For there is always light. Thread #123 is belong to President Biden

[PerkingFaintly]

"For there is always light
If only we're brave enough to see it
If only we're brave enough to be it."

— Amanda Gorman, 20 Jan 2021, inauguration of President Joe R Biden

Moving on from the Trump threads, last one here:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4141056-Its-officially-time-to-say-ta-ta-to-Trump-its-inauguration-day-trump-122

In the UK we have Pfizer and the Oxford/Astra Zeneca (which I had). Moderna is about to come on stream.

They're all mRNA vaccines, just slightly different in what they're based on.

As far as Cruz, he's seeing himself as DOOFUS redux, the 'heir apparent' for 2024. I think we're going to see him 'modeling' a lot of DOOFUS' mannerisms and words as time goes by. By this time next year I expect to see him with an orange face and a lemon-blond combover.

Wouldn’t that make him the hair apparent?

Thanks for that link @TheNorthWestPawsage
Our own cat watched the inauguration quite closely on the laptop, obviously in the known that the wind of change was in the air.

know not known - apologies

@Lweji

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

Just savouring those words.

And don't it feel GOOD!

@pointythings

In the UK we have Pfizer and the Oxford/Astra Zeneca (which I had). Moderna is about to come on stream.

They're all mRNA vaccines, just slightly different in what they're based on.

I'm not a real 'maths and science' person, I've always been more of a 'history and literature' person.

But I find the science behind these 'RNA-type' vaccines to be fascinating. What I understand of it!

@ChazsBrilliantAttitude

As far as Cruz, he's seeing himself as DOOFUS redux, the 'heir apparent' for 2024. I think we're going to see him 'modeling' a lot of DOOFUS' mannerisms and words as time goes by. By this time next year I expect to see him with an orange face and a lemon-blond combover.

Wouldn’t that make him the hair apparent?

@ChazsBrilliantAttitude

You've made my day! I love a good, or should that be bad, pun!

Retired Gen Lloyd Austin confirmed as Sect'y of Defense. The 1st African American to hold that position.

@cyclingmad

Just waiting for twitter to ban Iran supreme leader for inciting violence after his tweet about taking revenge....oh no wait his account it still active.

Hypocrisy much!

Your wait is over

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55765516

A Twitter account linked to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has posted what appears to be a call for an attack on Donald Trump in revenge for last year's killing of its top military commander, Gen Qasem Soleimani.
The post features a depiction of a man resembling the former US president playing golf in the shadow of a warplane or large drone.
"Vengeance is inevitable," it reads.
The social media giant has now suspended the account - @khamenei_site.
Twitter said the account had violated its rules and it directed readers to a list of prohibited acts, including threatening violence.

With thanks to @AcrossthePond55 , who quite correctly stated that the Na Na Na Na Hey Hey-ey Goodbye link was too good not to share.

@AcrossthePond55

Retired Gen Lloyd Austin confirmed as Sect'y of Defense. The 1st African American to hold that position.

I suspect he only got the job because they've run out of space for ribbons ...

CNN refers to Biden's 1st days as 'Radical Normality'. True words!

www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/politics/joe-biden-donald-trump-jen-psaki/index.html

[quote AcrossthePond55]CNN refers to Biden's 1st days as 'Radical Normality'. True words!

www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/politics/joe-biden-donald-trump-jen-psaki/index.html[/quote]
Normalcy ?

They're all mRNA vaccines, just slightly different in what they're based on.

The Oxford Astrazenica is not an mRNA vaccine - its based on chimpanzee adenovirus - relatively 'old' technology - hence its not as temperature sensitive as the mRNA base which is a 'new' vaccine technology.

Also means the behaviour of the Oxford vaccine might reasonably be expected to be similar to previous vaccines.

[quote Lweji]@lifesabitchandthenyoudie

Biden has previously been accused a being a bit too touchy feely with women, although he seems quite a warm person in general. Some women have reported feeling uncomfortable. And it is really something he should have been more aware of and should avoid.
However, it is the type of accusation that really doesn't go into sexual harassment territory. Certainly nowhere near grab them by the pussy.[/quote]
Yes, but these days when it comes to online whisper campaigns it's hard to tell what's a Me Too rumour and what's a QAnon freak trying to draw you down the rabbit hole.

The problem with that particular on-ramp for the Q-believers is that for the average person who remembers "grab them by the pussy," it's impossible to see why this particular whisper is considered to be even moderately effective. They voted in much worse with Trump.

Just savouring those words.
And don't it feel GOOD!

Ho yes indeedy.

Yes yes, I know all polticians are born to break our hearts, but FOR NOW...

This is lovely...
thegrio.com/2021/01/20/bidens-grandchildren-advice-obama-daughters/

Biden, his GC and Sasha and Malia Obama.

Maisy shared how despite a busy campaign season amid the coronavirus pandemic, her grandfather always made it a habit to maintain frequent communication.

“That’s something that I feel like some people don’t believe when we say that he literally calls, not just, like, one of us every few days,” she remarked. “He calls me, then calls Naomi, then he calls Finn, then he calls Natalie, then he calls Ashley, and then he calls little Hunter.”

DGRossetti
Normalcy ?

That was Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan after WWI and the flu pandemic, wasn't it? "Return to normalcy".

I rather like the older word normality. It seems to fit with stability, somehow.

Thanks, Frankie - got that mixed up in my head.

We can't use any of the mRNA vaccines in the community for our housebound patients because of the temperature and transport issues.

@AskingQuestionsAllTheTime

DGRossetti Normalcy ?

That was Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan after WWI and the flu pandemic, wasn't it? "Return to normalcy".

I rather like the older word normality. It seems to fit with stability, somehow.

I was taught it was FDR in his fireside chats ...

Harding seems to have rediscovered the word and got a bit of stick for it, because people assumed he had invented it and they didn't like it much. It's actually about the same age as "normality", but it hadn't been used much for some time before Harding.

Presumably Roosevelt got it from him?

I don't think that "normalcy" is in the lexicon of British English - we would always say "normality", though we understand "normalcy".

I noticed that Dr. Fauci used "normality" in his latest briefing. He, like a lot of us oldies, was probably taught that "normalcy" is not a word. As anti-pedantic as I try to be, I still can't bring myself to use it.

Oh, Beau does not play fair!

By this time next year I expect to see him with an orange face and a lemon-blond combover.
I think the hideous Cosmo Lavish and his Vetinari fetish has been mentioned on here before.