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Peacetrain

(24,293 posts)
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:50 AM 23 hrs ago

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

RainCaster

(13,894 posts)
3. and now I'm done with CBS
Fri May 22, 2026, 10:11 AM
23 hrs ago

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

Botany

(77,883 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
23 hrs ago

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

(77,883 posts)
30. And look @ all the artists and people who came out to support him.
Fri May 22, 2026, 03:57 PM
17 hrs ago

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
22 hrs ago

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

Botany

(77,883 posts)
31. And he can dance too
Fri May 22, 2026, 04:04 PM
17 hrs ago

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
22 hrs ago

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

(3,541 posts)
13. No generation marches in unison.
Fri May 22, 2026, 12:06 PM
21 hrs ago

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

(4,117 posts)
15. Let's not do that
Fri May 22, 2026, 12:16 PM
21 hrs ago

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

(17,348 posts)
21. It's wrong to blame an entire generation for this
Fri May 22, 2026, 12:57 PM
20 hrs ago

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

Walleye

(45,525 posts)
28. Yes, we hear a lot from younger people about how terrible our generation is
Fri May 22, 2026, 02:47 PM
19 hrs ago

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

(1,201 posts)
29. Not all of us moved right
Fri May 22, 2026, 02:55 PM
18 hrs ago

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

(3,082 posts)
17. Stephens last show was heartwarming. So many supporters. I will miss him sooo much 💙
Fri May 22, 2026, 12:29 PM
21 hrs ago

I cried at the end 😞

Figarosmom

(13,474 posts)
18. Only thing i wish was different was the wormhole
Fri May 22, 2026, 12:44 PM
21 hrs ago

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

(17,348 posts)
23. Stephen Colbert will bounce back from from this
Fri May 22, 2026, 01:01 PM
20 hrs ago

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

BidenRocks

(3,511 posts)
24. Stephen and Elvis go way back.
Fri May 22, 2026, 02:06 PM
19 hrs ago

"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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