Inauguration Day 20 Jan 2021

slyjoe said:
That certainly was.

Does anyone think it looks like Bill Barr wiping down the podium?
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Yes. And as Bill Barr, he is doing it wrong.
He always grabs the podium on the left side before wiping it, then wipes that part too and grabs it again on the left side. So whatever virus he collects by grabbing it first, he puts back on.
 
carlosy said:
Yes. And as Bill Barr, he is doing it wrong.
He always grabs the podium on the left side before wiping it, then wipes that part too and grabs it again on the left side. So whatever virus he collects by grabbing it first, he puts back on.
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Tsk tsk Bill. He can't do this new job properly either.
 
crescent said:
:):):)

I didn't know they would also sing "This Land is Your Land".

That caused dust to get lodged in my eyes. ;)


Not that it matters, the military will arrest Biden at any moment and return Donald T to the White House.

It was all over social media, so it must be true.

Any moment now....
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Hmmm....

Still waiting. Any moment....
 
Good speech I thought, very few stumbles and a good content. Mostly pushing for healing but also containing reminders that white supremacists will not be welcome.
 
Damnedest thing happened when President Biden stepped up to take the oath - I exhaled. Hard. And with that it felt like a huge weight was lifted from my chest.

I wonder how long I've been carrying that.
 
Flo said:
Today is a great day for the World.
Decent people everywhere have spent the last few years in outrage at what that vile, sad excuse for a human being has done to a great country, and feel now (somewhat) relieved and hopeful.
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Naah, the new lot aren't that brilliant.

They're still in the pockets of corporations. They won't be able/allowed to anything about wealth inequality. The environment will still be knackered. The juggernaught of corporate rule will still roll on. It will just have a slightly nicer face.
 
I must admit I found that quite moving.

How much of an old fuddy duddy I am revealing myself to be if I admit that was the first time I'd heard either Lady Gaga or Jennifer Lopez sing?
 
Ding dong the witch is gone
Which old witch? The wicked bitch
Ding dong the witch was Don
The wicked witch is gone!!!!!


Grump must be so furious right now, people are so happy he's gone.
 
I baked apple cake (in Norway, they are cakes, not pies) and watched the inaguration live. It was a wonderful experience. I had a slice of apple cake, still warm from the oven, ice cream, a warm blanket to snuggle into, and a live broadcast of Biden becoming POTUS, the speech about unity and fighting hate, the pandemic, and global warming, with a diverse cast of speakers and singers. They even brought in a country singer who, as the commentators on Norwegian TV remarked, popular among the conservatives.

I will have to check out more of Amanda Gorman's work. This white guy hadn't even heard of her, but she was stunning.
 
SteveAitch said:
Hmmm, sworn in 11 minutes early.

The CT mob are just bound to make something of that.
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I found that a bit irritating :p . I was expecting the ceremoney to start at high noon, but I happened to tune in half an hour before, only to find things were already happening.

I'm glad I started watching early :D .
 
3point14 said:
Naah, the new lot aren't that brilliant.

They're still in the pockets of corporations. They won't be able/allowed to anything about wealth inequality. The environment will still be knackered. The juggernaught of corporate rule will still roll on. It will just have a slightly nicer face.
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Let's watch and see. It's interesting but the four years of blatant corruption and a bed orgy with corporations and the rich who had access to Trump might have resulted in a backlash.

I don't know about the GOP in the Senate, especially McConnell. That's an unknown. And many of the rank and file of the GOP in the House are idiots I expect to try to just gum up the works if they can. I predict it hasn't sunk in that there was no "steal" so that will probably suck.

But overall, at least until the pandemic has subsided I expect a change toward actually working to help the people.

I'm might be fooling myself, but something has changed after four years of dishonesty and tyranny. I hope it will be a sea change in the government for at least a while.
 
DevilsAdvocate said:
Because Republicans no longer have any power. They lost the Presidency, the House and the Senate. That's why they are going into the messaging of "unity" and "compromise". They have no power.
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After the 2016 election, there was a former member here who was constantly crowing about how the Republicans had "all the power", could do whatever they wanted, and Democrats were helpless against them. That didn't work out, so we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves.

That being said ... FINALLY!! :usa:
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
Let's watch and see. It's interesting but the four years of blatant corruption and a bed orgy with corporations and the rich who had access to Trump might have resulted in a backlash.

I don't know about the GOP in the Senate, especially McConnell. That's an unknown. And many of the rank and file of the GOP in the House are idiots I expect to try to just gum up the works if they can. I predict it hasn't sunk in that there was no "steal" so that will probably suck.

But overall, at least until the pandemic has subsided I expect a change toward actually working to help the people.

I'm might be fooling myself, but something has changed after four years of dishonesty and tyranny. I hope it will be a sea change in the government for at least a while.
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I like your optimism.

I rather think that, after Trump, even the most tiny nod towards reasonablness is going to be seen as a social miracle and therefore that's all that will happen. And it will get excellent press. And nothing, nothing of weight, that is, will change in terms of economics and the environment. People might be nicer to minorities, but that doesn't really cost anything.

I think, on the basis of 'follow the money', there will be little to no change but it will get better press.
 
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