Good morning,
Impeachment Trial
Trump was “the inciter in chief” the impeachment trial managers labelled him yesterday saying he surrendered his role as Commander in Chief.
Watch the video and listen to the radio calls from frantic Capitol Hill police.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/us/politics/trump-senate-impeachment-trial.html
I watched several hours of the trial of Donald Trump and the collection of videos and tweets. The managers of the impeachment looked like professional prosecutors slowly threading months of Trumps anti election rhetoric and his calls to fight together in one obvious and compelling case.
Trump was always going to push the big lie, that if he didn’t win the election would be a fraud, and his constant drum of telling people to fight, reached a dangerous crescendo when he called people to the Capitol to fight like hell. Again, if you don’t think this adds up to a call for violence, I can’t imagine what would. If you don’t think this was a purposeful scheme to not allow the Senate to confirm the election results, and subvert democracy, what would? And if Trump is allowed to escape impeachment conviction, the road will be paved with trouble ahead for America as his supporters and Trump will see as a ticket to ride again to destruction of the system. Don’t sit in chat rooms and or watch Republican leaning cable outlets to get your news on the trial. You need to read a sober accurate account of the trial or better still watch it yourself!
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/us/politics/trump-senate-impeachment-trial.html
The question increasingly being asked - is this a criminal case that should be held in a courtroom?
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson meantime, is trying to spin this as a torqued and false fact impeachment. And this is how it will play on right wing media to Trumps followers. Watch main stream media is my advice or watch a clip of Tucker so you understand why and how American’s became so confused. It’s ridiculous TV.
Britain Covid
The Government is now suggesting people living in the UK who are receiving vaccines now by the millions, may not be able to leave the country to travel until the end of the summer when everyone has received vaccines! The lockdown in our homes, is now a border lockdown on this Island.
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-news-live-latest-updates-no-exact-date-on-when-britons-can-go-on-holiday-but-pm-will-give-series-of-dates-when-we-will-be-able-to-unlock-things-12212131
Doping in Sport
In an exclusive lengthy interview I talked to the retiring creator of WADA, the World Anti Doping Authority, Richard Pound about the Olympic movement and how he was first charged with setting up testing for cheating athletes because of repeated scandals.
Richard, a Canadian lawyer, and former Olympic athlete himself talks us through so many chapters of doping scandals and how the IOC had to struggle to contain performance enhancing drugs until WADA was finally formed and then it started testing out of competition and in all sports.
Some highlights;
-doesn’t believe Olympic boycotts worked with The Soviet Union and are a bad idea with China
-he thinks there is still major doping in weight lifting, and track and other sports like cycling
-Pound talks through with Russia is banned even after the Sochi State doping program because it like it’s athletes didn’t come clean on handing over tests and samples
-he calls USA talk of not funding WADA, tantamount to making The US a “rogue state” in sports!
The link to the full podcast interview is here. It’s a slow unravel but worth listening to on the history of doping in sport and enforcement attempts to catch cheaters to protect clean athletes:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1016881/7762780
Have a good day everyone.