this is fucking awesome: one day after ending his CBS show, Stephen Colbert went to Monroe Michigan and hosted an hour-long talk show on local public access cable.
Since his show has been banished into the dustpan of history, everyone should banish CBS permanently! Perhaps watch the replacement show, jot down its advertisements and banish their products as well…
Awesome picture of you and Ms. Spouse. You sure look happy. Both of you. It’s wonderful to see older couples still in love. I’m 68 and twice divorced. I envy you, Jeff. I did manage to stay friendly with my exes at least. But there’s nothing like a long, loving marriage, in my opinion, speaking as an outsider who never achieved that. 💚
Yes, I lost my husband today and came here to read Jeff because we have something in common now. Jeff, I know how you feel. Take care of yourself. She's still waiting.
While I USED to watch Byron Allen's comics show (much later at night) I won't now because of CBS- even though Stephen even suggested that we do. He's a class act, quite unlike the fuckwit who posted a VILE ai-generated piece of crap showing him coming from behind Stephen, grabbing him by the collar and tossing him into a dustbin. what a jealous, resentful, WHINY little weenie of a man who never grew up. Btw, I've been SO enjoying the photos, but this latest one of Jeff and Claudia during the Pandemic is just too sweet and emotional. I know you must have lost it when you saw that one again - so please do NOT feel you have to post these so precious pictures for us - yet, especially if you're not quite ready. That one hit my heart. the one you took of here in the restaurant made me realize 1) we don't go out to eat often enough and 2) hubby rarely takes photos of me. Not that he doesn't think I look good or at least passable (lol), he just doesn't seem to have an interest in taking photos anymore. He used to - now I'm the one who takes them every chance I get - mostly of the fur-babies, though, although I do include him whenever I can.
You’re right Patrick. What a shame. All that great history down the drain. New broom sweeps clean… and will sweep them right out of existence. What a shame. We’ve seen it a million times: a great restaurant with good food and atmosphere changes hands for some reason and the new owners think they’re smarter than anyone else and decide to save a dollar here and there on ingredients and demand half of the tips etc and bang — no more restaurant. Idiots.
My bad Jstn. I stand corrected. Thank you! (Don’t tell anyone but I pronounce Jeff’s name “Tedrich” which is probably wrong. That’s how my wife has pronounced for years and I accepted without examination. “Tedrich” is “correct” in my head and it will probably stay that way. (Apologies to Jeff!)
As an aside, my parents bought all the Kingston Trio albums and I loved them. I never bothered to learn their names except for maybe Glen Yarborough. Wasn’t he a member or was he from another group? Anyway, they were great.
No worries, my friend. I'll let you know when I stop making mistakes. LOL
Now, a quick music history lesson. Glen Yarborough was never in the Trio. He was the main guy in The Limeliters. The original Kingston Trio was Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane. John joined later the trio when Dave Guard left.
John was my main musical muse growing up (as he was for Lindsey Buckingham, btw) I saw him many times, met him a few. I followed his solo career and only got into the Trio stuff afterwards.
Btw, Dave Guard joined John on stage once, at the Santa Monica Civic, as I recall. They all remained friends in spite of the difficult Trio break up. Hope that was helpful and at least mildly interesting. LOL
I pronounce Tiedrich as Tea-d-rich, btw. Jeff is probably my favorite writer on here. Jonathan Larsen is a super close 2nd.
Thanks Jstn! The Limelighters! That’s right! We had those albums too and Peter Paul And Mary. I also bought their single albums when they came out. It was really cool how they collaborated with the album covers so they matched. What a fabulous era of music the 60’s and 70’s was. Just great stuff.
Thanks for the history! My folks (mom mainly) got me started with folk music and I carried on from there. Cool that you got to meet some of them. Interesting about Lindsey. Great guitarist! Not appreciated for his talent like he should be. Really interesting to learn who the mentors were for the musicians that followed. Also interesting how musicians from different genres melded together to create new genres like country rock. Just a great time for music. Golden years. I guess you could include the 50’s especially the later 50’s. I was born in 53 and didn’t start to follow music till the 60’s. There was so much new music coming out I didn’t think about listening to earlier music. The stations I listened to played the new stuff so that’s what I listened to.
P, P, and M were considered very “cool” back in the day. Mostly due to the common interpretation of “Puff, The Magic Dragon”, which they swore was only a children’s song. LOL
I’m only one year behind you, and yeah, we were so privileged to grown up during that era of music, late 50’s into the early 80’s esp.
Don’t get me started on today’s music. Fortunately, if you view the comments on old songs on YouTube, you see lots of kids have discovered what we grew up with.
As a young active musician in LA, during the 70’s, I could barely leave my house without meeting somebody famous. Literally dozens of musicians and actors, you’d probably know.
I kind of hate when people use the term underrated, but I agree Lindsey is very underrated, except by other guitarists.
Back in the day, my music was “all folked up”, but these days, I’m equally as comfortable playing hard rock and listening to metal. I think that’s because our generations had wide tastes in genres and their blends, because we had radio BROADCASTING, instead of the media NARROWCASTING we have today. Back then, you could hear CCR, followed by the Jackson 5, followed by Broadway musicals, followed by Cream. I think that was a good thing and encouraged open minds.
I wish every other late night host who has been honoring him would invite him to co-host on their show so many times that he still works every single night
I'll bet Colbert has a bunch of projects lined up to keep him busy, stuff he loves. I know one of them is writing an offshoot of The Lord of the Rings with Andy Sertis, who played Gollum. Colbert's a LOTR nerd, as well as a Star Trek nerd. He does the loudspeaker voice on Starfleet Academy. Maybe now that he has more time he'll make guest appearances there.
I wish I could watch Starfleet Academy, but I canceled my Paramount Pus subscription a year ago. They showed the first episode on TV, and it was okay I guess, until watching the final twenty minutes took over an hour with all the stupid ads. This is not how to win back viewers, but they don’t care about that anymore.
In spite of Paramount's shitty politics, my husband and I like their shows and have kept our Paramount+ subscription. It's a bit of a quandary for me, but only a bit.
I can understand why you want to keep that access. I miss my Trek “stories,” despite some of the worst material in the history of the franchise (“Discovery”) and one of my favorite shows in decades (“Lower Decks”) despite its premature cancellation. I hope Starfleet Academy does well, and I look forward to finding some physical media I only have to pay for once. Where I control where the commercials are. There’s also the final season of “Strange New Worlds,” stuck in limbo (shooting wrapped months ago and it has yet to be released, similar to season 4.)
You are free to make your own decisions, that’s one of the beauties of this place, and I’m not going to disagree with you. Heaven knows we all need more things in our lives that bring us joy right now. Have fun!
I guess I'm not terribly discriminating. I like all the Star Trek shows except "Lower Decks". For my husband and me, though, it has to do with all the "NCIS" shows, except the LA one. Plus, we've recently gotten into "Fire Country" and "Sheriff Country," even though Max Theriot is a mediocre actor. I can't understand my own attraction.
I know what the idiot-in-chief is yammering about with refrigerants. This was a 20th century problem. Freon was discovered to be destroying the ozone layer (technically CFCs & HCFCs). Yeah, that layer that keeps harmful solar radiation from reaching the ground. The estimated increase in skin cancer rates was ten fold or something like that. So replacements were mandated and put into A/C & refrigeration manufacturing. The early replacements sucked. But industry kept working on it and found one that worked. Oh! And it wasn’t carcinogenic. Safer for the earth, safer for people. Win-win. Jesus that dumb-fuck is stuck in 1985.
"...“No, no, we were lucky enough to be here for the last 11 years, all right? Can’t take this for granted,” he said. “Though technically our first show in July of 2015 was from a public access station in Monroe, Michigan for an audience of 12 people. Show business being what it is these days, that’s probably where you’ll see me next.”
"And that, apparently, was not just a punchline.
"Exactly 24 hours after Thursday night’s Late Show, at 11:35pm Friday, Colbert popped back up on Only in Monroe, the Monroe, Michigan public-access show he famously commandeered in 2015 while preparing to launch The Late Show. The new appearance, like the first one, was unannounced—a fittingly low-key encore for a host whose CBS run began with one of the strangest pre-debut stunts in late-night history.
"A stunt Colbert reprised on Friday after going off the air in Manhattan.
" “Since I was last here in Monroe, Michigan, I spent 11 years as the primary host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS, which came to an end last night,” Colbert began. “It’s been an excruciating 23 hours without being on TV, so I am grateful to be able to be here on Monroe Community Media before they also get acquired by Paramount.”..."
FYI, Jeff. I had to click on 'view entire message' and in doing so, missed the pictures of Claudia. I really look forward to them. Even though I missed today's, thanks for sharing her with us.
What a beautiful and magical and fun love you and Ms. Spouse shared for decades 💙. I love Our Daily Claudia. And shit that happened while you were busy writing this shit is that the “DOJ” is scrubbing the documentation for the investigation and prosecution of the J6 criminals, including the child predators, and calling the documents “propaganda” in preparation for the process of MAKING SEDITIONISTS INTO MILLIONAIRES. They are also busily dropping the charges for Elmer Stewart Rhodes and other myriad proud boys and oathkeepers and white supremacists. Soon there will be AI slop of white Doctor Jesus H Christ holding all of these criminals in his arms and handing them bags of OUR TAX DOLLARS.
People always look better with long hair. My husband did not agree. However, I now have a small medicine bottle filled with his hair I cut off him on Saturday, the day he died. I just want to say his hair was still a beautiful light brown, the same color it always was, even though he had been 76. His brothers had been so jealous, and convinced it was dyed, because their hair was gray. I can't believe I got through typing this with only tears in my eyes. Be careful to your loved ones.
My husband bought electric hair clippers for me to use on him during Covid. Even after watching a bunch of YouTube videos on how to cut an old man's hair, I still couldn't bring myself to do it and just trimmed it up little bit with scissors. NFW was I letting him touch my hair -- thank Goddess I wear it long.
I did that when we first got married to save money, but I didn't ask her to do it I figured I could do it myself. this was before the age of video but I have a verbatim transcript:
I have cut my husbands hair for years, (and my sons when they were younger) but when the pandemic hit, he was too nervous to cut mine. So I would do the top and sides, and my daughter would do the back. (She is Vet Tech, so yeah not a professional. I heavily guided her, and it looked great! Btw, I am an accountant, not profession either but found some really good you tube videos.
Birth to eight years old, my Dad cut my hair. (He was a licensed Barber). Then my Mom went to hairdressing school, and she was exceptional. Cuts, colors, frosting, perms. But she passed away in 2011. 🥺
I love that picture so much, Jeff. You two look so happy and relaxed. (It was a weird, scary, stressful, but also kind of sweet time of being extra close to our lovies.) And you are rocking that hairdo, we all had the shaggy look going on.
Ended up with long hair for the first time since my teenage years during the pandemic. And ended up keeping it long. Covid made us rethink a lot of things.
I didn't know either, but it turns out it is fairly common. Everyone I told either went through the same thing or knew someone who did. The scariest part was it didn't even start until about 6 weeks after I had Covid, so I didn't connect the two until I went to my primary and asked about it. And of course there's nothing you can do about it, it just stops happening on its own. Fucking Trump, I blame him.
Seriously, how many physical symptoms we've suffered from in the past 10 years can be traced right back to that narcissistic monster? I blame him for 90% of my migraines. Good luck to you and your hair follicles. ❤️
You have such a great head of hair (I'm a woman and I am so jealous). I have loved watching you and Claudia as a young couple together throughout your youth, marriage, Katie, then to an older couple. I just turned 70 this week so I assume we are are not too far apart. It has been beautiful to see. ❤
LIFE IS NOT FAIR that you and your daughter lost this beautiful woman, friend, wife and mother, and for poor Claudia, It's why I don't believe in anything anymore.
Those memes...who the fuck thinks this shit up? Like if there is really is a sentient being out there, it would protect and save Dozy Demented and Todd Blanche. It's hysterical to think of.
Claudia — as you’ve shared with us through these images — seems both genuine and genuinely cool. What a lucky guy you are to have had the chance to share a lifetime with this woman. May her memory continue to be a blessing.
That's what I was gonna say. The families of the three rallygoers who were shot ought to be pissed at this AI bullshit. But they may still be MAGA, so in that case, no.
That's what I always ask about. As if. Meanwhile, it seems that poor actual victim's wife - now widow - claims it was all a Biden plot. So I guess that was what Jesus had in mind all along. Question answered. Swift!
Neal, I didn’t want to do it … but you forced my hand: Jesus is a Trumper. There! I said it. Now everybody knows.
Did you ever wonder why an innocent baby dies for no reason while Atila the Pud just gets a so called grazed ear. The answer is in plain sight. Do you still want that bobble head on your dash and that rosary hanging from your rear view mirror?
There ARE many imitators out there Neal. One just tried to shoot up the White House.
That’s why I love “Life of Brian” so much — it’s on the money.
For some reason I wasn’t into comics much as a kid so was unfamiliar with Mister Mxyzptlk till I just looked it up. My wife is probably familiar with that character
That’s funny Mark. You can also add to your list that he doesn’t like being in places where other people are the center of attention. That is at least partly why he falls asleep when other people are talking — even when it’s his event. When others are talking the attention is on them and not him. His disinterest in others and what they have to say is better than Ambien.
To which Jan, his people will say he will commonly pause to meditate mid sentence because he needs to clear his head to correctly get his messages from God.
Isn’t that incredible Betsy — he can’t even stay awake for the compliments even though they are for him ( again, someone else is talking — how dare they speak— trump is the only one who should be allowed to speak… in his mind)
I'm referring to his disgusting televised cabinet meeting where Trump's sycophants go around the table telling him how wonderful he is. He's dozed during those, too.
lol! Yes, wasn’t that nuts! They were slobbering all over him. Discusting! And he’s like “this is boring, I know I’m awesome…tell me something I don’t know” (as he’s falling asleep). What a creep. Hard to conceive how people stand him let alone like him.
I heard speculation-I totally don’t know-BUT I heard that sex offenders can have a hard time entering the Bahamas so there’s maybe that. I hate unfounded stuff but this is too fun to think about.
He just cannot bring himself to give a toast at the reception (as would be expected) and say nice things about the happy couple. He's doing them a favor by not going.
Thanks, Jeff! Love Claudia’s curly Eighties ‘do and the sweet pandemic pic of you two lovebirds!
I read a comment somewhere this morning that the real reason Dump isn’t attending Junior’s wedding, is that the Bahamas doesn’t allow sex offenders into the country. Anybody else see this?
Quoting Pope Leo in the NYT, "When a reporter on the papal plane returning from a trip to Africa asked him about a controversy over the blessing of gay couples by priests, Leo said: “We tend to think that when the church is talking about morality, that the only issue of morality is sexual. And in reality, I believe there are much greater, more important issues, such as justice, equality, freedom of men and women, freedom of religion, that would all take priority before that particular issue.” Combine that with the Great Society speech Richard Goodwin wrote for Johnson, we have a clear picture of where we need to return America starting this Nov.
Interesting. I looked it up, and it seems that they can deny entry to lawbreakers or sex offenders, but it isn't automatic, and people can get prior approval. I doubt they'd keep out Trump. He'd be likely to drop a bomb on them in retaliation.
I think it's true. According to Google, the Bahamas is one of several countries that don't admit sex offenders. For Trump to apply for an exception, he'd have to admit he was a sex offender, so I'll bet that's the reason. That and an 11:00 tee time.
I'm not sure that's it, but it is funny. I think he just needs to be the center of attention, and is afraid people will only look at rhe bride and groom.
"and made that bullet go all ’splodey." All SPLODEY. 😂😂😂 We're doomed because of all the stupid. It's a cult. And the Dems MUST get their shit together. Firing Ken Martin would be a great first step.
I wanna know why the felon was rushed back to the White House yesterday afternoon? Attention seeking performative BS? Did he have a stroke? Did he die? Almost die? 🤞
Claudia's smile. *sigh. Just wonderful photos. Thanks for sharing them.
Yes! Fire that useless pantload Ken Martin before he can sunder the Dem brand any more than he already has. Ben Wickler was the right person for the job. Who better than the person who led the Dems out of the wilderness in battleground Wisconsin. Maybe he could be persuaded to take the job
a matching trio of feckless Dems: Martin, Schumer, and Jeffries. Just imagine an opposition party that actually had opposed the Donny and the fascists at every turn. Imagine if they had just walked out, or filibustered, or actively opposed Mitch McConnel's court packing schemes. Things might come down to a third party if the Democrats continue this centrist nonsense.
HA! Probably. I want to say they picked Ken Martin because he evidently has fund raising expertise? If that the case, then their priorities are wrong. Create a dynamic, easy to understand message that will resonate... not the same old, tired tropes. THEN go fundraise. But what do I know? I'm thinking of this in strategic advertising terms. I dont know why politics cant be handled in much the same way. 🤦♀️
You’re absolutely right Susan! That’s what the republicans do — and then they repeat that phrase over and over and over until somehow it magically becomes true even when it’s obviously false.
Democrats think it’s stupid to repeat things over and over but that’s what you have to do. Somebody said Fox is “Fake News” which happens to be true. But the democrats didn’t grab that and say it over and over. So trump and the republicans stole it and said the other news outlets were Fake News and said it over and over till people thought it was true and it stuck. Republicans are better at propaganda because it’s their whole schtick. They wallow in it. Democrats are disgusted by it and try to avoid it and so are always playing catchup and reacting to all the lies. In sports, those who play a strategy of reacting to their opponents, instead of proactively planning an attack, almost always end up losing.
To make a long story short, you are absolutely correct. I just like to blather on for some reason. I wish you would volunteer to be our democratic spokesperson. You would be excellent at it!
Also, literal hottest country for him is aspirational, which is why he's so hell bent on getting rid of non-fossil fuels and and all environmental regulations.
What RFK meant is that instead of taking psychiatric meds to get them through their difficulties, young girls short be snorting cocaine off of toilet seats.
I know quite a few adolescent girls and they are just fine. Smart, friendly and interesting. Just maybe, when he is around adolescent girls, he is so creepy is freaks them out.
that puffer fish neck? that's edema. it's worked it's way up from his cankles to his neck/face/eyes.
He was going to spend the weekend at Bedminster, but instead he's in DC. Maybe they are going to try squeezing the fluid out of him, like they did to Violet Beauregard in Willy Wonka.
Jeff, first off thanks so much for your pics, I believe the one where u2 are sitting in your yard posted today is the very best, both of you look so very happy, that brings a smile to everyone IMHO. A subject that you did not cover today is especially disturbing, that being the whitewash of the DOJ and the J6 terrorists.. Blanch does not want any record, any evidence, any facts, any trials to be public anymore. This fact coupled with the Slush Fund to pay terrorists, of which I’m convinced Donald will take his cut, as mob bosses demand. To add salt into this wound we have judicial nominees that are unable to admit that these J6 terrorists are….. terrorists… These methods are precisely what occurs in dictatorships or banana republics… In any Democracy individuals must be held accountable, also if you wish to eliminate empathy as dictatorships are want to do you eliminate Democracy… Best to All this holiday weekend… and if you wish to observe the state of our country, check out photos of our White House, east wing and west wing, the Reflecting Pool… Its a shit show for the world to see…. But we warned our fellow Americans this would happen…
At our national origins, the Founding Fathers, despite being "men of their times" (meaning misogynist, racist slave-owning genocide-advocating land grabbers), did have the foresight to embed the idea of accountability to the voters and the previously sacrosanct Checks and Balances into our system of self-governance. That the other two branches have almost completely caved to this awful excuse of a person is beyond belief, especially in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. The Founders I believe would be apoplectic if they could see how their creation has gone awry. They rejected the English monarchy at risk of their lives only to see us veer back toward authoritarianism. It is even more of an insult that this power grab has come from the conservatives, who repeatedly claim to revere the Constitution and indeed, the worst of the SCOTUS traitors, Alito and Thomas, consider themselves originalists of the Constitution. An infuriating and unironic load of bullshit.
Doc, hey man you nailed with your last line…”an infuriating and unironic load of 💩💩💩” Sums up our elective and appointed government officials these days… It is so very sad in my 74 years I have never been this disappointed..I believed we were on the road to more Democracy not less, more freedom as our Constitution declares, the idea of protecting Americans, shared values… not the hate and utter lying we are witnessing today.
Yeah, with you all the way, Fredo. That's what is in equal turns disappointing, disturbing, and aggravating: that the Gruesome Twosome can call themselves originalists with straight faces while they enthusiastically dismantle our union. My contempt for them is limitless.
What's really disturbing is that nearly 40% of voters believe all this crap. Don't care if there is no oversight and don't care if Trump is enriching himself at the taxpayers expense. I find the support of fascism by nearly half the country really scary.
this is fucking awesome: one day after ending his CBS show, Stephen Colbert went to Monroe Michigan and hosted an hour-long talk show on local public access cable.
https://x.com/MatthewKeysLive/status/2058123566529532313
Love Colbert! He’s fucking awesome! Along with John Stewart. Standup guys.
Since his show has been banished into the dustpan of history, everyone should banish CBS permanently! Perhaps watch the replacement show, jot down its advertisements and banish their products as well…
Awesome picture of you and Ms. Spouse. You sure look happy. Both of you. It’s wonderful to see older couples still in love. I’m 68 and twice divorced. I envy you, Jeff. I did manage to stay friendly with my exes at least. But there’s nothing like a long, loving marriage, in my opinion, speaking as an outsider who never achieved that. 💚
Yes, I lost my husband today and came here to read Jeff because we have something in common now. Jeff, I know how you feel. Take care of yourself. She's still waiting.
Ohhhh...I am so very sorry. I hope his journey was peaceful. I wish you well, lbw.🕊️
I am so sorry. You will be in my thoughts tonight. My wife and I are getting up there too, so it's on my mind often.
I'm so sorry birdwatcher. I hope you are okay and have people around you. Even in your sorrow, you think about Jeff. That's amazing.
Please take care of yourself, too!
We banished CBS months ago. Paramount plus banished too. I'm not sure why we still have a TV....
Seinfeld reruns?
Thank you! I needed a laugh today!
I haven’t turned mine on for the past year or two, I can’t even recall the last time it was on Terry.
It's made life a little calmer for me. I used to have it on all day keeping me company and making in nuts. Music is better.
Do you mind if we watch NFL games? Asking for a friend...
Yeah, I miss MLB. I watch a few games with my dad. The rest I watch play by play on the MLB app.
That show will be Byron Allen's Comics Unleashed. He's renting the timeslot.
He's a bigger dick than I realized and I'd be happy to boycott his advertisers...
https://youtu.be/JV72PdbSep8?si=AwKMcHhuQABojRi7
While I USED to watch Byron Allen's comics show (much later at night) I won't now because of CBS- even though Stephen even suggested that we do. He's a class act, quite unlike the fuckwit who posted a VILE ai-generated piece of crap showing him coming from behind Stephen, grabbing him by the collar and tossing him into a dustbin. what a jealous, resentful, WHINY little weenie of a man who never grew up. Btw, I've been SO enjoying the photos, but this latest one of Jeff and Claudia during the Pandemic is just too sweet and emotional. I know you must have lost it when you saw that one again - so please do NOT feel you have to post these so precious pictures for us - yet, especially if you're not quite ready. That one hit my heart. the one you took of here in the restaurant made me realize 1) we don't go out to eat often enough and 2) hubby rarely takes photos of me. Not that he doesn't think I look good or at least passable (lol), he just doesn't seem to have an interest in taking photos anymore. He used to - now I'm the one who takes them every chance I get - mostly of the fur-babies, though, although I do include him whenever I can.
You’re right Patrick. What a shame. All that great history down the drain. New broom sweeps clean… and will sweep them right out of existence. What a shame. We’ve seen it a million times: a great restaurant with good food and atmosphere changes hands for some reason and the new owners think they’re smarter than anyone else and decide to save a dollar here and there on ingredients and demand half of the tips etc and bang — no more restaurant. Idiots.
Jon Stewart. John Stewart was in the Kingston Trio. LOL
My bad Jstn. I stand corrected. Thank you! (Don’t tell anyone but I pronounce Jeff’s name “Tedrich” which is probably wrong. That’s how my wife has pronounced for years and I accepted without examination. “Tedrich” is “correct” in my head and it will probably stay that way. (Apologies to Jeff!)
As an aside, my parents bought all the Kingston Trio albums and I loved them. I never bothered to learn their names except for maybe Glen Yarborough. Wasn’t he a member or was he from another group? Anyway, they were great.
No worries, my friend. I'll let you know when I stop making mistakes. LOL
Now, a quick music history lesson. Glen Yarborough was never in the Trio. He was the main guy in The Limeliters. The original Kingston Trio was Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane. John joined later the trio when Dave Guard left.
John was my main musical muse growing up (as he was for Lindsey Buckingham, btw) I saw him many times, met him a few. I followed his solo career and only got into the Trio stuff afterwards.
Btw, Dave Guard joined John on stage once, at the Santa Monica Civic, as I recall. They all remained friends in spite of the difficult Trio break up. Hope that was helpful and at least mildly interesting. LOL
I pronounce Tiedrich as Tea-d-rich, btw. Jeff is probably my favorite writer on here. Jonathan Larsen is a super close 2nd.
Enjoy your Memorial Day.
Thanks Jstn! The Limelighters! That’s right! We had those albums too and Peter Paul And Mary. I also bought their single albums when they came out. It was really cool how they collaborated with the album covers so they matched. What a fabulous era of music the 60’s and 70’s was. Just great stuff.
Thanks for the history! My folks (mom mainly) got me started with folk music and I carried on from there. Cool that you got to meet some of them. Interesting about Lindsey. Great guitarist! Not appreciated for his talent like he should be. Really interesting to learn who the mentors were for the musicians that followed. Also interesting how musicians from different genres melded together to create new genres like country rock. Just a great time for music. Golden years. I guess you could include the 50’s especially the later 50’s. I was born in 53 and didn’t start to follow music till the 60’s. There was so much new music coming out I didn’t think about listening to earlier music. The stations I listened to played the new stuff so that’s what I listened to.
Anyway, I appreciate you sharing.
P, P, and M were considered very “cool” back in the day. Mostly due to the common interpretation of “Puff, The Magic Dragon”, which they swore was only a children’s song. LOL
I’m only one year behind you, and yeah, we were so privileged to grown up during that era of music, late 50’s into the early 80’s esp.
Don’t get me started on today’s music. Fortunately, if you view the comments on old songs on YouTube, you see lots of kids have discovered what we grew up with.
As a young active musician in LA, during the 70’s, I could barely leave my house without meeting somebody famous. Literally dozens of musicians and actors, you’d probably know.
I kind of hate when people use the term underrated, but I agree Lindsey is very underrated, except by other guitarists.
Back in the day, my music was “all folked up”, but these days, I’m equally as comfortable playing hard rock and listening to metal. I think that’s because our generations had wide tastes in genres and their blends, because we had radio BROADCASTING, instead of the media NARROWCASTING we have today. Back then, you could hear CCR, followed by the Jackson 5, followed by Broadway musicals, followed by Cream. I think that was a good thing and encouraged open minds.
Well, now I’ve gone off on a tangent. LOLOL
Nice chatting with you my friend.
I wish every other late night host who has been honoring him would invite him to co-host on their show so many times that he still works every single night
I'll bet Colbert has a bunch of projects lined up to keep him busy, stuff he loves. I know one of them is writing an offshoot of The Lord of the Rings with Andy Sertis, who played Gollum. Colbert's a LOTR nerd, as well as a Star Trek nerd. He does the loudspeaker voice on Starfleet Academy. Maybe now that he has more time he'll make guest appearances there.
I wish I could watch Starfleet Academy, but I canceled my Paramount Pus subscription a year ago. They showed the first episode on TV, and it was okay I guess, until watching the final twenty minutes took over an hour with all the stupid ads. This is not how to win back viewers, but they don’t care about that anymore.
In spite of Paramount's shitty politics, my husband and I like their shows and have kept our Paramount+ subscription. It's a bit of a quandary for me, but only a bit.
I can understand why you want to keep that access. I miss my Trek “stories,” despite some of the worst material in the history of the franchise (“Discovery”) and one of my favorite shows in decades (“Lower Decks”) despite its premature cancellation. I hope Starfleet Academy does well, and I look forward to finding some physical media I only have to pay for once. Where I control where the commercials are. There’s also the final season of “Strange New Worlds,” stuck in limbo (shooting wrapped months ago and it has yet to be released, similar to season 4.)
You are free to make your own decisions, that’s one of the beauties of this place, and I’m not going to disagree with you. Heaven knows we all need more things in our lives that bring us joy right now. Have fun!
I guess I'm not terribly discriminating. I like all the Star Trek shows except "Lower Decks". For my husband and me, though, it has to do with all the "NCIS" shows, except the LA one. Plus, we've recently gotten into "Fire Country" and "Sheriff Country," even though Max Theriot is a mediocre actor. I can't understand my own attraction.
There is a second season of Starfleet Academy already shot but it will be the final season as it has been cancelled.
See also “Prodigy,” so much potential, canned because of managerial apathy.
Haven't seen "Prodigy," but I shed no tears for "Starfleet Academy." The apathy was seen in the half-baked scripts they shot.
Thanks for sharing this, Jeff. Here's a link to the same video on YouTube, so that we don't have to support Musk's Nazi platform.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlF5Cf4VLM
Thank you!
I will write to my bff Colbert and tell him he is going to co-host Jeff ‘s podcaste next week , start the ads!
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Thank You
This is incredible and thanks for sharing. I had not heard about this. Colbert is so fine.
Hoping all the creative staff in the Colbert Show find work quickly. They all lost their jobs thanks to the pettiness of a humorless cretin.
I know what the idiot-in-chief is yammering about with refrigerants. This was a 20th century problem. Freon was discovered to be destroying the ozone layer (technically CFCs & HCFCs). Yeah, that layer that keeps harmful solar radiation from reaching the ground. The estimated increase in skin cancer rates was ten fold or something like that. So replacements were mandated and put into A/C & refrigeration manufacturing. The early replacements sucked. But industry kept working on it and found one that worked. Oh! And it wasn’t carcinogenic. Safer for the earth, safer for people. Win-win. Jesus that dumb-fuck is stuck in 1985.
I've been saying to the hubs for months now that he's trying to fukking kill us!
That's why the billionaires pretend there's no climate crisis. They hope to starve us to death.
Omg this is the funniest show since.. Late Night.. but Stephen is obviously having a great time! It's a big FU to Paramount and CBS.
"...“No, no, we were lucky enough to be here for the last 11 years, all right? Can’t take this for granted,” he said. “Though technically our first show in July of 2015 was from a public access station in Monroe, Michigan for an audience of 12 people. Show business being what it is these days, that’s probably where you’ll see me next.”
"And that, apparently, was not just a punchline.
"Exactly 24 hours after Thursday night’s Late Show, at 11:35pm Friday, Colbert popped back up on Only in Monroe, the Monroe, Michigan public-access show he famously commandeered in 2015 while preparing to launch The Late Show. The new appearance, like the first one, was unannounced—a fittingly low-key encore for a host whose CBS run began with one of the strangest pre-debut stunts in late-night history.
"A stunt Colbert reprised on Friday after going off the air in Manhattan.
" “Since I was last here in Monroe, Michigan, I spent 11 years as the primary host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS, which came to an end last night,” Colbert began. “It’s been an excruciating 23 hours without being on TV, so I am grateful to be able to be here on Monroe Community Media before they also get acquired by Paramount.”..."
https://digbysblog.net/2026/05/23/no-joking-colbert-wasnt/
Amazing. Colbert is having such fun with this. And there are all sorts of wonderful messages within. He is such a treasure.
Watching it now. It's a hoot! Jack White is his side kick. Perfect!
FYI, Jeff. I had to click on 'view entire message' and in doing so, missed the pictures of Claudia. I really look forward to them. Even though I missed today's, thanks for sharing her with us.
I loved watching Late night with Stephen Colbert.
The video is on Twitter. I closed my account and will not sign up again.
Hey June, this is from Adam, above...
Here's a link to the same video on YouTube, so that we don't have to support Musk's Nazi platform.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlF5Cf4VLM
Thanks, Pete. Loved the video
Funny!
What a beautiful and magical and fun love you and Ms. Spouse shared for decades 💙. I love Our Daily Claudia. And shit that happened while you were busy writing this shit is that the “DOJ” is scrubbing the documentation for the investigation and prosecution of the J6 criminals, including the child predators, and calling the documents “propaganda” in preparation for the process of MAKING SEDITIONISTS INTO MILLIONAIRES. They are also busily dropping the charges for Elmer Stewart Rhodes and other myriad proud boys and oathkeepers and white supremacists. Soon there will be AI slop of white Doctor Jesus H Christ holding all of these criminals in his arms and handing them bags of OUR TAX DOLLARS.
Excellent. Thanks.
Btw, you forgot to post on Spoutible today or even send your newsletter. I have your back, but have a limited reach. Jst saying.
Be well brother. Keep up the good trouble.
I just watched it but could not laugh a lot.
I just love my pandemic-era lack of a haircut
Lol, I saved a lot of money during that time.
I ended up with a pony tail because I didn’t trust the barber stuff, lots of fear then and invisible enemy and of course the ‘let um die’ prez.
I hope you kept it. It's a good look.
Looks good on you Jeff!!
People always look better with long hair. My husband did not agree. However, I now have a small medicine bottle filled with his hair I cut off him on Saturday, the day he died. I just want to say his hair was still a beautiful light brown, the same color it always was, even though he had been 76. His brothers had been so jealous, and convinced it was dyed, because their hair was gray. I can't believe I got through typing this with only tears in my eyes. Be careful to your loved ones.
I swoon at long hair on men. My gorgeous boyfriend grew out his curls for me! Not quite Brian May, but close 😍!
I just subscribed to you, kindred spirit!
Thank you, Molly!
My husband had gorgeous red hair when he was younger. Now he has gorgeous white hair with a white beard to match, just like Jeff's!
I had my husband cut my hair during Covid Oooh boy not good
My husband bought electric hair clippers for me to use on him during Covid. Even after watching a bunch of YouTube videos on how to cut an old man's hair, I still couldn't bring myself to do it and just trimmed it up little bit with scissors. NFW was I letting him touch my hair -- thank Goddess I wear it long.
I did that when we first got married to save money, but I didn't ask her to do it I figured I could do it myself. this was before the age of video but I have a verbatim transcript:
buzzzzzzzzz
oops! tee hee hee
buzzzzzzzzz
oops! tee hee hee
buzzzzzzzzz
oops! tee hee hee...
I have cut my husbands hair for years, (and my sons when they were younger) but when the pandemic hit, he was too nervous to cut mine. So I would do the top and sides, and my daughter would do the back. (She is Vet Tech, so yeah not a professional. I heavily guided her, and it looked great! Btw, I am an accountant, not profession either but found some really good you tube videos.
All her married life my mother cut my father's hair, and mine, and my brother's until we were adults.
Birth to eight years old, my Dad cut my hair. (He was a licensed Barber). Then my Mom went to hairdressing school, and she was exceptional. Cuts, colors, frosting, perms. But she passed away in 2011. 🥺
My wife cut mine..I looked like Kim Jung In when she finished.
I love that picture so much, Jeff. You two look so happy and relaxed. (It was a weird, scary, stressful, but also kind of sweet time of being extra close to our lovies.) And you are rocking that hairdo, we all had the shaggy look going on.
Ended up with long hair for the first time since my teenage years during the pandemic. And ended up keeping it long. Covid made us rethink a lot of things.
I think that the super cute picture of you and Claudia should become your new profile picture.
Suitable for framing.
mine's still going... last haircut: Nov. 2019. Sadly, my hair grows very slowly so no one can tell.
I lost most of my hair thanks to a bout of Covid. It has grown back but it's not the same.
Aww, I didn't know that was even a symptom of COVID, that really sucks.
I didn't know either, but it turns out it is fairly common. Everyone I told either went through the same thing or knew someone who did. The scariest part was it didn't even start until about 6 weeks after I had Covid, so I didn't connect the two until I went to my primary and asked about it. And of course there's nothing you can do about it, it just stops happening on its own. Fucking Trump, I blame him.
Seriously, how many physical symptoms we've suffered from in the past 10 years can be traced right back to that narcissistic monster? I blame him for 90% of my migraines. Good luck to you and your hair follicles. ❤️
Yes! The migraines, lack of sleep, nightmares, depression, muscle cramps in the neck and shoulders, etc.
I'm sorry; that would suck.
Better than losing 30% of your lung function, like my husband did.
That picture really shows the chemistry the two of you had together.
You have such a great head of hair (I'm a woman and I am so jealous). I have loved watching you and Claudia as a young couple together throughout your youth, marriage, Katie, then to an older couple. I just turned 70 this week so I assume we are are not too far apart. It has been beautiful to see. ❤
LIFE IS NOT FAIR that you and your daughter lost this beautiful woman, friend, wife and mother, and for poor Claudia, It's why I don't believe in anything anymore.
Those memes...who the fuck thinks this shit up? Like if there is really is a sentient being out there, it would protect and save Dozy Demented and Todd Blanche. It's hysterical to think of.
You have put it beautifully.
Looks great!
i ponied up (something id not done for some 4 years) during the pandemic -- i begrudgingly cut it all back only recently
40! iwas NOT 20 yo in 2015 -- im JT's age, in fact
Hmm, name a horse. It's easier for me to name a horse's ass
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LOL!!!
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You got a chuckle out of me Doc ( which is hard to do with all the shitfuckery going on these days)
Aren’t all the asses named Jack?
Not the one I’m thinking of
Snoopy and Prickly Pete
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Claudia — as you’ve shared with us through these images — seems both genuine and genuinely cool. What a lucky guy you are to have had the chance to share a lifetime with this woman. May her memory continue to be a blessing.
Well said Neal
Why did Jesus want that other guy in the crowd to die?
How about all the school shooting victims? Where is he then?
Linda McMahon used A1, not AI
Brilliant
Math must've tasted real good to her.
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That's what I was gonna say. The families of the three rallygoers who were shot ought to be pissed at this AI bullshit. But they may still be MAGA, so in that case, no.
The forgotten $million question
That's what I always ask about. As if. Meanwhile, it seems that poor actual victim's wife - now widow - claims it was all a Biden plot. So I guess that was what Jesus had in mind all along. Question answered. Swift!
Mental illness is no laughing matter.
Indeed. But to whom are we attributing that?
She’ll be dropping her name in the slush fund hat
Neal, I didn’t want to do it … but you forced my hand: Jesus is a Trumper. There! I said it. Now everybody knows.
Did you ever wonder why an innocent baby dies for no reason while Atila the Pud just gets a so called grazed ear. The answer is in plain sight. Do you still want that bobble head on your dash and that rosary hanging from your rear view mirror?
I suspect there are many Jesus imitators out there. Likely it was the impish Mister Mxyzptlk.
There ARE many imitators out there Neal. One just tried to shoot up the White House.
That’s why I love “Life of Brian” so much — it’s on the money.
For some reason I wasn’t into comics much as a kid so was unfamiliar with Mister Mxyzptlk till I just looked it up. My wife is probably familiar with that character
Yes indeed, Frank!
You gotta protect the "imperfect vessel" and make sure there's collateral damage.
That is precisely the conceit these morons are pursuing.
He owed him money.
"I have this little thing called Iran" to avoid junior's wedding. Here are some more believable words he could have used instead of "Iran"
dementia
diarrhea
a mushroom dick
syphilis
a desire to rape children
grifting to do
All better and more accurate excuses
That’s funny Mark. You can also add to your list that he doesn’t like being in places where other people are the center of attention. That is at least partly why he falls asleep when other people are talking — even when it’s his event. When others are talking the attention is on them and not him. His disinterest in others and what they have to say is better than Ambien.
I'm waiting for the day he falls asleep while HE'S talking.
To which Jan, his people will say he will commonly pause to meditate mid sentence because he needs to clear his head to correctly get his messages from God.
Hmm... except that he falls asleep when people are praising him, too.
Isn’t that incredible Betsy — he can’t even stay awake for the compliments even though they are for him ( again, someone else is talking — how dare they speak— trump is the only one who should be allowed to speak… in his mind)
I'm referring to his disgusting televised cabinet meeting where Trump's sycophants go around the table telling him how wonderful he is. He's dozed during those, too.
lol! Yes, wasn’t that nuts! They were slobbering all over him. Discusting! And he’s like “this is boring, I know I’m awesome…tell me something I don’t know” (as he’s falling asleep). What a creep. Hard to conceive how people stand him let alone like him.
narcissistic personality disorder
and the list goes on…
I hope his son is furious that his own father gave some
rinky-dink excuse not to attend his wedding.
Both are losers, but the father is the biggest loser of all time.
I heard speculation-I totally don’t know-BUT I heard that sex offenders can have a hard time entering the Bahamas so there’s maybe that. I hate unfounded stuff but this is too fun to think about.
I heard that too. I need to check it out.
You nailed it!
He just cannot bring himself to give a toast at the reception (as would be expected) and say nice things about the happy couple. He's doing them a favor by not going.
Oh I fucking love when he gets cute - I have this little thing called Iran. You have this little thing called your dick too. Fuck off.
“ you don’t even think to call me godfather. Instead you come into my house on the day that my (son) is to be married”.. that I’m not attending..
”and you ask me to murder for money”
sure. How much is in it for me?
What kind of a turdfather is a no-show for a child’s life-changing event?
oh I know🙋♀️
What a week it was. Each one cascades into an even more outrageous one than the last.
And what tender photos today! Outrageously—joyful, sweet and grounding.
Everyone have a safe weekend.
“…my penis.”
Thanks, Jeff! Love Claudia’s curly Eighties ‘do and the sweet pandemic pic of you two lovebirds!
I read a comment somewhere this morning that the real reason Dump isn’t attending Junior’s wedding, is that the Bahamas doesn’t allow sex offenders into the country. Anybody else see this?
Quoting Pope Leo in the NYT, "When a reporter on the papal plane returning from a trip to Africa asked him about a controversy over the blessing of gay couples by priests, Leo said: “We tend to think that when the church is talking about morality, that the only issue of morality is sexual. And in reality, I believe there are much greater, more important issues, such as justice, equality, freedom of men and women, freedom of religion, that would all take priority before that particular issue.” Combine that with the Great Society speech Richard Goodwin wrote for Johnson, we have a clear picture of where we need to return America starting this Nov.
Interesting. I looked it up, and it seems that they can deny entry to lawbreakers or sex offenders, but it isn't automatic, and people can get prior approval. I doubt they'd keep out Trump. He'd be likely to drop a bomb on them in retaliation.
Or put a ten gazillion percent tariff on Tommy Bahama
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Damn, I was hoping it was true, just for the schadenfreude.
I think it's true. According to Google, the Bahamas is one of several countries that don't admit sex offenders. For Trump to apply for an exception, he'd have to admit he was a sex offender, so I'll bet that's the reason. That and an 11:00 tee time.
Hee hee! I needed that laugh ⛳️
Ain’t that the truth! Vindictive POS
Guffaw! 😝 Thanks tor the belly laugh, Ginny!
I bet Dumbo is planning another attack on Iran. Word on the street is he “will decide by tomorrow.” 🙄
Or in two weeks.
I'm not sure that's it, but it is funny. I think he just needs to be the center of attention, and is afraid people will only look at rhe bride and groom.
"...the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral".
ROTF! 😆😆😆
Teddy Roosevelt’s daughter said that about him…
and the baby at every baptism
According to Google, that's true. And maybe Trump didn't want to apply to be allowed in, since that would mean admitting that he was a sex offender.
Doesn't seem like his son wanted him there, or he would have chosen a different location. I mean, would you want him there?
No, but he has enriched his sons and much to the chagrin of Rubio and Vance, I've Don jr become President after him.
Martha, You got it, in one!
"and made that bullet go all ’splodey." All SPLODEY. 😂😂😂 We're doomed because of all the stupid. It's a cult. And the Dems MUST get their shit together. Firing Ken Martin would be a great first step.
I wanna know why the felon was rushed back to the White House yesterday afternoon? Attention seeking performative BS? Did he have a stroke? Did he die? Almost die? 🤞
Claudia's smile. *sigh. Just wonderful photos. Thanks for sharing them.
Yes! Fire that useless pantload Ken Martin before he can sunder the Dem brand any more than he already has. Ben Wickler was the right person for the job. Who better than the person who led the Dems out of the wilderness in battleground Wisconsin. Maybe he could be persuaded to take the job
For whatever reason, the Dems like to elect hapless, feckless, inert, and useless Chairs of the DNC...
Isnt that the truth! It's frustrating as hell.
Casper Milquetoast glued to his chair!
a matching trio of feckless Dems: Martin, Schumer, and Jeffries. Just imagine an opposition party that actually had opposed the Donny and the fascists at every turn. Imagine if they had just walked out, or filibustered, or actively opposed Mitch McConnel's court packing schemes. Things might come down to a third party if the Democrats continue this centrist nonsense.
He probably needed a diaper change.
Yes! All ‘slodey! 🤣🤣🤣
You’ve got a point Susan. Who the F is Ken Martin? Is this a case of “Give it to Kenny, he’ll do it” and he replies: “okay, if I have to”
HA! Probably. I want to say they picked Ken Martin because he evidently has fund raising expertise? If that the case, then their priorities are wrong. Create a dynamic, easy to understand message that will resonate... not the same old, tired tropes. THEN go fundraise. But what do I know? I'm thinking of this in strategic advertising terms. I dont know why politics cant be handled in much the same way. 🤦♀️
Lord knows we need a dynamic message. I want to be excited about being a Democrat again!
You’re absolutely right Susan! That’s what the republicans do — and then they repeat that phrase over and over and over until somehow it magically becomes true even when it’s obviously false.
Democrats think it’s stupid to repeat things over and over but that’s what you have to do. Somebody said Fox is “Fake News” which happens to be true. But the democrats didn’t grab that and say it over and over. So trump and the republicans stole it and said the other news outlets were Fake News and said it over and over till people thought it was true and it stuck. Republicans are better at propaganda because it’s their whole schtick. They wallow in it. Democrats are disgusted by it and try to avoid it and so are always playing catchup and reacting to all the lies. In sports, those who play a strategy of reacting to their opponents, instead of proactively planning an attack, almost always end up losing.
To make a long story short, you are absolutely correct. I just like to blather on for some reason. I wish you would volunteer to be our democratic spokesperson. You would be excellent at it!
First of all: The reason America is "the hottest country in the world" right now is because It Is Hell.
Second: It’s lovely to see Claudia smiling!
Also, literal hottest country for him is aspirational, which is why he's so hell bent on getting rid of non-fossil fuels and and all environmental regulations.
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The pipes at the sink tell me that they did learn their plumbing at Trump University, an oxymoron if ever there was one
It just gets stupider every day and it’s the kind of stupid that kills people. That plumbing poster has to be out of Mad Magazine right?
Alfred E. Newman for president. I still have some of those stamps!
Alfred couldn't do any worse and at least he would be entertaining.
"What, me worry!"
As usual, there is too much fuckery for Jeff to cover it all. Late breaking, Tulsi gets the boot.
Russia's Girlfriend, DNI Gabbard
Fell on her sword not its scabbard
Go back to Fox News
To spout your traitorous views
Where before your sham tenure you jabbered
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early breaking. it happened Fri.
An eternity in trumpworld, where the batshit and bullshit are so copious that keeping up is damn near impossible
What RFK meant is that instead of taking psychiatric meds to get them through their difficulties, young girls short be snorting cocaine off of toilet seats.
I know quite a few adolescent girls and they are just fine. Smart, friendly and interesting. Just maybe, when he is around adolescent girls, he is so creepy is freaks them out.
Exactly what I thought!! Who DOESN'T feel freaked out being around you? You look like the crypt keeper and sound like you gargle with thumbtacks.
LMAO 🤣
So true. Yuck.
It freaks out ANYBODY to be around him, not just ad. girls!
I think you nailed it Stephanie!
That’s an 🤢 🤮and 😂😂 all wrapped up in one!!
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Name that horse: Mr. Ed, of course
Of course. He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse.
Well, it can't be Black Beauty because Blacks aren't allowed.
that puffer fish neck? that's edema. it's worked it's way up from his cankles to his neck/face/eyes.
He was going to spend the weekend at Bedminster, but instead he's in DC. Maybe they are going to try squeezing the fluid out of him, like they did to Violet Beauregard in Willy Wonka.
I think captain befuddled’s mutilated hand is the injection spot for liquid meth.
Jeff, first off thanks so much for your pics, I believe the one where u2 are sitting in your yard posted today is the very best, both of you look so very happy, that brings a smile to everyone IMHO. A subject that you did not cover today is especially disturbing, that being the whitewash of the DOJ and the J6 terrorists.. Blanch does not want any record, any evidence, any facts, any trials to be public anymore. This fact coupled with the Slush Fund to pay terrorists, of which I’m convinced Donald will take his cut, as mob bosses demand. To add salt into this wound we have judicial nominees that are unable to admit that these J6 terrorists are….. terrorists… These methods are precisely what occurs in dictatorships or banana republics… In any Democracy individuals must be held accountable, also if you wish to eliminate empathy as dictatorships are want to do you eliminate Democracy… Best to All this holiday weekend… and if you wish to observe the state of our country, check out photos of our White House, east wing and west wing, the Reflecting Pool… Its a shit show for the world to see…. But we warned our fellow Americans this would happen…
At our national origins, the Founding Fathers, despite being "men of their times" (meaning misogynist, racist slave-owning genocide-advocating land grabbers), did have the foresight to embed the idea of accountability to the voters and the previously sacrosanct Checks and Balances into our system of self-governance. That the other two branches have almost completely caved to this awful excuse of a person is beyond belief, especially in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. The Founders I believe would be apoplectic if they could see how their creation has gone awry. They rejected the English monarchy at risk of their lives only to see us veer back toward authoritarianism. It is even more of an insult that this power grab has come from the conservatives, who repeatedly claim to revere the Constitution and indeed, the worst of the SCOTUS traitors, Alito and Thomas, consider themselves originalists of the Constitution. An infuriating and unironic load of bullshit.
Doc, hey man you nailed with your last line…”an infuriating and unironic load of 💩💩💩” Sums up our elective and appointed government officials these days… It is so very sad in my 74 years I have never been this disappointed..I believed we were on the road to more Democracy not less, more freedom as our Constitution declares, the idea of protecting Americans, shared values… not the hate and utter lying we are witnessing today.
Yeah, with you all the way, Fredo. That's what is in equal turns disappointing, disturbing, and aggravating: that the Gruesome Twosome can call themselves originalists with straight faces while they enthusiastically dismantle our union. My contempt for them is limitless.
What's really disturbing is that nearly 40% of voters believe all this crap. Don't care if there is no oversight and don't care if Trump is enriching himself at the taxpayers expense. I find the support of fascism by nearly half the country really scary.
I think 40% is too high. Probably more like 25-30%. That's if we're judging by the percentage of MAGA voters.
You're probably right, but still scary.
Frightening and also unbelievable that there are even that many totally ignorant, arrogant, gullible people in this country.