe more cycnical. Hard ( Read more... ) -
21 years on good old LJ!
Wow - where and how have the years gone? Immediate reaction is that I feel a little sad. There seems still to be the feeling of 'unfulfilment' - but not really, because it won't be fair to say so. Why is it so hard to define the correct thinking? 21 years is such a long long time - and yet, it seems to have all gone in a flash! It just feels that ( Read more... ) -
Trump 'slinking off'
Well, I for one am saddened that Trump has to leave the White House. I would have welcomed 4 more years. The media, as always, are putting a toxic slant on Trump - describing him as "a petty little man", perefering to "slink away" from the White House by helicopter, rather than attend Biden's iunauguration ( Read more... ) -
Happy New Year?
Starting the New Year under national lockdown owing to ongoing coronavirus pandemic crisis here in England). Not a great start. At least we got some surprise fireworks in London (set off at a location near the Millennium dome). Not surprisingly, no parade in London this New Year's Day. -
Trump October Surprise?
Shock news that President Trump and First Lady both have tested positive for corona virus - described as “a bombshell like no other” by BBC News. The first couple took the test because a close aide, Hope Hicks had tested positive ( Read more... ) -
Rubbish "News" coverage
Just want to express my utter boredom, bemusement and even anger at the inane coverage on both BBC and Sky News, of the funeral of some (to me) non-descript guy (who sadly and unfortunately died unjustly owing to police brutality). I really don't need to see this, especially at a time of pandemic, and I hate the narrative that demands that we ( Read more... )
