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Nov. 1st, 2020 08:33 am
Nov. 1st, 2020
Sunday Slouching
Nov. 1st, 2020 07:37 pmA dry mild but blustery day is the summation for this weekend day. I walked into town at around 11.30 this morning and had what is known as the all-day brunch. Two eggs, two sausages, three rashers of bacon, beans, and chips. I also gulped a few pints of Bishops Finger ale as well.
It looks likely we are heading for a full lockdown for four weeks from Thursday. This means my exit surveys planned for most of the month are now cancelled. I have four visits planned this week which I will crunch up into three days - these are Tunbridge Wells, Bluwater, Ashford, and Westwood Cross.
Whist in town I noticed that they were starting to put up the Christmas lights and displays.
I assume the lights will be turned on soon.
So, once again, the government scored an own goal with the lack of testing and the lateness of the first lockdown and the measures that could have been taken. Now they are forcing another lockdown. Pubs will be closed from Thursday - unless it is voted out by the backbenchers and dissatisfied Tory rebels. I hope they lose but I doubt so come Thursday it will be bleak again.
It looks likely we are heading for a full lockdown for four weeks from Thursday. This means my exit surveys planned for most of the month are now cancelled. I have four visits planned this week which I will crunch up into three days - these are Tunbridge Wells, Bluwater, Ashford, and Westwood Cross.
Whist in town I noticed that they were starting to put up the Christmas lights and displays.
I assume the lights will be turned on soon.
So, once again, the government scored an own goal with the lack of testing and the lateness of the first lockdown and the measures that could have been taken. Now they are forcing another lockdown. Pubs will be closed from Thursday - unless it is voted out by the backbenchers and dissatisfied Tory rebels. I hope they lose but I doubt so come Thursday it will be bleak again.
Fabricated Labour Anti-Semitism Claims.
Nov. 1st, 2020 07:45 pmNorman Finkelstein On The Fabricated Labour Anti-Semitism Claims.
This is what Jewish academic Norman Finkelstein said about the fabricated labour antisemitism claims in 2019.
Finkelstein absolutely nails it in this short 2-minute video and describes how the entire UK establishment has joined in with anti-Semitism claims levelled against Corbyn and the Labour Party by the UK Israeli Lobby.
This is what Jewish academic Norman Finkelstein said about the fabricated labour antisemitism claims in 2019.
Finkelstein absolutely nails it in this short 2-minute video and describes how the entire UK establishment has joined in with anti-Semitism claims levelled against Corbyn and the Labour Party by the UK Israeli Lobby.
More Of The Same Only Worse
Nov. 1st, 2020 08:18 pmAnd so England is going back into something like full lockdown.
A lockdown in November is going to feel rather different from a lockdown in April- and I expect the response to be grudging and much less compliant. Then we had spring and summer to look forward to, now we have Christmas- and an awful lot of us have never been that keen on Christmas- and those of us who are will be griping about how the pandemic rules have taken the fizz out of the cava. First time round there was communal clapping for the NHS and children painted rainbows and posted them in windows- this, time, well, we'll see.
We were innocent then, now we're campaign-hardened and questioning. The mere fact hat we're having to do it again suggests that the first lockdown failed- and if that's so why are we repeating the strategy? Again there'll be quibbles about particulars- like the closing of restaurants and pubs while schools and colleges remain open. Finally there's the issue around leadership. Those of us who relish the smack of firm governance haven't been getting that from Johnson and his crew. I'm not saying other national leaders have done a better job but rather that they've seemed to be doing a better job- and in politics seeming is important. Nicola Sturgeon, for instance, has looked decisive where Johnson has looked inconsistent, dithery and detached. A lot of us are going to disobey the rules for no better reason than that they're Johnson's rules.
Bonfire night is coming up. I suppose we ought to consider it cancelled, but... but... a lot of us are feeling very Guy Fawkesy...
A lockdown in November is going to feel rather different from a lockdown in April- and I expect the response to be grudging and much less compliant. Then we had spring and summer to look forward to, now we have Christmas- and an awful lot of us have never been that keen on Christmas- and those of us who are will be griping about how the pandemic rules have taken the fizz out of the cava. First time round there was communal clapping for the NHS and children painted rainbows and posted them in windows- this, time, well, we'll see.
We were innocent then, now we're campaign-hardened and questioning. The mere fact hat we're having to do it again suggests that the first lockdown failed- and if that's so why are we repeating the strategy? Again there'll be quibbles about particulars- like the closing of restaurants and pubs while schools and colleges remain open. Finally there's the issue around leadership. Those of us who relish the smack of firm governance haven't been getting that from Johnson and his crew. I'm not saying other national leaders have done a better job but rather that they've seemed to be doing a better job- and in politics seeming is important. Nicola Sturgeon, for instance, has looked decisive where Johnson has looked inconsistent, dithery and detached. A lot of us are going to disobey the rules for no better reason than that they're Johnson's rules.
Bonfire night is coming up. I suppose we ought to consider it cancelled, but... but... a lot of us are feeling very Guy Fawkesy...
Music From One Of The Racks
Nov. 1st, 2020 09:12 pm
Some tracks selected from this part of a rack of CD's in my collection.
Olivier Messiaen - Vingt Regards (X. Regard de l'Esprit de joie)
Gyorgy Ligeti - Atmosphères
Low - Silver Rider
Can - Soul Desert
Henryk Gorecki - Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs (III. Lento—Cantabile-semplice)
Beth Gibbons (of Portishead) · The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
ENJOY
More Shelf Music
Nov. 1st, 2020 09:38 pm
Another selection from a shelf of quality music. Bill Evans,John Cage,Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis,John Coltrane, Larry Young, Charles Mingus, and three CD's of Scubertian leider.
Bill Evans - So What
Ornette Coleman - Beauty Is a Rare Thing
Double Bass: Charlie Haden
Trumpet: Don Cherry
Drums: Ed Blackwell
Producer: Nesuhi Ertegun
Alto Saxophone: Ornette Coleman
Composer: Ornette Coleman
Raymond Scott - Ripples (Manhattan Research Inc., 1950s-60s)
Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda – Rama Rama
Harmonia - Ohrwurm
ENJOY.
Buffy and Spike
Nov. 1st, 2020 09:51 pmSo as I was watching Buffy Season 7 last night here is one of that most heart chugging moments.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 7x20 "Touched" - Buffy and Spike
Gets me everytime.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 7x20 "Touched" - Buffy and Spike
Gets me everytime.
Blimey! Has it been since Sept 3rd, 2019 I posted a Buffy TPN GUide? Yep, and that was season 5 episode 3 "The Replacement". So we better get back to the next one.
TPN's Buffy Guide - Out of My Mind • Season 5 Ep. 4
TPN's Buffy Guide - No Place Like Home Season 5 Ep. 5
I will also have to check updates for the Angel guide.
TPN's Buffy Guide - Out of My Mind • Season 5 Ep. 4
TPN's Buffy Guide - No Place Like Home Season 5 Ep. 5
I will also have to check updates for the Angel guide.
Continuing the Buffyverse ....
TPN's Buffy Guide - Family • Season 5 Ep. 6
TPN's Buffy Guide - Fool for Love • Season 5 Ep. 7
I do love these analyses.
TPN's Buffy Guide - Family • Season 5 Ep. 6
TPN's Buffy Guide - Fool for Love • Season 5 Ep. 7
I do love these analyses.
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