The Thamesmead Grump

 JEWISH SPACE LASERS ALERT

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Today's piece of barmpottery comes from the American online news magazine "The Intelligencer". 

US Republican Party Congresswoman, Marjorie Taylor Greene who, among other things, has informed us that recent forest fires in California may have been caused by giant space lasers operated by Jewish conspiracists in order to clear land for a proposed new high-speed rail project. At least those anti HS2 protesters only have to face the risk of being buried in their tunnel, not being vaporised by a space laser.

It's a genuinely brilliant way of making Donald Trump's assertion that they happened because the forest floor wasn't being swept often enough seem less unlikely.

In addition to the space laser, her other suggestions include the QAnon conspiracy theory that Donald Trump is secretly fighting a worldwide child-sex slavery ring which involves Barack Obama, George Bush and others.

She is also supports "truthers". Those are the people who harass the families of the Sandy Hook and other school massacres by claiming that they were a hoax to try and introduce gun controls.

Anyone hoping that we might see some normality returning to American politics following the removal of Trump will need to think again.

CAPTAIN TOM

Captain Sir Tom Moore is in hospital with Covid-19. I have no doubt at all that all the people around him will have taken every precaution they possibly could to ensure he didn't come into contact with the virus but somehow, he still managed to catch it. This offers a bleak reminder of just how easy it is to become infected and how easy it is to pass on to others without knowing. 

Let's hope that Sir Tom makes a full recovery and is back to full health soon. Also, let's be grateful to the NHS staff and others who are caring for him at this time.

Get well soon!