Donald Trump and Fake News

In view of Donald Trump's propensity to issue "fake news" all the time as true and to deride the true news as fake, I have found the following scriptural warning against him. This is from the Book of Enoch which was widely circulated among the early Christian churches, although it didn't quite make it into the final draft of the bible.

"Woe to you who set at nought the words of the righteous; for you shall have no hope of life. Woe to you who write down lying and godless words; for they write down their lies that men may hear them and act godlessly towards their neighbour. Therefore they shall have no peace, but die a sudden death."
[Enoch XCVII: 14-16]

Watch out Mr Trump!

A quote of Napoleon Bonaparte is also somewhat relevant:

"In politics, stupidity is not a handicap."

We are getting there ....... slowly

"Britain goes coal free as renewables edge out fossil fuels

At midnight on Wednesday (10th June 2020), the country will have gone two full months without burning coal to generate power. The current coal-free period smashes the previous record of 18 days, six hours and ten minutes which was set in June last year."

Right to Die

I have long harboured the suspicion that most Americans are quite mad. I have also harboured a nagging doubt that that might be being a bit disingenuous to Americans as a whole.  Donald Trump, of course, proves my first case, but he is just one individual and I really need a bigger sample size to scientifically justify the hypothesis. Further evidence has, however, emerged this week in the following press clipping emerging from America.

“Speaking at a rally outside the San Antonio City Hall, Bexar County, Texas, Republican Chair Cynthia Brehm made the outrageous claim that the coronavirus pandemic is a Democratic hoax.

A viral video from Texas shows a Republican Party leader speaking at local rally calling the coronavirus panic a hoax being perpetrated by Democrats with the goal of hurting Donald Trump, then encouraging people to take off their face masks.

She was speaking at a political protest against continued restrictions meant to slow the spread of the virus. Brehm said that a requirement to wear face coverings is a violation of people’s constitutional rights and hinted that the coronavirus panic is being manufactured by Democrats in order to hurt Trump.

“So, take off your masks, exercise your constitutional rights. Stand up, speak up and vote Republican.”

After Brehm made her wild remarks, those Republicans attending the rally began to shake-hands and hug each other, deliberately violating the social distancing guidelines and potentially placing everyone they come into contact with at risk.”

This woman is clearly deranged and steps should be taken now to ensure that she is not allowed to stand for election on the grounds of insanity.

Americans seem obsessed with their “constitutional rights”, whatever they might be. Of course, they have a “right” not to wear a mask if they don’t want to. But that doesn’t make it a good idea …….. any more than the fact they have a “right” to carry a loaded weapon but it is not a good idea to go around shooting people.

A large proportion of Trump supporters claim to be evangelical Christians but they don’t seem to have much idea what Christianity is all about. The example Jesus set was that we must not insist on our “rights”, even if we have them…….

Philippians 2:5-11 (New American Standard Bible (NASB))

⁵ Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, ⁶ who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, ⁷ but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. ⁸ Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 

Jesus was obedient to the point of death. Americans, it seems, cannot even be obedient enough to wear a face mask to protect themselves and others from a potential death sentence. Their "right" to die is more important!