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SCantiGOP

(14,452 posts)
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:02 PM Jan 2025

Good news for inauguration

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?

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Good news for inauguration (Original Post) SCantiGOP Jan 2025 OP
He'll move it indoors and broadcast on a big screen for any snowflake magats brave enough to brave the cold. MLAA Jan 2025 #1
He needs to *see* those adoring crowds in front of him, Ocelot II Jan 2025 #20
And so much better if his rats nest takes flight! MLAA Jan 2025 #27
I hope he freezes. Him and his rats nest and tiny penis popcycle Trueblue1968 Jan 2025 #61
That rat's nest will be hermetically sealed in two inches of lacquer. nt allegorical oracle Jan 2025 #65
Maybe all that lacquer will make him actually tip over. I can hope. MLAA Jan 2025 #94
Yep Walleye Jan 2025 #26
Will the republicon draft-dodger whimp out again? BoRaGard Jan 2025 #93
And it could snow and leave ice. Nt spooky3 Jan 2025 #2
Hoping Rebl2 Jan 2025 #3
He'll look like a fool no matter what he wears. Ocelot II Jan 2025 #4
Great description Ocelot II Nanuke Jan 2025 #5
His hair? A bucket of shellac and a broad brush should take care of that. LastDemocratInSC Jan 2025 #54
My bet is DENVERPOPS Jan 2025 #70
Pertaining to Malaria's kidneys,... magicarpet Jan 2025 #86
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #6
Don't tune in to find out! travelingthrulife Jan 2025 #7
Democrats should follow Michelle Obama's example. Emile Jan 2025 #8
Two or three cans of hair spray oughta do it. A red maga cap would be inappropriate. brush Jan 2025 #9
Dampness + hairspray equals candy apple sticky. Works for me. nt allegorical oracle Jan 2025 #71
President William Henry Harrison question everything Jan 2025 #10
He lasted a month SCantiGOP Jan 2025 #12
The only problem with that is, his nutcase VP, J. D. Vance, would move up calimary Jan 2025 #58
This message was self-deleted by its author Marthe48 Jan 2025 #60
I think that's a plausible outlook. Aristus Jan 2025 #64
Vance lacks tRump's ability to hypnotize the rubes. diane in sf Jan 2025 #77
Vance would bit be worse than Trump JI7 Jan 2025 #84
We'll have to deal with Vance for just 2 years if he assumes the Presidency meow2u3 Jan 2025 #98
Vance is definitely nuts... El Mimbreno Jan 2025 #106
"Superman dies of a cold"....Maybe not much sympathy? Assassinated? Yes! Cold? No! LeftInTX Jan 2025 #110
Great minds... róisín_dubh Jan 2025 #13
we've been watching history repeat itself for a while now, barbtries Jan 2025 #16
Sewage system JustAnotherGen Jan 2025 #66
With Bob Kennedy, don't rule out typhoid yet. carpetbagger Jan 2025 #75
Fingers crossed that this record can be broken soon. Oopsie Daisy Jan 2025 #88
Same story - LOL! legallyblondeNYC Jan 2025 #100
Maybe, just maybe, there is an occasionally benevolent deity. Ping Tung Jan 2025 #11
felonious 45 Bird Lady Jan 2025 #45
who cares barbtries Jan 2025 #14
That's my intention. I might check in here once in a while. Walleye Jan 2025 #28
Don't want to hand broadcasters any ratings boost. His lemmings will boost Faux, 'tho. nt allegorical oracle Jan 2025 #69
i know my brother will be. barbtries Jan 2025 #91
May he catch Pneumonia and his days be short. Happy Hoosier Jan 2025 #15
You can bet he's up-to-date on all his shots. Anti-VAXers not withstanding. Walleye Jan 2025 #29
There's an old con man saying... Happy Hoosier Jan 2025 #34
Don't Forget! purr-rat beauty Jan 2025 #17
I believe his NAZI rally is indoors. Wiz Imp Jan 2025 #68
Oh, but the crowds, they will be bigger than MLK Jr had, bigger than Obama, bigger than Hitler milestogo Jan 2025 #18
He'll promise to pay people in order to inflate the crowd size. BadgerMom Jan 2025 #33
He'll pay in a worthless currency. milestogo Jan 2025 #39
Indoor rally on the 19th. ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2025 #82
He always looks like a fool. pandr32 Jan 2025 #19
I've been in DC in January. yardwork Jan 2025 #21
One of the coldest times I've ever had was at Obama's 2009 inauguration. As I remember, Joe Biden walked outside. Walleye Jan 2025 #30
WALK? THEM? CTyankee Jan 2025 #42
I think she got paid in kidneys......... lastlib Jan 2025 #47
And an added bonus for holding the Bible while he's getting sworn in! ShazzieB Jan 2025 #63
As it bursts into flames? CTyankee Jan 2025 #67
Well, it didn't last time. ShazzieB Jan 2025 #76
What? The Popemobile isn't available? ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2025 #83
I still want a massive snow storm to cause his magaloon attendees to freeze their butts off! kimbutgar Jan 2025 #22
And get stuck trying to get there! 2naSalit Jan 2025 #32
7 above with winds over 25mph causes minus degree windchills. ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2025 #85
All he has to do to look like a fool... WinstonSmith4740 Jan 2025 #23
"We'll all chip in for a bag of cement" Sir Paul Evolve Dammit Jan 2025 #24
Sounds like "shrinkage" weather. Prairie_Seagull Jan 2025 #25
LOL, good one !!!!!!!!!!!!! DENVERPOPS Jan 2025 #46
They're already photoshopping a picture of a "huge" crowd surfered Jan 2025 #31
Maybe Bernie can lend him some mittens? Sedona Jan 2025 #35
Could, but wouldn't. lastlib Jan 2025 #49
Great! Ha Ha wolfie001 Jan 2025 #36
Donald Trump vs the Wind ShazzieB Jan 2025 #74
Yesirree: God is punishing him for PCIntern Jan 2025 #37
Love it Traildogbob Jan 2025 #38
I remember SCantiGOP Jan 2025 #40
A lot of hair products are highly flammable. milestogo Jan 2025 #44
Hey SCanti DENVERPOPS Jan 2025 #48
😆😆😆😆 Traildogbob Jan 2025 #53
Yea, DENVERPOPS Jan 2025 #62
I remember that. electric_blue68 Jan 2025 #96
Can't they just spray paint it on? milestogo Jan 2025 #41
Like they do on his face DENVERPOPS Jan 2025 #50
Yes, orange and yellow milestogo Jan 2025 #52
Please do not diminish our great national pastime equating his ugly MAGAt cap with never "foolish" baseball caps. Magoo48 Jan 2025 #43
Not a slur on baseball SCantiGOP Jan 2025 #56
Just jivin' with ya. Magoo48 Jan 2025 #59
I wouldn't put it past him to demand a heated, bulletproof booth for himself. Talitha Jan 2025 #51
That statement could be on his coat-of-arms, if he ever had one. calimary Jan 2025 #107
Maybe he'll freeze to death during his 2 hour inaugural rant... MiHale Jan 2025 #55
For all wondering about his hair... MiHale Jan 2025 #57
Rofl Joinfortmill Jan 2025 #72
When Melaria takes the stage and gazes out at those in attendance, the temps will drop another 10-20 degrees Blue Owl Jan 2025 #73
Trumpy, don't wear a coat like William Henry Harrison! FSogol Jan 2025 #78
Are You Certain He Will Relinquish the Golf Course? The Roux Comes First Jan 2025 #79
Hope he freezes 👍 TommieMommy Jan 2025 #80
It's still too early to put too much trust in weather forecasts this far out. Wiz Imp Jan 2025 #81
I hope that "feeble Joe Biden" will use as excuse to skip it, at least after the searing in. question everything Jan 2025 #87
What a fucking Cha Jan 2025 #89
I wish it was 8 degrees like in Ohio Monday. Maybe he will talk 3 hours like doc03 Jan 2025 #90
Shirley you jest Katcat Jan 2025 #92
Hope it Snows Dee0909 Jan 2025 #95
I'm in rural VA, 2.5 hr drive into the District AverageOldGuy Jan 2025 #97
Newly-inaugurated president dies of pneumonia.... legallyblondeNYC Jan 2025 #99
They're now saying he died of typhoid from dirty water. And it sounds like he was fine until Mar 24th. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #108
So my beloved high school history teacher ... legallyblondeNYC Jan 2025 #112
I don't think you graduated in 2014, but I could be wrong. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #113
Good. Was too cold, for Reagan (and maybe Nancy) during his, that his was held indoors. elleng Jan 2025 #101
Forecast has been updated SCantiGOP Jan 2025 #102
There is no good news samplegirl Jan 2025 #103
Won't know DownriverDem Jan 2025 #104
Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg to receive a key perk on Inauguration Day LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #105
Those Unholy Three will just be there to check on their "investment". calimary Jan 2025 #109
Trump will just cover his freezing ears with bandages! LeftInTX Jan 2025 #111

MLAA

(19,200 posts)
1. He'll move it indoors and broadcast on a big screen for any snowflake magats brave enough to brave the cold.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:05 PM
Jan 2025

Ocelot II

(124,669 posts)
20. He needs to *see* those adoring crowds in front of him,
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:52 PM
Jan 2025

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

BoRaGard

(5,333 posts)
93. Will the republicon draft-dodger whimp out again?
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 07:28 PM
Jan 2025

and then whine about how "unfair" everything is?

Rebl2

(16,285 posts)
3. Hoping
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:07 PM
Jan 2025

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

Ocelot II

(124,669 posts)
4. He'll look like a fool no matter what he wears.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:10 PM
Jan 2025

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?

DENVERPOPS

(12,092 posts)
70. My bet is
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 03:40 PM
Jan 2025

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

(18,167 posts)
86. Pertaining to Malaria's kidneys,...
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 04:38 PM
Jan 2025

.... 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.


brush

(59,795 posts)
9. Two or three cans of hair spray oughta do it. A red maga cap would be inappropriate.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:16 PM
Jan 2025

Last edited Wed Jan 15, 2025, 04:49 PM - Edit history (2)

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

question everything

(50,218 posts)
10. President William Henry Harrison
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:17 PM
Jan 2025

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

calimary

(86,221 posts)
58. The only problem with that is, his nutcase VP, J. D. Vance, would move up
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:59 PM
Jan 2025

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.

Response to calimary (Reply #58)

Aristus

(69,898 posts)
64. I think that's a plausible outlook.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 03:29 PM
Jan 2025

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.

JI7

(91,859 posts)
84. Vance would bit be worse than Trump
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 04:16 PM
Jan 2025

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

meow2u3

(25,151 posts)
98. We'll have to deal with Vance for just 2 years if he assumes the Presidency
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 09:03 PM
Jan 2025

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

El Mimbreno

(799 posts)
106. Vance is definitely nuts...
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 12:41 PM
Jan 2025

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

JustAnotherGen

(34,907 posts)
66. Sewage system
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 03:33 PM
Jan 2025

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

I wish the Magas all the best.

carpetbagger

(5,269 posts)
75. With Bob Kennedy, don't rule out typhoid yet.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 03:54 PM
Jan 2025

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

Oopsie Daisy

(5,734 posts)
88. Fingers crossed that this record can be broken soon.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 04:40 PM
Jan 2025

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

legallyblondeNYC

(91 posts)
100. Same story - LOL!
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 11:22 PM
Jan 2025

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

(2,326 posts)
11. Maybe, just maybe, there is an occasionally benevolent deity.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:19 PM
Jan 2025

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

Bird Lady

(1,992 posts)
45. felonious 45
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:45 PM
Jan 2025

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

barbtries

(30,385 posts)
14. who cares
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:25 PM
Jan 2025

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

barbtries

(30,385 posts)
91. i know my brother will be.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 05:39 PM
Jan 2025

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

(8,915 posts)
15. May he catch Pneumonia and his days be short.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:25 PM
Jan 2025

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

purr-rat beauty

(714 posts)
17. Don't Forget!
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:34 PM
Jan 2025

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.

milestogo

(20,513 posts)
18. Oh, but the crowds, they will be bigger than MLK Jr had, bigger than Obama, bigger than Hitler
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:37 PM
Jan 2025

BadgerMom

(3,193 posts)
33. He'll promise to pay people in order to inflate the crowd size.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:26 PM
Jan 2025

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

ProudMNDemocrat

(19,621 posts)
82. Indoor rally on the 19th.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 04:11 PM
Jan 2025

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.

yardwork

(66,563 posts)
21. I've been in DC in January.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:56 PM
Jan 2025

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

I won't be watching.

Walleye

(40,070 posts)
30. One of the coldest times I've ever had was at Obama's 2009 inauguration. As I remember, Joe Biden walked outside.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:20 PM
Jan 2025

CTyankee

(66,142 posts)
42. WALK? THEM?
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:42 PM
Jan 2025

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"?

ProudMNDemocrat

(19,621 posts)
83. What? The Popemobile isn't available?
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 04:14 PM
Jan 2025

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

kimbutgar

(25,024 posts)
22. I still want a massive snow storm to cause his magaloon attendees to freeze their butts off!
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:04 PM
Jan 2025

2naSalit

(96,803 posts)
32. And get stuck trying to get there!
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:24 PM
Jan 2025

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

ProudMNDemocrat

(19,621 posts)
85. 7 above with winds over 25mph causes minus degree windchills.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 04:16 PM
Jan 2025

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

DENVERPOPS

(12,092 posts)
46. LOL, good one !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:45 PM
Jan 2025

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

(6,625 posts)
31. They're already photoshopping a picture of a "huge" crowd
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:21 PM
Jan 2025

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

PCIntern

(27,325 posts)
37. Yesirree: God is punishing him for
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:35 PM
Jan 2025

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

(11,155 posts)
38. Love it
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:38 PM
Jan 2025

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

(14,452 posts)
40. I remember
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:40 PM
Jan 2025

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

(20,513 posts)
44. A lot of hair products are highly flammable.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:42 PM
Jan 2025

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

(12,092 posts)
48. Hey SCanti
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:50 PM
Jan 2025

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

(11,155 posts)
53. 😆😆😆😆
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:53 PM
Jan 2025

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

DENVERPOPS

(12,092 posts)
62. Yea,
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 03:20 PM
Jan 2025

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...

Magoo48

(6,290 posts)
43. Please do not diminish our great national pastime equating his ugly MAGAt cap with never "foolish" baseball caps.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:42 PM
Jan 2025

SCantiGOP

(14,452 posts)
56. Not a slur on baseball
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:55 PM
Jan 2025

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.
😩

Talitha

(7,538 posts)
51. I wouldn't put it past him to demand a heated, bulletproof booth for himself.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:52 PM
Jan 2025

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

calimary

(86,221 posts)
107. That statement could be on his coat-of-arms, if he ever had one.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 01:23 PM
Jan 2025

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

MiHale

(11,631 posts)
55. Maybe he'll freeze to death during his 2 hour inaugural rant...
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:55 PM
Jan 2025

Here’s hoping.

🙏🤞



MiHale

(11,631 posts)
57. For all wondering about his hair...
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:58 PM
Jan 2025

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

Blue Owl

(56,188 posts)
73. When Melaria takes the stage and gazes out at those in attendance, the temps will drop another 10-20 degrees
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 03:51 PM
Jan 2025

Wiz Imp

(4,951 posts)
81. It's still too early to put too much trust in weather forecasts this far out.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 04:08 PM
Jan 2025

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.

doc03

(37,788 posts)
90. I wish it was 8 degrees like in Ohio Monday. Maybe he will talk 3 hours like
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 05:14 PM
Jan 2025

Willam Henry Harrison and die in a month.

Dee0909

(16 posts)
95. Hope it Snows
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 08:39 PM
Jan 2025

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

(2,577 posts)
97. I'm in rural VA, 2.5 hr drive into the District
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 08:40 PM
Jan 2025

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

(91 posts)
99. Newly-inaugurated president dies of pneumonia....
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 11:20 PM
Jan 2025

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

(32,761 posts)
108. They're now saying he died of typhoid from dirty water. And it sounds like he was fine until Mar 24th.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 01:25 PM
Jan 2025
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

(91 posts)
112. So my beloved high school history teacher ...
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:57 PM
Jan 2025

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.

elleng

(139,408 posts)
101. Good. Was too cold, for Reagan (and maybe Nancy) during his, that his was held indoors.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 11:36 PM
Jan 2025

SCantiGOP

(14,452 posts)
102. Forecast has been updated
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 12:22 AM
Jan 2025

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

samplegirl

(12,940 posts)
103. There is no good news
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:32 AM
Jan 2025

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!

LetMyPeopleVote

(162,888 posts)
105. Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg to receive a key perk on Inauguration Day
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 11:09 AM
Jan 2025

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.
https://bsky.app/profile/joehick58.bsky.social/post/3lfsoyd6bzc2c



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.
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