What does a BIDEN Presidency look like?

[viper37]

Did Trump end up getting his glorious military sendoff?

Sadly, I think the firing squad is no longer in vogue in the USA

[Josquius]

Beautiful visualisation but depressing

[viper37]

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29O2PE

Biden will recognize Guaido as Venezuela's leader, top diplomat says

By Reuters Staff

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's administration will continue to recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the South American country's president, Anthony Blinken, Biden's nominee for secretary of state, said on Tuesday.

Blinken told members of the U.S. Senate that Biden would seek to "more effectively target" sanctions on the country, which aim to oust President Nicolas Maduro - who retains control of the country. Blinken said the new administration would look at more humanitarian assistance to the country.

Fuck. Can we stop this? I mean I get that Maduro sucks but he just sucks for Venezuela. He poses no threat to us and there are plenty of other terrible regimes out there. Why are we still doing these regime change conflicts? I am so frustrated about this.

Drug cartel.

[Eddie Teach]

Yes, people are living longer and are more active longer. That shouldn't be depressing.

[The Brain]

Man, Lost really is old now.

[The Larch]

Beautiful visualisation but depressing

Why depressing? Because there are millenials old enough to be senators? 

[Grey Fox]

It's depressing if your an X. Most of them couldn't displace their parents.

[Josquius]

Yep. Consider the oldest gen x is now, what?  55?
People 55 and under are the majority of the population.... And they're so massively under-represented.

[The Brain]

Maybe if they didn't play videogames all day they'd get ahead.

[Berkut]

That graph sucks.

Because if you understand what it says, it is really very depressing.

But when you look at it, it is not at all intuitive what it is really telling us. It isn't about the current state, it is about how things have changed.

[crazy canuck]

Yep. Consider the oldest gen x is now, what?  55?
People 55 and under are the majority of the population.... And they're so massively under-represented.

Yep, the Boomers all decided to stick around for a couple more decades - and they called the millennials entitled....

[Savonarola]

Yep. Consider the oldest gen x is now, what?  55?
People 55 and under are the majority of the population.... And they're so massively under-represented.

Truth in advertising; "Senate" means council of elders.

[Eddie Teach]

That graph sucks.

Because if you understand what it says, it is really very depressing.

Not at all. We'll all get our turn, it just comes later due to longer life spans.

[The Brain]

"Wah people live longer and stay healthy longer. DOOOM"

[Sheilbh]

Yes, people are living longer and are more active longer. That shouldn't be depressing.

Maybe. I think that Ben Smith piece in the NYT was very good about the conversations reporters have about how they cover Senators who are physically and mentally ailing (the answer: generally they don't). So it may not be obvious to the public even if it's an open secret in DC.

It's not easy but it's a conversation that seems important in the US given the number of leadership positions held by very old people.