I feel the need to point out that nothing about this is pathetic.

The display is intended to honor the nearly 400,000 people who have died in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as those unable to attend in person.

In other words, Biden will take his oath of office in front of a graveyard.

I was at the mall yesterday. Well, not the mall, it has been completely fenced off from the riffraff. But I did manage to get this stunning snapshot of a flag.

Kind of makes a person swell with pride.

Hopefully they‘ll let it out of its cage soon. Some exercise would do it good.