July 16, 2018
I cannot resist having some say
in the event that is taking place today, e.g. the Trump-Putin meeting. But
first a quick picture of this last weekend. Friday, world cup. Croatia lost,
but they played a great and spirited game (not quite David and Goliath but
something like that). They outplayed the French with most of the possession of
the ball, especially in front of the French goal. But their defence had big
holes as the 4-2 score tells you. There was some weirdness, also, regarding the
goals that were scored—an own goal that cost the Croats. A penalty shot in
front of the Croatia goal, a sure shot usually. Another big cost. However,
they, the Croats, should be praised for the fantastic fight they gave to the
former world champions.
Saturday, we joined the CPS
sisters for the celebration of their jubilees. Margaret-65yrs. Casiana-65yrs.
Regina-60yrs. Lucas-50yrs. (Lucas has been dying of cancer for several months
now and it is by God’s grace that she managed to live out the time to be present
for her jubilee with her community. Add that up, that is 24yrs. Of service to
the Christian community. Wow. They worked hard.
Sunday, another Zulu mass at
Savannah Park. The leader, Mike Pillay (an Indian leading a Zulu community,
nice) harangued the congregation for not playing a bigger role in trying to
raise funds for the building of the new church which we hope will happen by the
end of this year. Fingers crossed. This Friday will be the second fund-raising
dinner dance. Tickets were R250 for ordinary people, R600 for corporates. The
corporates are not interested in supporting religious bodies but because
Mariannhill has a reputation for big input in the community trying to uplift
the local community, they are willing to contribute.
Today, I was watching the news
about Trump and Putin. The journalists were making me sick. They seemed to be
waiting, breathlessly, for Trump and Putin to emerge and hear what Trump has to
say. Did he raise the issues he should have. We will never know, unless we can
get the translators to tell the story. Ha. Fat chance. With Trump’s casual
relationship with the truth, whatever he says will be, in my mind, doubtful. Of
course we can all predict that he will praise himself (as he blamed the US, and
Obama in “particular) for putting the relationship between Russia and the US on
the proper footing that is should have had, and that now he has re-established
a positive relationship with his friend Putin, we can move forward on more
friendly grounds. Do you think I am wrong?
He should be impeached for
bad-mouthing and blaming the US and his own Intelligence community for telling,
as it were, lies, he calls it fake news.
He is putting our national security in grave danger. He is going against the oath
he took to support the constitution. We all know Putin. He in KGB in his DNA.
He is clever and is pushing his agenda all the way. Of course he is going to
deny that he interfered in our 2016 elections, although our own deputy attorney
general, Rod Rosenstein, waved the 29 pgs of details regarding the indictment
of the 12 Russian Military attachees in his face as proof positive that this is
no “witch hunt”.
That he should be making decisions with a foreign power in the name of
the whole US, including his own administration and there is no record of it
except his (doubtful) word is unconscionable. I am really angry. How far can he
go to running our country into the ground before someone stops him. Holy Moses.
Enough for now.
