Systematic failures

The French police official detailed multiple lapses they believe were systematic.

1. Large crowds of protestors needed to be managed far earlier in the process by police, who instead controlled a scene at the first demonstration Trump addressed then ignored the crowd as it streamed towards the Capitol.
2. “It should have been surrounded, managed and directed immediately and that pressure never released.”
3. Because the crowd was not managed and directed, the official said the protestors were able to congregate unimpeded around the Capitol itself, where the next major failure took place.
4. “It is unthinkable there was not a strong police cordon on the outskirts of the complex. Fences and barricades are useless without strong police enforcement. This is when you start making arrests, targeting key people that appear violent, anyone who attacks an officer, anyone who breaches the barricade. You have to show that crossing the line will fail and end in arrest.”
5. “I cannot believe the failure to establish a proper cordon was a mistake. These are very skilled police officials but they are Federal and that means they ultimately report to the president. This needs to be investigated.”
6. “When the crowd reached the steps of the building the situation was over. The police are there to protect the building from terrorist attacks, and crime, not a battalion of infantry. That had to be managed from hundreds of meters away unless the police were willing to completely open fire and I can respect why they were not.”

‘Thank god it didn’t work because I can’t imagine how hard it would be to sanction the US financial system’

The third official, who works in counter-intelligence for a NATO member, agreed that the situation could only be seen as a coup attempt, no matter how poorly considered and likely to fail, and that its implications might be too huge to immediately fathom.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/some-among-america-s-military-allies-believe-trump-deliberately-attempted-a-coup-and-may-have-had-help-from-federal-law-enforcement-officials/ar-BB1cypbi?ocid=ob-fb-enus-1541512262291&fbclid=IwAR3yZ8xNRs6dCrc_lHcYm-PJ7vFkfHLv_FVmJDdnzXg1w2wXAD03TSPcRy4

Made a heavy veg stew, which took the morning.

Uninstalled Panda and installed Kaspersky.

Made some minor SQL changes to MRS.

CL shut down a couple of assholes that were playing juvenile games. Ha ha ha.

Very hard to concentrate today with political goings on. Freaking fool Lyons refused to charter the CCRTC. The lunatics are running the asylum.

Running CCleaner.

Ron went shopping, again.

I found and filled the big seed feeder and put it out along with three small suet feeders.

Ron got his pension benefits and did a huge shop at various places yesterday and plans to go out again today.

I heated up some frozen foods that looked good, veg “chicken” pie, gorgonzola appetizers, vegetables and pasta. Heated up chocolate for dipping with strawberries.

We took down and stored the holiday lights. This morning, I did the same with the tiny Christmas tree.

Tried making oatmeal overnight but the recipe called for way too much water. Will be better next time.

Changed the water filter yesterday.

Visits from two companies to consult on a dog fence. Looks like it could work.

Ron went to Rockland. Had to make an appointment to access the coin counting machine in the lobby. He picked up random coins that had been rejected; he saved them even though they are not negotiable, at least not here.

I did a fairly expensive food shop.

Signed up for a second produce delivery service, Imperfect Foods.

We are pretty well “liquored up” for New Year’s. Ron brought home two bottles of white wine yesterday, and we have an unopened bottle of Macnish.

Otherwise, we’ve been pretty much sheltering in place since Christmas.

I’d like to wake up every day without regretting that we live in a small house, that I’m homely by conventional standards and that I haven’t come close to reaching my “potential” for achieving great things.

I’d like to not read yet another news article or Facebook post about some selfless and/or accomplished person who fed the hungry, graduated from Harvard or graced their surroundings with artistic flair.

For that matter, I’d like to never again learn of some living saint who died an untimely death from COVID19.

Robert came over for lunch yesterday and to collect his Christmas gift. We had a great time, and he gave us some home made peppermint stick chocolate!

Christmas morning we watched Heather Cox Richardson’s Thursday lecture.

Ron made eggs for breakfast. I made a heavy soup seasoned with cardamom, fennel and rosemary. Used some of the Napa cabbage, a can of stewed tomatoes, onion, garlic, celery, black beans.

I practiced guitar chords for “Ghost Riders”. Since I seem to be done with projects for Jim, want to get back to the guitar so I can play with Ron when his gets fixed.

Impromptu shopping trip on Sunday to Savers and Ulta. Bennett found a jacket and some great boots for super-cheap. They paid for most of an early supper/late lunch calzone at Graziella’s and took home the leftovers.

Ron was super-productive yesterday. He paid for groceries, wrapped the killer tub seat for return via UPS and set up the window candles. I was unkind, got mad at him for chewing the ear off the cashier at Stop & Shop while she was processing an order for another customer. Apologized this morning.

The Bakers left us a container of home made treats and a box of Russell Stover! I dropped off a bag of bakery cookies. Bill had to hold their dog.

On the way back from Bourne on Saturday, the driver’s side light fell off. I ordered one from Car Parts but they were deceptive about when it would arrive: supposed to be today, turns out it won’t be until next week. I ordered the same part from Amazon, hope it’ll get here sooner. I’ll send the first one back.

Made blueberry pancakes this morning.

I did the MTR standout in the morning, and we had our annual Christmas gift exchange and get-together in the afternoon.

I shopped at a couple of bakeries in Bourne on the way to a pottery open house. Didn’t stay long, too crowded, unfortunately.

Still struggling with nopCommerce on Jim’s server.

Ron hurt himself in the tub, trying to use the stupid seat.

Thanks to Ron, we were well prepared for the storm. He did the last mow and fired up the snow blower.

I filled the truck and the gas can at Shell.

Em and I had a nice visit yesterday. They are in much better spirits than last time!

I totally blew the route to Savers. Turned out, the store is closed on Wednesdays. We ended up getting their Christmas gifts at Best Buy (game) and Five Below.

Ron and I went out to get crackers on sale but they were sold out, so we ended up looking at Christmas lights instead.

Nice!

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