Duke of Edinburgh Died Peacefully

 The Queen's husband has died, peacefully in his sleep.  He had a long and full life, just short of a century-long by a couple of months.  Well done, Sir, may you rest in peace.

But WHY was it necessary to have the BBC TV broadcast hours of exactly the same details of his life on BOTH channels?  The ITV also did virtually the same, all day and night.  Why?  He was of the Royal Family, yes, but he wasn't the King.  He was a nice enough fellow and did his job well, generally speaking, but that was about it, in my honest opinion.

I was 17 when King George VI died in 1952.  That radio announcement came as a real shock to me then.  Quite hard to take in on that day. It was almost as though my own father had passed away!  It shook me so badly at the time, having so many memories of the King during the war, the way the family stayed with us during that terrible time.  I was deeply saddened.

Yesterday's news had nothing like the 1952 news.  I suppose we were all expecting it after seeing how ill Prince Philip looked on his final journey home by car a few days ago.  Yes, it's always sad when somebody dies, but at his advanced age it's not unusual.

So, condolences to the Royal Family, especially the Queen, life goes on.  Except for the radio and television people. They grab these "breaking news" announcements and treat them as though the end of the world has come.

Give me strength!

USA - Ugly States of America

Playing the Trump game has proved the truism that "Power corrupts. Absolute Power corrupts absolutely". 

The destruction, death and flag-waving in Washington yesterday afternoon, January 6th 2021, was reminiscent of the Reichstag fire in the early 1930s. 

 Adolf Hitler was leading the Nazi Party and had recruited a group of thugs (Stormtroopers) and Hitler used the Reichstag fire incident to further his quest for absolute power. Trump has consistently spouted lies to gain and hold power. He incited hordes of his own stormtroopers to trash the Capitol building, praising that mindless rabble and saying how much he loved them - almost as much as he loves himself.

 I hope that the majority of American citizens wake up to the reality that Democracy is on the verge of being crushed into oblivion by devotees of Hitler and similar ilk.