Light turnout for Trump inauguration

Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/01/20/light-turnout-for-trump-inaugu.html

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“White turnout for Trump inauguration” is also an acceptable headline.

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I hear there is more people in DC for the free weed then to see the orange monster http://www.salon.com/2017/01/20/d-c-s-free-marijuana-giveaway-may-be-more-popular-than-donald-trumps-inauguration/

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It was also drizzling, rainy, not exactly pleasant weather.

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I thought this was going to be a suggestion that we turn out our lights. I’m avoiding all TV coverage but, hey, sure, if turning off the lights would help I’ll do that too.

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Well, thanks for trying to cheer me up, Ad Networks?

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Someone was allowed to fly a drone in DC on Inauguration Day? That’s shocking!

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Yes, that explains it.

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Weird, because the Canadian broadcasters called the weather “almost perfect”.

Maybe Trump is just wildly unpopular.

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I’ve lost the will to make “but that’s just a Canadian’s polite way of saying [horrible thing]” jokes…

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OTOH, it was much warmer than in 2009.

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Photo taken from the top of the Washington monument…You know the only tall building in DC.

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It would be helpful to show the same frame for both pictures. The attendance may well have been light–but it’s hard to compare since the right frame shows about 1/16th of the left frame.

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I hope the DC transit authority updates this info with today’s statistics:

Ridership on Obama’s Inauguration Day

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That’s how the news programs are told to do it: have the frame be filled, no matter how far you have to zoom in or out. If the framing on the right is only “1/16th” of the left frame, that tells us that the crowds are significantly smaller.

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Instead of watching the inauguration I just watched the state of the union speech from Idiocracy.

ETA: I am wearing my Brawndo t-shirt today.

https://www.spreadshirt.com/brawndo+t-shirt-A107218127?productType=210&color=34C64B&appearance=259&view=1

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Well, there is also the Old Post Office’s tower. Which used to be publicly accessible – until it was sold to become the Trump Hotel.

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Yeah, bad weather is totally why.

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PEDANT ALERT

Leased, not sold.

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