Archives for April 2018

Tomorrow is Tuesday. And that means the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be meeting. Please join us for an evening of politics and drinks.

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

So, I guess a comic made some jokes at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Very offensive. I for one am sure that nobody who works in the Trump White House has ever heard vulgarity or insult.

Seriously though, I think the dinner is pretty gross as a concept. Oh we’re chummy buddy buddy over here. That should definitely be our job. I guess the White House correspondents should do their jobs better before they throw themselves a party.

Genesis 4:13-18

Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

But the LORD said to him, “Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. So Cain went out from the LORD’s presence and lived in the land of Nod,  east of Eden.

Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch. To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.

Discuss.

DC needs a town crier.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Kansas Teens Are Running for Governor

Vox: Why Atlantic fish are invading the Arctic.

Adam Ruins Everything: How the USA stole the Panama Canal.

Stephen: Profiles in discourage—A disaster named Don Blankenship.

Minute Earth: Why you shouldn’t give ginger to monkeys (and other animal sayings.

Jim Jefferies: The fight to repeal the Irish abortion ban.

Francesca Fiorentini: Will legalizing sex work protect women?.

Mental Floss: The little-known lives of the women in classic Hollywood.

Mother Jones: FAUX News goes ape-shit over Kanye West Tweets.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

The Dotard Трамп And His “Very Best” People:

• Trevor: Drunk driving and overprescribing drugs?!?
• Late Show: Трамп’s Counsel Of Doom adds a new member
• Seth Meyers and Chris Hayes: That FAUX and Friends interview
• Stephen: Dr. Ronny’s boozey scandal grows worse
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп misses Macron:

• Samantha Bee: Meet Mike Pompeo
• Cohen pleads the 5th: Here is what the Dotard has to say about that
• Trevor: Трамп celebrates Melania’s birthday by ranting to “FAUX & Friends”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s favorite restaurant catered state dinner
• Stephen: A scandal a day keeps the doctor away from the VA
• Heads of State: Scott Pruitt to limit what science the EPA can use
• Seth Meyers: The check in on the V.A.
• Stephen: Трамп is bringing back abstinence-only education
• Daily Show: Jaws (1975)
• Mark Fiore: Installing you new secretary of state
• Late Show: Superman can’t save Scott Pruitt
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Happy Birthday, FLOTUS:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Sarah Drunkabee Sanders
• The President Show: The President talks guns with his constituents
• Seth Meyers: The week in the tiny voice in the back of the Dotard’s head.
• Late Show: Melania prepares the White House for Emmanuel Macron
• Daily Show: Grandpa Trump calls FAUX & Friends
• South Park: Please do not feed the President
• Stephen: The GOP is hesitating to endorse Трамп 2020
• The Roast of Dotard Трамп
• Stephen: “FAUX & Friends” couldn’t get Трамп off the phone
• Seth Meyers: As Macron visits, Трамп’s foreign policy makes no sense
• Trevor: Dotard Трамп and Emmanuel Macron rekindle their bromance
• WaPo: Scott Pruitt kept dodging ethics questions
• Late Show: Russia’s new “thank you, Трамп” anthem
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard only hires unqualified people
• Trevor: Трамп Forbes 400 fib
• Stephen: Kanye West, Трамп’s Secretary of Dragon Energy
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard & Melania host French President Macron
• Lauren Mayer: Flip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah:

• Stephen: Трамп is flipping out over rumors Cohen is flipping
• Seth Meyers: Трамп goes on FAUX & Friends and freaks out about Michael Cohen
• Trevor: Kanye West’s MAGA meltdown

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Kanye West Goes Conservative

Vox: This 19 year old can keep astronauts safe from space junk.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Go away, Hillary! (Just kidding — We need you)

Bill Maher: Monologue:

Trevor and Roy: Kanye West ignites a debate about racism.

Minute Physics: Relativity of simultaneity—special relativity chapter 4.

Hannity blamed Obama for foreclosures even as he exploited foreclosures.

Vox: How Russian trolls weaponized your social media feed.

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

I see we’re into the redemption phase of the me to movement. It seems pretty quick. I don’t know the correct amount of time, but even as someone who believes in second chances, this seems rushed. Especially since most people haven’t faced any legal punishment.

Also, I’m not seeing any steps that people are taking to prevent future harassment and assault by people credibly accused of past bad acts. No clearly laying out future consequences if they keep acting the same. Maybe that’s impossible, but then all the more reason not to start the redemption tour.

I think I might do the Wednesday open threads on the way home. See how y’all like it. This is definitely not just because I forgot to put one up this morning. Thank you and God bless.

Please join us Tuesday for an evening of politics and conversation over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? There are 251 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Did you enjoy the weather this weekend? Me too. It was grand. I hope it’s good for a while. I could do with less foot traffic in places I frequent even when it’s a bit gloomy.

Judges 11:29-40

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah. He crossed Gilead and Manasseh, passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from there he advanced against the Ammonites. And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD : “If you give the Ammonites into my hands, whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the LORD’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”

Then Jephthah went over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD gave them into his hands. He devastated twenty towns from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel Keramim. Thus Israel subdued Ammon.

When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of tambourines! She was an only child. Except for her he had neither son nor daughter. When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, “Oh! My daughter! You have made me miserable and wretched, because I have made a vow to the LORD that I cannot break.”

“My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me just as you promised, now that the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites. But grant me this one request,” she said. “Give me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends, because I will never marry.”

“You may go,” he said. And he let her go for two months. She and the girls went into the hills and wept because she would never marry. After the two months, she returned to her father and he did to her as he had vowed. And she was a virgin.

Discuss.

Stephen: The sketch of Stormy Daniels’ perpetrator looks very familiar.

MoJo debunks the biggest myths about voter fraud.

Stephen: Wu-Tang wants their album back, Jeff Sessions.

The Atlantic: When Einstein warned the world.

Golf Pro Dotard Трамп And His Caddies:

• Late Show: Kim Jong-Un’s first impression of Mike Pompeo
• Ari Melber: Humiliating leaked tapes catch Трамп lying about his wealth while posing as hi own spokesperson
• Jimmy Kimmel travels back in time to visit baby Dotard Трамп
• Trevor: Trump sends a $250 million message to Syria
• Stephen: Comey Compared Dotard Трамп to a mafia boss
• Heads of State: “I Swear” — Dotard Трамп SINGS about Russia investigation
• Jimmy Kimmel: 3rd grader explains fake news to Dotard Трамп
• Jimmy Dore: Rick Perry struggles to understand Amazon Alexa
• Chris Hayes: President Dotard Трамп hits 108 days at his own golf properties
• Late Show: Dotard Трамп is obsessed with the dossier:

• Rachel Maddow: James Comey memos immediately leaked after FBI delivers to Congress
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Diamond and Silk’s Journey on the Трамп train
• Stephen: Not-secretary of state Mike Pompeo went to North Korea
• Conan: James Comey’s dramatic ABC interview
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп calls Comey “Worst FBI director in history”
• Jeff Jefferies: The U.S. should not bomb Syria if it won’t help its refugees
• Maddow: Mike Pompeo’s N. Korea trip meant to boost his nomination
• Chris Hayes with Senator Menendez (D-NJ): Syria strikes may have been “choreographed” with Russia:
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Comey emos—Трамп, Vladimir Putin & prostitutes
• Maddow and O’Donnell: James Comey’s consistency is “powerful” evidence
• Jimmy Fallon: Joel McHale wins Трамп diss Bingo
• Francesca Fiorentini: Can Трамп fix Syria?:

• Stephen: Nikki Haley is standing up to Трамп and Russia
• Farron Cousins: Sniveling Ted Cruz sucks up to Трамп in The most disgusting way
• Ari Melber: “Art Of The Deal” co-author on how Трамп uses confirmation bias
• Stephen: Sen. Harris—There is bipartisan support for protecting Mueller
• Samantha Bee: This week in bombshells: Comey, Ryan, & Bey
• Vox: Why Трамп’s “limited strike” on Syria probably won’t work
• Conan: Tony the cameraman has seen the pee tape
• Rachel Maddow: James Comey—Rudy Giuliani boasts prompted investigation into FBI leaks
• Lawrence O’Donnell with Pete Williams: The Comey memos—fast facts
• Ari Melber: Comey memos boomerang on Трамп, add to potential obstruction case
• Stephen interviews James Comey
• The Daily Show: Hasan the record—What is impeachment?
• Trevor: Трамп blabs about Mike Pompeo’s secret meeting with North Korea:

• Conan: Трамп’s overqualified NASA nominee
• Rachel Maddow: James Comey—George Papadopoulos discussed getting Clinton e-mails from Russian government
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The sick liberal pee tape fantasy
• Jimmy Kimmel warns baby Dotard Трамп about Comey book
• Stephen: Skeletons in the Cabinet—Scott Pruitt and Ryan Zinke

Full Frontal: Medicinal cannabis for all.

Wendover: How to design impenetrable airport security.

Roy Wood Jr.: CP time—The fair housing act turns 50

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Chris Hayes: Senator Tammy Duckworth’s 10-day-old daughter makes history.

Thinking About the Earth:

• Vox: How a warmer Arctic could intensify extreme weather
• NOVA: Understanding natural climate cycles
• Bill Maher: Grass warfare
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Conservatism is the new punk rock
• Trevor: NASA is experimenting with space sperm
• Bill Maher with Gov. Jay Inslee: War on weed

MoJo: Here are the country’s worst voter laws.

Rachel Maddow: James Comey—I don’t believe that Loretta Lynch did anything improper

Farron Cousins: Alex Jones admits live on air that he’s a total liar and scumbag

Adam ruins Copernican mythology.

Chris Hayes: West Virginia GOP Senate candidate is a convicted criminal.

Loitering While Black:

• Trevor: Two Black men get arrested for doing nothing at Starbucks.
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Could climate change save crab dicks?
• The Late Show: Starbucks announces its racial bias training.
• Sam Seder: Starbucks victims speak out on their ridiculous arrests
• Stephen: Starbucks, you kicked out the wrong people.

Samantha Bee: It’s not hard to hire women and people of color.

Trevor: A series of gunfortunate events

The Atlantic: When tax cuts failed.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

The Mannity And His Cleaning Man:

• Stephen: Sean Hannity forgot to mention something
• Slate: How FAUX News reacted after Sean Hannity revealed as Michael Cohen’s mystery client
• Trevor: Sean Hannity had “exclusively almost” nothing to do with Michael Cohen
• Lawrence O’Donnell and friends: Will Michael Cohen flip on the Dotard?
• Bill Maher: The Dotard’s lawyers
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Sean Hannity fucked a house
• Chris Hayes: Buzzfeed editor speaks out after Michael Cohen drops suit
• Conan: Is Andy Richter Michael Cohen’s fourth client?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Sean Hannity is Michael Cohen’s mystery client
• Stephen: How loyal is Michael Cohen?
• Samantha Bee: People are saying, Sean Hannity is a serial killer.
• Ari Melber: Dotard Трамп’s fixer Cohen can’t fix his own problems
• Rachel Maddow: FBI sought “papers of the President” in Michael Cohen searches
• Mark Fiore: Cohen & Cohn, fixers-at-law
• Stephen: Comey goes ‘Hollywood’ (according to Hannity)

MoJo: The architects of voter suppression in America.

Songify the News: MEMES & YODEL TRAP.

Trevor with Karlie Kloss on Getting girls excited about coding with Kode With Klossy.

Vox: How Parkland student David Hogg beats his critics.

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

I don’t have anything to read over the weekend! I have several books on hold at the library, so I don’t want to start something that will take me a long time to read. The Grant biography that everyone says is great will have to wait. Anyone reading something light breezy that would be available at the Central Library or Elliott Bay Books?

I don’t know enough about peremptory challenges. But it seems like this is a good rule. Or at least an improvement. Here’s hoping it makes juries more diverse.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets Tuesday night. Feel free to stop by…all are welcomed!

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

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 251 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

I was unaware that there is an Eye of the Tiger PAC. Or that it’s run by Steve Scalise. Or that it had given money to Dino Rossi.

But back to Eye of the Tiger PAC! Do you have to get permission when you use a song? PAC changes the meaning of a words before it more quickly than anything else I can think of. Survivor are from Chicago, and Eye of the Tiger is used in Rocky III, but Scalise is from Louisiana.

Deuteronomy 7
When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you- and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy. Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, for they will turn your sons away from following me to serve other gods, and the LORD’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you. This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire. For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.

Discuss.