The Tour Break: Day 3.

I know it's a poor joke but my timing couldn't have been better.

This morning I went up to the fracture clinic about my finger. Basically it's what we thought a simple fracture with no tendon damage, no nerve damage and no significant soft tissue or vascular damage. In fact when I was getting a new splint fitted I had to point out to the guy which of the fingers was the broken one. They're arranging another appointment for six weeks time and I've got to keep the splint on until then if I want the bone to set neatly. Then I went into town to get some exciting things like a new diary, underwear and a tie for this wedding.

In more important news last night the British Olympic medal winning sailor Andrew 'Bart' Simpson was killed when his catamaran owned by the Swedish team Artemis capsized in the San Francisco Bay while training for the America's Cup yacht race. Andrew Simpson was nicknamed 'Bart' after the Bart Simpson character in "The Simpsons" cartoon. Chris Brown who was in the San Francisco area at the time is said to be a huge fan of the Simpsons cartoon. Therefore the crash seems to be a Swedish and British effort to said a message to the US that their Chris Brown/Rihanna operation is no longer viable so they had better spend this break in Rihanna's tour considering what options are still open to them. The message quite simply being "Bart Simpsons' boat has sunk." However I don't think the intention was for Andrew Simpson to die during the incident.

Fortunately the US seem to at least be giving the impression that they've got that message and will be taking a break through the delay in the sentencing portion of the Jodie Arias trial. I've not been following this case but I gather Arias is a woman who murdered her boyfriend but claimed she was forced into it because of his domestic violence. Therefore in the metaphor Rihanna is Arias while Chris Brown is the boyfriend. In the typical US style of blaming the victim the story is intended to make Rihanna feel guilty for 'killing' Chris Brown by ruining his career by reporting the 2009 assault during which I believe that at one point he tried to bite her face off. Further insulting Rihanna in opera an Aria is a melodic piece often sung solo without accompaniment and is widely considered the true test of a vocalists ability. Although Rihanna is a soprano she's not that type of soprano but then has never claimed to be.

A further indication of how genuine the US is being in their efforts to take a break for quiet contemplation will be the prominence given to UK Prince Henry/Harry's visit to the US. You may remember that one of the intended objectives of the US leg of Rihanna's tour was to find how I was able to succeed against the embarrassment of Rihanna and Chris Brown reuniting in order to influence the outcome of the 2012 US Presidential election. Prince Harry's visit is supposed to look like the US informing their UK counterparts of what they learnt. However as everyone seems to have forgotten about that I guessing they didn't learn much.

One other thing that looks like it is about me and the Chris Brown/Rihanna operation is the news that the extradition hearing in the case of Abu Qatada has been halted because Qatada has said he is prepared to voluntarily leave the UK for Jordan once an agreement between the two nations has been implemented. Sadly this is not the case. Abu Qatada has always been the basis for a bilateral discussion between the UK and Jordan over Syria. The UK Prime Minister David Cameron is currently meeting with the Russian President Valdimir Putin to discuss the situation in Syria. The news about Qatada is intended to find out if the Russian support for the Geneva Communique expressed during US Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to Russia extends as far as an agreement that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must step down. The hinted at connections to me are just an attempt to confuse matters.

15:50 on 10/5/13.