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Women's March the next day.

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Denny Crane said:
The density of the crowd is clearly different in the real pictures. The crowd does extend to the Washington monument.

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Putting on my Remote Sensing hat: That low oblique perspective makes it awfully hard to accurately analyze anything. Basically, density can look greater than it really is because of foreshortening. If you have a higher resolution shot then I might be able to tease out the crowds farthest away from the lectern.
 
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This is Clinton 1993, claimed to be 800,000.

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It looks to me Trump had a much larger crowd than Clinton's 800,000.
 
Denny Crane said:
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I can still see "white space" behind the closest knot of people on the other side of the river, beyond that it's very difficult to tell. There might be a few more people, but timestamps would be the only way to know for sure how it compares to the high oblique images that got circulated.
 
Like I said, I'm not saying he had the biggest crowd ever. But it's not what the media is saying it was, by a LOT.
 
Nikolokolus said:
I can still see "white space" behind the closest knot of people on the other side of the river, beyond that it's very difficult to tell. There might be a few more people, but timestamps would be the only way to know for sure how it compares to the high oblique images that got circulated.
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Yes, time stamps, or the candidate on stage.
 
Denny Crane said:
The crowd does extend to the Washington monument.
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Really? All the way to the Washington monument? You sure about that? Where exactly do you think the pictures I've been posting were taken from?

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Trump held rallies in stadiums that drew 200,000. He knows what 200,000 looks like.
 
Denny Crane said:
Yes, time stamps, or the candidate on stage.
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Honestly, I don't even care that much about the crowd thing, it's the reaction afterward, and the assertion to begin with that it was "the biggest evah!"
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Really? All the way to the Washington monument? You sure about that? Where exactly do you think the pictures I've been posting were taken from?

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I'm sure that picture was taken long before or after the inauguration.
 
Denny Crane said:
I'm sure that picture was taken long before or after the inauguration.
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During. See the video monitors on the right? That's why the crowd is gathered to the right at each video monitor. So they can see what is happening live during the event.

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Denny Crane said:
I agree on that. Trump is acting like he has to justify his legitimacy, for no good reason. He won, he's sworn in.

Newsweek, not Breitbart:

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It's the same shit with the accusation about millions of illegals voting in California. I want to see some evidence. If it's true then that would be the biggest conspiracy to commit fraud in U.S. history. The only difference being, that opposed to claims about the size of an audience, there is a real potential harm to be done to the faith in our institutions, by making careless accusations.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Found them.

Look on the right side, there are giant video screens of Trump giving his inaugural speech.

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This whole thing is silly. I find it fascinating that nobody knows the true numbers. You posted this pic of the screens showing him speaking. Did you notice the people still moving into the area?

These people had to get through security right?

If they are still coming into the picture how is this proof of the number of people there?
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
This whole thing is silly. I find it fascinating that nobody knows the true numbers. You posted this pic of the screens showing him speaking. Did you notice the people still moving into the area?

These people had to get through security right?

If they are still coming into the picture how is this proof of the number of people there?
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Look around the edges of the photo. Where is this supposed crush of people trying to get through security?
 
Nikolokolus said:
It's the same shit with the accusation about millions of illegals voting in California. I want to see some evidence. If it's true then that would be the biggest conspiracy to commit fraud in U.S. history. The only difference being, that opposed to claims about the size of an audience, there is a real potential harm to be done to the faith in our institutions, by making careless accusations.
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When they passed the motor voter law in California, it was referred to as one car, one vote.

This is a newer version of the law. The original was in the 1980s

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...immigration-unauthorized-2015oct05-story.html

And I agree he better come up with something legit.
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
This whole thing is silly. I find it fascinating that nobody knows the true numbers. You posted this pic of the screens showing him speaking. Did you notice the people still moving into the area?

These people had to get through security right?

If they are still coming into the picture how is this proof of the number of people there?
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Then post a picture that shows when everyone did get through security. I'm looking and I'm not finding any. If there are any others from that same or very similar vantage point that shows more people I would love to see them.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Then post a picture that shows when everyone did get through security. I'm looking and I'm not finding any. If there are any others from that same or very similar vantage point that shows more people I would love to see them.
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Your photos show no timestamp. They do show 3 large screens with images that don't match. Must be made in America projectors from 30 years ago.
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
I don't even know where security is, I doubt it is right in that picture.
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I'll grant that it's possible, but Sly had a picture above that was even farther pulled back and there just nothing in frame to suggest some massive backup at a checkpoint. Also it stands to reason that there would have been more than one point of entry. Who knows?
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
Ok, this is like the JFK thing. Are we going to get a Trump inauguration movie in 20 years?
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Denny said the comparison was dishonest.

Denny Crane said:
But this is dishonest:

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I'm trying to figure out what exactly is dishonest about it. I even went and found much higher resolution versions of the picture. I'm not the one coming up with JFK conspiracy theories, you and Denny are. I'm just posting pictures.
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
Your photos show no timestamp. They do show 3 large screens with images that don't match. Must be made in America projectors from 30 years ago.
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Do you have something from the same vantage point that shows a larger crowd?
 
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