Feest Isolation Days – 9 November
We spent a very stressed out weekend watching the news feeds and waiting. Would the count go to Biden? YES was the final answer! When it came, many around the world breathed a sigh of relief. America has been pulled back from the brink. Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States. Kamala Harris will become the first female Vice President. She is of Jamaican and Indian heritage and is the first woman of colour. The ceiling has finally been broken. There is glass everywhere!
CNN, The Beeb, all the television networks worked round the clock to provide us all with the news as it became available. It looked good for Biden/Harris on Friday, but it wasn’t until Saturday that we popped the champagne corks. The tears flowed. It is surprising how many people cried when they heard the news. Van Jones, a CNN and an experienced lawyer, spoke so eloquently through his tears. If you haven’t seen this, it is worth a watch.
It is as though, collectively, we are all relieved that the grownups are back. They had taken a long holiday and trusted the kids with the keys to the house but the kids trashed the place and held parties they shouldn’t have.
Unfortunately, the present incumbent doesn’t want to leave. He is claiming (falsely) that the election was stolen, and that there was fraud. These unsubstantiated claims are still being regurgitated by some of his followers as they stood outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg, and in Phoenix, Arizona over the weekend. And they carry guns. Those who want the country to continue on the course of the past four years, still wish to follow that path. And there are millions of them. It remains a divided nation. This election victory has brought it back from the brink, but how will it unite? Biden has a lot of work to do.
Meantime, in Moscow, lawmakers are currently considering legislation that would grant ex presidents lifetime immunity from criminal prosecution. That might come in handy for Mr. Putin who is reported to be suffering from Parkinson’s disease and might step down in the next few months. He is shaking and walking with the Parkinsonian gait according to several sources. We shall see.
Covid is still on the march though and Bristol has become the 12th worst infected city in the country. In England, there are tests being carried out on all the residents in Liverpool and later this week, two other towns in England will test everyone in an attempt to identify where the virus is and how it is spreading. They plan to repeat tests as they pilot the full testing. The hope is if these tests work, we might, just might, have a festive Christmas. Lockdown is with us until December 2.
Who knows what will happen after that?
The world may just be a very different place come January. An inauguration! A possible change of ruler in Moscow! A vaccine? Fingers crossed.
Take care and I leave you with a little something from New York. Enjoy!
With love
Kathy x