Mercedes F1 - and BLM , Lee Child and a jolly in the sun.

 I finished yesterday with a comment about Lewis Hamilton,   however today I read another item about the Mercedes racing team and how they have changed the colour of their car from silver to black in recognition of the BLM . Seems to me that the Germans have forgotten the Olympics where Jesse Owen won several Gold Medals and was treated like muck by the the then racist government of Adolf Hitler. As far as I am concerned ALM,  (all lives matter) and at the moment BLM is still very much associated with violence, demonstrations and out and out lawlessness in the USA.      BUT, having said that,  following last weeks rioting and demonstrations at the Capitol Building in Washington DC, there appear to be an awful lot of white faces appearing on TV as having been involved. Lots now wondering why they are being arrested and charged with terrorist type offences, and have the cheek to act indignant and wonder why.   Mr Chump,  now in the process of being impeached, is apparently trying to diffuse the situation,  but when his followers represent nearly half the population, there are going to be more than a handful of fanatics who will be hell bent on further violence.

I have just finished reading the latest book by Lee Child in the "Jack Reacher" series, The Sentinel.  This one is written by both Lee Child and his younger brother Andrew Child, who has written a number of other thrillers under the name of Andrew Grant.    Good enough story line, but just did not catch my attention as much as previous books in the series. 

More snow today, confined to the house as much as possible, TV programmes are generally rubbish,  but the latest suggestion from the TV producers is that they plan of showing us lots of small snippets from sunnier locations around the World in order to cheer us up !!!  obviously using local crews overseas to do the work and comply with Covid rules.  Personally,  if I cannot browse through holiday brochures  and plan for a trip to the sun without a degree of anxiety, the last thing I want is to listen to some commentator out on a jolly.    Bad enough seeing photos of so called celebrities in the newspapers who have buggered off to sunnier climes  to avoid lockdown restrictions.