Joe Biden Presidency thread *Please read OP - Threadbanned Users Added 4/5/21*

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briany wrote: »

I guess Trump likes the song, but it wouldn't surprise me if he knew little else of it like the song meaning or cultural significance beyond its use in his campaign.

But it's a bizarre little coda. Such a frivolous song to bookend a highly controversial presidency.

It's always been a joke to Trump.

Baggly

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NSAman wrote: »

Lovely to see thousands of flags representing those that died in the pandemic fluttering in the wind for the inauguration.

Our could it represent those that voted for Biden who had died?

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SEPT 23 1989

Such strange scenes

Faugheen

Ted Cruz should have been told to f*ck right off when he arrived at the door of the Capitol.

The neck of him turning up to this.

Water John

Cruz well knows the contempt Biden has for him, that's enough.

jill_valentine

https://twitter.com/NorahODonnell/status/1351912291890061313

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hotmail.com wrote: »

I'm pointing out the weirdness of religion in American politics. Biden going to mass on the morning of his inauguration during a pandemic underlines this weirdness. It's a tradition for American presidents to do this, it's almost part of the inauguration process, even though America is supposed to have a separated church and state.

All speeches include god and prayer.

Politicians there are afraid to say they aren't religious for fear of losing votes. It's a mad country.

It certainly is. A lot is made of the Bible Belt but ultimately it's an entire country of Bible thumpers.

Even when Bernie was running he had to come up with some religious nonsense saying that faith still shaped his world view or something along those lines.

If you come out as atheist you can head straight home.

Watching sky news coverage. Just heard someone say **** him after Dan Quayle came down the stairs. I’m sure it was Adam Boultons voice

FionnK86

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Watching sky news coverage. Just heard someone say **** him after Dan Quayle came down the stairs. I’m sure it was Adam Boultons voice

Heard that too, he's apologizing saying something about wind :D

FionnK86

FionnK86 wrote: »

Heard that too, he's apologizing saying something about wind :D

Nah, Adam. F ucking windy doesn’t sound like **** him

Overheal

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Watching sky news coverage. Just heard someone say **** him after Dan Quayle came down the stairs. I’m sure it was Adam Boultons voice

Fancy a clip of that

Atlantic Dawn

Overheal wrote: »

Fancy a clip of that

https://twitter.com/jmdllani/status/1351919860335468545?s=19

Dr. Bre

Great day for Ireland

Overheal

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Great day for Ireland

And therefore, the world.

Overheal

Eugene Goodman getting the applause he rightly deserves. Even now he still looks stoic and on sentry.

rossie1977

hotmail.com wrote: »

If Biden accepts gay marriage, abortion, then he doesn't adhere to Catholic beliefs.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54627625

PTH2009

Ms vice president, think she will be president fully in 2 years time

Trump is quite bitter

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Starting to see some light snow come down. Brrr!

The music at these inaugurations is always the highlight. Beautiful stuff.

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Deleted User wrote: »

The music at these inaugurations is always the highlight. Beautiful stuff.

Quite the lift in decorum from 'it's fun to stay at the YMCA'

namloc1980

Trump not attending the inauguration just sums him up, a bitter man with a very fragile ego.

robinph

PTH2009 wrote: »

Ms vice president, think she will be president fully in 2 years time

Trump is quite bitter

Probably depends on a few different things. Biden is only standing for one term and they might decide that giving Harris one year by him stepping down early will improve her chances in 2024.

WrenBoy

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Great day for Ireland

Hows that ?

namloc1980

So at what time do the arrests happen at??

Overheal

namloc1980 wrote: »

Trump not attending the inauguration just sums him up, a bitter man with a very fragile ego.

https://twitter.com/Nigella_Lawson/status/1351838041573351428?s=20

Pairs nicely with a Trump wine made from sour grapes

Dr. Bre

WrenBoy wrote: »

Hows that ?

RTE told me

seamus

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It certainly is. A lot is made of the Bible Belt but ultimately it's an entire country of Bible thumpers.

Even when Bernie was running he had to come up with some religious nonsense saying that faith still shaped his world view or something along those lines.

If you come out as atheist you can head straight home.

A lot of it is in Puritan roots. The Puritans were/are a form of protestant that's particularly interested in Godly, bread-and-water lifestyles. This is why you still have weird attitudes to alcohol in the US - being drunk means you're an alcoholic, you can have a car at 16 but can't drink till 21, etc. As well as other remnants.

The puritans weren't the only group to arrive in North America, but they were the most successful educators and breeders and thus influenced the early development of the US to a massive extent. Influence which can still be widely seen today.

It's why the US has such an intermix of insanely liberal ideas and insanely conservative ones.

At the core of the puritanical message though is God and devotion to God. And no matter how fvcked up an individual is, no matter how many other men they may have tortured and killed, how many women and children they've raped and killed, you will still hear them give devotion to God. In the US, atheists rank somewhere between murderers and peados on the scale of evil. That's how messed up the country is by the early puritans.

PTH2009

I'd say the security at this is surrel. Any run down of the security procedures there?

Thepoet85

PTH2009 wrote:

I'd say the security at this is surrel. Any run down of the security procedures there?

Nice try Donald!!