My Thursday morning 'lie-ins' didn't last long. Was knitting away, watching the evil Fox News at twenty to eight this morning when I remembered I said I would be at Kiwanis, taking notes so that I can do the bulletin to help out while Louise is away. And - ever eager to please ha ha - I said I would get the donuts for the rest of March and April. So that's an even earlier start, but it is a nice drive to Tecumseh on a fine morning, and April should have fine mornings.
I rang Louise when I got home and she had great difficulty drawing enough breath to speak to me, but said she is doing better. I suppose 'doing better' is relative to propped up on pillows in hospital, she is able to get around at home with a walker.
It was Emmanuel's turn to host the Lenten lunch today. I didn't get to the service, I was busy, but got there in time for some lunch and a chat with Pattisue, who has a very large swelling on her face. She has an appointment with the doctor at the hospital in the morning.
Spent rest of the day watching the news, Hilary Clinton and her e-mails and it is not looking good for her. I don't know why she doesn't just hand over the e-mail server, but so far she hasn't. (Actually one reason might be because her aides were in frantic damage control mode over Benghazi and she wouldn't want that all made public).
And goodness know how many pundits keep reiterating the fact that she is holding classified information in an unsecured (unsecured by State Dept standards) location, which is VERY BAD . And furthermore, that all State Dept employees, including her, have to sign a form when leaving to say that all classified information has been handed over. So did she sign the form, and if not, why not, that is the burning question of the day!! As usual, the cover up is looking worse than the offence. There are now two investigative committees looking at her. One delving into Bhengazi, and the other, well I am not quite sure what the other is doing, but I think it is addressing the missing e-mails and has she broken the law.
The other main news story has been rioting in Ferguson, Missouri when a police officer, back in August, shot a black teenager in self defence, and a Department of Justice Report into the shooting has just been released.
This Report found widespread racial bias in the Police Dept., and three police officers who were sending racist e-mails have since left. The Report said that the police disproportionately targeted black people, the Police Chief and City Manager have resigned, and protestors are shouting that they didn't resign soon enough.
Although the rioting today looked bad it was actually only about 200 protestors.
It has been suggested that the rioters are anarchists, and an American billionaire, on the far left, is behind the anarchy and finances it because he wants the US to become a European style, socialist democracy. Personally, I can't see that happening, I think he is on a hiding to nowhere.
This is an incredible story.
This three year old survived in a crashed car, in which her mother was killed, for fourteen hours. The car left the road and overturned, and couldn't be seen. Rescuers went to the car because they heard a woman's voice calling for help, although the mother had been dead for some time. Water was filling up in the car but it hadn't reached the car seat, and apparently hypothermia sets in much quicker when a person is wet. Amazing.
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