May Hope and History Rhyme (Trump#116)

[lionheart]

With thanks to Seamus Heaney for inspiring the President Elect.

"History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme."

Sky has turned from pink ribbons to deep red to fading golden glow. Twinkly street decorations now lighting the darkness and "Carols from Kings" filling the room.

Happy Christmas, one and all.

Joy to the World!

Merry Christmas to you all and let's hope that the insanity of the last 4 years on both sides of the Atlantic will be left behind in 2021

And as you typed that...

UK and EU agree post-Brexit trade deal
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-55433447

Huh. Pity we didn't settle for the somewhat better deal that may had negotiated, isn't it. Still, let's hope all the member-states ratify the agreement and we haven't royally pissed off one of them enough for a veto to happen.

Season's Greetings to one and all!!

Happy Christmas everyone.

Or

www.rawstory.com/merry-christmas-watch-rep-debbie-dingell-drop-house-gavel-in-disgust-over-gops-19-cruelty/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Happy Christmas to all, and a better new year.

🎄🎄🎄☃️☃️☃️❄️❄️🍷🍷🍷🎂🎂🍸🍾🍾

Hope everyone is having a wonderful, joy-filled and stress-free day. We have reason to be happy since we got our 'early' Xmas Day gift of a Scrotus free 2021, 26 days from today!

Today let's all eat too much, drink too much, and love too much.

A Happy Christmas everyone.

Or should it be Happy Holidays?

And to keep up the Christmas spirit past, present and future, Trump losing on a loop, courtesy of the Daily Show.

Happy Christmas and looking forward to a delightfully uninteresting 2021

There has been an inclusive Christmas greeting in England since time immemorial.

Seasons Greetings, all!

OMG Lweji, that is HILARIOUS!

And is now playing on our big screen TV to the general amusement of the household. 🍾🍾🥂🥂

I've also sent the link to DS1 & DiL.

Lweji that Daily Show yule log is marvellous.

One of those newswomen is working so hard not to smirk as she reads out yet another win confirmed yet another time by a judge.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/25/explosion-in-nashville-may-have-been-intentional-act-police

Blimey. According to a local reporter local residents vacuated as they heard a countdown. Not sure how accurate that is, France24 haven't reported that.

I wonder what anyone thought the point of telling Trump about it was?

www.huffpost.com/entry/nashville-explosion-christmas_n_5fe5fc69c5b66809cb311846

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/covid-relief-bill-unemployment-benefits-trump-b1779022.html

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fbi-mccabe-trump-pardons-justice-b1778807.html

'The former acting FBI chief Andrew McCabe has criticised the wave of presidential pardons issued by Donald Trump this week as "remarkably disgusting."

Speaking to CNN, Mr McCabe said the president "is actively engaged in undermining the system of justice that he is supposed to protect and defend."

"These pardons are essentially the culmination of those acts of obstruction of justice," that was cited in the Mueller report, he added.

Mr McCabe was fired by Trump's first Attorney General Jeff Sessions one day before his pension kicked in. A Justice Department report said at the time that McCabe had overstepped his authority by allowing an aide to speak to the Wall Street Journal about an FBI probe into the Clinton Foundation.'

Would it be possible to appoint McCabe to the position of acting FBI chief for a week, or even just a day, so that he got his pension? Whatever I may think of him as a person, he did work for that pension over many years, and such a mean-minded bit of cheapskatery ought not to be allowed to stand.

Oh yes, I forgot about that sneakery.

www.businessinsider.com/trump-stimulus-checks-refuse-sign-jobless-benefits-expire-2020-12?r=US&IR=T