Archives for April 2018

Vox: What melting sea ice means for life in the Arctic.

Trevor: So much news, so little time.

Lauren Meyer: Pay your teachers well:

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The left tries to silence Laura Ingraham

De-Facebook:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Your data was shared! Love, Facebook
• Slate: They told Mark Zuckerberg he should say “Senator” before every statement
• Vox: Why you keep using Facebook, even if you hate it
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Coaching Mark Zuckerberg—Bring your own facts and blame the Left
• Jimmy Kimmel: Senators ask Mark Zuckerberg for help
• Late Show: The Facebook reactions don’t “like” Zuckerberg anymore
• Jonathan Mann: Robot Zuck at the old folks home.
• WaPo Dept. of Satire: The Zuckerberg hearings
• SNL Weekend Update: Mark Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Confused lawmakers question Mark Zuckerberg
• Stephen: Zuck explains Facebook to Congress

Jim Jefferies: Oklahoma teachers aren’t taking the government’s crap anymore.

Stephen: Tucker Carlson stole Stephen’s panda bit.

Vox: How border walls disrupt nature.

Malala: Don’t clip the wings of women.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Drag queen story time.

The Dotard Трамп:

• Stephen: Трамп’s lawyer Michael Cohen wasn’t expecting company
• Kimmel: Трамп loves to pronounce things dead
• Late Show: The Queen completes the royal wedding Guest list
• Seth Meyers: Late Night White House press briefing
• Stephen: Bannon’s master plan to defeat Robert Mueller
• SNL Weekend Update: Трампy news
• Mark Fiore: Lie deflector.
• Ari Melber: Why Comey’s “pee tape” claim matters to Bob Mueller
• Conan: Michael Cohen offered the FBI $130,000 to keep the raid quiet
• Trevor: The FBI raids and The Dotard has a Twitterfit
• Stephen: The President’s WrestleMania foreign policy:

• WaPo: Five takeaways from James Comey’s new book.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп wants to fire Robert Mueller
• Late Show: Confessions of a Трамп tower doorman
• Trevor: Трамп might have a secret kid
• Seth Meyers: Pee pee tape allegations, Paul Ryan retires, Трамп attacks Mueller
• Stephen: Трамп condemns the “disgraceful” raid of Michael Cohen
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Трамп board game.
• Stephen: The state of the White House is, “Oh my God!”
• Late Show: New tariffs are making Crazy Ernie’s Electronics even crazier
• WaPo: Трамп attorney Michael Cohen is under federal investigation
• Chris Hayes: A preview of Comey’s book.
• Stephen: Трамп’s Chief of Staff is eyeing the door
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп’s doorman paid to keep quiet
• Daily Show: What is a “taint team?”
• Rachel Maddow: Mueller report on President Трамп obstruction takes shape ahead of schedule
• Seth Meyers: Трамп lashes out after Michael Cohen raid
• SNL: The Game of Life, DACA edition
• Stephen: Трамп lashes out at Amazon and “delivery boy” USPS

John Oliver: Crisis pregnancy centers.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: False flag—Is a crisis actor posing as Alex Jones?:

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Paul Ryan Chickens Out:

• Stephen: Paul Ryan is taking his tax cuts and going home
• Conan: Paul Ryan wants to take away his family’s health care in person
• Jimmy Fallon: Paul Ryan retires from Senate
• Roll Call: A look back at Paul Ryan’s career in the House
• Jonathan Mann: Bye-bye Paul Ryan.
• Jimmy Kimmel: The saddest part about Paul Ryan leaving

Adam ruins ancient gladiators.

Newsbroke: The religion of libertarianism.

Jonathan Mann: Ten State Senators voted for bestiality.

Vox: Why Black Americans are getting less sleep.

Trevor: Kim Jong-un transitions from reclusive madman to super social madman.

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

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Exodus 32:24-29
Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock to their enemies. So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied to him.

Then he said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.’ ” The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died. Then Moses said, “You have been set apart to the LORD today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this day.”

Discuss.

Slate: Why Democrats are blue and Republicans are Red—and why it’s the opposite everywhere else.

NOVA: Climate change’s best hope.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: “Roseanne” gives conservatives a safe space

Jimmy Kimmel responds to Sean Hannity’s vicious attacks.

The “Very Stable Genius” Dotard Трамп and Friends:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Kellyanne Conway on being the #1 White House leaker
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Robert Mueller’s team finds more Russia ties
• The President Show: The President must confess his sins
• WaPo: Here’s why scrutiny over Scott Pruitt’s actions is rising
• Ari Melber: How Manafort’s attack on Mueller backfired on him and FAUX News
• Bill Maher: Трамп the riffer
• Seth Meyers: Трамп sends the National Guard to the border and attacks Amazon
• Jimmy Kimmel: Second grader explains trade deficits to Dotard Трамп
• Eugene Robinson: Трамп lies about what scares him:

• Young Turks: Трамп deploying military to Mexican border because he saw it on FAUX News
• Trevor: Is Ronny Jackson ready to run the VA?
• Our Cartoon President: The manliest first pitch in history
• Heads of State: Why Трамп’s EPA eliminated Obama-era fuel efficiency rules
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп explains Easter & Passover
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп, Robert Mueller and “subject” versus “target”
• WaPo: Analyzing Трамп’s claims about “caravans” of migrants
• Ari Melber: Rob Reiner on why “truth” is difficult in the Трамп era
• David Pakman: Networks bail on bizarre, garbled Трамп speech/rant
• Young Turks: Трамп going “nuclear” (and stupid) over DACA
• The President Show: You can do so much without a conscience
• Jimmy Kimmel: Porn stars explain private arbitration
• Our Cartoon President: “Who’s the winner?”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: President Dotard Трамп’s “wag the dog” problem
• Seth Meyers: Point, Counterpoint—White House shake-up, bad leadership
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s bashing sparks new Amazon delivery service
• Jimmy Fallon: Dr. Evil gets fired from Трамп’s cabinet:

• Trevor: Michael Wolff on exposing the Трамп White House in “fire and fury”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s border plan explained by Barista Theatre
• The President Show: The porn star song
• Ari Melber: By denying Daniels payment, Dotard Трамп may ruin his own NDA
• Fact checking The Dotard’s “catch and release” Tweet
• Seth Meyers: Трамп breaks silence on Stormy Daniels as Russia probe heats up
• Young Turks: Democrat wins in latest sign of anti-Трамп blue wave.
• Our Cartoon President: Introducing cartoon John Bolton
• Trevor Noah with Cecile Richards: How Planned Parenthood is faring under Трамп.
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Another big progressive win in Dotard Трамп country
• Mark Fiore: Drive the all new Megalosaurus
• Jimmy Kimmel: Surprise visitor at Dotard and Melania Трамп’s Easter egg roll
• Ari Melber: Obama adviser says Трамп’s undoing for monetizing the presidency

NOVA: The science of whoopee cushions.

Young Turks: Billionaire bigots spreading anti-Muslim propaganda

Adam Ruins Everything: How JFK almost caused World War 3.

Eugene Robinson: MLK was complicated. We should remember him that way.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: War on men—The beginning of the end

It’s Like Fucking Ground Hog Day—Another Goddamn Mass Shooting!

• Seth Meyers: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) isn’t going to give up on gun control
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Cory Booker—Finding common ground to make America safer
• Vice News: Why the best hope for gun control isn’t Congress—It’s with the states
• Young Turks: NRA spews propaganda after YouTube shooting
• David Pakman: Rare female shooter opens fire at YouTube headquarters

The Atlantic: The human face of a prison sentence.

Vox: What America’s shopping mall decline means for social space

Tide CEO: You gotta stop eating Tide Pods.

Bill Maher: New rule—Pencils down.

WaPo: What is the nuclear option?

Minute Earth: Are plastics too strong?

America’s Pravda:

• David Pakman: Leaked memo reveals Sinclair threatening employees over “must-read” scripts
• Young Turks: Watch Sinclair turn local news anchors into creepy Трамп drones.
• WaPo: What is Sinclair Broadcast Group?
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The right way to protest school shootings
• David Pakman: The problem with Sinclair isn’t their right wing politics
• John Oliver: Sinclair’s propaganda

Jim Jefferies finds flaws in sex trafficking prevention bills.

Francesca Fiorentini: The fight between progressives and centrists

Vox: China’s trillion dollar plan to dominate global trade.

Minute Physics: Special relativity chapter 3—Lorentz transformations

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

WordPress ate my last post.

I don’t know the rules for police officers who aren’t on the job. So I won’t say what the punishment should be for a cop ignoring a hate crime while they’re working on something else (video may autoplay). But morally, come the fuck on. Do better.

Seriously…it’s the best thing going on a Tuesday night: The Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally. All are welcomed, so stop by 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 small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Ok…then check out one of the 250 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.

The VA has had problems for a long time. Still, I don’t think it was the best idea in the world to give the position to someone with no relevant experience. Call me old fashioned.

Deuteronomy 21:10-14
When you go out to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God gives them into your hand and you take them captive, and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you desire to take her to be your wife, and you bring her home to your house, she shall shave her head and pare her nails. And she shall take off the clothes in which she was captured and shall remain in your house and lament her father and her mother a full month. After that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. But if you no longer delight in her, you shall let her go where she wants. But you shall not sell her for money, nor shall you treat her as a slave, since you have humiliated her.

Discuss.