Thursday 15th March

On almost the same day, two examples – one, the sad passing of a genius, the other, yet more confirmation of stupidity.

Stephen Hawkings has died.  I didn’t read his books, but I have watched a few Horizon programmes on Astro-physics where his ideas were explored.  He seemed to have the ability to look beyond the rational, to imagine the infinite possibilities where even the laws of Physics, and time itself become distorted.  We all felt the pathos of his physical disability, and his overcoming of it.  And he never asked for pity.  He was always positive about humanity.  A real hero for our times.

And on Tuesday Trump sacked Rex Tillerson, who though far from perfect, appeared to be one of the few thoughtful people in the White House.  The arsehole didn’t even have the grace to speak personally to his Secretary of State, who discovered his sacking when his secretary saw it on twitter.  What a way to run a country.

I have lost count of the sackings and departures in this administration, they are now coming almost weekly.  But the real damage is to America’s reputation.  The whole World, especially after Obama, is looking for leadership, and all we have is the tweets of a clown.  Nobody now has any idea of what America stands for, except Stupidity.

Anyway…the nightmare continues, hold on to your seats.