UPDATED: Anus horribilis 2020: So farewell then....

Ed. here. 2020 is almost over, thank God, truly an Annus Horribilis if ever there was one. (I know my Latin but Walt insists on leaving the headline as he wrote it.) We continue now with our yearend review, saying farewell to some people we liked who have shuffled off this mortal coil, and will be missed....

Before we get to that, let's start with three on whose death you might want to make book on for 2021. 

HRH Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, Ireland [really? Ed.] and her other realms and territories, on the left in the photo, will be 95 next April. Some think she is taking ibogaine or something to keep from dying just to spite her jug-eared son Charles, Prince of Wales, from becoming king, and his second wife Camilla "forever a duchess".

You can probably get 5-2 on Elizabeth, shorter on her seldom seen husband, Phil the Greek. 10-1 on Charles. 

Also rumoured to be still alive (although not seen in public recently) is Sleepy Joe Biden. To those who call him "President-Elect", Walt says "Not yet!"

The Democrats and other never-Trumpers who are breathed a shallow sigh of relief when, in the week hours of November 4th, Mr Biden emerged from his Delaware hideout to say that he was confident that before dawn enough votes would be found to elect him. And so they were. 

Then came the challenges, and now the fear is that he will die before he can be sworn in. Better for everyone, the lefties say, if he makes it through the inauguration ceremony, and then succumbs to a heart attack or other "natural cause" [like falling up the stairs from his basement? Ed.], leaving the Oval Office to that well-known Indo-Jamaican, Kamala Harris. 

Odds on Joe pegging out before January 20th are 20-1. Thereafter, 5-1.

Another world leader ["One World", shurely. Ed.] still in the land of the living is Jorge Bergoglio, aka Francis, Pope of Rome. At the beginning of his possibly illegitimate papacy, the Humblest Pope Since Saint Peter (TM) said that he expected his reign to be a short one. That was nearly 17 years ago.

Traditional Catholics, who believe that Jorge-Francis religiously says three stupid things every morning before breakfast, are hereby reminded that it is a sin to pray for the death of a pope, or anyone for that matter. Praying for God's will to be done is, of course, another matter!

And we can pray always that Saint Michael the Archangel will defend us in the day of battle, and by the power of  Almighty God cast into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Further viewing, added 29/12/20: "Will Pope Francis resign? Dr Taylor Marshall responds to the rumour"

Ed. here. Walt seems to have lost sight of the theme of this post, which was supposed to be, errr, obituaries of people we liked. Check in again tomorrow.