A posting every day; an interesting idea every three months…
An attorney friend has been a subscriber to the White House mailing list. After receiving her first email from President Biden, she unsubscribed:
If the government wanted to keep a database of people like her, what would the table be called?
Full post, including commentsFrom a woman in her 50s who has spent nearly her entire life in government-funded jobs:
I put an American flag on our front porch. Today’s the first day in years I’ve been proud to be an American.
My response:
“proud to be an American” implies that it is somehow better to be an American than to be something else. Virtually any other country on the planet should be objectively superior as an ID due to having zero Trump voters. Why is it an accomplishment (and therefore the subject of pride) to be “American” rather than to be Nigerian, Laotian, Norwegian, or Bolivian?
From a guy whose paycheck is derived from federal taxpayer funds:
A Maskachusetts suburbanite’s feed:
An MIT graduate’s feed:
Weeping with joy, with relief, with hope.
Three from a Harvard graduate’s feed:
His summary: “This is like my childhood in the USSR. When the new general secretary got appointed, there were tears of joy and dancing in the streets. When can we start asking when children will be let out of cages and reunited with their parents?”
Readers: What are your favorite public expressions of support for America’s new rulers?
An inauguration meme sent by a friend:
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… well, the Washington, D.C. area at least. From the FAA:
It is still possible to go IFR into three airports:
But VFR pilots and those based at GAI, for example, are denied the use of their aircraft during this most joyous of days.
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