You gotta love the surprise gift Pres. Biden left for Donnie on the way out the door….
A delightful – and very appropriate – redecoration of the White House:
And then we need to thank Melania for the yuks that hat of hers provided:
But it turns out Melania was a step ahead in her planning when Donnie was only able to give her an “Air Kiss” because of that Hamburglar wide brim:
Way to go Melania! Got any more tricks up your sleeves?
1946 — Wedding
1977 — Inauguration
1977 — Oval Office
1978 — Fishing
1980 — Official Presidential Portrait
1992 — Habitat for Humanity
1993 — Woodworker — His Chess Set
1994 — His Faith
2002 — Nobel Peace Prize
2013 — Celebrating MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech
2018 — Taking a Walk with Rosalynn
2019 — Injured but Still Working
2021 — 75th Anniversary
2023 — Rosalynn’s Funeral
Time just got away from me. But I had worked on a post earlier, so rather than waiting until 2025 I’m just going to go ahead and share it.
I was hoping to post it yesterday so I could slip it in as a Boxing Day article – so I’m just going to pretend it’s STILL December 26th.
Boxing Day, a UK holiday tradition celebrated the day after Christmas, was once a day to donate gifts to those in need. But it has now evolved to become a part of Christmas festivities, and an extension for those of us wanting to participate in the PoliticsPlus Holiday Festivities – but got tied up with other things.
To start I created some GIFs of the drone light show employing 4,981 drones to create the Guinness record-breaking holiday display over Mansfield, Texas on November 26, 2023
The spectacular show was created by Sky Elements Drone Shows and UVify, a North Texas-based drone company.
To be honest, I’ll post the YouTube source video – but they make so many cuts and change of speed it was a bit difficult.
(And you might want to kick up the speed in YouTube because the drones tend to move pretty slow in performing their precision aerial display.)
In the same order as the video:
And here’s the source YouTube video:
And I borrowed a Jacquie Lawson Christmas message to add the one word we’re all hoping for:
And it just wouldn’t be Christmas without a reprise of those Caroling Penguins. (That song STILLS makes me chuckle just thinking about it.)
♩ ♪ ♫ ♬
Hark! The Herald Penguins sing:
Please don’t eat our little wings!
Eat a goose down to the bone,
But leave Penguins all alone.
♩ ♪ ♫ ♬
Baby ducks are very sweet,
Tastier than Penguin meat.
If we’re carried in your store,
Please, don’t shop there anymore!
…
Thanksgiving is almost universally viewed as a joyous, uplifting time for sharing with family and friends.
Take a guess who does NOT share that view?
You can easily tell from the tone of his Thanksgiving “greeting”:
Here’s a link to the above which includes a link to the “Truth Social” posting of it … if you dare.
Trump’s ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ Message Takes A Very Divisive Turn | HuffPost Latest News
Now, compare that to Pres. Biden’s Greetings:
This Thanksgiving, as families, friends, and loved ones gather in gratitude, may we all celebrate the many blessings of our great Nation.
Thanksgiving is at the heart of America’s spirit of gratitude — of finding light in times of both joy and strife. The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving to honor a successful harvest, made possible by the generosity and kindness of the Wampanoag people. On the way to Valley Forge, as General George Washington and his troops continued the fierce struggle for our Nation’s independence, they found a moment for Thanksgiving. And amid the fight to preserve our Union during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln established Thanksgiving as a national holiday, finding gratitude in the courage of the American people who sacrifice so much for our country.
We are a good Nation because we are a good people. The First Lady and I remain inspired by the everyday Americans who lift this country up and push us forward. Today, so many are among their family and friends, celebrating the love that binds them and creating new traditions that will carry on for generations. To anyone with an empty seat at the dinner table, grieving the loss of a loved one, the First Lady and I hold you in our hearts and prayers.
America is a Nation of promise and possibilities — and that is because, every day, ordinary Americans are doing extraordinary things. Our service members and veterans have given all, risked all, and dared all to keep our Nation free. Our first responders, firefighters, and police officers risk their lives every day to keep the rest of us safe. I can see the best of America in them and in our workers and union leaders, public servants and teachers, doctors and scientists, and all who give their heart and soul to ensuring people are treated with dignity and respect. And I find hope in our Nation’s families, who sacrifice so much to achieve the American Dream and build a future worthy of our highest aspirations.
This Thanksgiving — the last one I will declare as President — I express my gratitude to the American people. Serving as President has been the honor of a lifetime. America is the greatest country on Earth, and there is so much to be grateful for. May we celebrate all that unites us — because there is nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Thursday, November 28, 2024, as a National Day of Thanksgiving. I encourage the people of the United States of America to join together and give thanks for the friends, neighbors, family members, and communities who have supported each other over the past year in a reflection of goodwill and unity.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.
A Proclamation on Thanksgiving Day, 2024 | The White House
But I don’t want to leave you with a bad taste in your mouth – especially not on a day when food plays such a pivotal role.
So how about some fun Thanksgiving GIFs including Snoopy and Julia Child doing her annual “Dancing Turkey” rendition?
One to honor the Macy’s Day Parade …
And one in honor of our beloved TomCat …
In the 1972 movie version of Cabaret there was a chilling, frightening scene where a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Hitler Youth stands up and starts singing “Tomorrow Belongs to Me”.
Yesterday that scene immediately came to mind:
And I’m the old man shaking my head …
I’ve had it with the Right-Wing press. They demand NO information on TFG’s policies but are obsessed with constantly badgering Kamala about hers – which have been thoroughly detailed.
Biden’s “gaffe” of saying Trumpkins’ values are “garbage” was good for TWO DAYS as the LEAD story over at NBC by Garratt Haake.
But TFG can call Americans “scum” “vermin” “the enemy within” etc. – and the MSM sane-washes him as “It’s just Trump being Trump. Whaddaya going to do?”
Biden’s gait has slowed down and the MSM concludes he’s too old to be president.
But Trump puts on a full display of his neurological or age-related fumbling, and you get bupkis from them for coverage.
So to correct that oversight, let’s enjoy TFG trying to get into his garbage truck yesterday in his failed effort to mock Biden:
I have an easy restorative tonic for you.
This interactive map at WaPo shows the number of donors for (Biden)-Harris v Trump by Zip Code and the aggregate donation for that Zip Code.
See how your neighborhood is giving to Harris and Trump – Washington Post
On August 28, 2014, Pres. Obama held a live press conference about the situation regarding ISIS in Syria in which he discussed the prospect of escalating the U.S. military response.
But that was NOT what the media decided was the biggest issue. It was the fact that our nation’s first Black President wore a tan suit.
And the headlines had a field day with his sartorial selection:
Personally, I thought he looked quite debonair — like someone who could have easily come straight from a GQ magazine shoot.
And it’s been the consensus that VP Kamala Harris gave a playful nod to Obama’s “scandal” when she wore her own Chloé tan suit at the DNC.
Either way, it underlines the concern of how the media can steer a conversation into the trivial.
So, we’re going to need keep our “Eyes on the Prize!”. We’ve got work to do!