Lockdown 3 cabin fever

 Morning Mugs,

Anyone else feeling a little claustrophobic? Anyone else feeling they know the town or village or locale rather too well now and finding it..restrictive?

Since last February when we visited Paris on a city break I've gone to Newbury for a flying visit to collect a new work laptop just two days prior to lockdown 1, been to Costco in Southampton three times, been to Chessington once, Bealieu once and Yeovilton Fleet Air Arm once. Oh and an aborted break in Brecon after two days.....I feel, like many, my wings have been clipped. And it's starting to wear....

We booked a weekend in Paris at Easter thinking the worst would be over, but that now looks doomed. Our cancelled cruise from last year was rebooked for May this year......this is looking less and less likely as well. I may get a chance to go to the money pit later this year in late June/early July...but I'm not betting on reciprocal quarantines being lifted by then either. Will August be Ok for our main holiday? 50/50 at best in my view. My current best hope is a first visit to New York in December this year. By that time I fully expect to look something akin to Phil Spector in his last public picture. 

On that note, not one bit of me is sorry for Spector popping his clogs in jail. he was a bully, a mysogynist and a murderer. Good riddance. But....he did produce some of the most iconic and memorable music the world has ever heard. This isn't some congnitive dissonance issue i am suffering either, I just sincerely believe that you it's important not to conflate the art with the artist's life. Many 'artists' lead very dark lives, Michael Jackson being a prime example, but go back far enough and the painter Carravagio was also am murderer. And yet we happily listen to Jackson's stuff, pay to see a Caravaggio or happily listen to Spector's highly polished 'wall of sound' music on radio.Liking this stuff doesn't in anyway endorse the behaviour or actions of them, but art in all its forms comes from somehwere, and sometimes where it comes from is dark, tormented or just insane. 

Later Mugs, GJ

Trump and insanity

 Afternoon Mugs

 

Well, he finally did it. A man who many could see was a fascistic, narcissistic, mentally unstable and fundamentally crooked and interminably thick fuckwit lost his mind and his rag. 

He stood and goaded his supporters to 'walk with him' to Capitol Hill and show strength in order to get their country back. Of course the one thing he didn't do was walk with his supporters. Add cowardice as well...especially if you consider his  Daddy funded 'bone spurs' Vietnam draft get out. He has lost virtually every court case disputing results because they can't present any evidence. He seems to think his opinion that he won is enough to go for another term. He even seemed to think his VP, the lily-livered born again Christian ...sorry twat...Mike Pence could simply overturn the result and hand him a second term. Jesus..the fuckwittery on display is amazing.

The man is constantly wrong. He constantly lies. He is a despot by nature if not by position (the US constitution prevents this for the most part). Aside from his estranged niece Mary, there doesn't appear to be a single decent person in his family. They are all chips off the same far right, narcissistic, and lets be honest insane, unhinged block. 

But yesterday might be the beginning of an unsolveable US divide much like we have seen in the UK over Brexit...which itself set old vs young, North vs South, Scotland vs England, rich vs poor, white vs non-white, family vs family Red vs Blue and even moderate Tories vs Johnson and his cohort of crooks and liars. But by sheer size and influence on the world our UK divides will pale into insignificance if the US divisions deepen. Another civil war might result, or we could see states seceding from the Union...California alone would be a huge world economy on its own...bigger than the UK for certain. The obvious other effects whilst America tears itself apart, are its enemies will rub their hands with glee and try to exploit the turmoil wherever they can. Whilst this goes on, the UK and Brexiteers will watch the promised 'fantastic trade deal' fade into the distance as Trump reluctantly hands power over to a President hewn from the Obama reign..one who will put the EU first and us to the back of the queue.

You won, get over it.

Back to Trump, there is no doubt he incited yesterday's riots and insurrection. There is no doubt he has lied to Americans and on the world stage. And everyone could see it coming. From the UK's perspective there must be a few sycophantic Tory ministers with sweaty brows right now having been pictured with him and having blown smoke up his obese orange arse. The massive piece of fresh dog shit that is Nigel Farage and chief trump cock-sucker Piers Morgan (who is now backtracking faster than Usain Bolt running downhill) must be looking at their careers potentially fading like ice next to a fire. 

The powers that be must either invoke the 'unfit to be Commander-in-Chief' 25th Amendment or move to impeach in such a way that he can never run for office again. And then let the Feds and CIA crawl over him and his crooked bent family  and bang them all up until they flatline. Anything less is a complete dereliction of duty and respect for the people of America.

Later Mugs, GJ