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Everybody saw this coming.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

A consequence of cucumbers

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Republicans in disarray!

Republicans can’t even be trusted with their own money.

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

This really is a full service blog.

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

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This went well with my coffee this morning:

I lost track of time this week and completely spaced the kindness post. I have no excuses except I worked the holiday and then went on a mid-week hike in RMNP and now I have no idea what day it is.  But here’s a fun little Biden tidbit:

And as we head into football season, I bookmarked this happiness to share at some point:

This is a wide-open thread. Anyone heard anything about Cole’s new kitten?

 

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  8. 8.

    p.a.

    Scrolling through youtube I came across a thing: YA vlog reactions to college acceptance/rejection news.  That’s not what I found interesting about the videos, but the NUMBER of schools these kids are applying to: 20 +/- !  Is this just a product of the ones making videos, or is this now SOP for highschoolers?  Back in my day (when dinosaurs still existed) among people I knew, it was generally 2 reach schools, 2-3 target schools, 2 safe schools.  Maybe I got a false impression back then?

  11. 11.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Ken: They say one bad apple can spoil the barrel. A whole barrel of racist apples would spoil apples for me forever.

  12. 12.

    JCJ

    Don’t know how many Rammstein fans there are around here, but I went to their show last Saturday in Chicago (Soldier Field) – it was quite the spectacle.  If you are a fan it is worth going to see them as they complete their North American stadium tour.

  14. 14.

    oatler

    ABC’s got a window to look out of as they cover the ceremonies…and Chris Christie is there! Earlier in the program they’d gotten his take on the Queen’s passing. He must be the network roustabout.

  16. 16.

    zhena gogolia

    @p.a.: I’m afraid it’s SOP now. Everything is so different (and not in a good way). Their anxiety is through the roof.

  20. 20.

    zhena gogolia

    The tea party clip is so cute.

    I don’t dispute that Hillary is brilliant, but I can’t believe she ad libbed all those. I’m sure she devised the questions, but she probably got a little time to think about it.

  24. 24.

    Matt McIrvin

    @JCJ: Last week we saw They Might Be Giants in Portsmouth, NH.

    In June they tried to return to touring after a two-year absence for the pandemic, and immediately after the very first show in New York City, John Flansburgh’s car got T-boned by a drunk driver and he broke several ribs. So he was out a few months for that, and I’m actually amazed he got back in action as quickly as he did. He’s not quite as hyperactive as he used to be, but it was a fantastic show, two long sets of music (including all of the classic album Flood) and two encores.

    My 16yo daughter, who has been a fan since she was raised on their kids’ music, told me “they dress like YOU.”

  29. 29.

    Matt McIrvin

    @p.a.: Automation makes it easier to apply to a lot of schools than it used to be. For one thing, the done thing seems to be to carefully construct one big college essay that you use for your common application–you’re not banging out different essays with a typewriter on every paper application.

    And the selective schools have gotten far more selective, because they receive so many applications, so kids feel they have to use a massive shotgun approach just to get in somewhere. It’s a vicious cycle, kind of like sending out resumes during the Great Recession.

    My daughter is a high-school junior and we’re just starting to look into the process as it exists today. They’re actually trying to persuade kids NOT to apply to more than 10 schools, and it’s a struggle.

  30. 30.

    Haydnseek

    @Matt McIrvin: Saw them ages ago at the Pantages, a beautiful old theater in Hollywood.  Place was packed.  About half the audience was wearing red fezzes, a fitting tribute to a great band

  31. 31.

    Brachiator

    @p.a.:

    but the NUMBER of schools these kids are applying to: 20 +/- !

    It’s been a long time, but I recall some application fees, or fees for copies of test scores. Does stuff like that still apply?

    Even if no cost, I can’t imagine applying to 20 schools.

  33. 33.

    Paul in KY

    @JCJ: Have heard that Rammstein have one of the best stadium shows going. Glad you got to see them!

    Maybe they’ll come to Louder Than Life someday.

  36. 36.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Haydnseek: The first TMBG show I saw was back in 1990 when they were touring for Flood, in Boulder, Colorado. That was one of the greatest concerts I’ve ever been to, and in those days, it was just the two guys with a drum machine and recorded backing and a lot of weird instruments and props (they got their start in the performance-art scene in New York). They first got a full band on the next tour in ’92.

  40. 40.

    Haydnseek

    @Matt McIrvin: The “Flood” tour was fantastic.  I’m old.  I’ve managed to accumulate a lot of records and seen all the great bands, and “Flood” is in my all-time desert island Top Ten.

  41. 41.

    dnfree

    @p.a.: In my era, or maybe just my location, we applied to an inexpensive state school near home that our parents could afford, and that they could also drive us back and forth to because there was no car going to college with us.

    In those days I had no concept that Harvard or another elite school was that much better than Northern Illinois University, and no concept of the importance of “networking” to future success. We thought we’d go to college and then succeed based on our merits.  HAHAHAHA….

  42. 42.

    Villago Delenda Est

    How is it possible that this kid sent this letter from Portland, OR?  I mean, TFG assures me that the entire city was burned to the ground by antifa and BLM during the summer of 2020.

  43. 43.

    Ken

    @Matt McIrvin: My daughter is a high-school junior and we’re just starting to look into the process as it exists today.

    “OMG you have left it way too late, you should have been sending college application letters when she was in preschool!!!” — Far too many parents

  47. 47.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @WaterGirl: The crucial test is will the kitten and Steve get along?  The dogs I suspect won’t be a problem, but another feline in the house, threatening the ABSOLUTE RULE of Steve might get a bit contentious.

  50. 50.

    MisterForkbeard

    @zhena gogolia: My boy cats are usually slightly tolerant of kittens (though it starts a dominance fight a year or two later), but they’re also usually much angrier about full grown cats.

    My girl kitties have just been generally angry at all newcomers but not to the extent they’ll get into huge fights about it.

  51. 51.

    artem1s

    what? wait, are we talking about a theoretical kitten or an actual real life kitten that needs a forever home? and WHY NO PICTURES! even theoretical kittehs deserve pictures!

  52. 52.

    Ruckus

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    I have noticed that listening to SFB for more than 5 seconds a decade can lower a person’s IQ 10 points, just from the stupid factor that he broadcasts every time he opens his mouth. That is how he got the support level that fucked up this country, he stole the IQ points of conservatives, making them stupider. (Who knew that was possible?) Unfortunately for him his IQ is so extremely low that adding the lost IQ points of his supporters to his actually made him even dumber. (Who knew that conservative IQ points are negative?)

  54. 54.

    Ken

    @artem1s: even theoretical kittehs deserve pictures!

    Can I interest you in my new line of kitteh picture NFTs? All your favorite internet cat pictures, now with a theoretical certificate of ownership that’s stored on the blockchain!!!

  57. 57.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @zhena gogolia: Yeah, good point there.  Her Serene Highness has little tolerance for anyone feline intruding on her realm.  Even fully grown males get the cold shoulder treatment.

  58. 58.

    trollhattan

    @Villago Delenda Est: We went to PDX in June and found several shipping containers and an AM-PM comprise most of downtown now. It also rained.

    I assume the kid lives in one of the shipping containers.

  59. 59.

    trollhattan

    Tea party avec Packers is the most adorable thing I’ve seen all year.

    Ours would pour “tea” for an hour, nonstop. “Tea daddy, tea?”

  62. 62.

    Miss Bianca

    @p.a.: Shoot, I only applied to four colleges myself. Ended up going to my safety school, but since that was the University of Michigan, I didn’t exactly feel deprived.

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