29/05/2020

So we have reached yet another Friday in lockdown and very little has changed except the two most incompetent world leaders ever are still screwing up the public's lives. Let's see what there's to rant about today.

In America the battle between Trump and Twitter has escalated to the next level as twitter censored one of trumps tweets which was deemed to violate their rules about glorifying violence. But instead of it being deleted, it was replaced with a warning and can still be viewed by clicking on it. The warning said "Twitter has determined that it may be in the public's interest for the Tweet to remain accessible". Trump was tweeting about the US city of Minneapolis, which has seen consecutive nights of protests following the death of a black man in police custody. The tweet told people that Trump would "send in the National Guard", and then followed that up with a warning that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts." It was the second tweet which was hidden by Twitter for "glorifying violence". In mid-2019 Twitter's announced that it was implementing a policy where they would add a warning to, rather than deleting, tweets that broke its rules when it came to major public figures violating their rules. But the social network has never before now used it on Trump and have never deleted any of his tweets before.The same post remains unaltered on Facebook, without any warning attached. As far as I can tell once again we see the rich getting away with literal murder and it's about time someone put a stop to it, If a normal person did anything like what some celebrities do on Twitter or Facebook their accounts would be suspended and to top off this war of words Trump has threatened to get rid of his whole account, Don't just threaten us with it Mr President just F****** do it and give us all some relief from your narcissistic, racist and uneducated tirades because in the end only you lose out, as you will be silencing yourself and where else can you spout your BS. Yet while Trump busy's himself with his war on social media instead of the more important tasks of saving lives, US senators have offered a bipartisan Three billion dollar plan to prepare for the next global health crisis, putting a premium on fighting disease outbreaks and pandemics like COVID-19 as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has now topped more than 1.7 million , and more than 100,000 deaths related to the disease. 

So while America's imbecile cracks up over social media let's see what the UK's imbecile has been up to. Johnson has now stated that we can now graciously congregate in groups of up to six people from different households, but it must be outside in England only from Monday, We are allowed to meet in gardens - in addition to parks - as long as households keep two metres apart. His exact words were "These changes mean friends and family will start to meet loved ones," in what would be a "long awaited and joyful moment" adding that it was now possible because the government's five tests were being met. Currently, people in England can only meet one other person from another household at a distance in a public place, but speaking at Thursday's Downing Street briefing Johnson contradicted himself once again by stating people should "try to avoid seeing people from too many households in quick succession" to help "avoid the risk of transmission from lots of different families" and that this rule meant people would now be able to see "both parents at once, or both grandparents at once", doesn't that fill your heart with gratitude having some moron tell you your now allowed to see your family, but do not touch as that is still against the law. He also stated we were allowed to have barbecues providing we are "scrupulous" about washing our hands, maintain good hygiene and social distancing practices, but he then went on to insist that the government does not want people to stay overnight at other households. "I'm afraid we're not at that stage yet!". 

So what he basically said was that families can visit each other as long as there are no more than six people at a time, no touching allowed, it has to be outside, not in confined spaces, stay two metres apart, adhere to hygiene protocols and under no circumstances have a sleep over (a do what we say, not what we do scenario) and do it now, but don't concern yourself about how the government and its aides are openly breaking lockdown rules themselves.

Rant you tomorrow!