Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

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

Donald Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

Everybody saw this coming.

Innocent people do not delay justice.

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

Fight them, without becoming them!

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

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

So many bastards, so little time.

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

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

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

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  4. 4.

    Anonymous At Work

    It’s why my “guest beds” are sacks of rocks and legos.  And the inflatable guest mattress has 3 gaping holes and lots of duct tape covering other parts.

  5. 5.

    Spanky

    Time to make an announcement, Cole.

    “This is the last year that I’m taking visitors!”

  11. 11.

    Suzanne

    Okay, I am slightly salty. A few weeks ago, I recommended this great song (“Something On” by the Tragically Hip) to Mr. Suzanne. He listened to it, and didn’t seem to think much of it. Today, he says, “I heard this AMAZING SONG! It’s by the Tragically Hip, I know you like them, didn’t you play something by them for me a few weeks ago?”. Yep. You guessed it. He “discovered” the song I have known since I was a teenager and he heard this summer.

  14. 14.

    Suzanne

    @geg6: I read on of those “Millennials killed the [insert expensive thing here]” pieces recently, and this one was about Millennials not having guest rooms in their houses. As someone born in 1980, I am not sure if I am a Millennial, but fuck guest rooms, there’s a hotel down the street.

  17. 17.

    geg6

    @Suzanne:

    I am far from a millennial but I am one with them on this.  If I can ever talk John into downsizing, it will be for two bedrooms and one of them will be my office.

  19. 19.

    Ohio Mom

    I finally realized I don’t like house guests. I don’t think I like being a house guest either.

  20. 20.

    divF

    @geg6: We’re the other way around on this. We have space for guests, and are happy to have them. However, we infinitely prefer the comfort and privacy of a hotel room when we visit. It is sometimes a delicate matter to decline hospitality

    ETA: I read somewhere (Phyllis McGinley? Emily Post?) that a good host should spend the night in the guest room periodically, to make sure that it is comfortable.

  21. 21.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    @Suzanne: That’s like my wife who likes to mention our friend who said Obama would be President at some point.  My response is always the same.  “I said Obama would be President during his  2004 convention speech.  You were sitting next to me.  Why don’t you ever mention that?”  Grrr… lol….

  22. 22.

    Villago Delenda Est

    Slip the “Star Wars Holiday Special” in the VCR, Cole.  It worked for Carrie Fisher in clearing out the house.

  25. 25.

    JoyceH

    @Suzanne: ​
     

    I read on of those “Millennials killed the [insert expensive thing here]” pieces recently, and this one was about Millennials not having guest rooms in their houses. As someone born in 1980, I am not sure if I am a Millennial, but fuck guest rooms, there’s a hotel down the street.

    I’m a boomer and a single person with a three bedroom house. One bedroom is the office-library, and the other is theoretically the guest room, but it’s currently hosting about a dozen boxes of miscellaneous clutter I need to sort. But when family visits, they rent rooms – I’m the last hold out who still smokes, and one of them is allergic to cats.

    I refer to the guest room as the ‘music room’ – right now it houses the keyboard, and my long-range plan is to get a good used piano one of these days.

  27. 27.

    frosty

    @Suzanne: Millenials haven’t killed guest rooms. Nobody has a guest room until the kids move out. We have one now.

    Unless you have a spare bedroom you’ve turned into an office and you can fit a sofa bed or futon into it.

  36. 36.

    Suzanne

    @Another Scott: Again, I’m not sure if I’m Gen X or Millennial, but I have the Millennial finances and the Gen X ability/desire to occupy myself alone for hours due to having divorced parents.

  38. 38.

    Another Scott

    @Suzanne:

    ARCGIS.com:

    This web map shows the predominant generations that make up the population of the United States using country to block group geographies. The vintage of the data is 2018.

    The top 3 predominant generations are Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964), Millennials (born 1981-1998), and Generation Z (born 1999-2016). Of these three, the predominant generation of the United States is Millennials.

    Silent and “Greatest”: Before 1945
    Boomer: 1946-1964
    Gen X: 1965-1980
    Millennial: 1981-1998
    Gen Z: 1999-2016
    Gen Alpha: 2017-2034 or so

    (I’m a Boomer, myself.)

    Interesting map.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  39. 39.

    Suzanne

    @Omnes Omnibus: I like (some) people. I just like to share a meal or a cocktail and then go back to my private space and chill afterward. No one needs to see me with bedhead.

  40. 40.

    mrmoshpotato

    @frosty:

    Millenials haven’t killed guest rooms. Nobody has a guest room until the kids move out. We have one now. 

    Haha!  True.

  41. 41.

    Sister Golden Bear

    @Suzanne: 1980 would be the last official birth year of Gen X. Although obviously generational characteristics don’t immediately change at 12:01 am on Jan. 1. Hence the Xennials who span a couple years either side of 1980, and Generation Jones who straddle 1965.

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    MagdaInBlack

    My horror at house-guests stems from in-laws with no boundaries. No, you don’t get to decide my husband and I will give up our bedroom.

  43. 43.

    Seefleur

    @Suzanne: A T-shirt please – With some sort of BJ acknowledgment (and maybe something about the willow tree placement). I would totally buy that and wear it proudly. Just like I wear a DKos t-shirt from the GWB(shrub) days stating “here’s a picture of a cat”…

  45. 45.

    Nora Lenderbee

    Technically a boomer–1962–but I relate more to Gen X. I entered adulthood when Reagan was elected, and I was horrified at how many of my peers were reactionaries. What’s a guest room? My family had four bedrooms and four kids. Visiting cousins or Grandma slept in the family room.

  46. 46.

    evodevo

    @divF: Yes…we run into that when we visit the son’s family/grandkids…we get the spare room, which means a bathroom down the hall which is shared with said grandkids.  I love them, but not at 7am when I need peace and quiet. Would much prefer a motel room WITH A BATHROOM to myself !!!, but son gets all insulted if we don’t stay at their house.  For some reason he also has a thing about us renting a car instead of borrowing one of their two, and I can just imagine trying to deal with the logistics of THAT.  They live in Vegas now, and we are staying the first night in a motel (after our LATE night flight) and not telling him we arrived lol.  How crazy is that?

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