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Biden our time until Inauguration Day! (Trump #121) 🙂🕊

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Roussette · 15/01/2021 16:01

Previous thread...
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4134370-Impeachment-of-Trump-and-Inauguration-of-Biden-120?watched=1&msgid=103674623#103674623

With thanks to @FridayNightAtTheBronzer for thread title Smile

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Lweji · 19/01/2021 12:04

He would need someone to draft the pardon and type it.

Maybe the fluid conversations are more or less like this:
Have you drafted it?
In a minute.
Have you typed it?
The computer doesn't turn on.
Have you printed it?
We seem to have run out of ink.
Where's the pardon for me to sign?
Oh, must have been shredded by mistake. I'll draft a new one. By the way, here's mine. You can sign this.

JamieLeeCurtains · 19/01/2021 12:09

29 hours to go if my calculations are correct?

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 19/01/2021 12:38

If we take it as happening at noon Eastern Time, then here's a countdown clock I am finding comforting-ish, though as I said earlier in the thread, I shan't break out the champagne in the fridge until after it is signed, sealed and delivered. I don't quite dare.

countdowntobidenharris.com/

JamieLeeCurtains · 19/01/2021 12:56

Thanks, @AskingQuestionsAllTheTime. I know what you mean about not celebrating yet. There's still potential for something grim to happen.

Lweji · 19/01/2021 13:00

I might have a short swearing ceremony inside, and then the public event, just in case.

In any case, the worst case scenario would have Pelosi taking over, wouldn't it? I don't think anyone wants that, but perhaps they should beware of her too. Wink

TooTrueToBeGood · 19/01/2021 13:10

@JamieLeeCurtains

29 hours to go if my calculations are correct?
I have a bottle of champagne in the fridge that will be getting popped when Biden completes his oath but I'm under no illusions that it will be all smiles, unity and happiness from the 21st onwards. Whilst it will be great to see the back of the trumpet, it will take a very long time to undo all the damage he has done.
JamieLeeCurtains · 19/01/2021 13:24

I was thinking that, @TooTrueToBeGood, the mountain that Biden has to climb.

Is he a details man? He's going to have to delegate a hell of a lot to his Veep and Cabinet (and possibly Dr Jill on the q.t.) which means he can't afford to lose his grip on any budget and policy implications of what they're up to, all while fire-fighting Fox news, conspiracy loons online and in Congress, and the Trump impeachment saga - it'll be exhausting, but he can't afford to take his eye off the ball once.

DGRossetti · 19/01/2021 13:43

@JamieLeeCurtains

I was thinking that, *@TooTrueToBeGood*, the mountain that Biden has to climb.

Is he a details man? He's going to have to delegate a hell of a lot to his Veep and Cabinet (and possibly Dr Jill on the q.t.) which means he can't afford to lose his grip on any budget and policy implications of what they're up to, all while fire-fighting Fox news, conspiracy loons online and in Congress, and the Trump impeachment saga - it'll be exhausting, but he can't afford to take his eye off the ball once.

Well from this side of the Atlantic it looks like whatever their personal mechanics, both Biden and Harris are competent and able to work together and delegate at the same time. Biden not seeking election in 2024 might also help that dynamic.
PatriciaHolm · 19/01/2021 13:45

@Lweji

I might have a short swearing ceremony inside, and then the public event, just in case.

In any case, the worst case scenario would have Pelosi taking over, wouldn't it? I don't think anyone wants that, but perhaps they should beware of her too. Wink

I suspect there's been quite a lot of swearing inside the WH just recently ;-)
AcrossthePond55 · 19/01/2021 13:45

I'll be singing this all day today.

PS. those acronyms are killing me here!

minou123 · 19/01/2021 13:46

@JamieLeeCurtains

29 hours to go if my calculations are correct?
We are down to hours now. Get in!
TheNorthWestPawsage · 19/01/2021 13:49

‘They’re Trying To Cancel Me’: Retailers Drop MyPillow Amid CEO’s Baseless Voter Fraud Claims.
www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/01/19/theyre-trying-to-cancel-me-retailers-drop-mypillow-amid-ceos-baseless-voter-fraud-claims/

Wayfair, Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl’s and H-E-B have all dropped MyPillow products, Lindell told the Right Side Broadcasting Network’s Brian Glenn Monday, confirming the news in a later interview with Fox 9.

“I just got off the phone with Bed Bath & Beyond… they’re dropping MyPillow,” he said, adding that “Kohl’s, all these different places” are dropping the products because “they’re scared.”

Lindell claimed the retailers are bowing to pressure from “leftist groups” on social media, where his continued support of election conspiracies has ignited calls for retailers to drop the brand.

The move comes after one activist group, Sleeping Giants, called on major retailers to stop carrying MyPillow products after a video of Lindell emerged where he reportedly “called for the insurrection” at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

“This is the only time we have in history to beat these guys, to suppress the evil, and beat the evil,” Lindell said in the video.

Lindell described the group as “the most evil people on the planet,” adding that “they’re trying to cancel me out.”

NotaRealLawyer · 19/01/2021 14:24

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Lweji · 19/01/2021 14:25

I suspect there's been quite a lot of swearing inside the WH just recently ;-)

Yes, I hesitated there. Both might be swearing at the same time. Grin

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 19/01/2021 14:27

I think possibly I don't hold with a CEO's dubious politics causing destruction to his company: it may do him no good, but if he goes bust a lot of his employees are going to be out of a job, and just at the moment that seems very hard lines on them.

More to the point would be pressure on his board, if he has one, to drop him and leave his workers with employment.

JamieLeeCurtains · 19/01/2021 14:31

Beautiful acronyms, totally perfect. The best acronyms.

NotaRealLawyer · 19/01/2021 14:32

You are absolutely right there AskingQuestionAllTheTime. I didn't think that one through.

DGRossetti · 19/01/2021 14:34

Wayfair, Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl’s and H-E-B have all dropped MyPillow products,

and nobody heard Grin

ZZTopGuitarSolo · 19/01/2021 15:10

Propublica has put together a timeline of the Capitol events using Parler videos.

projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/

I just browsed through a few from inside the Capitol and at 2.39 there's a view from above of rioters coming in through one of the doors. At 3.13pm you can see police desperately fighting to stop rioters coming through another of the doors.

The vast majority are angry men. Chanting and screaming. What a bunch of badly washed twats.

ZZTopGuitarSolo · 19/01/2021 15:13

Periodically over the last few days someone in my house has said something like "67 hours" or "49 hours" or this morning "28 hours".

We were talking about how for the last four years we've woken with a feeling of dread and 'What the fuck is Trump going to do today?'

The day after tomorrow it'll be 'Aaaaahhhh' while the Trumpsters wake up with 'What the fuck is Biden going to do today.'

I wonder what we'll talk about?

GingerPCatt · 19/01/2021 15:16

Hopefully we'll be talking about how trumps new jumpsuit matches his complexion 😁

Roussette · 19/01/2021 15:20

The nerve of the man, he wants in again...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/19/sean-spicer-trump-white-house-press-corps?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=edit_2221&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1611061439

It seems like yesterday he was talking about how Trumpy's inauguration crowd was bigger than Obama's and then we had the very special moment of Melissa McCarthy (who I love) taking him off, best SNL sketch ever!

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maggiethecat · 19/01/2021 15:41

@NotaRealLawyer
Thanks for sharing that Baez clip. Cannot believe she's 80!

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 19/01/2021 15:55

@GingerPCatt

Hopefully we'll be talking about how trumps new jumpsuit matches his complexion 😁
Orange is the new...errr... Orange
AcrossthePond55 · 19/01/2021 16:22

I have no problem with the My Pillow Guy being 'cancelled'. I realize it'll put some people out of work, but it's simply another way to speak truth to power.

Business owners and other wealthy people who support fascism (especially financially) need to know that they do not live in a vacuum. It's time corporate America started actually living by their publicized principles.

And I have a feeling that that the majority of his employees either support his views or are content to stand idly by.

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