The conjunction of our two biggest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, occurred early Monday evening three hours after the sun went down in the southwestern skies. This was the closest conjunction since the twelve hundreds and to the naked eye it looked like one star, that didn't twinkle. I guess it's supposed to portend the arrival of international peace and brotherhood and all that stuff. We could use an actual manifestation of God to hang our hat of faith on these days. What is real trumps what exists only in the mind, in my book. The trouble with Neil of KFI's program is that so little of it seems to have any real relation to anything. He said "Last things should be ranked as last in importance". So the second coming doesn't interest Neil the way it interests the rest of us. Christmas 2020 is celebrated under a cloud. People travel because they want to reunite with loved ones they haven't seen in a while, even though it risks the worsening of the pandemic and sets new death records. Yesterday I got a bunch of gifts from this place but one thing I'm looking for is a decent antenna for my TV so I can watch the Lakers on channel seven because the Lakers always play on channel seven on Christmas day.
President Trump would have to be called a "bad loser" from the way he's reacted to a lot of stuff. It's hard to drum up mental support for the things he does like these fifty pardons he's done or whatever. Now he is vetoing both the defense bill for next year's budget, and also the COVID 19 relief bill that was all set through hard-fought negotiation. Instead of six hundred dollars in the mail, the citizens won't be getting a thing thanks to our President. More and more Republicans are turning against him. Biden is still keeping a relatively low profile. It's hard not to be encouraged by Biden's speeches. They seem down to earth and practical and sensible. One can only hope 2021 will be a better year than this past year, which has been a long one. January started off normal but we know what soon happened. I'll have more than this to say in a new year's message I am contemplating writing.
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