The weather here has been funny. It was very overcast this morning, I went to Communion, then we decided on lunch at a nearby Asian diner, but in the car park one of the group had a call from her husband warning of a severe weather alert and possible tornado, so we all hurried home. A little while later we had very heavy rain, but then it cleared up and the sun came out.
Two big items of news, firstly the crashed aircraft in Sinai......was it, wasn't it, ISIS brought it down? According to reports I heard, David Cameron seems to think so, but politicians over here were a bit reluctant - I don't know why - to say so. I think by this evening though the general consensus of opinion is that it was.
The second news items is the Presidential Debate next Tuesday, the candidates have been announced. To qualify for the 'top table' as it were, they have to have polled at least 2.5% in the four opinion polls chosen. So the front runners are Trump (sigh) Dr Ben Carson, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. I think one of those will eventually be President. Notice I am not giving the lying, untrustworthy Hilary Clinton any credence, my critics would say I've been brainwashed by the evil Fox News, but although there might have been a time when I thought she was alright, you can "go off" someone.
The other four making the top table are Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich the Ohio governor, and Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky.
Those on what I call the 'kiddies' table - who I would imagine would be dropping out soon - are
New Jersey governor the brash Chris Christie; former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee; Rick Santorum and Louisiana governor, Bobby Jindal. I like Bobby Jindal but I don't think he has much chance of making it.
Trump keeps attacking his closest rival, the gentle, softly spoken Ben Carson, accusing him of being "low energy" (like that's an insult). Someone should tell Trump that anyone performing an intricate brain operation for 15 hours, with all the concentration that entails, is hardly "low energy". I think Trump is jealous of his brilliance and popularity.
So that is my two cents worth on the next debate.
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