On wet and cloudy day let's see if the headlines match the mood of the day.
Firstly to America where more violence has befallen the peaceful protests with one person killed in Texas, crowds clashed with police in Seattle, black women marched in New York and Portland continues with it's own protesting. So the most notable of the rallies were in Seattle as Police in the US city of Seattle clashed with crowds marching in support of anti-racism protests, in one of the most tense of several rallies held across the country on Saturday where officers were seen to be using stun grenades and pepper spray, as protesters set a fire and broke windows. The march was in support of ongoing protests in Portland. While in Austin, Texas one man was killed during a Black Lives Matter march where witnesses described how a driver turned into the street where protesters were gathered, and started driving into the crowd. The victim was part of a group that then approached the vehicle to confront the driver of the car who then opened fire on the protesters. The victim was rushed to hospital and pronounced dead shortly afterwards. The suspect was arrested and is co-operating with officers, but police did not identify the victim except to say he had been seen carrying a rifle. The victim was later identified by his mother who stated that he had been pushing his fiance's wheelchair at the time of the shooting.
In one incident captured on a camera phone a man calling himself a Vietnam Combat Medic veteran could be seen facing down armed federal agents dressed in combat gear with only a camera shouting that the agents didn't understand they were the instruments of a fascist president like he had been back during the Vietnam war when all of a sudden a masked agent comes in from the side and point blankly sprays him in the face with pepper spray clearly noticeable as half the protesters face turns yellow from the weapon. The Veteran continues to berate the agents until overcome by the stinging sensation of the pepper spray which showed the agents have no control and will use unprovoked violence on unarmed peaceful protesters, is this what America is coming to where the oppressors commit illegal acts and call it necessary force. Over the weekend more marches were held in Louisville, Kentucky; Aurora, Colorado; New York; Omaha, Nebraska; Oakland and Los Angeles in California; and Richmond in Virginia in support of Portland. So the civil war Trump has been inciting for over four years may actually come to fruition as Americans kill Americans to deny them the freedom to protest and all this protesting came on the day that civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis was transported back over the Edward Pettis bridge in Selma, Alabama where he started his illustrious career as firstly one of the big six marching for an end to segregation up until his final days still fighting against injustice within the halls of power, wouldn't you think his example would be more recognised rather than played down by the corrupt politicians trying to oppress America once again. Continue the fight, continue to be heard, continue to denounce the fake president who sits upon the liberty thrown deny everyone their constitutional rights while he profits from his corrupt presidential run, make him a one term president and then convict him for the illegal acts he presently performs under the noses of the blind corrupt justice department.
Well that's enough for today about America, lets take a look at dear old Blighty. So big brother takes another step in to the lives of the British people as the governmental scheme to control peoples lives continues, as the prime minister sets out his plans to control what people can now eat. This plan will target and ban "Buy one get one free" deals on unhealthy food in England and will also include restrictions on where foods high in fat and sugar can be promoted in stores, with new rules for displaying calories on menus, a ban on junk food adverts before 21:00 has been confirmed for the whole of the UK and for GP's to prescribe Weight Watchers diet plans to overweight patients as part of measures to tackle obesity. Johnson stated the plans would help reduce our health risks and protect ourselves against coronavirus and urged people to “do their bit”. What is been done is just another fascist attempt to control the people of the UK by banning the things most poorer families rely on like BOGOF offers, as well as controlling what businesses can and can't do. Explain to me how a sweet shops could survive if they didn't have prominent displays to catch the eye or promote their special offers next to the tills where up selling is done to increase profits.
Is the government going to pay for obese patients to go to meetings like weight watchers or slimming world which charge you to stand on a set of scales once a week or are they going to expect those less off to foot the bill out of the pittance of non savings they have. Are they going to pay gyms to give free workout sessions to less well off people because if that is the case sign me up, if it saves me the monthly gym or slimming club fees and helps me lose the weight I have carried for over forty years without been able to shift it, I'm all in. But if they expect me to pay for it out of the measly benefits I get then I suppose I will stay the rotund figure of a man I am and ask to be left alone to fester in my own depression. Well I have had my say for today.
Rant you tomorrow!
