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2 January 12020, Science Fiction Day, appears also to be
Berchtold Day in Liechtenstein and
Switzerland, Carnival Day in Saint
Kitts and Nevis, and Guru Govind Singh
Jayanti for Sikhs. This last is the celebration of the birthday of the
tenth and last Sikh guru, who apparently codified the religion at some point
during the seventeenth century. It is a movable feast from the viewpoint of the
Gregorian calendar; I don’t know the details, but today is when it falls this
year according to various online sources.
In the news I see that some two-bit backwoods politician (his
name’s Jonathan Stickland) hasn’t heard that the efficacy of vaccines was
demonstrated last century, and seems to think it is some sort of “sorcery” (his
word). Texas needs to do some housecleaning ASAP. And the Dopey Don seems to be
ineffectually trying to launch a war with Iran—I suppose to boost his reelection
chances. Sad. And Chris Christie is predicting that three New Jersey House
seats will flip from blue to red due to impeachment backlash. Crazy.
Karl Rove appears to be the latest Republican to claim that
the only Democrat who can beat Trump in November is Joe Biden. I predict that
if the Democrats are dumb enough to fall for that crap and run him Trump will
trounce him electorally, and probably this time with at least a plurality of
the popular vote. I hope I’m wrong on both counts, actually; a Biden presidency
would finish the demolition job on America that Trump started, but Trump’s
reelection would do the country no favors either.
Is this the end for the once-great nation? Probably not, but
the road to recovery will be as long as a Russian novel and as treacherous as
its current president.
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