Missed the show:as it was getting far past my bedtime.
Now feel I should have made myself a couple of expressos. Oh well. Fell asleep right after Bruce sang.

Lady Gaga sang the best version of the National Anthem I ever heard: no frills, just voice and feeling. And that’s a mighty difficult tune to get right, let alone perfect.

Congratulations, folks. I somehow think (hope?) the stupid move of January 6th will help a lot of people think hard about the direction Trump and the GOP were taking the country. The whole so-called “free world” is relieved and has firmly declared that it will do everything it can to reverse the damage.

Build Back Better is a fine slogan. I hope Biden et.al keeps using it.

Have to admit, I am not a Katy Perry fan but loved the fireworks!

I’m loving this virtual inaugural celebration, too. It’s like the DNC. I just loved Demi Lovato doing “Lovely Day” with people across the country and the Bidens dancing in the White House, while President Biden held his grandchild.

Nice ring, yes.

As a (friendly) foreigner, it’s probably not my place to suggest such a thing, but I’d be hugely impressed if the new congress declared January 20th as a national holiday – to be known as American Restoration Day. Has a nice ring to it, am I right?

One small thing I am very glad about… I will no longer feel the urge to obsessively check FiveThirtyEight.com to make sure Trump’s approval rate stays low and in the hope it goes lower.

Fox is whining about Biden undoing Muslim ban. I wonder if the “secret Muslim” dog whistle \will be coming back.

mlp, I didn’t know that about Lady Gaga. She was terrific.

I missed Wallace’s “best ever” comment but I’d say overall Fox has been OK. There has been a lot of whining about not enough reaching out to Trump supporters – as if Fox has ever gone a single day without demonizing Democrats and as if Trump didn’t do the same.

I am working on a post about some fear mongering.

Tried to watch Fox(not)News but gave up as soon as the talking heads started up. At one point, a man (baer, perhaps) praised the peaceful nature of the transition … without referring to the indisputable fact that Trump did everything he could to prevent precisely that.

Such sins of omission are what riles me up the most whenever I try to watch them.

Ellen, Lady Gaga is a very accomplished singer…but an even better pianist, who attended the Tisch school of music.
She know exactly what she is doing onstage, and how to reach her audience.

Lest it may seem I am giving credit to the execrable Fox, the POS Katie Hill followed Chris immediately with a nasty, whining stream of typical RWNJ bollocks.

OK, America, I have to admit you do pomp and ceremony pretty darned well. With those thousands of flags waving it seemed to me that 400,000 of your compatriots were given pride of place at a perfectly pitched celebration of what must and will be restored. “Best I’ve ever seen”, said Chris Wallace.

I know we are nowhere near out of the woods yet. But I am so glad Trump is gone. I don’t know if any of you noticed (Brian probably did when I edited his posts) but I never used the “P” word before Trump’s name except when I was quoting someone else or referring specifically to the office.

Today, I happily say, “President Joe Biden!!!!”

I had my doubts about Lady Gaga. I thought someone with a more serious stature would have been more appropriate. But she was terrific. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a better rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.

Lady Gaga good!!

Watched Trump’s departure earlier. He can’t help himself … petty and mean-spirited to the bitter end.

Not many people at Trump’s departure but I have no doubt but that the crowd will swell in his memory, becoming the biggest, bestest, mostest crowd ever.

It’s going to take days to get the Whitehouse properly fumigated. If I was Biden, I’d wait a few weeks
before moving in!

Wonderful to see America take out the trash this morning.