Like it, love it, hate it, or deny it, Donald J. Trump becomes president today. Here’s your thread for Inauguration Day.
Last night, for the grinding garage band concert at the Lincoln Memorial you had to wonder if Abraham was wishing he had never left Springfield.
Nevertheless, here we are. For the sake of America here’s hoping Trump is not the stark raving lunatic he has (hopefully) pretended to be to get elected.
The peaceful transfer of office, even if to someone you despise, is the higher ideal worth honoring this day in the long run.
Dismissing, dishonoring or ignoring this day because you don’t like the outcome is a rejection of our Democracy, which might be a valid choice.
Put me in the “hate it” and “shit, I thought it was a bad dream and then woke up this morning and found that it was real ” camp.
And Poohbah, here’s hoping your hope that trumps not the stark raving lunatic that we’ve all come to know is true. But one of the sayings I learned in grad school in counselor education and tend to take the heart is that the best predictor future behavior is past behavior.
Today I am a resident of Missouri. Show me. Better yet, prove it.
Trailmixers, if you put your ear close to the ground, you can hear the gates of hell opening. Unfortunately, trumpence is not like the likable Lucifer on Fox…expect broiling and skewering of dem Americans for four years. The misery will spread and expect shortages of everything including morality and class.
This inauguration has the nixon smell to it and just in time for the big day, finally some sunlight on the trumpence campaign’s ties to the ruskies investigation. Given their heavy workload ending with the demise of Clinton, the fbi has time to focus on the time sensitive russian intrusion that started many months ago until its crescendo in the the 3 weeks before the election. It has become obvious that the russians aided in the elevation and eventual election of our 45th. Clinton may have had her private server problems, but trumptower was humming with them all the way to russian banks.
With the leadership of the media, we had a circus and not an election. Therefore, today we swear in a showman instead of a statesman.
He’ll tweet, he’ll snarl – none of this will change. He’s not a republican though, and was used by the conservative right to get the WH. Once he pushes back against the radical right attempts to kill medicare, social security, healthcare, etc. – he’ll get kicked to the curb and impeached. Expect it to happen about 2 years and 1 day from now. Imagine the dirt the GOP has on him.
Great material and fodder for the press and comics though.
Ode to a Toad
There is a pall on the Mall/ An Orange guy has the gall/ To stand before Abe in that great, hallowed hall/To call himself Prez and throw himself a ball/We know his name, y’all/ And that he’s heading for a fall/ Meantime, we must stand tall/ Resist, resist, don’t be in thrall/All America do we call/He’s a Russian idiot.
Even my Nixon candle isn’t quite himself today.
The peaceful transfer of government to misanthropic goons. Nothing to be proud of.
It’s like telling a bullied child to be proud of having his lunch money taken, peacefully.
I honor none of it….
Happening All Over Europe
Today belongs to Mr Trump and others of his ilk.
Tomorrow, we move Our Country to being ruled as the Republic in the manner that it was predestined: “A government of the People, by the People, for the People.”
That is how we reward Mr Obama for his years of stellar service.
I just read that this will be the first inauguration in modern times where no poetry will be read. Hmmm.
On the other hand, there is “fashion.” KellyAnne CondoneThis and her $3,600 No, She’s Not a Paul Revere or a Raider’s Gucci wool coat.
oh my does it have a matching hat
I have it on excellent authority that the actual Revolutionary uniforms were blue and tan rather than white. Practicality ruled.
Flatus, SAR
Hillary looking marvelous in suffragette white.
Her tweet: “I’m here today to honor our democracy & its enduring values. I will never stop believing in our country & its future.”
We’ll see if the antichrist gets to the end of the ceremony. What happens if he has a heart attack and croaks before saying I do ? Does punypence get sworn in, or do we get martial law while another election is organized ?
Guess who is at the Inauguration: Tucker Carlson’s “Bigot” That No One Wants to Be Seen With
For those who remember the OJ Trial and knew anything about that division of LAPD. This was the racist who tried to frame a guilty man and whose testimony got him off. Then he moved to Idaho to be with his own kind.
And may God bless you that prey
Just got a school email to not stream the swearing in cause it might crash our internet. Blessing from god. I didn’t want the kids to see my crying and cursing at the same time. Can get ugly ;o)
I think Chuck Schumer just called Dems to arms
ugh Clarence Thomas
VP sworn in first. So does that mean Pence is Obama’s vice president right now?
The deed is done. Barron still looks like he could vomit.
I think the swearing in is symbolic. Constitutionally I believe it’s automatic at noon. Just like when a President dies, the VP is Pres immediately.
Starts raining as Trump takes the podium. Rigged!!!
Hail to the thief
….the snorting thing is back. Winning and tiger blood and jobs and borders, yada-yada. Nothing for science or Mother Nature.
Is he melting?
What do you bet Native Americans did a rain dance? And Mother Nature is a woman, pulling rank. Take that, you Orange Goo!
There as if your day isn’t ruined enough now you’ve got an obnoxious earworm
Jack
god bless white christian America the worst coming together speech ever
Mr. D-dog….conway’s outfit made her look like the head majorette….auntie sam.
this makes six religious speakers. James Madison wouldn’t approve.
KellyAnne does have a matching red, cloche style chapeau and blood red gloves. I suppose that will allow her to roam DC and stab people in the back. Practical GOP attire. Sack ’em cloth.
The Condom choose Nixon as her style guru
Twitter Image To Love
how will “buy American. hire American” impact business and especially how will “hire American” impact agriculture?
“starting here and starting now”… no more green cards? no more migrant workers?
from the above comment — major typo for me
“conway’s outfit made her look like the head majorette….auntie sam”
Should read ‘auntie scam.’
Let 2020 begin. A friend sends a proposed list:
“Andrew Cuomo
Elizabeth Warren
Cory Booker
Gavin Newsom
Tim Kaine
Sherrod Brown
Terry McAuliffe (why not?)”
one more comment on the speech…it was rude. His comment on ‘do nothing’ politicians? Applied more to his repug comrades with whom he shared the dais rather than the past presidents.
Add Al Franken.
His Verbosity made a speech. Allow me to translate it for you, who were to busy to listen that long :
Ein Volk;
Ein Reich;
Ein Fuehrer.
Sieg Heil !
Ewwwwwww Trump is signing things
dems better attach themselves to a populist movement like cannabis legalization….push industrial hemp. In our state, the repug gov vetoed our industrial hemp bill — repugs are very negative on the product. A populist issue will help energize the dems and they need to take kushners advice on computers and the digital revolution to garner an electoral win. From Forbes. It is time to push policy and see who can lead that policy — not the other way around. Dems need to be careful as the issues will be very different four years from now…the middle class spiel? May not be effective.
Ms Wino, I was thinking the same thing. he laid the blame for America being a basket case like Greece or Syria at the feet of everyone around him, who besides Prezzes Obama, Clinton, and senile bush, included fellow Usurper babybush, all of whom, with the help of lott, blunt, lyin’ ryan, mcconnell, prebus, and Chief Justice Roberts, stole power from the people and gave it to themselves, just so they could divide, naysay, and do nothing.
It was the worst inaugural address ever given north of the Rio Grande.
Also, Ms Wino is correct in her 1:25 pm post.
The election to prepare for, organize for, to work hard for and win in a national landslide comes on November, 6, 2018. We have only 21.5 months to get’er done !
Take back the Senate. Take back the House. Take back America !
When do the mice come up for air?
I understand the appetizer for lunch is live monkey brain. They’ll take the table cloths off and will reveal tables with circular noose things that the monkeys head fits in before they say the skull off. Sick, but interesting.
The theme for the next election should be, Sweep corruption and cronyism out of the Capitol and the Capital !
Mr. 300,
Imported monkey brains served by undocumented Hispanic workers, who shall be deported just before payday ?
If trump has the highest iq of any occupier of the White House, why is his vocabulary smaller than Coco the Gorilla’s ?
And some endangered Lizard tartare from the Galapagos!
Kelly Anne looks like a fool in that outlet.
Based on the comments, it sounds like anything I missed was very missable. And I missed it all. ?
Like i said before…..the ideas that the democratic party run on are great….but they need to modify them somewhat…..introduce legalizing mj as a new way of health education and health preventative measures, mj for veterans educate us in all its benefits for decease illness, etc, etc……as a matter of fact…..the dems MUST run as the Education party…..educate us all on every subject that restores owner ship to us all……starting the benefits of the right nutrition….starting at kinder……….Take each and every subject that there is and find out its legitimacy……like the food and drug administration…..giving us the food pyramid…all bs……..government sold us out to the greedy………educate at a very early age about basic science….biology…..basics that will be true teaching of something that is needed…….eliminate the useless teaching that us useless in real life….repeating and doing the same things over and over…to the point of being brainwashed to do the jobs that the corps want done…….let some home schooling be counted…..like History, Geography……im sick of correcting revisionist history to college gards………………all of the things that the ds want…..are what the indies want……but we are tired of the ds and the rs….playing thier game of one up-man ship and locking us out…..then blaming us for their losses………..in other words…..become a real party that it says it is…..right now….no much diff…..they both created this frankinsten…..now fix it……………
XR…..yes to Franklin…..with E. W………both with the willingness and ability to do these things……im no watching this guy finish stealing the potus…..did that with gore….He will not be my president…..just some guy with the muscle to back it up…..he is now the leader of the biggest street gang in the world…….Cops are going to love him…..the dirty ones that is……….later
Hoping he doesn’t start more wars….but he does….how will that effect young people volanteerinng for military servise
Not many will serve….bring back the draft…mmmm
Group Hug. Let’s create a song list for today. I’ll start it.
The first Bill of Impeachment should have been dropped into the hopper by now.
hope our bbronc is okay
wapo: Inauguration protesters vandalize city, try to disrupt Trump’s oath, police arrest nearly 100
Protesters made themselves heard in the nation’s capital Friday, leaving a trail of damage along some city blocks and disrupting security checkpoints to President Donald Trump’s inauguration, where they slowed crowds from entering onto the Mall and, in at least one spot, stopped them completely.
As people poured into the city to watch Trump sworn in as the 45th president, they encountered protesters across the area throughout the day. Many of the demonstrations were nonviolent, with people holding signs that spoke to their causes and concern. One protest even took on a carnival atmosphere, with puppets, stilt walkers and a giant inflatable elephant wearing a sign that read “racism.” But other groups tried to disrupt the day’s events by burning flags, throwing bricks and rioting en masse, leading to injuries and nearly 100 arrests by early afternoon.
[…]
After the swearing in, protesters arrived at the Franklin Square area and clashed with police. The protesters were throwing rocks, bricks and chunks of concrete and taking newspaper boxes and barriers and putting them on the streets. Meanwhile police appeared to be using a flurry of flash-bang grenades and chemical spray to hold the protesters back, pushing them block-by-block west along K Street, from 12th Street toward 14th Street.
During the clash after 2 p.m., the protesters started a fire in the middle of the street using garbage bins and newspaper boxes, and some climbed trees and light poles. About 100 officers in riot gear, carrying shields, stood in a line blocking off K Street.
“It’s a little jarring when you’re in a peaceful march with drumming and chanting and the next thing you know flash bangs are going off around you,” said Daniel Hultquist, a protester from Rhode Island. “People that throw rocks and bricks are undermining the cause.”
[….]
It was just before 10:30 a.m. when a large group of black-clad protesters — self-described as anti-capitalist and antifascist — made their way south on 13th Street near K Street, throwing newspaper boxes and garbage cans into the street and trying to set them on fire, leaving them smoldering. They also broke glass at bus stops and businesses and smashed the windows of a limousine. Loud bangs sounded out from fireworks they lit.
Some carried signs, including one that read: “No peaceful transition.” Police cleaned up behind them as they marched, and authorities used chemical spray in an attempt to disrupt the vandalism. They ultimately herded the group away from the inauguration parade route with a large number of police vehicles and officers in riot gear, and they used concussion grenades — which make a loud noise — to break up the crowd.
more to article
https://youtu.be/siIukVsG3vs
KGC, brilliant!
2:47 PM
January 20 by Emma Brown
Look at photos of protests, damage in downtown D.C.
Around 2:20 p.m. Friday, tensions between protesters and authorities escalated near 12th and K Streets NW in downtown Washington. Protesters, many in black masks with only their eyes showing, grabbed mailboxes, garbage cans and newspaper boxes and pulled them into the street. They appeared to be trying to block the streets.
Kim Kardashian for President 2020
Laugh if you want- that’s where we’re headed.
Those are poor descendants of the street ramparts of yesteryear.
In 1848 Paris, the French Army felt the need to bring artillery to bear on demonstrators.
In 1871 Paris, the French Army felt the need to bring artillery to bear on demonstrators.
In 2014 Homs, the Syrian Government felt the need to use poison gas.
This is sandbox protest.
I heard President HairSystem wants to start a war with IS in a month (BBC World Service)? Republicans want this administration to have a body count ASAP. Great job, Trump voters, thanks a lot.
BOTGBALL
Boots On The Ground Blasting All Land Lubbers
Jamie, may I suggest
Will he nuke Baghdad, Beijing, Mexico City, or Pyongyang first ?
If todays norK missile test is a success, my money would on their swift vaporization. That is, if pootie-baby approves.
No problem champ…..lots of angry people and don’t take it personnaly …if I had voted for her….she would have one more added to her 3 mill…..more bragging rights….the d nc the clintons…and a lot more people responsible for letting ….this amazingly under qualified nut job steal it from under them……Gore was the first one…….how will they steal the next one….
The Liberty Bell (Monty Python) March
The Garry Owen (george armstrong custer’s favorite) March
The Mephisto Waltz
The entire Tosca
The Goops won by illegally removing people from the voting roles much like Jeb did in 2000
Concert For America now Live. Chita Rivera just finished singing & dancing to “AMERICA”. Watch Now
From Puccini’s Madam Butterfly, we have the tragic finale performed by my favorite, Victoria de los Angeles some 60-years ago.
https://youtu.be/rKuKYzQEF0c?t=2h11m6s
flatus, perfect
abc Inauguration Protests Heat Up as Police Employ Tear Gas Against Rock-Throwing Activists
Inaugural Crowd count is in:
Trump 2017: 250,000
Obama 2013: 1,000,000
Obama 2009: 1,800,000
How many show up tomorrow for the march?
I had to work, but the world kept revolving after noon EST. (Actually, I was at lunch having a massage. A very peaceful transition.) So far, so good.
Melania J. Trump looks stunning, although not in the more-obtainable way that Michelle looked stunning. MJT is hoity-toity stunning.
“Things are more like they are now than they have ever been.” -Gerald Ford (channeling Yogi Berra?)
I jumped in the shower at about 1145 then went shopping for a couple of hours. When I returned, they were all having lunch so I turned the teevee off for a couple of more hours.
mrd’dog “…the mice come up for air…” Ha! 🙂 I needed that.
I don’t know if Kellyanne is dressing herself or if she has a stylist who is punking her! The bucket hat does not go with the coat…but then, I don’t suppose anything goes with that coat except flaming batons & a Souza march.
Hat Tip to Jamie
“In case there are any still delusional enough to believe Trump is on their side: JUST IN: In one of first Trump admin. orders, Dept of Housing & Urban Dev. suspends reduction of FHA annual mortgage insurance premium rates”
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Spent the day tweeting and making memes! Didn’t even work on the creative stuff I thought I’d be doing (unless you consider memes to be creative 😀 )
This is for KGC: 9 Things Kellyanne Conway Looked Like At The Inauguration
Here’s one for the songfest:
I didn’t put this one on twitter yet. I wonder if this will be Melania’s new “style”?
Flatus, ~~~mercifully~~~ I was in a custody hearing from 10:30 – 12:30 and talking with my client after it. Between that or watching the national embarrassment, I think I came out on top.
The Mephisto Waltz. XR, you crack me up.
Yep, a bit imprecise in the pendulum bit……meant to include the whole four years as the far right swing……
one good thing is how horrible a president he will be….
Inauguration Crowd count is in: Trump 2017: 250,000 Obama 2013: 1,000,000 Obama 2009: 1,800,000
Trump people blaming weather/rain. Seem to forget Obama was 28 degrees.
Just to back up crowd numbers, there is Metro ridership
Since Trump is going to lie and make up things: DC Metro ridership lowest of any inaugural; crowd at Mall 1/3 size of Obama
So which is more typically Trump. The scantily clad Rockette kick line or the all white male karaoke around piano bar group?
And so it begins.
Gizmodo(!) is reporting that the National Parks Service has been banned from tweeting after retweeting stories of Trump’s dismal turnout for Inaugural.
The NPS is aces on Twitter: informative, clever, proactive, courteous. Apparently deadly accurate, too. So I hope there is another explanation about this. Otherwise, an ill omen about facts, image and thin orange skin.
https://www.google.com/amp/gizmodo.com/national-park-service-banned-from-tweeting-after-anti-t-1791449526/amp?client=safari
Apparently President Pussy Grabber thinks his appointees bank balances are their IQs
Dr. Seuss, 1941. “America First.”
OMG. So Sad if it weren’t so funny. Now we know Donald Trump has seen the Bee Movie.
This may be very silly and deserves a much longer writing, but watching the first dance made me cry. All those very wealthy white people enjoying their privileges. Talk about living in a bubble. They honestly don’t know how despicably horrid and disconnected they are from the real world.
Looks like Melanoma and pussy grabber have the same speech writer
Clueless privilege.
Jamie, Louis XVI was executed on Jan. 21, 1793. Pretty close. KellyAnne Pompadour?
Bill Maher, Keith Olbermann and Jane Fonda all on one show. Talk about an antidote.
Jamie: Not just the Bee movie, he apparently liked the Bat Man villain Bane too:
The Huffington Post shows the two statements and the speeches they came from for comparison. Eerily similar.
Oops forgot the link (thank you edit button): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-inauguration-speech-bane_us_58825673e4b070d8cad23821
Done for the day now. I’ll watch a replay of Keith & Bill tomorrow.
Well, that didn’t take long. The third executive order signed by the new president will stop a one quarter percent DECREASE on mortgage insurance rates. The net effect is that instead of a $500 per year decrease on a $200,000 mortgage, home owners who can’t or didn’t have a 20 percent down payment and were forced to buy PMI insurance will help transfer more than a billion dollars to insurance companies, banks, and Wall Street per year. This will help the little guy and middle-income homeowners that the new president says has been forgotten. Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street businesses thanks you for their latest bonuses!