Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Republicans cannot even be trusted with their own money.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

When we show up, we win.

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

The revolution will be supervised.

The snowflake in chief appeared visibly frustrated when questioned by a reporter about egg prices.

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

This is dead girl, live boy, a goat, two wetsuits and a dildo territory.  oh, and pink furry handcuffs.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

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On The Road – Holidays When We Were Little – 12/31

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It’s pretty clear that we were all adorable!

?  Thanks to all who sent in their when we were little pics!  ?

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Karen H

“I mostly lurk here, but it’s been so much fun seeing the photos in this series
that I decided to come out of my shell.”

San Antonio, TX

“In 1949, I was 4 and a budding fashion plate in overalls and a plaid shirt.
Evidently my presents were a dollhouse and a record player.
The cat was named Joe.”

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Marvel and her Sisters
Christmas Day in San Diego, CA
1954


Marvel (left), sister Charleen (center), twin (Marsha) right.

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Commenter Sis and her sister in 1964.

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“I’m on the right, and my sister is the baby on the left.
My sister was so wowed by the 2022 calendar that she’s going to check out Balloon Juice and start commenting.”

(Welcome to Balloon Juice, baby sister!  ~WaterGirl)

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frosty and his twin brother!

“This is from my second Christmas.
I think that’s me on the right and my twin brother on the left.
Although it’s hard to tell from this angle.
Note the fence.
Also note we didn’t have any dogs or cats, so draw your own conclusion.”

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Gravie

The entire family often gathered at my grandparents’ glorious old Victorian for Christmas.
PJs and suits were both acceptable.
I am the kid in the front row with the wildly patterned pajamas.

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AliceBlue and her brother, Christmas 1954

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Bonus picture of unfree and siblings just arrived!

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“This is from December 1953, my brothers and I, arranged by age.  I’m the eldest and the only girl.  To me the noteworthy thing about this picture (besides my middle brother’s mohawk) is my youngest brother’s toy.  Yes, those are empty thread spools on a shoestring.  He actually remembers making those for himself, and he did grow up to be a computer engineer.”

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    p.a.

    Ditto fence.  And is that Encyclopedia Brittanica?
    Happy Change Out Your Calendars Day everyone!  If I were king, it wouldn’t be above-the-fold page 1, but I would seriously consider making the New Year start March 1 like the pre-Julian-calendar Romans did.  Space celebrations out a bit, and more daylight for partying (saying this even though I haven’t celebrated the day for years.)

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    Spanky

    Try as I might, the photographic record of my encounters with Santa remain lost, so count yourselves lucky.

    I really enjoyed these, too, so thanks to all who contributed.

    My sister is 73. At the very bottom of the cardboard box that brought her giant teddy bear and forever more held the tree hangings, lying undisturbed for decades, are one or two packs of virgin tinsel.

    I’m a-thinkin’ …

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    frosty

    @p.a.: Yes that’s the family’s encyclopedia. Pretty sure it was the World Book and not the Brittanica though.

    I’m glad you all enjoyed the fence as much as I did. I’m surprised more parents didn’t do the same!

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    J R in WV

    This sure brings back some really old dusty memories. Some of the better xmas presents I got were a Lincoln Logs set, an Erector set, a telescope, a chemistry set…. not all at once, these were a ear apart. We had both grandmas, one was next door a couple of hundred yards down the hill, the other was 7 miles out of town on her tiny farm. I don’t know where all the xmas photos went, we don’t appear to have any, so I guess my brother has them.

    Thanks everyone for sharing your old photo memories with us~!!~

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    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    @p.a.: Yes, my grandparents had a set exactly like that.  I think the EB sold the bookcase along with the set. :-).  It’s a very good solidly built bookcase – I’ve still got it, although the encyclopedia volumes are long gone.

    Boy, it sure was the fashion to put lots of tinsel on the trees in the 40s and 50s!

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