Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

People are complicated. Love is not.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

No Justins, No Peace

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

We’re not going back!

Everyone is in a bubble, but some bubbles model reality far better than others!

Fight them, without becoming them!

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

I am pretty sure Katy Tur wasn’t always such a bootlicking sycophant.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

We won’t go back.

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  1. 1.

    demkat620

    Curse you John Cole and Redkitten!

    That babeh is too cute. Now I want one.

    Nope, gotta go. Can’t have baby fever.

  6. 6.

    ColleenMary

    He is so lovely!! Now I want another one. My oldest just turned 13, and believe me, boys are SOOOOO much cuter at SamKitten’s age . . .

  9. 9.

    lamh34

    that is pretty cute.

    have ya’ll seen this video of the twin boys (I think) having what seems to be a REAL conversation in their “twinsie” language.

    My sister’s are twin and my mother is 1 of 10, which includes 3 sets of twins, so I’ve been around twins all my life, but even so, this was cute, but kidna creeped me out too.

    Twin Baby Boys Have In-Depth Discussion

  11. 11.

    LiberalTarian

    Wow. He is growing *so* fast … or maybe it’s just that time flies when you’re old. :)

  13. 13.

    gogol's wife

    He gets a sort of Philip Glass, Steve Reich minimalist thing going there at one point. He’s adorable.

  14. 14.

    soonergrunt

    The pure, unadulterated joy that a toddler finds in the simplest things.
    Simply wonderful!

  15. 15.

    vtr

    We have a tape of our own son Sam plating the same movement of Bartok’s Mikrocosmos. Same age. Never lose that video.

  16. 16.

    vtr

    We have a tape of our own son Sam plating the same movement of Bartok’s Mikrocosmos. Same age. Never lose that video.

  17. 17.

    Joshua Norton

    Poor kid. Stuck playing the lounge again.

    All that’s missing is a big brandy snifter with a dollar bill hanging out of it.

  19. 19.

    Shadow's Mom

    OK, SamKitten is one of the most adorable children on this planet. I feel so much better after watching that.

  27. 27.

    quantum cephalopod

    Do you happen to watch The Simpsons? Samkitten appears to say, “D’oh!”(of Homer fame) at least 2 or 3 times.

    My kind of kid!

    :)

  28. 28.

    FreeAtLast

    Does anyone know why I see Christian pole-dancing instead of SamKitten? Help! I need a dose of baby-cute.

  30. 30.

    aimai

    @lamh34:

    I agree about that film. I loved it. I think they took down the one where the two boys stand on their heads simultaneously. Sam Kitten is adorable. I also love the phase they go through when they try to do things super fast–to surprise you–and they just revel in this sense that they are mastering the world around them. They can evoke a response in you! Its incredible! RedKitten I highly recommend “The Philosophical Baby” by Alison Gopnik. Its an easy read but do read it now. It explains a lot of what you see, developmentally, from zero to bout two and a half. I read it this year and my children are 12 and 14 but it brought it all back and made that experience so much richer.

    aimai

  31. 31.

    PurpleGirl

    Another voice exclaiming how cute Sam is and how big he’s getting.

    I have a feeling I’m going to come back a few times to see the video — it’s a definite antidote to the newer postings and threads.

    Redkitten, thanks for sending this to John to post.

  32. 32.

    RedKitten

    Glad everybody enjoyed it. :) He’s a pretty neat kid. Yesterday he discovered the childhood joy of drawing in the dirt with a stick. I’d forgotten how much fun that was.

    I get a kick out of his look of consternation at the end when he gets his thumb stuck in the keys. And I have no idea what “Dut-doh!” means. It’s not “uh-oh”, ’cause he already knows how to say that. He also says it when the doorbell rings, so I’m thinking that “dut-doh” is his version of “ding-dong”.

  33. 33.

    canuckistani

    What a ham! Kids are great when they’re showing off for the camera.
    That one is, anyway.

  35. 35.

    Svensker

    Awwwww. Squeeze him till he pops for me. My own cutie pie is 6’3″ and he still isn’t wild about getting hugs in public.

  37. 37.

    WaterGirl

    Wow, what a cutie! SamKitten absolutely adores whoever is filming him. When SamKitten flashed his big smile, I found myself smiling right back at him.

  38. 38.

    RedKitten

    That would be me. :) And yeah, the feeling is mutual.

    I was giving him big, wide-eyed smiles to egg him on, but didn’t want to talk and spoil the video. I’m kind of surprised it turned out that well. Normally nowadays when I haul out the camera, he wants to look at it (and by look at it, I mean press every single damn button on the thing while simultaneously smearing his peanut-buttery little paws all over the screen and the lens.)

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