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8/30 Open Thread.

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 8/30/17, 6:30 pm

What Michael says here. The Democratic Party needs to do a better job policing ourselves enabling rape culture. We fucked up big time in that instance. And it’s hardly a one -off.

This isn’t to say we’re as bad as or worse than the Republicans — they literally voted for a sexual assailant with a dozen known victims because he’s a sexual assailant. But we have to be a lot better.

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Monday, 8/28/17, 6:24 pm

DLBottleThe Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets on Tuesday. Please join us for an evening of politics and conversation over a pint.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.




Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 236 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, five in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

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Open Thread!

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 8/28/17, 7:41 am

When I unpacked after my vacation, I realized that I have 4 half-used travel size toothpaste tubes. I always buy a new one for my vacation. It feels wasteful, but I don’t want to run out on my trip. And I can’t really judge how much is left. So I think I ‘m going to just use them not on vacation.

Anyway, most Republicans hate you and want you to die for want of healthcare.

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HA Bible Study: 2 Samuel 17:29

by Goldy — Sunday, 8/27/17, 6:00 am

2 Samuel 17:29
Cheese.

Discuss.

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Saturday, 8/26/17, 1:02 am

Jim Jefferies: How to get a green card.

ONN: Cop explains how it feels to live in fear someone might record you brutalizing a civilian.

Jimmy Dore: Chris Christie threatens Jimmy’s family with violence.

Adam ruins college loans.

Трамп: Sociopath, Imbecile or Both?

  • Keith Olbermann: Who’s backing away from Трамп? Everyone.
  • Трамп’s plan to cut his own taxes.
  • Trevor: The “many sides” of Трамп’s Phoenix rally
  • Ari Melber: Rep Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-7), “Donald Трамп is a racist pardoning a racist”
  • The President Show: Keeping it civil:

  • Sam Seder: Трамп threatens to shut down government if he doesn’t get his fucking wall
  • Young Turks: Трамп says he’ll shut down the government if he doesn’t get his fucking wall.
  • The President Show:The President goes to the land of fake-believe
  • Rachael Maddow: Pattern of hacking preceded attendee of Donald Трамп’s camp Russia meeting
  • James Clapper criticized President Трамп
  • Conan: knows who really wrote President Трамп’s Afghanistan speech
  • Farron Cousins: Трамп turns Phoenix speech into unhinged rant filled with lies
  • Sam Seder: CNN’s “Four weeks in Трамп’s presidency” list unites us all in our exhaustion
  • Трамп hits 1,000 false or misleading claims. Here they are.
  • Young Turks: Трамп’s message to hurricane victims, “Good luck.”
  • Jonathan Mann: The idiot looked at the sun.
  • Fact Check: Would the U.S. “save a lot of money” in embassy downsizing in Russia?
  • Lawrence O’Donnell calls out Donald Трамп’s Charlottesville lie at Arizona rally
  • Francesca Fiorentini: Трамп like nukes go boom
  • Trevor: Making sense of Трамп’s Afghanistan war strategy
  • Farron Cousins: In Трамп’s warped mind, everything is someone else’s fault
  • Keith Olbermann: The Трамп resignation end-game?
  • Conan knows how to quiet down Трамп.
  • Politicians question Трамп’s “moral authority” in wake of Charlottesville
  • PsychoSuperMom: Thank God Трамп’s so inept!:

  • Comparing Трамп’s speaking styles: On script vs. off the cuff.
  • Ivanka Трамп as a Lana Del Rey Song
  • Trevor: Serious Трамп vs. somber Трамп vs. freestyle Трамп
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Donald Трамп “embarrassed” over border wall.
  • The President Show: Nice! Not nice! Obsessing over Hillary Clinton
  • Young Turks: Mass resignations plague Трамп administration
  • The GOP grapples with response to Трамп

We need to change how we bury the dead.

John Oliver: Nuclear waste.

What’s wrong with the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet?

  • David Pakman: Voter fraud isn’t a problem. Voter suppression is:

  • Young Turks: James Comey has a new job.

    Daily Show: Introducing The Opposition with Jordan Klepper.

    Nazi’s, Racists, and Other Assholes:

    • Daily Show: The “Master race” needs to play it cool
    • Sam Seder: This guy says he has to quit college after marching in Unite the Right rally
    • Vox: This timeline shows confederate monuments are about racial conflict
    • ONN: How the alt-right recruits new members.
    • Conan: Introducing Aryan Mingle
    • Sam Seder: Don Lemon to Republican guest, “What you’re describing now is racism”
    • Mark Fiore: The American Museum of racist assholes
    • Family recalls finding KKK burning cross in front of house.
    • Richard Fowler gives a history lesson on racism in America
    • What you need to know about former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio
    • Sam Seder: Gorka’s PhD adviser DEMOLISHES “terrorism expert” claims

    Here is how a congressman gets caught by the FBI.

    Four views of the solar eclipse.

    David Alan Grier: How to tell if something is a protest or a riot.

    Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

    Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

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    Gopen Thread

    by Carl Ballard — Thursday, 8/24/17, 9:15 pm

    I am a rather slow reader. As such, I’m usually pretty quick to give up on a book that I don’t dig. Recently, a friend recommended a book that has taken me a week to read 2 chapters. So at what point do I bail without being an asshole?

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    Open.Thread..

    by Carl Ballard — Tuesday, 8/22/17, 9:37 pm

    I think I’m going to use my Democracy Vouchers this week. The problem is that the only competitive race is the one I care the least about. I’d be happy with either 8th District candidate. I don’t know, would it be strange to give one each to Grant and Mosqueda? Probably. Will I do it? Leaning toward it.

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    Drinking Liberally — Seattle

    by Darryl — Tuesday, 8/22/17, 9:18 am

    DLBottleThe Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening. Please join us for an evening of politics and conversation over a pint.

    We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.





    Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 236 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, five in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

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    8/21– Open Thread

    by Carl Ballard — Monday, 8/21/17, 8:35 pm

    People keep wondering how far Trump will have to go before his supporters have had enough. And I think the answer is never. Trump’s supporters support him because he’s a violent criminal who supports other violent criminals. Of course racism is part of it. But they also support him because he assaults women. So there is no too racist, too violent, too criminal.

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    HA Bible Study: Judges 10:4

    by Goldy — Sunday, 8/20/17, 6:00 am

    Judges 10:4
    He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys.

    Discuss.

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    Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

    by Darryl — Friday, 8/18/17, 11:56 pm

    Mental Floss: 26 Wild West facts.

    Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

    VSauce: The napkin ring problem.

    Трамп Tells The World He is a Piece-o-Shit Nazi Sympathizer:

    • Late Show: What Трамп could have said after Charlottesville
    • Kimmel: Donald Трамп and Kim Jong-un have a lot in common
    • WaPo: Late-night reactions to Трамп press conference on Charlottesville
    • VOX: After Charlottesville, how do we cover an immoral president?
    • Kimmel reads comments from Трамп supporters.
    • Stephen: Трамп botched his well-wishes for Spain.
    • PsychoSuperMom: No Both Sides Now
    • Seth Meyers: Steve Bannon comes to Трамп’s defense on Charlottesville
    • Mark Fiore: A cartoonist’s vacation.
    • Bill Maher: Трамп’s new low
    • Jonathan Mann: Fuck You Bannon, Bye Bye

    • WaPo: And then there was one.
    • Conan: Трамп calls Obama to talk about Charlottesville & Twitter
    • Amy McGrath’s new campaign video.
    • Stephen: Take a side, Mr. President, Nazis or not Nazis?
    • WaPo: Трамп’s two main CEO councils disband. Sad!
    • James Corden: Things Трамп renounces faster than racism
    • Stephen: Трамп is America’s first “racist grandpa” President
    • Conan with Sen. Al Franken: The time Al made fun of Трамп’s comb-over
    • Young Turks: Fired Steve Bannon IMMEDIATELY turns on Трамп
    • Kimmel: Trailer for the Трамп movie
    • Stephen: The complete ‘Трамп TV’ cable package/a>
    • Olbermann: Трамп is still making excuses for Nazis
    • Stephen roasts a Confederate statute.
    • Kimmel interviews Kellyanne Conway about Трамп damage control
    • Vox: How Трамп’s Charlottesville response emboldens white supremacy
    • WaPo: How Трамп’s talking points on Charlottesville match up with FAUX News
    • Stephen makes condemning Nazis look easy (because it ss)
    • James Corden: Donald Трамп is siding with Nazis again
    • Kimmel responds to Трамп’s Charlottesville comments.
    • Seth Meyers: Трамп’s Charlottesville press conference showed us who he really is
    • Why Stephen Bannon’s firing is significant
    • Conan: Companies sticking behind Трамп
    • Late Show: The zombie apocalypse has a “both sides” guy, too.
    • Olbermann: Still making excuses for Трамп?
    • If Anthony Scaramucci was in scream (Screamamucci)
    • Jimmy Fallon: Трамп’s press conference
    • Late Show: Steve Bannon Updates His Resumé:

    • Sen. Tim Kaine blasts Трамп’s response to Charlostteville violence
    • James Cordon: Трамп quits on his quitting CEOs.
    • Farron Cousins: Трамп completely fabricates story about general Pershing to manipulate his base
    • Stephen: General Kelly’s 18 days of discipline
    • Young Turks: Bannon supporters declare war.
    • Sam Seder: Трамп insists on repeating debunked story about Gen. John Pershing because Трамп IS AN INSANE LIAR
    • WaPo editorial: Трамп might be the president, but it’s your country
    • Late Show: Let’s repurpose those Confederate statues.

    Conan with Sen. Al Franken: Campaign rival took his beastiality joke out of context.

    Adam ruins Christopher Columbus.

    Nazis Prove to be…Well, Nazis!:

    • These companies are taking a stand against racist groups
    • James Corden: Inside Every Nazi Is A Sad, Sad Clown
    • Nazi scumbag are not in the US military.
    • Late Show: Even these guys are surprised….
    • Jimmy Dore: FAUX News declares “We’re not racist” and immediately race baits
    • Sam Seder: Tucker Carlson’s mind-boggling theory on the rise of neo-Nazis
    • ONN: How cities remove Confederate monuments
    • Sam Seder: Amazing Jesse Watters clip, America’s not racist! Now stay tuned for these horrible Black people!
    • Francesca Fiorentini: What are Nazis so scared of?
    • Alex Jones’s head finally exploded
    • Bill Maher and friends: Liberal monuments
    • Seth Meyers: White Nationalists and company.
    • Jim Jefferies: Charlottesville White supremacist rally:

    • The Arnold has a message for Nazis.
    • Jonathan Mann: Nazi’s are back.
    • Young Turks: What it is like being a woman in the Alt-Right movement.
    • Charlottesville: A horror film straight out of Trump’s America

    Minute Physics: Black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs .

    Seth Meyers: Amber’s Late Night safe space.

    VOX: How a recording-studio mishap shaped ’80s music.

    Bill Maher does Sen. Al Franken.

    Eclipsed:

    • WaPo: Seven eclipse moments in pop culture.
    • Tales from the shadow of the moon
    • Dear Science: Why does the eclipse shadow travel from west to east?.
    • Jimmy Kimmel: Eight-year-old science genius explains eclipse
    • Jimmy Fallon: Pros and cons of watching the eclipse.
    • WaPo: A 360 illustration of the strangest, scariest eclipse myths throughout history

    A trick to visualize higher dimensions.

    Minute Physics: Correlation CAN imply causation!

    When Tina Fey gets political.

    Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

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    –Open Thread–

    by Carl Ballard — Friday, 8/18/17, 8:24 am

    There once was a thread from Nantucket,
    Whose dick was so long it could suck it.
    Wait, threads don’t have a penis
    Oh, well, I mean this:
    This poem’s off the rails, so fuck it.

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    Open Open Open Thread

    by Carl Ballard — Tuesday, 8/15/17, 10:13 pm

    It’s good to be back in Seattle. I’ve been back a few days, but I’m still pretty exhausted.

    It was great to see my family. I told my cousin that I would link to his Shopify store for all of your President Baby Hands needs.

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    Drinking Liberally — Seattle

    by Darryl — Monday, 8/14/17, 10:48 pm

    DLBottleWhen events become absolutely horrifying, it is our sense of community and collective purpose that offers solace and even hope. Stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally on Tuesday evening. Let’s talk it over.

    We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.





    Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 236 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, five in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

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    HA Bible Study: 1 Kings 1:1-4

    by Goldy — Sunday, 8/13/17, 6:00 am

    1 Kings 1:1-4
    King David was now an old man, and he always felt cold, even under a lot of blankets. His officials said, “Your Majesty, we will look for a young woman to take care of you. She can lie down beside you and keep you warm.” They looked everywhere in Israel until they found a very beautiful young woman named Abishag, who lived in the town of Shunem. They brought her to David, and she took care of him.

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