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Peacetrain

(24,293 posts)
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:50 AM Friday

Last night I saw my life in 8 minutes

The joy of community within the liberal base.. My generation has its issues like all generations do...but we were blessed with underlying community even in hard and sad times..

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Last night I saw my life in 8 minutes (Original Post) Peacetrain Friday OP
That was really great Bettie Friday #1
It was a good way to end the show, upbeat and celebratory. wnylib Friday #2
and now I'm done with CBS RainCaster Friday #3
CBS is already dead to me Walleye Friday #26
I'm crying. That was so well done and such genius with the artists and the production of that show. Botany Friday #4
And he has true friends Lifeafter70 Friday #27
And look @ all the artists and people who came out to support him. Botany Friday #30
Word! yellow dahlia Friday #32
Wonderful farewell Wild blueberry Friday #5
That was a great send-off! peggysue2 Friday #6
In earlier years he fronted a Rolling Stones cover band Zambero Friday #7
Wow peggysue2 Friday #8
And he can dance too Botany Friday #31
I see a popular podcast in his future - among other things. Marcuse Friday #9
Then what happened? DownriverDem Friday #10
No generation marches in unison. TheRickles Friday #13
Thank you. hamsterjill Friday #14
Let's not do that Cirsium Friday #15
It's wrong to blame an entire generation for this MustLoveBeagles Friday #21
Yes, we hear a lot from younger people about how terrible our generation is Walleye Friday #28
Not all of us moved right Lifeafter70 Friday #29
Way cool and poignant BeneteauBum Friday #11
Is that Elvis Costello? Nt Grumpy Old Guy Friday #12
I was wondering too. And who dressed him? He stuck out like a sore thumb. FadedMullet Friday #16
It was Elvis Costello! Peacetrain Friday #22
Stephens last show was heartwarming. So many supporters. I will miss him sooo much 💙 TommieMommy Friday #17
Only thing i wish was different was the wormhole Figarosmom Friday #18
Wow, gorgeous. Sweet! byronius Friday #19
Wow SuzyandPuffpuff Friday #20
Stephen Colbert will bounce back from from this MustLoveBeagles Friday #23
Stephen and Elvis go way back. BidenRocks Friday #24
Thank you so much for posting this. Dixiegrrrl Friday #25
It was a beautiful coming together moment. yellow dahlia Friday #33

RainCaster

(13,895 posts)
3. and now I'm done with CBS
Fri May 22, 2026, 10:11 AM
Friday

I have no reason to watch anything on CBS any longer. May they die in obscurity.

Botany

(77,887 posts)
4. I'm crying. That was so well done and such genius with the artists and the production of that show.
Fri May 22, 2026, 10:44 AM
Friday

Steven has a good voice too. That was an example of why Trump gets so upset about
Mr. Colbert because he is smart, kind, and talented and like President Obama they are
@ a level aTrump could never be.

Botany

(77,887 posts)
30. And look @ all the artists and people who came out to support him.
Fri May 22, 2026, 03:57 PM
Friday

Colbert:
Paul McCartney, David Byrne, Springsteen, Elvis Costello, and on and on.

Trump:
Kid Rock

Zambero

(10,031 posts)
7. In earlier years he fronted a Rolling Stones cover band
Fri May 22, 2026, 11:05 AM
Friday

Al Franken has dablled in that band's repertoire as well.

Botany

(77,887 posts)
31. And he can dance too
Fri May 22, 2026, 04:04 PM
Friday

No wonder Trump hates him because he has real talent which Trump doesn’t.

DownriverDem

(7,028 posts)
10. Then what happened?
Fri May 22, 2026, 11:33 AM
Friday

Why did so many Baby Boomers betray what we fought for and move to the right? I think it happened with Reagan. They just don't want those that need help to get it if those in need don't look like them. Disgusting.

TheRickles

(3,542 posts)
13. No generation marches in unison.
Fri May 22, 2026, 12:06 PM
Friday

The hippie/progressive/open-hearted Boomers did their bit and planted the seeds that are going to sprout in the wreckage left behind when the empire wrought by their conservative/selfish/fearful Boomer brethren (and sisters) collapses and dies.

Cirsium

(4,118 posts)
15. Let's not do that
Fri May 22, 2026, 12:16 PM
Friday

Setting one generation against the other is reactionary. Wealthy white people live longer, and have easier access to the polls. Wealthy white people vote Republican. Many of my friends are dead. They were all left wingers. Most "boomers" I know or knew took care of their parents, their adult children and their grandchildren. Many struggle along now on Social Security. Many seniors are still working.

93% of Black "boomers" voted for Harris.

In the 60s when people said "don't trust anyone over 30" I called them out on that. The same principle applies today.

Blaming "boomers" is just lazy. By the way, can we ever retire that stupid word "boomer?"

MustLoveBeagles

(17,366 posts)
21. It's wrong to blame an entire generation for this
Fri May 22, 2026, 12:57 PM
Friday

And if we're going to point fingers, GenX (mine) played a large role in we're at today.

Walleye

(45,542 posts)
28. Yes, we hear a lot from younger people about how terrible our generation is
Fri May 22, 2026, 02:47 PM
Friday

It is really us who is disappointed in them. They have not taken care of what we fought so strenuously for. Time to step up kids

Lifeafter70

(1,202 posts)
29. Not all of us moved right
Fri May 22, 2026, 02:55 PM
Friday

Just like not all the young picked up our cry for justice.
We are still here but very weary.
I have been protesting and speaking up since 1967 and will continue.

I'm so very tired but can not rest.

TommieMommy

(3,093 posts)
17. Stephens last show was heartwarming. So many supporters. I will miss him sooo much 💙
Fri May 22, 2026, 12:29 PM
Friday

I cried at the end 😞

Figarosmom

(13,519 posts)
18. Only thing i wish was different was the wormhole
Fri May 22, 2026, 12:44 PM
Friday

Should have been orange. He stayed away from anything trump ( I'm sure as a slight) but just that one thing would have been good and I don't think trump would have got it anyway.

MustLoveBeagles

(17,366 posts)
23. Stephen Colbert will bounce back from from this
Fri May 22, 2026, 01:01 PM
Friday

And be better than ever. I'm angry this happened to him.

BidenRocks

(3,516 posts)
24. Stephen and Elvis go way back.
Fri May 22, 2026, 02:06 PM
Friday

"A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!", DVD has Elvis Costello with a major part.
Shocker. It was released in 2008.
Back then Colbert had a thing about bears.

So many happy memories.

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