Well welcome to the second, but last day of September 2020, nearly nine months down in our year of hell which isn’t finished yet.
What will America remember? The death, destruction, unlawful police brutality, political corruption and maybe a defeat for Trump, I said maybe because there are still those moronic idiots out there that believe his BS. The first debate will take place at 2am GMT time, but will it be a win for Trump or a win for Biden, that is the question the world is asking at the moment. I may be British living in the UK, but I know the winner in November will have a huge impact on the British economy, so I wait with bated breath also. In the last couple of days we have seen a lot of speculation about Trump’s illegal tax returns which still says is been audited by the IRS [more BS]. He claims the reports about his lack of payments to the federal tax are ‘FAKE NEWS’, yet he still refuses to release them, but there is no legal reason why Trump can't release his returns while an audit is taking place, and he would be the first presidential candidate/president in almost 50 years not to make them available. It is not definitively known whether Trump is still under audit because it's confidential, only the person being audited or their lawyer can release that information publicly. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) which conducts the review is not permitted to disclose if an individual's finances are under inspection. What is known is that both Biden and Harris along with their spouses have released their tax returns for 2017 showing that between those four individuals they paid nearly 4.5 million dollars in federal taxes?
This tax release debacle has raged for over four years and has now brought forth severe allegations from the top-ranked Democrat in Washington who has called Trump's alleged tax avoidance a question of "national security". Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has asked whether Trump owed money to foreign interests, following an article on his financial records by the New York Times. Speaking on NBC, Ms Pelosi stated the report showed that this president appears to have over $400m in debt which begs the questions most people are wondering which is 1) To whom is the debt owed? 2) What different countries hold Trump’s debt? And 3) what leverage do they have on Trump? Pelosi also stated that she considered this a national security question over the safety of the country because in fact you could have a sitting president who owes hundreds of millions of dollars that he's personally guaranteed to lenders which is due payable in four years and it is not known who the lenders are, but it could be suggested that Trump may be indebted to Russian President Vladimir Putin. None of facts can be verified as Trump is hiding who is indebted to. Yet surely the tax returns show where the money is coming from or has he illegally redacted that information?
Look America you hold twenty percent of the world deaths to Covid-19, you have a president who cares only for himself, you have a vice president who believes it is God’s will to kill 200,000 lives, You have a senate controlled by corrupt politicians who regard their role as one of one upmanship rather than serve the people, you have law enforcement that is bigoted and violent towards the downtrodden minorities and you have a country on the brink of implosion.
It shouldn’t be down to whether Trump is corrupt, we all know he is.
It shouldn’t be down to whether Trump is racist, we all know he is.
It shouldn’t be down to whether Trump is suppressing civil rights to vote, we know he is.
It shouldn’t be down to whether Trump is mentally incapable of doing the job, we all know he is.
It shouldn’t be down to whether Trump is worthy of your vote, we all know he isn’t.
So before November 3rd make sure your right to vote is registered, apply for mail in vote ballot and get it back well before election day, Vote early where possible, make sure the correct people have the your completed ballot [hand deliver if possible]. Basically do everything in your own power to make sure your voice is heard.
On that note let’s skip the pond to dear old Blighty to see what BS has been unfolding there. So as part of the government’s battle to restrict the spread of the COVID-19 virus, is to close pubs and clubs at 10pm, restrict people from communing with other people outside their home or bubble with the threat of a £10,000 fine and place large areas of the country in temporary lockdown causing many people to rebel. The government has been accused of creating "doubt and uncertainty" with its announcement of tighter lockdown restrictions in the North East of England. This new law against mixing socially, which comes into force on Wednesday amid a spike in Covid-19 cases, means people in the North East now face a maximum £6,400 fine if they disregard the law. I ask this, how will they enforce it? Will the County Durham and Northumbria police force be knocking on doors or will they start providing rewards to neighbours who rat on each other. These tougher measures will affect about two million people, but Newcastle City Council's leader has stated a lack of detail has led to people spreading half-truths and myths about the measures and that one of the things that undermines these tougher measures is the principle of community consent which is an uncertinty.
Another ongoing debate is the issues rising from the new 10pm licencing law as it has shown once pubs close their doors people are congregating outside which could lead to shop workers being put at greater risk of violence, verbal abuse and coronavirus infection a retail union has warned. Usdaw stated stores in England were likely to become "very busy" with people buying alcohol, "triggering" antisocial behaviour as some shops can continue to sell alcohol until later, this could cause additional problems to arise as licensing laws are not the same as shop opening hours or off-sales licensing hours become now they are longer than on-sales. Another issues the government in their wisdom neglected to take in to account. Basically pubs doors closing early has always been a problem for those with the mentality to drink themselves unconscious, but now as the licensing laws return to the pre 1990’s and the off licence laws stay squarely in the 2020’s the government has caused a potential ripple effect of anarchy as revellers look for their next alcoholic fix as well as refusing to go home at the end of the night which makes more work for the police to clean up early than normal. Further to these new measures Conservative backbenchers are demanding votes in Parliament be taken before any further coronavirus restrictions are introduced in England to stop the unilateral decision making of Johnson and his cabinet of late.
One other issue that will impact the economy due to COVID-19 is the unemployment rate, so in their wisdom the cabinet has come up with a new idea to combat that which is to fully fund college course for adults in England without an A-level or equivalent qualification. Funding for courses offering "skills valued by employers" will be made available from next April. Johnson in a speech stated the government couldn’t "save every job" amid the coronavirus pandemic, but wants to help people find new work as the predicted unemployment rate is expected to peak at between 9.7% and 13.2% in the next few years compared to the rate for May to July which was 4.1%. My concerns over these new proposed funds for adult students is will it affect the money already been paid in benefits putting them on a similar footing to present students who get no help and are expected to pay loans back. Currently if a person on Universal Credit decides to take on full time education they are no longer entitled to any benefits, losing their rent and council tax rebates as well as the measly unemployment benefit they currently receive. So how does the government plan to prevent that? An other question on education is, how can current University students be expected to pay the extortionate university fees for an education they are not receiving, but are still been charged for? Education Secretary Gavin Williamson is due to make a statement in the House of Commons later as thousands of students have been told to self-isolate following a surge in cases at universities.
What the public is seeing time and time again this year is a governmental cabinet falling over its own feet and stumbling in to one crisis after another without a reliable plan to firstly eradicate COVID-19, Secondly get the economy buoyant again, thirdly stop unemployment rising and fourthly get a decent deal on Brexit. Speaking of Brexit a new report has been released stating that during the Brexit referendum back in 2016, Dominic Cumming [Johnson’s lapdog or master, you decide] used the sister company of Cambridge Analytic (AIQ) to target millions of voters with disinformation about the European union to influence the Brexit leave vote whilst also illegally overspending on the campaign. So once again we see the culpable and corruptness with in the present UK governing Conservative cabinet who will stop at nothing to get what they want.
I only find time to rant about the US and the UK, but I wouldn’t be surprised if more governments around the world are just as corrupt in this day and age. It’s just that we here in England seem to hear more about America and Britain’s dishonesty especially because Trump and Johnson are cut from the same cloth as far as their beliefs on white privilege and law breaking is concerned. On that note I will call it a day,
Rant you tomorrow!
