Good news for inauguration

[SCantiGOP]

When the Felon begins his swearing in at noon, the wind chill will be 7 Degrees.
Better than that, wind gusts will be 24-26 mph. Will he cement his hair in place, or look like a fool by wearing a baseball cap to the ceremony?

[MLAA]

1. He'll move it indoors and broadcast on a big screen for any snowflake magats brave enough to brave the cold.

[Ocelot II]

20. He needs to *see* those adoring crowds in front of him,

and so much the better if they're suffering in the cold while they adore him.

[MLAA]

27. And so much better if his rats nest takes flight!

[Trueblue1968]

61. I hope he freezes. Him and his rats nest and tiny penis popcycle

[allegorical oracle]

65. That rat's nest will be hermetically sealed in two inches of lacquer. nt

[MLAA]

94. Maybe all that lacquer will make him actually tip over. I can hope.

[Walleye]

26. Yep

[BoRaGard]

93. Will the republicon draft-dodger whimp out again?

and then whine about how "unfair" everything is?

[spooky3]

2. And it could snow and leave ice. Nt

[Rebl2]

3. Hoping

for freezing rain too. Hope Biden, Clinton, and Obama don’t show up because of bad weather.

[Ocelot II]

4. He'll look like a fool no matter what he wears.

I wouldn't put it past him to wear a red MAGA hat, though. 7F wind chill, 26 MPH winds? Here in MN that's just another normal winter day, but the denizens of DC (and Florida) will find it challenging and miserable and they won't be dressed for it. I won't be watching that shit show, but I hope to see a few clips later of Agent Orange and his entourage shivering and stamping their feet and looking stupid in hats that keep blowing away, and trying to hurry through the ceremonies so they can go inside. Malaria will wear a fugly haute-couture coat intended for 45F or so and she'll be freezing her kidneys off. El Pendejo might be kept a bit warmer by his layers of blubber but OMG what about his hair?

[Nanuke]

5. Great description Ocelot II

[LastDemocratInSC]

54. His hair? A bucket of shellac and a broad brush should take care of that.

[DENVERPOPS]

70. My bet is

that he will at least put his MAGA ball cap on and strut around like a peacock after the swearing in.
I wonder if Vegas is offering betting on whether or not he puts it on, and/or when he puts it on.......

[magicarpet]

86. Pertaining to Malaria's kidneys,...

.... people are saying she has a battery heated bra. This keeps her "kidneys" toasty and warm.

If not properly attended to all that silicone would rapidly freeze solid and then her "kidneys" might well burst. Splattering the inauguration viewing audience with silicone and latex.

Too bad she does not have an over the shoulders wrap around ermine stole, like the British royalty wears. She could wrap that stole around herself tightly and at least contain some of the explosion in the boob blast zone.

Just a thought.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. This makes me smile

[travelingthrulife]

7. Don't tune in to find out!

[Emile]

8. Democrats should follow Michelle Obama's example.

[brush]

9. Two or three cans of hair spray oughta do it. A red maga cap would be inappropriate.

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But you can bet trump isn't gonna leave exposing his bald spots to weather whims.

[allegorical oracle]

71. Dampness + hairspray equals candy apple sticky. Works for me. nt

[question everything]

10. President William Henry Harrison

America’s ninth president barely lasted a month in office. William Henry Harrison wasn’t assassinated like some of our later entries but died in 1841 of an acute illness originally diagnosed as pneumonia.

The longstanding belief was that Harrison fell ill after delivering a nearly two-hour Inaugural Address in wet, freezing-cold weather without a jacket, hat or gloves.

But in 2014, epidemiologists concluded that Harrison’s chief symptoms—fatigue and severe abdominal distress—pointed to typhoid contracted from tainted drinking water.

Harrison wouldn’t be the last president to fall victim to Washington, D.C.’s lack of a sewage system, but he safely holds the title of the shortest-serving American president.

https://www.history.com/news/us-presidents-shortest-terms-oval-office

[SCantiGOP]

12. He lasted a month

Maybe Trump can beat his record. ☠️

[calimary]

58. The only problem with that is, his nutcase VP, J. D. Vance, would move up

into the White House.

And for all we know, he might be even worse. And under such a scenario, he’d be riding a tidal wave of sympathetic public support - at least for awhile.

[Aristus]

64. I think that's a plausible outlook.

However, Vance, whatever cache he has among the below-averages, doesn't have whatever poisonous, corrosive, squalid, malevolent charisma that Trump's supporters respond so feverishly to. You're right; he'll probably have a Der Führer ist Todt honeymoon. But I don't see it lasting long. Every thing that Trump does that his worshippers insist is radical and iconoclastic would just look clumsy and odious if Vance did them. I don't predict the rats will stay on the ship for very long.

[diane in sf]

77. Vance lacks tRump's ability to hypnotize the rubes.

[JI7]

84. Vance would bit be worse than Trump

he has no personal appeal and wouldn't get away with the bs Trump does.

[meow2u3]

98. We'll have to deal with Vance for just 2 years if he assumes the Presidency

unless he has something vile and sinister up his sleeve. Well, he IS in the pockets of white South African oligarchs.

[El Mimbreno]

106. Vance is definitely nuts...

But doesn't seem to have dementia or cognitive decline. At least as far as I can tell.

[LeftInTX]

110. "Superman dies of a cold"....Maybe not much sympathy? Assassinated? Yes! Cold? No!

[róisín_dubh]

13. Great minds...

[barbtries]

16. we've been watching history repeat itself for a while now,

this history could.

[JustAnotherGen]

66. Sewage system

At noon on Monday there's going to be one big one in D.C.

I wish the Magas all the best.

[carpetbagger]

75. With Bob Kennedy, don't rule out typhoid yet.

We're headed into the septic tank for all kinds of goodies.

[Oopsie Daisy]

88. Fingers crossed that this record can be broken soon.

(Thanks for the link and the info. Very interesting.)

[legallyblondeNYC]

100. Same story - LOL!

Isn't it funny that we both thought of the same story! I posted it below. (Sorry - I didn't read the comments first).

Cheers!

[Ping Tung]

11. Maybe, just maybe, there is an occasionally benevolent deity.

If so, Donnie will get his lawyers to sue him for letting Carter into heaven.

[Bird Lady]

45. felonious 45

will never get to the place there is a choice where he goes and it is not up.

[barbtries]

14. who cares

I'm officially on board with spending the entire day pretending it isn't happening.

[Walleye]

28. That's my intention. I might check in here once in a while.

[allegorical oracle]

69. Don't want to hand broadcasters any ratings boost. His lemmings will boost Faux, 'tho. nt

[barbtries]

91. i know my brother will be.

a 77-year-old who never voted at all until TCFSF came along. he'll probably cry with all that pomp and circumstance. will he truly believe that TCFSF believes anything he swears to that day? i don't know, it's hard to imagine anyone believing he intends to fulfill his oath, but with magats who knows.

[Happy Hoosier]

15. May he catch Pneumonia and his days be short.

Hopefully the weather will scare away crowds and get the MAGAts who do come hypothermia.

[Walleye]

29. You can bet he's up-to-date on all his shots. Anti-VAXers not withstanding.

[Happy Hoosier]

34. There's an old con man saying...

Lie to the marks... never to yourself.

[purr-rat beauty]

17. Don't Forget!

He's also holding a NAZI rally the day before to fluff up his inauguration numbers the next day. I'm guessing the weather won't be much better - looks to be warmer but 65% precipitation, so here's hoping it will be a soggy Sunday.

[Wiz Imp]

68. I believe his NAZI rally is indoors.

[milestogo]

18. Oh, but the crowds, they will be bigger than MLK Jr had, bigger than Obama, bigger than Hitler

[BadgerMom]

33. He'll promise to pay people in order to inflate the crowd size.

Then, after they show up in the cold, he’ll stiff ‘em.

[milestogo]

39. He'll pay in a worthless currency.

Or in Ketchup packets stolen from KFC.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

82. Indoor rally on the 19th.

Don't MAGAts LOVE Football? The playoffs are on.

Weather can affect crowd sizes and he rambles on for over an hour. Let them freeze.

[pandr32]

19. He always looks like a fool.

[yardwork]

21. I've been in DC in January.

It's no picnic. I doubt he and Melania will walk the route.

I won't be watching.

[Walleye]

30. One of the coldest times I've ever had was at Obama's 2009 inauguration. As I remember, Joe Biden walked outside.

[CTyankee]

42. WALK? THEM?

Is she even going to BE there?

I wonder how much she is charging for attending, if she does. Does she get paid by the hour or is it a "package deal"?

[lastlib]

47. I think she got paid in kidneys.........

...and an adjustment to the pre-nup.

[ShazzieB]

63. And an added bonus for holding the Bible while he's getting sworn in!

[CTyankee]

67. As it bursts into flames?

[ShazzieB]

76. Well, it didn't last time.

So maybe they've figured out a way to prevent that!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

83. What? The Popemobile isn't available?

No way will tRump and Melania in her Stilettos, walk the parade route.

[kimbutgar]

22. I still want a massive snow storm to cause his magaloon attendees to freeze their butts off!

[2naSalit]

32. And get stuck trying to get there!

Enough snow to keep them from traveling. I would love to see only about a hundred cultists shivering in knee deep snow.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

85. 7 above with winds over 25mph causes minus degree windchills.

Wanna bet many of them will not dress in layers or be fully prepared for the weather.

[WinstonSmith4740]

23. All he has to do to look like a fool...

Is show up.

[Evolve Dammit]

24. "We'll all chip in for a bag of cement" Sir Paul

[Prairie_Seagull]

25. Sounds like "shrinkage" weather.

Bring on the cold.

[DENVERPOPS]

46. LOL, good one !!!!!!!!!!!!!

According to "Stormy" if it was to get any smaller, it would look like he had TWO belly buttons........

I could go on, but I won't. Regardless, nothing I could say or characterize about them would come close to his and other Republican Politicians despicable comments and the every day drivel they spew, non-stop......

And believe me, knowing a lot (of the minority) of Blue Collar Male Dems, there are a TON of utterly foul/disgusting comments floating around, regarding Trumphumper Men and especially the MAGA loud mouth politician women.......... LOL

[surfered]

31. They're already photoshopping a picture of a "huge" crowd

Huge, I tell you. No one has ever had a bigger crowd, people are saying…

[Sedona]

35. Maybe Bernie can lend him some mittens?

[lastlib]

49. Could, but wouldn't.

Let the fat pumpkin freeze.

[wolfie001]

36. Great! Ha Ha

[ShazzieB]

74. Donald Trump vs the Wind

[PCIntern]

37. Yesirree: God is punishing him for

For…for…EVERYTHING.

I’m telling you all here that the Deity is going to bring fire and brimstone upon the wicked. Woe be he who has transgressed the Laws of God and mankind. Already the plague of fires is the warning and soon, on the 20th of the First month, cue the plague of unremitting cold and ice which will descend upon the Capitol. The hordes will flee the evildoer en masse. Justice of the All-Powerful awaits no man’s execution of same. Wait and see my friends…

[Traildogbob]

38. Love it

The wind is why he will not go to Cali. That head nest will need extra very flammable hair glue to not expose his hairless spots. With sparks flying that thing would blow up into a fire tornado in seconds, and threaten another catastrophic out break of wild land fires.
At least I hope the weather would keep the crowd so small he walks off in a ranting fit about it. Then stroke out with disabilities he would have for two decades of misery, so we can all watch.

[SCantiGOP]

40. I remember

when Michael Jackson’s hair caught on fire while filming a Pepsi commercial. He had so much crap on his hair the hot lights caused a few flames.
Would love to see the Orange Blob burn to a cinder.

[milestogo]

44. A lot of hair products are highly flammable.

When I took chem lab in college, I remember them telling us not to use conditioner on our hair because it would make it easier to ignite. Hairspray is really bad.

[DENVERPOPS]

48. Hey SCanti

could you imagine one of those DC-10's dropping a 10,000 gallon load of that Red Slurry on the inauguration podium to put out his hair if it caught fire? Now that would make for a great political cartoon.........

[Traildogbob]

53. 😆😆😆😆

Maybe a Canadian Air tanker could take a side trip back to Canada from Cali for just a little gift from Trudeau.

[DENVERPOPS]

62. Yea,

but load up with something other than the classical slurry or water..........

You can bet the FAA, ATC, and SS have a seriously huge "NO FLY" zone over the entire air space around DC for this event.......

Of course, none of those groups ever talk about the time a private single engine plane crashed his plane into the Clinton Whitehouse...

[electric_blue68]

96. I remember that.

[milestogo]

41. Can't they just spray paint it on?

[DENVERPOPS]

50. Like they do on his face

every morning??????

[milestogo]

52. Yes, orange and yellow

[Magoo48]

43. Please do not diminish our great national pastime equating his ugly MAGAt cap with never "foolish" baseball caps.

[SCantiGOP]

56. Not a slur on baseball

A big slur on a 78 year old man wearing a baseball cap with a business suit cause he is to vain to acknowledge that he is basically bald.
😩

[Magoo48]

59. Just jivin' with ya.

[Talitha]

51. I wouldn't put it past him to demand a heated, bulletproof booth for himself.

As long as he's comfortable, the world can just fuck off.

[calimary]

107. That statement could be on his coat-of-arms, if he ever had one.

“As long as he's comfortable, the world can just fuck off.”

[MiHale]

55. Maybe he'll freeze to death during his 2 hour inaugural rant...

Here’s hoping.

🙏🤞

[MiHale]

57. For all wondering about his hair...

I volunteer to staple them nasty, unruly hairs right to his head. Could work…right?

[Joinfortmill]

72. Rofl

[Blue Owl]

73. When Melaria takes the stage and gazes out at those in attendance, the temps will drop another 10-20 degrees

[FSogol]

78. Trumpy, don't wear a coat like William Henry Harrison!

Real men don't wear coats!

[The Roux Comes First]

79. Are You Certain He Will Relinquish the Golf Course?

[TommieMommy]

80. Hope he freezes 👍

[Wiz Imp]

81. It's still too early to put too much trust in weather forecasts this far out.

In fact, I see some forecasts calling for a 1% chance of precipitation on Monday while others have the chance of snow at 30%. However, it is pretty much guaranteed to be colder than normal for DC (Normal Jan 20 high temp is 45). In 2009 for Obama the noon temp was 28 degrees which is currently the coldest inauguration since Reagan's in 1985 with a noon temperature of 7 degrees.

Cant imagine a very big crowd (despite their claims of 250,000 tickets being requested). The hotels in the area are reported to be waaayyy below capacity meaning not a lot of people are traveling much of a distance to DC for it.

[question everything]

87. I hope that "feeble Joe Biden" will use as excuse to skip it, at least after the searing in.

[Cha]

89. What a fucking

coincidence.

[doc03]

90. I wish it was 8 degrees like in Ohio Monday. Maybe he will talk 3 hours like

Willam Henry Harrison and die in a month.

[Katcat]

92. Shirley you jest

The orange toid will change it to inside.

[Dee0909]

95. Hope it Snows

I do not intend to watch the criminal get sworn in. I am disappointed and disgusted that Joe Biden is going to act like this is perfectly normal when it is not.This man is a criminal and should not be allowed to be in the White House. Hooray for Michelle Obama. This is not business as usual. This will not help our Democracy. He is going to destroy our Democracy. Why don't they understand this?
I hope it snows a foot on Monday in Washington D C

[AverageOldGuy]

97. I'm in rural VA, 2.5 hr drive into the District

While there are slightly different forecasts for Inauguration Day in DC, the consensus is high around 27 deg, winds 10, gusting to 20+, which puts the wind chill in the mid- to low-teens.

I'm 2.5 hour drive out of DC where Potomac River joins Chesapeake Bay and it's colder than a well-digger's ass here. My daughter lives on Capitol Hill, a stone's throw away from the Inauguration Site (and, yes, she's thinking about it) she assures me anyone on the platform will freeze on Monday.

I hauled out my telescope last night when the temp here was 30 with no wind and I could stand it for about 15 minutes and I was done for.

I'm hoping T.... catches pneumonia and doesn't live more than a few hours.

[legallyblondeNYC]

99. Newly-inaugurated president dies of pneumonia....

In 1841, President William Henry Harrison died after only 32 days in office. As I recall from history class, the president wanted to look strong and manly, so despite the cold wind, he refused to wear a winter coat and hat. Then he gave the longest inaugural speech in history — about 2 hours they say. (This is about 3.5x longer than Biden).

Shortly thereafter, he came down with pneumonia and died.

[LeftInTX]

108. They're now saying he died of typhoid from dirty water. And it sounds like he was fine until Mar 24th.

On Wednesday, March 24, 1841, Harrison took his daily morning walk to local markets, without a coat or hat. Despite being caught in a sudden rainstorm, he did not change his wet clothes upon return to the White House.[120] On Friday, March 26, Harrison became ill with cold-like symptoms and sent for his doctor,

The prevailing theory at the time was that his illness had been caused by the bad weather at his inauguration three weeks earlier.[126] Jane McHugh and Philip A. Mackowiak did an analysis in Clinical Infectious Diseases (2014), examining Miller's notes and records showing that the White House water supply was downstream of public sewage, and they concluded that he likely died of septic shock due to "enteric fever" (typhoid or paratyphoid fever).[127][128]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison

We like to think his inauguration brought him down, but it sounds like a Mar 24th rainstorm and possibly sewage was the problem.

Of course, we would like this to happen to Trump, but let's face it, it's 2025!

[legallyblondeNYC]

112. So my beloved high school history teacher ...

was a bit off in his storytelling. ....

Yeah, I like the original version better.... But this updated story does show us the importance of infrastructure.

[LeftInTX]

113. I don't think you graduated in 2014, but I could be wrong.

[elleng]

101. Good. Was too cold, for Reagan (and maybe Nancy) during his, that his was held indoors.

[SCantiGOP]

102. Forecast has been updated

Now 6 degrees at noon instead of 7.
Keep those negative vibes coming.

[samplegirl]

103. There is no good news

About him going in no matter what!
That the man who preached the Bible and live the Bible couldn't even have the flag fly half mast in his honor is taking the oath and putting his had on the Bible one he will probably sign sell makes me sick that our country could re-elect a name calling moron again! I hope God won't let him reign long!

[DownriverDem]

104. Won't know

Won't watch him ever.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

105. Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg to receive a key perk on Inauguration Day

Incoming presidents do not generally want to be seen as rewarding the hyper-wealthy with special political perks. Team Trump apparently doesn’t much care.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/musk-bezos-zuckerberg-receive-key-perk-inauguration-day-rcna187793

What do Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg have in common? They’re all tech industry billionaires with nine-figure net worths that rival the GDPs of many countries. They also hold the top three slots on the Forbes 400 list. And as a political matter, they’ve also spent quite a bit of time — to varying degrees of genuflecting — cozying up to Donald Trump.

Their sycophantic efforts have apparently not gone unnoticed. NBC News reported:

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday, according to an official involved with planning the event. They will have a prominent spot at the ceremony, seated together on the platform with other notable guests, including Trump’s Cabinet nominees and elected officials.

Around the same time as the NBC News report was published, Musk confirmed online that he will, in fact, have a prominent spot at Monday’s inauguration......

As for the larger context, the latest column from The New York Times’ Ezra Klein about the president-elect and his “alliance of oligarchs” continues to ring true.

Trump is now flanked by an alliance of oligarchs led by Elon Musk. The billionaire owners of The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times killed presidential endorsements of Kamala Harris, ABC News (owned by Disney) gave Trump’s “future presidential foundation and museum” $15 million to settle a defamation lawsuit Trump brought, Mark Zuckerberg is refocusing Meta platforms around “free expression” and his company against D.E.I., and Amazon reportedly paid $40 million for Melania Trump’s documentary about herself. Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai and a slew of other chief executives have recently traveled to Mar-a-Lago to dine with Trump. This differs from 2017, when Trump was treated as an aberration to be endured or a malignancy to reject. The billionaires see that the rules have changed. They are signaling their willingness to abide by them.

By playing by these new rules, Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg will receive a special reward on Monday. What additional rewards should they expect in the coming weeks, months and years? Watch this space.

If we are lucky, TFG will give a two hour speech. Hopefully these assholes will all freeze during this event.

[calimary]

109. Those Unholy Three will just be there to check on their "investment".

[LeftInTX]

111. Trump will just cover his freezing ears with bandages!