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« Reply #60 on: January 20, 2021, 11:20:57 AM »

So, just out of curiosity, all those planned rallies/riots beginning on the 17th and culminating today - has one of them actually happened, aside from one gun-toting ASS being arrested at a checkpoint two days ago?  Because those were the threats - so, all hot air?
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« Reply #61 on: January 20, 2021, 11:24:58 AM »

So, just out of curiosity, all those planned rallies/riots beginning on the 17th and culminating today - has one of them actually happened, aside from one gun-toting ASS being arrested at a checkpoint two days ago?  Because those were the threats - so, all hot air?

Sure looks that way.  Maybe the outcome of the Capitol riot has all those "patriots" reconsidering going to prison for Trump.
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« Reply #62 on: January 20, 2021, 11:26:48 AM »

Good news from DR DRUXY about SANDY.
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« Reply #63 on: January 20, 2021, 11:27:33 AM »

Barnum did not like Lady Gaga - he hid his head while she sang.....but he came out and danced with Jennifer Lopez.
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« Reply #64 on: January 20, 2021, 11:28:42 AM »

I enjoyed all of the performances and readings except one.....but that's okay.

I also thought I heard JRB say that Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 20, 1963.....but it was probably my hearing....
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« Reply #65 on: January 20, 2021, 12:38:29 PM »

That's why the arrests have been so important. To most of these ASSES it was a game, hence the selfies and all that crap. But there were a few who were more serious, but are they willing to go to jail? And their leader is now gone. Light and sanity, baby.
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« Reply #66 on: January 20, 2021, 12:40:03 PM »

Barnum did not like Lady Gaga - he hid his head while she sang.....but he came out and danced with Jennifer Lopez.

Awww, poor boy.  At least the next song made him happy.
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« Reply #67 on: January 20, 2021, 12:40:12 PM »

Back from Xeroxing pages - I made one final little addition to one speech that I'd thought of yesterday and I liked it so in it went. Listening to the last of Aida, which will be followed by Falstaff, the Bernstein recording. The sound on this remastered Aida is beyond belief. I can only imagine that the Blu-ray Audio is even better.
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« Reply #68 on: January 20, 2021, 12:40:54 PM »

Pulled pork sandwich coming shortly - that's within my calorie count and instead of mac-and-cheese, I'm doing a little Caesar.
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« Reply #69 on: January 20, 2021, 12:55:16 PM »

I enjoyed all of the performances and readings except one.....but that's okay.

I also thought I heard JRB say that Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 20, 1963.....but it was probably my hearing....

Your hearing.  It was January 1st.
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« Reply #70 on: January 20, 2021, 12:57:37 PM »

I just watched the joyous walk to the White House.

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« Reply #71 on: January 20, 2021, 01:05:26 PM »

Aida - tremendous performance and sound. So far, I like this better than Traviata.

That's cool!  But how does it compare to Elton John's Aida?

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« Reply #72 on: January 20, 2021, 01:05:35 PM »

Not political.

I thought this was funny:
https://youtu.be/dLECCmKnrys

That was funny!  I really like Gary Gulman! 
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« Reply #73 on: January 20, 2021, 01:06:02 PM »

DR elmore3003 - you might find this interesting:

1,699 J.S. Bach cantata movements have been hand-catalogued using the Neue Bach-Ausgabe so that they can be browsed by instrumentation and text:

Vocal Music Instrumentation Index:
vmii.org

That's amazing!
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« Reply #74 on: January 20, 2021, 01:06:14 PM »

His most ironic comment? We put the nation in a position it's never been in before.

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« Reply #75 on: January 20, 2021, 01:07:02 PM »

May light and sanity carry the day.

~~~SUPER DITTO!!~~~
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« Reply #76 on: January 20, 2021, 01:07:10 PM »

Sandy is home and doing well.

Great news, Druxy!
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« Reply #77 on: January 20, 2021, 01:07:53 PM »

https://youtu.be/yIpJ_e-8x5o

A song for the occasion.

Absolutely!!  That's the song that I played when Obama was first elected and when Biden won his election! :D
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« Reply #78 on: January 20, 2021, 01:19:06 PM »

https://youtu.be/yIpJ_e-8x5o

A song for the occasion.

Absolutely!!  That's the song that I played when Obama was first elected and when Biden won his election! :D

Yes. Just jubilant. A real roof raiser of joy.
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« Reply #79 on: January 20, 2021, 01:20:22 PM »

The headline says: Trump extended Secret Service protection for 14 members of his family as he left office.

Will they need that behind bars?
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« Reply #80 on: January 20, 2021, 01:42:50 PM »

Pulled pork sandwich was great - a bit soggier than usual so I ate it with a fork.
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« Reply #81 on: January 20, 2021, 01:42:59 PM »

Listening to Falstaff.
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« Reply #82 on: January 20, 2021, 02:03:03 PM »

The headline says: Trump extended Secret Service protection for 14 members of his family as he left office.

Will they need that behind bars?

Maybe...since none of them got pardoned. ;)
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« Reply #83 on: January 20, 2021, 02:13:34 PM »

Pulled pork sandwich was great - a bit soggier than usual so I ate it with a fork.

I like that messiness with pulled pork. That’s how I remember them as a kid. I think Dairy Queen offered them way back when. Pure nostalgia.
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« Reply #84 on: January 20, 2021, 02:13:51 PM »

January 1st.....I typed wrong.....but I mean the year DR JANE....I thought I heard 1963.
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« Reply #85 on: January 20, 2021, 02:21:13 PM »

Enjoying Falstaff. After that it's La Fanciulla del West. Still waiting on Boris Godunov and others. I got a screener of that Trial of the Chicago Seven movie, so I'll watch that today, and I also have a DVD of a modern opera called John Merrick: The Elephant Man by Laurent Petitgirard, the composer of the French Maigret series - love his music so am looking forward to it.
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« Reply #86 on: January 20, 2021, 02:33:46 PM »

January 1st.....I typed wrong.....but I mean the year DR JANE....I thought I heard 1963.

LOL, I didn't notice your year was off by a few ;D
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« Reply #87 on: January 20, 2021, 02:54:25 PM »

Off By a Few is the title of my next something-or-other.
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« Reply #88 on: January 20, 2021, 03:11:10 PM »

Today was the first morning in a very long time I was excited to get up and begin the day. 
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« Reply #89 on: January 20, 2021, 04:05:37 PM »

Inauguration Evening greetings!  We’ve been in front of the TV most of the day, but we just came in from the front porch where we watched the International Space Station zoom across our western sky.
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