# Inauguration Day follow-along thread -- Woo-hoo! Cue the brass bands & fireworks! **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 20, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958 "2021-01-20T13:10:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/321 "2021-01-21T00:13:41Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > That was quite the stack of exec orders on the resolute desk. And I’d bet money that those binders were not filled with blank papers, just to act as a prop. Problem is, I’d likely get no takers in this crowd. 😁 ETA: And isn’t it a commentary on the age we live in that I or anyone would even consider the idea of those binders being mere props. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/322 "2021-01-21T00:14:39Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I can only hope that a whole bunch of MAGAts are having apoplectic fits right now, or possibly exploding-head syndrome. Sounds like there might be some QAnon are having some doubts. > **[QAnon believers grapple with doubt, spin new theories as Trump era ends](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/20/qanon-trump-era-ends/?utm_source=reddit.com)** > > While some QAnon disciples gave way to doubt as Trump's term ended, others doubled down on blind belief or strained to see new coded messages in the Inauguration Day’s events. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/323 "2021-01-21T00:26:35Z")
According to the press conference, Biden and Trudeau will talk on Friday. I believe that there are enough pipelines in Canada and the u.s. that we don’t need another one to go over the ogallala aquifer. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/324 "2021-01-21T00:28:32Z")
> [@tripthicket](#): > > And I’d bet money that those binders were not filled with blank papers, just to act as a prop. Problem is, I’d likely get no takers in this crowd. And he didn’t even use a Sharpie to sign them. He used a pen like a grown-up person. > [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > Sounds like there might be some QAnon are having some doubts. Upset tummies! > **['I'm about to puke': QAnon followers finally sickened by their own toxic sludge](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2010668)** > > Forums of the conspiracy theory known as QAnon went berserk Wednesday as their delusional dreams dissolved into dust while the completely obvious took place: Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Here's what QAnon-ers... ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/325 "2021-01-21T00:30:44Z")
Hey, he’s gotta make it look like he tried! PBS never mentioned, ‘Former president’, ‘his predecessor’, by name! Throughout I think. Loved it! ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/326 "2021-01-21T00:50:59Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Didn’t know that Sousa made phones . Hey! My cousin Jimmy went to Ohio State on a sousaphone scholarship! ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/327 "2021-01-21T00:52:47Z")
> [@SingleMalt](#): > > Black, a Latino, and a Jewish guy walk into a bar. The bartender says, ‘Good afternoon, Senators A black, a south asian and a woman walk into the bar. The bartender says, “Good afternoon, Madame Vice President”. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/328 "2021-01-21T01:04:55Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > According to the press conference, Biden and Trudeau will talk on Friday. I believe that there are enough pipelines in Canada and the u.s. that we don’t need another one to go over the ogallala aquifer. Yes, I heard that. Trudeau was, incidentally, the one who changed the name of the Department of the Environment to “Environment and Climate Change”. His “opposition” to the pipeline is just opportunistic political pandering, and rather disappointing. I also heard that President Biden’s first phone call to a foreign leader will be to Trudeau on Friday. I hope that one of the outcomes of the conversation is an invitation to President Biden to make Canada his first foreign visit, and that Biden accepts, as Obama did. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/329 "2021-01-21T01:15:48Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > And he didn’t even use a Sharpie to sign them. He used a pen like a grown-up person. - He can be trusted with hard, pointed objects. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/330 "2021-01-21T01:22:42Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I can only hope that a whole bunch of MAGAts are having apoplectic fits right now, or possibly exploding-head syndrome. Actually, according to my Facebook feed, all those executive orders have given the MAGA folks their first thing to criticize: “Obviously Biden has no ideas of his own. All he can do is tear down President Trump’s many accomplishments.” ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/331 "2021-01-21T01:29:17Z")
As a personal aside: Prior to the coming of COVID, I would meet up every few months with a bunch of guys I’ve known since Jr. High. We’re a diverse group and on one occasion we were meeting for lunch at a bar/restaurant place. Three of us arrived at the same time and walked in together from the parking lot. All of a sudden I start laughing and one of the other guys says, "What’s so funny?’ I reply, “A white guy, a black guy and a Puerto Rican walk into a bar…and it’s us.” ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/332 "2021-01-21T01:30:30Z")
I’m watching an ABC news panel on the Roku Channel ta - lking about today, and Chris Christie is on it. Huh? Has he been rehabilitated into the mainstream? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/333 "2021-01-21T01:34:59Z")
Chris Christie is abc’s republican guy. Better than cnn who has Santorum as their republican guy. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/334 "2021-01-21T01:53:56Z")
So I’m watching Celebrate America tonight. It’s on CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, BET, and PBS. But guess where it’s not being shown? Faux News, of course. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/335 "2021-01-21T01:55:28Z")
Anyone watching the Tom Hanks Show? It’s really good. Biden is speaking again. He must be exhausted. I’m exhausted, and I haven’t left the house today. Sort of ninja’d. The show is very well done. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/336 "2021-01-21T01:59:19Z")
Yeah, I just peeked in on Fucker Carlson. He’s absolutely absurd. I can’t come up with the words to describe the projection. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/337 "2021-01-21T02:00:16Z")
Things may have gotten dusty during here comes the sun. The sun definitely came out today. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/338 "2021-01-21T02:08:12Z")
It’ll be interesting to see Fox now that their ratings have tanked. There was a moment when they at least seemed to be doing the right thing in terms of their news coverage, but today they basically gutted some of the political news side execs and they’ll probably fire more. I suspect that they will rapidly give up even pretending to be a news organization and follow Newsmax and OANN into the gutter. Trump might not have the brains or acumen to build his own network but he could really pound Murdoch in the balls if he were to sign a contract with Newsmax (which I suspect he’ll do anyway). I wonder how long Bret Baier and Chris Wallace remain with the network, especially since the news division got blatantly called out by Shep Smith yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/339 "2021-01-21T02:20:11Z")
Will someone give Tom hanks a coat?! ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/340 "2021-01-21T02:41:21Z")
The amount of commercials in this Celebriting America shit is absurd. It feels like 70% commercials. Which feels symbolic of… something… and it’s not good. “Okay, America, it’s back to normal, forget about all this nonsense and go back to serving our corporate overlords. Buy buy buy!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958.md?page=18)