Current Events

Whenever I see a jumping spider, I always see them purched on front doors; it seems to be a favourite spot for them to hunt. I'm guessing the long flat surface of the door gives them an advantage because they can see clearly all the way across it and they can judge where they will land more easily. That's just a speculation on my part, I don't don't really know why they prefer to hunt on front doors of houses. They look very cool to me, they are very colourful and have lense eyes. They also have iridescent fur in places on their bodies. It's always a treat for me to see one. The world is changing but simple treats like natural wonders stay the same. 

Isreal and Iran are on the news these days, they're exchanging missile fire quite often, they're definitely at war. Israel wants to spearhead hesbullar at their source and they're convinced they're making nuclear weapons. Iran are claiming they're enriching Uranium to build nuclear power stations and never admitted intent for such a thing.

Donald trump's game is pocker, he won't let up his intentions. His face and cards are hidden. If he has a game plan, he won't share it. It could be a shrewd move. It also suggests he may not want to make a decision at this stage. Perhaps he is waiting to see if things will settle down on their own. 

The world is full of ordinary people like me that aren't interested in war yet there is war. 

What March 2025 Means To Me

Lots of things happened in March but my thoughts were dominated by the disaster that happened in Myanmar. They had what I call a near 8 Richter earthquake. On the 28th of march, Myanmar and nearby countries were rocked by a 7.7 Richter earthquake. When earthquakes are that strong, the strongest of buildings and trees are toppled over. If they happen under water, it can kick vast volumes of water into a tsunami. My poor heart sank low in my chest when I saw the buildings topple over and collapse on the news. Multitudes of people were facing a horror that I can't imagine. When I was a young man I recall those types of Earthquakes were quite rare, they would happen once in 5 or 6 years; these days they seem to happen twice a year. Every year, two crowded communities in the world are struck by a near 8 Richter  earthquake. Some people say it is a natural cycle of the earth, others are saying it rains more in dry places and the fault lines are lubricated. I don't know what is happening, I just notice there are near 8 earthquakes happening more often as time passes by. 

The other thing was the trump tariffs, he wanted to increase the import tax of goods entering the united states to make them less competitive against  American goods. I think he also wants them to move their factories into the states avoid the tariffs and increase manufacturing jobs. I don't know much about economics but I thought it would be a good idea to give them time to prepare, I would say they have 9 months to prepare for the new tariffs. It may also be a good idea to raise tariffs in stages as well.  I think businesses need time to prepare for changes like that. Don't rock the boat too much I say. 

I'm an ordinary man, I can't do anything about it so I continue reading and doing my hobbies. Window shopping can also keep the restless mind settled. I look at all the prices of hotels in the coastal towns of Britain so I can go there for a short break on my birthday and have a nice cold drink, a small glass of whiskey twice a year. One for my birthday in a paradise and the other for Christmas.  

Trump Gets to Work

During these last two weeks of January, President Donald Trump has been busy implementing his policies. I recall he sent American soldiers to the border to make sure the cartel gangs could not get their drugs across. I think he also told the Colombian government that he would increase import tariffs if they didn't allow their illegal migrants to be returned to their country. He's not messing about, he was serious about what he said.

It was while this was happening that a powerful storm called Erowin(welsh Name) moved across the north side of my island nation. It damaged buildings and toppled many trees. Some people were fatally injured by the storm. At the same time I also noticed at night the planet Mars was visible at the same time as Venus. I could see both the planets. I think Jupiter and Saturn were also visible. Mars looks like a star with a pink hue in the sky. Venus looks like a small version of the moon but always sits on the horizon at sunrise and dawn. 

I don't hate illegal immigrants, I just don't like the side effects of having many illegals. If a letting agent posts a property and 20 or 30 people show up, they take the property off the market and put the property back up again a week later at a much higher price. The high demand for property makes the property more expensive. People tell me this is not true but I have seen it happen with my own eyes.  This also makes commercial properties more expensive. The other problem is the pressure to increase wages in low paying jobs goes down. Warehouse workers get smaller pay rises when there are many immigrants because there isn't a shortage of workers. If there were a slight shortage of workers, companies would increase their wages more to keep their staff. This doesn't happen in an overcrowded area. 

Storm Eowyn

A new storm is heading across northern Ireland and the Island of Great Britain called Eowyn, a nice welsh name. Some parts of Scotland and northern England will have 100 mph winds and they have a red weather warning. It is windy down here in southern England. Hopefully, most of the trees won't be toppled down. 

I read in a book titled 1001 QI(game show) facts a claim that Britain is the windiest place in Europe. The average wind speed in Britain is more than everywhere else in Europe. That makes sense to me, we are right in the path of the golf stream and there are also often different air pressure zones above our skies. I also feel a breeze in my face every day, except when we need it during a heat wave. There is always some kind of wind present. 

I felt a little bit annoyed because I saw a priest praying in front of Donald Trump but it was a passive message to the president. It wasn't really a prayer. She was sending him a message saying to support LGBT kids and illegal immigrants. The Christian religion is against Gay and Bisexual lifestyles, it is very clear in the scriptures so the church shouldn't be interfering with that issue. I think kids shouldn't worry about their gender until they have gone through puberty and they have some clarity about who they are; a 11 year old kid should't be worried about what gender they are, they should be worried about if they can solve maths problems and things like that. I think schools should concentrate on teaching kids skills.

Donald Trump has made it very clear that gangs are misusing the american border to sell drugs and smuggle people for profit, I don't think he's after ordinary people. I didn't see any priest pray in front of Biden saying God help us not to print too much money so the debt ceiling doesn't go half way to the moon. I did't see any priest say make sure the abortion time limit is kept off the 3rd trimester. 

It's annoying when I see things like that. 

 

Trump 25 and Guy Fawks

When Americans have their Presidential election, we Brits celebrate Guy Fawkes. I asked some of the younger generation if they know why we throw firework parties on 5th of November and what guy Fawkes is; they usually don't know. Guy Fawkes is the celebration of a cancelled civil war, a man called Guy Fawkes and his companions installed explosives under the houses of parliament to blow up king James when he was entering building. It was a failed assassination because they were caught, they wanted to replace king James with a catholic king. If they were successful, England would most likely have a civil war. King James gathered a team of language experts and had the Bible translated from Latin to English so everyone can see the scriptures for themselves. 

I think Donald Trump will be a good president, He wants America to be competitive, low taxes and slightly raised import tariffs. He also wants the border to be secure, having a secure border isn't racist, it is being responsible. All sorts of criminals and gangs will abuse your borders if you let them, they'll send drugs across and run across themselves when they kill people to escape the police. We will see what happens over the next 4 years. 

What July 24 Means to Me

The month started off with an early general election in Britain, The political term was set to expire in December but they called it early, 4th of July; the British political term lasts for 5 years. The labour party dislodged the conservatives and took full power in government; they call it a landslide victory. The labour party completely won most of the seats in the house of commons. My local conservative MP also lost his seat, he was the MP of my town for many years. 

Later in July 2024, Donald Trump got shot in the ear, the bullet was aimed at his brain but his head moved slightly while he was talking. It was a close shave. It happened when I went to the coast to celebrate my birthday; it is nice to spend a short break at a popular British coastal town. It is also nice to spend 9 months before shopping around for good deals on hotel tariffs and transport arrangements. 

A few days later I watched the final game of the European football tournament (Euros 24). England lost against Spain in the last few minutes of the game. It was very close. Every game England played was like that, they narrowly won the game, penalties, points after draw or scoring in the last minute. Every game was a close shave. The last game was too close. 

The rest of the month was routine and normal for July. 

So Close

On the 13th of July, I learned that there was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump.  A young man armed with an ar-15 rifle had placed himself on the roof of a building beyond his rally site. 

A bullet was heading for Donald Trump's brain but he tilted his head slightly while he was talking so it hit his right ear lobe instead. It was a very lucky escape. I'm happy that his life was spared. It is a shame that someone standing behind him was killed. 

Two days later England were playing in the finals of the European football tournament and lost by a single goal in the last few minutes of the game. That is unlucky, better luck next time. Spain are now the European champions. So Close.

What August 2023 Means To Me

The whole month of August is School holiday period for Britain. I learned not long ago that is has to do with the harvest season, most produce in the UK is harvested in August so kids would be sent home help their parents harvest crops. My family went on a short break during August by the coast, the weather was very pleasant. 

During this month, wild fires were breaking out in the wilderness throughout the world. There was a dry spell everywhere, a small ignition was enough to cause an entire forest to burn up; I thought to myself that some of the fires were caused by human activity like arsonists and irresponsible campers. Perhaps a few greedy property developers as well. 

The former President of the United States of America was summoned to court and indicted of various crimes related  to vote tampering and insightment to overturn a democratic result. I wondered if the American high court would have taken Trump to court if he wasn't standing for elections in 2024. I think they're trying to stop him from standing as a candidate. 

During the second half of August, the Indian Space Research Organisation IRSO, send a robotic probe near to the moon's south pole. It was called Chandrayaan 3 ("charn dra Yarn"). India is the first nation to send a probe to moon's south pole. 

They used a rocket that works in a similar way to the space shuttle and Artemis systems. The rocket has two solid booster rockets that detach when they're empty and a lower section that also detaches. The probe itself has a spectrometer camera that looks at light transmitted from plasma and laser to zap rocks so they briefly turn to plasma. The thing can tell what the stuff on the moon's surface is made of. So far they have detected a lot of sulphur and silicone, chemicals that are found in common basalt type rocks. 

I think they're looking for ice and things like that. 

Let's see what they find... 

Middle of May

It's the middle of may now. May was about politicians being scrutinized by the courts. We had Donald Trump taken to court for suspected fraud then later being accused of sex crimes. Then we had the packistan prime minister taken to court because he was accused of corruption. My mind was elsewhere the whole time. 

I was thinking about the veranda house. A house I would build If I had a lot of wealth and planning permission. 

I was thinking about what the house would do. It is slightly pyramid shaped; each level is smaller than the level below so it yealds to outside space. The ground floor is a veranda that goes all the way around. The second floor is bedrooms next to a balcony lawn. The top floor is the man cave room and workshop along side water tanks. The water tanks collect rain water from the roof and use it  for the washing machines. The warm grey water that comes from the back of the washing machine would then go into more water tanks and be used flush toilets. The top roof and walls are covered in solar panels. The warm water would help to keep the house warm instead of just going straight down the sewers. 

Then I was thinking about planets. I wonder if people know we now look directly at planets in other solar systems. Mini Neptune planets are very common in the universe. Neptune is a giant gassy planet, we need a telescope to see it so the ancient people didn't know it was there. There are many gassy planets in the universe that are about half the size of Neptune, many people think they're super earths that accreted too much gas on the surface. It's strange there is no mini Neptunes in our solar system that we know of. Maybe there is a 9th planet in the solar system we haven't discovered yet. 

 I was thinking what would happen if Pluto was reclassified as a planet. They would have to call all the other dwarf-planets planets, Ceres, MakeMake and Sedna, we would end up with at least 15 planets on the chart. 

Trump Concern

In recent days I have become concerned about speeches made by the American government, they're claiming the republican party are villains and people that vote for trump are terrorists. 

I can give you an analogy, I saw that trump didn't want to increase abortions to the third Trimester like Hillary did, I saw that Trump wanted to disrupt drug gang activity around the border using a wall, that would be good for Mexico and USA, I saw that he was honest. I dislike both of them but I vote for trump because I dislike his proposal less than Hilary Clinton's. Somehow the community of USA would come to the conclusion that I'm an enemy of America for voting for him or even say I'm an evil villain. He demanded they protest peacefully in his twitter account in January last year but they rioted instead; somehow they claimed he was responsible for the riot. There was a riot when Hillary lost but no one claimed she was responsible. 

In my view, if Democrat supporters can't break bread with Republican supporters then Americans are sick. This means both groups stow excess hate towards people with different veiws. Nothing good will ever come from that attitude. They praise Abraham Lincoln, he was a republican, I bet most Americans think Abraham Lincoln was Democrat. They call the republican party racist, but it's not that simple. 

Truth Media

Recently, Elon Musk unblocked Donald Trump's twitter account but Don didn't want to use it because Donald trump now owns his own social media platform called 'Truth Social'. I tried it out myself and thought it was quite good. It is light weight so it runs like a web page embedded in an app. I thought that was a good idea because the app doesn't use much memory, it is using objects on the smart phone os that is already made and present. So far I really like Donald Trump's truth social. I like the simplicity of it and the way it doesn't take much space on the phone. I have been on Twitter for 13 years and only have about 50 followers, I hope I get more followers on 'Truth Social'. I'm also impressed that they allowed CNN on there after they seemed biased against him quite often. 

I went back to Don's old twitter feed and I found this tweet. 

The more I learn about Donald Trump, the more I like him. They were making out like he wanted the January Capital riots to happen but this is wrong. Donald Trump loves law and order. We all know the police force isn't infallible, they employ a few bad cops but overall the police force in America is very constructive. There are harmful people present in every profession unfortunately. The way to deal with them is to monitor them and stop the bad individuals. 

I also share his views on abortion, especially in the 3rd trimester. I agree that Hillary is wrong to campaign for 3rd trimester birth control abortions, I view a 2nd trimester fetus as an infant, not a clump of cells. I would prefer if they chose not to get pregnant or have the abortion in the 1st trimester. That is the way I feel about it. 

Interesting times ahead. My truth social tag is the same as my twitter tag @alspresso. 

Lockdown countdown

The second lockdown to slow down the covid19 virus has started in the UK. No liesure, no recreation, only shopping for food, essential work and waiting. It is cold and dark and the frost reaches the ground where I live at night, the coastal areas don't have to worry yet because they are close to sea level so the frost can't reach them before it melts, although some costal areas are hilly so the hilltops would get smeared with frost. 

It was at the start of the UK lockdown that the American general election votes were being counted. The outcome is a knife edge result, very close, an almost 50 : 50 split. The American political map resembles the British Christmas snap election one in some way, you have one big clump supporting Republicans(Trump) in the centre of the country and the east and west coast supporting Democrats(Biden) except Florida and nearby states. 

Politics wasn't the only rivalry occuring, games companies were releasing their next generation games consoles. PlayStation is taking online payments for the PlayStation 5, XBox has the XBox X and S, PlayStation and Xbox were releasing 4k masterpieces. Then you have the Atari VCS, a 4k video gaming PC that is souped up as a retro flashback combo system. If I was loaded with cash I would get all three of them, the XBox, PlayStation and VCS. 

My head was buried in my own little world, dreaming of having a bigger home with a room just for liesure called the "happy zone", a "man cave" filled with arcade machines and gaming tables with a drinks & coffee bar. I watch videos of all the "arcade1up" compact arcade machines. One of my creations has to be outstanding in some way to lift me and my small family out of the grey(gray) zone. I keep trying and never give up. 

What October means to me

For me, October 2020 was a bit windy and dark, lots of heavy duty clouds were being blown around. 

There were rumours looming of a second lockdown. On the last thursday of October, our Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed that we will spend 4 weeks in a second lockdown, this means all the non essential shops will be forced to close and we will only be able to buy food and things like that for most of November. This is because the transmission rate of the virus is about 1.5, that means 10 Brits are infecting 15 Brits on average, they call it the "R" rate. Just under 50,000 Brits were killed by the virus so far.

The previous year we were struggling with a Brexit deadlock, now it is a lockdown. We are restricted from meeting people socially, no eating out, no gyms, no shopping except for food and medicine, no cinema no visiting friends. 

Earlier in the week there was a large earthquake in Turkey and Greece and a mini Tsunami in the Mediterranean sea. There was civil conflict in France over a magazine that offends many in the name of freedom of speech. I believe a teacher and a Priest were both killed in separate incidents. 

There was a lot of rivalry between Donald Trump and Joe Biden for the American general election. It will be interesting to see who wins. I maintain a neutral political polarity, I don't support anyone. I'm British anyway so it has nothing to do with me. 

Trump Sick

I recently learned that Donald and Evanka Trump both have a Covid19 infection. I wish them both a quick recovery and good health. 

My country UK is trying to stop the Covid19 virus using a smart phone app. The idea is to create many dead ends for the disease, it tells you when you were near someone that had tested positive for covid19 so you can test yourself before you have symptoms and self isolate early so you won't transmit the disease to another person. I hope it works. I think it uses Bluetooth to scan other people's unique app ID. 

There is one test I would love to do but I have put it on ice because of the Pandemic. I would like to see what iphones do when you connect a Bluetooth input device to it. I have a bluetooth keyboard and touchpad, when I connect it to my android phone, my phone behaves like a desktop computer. A mouse pointer appears on the screen and the keyboard gets overridden by the Bluetooth one. This effect is the same with all android devices, phone, tablet, smart TV with android & bluetooth, android TV box with bluetooth, they all behave like a desktop pc when a bluetooth keyboard and mouse combo is connected to them. Would the same be true of an apple product? 

I will wait until the Pandemic is gone to find out, we get no visitors at the moment so there is no way for me to try. 

Trump and Biden

I watched the televised political debate between the two candidates for the next term as American president. I would compare it to a bulimia convention, they were bringing up everything except what I want to hear. 

I wanted to hear a plan to bring down the cost of living and get rid the deficit from government spending. I don't care about stuff they said the previous year and decade. 

They were both just saying how incompetent they think the other guy is. It was all tosh. I pity the people of America. You all saw two old men insulting and arguing for one and a half hours. I'm sure some Americans will just flip a coin to vote. 

Trump impeached

President trump was Impeached yesterday. This means that he was charged with misconduct while in power and will be taken to court to be judged on whether he can remain in office at the start of 2020 I believe. 

I knew it was going to be a political Christmas this year because of the snap election here in the UK but I never saw the impeachment coming. Many experts think that the impeachment won't get through the senetor court because the evidence is insignificant. There is not much evidence that he abused his power and there is no evidence he took a bribe or anything like that. 

All I can say is Christmas 2019 is wet and political in the UK, especially if you watch the news. Lots of rain no snow and news full of politics. 

Trump visit

Earlier in the week, during the d day rememberence day and shortly before for 3 days, Donald Trump visited the United Kingdom. Donald trump is not the type of guy that I would be friends with. Some of the things he said in the past hurt my ears. I think he has little respect for most people. I wouldn't like to meet him in a locker room and hear him talk. However he didn't come to make friends with people. He came as his duty to represent the people of the United States of America. He was doing his job. That is why I was disappointed by all the leaders that didn't show up to the banquet table when they where invited.

Think of it this way. In America one term is 4 years and the maximum number of terms a president can serve is 2. So this means the maximum time he can stay president is 8 years. And he may only serve one term or get impeached before that.

Now he could get replaced by another leader that seems to have a better moral fabric within 5 years from now but if you wait that long to engage in talks and meetings then it may be too late and the ostracized president would cooperate with another state leader and increase relations with them instead of us.

These politicians are working for us and it is their job to represent us. So if they boycott then they are not doing their job. I hope that every party leader that failed to show up and represent their constituents in these talks would not get elected again next time because I think they are forgetting who they are working for.

Jerusalem & Trump

Earlier in the week, President Donald Trump of America officially recognized Jerusalem as the Capital city of Israel. The decision was very unpopular around the world. In my view, a holy city does not belong to anyone. If the city belongs to a government then that city is no longer Holy. If a Christian goes to the church or Muslim goes to a Mosque or Jew to the Synagogue, they will all claim those places are holy and that they belong to the whole community, the same is true of a holy city. The city should belong to itself and no government or ruler should ever own it.

The Palestinian community also claim ownership of the city. To them it must be a huge blow. I'm sure they feel like their identity is being removed from the land.

I lack the ability and the will to even try to solve the problems that exist in the middle East. If the experts can't do it then I will assume that I have no answer.

Today I am grateful for peace because it can be taken away at any time and peace was not always available.

Mike Pence walk out

Earlier in the week, Mike pence walked out of a sports game. Mike pence is the vice president of America. The reason he walked out was because some of the players refused to rise for the national anthem because they went on one knee to protest about racism. His walking out was a counter protest against the protest.

Some people are pleased that he walked out because they don't want their sport to be used as a political alter. They don't want people's political and ethical agenda pushed in their face. They are only there because they want to watch the game.

Others are pleased that the sports men are raising the issue and showing it by kneeling because they look up to them and are pleased they pay attention to the issue.

In my view, I try to keep my mind clear of these issues and of hate. I see my body as a vehicle that could take me to a happy place, like a boat heading for placid waters. I don't see my body as better or worse than any others. I just see it as a temporary ride. I seek wealth and happiness and joy. I have wonderful dreams. I think I am entitled to wealth and so is everyone. I have clean running water in my home and I think everyone else has it and I am pleased.

I am grateful for opportunity and I am reaching out for a life changing breakthrough and hope that hate will never infect my mind and take away joy from this short life I have.

Trump is president

Today I watched the inauguration of Donald John Trump on the news. I was surprised to see George Bush there after the berating and humiliation of his brother.

He seems to be very unpopular and there are lots of protests against him. What I know is disliking a religion is not a racist thing. If I hate Scientology or a Christian denomination I would not be racist, this should be the same for all religions. Hating a theology is just that, there is no racism in the dislike of a religion. But Trump wants to build a wall across the Mexican border, that could be racist and I think that  Americans should remember that most of them are immigrants. 


He looked like he had plan and that he was determined to bring change to America. I agree with a few things that he said like not wasting money giving military aid to other countries. We will see what happens.

I would say, give him 4 years and see what happens, if you don't like what he is doing in 4 years then you can vote him out at the end of the Term. Lets just see what happens. Anyway protesting just seems to make him stronger because his supporters counter the protests with their support.