I heard he was going off to play golf. Wondered how he took the news. Claimed victory, did he? Then I'd say offhand he is suffering from delusions; thinks he's Joe Biden. Seriously, he is cracking up, what with anger and disappointment. Becoming far more dangerous than we've seen him yet.
Yes, Cat. This is his most dangerous time. A malignant narcissist cannot back down. It's not that they wont. They can't. They don't have enough compassion to see and care how others feel. When put between rock and a hard place, they go ballistic. I wonder whether he will call up his militias, or whether he'll pack a bag and flee the country.
But neither Farouk nor Juan Carlos, I think, had outstanding debts to Russian gangsters. Maybe Trump doesn't either, but it wouldn't surprise me. I think those loans through Deutsche Bank are suspicious.
No, I think I’ll wait. We may have horrific events taking place, at the hands of DT’s supporters, by the end of the day. I am just going to enjoy this moment.
Oh, and we had light rain here; enough to settle the dust and clear the air. I can make out the foothills, but not the mountains--maybe this afternoon or tomorrow?
He is a commentator on CNN. When all the others are raising their voices and getting tense and excited, he is the calm quiet voice, so intelligent and most likely to cut to the center of the situation and name the issue clearly. So this really blew me away. I have never seen him show such emotion, though he always shows heartfelt kindness.
I've been listening to CNN on the radio. Van's total breakdown was touching, as was his colleagues' respect of his space. When he spoke through his tears, his sincerity was most affecting.
You picked up on something significant, Cat. It's pretty telling that his colleagues were able to offer him respect in that moment, and not become uncomfortable with his emotions. We have been impressed with the crew on CNN during the pandemic. They are so kind to one another on the air, and joke around like they are good friends. It's sincere. Even so, I had never seen Van Jones be anything by composed, so this was a big day. And everyone felt it.
So much of the damage Trump did was through executive orders and administrative regulatory actions that can be readily undone. Without a cooperative Congress, that will have to do for now.
I’m a civil servant. Joe Biden’s victory feels like a war-time liberation.
Four years ago, I had to draft a briefing paper for the Trump transition’s “landing team.” It had the distinct feeling of an occupation.
For the last four years, civil servants have had to work with, and under the direction of, truly contemptible political appointees who have been dedicated to wrecking the missions of our agencies.
On Monday, the new transition teams will arrive as liberators to end all of the carnage.
I can't figure out how to make a link to it, but at a demonstration in Fresno one person had a Count von Count poster with the legend "KEEP ON COUNTING"
The inaugural events this coming January will have to be very different--forget about the big crowd on the mall and the balls. I suppose Biden has some people working on how to make it a big online event.
read that the reviewing stand near the White House for the inaugural parade is already under construction. Hmmmm... I suppose there won't be any main battle tanks or ICBM's in the upcoming parade.
I didn't notice. I was watching on the Guardian site, in my office/den/disaster area, and afterwards I went out the family room and commented to Miyoko that it was a very good speech--and she agreed. She had been watching it live on NHK! So, live from Delaware to Tokyo to NYC, to satellite, to our TV. With simultaneous translation added along the way.
Certainly The Great Orange One is incapable of such a public address. Which brings to mind a certain mystery. TGOO frequently shapes his lips in a way that I do not recall ever having seen in an adult human. In human infants, yes, and in hooting chimpanzees. [Click] Does anyone here have any theory, explanation, or interpretation for it?
It’s sad that Biden feels he has a mandate to “cooperate.”
Clinton and Obama had the same illusion. It must come with the weight of the office. Yet never did the Republicans meet them half way. How is this always forgotten?
Coming from a right-winger, "let's cooperate" should in my experience be translated as "let's cooperate--you do it our way." I honestly doubt we will see it, but I think Biden should use the full power of the presidency in that way. Make it clear to them that they can cooperate or not, but things will be done his way. After all, it is very reasonable to expect that he will be a one-term President, he will have less than two years to accomplish anything of substance, and he will face the maximum obstruction that the GOP can produce. Smash 'em in the mouth at the get-go.
In the words of a certain enforcer for the Longshoremen's Union, "He who hits first wins." Some of them might be nice folk? Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius might be a trifle strong, especially if taken literally--but figuratively is just politics, no?
Trump’s ‘Fraud’ Hotline Flooded with Prank Calls November 7, 2020 at 9:33 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
The Trump campaign “voter fraud” hotline “has turned into a nightmare… bombarded with prank calls from people laughing or mocking them over Biden’s win before hanging up,” ABC News reports.
Rick Wilson: “In their time of crisis, calling 1-888-630-1776 would distract them from their vital work. So please don’t call 1-888-630-1776.”
🌟 😁 🌟 AP and CNN have called it for Biden!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Pennsylvania!!! 💛
Thus, Biden & Harris are first!! 😅
And Dr. Jill Biden is First Lady!!! 🥳
New York, Washington and probably many other cities erupt in celebration as election is called for Biden & Harris. [Click] Car horns blaring, pots being banged, people cheering, etc. Trump claims victory from one of his golf courses.
ReplyDeleteI heard he was going off to play golf. Wondered how he took the news. Claimed victory, did he? Then I'd say offhand he is suffering from delusions; thinks he's Joe Biden. Seriously, he is cracking up, what with anger and disappointment. Becoming far more dangerous than we've seen him yet.
DeleteYes, Cat. This is his most dangerous time. A malignant narcissist cannot back down. It's not that they wont. They can't. They don't have enough compassion to see and care how others feel. When put between rock and a hard place, they go ballistic. I wonder whether he will call up his militias, or whether he'll pack a bag and flee the country.
DeleteLet's hope the latter, for all our sakes.
DeleteI doubt he has had the presence of mind (mind? Trump?) to ready a bolt hole and follow the example of King Farouk or of King Juan Carlos.
DeleteBut neither Farouk nor Juan Carlos, I think, had outstanding debts to Russian gangsters. Maybe Trump doesn't either, but it wouldn't surprise me. I think those loans through Deutsche Bank are suspicious.
DeleteThomas Frank: Ding-dong, the jerk is gone. But read this before you sing the Hallelujah Chorus [Click] Obviously a very intelligent and perceptive fellow, because he agrees with me. But he says it way better, that being his line of work.
ReplyDeleteNo, I think I’ll wait. We may have horrific events taking place, at the hands of DT’s supporters, by the end of the day. I am just going to enjoy this moment.
DeleteTwo from the NYT opinion page:
ReplyDeleteBiden Can’t Be F.D.R. He Could Still Be L.B.J. [Click]
The Danger in White Moderates Setting Biden’s Agenda [Click]
Calif. governor appoints Harris’s Senate replacement, election in two years. [Click]
ReplyDeleteI should clarify: Calif. Gov. TO APPOINT Harris's successor.
DeleteOh, and we had light rain here; enough to settle the dust and clear the air. I can make out the foothills, but not the mountains--maybe this afternoon or tomorrow?
ReplyDeleteRain predicted off and on through Sunday. That's OK.
Delete👍
DeleteProposition 207, not Donald Trump, stirred the pot in the newly altered state of Arizona [Click]
ReplyDeleteThis. Deeply.
ReplyDelete(I love Van Jones more than ever.)
https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1325115864455274496?s=21
I was not familiar with Mr. Jones. Yes, that's very good.
DeleteHe is a commentator on CNN. When all the others are raising their voices and getting tense and excited, he is the calm quiet voice, so intelligent and most likely to cut to the center of the situation and name the issue clearly. So this really blew me away. I have never seen him show such emotion, though he always shows heartfelt kindness.
DeleteI think he would make a stellar Press Secretary.
I've been listening to CNN on the radio. Van's total breakdown was touching, as was his colleagues' respect of his space. When he spoke through his tears, his sincerity was most affecting.
DeleteYou picked up on something significant, Cat. It's pretty telling that his colleagues were able to offer him respect in that moment, and not become uncomfortable with his emotions. We have been impressed with the crew on CNN during the pandemic. They are so kind to one another on the air, and joke around like they are good friends. It's sincere. Even so, I had never seen Van Jones be anything by composed, so this was a big day. And everyone felt it.
DeleteBiden lost Florida but he helped raise the minimum wage there. Policy matters [Click] Point well taken.
ReplyDeleteBiden’s Win Means 180-Degree Turn on Climate [Click]
ReplyDeleteSo much of the damage Trump did was through executive orders and administrative regulatory actions that can be readily undone. Without a cooperative Congress, that will have to do for now.
DeleteNHK is devoting a lot of its news feed to celebrating crowds in Washington and NYC.
ReplyDeleteFrom the Queens Daily Eagle: Queens man evicted [Click]
ReplyDeleteDonald Trump’s Day of Reckoning [Click] “. . .for his whole life—Trump had managed to avoid this moment.”
ReplyDeleteA TPM reader in DC:
ReplyDeleteI’m a civil servant. Joe Biden’s victory feels like a war-time liberation.
Four years ago, I had to draft a briefing paper for the Trump transition’s “landing team.” It had the distinct feeling of an occupation.
For the last four years, civil servants have had to work with, and under the direction of, truly contemptible political appointees who have been dedicated to wrecking the missions of our agencies.
On Monday, the new transition teams will arrive as liberators to end all of the carnage.
Jubilance In The Streets: America Erupts In Celebration After Trump’s Loss [Click] Items from all across the country.
ReplyDeleteI saw a meme tonight that read:
Delete"Try to live your life such that the whole planet doesn't dance in the street when you lose your job."
I can't figure out how to make a link to it, but at a demonstration in Fresno one person had a Count von Count poster with the legend "KEEP ON COUNTING"
ReplyDelete🙂
DeleteThe inaugural events this coming January will have to be very different--forget about the big crowd on the mall and the balls. I suppose Biden has some people working on how to make it a big online event.
ReplyDeleteThis year we are all invited!! 🥳
Deleteread that the reviewing stand near the White House for the inaugural parade is already under construction. Hmmmm... I suppose there won't be any main battle tanks or ICBM's in the upcoming parade.
Delete*shudder* I certainly hope not!
DeleteThe tanks that were used to help break up the Bonus Army in 1932 were quite enough, I think. For all time.
DeleteOHIO; COVID cases 245,727 and 5,506 deaths.
ReplyDelete2.24%
DeleteVT:2347 (+21)
ReplyDelete59 deaths ~ 1st.death in 102 days
376 active cases
Recovered 1913 (+9)
In_Hospital 2 (-1)
Tests 193,524 (+796)
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DeleteInteresting group dynamic:
ReplyDeleteLeadership Vacuum In a Defeated White House [Click]
Top Republicans Silent on Biden’s Victory [Click]
USA Today: Celebratory photos and Jill Biden as FLOTUS [Click]
ReplyDeleteNice article about Dr. Biden. I find myself looking forward to a good FLOTUS. With all due respect, the incumbent will be an easy act to follow.
DeleteBiden has arrived for his speech!
ReplyDeleteWhere do I find it?
DeleteFound a live feed on The Guardian's web site.
DeleteWatching, I feel a little like we ought to go outside and honk our car horns while we watch. LOL!
DeleteGreat speeches. I’m rather impressed.
Harris's speech was good; Biden's was VERY, VERY GOOD.
DeleteAgreed!!
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DeleteSorry I disappeared, Alan!
We watched via CNN.
I didn't notice. I was watching on the Guardian site, in my office/den/disaster area, and afterwards I went out the family room and commented to Miyoko that it was a very good speech--and she agreed. She had been watching it live on NHK! So, live from Delaware to Tokyo to NYC, to satellite, to our TV. With simultaneous translation added along the way.
DeleteCertainly The Great Orange One is incapable of such a public address. Which brings to mind a certain mystery. TGOO frequently shapes his lips in a way that I do not recall ever having seen in an adult human. In human infants, yes, and in hooting chimpanzees. [Click] Does anyone here have any theory, explanation, or interpretation for it?
Listened via CNN on Sirius XM which means, unfortunately, I missed the fireworks. Agreed that Harris' speech was good and Bidens, very good.
DeleteJoe Biden’s lead in Georgia has now climbed to more than 9,000 votes.
ReplyDeleteWhoo hooo!!!
DeleteLooking forward
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It’s sad that Biden feels he has a mandate to “cooperate.”
ReplyDeleteClinton and Obama had the same illusion. It must come with the weight of the office. Yet never did the Republicans meet them half way. How is this always forgotten?
Coming from a right-winger, "let's cooperate" should in my experience be translated as "let's cooperate--you do it our way." I honestly doubt we will see it, but I think Biden should use the full power of the presidency in that way. Make it clear to them that they can cooperate or not, but things will be done his way. After all, it is very reasonable to expect that he will be a one-term President, he will have less than two years to accomplish anything of substance, and he will face the maximum obstruction that the GOP can produce. Smash 'em in the mouth at the get-go.
DeleteIn the words of a certain enforcer for the Longshoremen's Union, "He who hits first wins." Some of them might be nice folk? Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius might be a trifle strong, especially if taken literally--but figuratively is just politics, no?
DeleteI agree completely with your analysis of how Biden should interpret 'cooperate.' He doesn't strike me as LBJ reincarnated, but one never knows.
DeleteLBJ was a fascinating person, and very complicated.
DeleteTrump’s ‘Fraud’ Hotline Flooded with Prank Calls
ReplyDeleteNovember 7, 2020 at 9:33 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
The Trump campaign “voter fraud” hotline “has turned into a nightmare… bombarded with prank calls from people laughing or mocking them over Biden’s win before hanging up,” ABC News reports.
Rick Wilson: “In their time of crisis, calling 1-888-630-1776 would distract them from their vital work. So please don’t call 1-888-630-1776.”
Trump Team Holds News Conference Outside Drab Landscaping Firm, Next to Adult Book Store (and across from a cremation center). [Click] Really, you just couldn’t make this up, could you? Could you?
ReplyDeleteNot me. I agree with the article that it is a metaphor.
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