Good morning everyone.
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I watched Harlequins against Leicester Tigers yesterday from the Stoop (BT Sport Channel. Live transmission). A great game which the Tigers won by 31 points to 28 thanks to the boot of George Ford. Cracking tries from both sides with the final result not predictable right up until the clock went red on 80 minutes. What was missing from the entire match however, was the spectacle of men running round in circles after scoring, avoiding the clutches of team mates, while having their shirts pulled up over their heads and with oustretched arms, imitating some kind of aeroplane (as many of us may have done when we were 5 years old.) Also absent was the sight of grown men slidding across the grass on their knees again with arms outstretched inviting the adulation of
the spectators before being buried under the bodies of team mates jumping into an ever growing heap of players in some sort of erotic ritual.
Somebody once said that rugby is a gentlemens game played by chidren. Who ever it was, certainly got a little confused as to what game the chidren actually play.
I listend to the whole of Donald Trump's address to the United Nations.
Long and rambling, the "speech" seemed to last for hours and covered the usual "America does not wish to impose its values or way of life on other nations" and "America will do what ever is necessary to defeat the evil regimes of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria,the Iranian dictatorship, Terrorism, Al Qaeda" etc etc.
Trump also stated that America will totally destroy North Korea.
If he was expecting standing ovations every few minutes, he was sadly dissappointed.Only the occasional ripple of applause broke what was a very quiet Assembly Hall.
However, what became very apparent by the end of his oration was that not only is Trump a racist, a misogynist and a hypocritical war monger, he is also a very dangerous hypocrite and war monger.
The American people have elected a megalomaniac to the position of most powerful man on the planet and the rest of the world will pay the price.
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As Mr Davies would frequently remind boys during his Physics lectures, "Empty vessels make the most noise". In Florence, Prime Minister Theresa May demonstrated this ancient proverb to perfection with her keynote speech on Brexit. Plenty of noise but very little, if any, substance. If the British people are seeking guidance and leadership through the negotiations and though the post Brexit period and beyond, we shall have to look elsewhere than to Thersa May and this splintered government.
Read the whole item at:
http://new-agenda2012.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/transition-without-plan.html
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A series of category 5 hurricanes lash the Caribbean from the Virgin Islands through Puerto Rico, Dominica and Cuba all the way to Florida. It may or may not be a symptom of Global Warming, though on balance it probably is, as we cannot dispute the evidence that these events are becoming more and more frequent over recent years and months. However, we can dismiss the explanation given by one American Senator from the "Bible belt" of the USA (although the theory is probably endorsed by many Americans, including I suspect Trump himself), that these natural disasters are a "punishment" for the GLTB people within our society.
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The life expectancy of this conservative government can be counted in months rather than years.
Similarly, the expectations of Theresa May to remain as Leader of the Conservative party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom cannot last beyond next Christmas or perhaps even less.
Read the whole item at:
https://new-agenda2012.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/no-great-reconcilliation-prior-to.html
They are still predicting the week ahead will be cold, wet and windy. At least we avoid the category 5 hurricanes
Have a nice week
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