Observations

 1.  Not that it really matters....but I noticed that North Korea's Kim has publicly spoken and said he intends to bring the US (under Biden) 'to it's knees'.  

Whether President Biden reacts or not....is the big unknown.  I'm sure that CNN can stretch this into a full-hour of coverage (sarcastically spoken).

2.  As they hauled various Congressmen and Senators out of the Capital building on the 6th.....they were in fairly tight quarters.  So it came up late yesterday....at least a couple of them now have Covid-19.  If you figure the 14-day cycle, none of them are going back to the office until late January.  The inauguration?  Skipped.  

3.  The British health care system is fairly overwhelmed now with Covid-19 patients.  So they are about to make up a new rule.....when they reach 100-percent capacity....they will only take in patients who seem to have 'potential value to society'.

I sat and looked over the phrase.  You could bring in 100 'graders' and then some folks to grade over their potential value to society.  There would be a lot of differing views.  Is this a doctor assigning your value to society, or a transmission mechanic?  Does age play into this, or your drinking habits?

4.  What is said in DC.....around 15k National Guardsmen will be brought in for the inauguration.  There's apparently a Congressman or two, who are now asking the head of the National Guard to assess if any of his folks are 'problems' (domestic terrorists was the term used).

The issue I see here....you could have more than 70-percent of the Guard who now fit into this new identifier 'domestic terrorist'.....so are you going to kick them out?  Will you order them to disarm....so you can feel safe around the 30-percent who are armed?

Just from this group of 15k being brought into the inauguration....you might assess each single guy and find out that more than 12k are 'bad-boys'.....then what? 

The police and firemen from the region?  Assessing them as domestic terrorists as well?  This is turning into some kind of science fiction 'play'.  

5.    I'm now a ex-Facebook and ex-Twitter user.  Deactivated, deleted.  It was one of those odd feelings....like you won $40 at some poker game....walking out ahead.  

You have to wonder....if half the US population is either purged out of Facebook/Twitter, or just deletes their account....can either company financially survive long-term?  I don't think so.....so I'll just predict....they both get bought up by someone in the next year or so....for half-the-value they currently hold.  Downsizing of staffs will come next.