I’m a glass half full and there’s a spot on it guy, I know, but there’s about a 100% chance that the same wankers wondering whether Trump left a note in the desk for Biden will soon be filing stories about Biden’s failure to vaccinate everyone for COVID, followed by pieces on the crushing deficit.
We just had an armed insurrection that was almost successful. These fuckers are going to try to memory hole that as quickly as humanly possible.
In the words of a great female philosopher: I’m tired of dumb boy talk.
This thread is for anger only, because I’m god damned angry.
Martin
I think we know Joe Biden isn’t a real American because he has a Peloton.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
I’ve been having a private bet with myself about how long it will take the right-wing press to pivot from “there’s no such thing as Covid, it’s no worse than the flu” to “Covid is the worst disease in the history of humanity and Biden is a failure for not defeating it yet”
I’m guessing it will happen by the weekend.
dmsilev
Bigger question: Did he leave the Resolute Desk, or did he try to move it to Florida?
Soprano2
12:01 P.M. today, I bet.
Four Seasons Total Landscaping mistermix
@Martin: My anger began with that idiotic story in, of course, the NYT.
Hildebrand
Joe Scarborough already started wanking on about the fact that Biden hasn’t really had to answer tough questions because of all of the focus on Trump. You know he and his ilk will pivot tomorrow to the weeping and gnashing of teeth over Biden’s failings.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@Soprano2: I suppose it will be interesting in a horrifying way to see how the brainwashed masses reconcile “It’s The Plague!!!” with “let’s all party unmasked”.
Ukai
Conundrum for NYT columnists: go after the Biden administration for not being able to contain the COVID-19 pandemic at the drop of a hat, or write about how Democrats should reach out to misunderstood Trump supporters in the name of unity?
That may be a tougher question than which of them deserves to lose their job first.
Sloane Ranger
Slightly OT but watching the VIP’s gathering at the Capitol and I swear the band just played God Save the Queen.
Was I hallucinating? Or has it been repurchased like Pomp and Circumstance No.1?
The Dangerman
If by note you mean something he picked out of his nose … maybe.
I’m gonna go write his name on some squares of TP and flush ‘em.
SiubhanDuinne
The three Wednesdays of January 2021:
Insurrection
Impeachment
Inauguration
Alison Rose
@Soprano2: Aw, come on. Give them a little credit.
It’ll be at least 12:03 pm.
Redshift
This is the only story about “the note” you need to read (Alexandra Petri).
(Sorry for violating the “anger only” dictum, I’m in too good of a mood.)
mali muso
@Sloane Ranger: Isn’t the tune the same as “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”?
SiubhanDuinne
@Sloane Ranger:
The tune of GStQ is also used for the American patriotic song “My country, ‘tis of thee.” So yes, quite in order for the band to be playing it on this occasion.
Redshift
@Sloane Ranger: My Country Tis Of Thee long ago repurposed God Save The Queen.
dmsilev
@Sloane Ranger: Sorry, we appropriated/stole/were inspired by that song years and years ago. Music is the same, lyrics are “My Country Tis of Thee”.
I don’t think we paid any royalties, so to speak, on the music.
Spanky
Hell, when was the last time we actually had a pic of the Resolute Desk? Or the Oval Office, for that matter?
Have they finished scrubbing his shit off the walls and floor yet?
Elizabelle
@SiubhanDuinne: Great point about the Wednesdays. Maybe before next one rolls around we can have “Indictment” and “Ignominy.” Incarceration is probably too much to ask for. But we can!
Did all the Trump family shuffle onto the government aircraft? Freeloading a ride one last time?
TS (the original)
Not sure if this is anger – but to see everyone wearing masks – is such a reminder of all that trump didn’t do to fight covid-19.
Patricia Kayden
The Thin Black Duke
I figure I’ll save my anger for when the majority of those traitorous white assclowns who stormed the Capitol wind up on probation a year from now.
The Moar You Know
Just put my flag up. I know for goddamn sure I will never take Inauguration Day and all the other necessary days of the American democratic process for granted anymore.
A Republican president with the backing of almost 100% of his shit party of garbage people and garbage ideas – and it’s important to keep that in mind, they all backed him, almost every single one – ordered a mob to take the Capitol, murder the “ones he didn’t like so much” and overturn a fair and free election. Good luck getting me to forget that.
Peale
@Sloane Ranger: We’ve reset the tune to our own patriotic song. After the Anthem and God Bless America its probably the most well known patriotic song.
Ken
@Elizabelle: Supposedly today will be “Indictment”, at least in New York. And we passed “Ignomy” a long time ago.
Elizabelle
Welcome to Georgia, m__fucker.
Just crossed the state line.
Antonius
“Incarceration”
Leto
Anger? My VA claim for my accident was denied because I was National Guard at the time and wasn’t on official orders when the accident happened. I’ve already contacted a lawyer and we’re moving forward.
Non anger: it’s Avalune and my 25th anniversary. I want to thank everyone for giving us the best anniversary gift ever.
@Sloane Ranger: when we were stationed in England, a common pub song/prank for the Yanks was starting up a stirring rendition of God Bless America, hearing the Brits start to join with God Save the Queen, become confused because the words weren’t the same, start laughing and singing GStQ louder, but the whole affair ending with laughs and more drinks.
mali muso
@The Moar You Know: Yeah, hubby put our flag up last night in preparation for today, as did our neighbor. Feels good to reclaim it!
Sloane Ranger
Thanks everyone for the explanation re GStQ.
To whoever mentioned royalties, no problem, it’s out of copyright anyway.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
FINALLY! A restricted thread I can dig into!
Brachiator
@Ukai:
Of course, my answer is that Democrats should reach out and slap the shit out of Trump supporters.
Roger Moore
@Ceci n est pas mon nym:
“Why has Joe Biden allowed 400,000 Americans to die of COVID?”
Parfigliano
@dmsilev: Would be lucky if its only the Resolute Desk. The White House is going to need a full inventory done because between Fatso and the Slovenian Slut wife Im sure anything there was considered theirs by birthright.
Llelldorin
If Trump left anything on the Resolute Desk I’m sure it will be removed and safely detonated—the Secret Service knows their business.
Ken
@Elizabelle: BTW, a smidgen of kudos to the Georgia Secretary of State, who despite death threats certified Warnick and Ossoff. On top of revealing Trump’s attempt to pressure him into changing the Presidential results, he might – I say might – be one of those “reasonable Republicans” we sometimes hear about.
Course it will be easier to find them once Trump starts his own party.
Aleta
Surprising just how good this picture makes me feel.
Frank Wilhoit
The larger point that you raise has to do with how we think about the public discourse.
We have spent the past > 200 years failing to grasp the implications of the steam engine. We do not now have 200 years, or even 200 hours, to adjust our attitudes toward the public discourse.
It is at least possible to argue that, in the long past, the public discourse was excessively gatekept — censored, to use a value word. But it was curated and, in some times and places, some thought was given to why it was curated. Much less, if any, thought was given to how to curate it. Mostly things just happened (like the steam engine just happened). Gutenberg was an inflection point, understood as such at the time by the (small!) population who were directly affected. So (less evidently in their moments) were Northcliffe, Hearst, Murdoch. Today, technology has snuck up behind us and structurally eradicated any possibility of curating the public discourse. Never again. If your proposals depend, wittingly or unwittingly, directly or indirectly, on curating the public discourse, in any way, by any authority, for any reason, then you are simply trying to turn back time.
It will take more imagination and courage than anyone has yet displayed to figure out how to deal with this, just as no one (except for a handful of marginalized figures) has understood, since 1776, that the steam engine structurally eradicated the moral imperative to work.
whomever
@Sloane Ranger: It’s been repurposed. In the US it’s “My Country Tis Of Thee”.
Elizabelle
@Leto: Happy Anniversary, Leto and Avalune.
Alison Rose
Sorry, I know this is the opposite of anger but VP HARRIS IS ON MY SCREEN HUZZAH. In purple, no less, my fave color.
RobertDSC-Work
Speaking of anger, can we please can the ZergNet advertising? Seeing ridiculous clickbait articles and photos of the Orange one with a fork in his mouth is just too gross to handle.
Another Scott
C-Span is showing lots of camera angles at the Capitol. Just showed one with Cruz and Hawley (?) standing outside taking a selfie with the Mall in the background.
I’m sure they’ll tweet it out with a comment about how horrible it was that the election was stolen or some similar claptrap. While they walk around and attempt to glad-hand with people there.
They’re such cynical, dangerous monsters. It’s all a game for them to try to increase their power.
Grr…
Shriekback: Nemesis (3:42)
Grr…
Of course, Biden and others are right – you cannot reason someone out of beliefs that they didn’t reason themselves into. Emotion and love and understanding are required to get people back on track. But there must be consequences for those who pushed all this dangerous nonsense that got us were we are today.
With rights come responsibilities. People in power (political or economic or with loud voices in the public square) must answer for what they’ve done while we love our neighbors.
We can multitask.
Cheers,
Scott.
Punchy
@Martin: So he’s Cat 3 racing up the Catskills today with a pack of riders?
Gin & Tonic
@Leto: Happy Anniversary! Our 25th was a couple of weeks after the attacks of 9/11. Things didn’t look as positive then. Happy for you.
Roger Moore
@Ukai:
Bonus to the first person who can combine those points in a single column.
mali muso
@Alison Rose: Aahhhhh, loving this! And Eugene Goodman is the special officer tasked with accompanying them.
jonas
Could be worse. He could be into windsurfing.
Leto
@Llelldorin: a McDonald’s hamberder wrapper, a couple double A batteries, and an empty Sharpie.
Delk
Let fury have the hour, anger can be power — D’you know that you can use it?
mrmoshpotato
@Leto:
Congrats you crazy kids!
jonas
Trump leaves a note on the Resolute Desk addressed to Biden. In it is a card saying, “Look in top drawer.” In top drawer is a massive, steaming dump.
Ken
Or golf.
BTW how do you monetize a biking hobby? Does Biden own a track somewhere, so he can charge the government when he uses it, and rent bikes to his Secret Service agents?
oldster
Two ongoing problems we have to face:
1) Extensive networks of violent right-wing extremists. Whether it’s QAnon or the Klan or the Tea Party. Whether it’s suburban moms or cops in uniform or large parts of the Air Force. It all needs to be rolled up and rooted out.
2) A press that is still (in JMM’s phrase) wired for Republicans. Whether it’s the constant lies from Fox or the constant slant from the NYT and NPR, the press has been a disaster during the Trump occupation, and will be a disaster during the Biden presidency.
We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us.
Bluegirlfromwyo
@mali muso: Ours is going up at 12:01 Eastern time. Jon Bautiste version of “Battle Hymn of the Republic” will be our musical accompaniment.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@mali muso: just saw that:
Alison Rose
@mali muso: Listening to the Marine band is great too :)
FPers, this thread is gonna become very non-anger as we’re all watching the ceremonial shindig………maybe a new OH FRABJOUS DAY thread?
bluefoot
The American news media needs to get a grip. This whole “both sides” and holding Dems to a different standard and eliding the gravity of things like white supremacy is how we got into this mess in the first place.
My pet peeve for the day: Everyone crowing about “peaceful transfer of power.” This wasn’t/isn’t peaceful. People died on January 6th durning an armed insurrection to overturn the results of the election and rule of law. We’re lucky it wasn’t worse. Needing 25,000 National Guardsmen to supplement the police and Secret Service isn’t peaceful. Quiet, maybe (if nothing goes wrong), but not peaceful. JFC.
Omnes Omnibus
Not planning on being angry today. YMMV
mrmoshpotato
@RobertDSC-Work:
A man after my own heart. FUCK ZERGNET!
DCrefugee
My anger (and disgust of so many) is rooted in the trauma the U.S. and the world has been subjected to by a serial abuser, feeding and ramping up the anxiety every single day for the last four years. We’ve all been on pins and needles, waiting for the next unintelligible statement of hate, incompetence and uncaring.
It will take us some time to peel away the layers of fear and uncertainty that have been troweled onto us all, but — perhaps sooner than we hope — once again we will be able to breathe.
Parfigliano
@Delk: Nice Clash reference
mrmoshpotato
@jonas: Wouldn’t put it past the walking orange turd…
Nobody in particular
That drawer is full of signed executive orders for Biden. Signed and written with a Sharpie.
Immanentize
I just realized, my Mom was born under the sign of Herbert Hoover. This will be her 23rd Inauguration.
Baud
No official inauguration thread yet?
75 minutes
different-church-lady
@mrmoshpotato: The tragedy of Zergnet just gets sadder and sadder.
dww44
@bluefoot: TBF, most of the TV media I’ve heard this morning are referring to this as a transfer of power but not a peaceful one. They are acknowledging what happened on the 6th.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Immanentize
@Leto: Happy Ani, you lovebirds. 25 is nothing to sneeze at.
Patricia Kayden
Baud
Bill and Hillary on C-span.
Alison Rose
HELLO OBAMAS I MISS YOU
Ken
Probably half the front-pagers have one scheduled to go up at 11 EST. Then there’ll be 10 minutes of discussion about who bigfooted who and which thread to leave up.
Nobody in particular
@bluefoot:
They’ve (the GOP) been working the refs for half a century or more. AIM was the first. Not the American Indian Movement.
The ironically titled Accuracy In Media.
https://www.aim.org/
Founded by the odious Reed Irvine in 1969 and tame now, by comparison.
Baud
Obamas looking good.
Emma from FL
Can we please, please, please hold off the cynicism and the defeated moaning until tomorrow at least? Please?
(added) we know what the right wingers will do; we think we know what the press will do. But for God’s sake, we’re already removing agency from the Biden administration? Really?
Punchy
@Baud: Infrastructure
WeekHour?trnc
Yes, credit for doing his job under death threats, although it was required and failure to do so would have left him legally exposed. Politicians get death threats all the time, so they probably don’t generally get taken very seriously.
Not quite. He supports Voter ID (spit), and that probably won’t change even after numerous non-ID states certified fraud-free elections.
mali muso
Michelle Obama absolutely killing it in that pantsuit!
Nobody in particular
@bluefoot:
They’ve (the GOP) been working the refs for half a century or more. AIM was the first. Not the American Indian Movement.
The ironically titled Accuracy In Media.
https://www.aim.org/
Founded by the odious Reed Irvine in 1969 and seems tame now, by comparison.
Don’t be ashamed of it. You’re a cynic! It’s not a bad thing.
O. Felix Culpa
@Emma from FL: Agreed. And Michelle looks awesome. Like a queen.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
are the Obamas the only people who got applause, or is that just when the MSNBC anchors shut up?
Matt McIrvin
The first news headline I saw today was “Trump hands Biden a booming stock market”.
mali muso
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Porque no los dos?
I am watching the livestream from the official Inauguration committee on Amazon Prime. Much better in terms of talking heads providing color and context but not pontificating.
polyorchnid octopunch
Even video game media is getting in on the shade: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2021/01/20/screen-time-2 Love the drive by mockery of the “paper of record”.
Raven
@Emma from FL: And I don’t give a fuck where you watch!
Mel
@Leto: Happy Anniversary, and many happy ones to follow!
different-church-lady
1 more hour until the U.S. Presidential moral interregnum is over.
O. Felix Culpa
@mali muso: I’m watching on the Amazon channel too. I started out with the Roku channel, but they had some talking head yammering about Biden needing to reach out to sad T voters. “Click.”
Peale
@bluefoot: “managed it barely, but at best we get a D+ on peaceful transfers”.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@Matt McIrvin: And it’s been booming since it was clear Trump lost.
Benw
The blather on CNN is pissing me off. You know who saved American democracy? Not Ted fucking Cruz and Mike fucking Pence showing up. It was DEMOCRATIC VOTERS who risked our lives to vote for democracy. God the Republicans would have gone along with overturning the election HAPPILY and will try again in 2024 if given half the chance. Who cares that Pence left a fucking note. Fuck them
ETA: I’m glad for all the BJers that are ecstatic, I’m thrilled we pulled it off, too. Just cranked at the CNN talking heads. And my furnace died last night also too.
SFAW
@Leto:
Happy Anniversary, and many more, to you and the lovely Avalune!
Bruce K in ATH-GR
I don’t know if I’m angry today, but I’m sure looking forward to the day when I can make my long-promised pilgrimage to the prison cell where disgraced former President Donald Trump died.
mrmoshpotato
Where’s the orange shitpile who was President* for the past four years?
And there ain’t shit “honorable” about Dense.
mrmoshpotato
@Benw: I’m watching C-SPAN. No blather at least on their YouTube page.
Ksmiami
@Hildebrand: we have to damage the media companies that enabled the monstrous bothsiderism because their “balance” nearly killed Democracy.
citizen dave
@Alison Rose: Did Kamala, Hillary and Michelle coordinate the purple, I wonder.
I hate to say it, but the execrable Lee Greenwood God Bless the USA is a memorable patriotic song. Fortunately it makes more appearances when the R’s get the office thru the EC than when D’s are there.
This Land Is Your Land
Elizabelle
Flying dumpster show has already passed west of The Villages. Looks like the aircraft will be turning east and setting up for landing before too long. They’ve not begun their descent (into ignominy) yet. Still cruising at 29,000
ETA: Just beginning descent. Airspeed reduced.
Baud
I can’t believe there’s no inauguration thread!!!
Leto
Thanks for the well wishes everyone :)
Elizabelle
@mrmoshpotato: I like C-Span a lot.
http://www.c-span.org
Will be watching the festivities on them because it is a blather-free zone during ceremonies. Cannot speak for the program guests and loons calling in, though.
SFBayAreaGal
Sigh, I never get tired of seeing the Obamas.
Ksmiami
@oldster: to both issues and the people responsible, I say light em up
SFBayAreaGal
Vice President Kamala Harris almost made down the interior stairs
leeleeFL
@mali muso: You beat me to it! I was pretty certain someone would!
comrade scotts agenda of rage
@Benw:
Jake Tapper, to his credit, did say that prior to two weeks ago, Dence was promoting the Big Lie and as much of a impediment than anything else. He’s repeated that as the blathering continues.
SiubhanDuinne
They just introduced Kamala and Doug, and I am crying.
Ksmiami
@Brachiator: A slap isn’t enough.
Feathers
If you want a livestream of the inaugural without the talking heads bullshit, the Biden Inaugural Committee has one up with a nice young man and woman telling us things like the military bands have different uniforms for the bands and orchestras because epaulets interfere with the proper holding of violins and violas. Biden Inaugural Committee Livestream
Benw
@comrade scotts agenda of rage: I noticed that good for him
Ivan X
I’m watching on C-SPAN. No commentary, just patriotic music and occasional announcements. It just all feels lovely, civil, with ex-presidents shaking hands, patriotic, hopeful, decent, all the things we’ve been missing during this four year nightmare. Says everything that Trump’s not there, but so great that he isn’t, it makes his presidency that much more feel like a freakshow and makes me feel that much more hopeful that things can be…well, normal!
Ceci n est pas mon nym
So how did the Trump send-off go? Anyone in attendance? Did he order some Marines to stand by and clap?
cain
Wicked Tea style
mali muso
@Feathers: Yes, this is the stream I am watching via Prime. And it’s working just fine for my purposes. Color commentary without the bullshit.
Leto
There looks to be some snow falling? Thought the temps were supposed to be above that but I know I’m seeing some flakes blowing by.
Feathers
@Feathers: The Inaugural Committee feed just told me they have more behind the scenes cameras than any of the other broadcasts. Which makes sense.
Feathers
@mali muso: Delightfully nerdy.
cain
I see Joe, walkin! (on CSPAN)
SFBayAreaGal
@SiubhanDuinne: So am I. I loved seeing the exhange between the Obamas and the Harrises
Leto
The coat Dr Biden is wearing is from the same designer that styled Michelle Obama’s inauguration coat. It looks really nice. Sparkly!
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@Feathers: Thanks. Got it up on the big monitor. Pouring the wine (well, the last of the sparkling grape juice from New Years for my wife. But I’m going to indulge in a little red as well.)
From that stream. “Until 1933 inaugurations were in March”.
Just imagine having to endure what’s-his-name for two more months.
cain
Anybody notice that Bill Clinton didn’t quite have his mask on fully?
CaseyL
I’ve got the Biden Inauguration Committee’s livestream, or at least I think it is. Too much network-like commentary, but I don’t know if C-span has its own stream up.
Also – someone on Twitter posted a photo of people in the Oval Office “smudging” the place with disinfectant – so it does look like the Resolute Desk is still there.
Kattails
@Leto: Congratulations, happy anniversary, this calls for two bottles of champagne. Look, you don’t have to swill it all in an hour, there will be good stuff all day.
Elizabelle
@Ivan X: Very glad that Trump decided to flee to Mar A Loco. It is good for all of us. Will turn out to be a grace note, much as the orange one never intended that.
You know the broadcasters would have a split screen and be pumping the drama. What will
trumpdo?Who gives a fuck.
And it is snowing. A few flakes.
mali muso
@Leto: We’re about 90 miles away from DC and are getting some light flurries.
Leto
@cain: he’s keeping the finger guns at bay; campaign promises already broken :( /s
mrmoshpotato
Anger, eh? Ok.
Fuck.
Fuck these past four years of death and destruction.
Fuck McTurtle the Fascist Motherfucker.
Fuck the tax cuts to the mega-wealthy.
Fuck Supreme Court Injustice Neil Gorsuch, blackout drunk college rapist Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Cult Member Barrett.
Fuck the Supreme Court religious services ruling that has probably killed quite a few people, because apparently weddings can’t wait in the middle of the deadly pandemic ravaging the country.
Fuck the destruction caused to our government by these bastards, and fuck ignoring the pandemic and in some ways making it worse.
Fuck the Soviet shitpile mobster crime family who stole essential PPE.
Fuck all of the Trump/GOP trash who undeservingly got the vaccine before everyone else.
Fuck the over 200 massively unqualified RWNJs who are now federal judges for life.
Fuck Dump, Dense and the entire GOP.
Fuck everyone who voted for the Soviet shitpile mobster conman.
And fuck everyone even more who used their vote to hold back Hillary Clinton. Glad we’re not having four more years of Trump trash, but this should be her second inauguration.
Glad this shitbag bastard administration is coming to an end, but, as usual, a Democratic President has a giant Republican mess to try to clean up.
Soprano2
I think there should be two ostentatiously empty chairs at the inaugural, for Trump and Melania, just to highlight how petty they are.
SFBayAreaGal
Madam Vice President elect sent chills down me.
Ivan X
@cain: Yes. I don’t know why anyone, at least with short hair, wears ear loop masks.
Soprano2
@CaseyL: I’m watching the PBS livestream; absolutely no commentary.
Elizabelle
mistermix just put up an inaugural thread.
CaseyL
Like that Amy K is up. And, yes!, she is Angry Amy. You go, girl!
Benw
@mrmoshpotato: yep yep
Elizabelle
@SFBayAreaGal: Madam VP. Love it.
Who is wearing their pearls??
Baud
Thread up.
Chief Oshkosh
@Ken: Nope. Not at all. He only went public about Trump’s illegal pressuring when Trump started lying about him.
Look, both Kemp and Raffensperger are shitheels. True shitheels. They fucking know they stole the GA gubernatorial election. They know it. And they are right now working out new ways to steal the next one. Damn both of them to hell forever.
coin operated
@citizen dave:
Only if you didn’t have to listen to the damn thing for every formation, parade, and retirement ceremony for 8 fucking years.
leeleeFL
@jonas: OR, he could have gotten his photo taken in a tank, worn tan suits, or horror of horrors, had a private email server. Long memories are necessary to prevent amnesia in our opponents.
cain
LOL – Lady Gaga – after killing it with the Sound of Music, she’s going to rock this as well.
ETA Lady Gaga has grin that speaks volumes – we know where she is – she’s in the same place we are!
Feathers
They have the Space Force flag!!! And Lady Gaga! I wonder how they chose who was going to escort her?
Feathers
@cain: She studied in NYU’s musical theater program, which is insanely difficult to get into, so she has the chops.
cain
@Feathers:
Oh she’s proved it over and over again – the woman is a theatric powerhouse.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
Very nice, same person speaking and signing the Pledge
EmbraceYourInnerCrone
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: I expect them to start that before 6pm on 20 January but then I am a cynical bitch I have already yelled at my TV this morning when a regular new channel reported on probably CNN referred to the rioters as protesters. No just no.
Miss Bianca
@Leto: BOO for insurance decision, release the
Krakenactual decent lawyers on ’em!YAY for your and Avalune’s 25th!
Happy Inauguration Day!
Oh, wait, this is the anger thread. Sorry!
Jeffery
@Matt McIrvin: The market loves stability. Joe is in. Little Donald is out. Stability returns. Dow 40,000?
Vhh
@Sloane Ranger: The Americam hymn “My country tis of thee” has the same tune as “God Save the Queen”.
ballerat
I am not ready nor willing to make nice. Because the first thing these motherfuckers must do is show contrition. And before that is even sincerely possible they must first accept their own responsibilty for their part in the lies, the violence, the depraved indifference, the outright malice and the harm they have done.
And that’s even before we get to acknowledging their role in helping to kill half a million people.
I don’t think they’re up to it. I don’t believe they are strong enough, decent enough, honest enough and just plain good enough people to do it.
They can prove me wrong. But that’s the key. The key to forgiveness. To moving forward. To reconciliation. It’s on them, not me. It’s on them, not us.
It’s on them not us to make it possible to go forward and be reconciled.
I’m not going to hold my breath.
DaveInOz
I would have had a slightly different heading – ‘Did he leave the Resolute Desk?’
I wonder how much government property has been pilfered and shipped to Florida?