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🌟🌟Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are FIRST today! 🌟🌟
ReplyDeleteJoe Biden is sounding like Bernie Sanders at just the right time
ReplyDeletehttps://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a35230188/joe-biden-covid-pandemic-recovery-plan/?fbclid=IwAR2nvy7Dj7rqT6V9uFMKd4OiEvTvgBIa_4LPyGjxbmKLK7eQgUpdUw8PwMg
Y'know, I'm feeling very excited about today!!!
ReplyDeleteMe, too!!!
ReplyDeleteI want to see the Howard University marching band & associates--which is unusual for me.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/obituary-for-a-failed-presidency?mbid=social_facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_brand=tny&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=facebook
ReplyDelete"Through it all, Trump remained a unique combination of absurd and dangerous. He spent much of his time watching Fox News and playing golf, and, although he bragged that he knew more than the experts about everything from nuclear weapons to medicine, he displayed little interest in the nuances of governing. He surrounded himself with sycophants and was so historically illiterate he seemed genuinely surprised to have discovered that Abraham Lincoln was a member of the Republican Party. His critics could never quite decide, at least not until the catastrophes of 2020 forced a choice, whether Trump was a clown or a modern-day Caligula. Even up until the storming of the Capitol, many of even his most dedicated critics were not sure that a man they knew to be incompetent and undisciplined and profoundly unstrategic could wreak so much havoc on America’s democracy."
I WILL BE SO GLAD TO SEE THE LAST OF HIM!
An hour and a half to go.
ReplyDeleteYesterday morning I smelled some woodsmoke--just a hint. Late yesterday afternoon it looked like there was some ash in the swimming pool. This morning the air is clearly smokey to the north. The news says that there are fires in the mountains to the northwest of here.
Oh wow. I hadn't heard that. With about a foot of snow on the ground here, it's hard to wrap my mind around such severe drought that there could be fires in Winter. That makes my heart sad. I hope California can survive climate change.
DeleteOne hour to go.
ReplyDeleteHow Biden can claw back Trump’s influence on the courts [Click]
Less than an hour. YEAH!
ReplyDeleteThe person leading the Pledge did her own sign language interpretation. That was pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteVery cool, indeed!
DeleteVermont's Governor does press conferences every Tuesday and Friday that last about two hours. It is televised and they always have sign language interpreters ~ usually three over the course of the two hours. It's a lot of work!
The press conferences were started to address the pandemic, and were three times per week for many months. And always, they stay and answer ALL the questions of ALL the reporters, be they present or attending by Zoom.
Currently, ironically enough, the Governor and most of his cabinet are quarantining after a "contractor who offers services" tested positive with Covid. I suspect it was one of the persons who does sign language as they are the only ones who don't use a mask.
I hope everyone comes through all right.
THANK GOD!
ReplyDelete...and 25,000 National Guard troops.
DeleteI appreciated that President Biden thanked all his predecessors "who are here with us today" then mentioned President Carter as well. He did not include he whose name has been shamed for all time.
DeleteAnd I love that he took the oath 11 minutes early!
DeleteThe nuclear codes are safe again.
So the deed has been done, and despite a really rum crew being pardoned, at least no hot war was started. A little while ago I picked up a small, ovoid, dark brown object from the floor. I wasn't sure if it was a candied roasted almond or a bit of dried cat poop until I put on my reading glasses and verified that it was the former. May that be an augury for the Biden administration.
ReplyDeleteLOL Well, I guess it's as good as chickens' entrails or whatnot.
DeleteAmanda Gorman! What a fine poet! Whoooooeeee!!
ReplyDeleteThe day in DC began with a bit of snow.
ReplyDeleteThe sun came out during the ceremony, ending with blue sky.
Oooh! Great augury! Any flights of birds to interpret? As memory serves me, one of the auguries of the greatness of Rome was that a flight of birds flew over the auspicious shoulder of Romulus.
DeleteNot that I noticed. The last bird that showed up at a political event chose Bernie.
DeleteSo Donald Trump is gone from the government. Good riddance! But apparently there will still be a Senate trial that will give him a last chance to beat his own drum. Some people seem to think the trial will be bad publicity for him, but the old Hollywood adage fully applies to Trump: The only bad publicity is no publicity.
ReplyDeleteSun came out here shortly after the osth. Bright and sunny now. Which is pretty much how I feel. No sleep though.
ReplyDeleteSixty years ago, just now, I was sitting in a bar in Georgetown watching Robert Frost's podium catch fire. I feel old.
ReplyDeleteJust noted: the poor critters. Somehow I don't think Uncle Joe is going to make helping them a high priority.
ReplyDeleteChina sanctions Pompeo, O'Brien, Azar and other Trump administration officials after Biden inauguration CNBC 27 minutes ago
China bans several Trump officials from doing business with or entering China PBS 28 minutes ago
Puffy Pompeo is especially problematic and he is rumored to have ambitions for 2024. He is just another theocratic white supremacist. No thank you. I'm agreeing with China on these guys.
DeleteCOVID; CASES 842,433 and 10,409 deaths.
ReplyDelete1.235%
DeleteLooks like Live Journal is also now owned by Google. If so, re Puddle's observations on the last thread, it might also have Google related glitches.
ReplyDeleteIt was a lovely ceremony,wasn't it?
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ReplyDeleteAll right. What user name should I use for a Live Journal account? My assumption is you're not allowed to change user name. So it's better to have one from the outset that we can all agree upon and can all remember. "Howard Empowered?" Dumbledor's Army?" Suggestions?
Howard: The Blog. . . .
ReplyDeleteHoward the Blog it is. I'll get on it tomorrow.
DeleteBe sure to include the colon...
DeleteHoward: The Blog
I think that gives it character.
Oh, and the colon means Howard can't be read as a verb.
DeleteFrom The Atlantic: Biden Should Go Big, Fast, and Simple [Click] Emulate FDR rather than Obama. I concur; I did not approve of Obama’s timidity. And the author sees some signs of an FDR-like character in Uncle Joe.
ReplyDeleteI've heard FDR references too. Lord knows we need Biden to channel FDR.
DeleteAs Joe Biden is inaugurated, a uniformed person kneels silently at the grave of his son Beau [Click]
ReplyDeleteWaPo: A look inside Biden’s Oval Office [Click] Interestingly, I run into the paywall when I use Firefox, but not with Safari browser.
ReplyDeleteDecor of the Oval Office down through the years...
Deletehttps://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/g12090469/oval-office-pictures-through-the-years/
Biden has re-signed the Paris Accord. Literally Day One.
ReplyDeleteBiden has also blocked new drilling for oil in ANWR!
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