Journal 2025-01-20 Monday evening: Inauguration party.

Today wasn't an official off-day at my company, despite it being MLK Day, but I took the day off because I work in Portland and didn't want to have to worry about dealing with a bunch of rent-a-riot idiots. Besides which, it would give me a chance to stay home and watch the inauguration, and then rest up before heading out to the party that our local chapter was throwing tonight.

There is a small chance that my face might end up on local TV; I saw a camera crew from the local news station there. I spotted my friend Kim as she came in, and I raised my right hand to wave at her; "I gotta be careful when I do that," I quipped, "'cuz we've got the media here!" Kim got the joke and laughed.

(In case you somehow missed it, Elon Musk gave a speech and said "my heart goes out to all of you!" - putting his right hand over his heart, then extending it into the air - and now the media are falling all over themselves pretending to think he was giving a Nazi salute. I tend to agree with Stephen Green at Instapundit [ https://instapundit.com/697456/ ]: "This was bait so Elon can sue a lot of people for libel and bankrupt them. But hey, you’d have to be super rich and super smart to set a trap like that. . ." The media, who are not super smart, literally did nazi that coming.)

This episode will likely be another entry under the column of anti-Semitism vs. "anti-Semitism" which I've written about previously.

Anti-Semites and "anti-Semites"
https://asher63.livejournal.com/841995.html

Elon Musk and "anti-Semitism"
https://asher63.livejournal.com/870277.html

Anyway, I didn't stay late, but the party was fun. It was a sold-out house and I saw most of my friends from the political community. There was the obligatory playing of "YMCA" with pantomimed letters and fist-pump Trump dances. I sampled the vegetable platter and chatted with some of my buddies, and headed home. I've got an early workday tomorrow - plus the conservative meetup later this week. [353]

Linkage.

ISRAEL: IDF LAUNCHES OPERATION IN JENIN.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402640
'"The operation has clear objectives: continue to maintain the IDF's freedom of operation in all of Judea and Samaria and to destroy and neutralize terrorist infrastructure and 'ticking time bombs,'" the IDF stated.'

USA: DONALD TRUMP TAKES OFFICE AS 47TH PRESIDENT, REVERSES 78 BIDEN EO'S.
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2025/01/20/trump-rescinds-78-bidens-executive-actions/
'Trump’s executive order covers an array of actions Biden took throughout his term, ranging from nixing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies to the southern border and the climate.'

USA: TRUMP DAY ONE EO'S LISTED - POST MILLENNIAL.
https://thepostmillennial.com/here-are-all-the-executive-orders-trump-signed-on-day-1
'He rescinded the 78 orders that Biden signed that rescinded his orders. He instituted a regulatory freeze to stop government bureaucrats from issuing any new regulations until his administration has control of government and freeze on federal hiring. All federal workers have on Monday been ordered back to work in person in an office building in DC. ...'

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Among President Trump's first official acts of his second term is a pardon for 1500 January 6 protesters arrested and held under the Biden regime. "This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people over the last four years and begins a process of national reconciliation," the proclamation reads. Among those held is a man who served on the Washington County (Oregon) Republican party when I first joined the chapter in 2018. I am eagerly awaiting word of my friend's release and his return to Oregon. [92]