Here is the full text of the letter that Obama left 45. I’d never thought to read it.

Dear Mr. President -

Congratulations on a remarkable run. Millions have placed their hopes in you, and allof us, regardless of party, should hope for expanded prosperity and security during your tenure.

This is a unique office, without a clear blueprint for success, so I don’t know that any advice from me will be particularly helpful. Still, let me offer a few reflections from the past 8 years.

First, we’ve both been blessed, in different ways, with great good fortune. Not everyone is so lucky. It’s up to us to do everything we can (to) build more ladders of success for every child and family that’s willing to work hard.

Second, American leadership in this world really is indispensable. It’s up to us, through action and example, to sustain the international order that’s expanded steadily since the end of the Cold War, and upon which our own wealth and safety depend.

Third, we are just temporary occupants of this office. That makes us guardians of those democratic institutions and traditions – like rule of law, separation of powers, equal protection and civil liberties – that our forebears fought and bled for. Regardless of the push and pull of daily politics, it’s up to us to leave those instruments of our democracy at least as strong as we found them.

And finally, take time, in the rush of events and responsibilities, for friends and family. They’ll get you through the inevitable rough patches.

Michelle and I wish you and Melania the very best as you embark on this great adventure, and know that we stand ready to help in any ways which we can.

Good luck and Godspeed,

BO

A few notes:

Obama forecast 45s disregard for “rule of law, separation of powers, equal protection and civil liberties”. He KNEW 45 would fuck that up.

The role all Presidents, since Reagan, have played in “sustain[ing] the international order that’s expanded steadily since the end of the Cold War, and upon which our own wealth and safety depend” is a warning about fomenting or courting instability. It is also a tacit admission of the Military-Industrial complex and its attendant supports in entertainment, energy, and finance that projects American values and superiority worldwide. He KNEW 45 would fuck that up, too.

Finally, and from the start of the letter, “we’ve both been blessed… Not everyone is so lucky” is a reminder that the office is meant to support the less fortunate. We all KNEW 45 would fuck that up.

And instrumentals.

Yes. Almost every time.

A straight rainbow IS queer.

In Korean, “Hahaha” sounds more like “kh- kh- kh-”, represented by, “ㅋㅋㅋ”

Wait, maybe the justices just gave Biden the authority to do just that.

…

Naw. See, if he did, that’d delegitimize the presidency and cause a constitutional crisis.

But, if a Republican President does it, it’s an exercise in upholding American freedom and the true authority of the office. See the difference?

Viewed. Thought it’d be even more catastrophic.

That’s the one. I’m holding off on watching the ending. After I see it, this meme will be broken for me.

I’ll finish watching the dishes, and then I’ll view the ending.

If it’s alive and not a plant, not a fungus, and not a single-celled organism, it is probably an animal.

The Long Kiss Goodnight is a pretty straightforward action movie from 1996 starring Geena Davis in the lead. Samuel L. Jackson co-stars.

Working backward from there:

La Femme Nikita (1990) and the American remake Point of No Return (1994)

Foxy Brown (1974) and Coffy (1973) are offerings from the blaxploitation angle.

Cellular respiration, the Krebs cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, citric acid cycle, glycolysis… I miss having these processes in my head. I was such a biology nerd once.

Aw. Name more of the chaebols.

Samsung

KIA

Daewoo

Hyundai

SK

LG

Lotte

I would watch this in an instant. Sisko is, by a wide margin, my favourite Star Trek Captain.

A frontier, postwar Commander. A broken space station.

A crew that actively hates, seeks to misunderstand, and undermine each other.

Oh, and the first stable wormhole/celestial temple of the TimeLords.

Then, a war against a vastly superior force of the ultimate spies.

He takes on the whole impossible thing and makes everyone he meets better people.

A student of history, betrayed by the only woman he loved after the the death of his wife, a single father, a mentor, a detective, and a builder.

Sisko is absolutely amazing. Picard, what, came back from being Borg and lived a lifetime in a few minutes once?

Reminds me of El Salvadoran prisoners.