Archives for June 2018

Naps are awesome and the Devil at once. Yesterday, I got home from work with about an hour before I had to go to Drinking Liberally. It was only Tuesday, but I was already tired. So nap. Rad. I didn’t set an alarm, but it wasn’t very long. Anyway, I was refreshed at DL but when I got home, I couldn’t sleep. So now I’m tired again. So should I take another nap when I get home and start the process again?

Tonight will be filled with primary election results from Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina and Virginia. Perhaps, the local issues in your head tax you to drinking. Whatever your reasons, stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally tonight to ponder politics over a pint.

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.

Are you excited about how we’re definitely going to solve nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula this afternoon? I mean sure, there’s a tiny little bitty chance that nothing happens. Or that something happens that makes things worse.

1 Corinthians 14:34-35
Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.

Discuss.

Ronny Chieng: A televangelist begs for a private jet.

Jimmy Dore: Nellie McKay’s anti-war song update.

Trevor with #MeToo founder Tarana Burke.

The Cruz Challenge:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Ted Cruz says GAME ON.
• Jimmy Kimmel: Ground rules for Ted Cruz basketball game.
• Jimmy Kimmel Responds to Ted Cruz trash talk

Physics Girl: The physics of skateboarding.

Vox: Why chronic floods are coming to New Jersey

Samantha Bee: A message.

Bill Maher: New Rule—Crass dismissed .

Lauren Mayer: Please stop making insults out of genitalia.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Future Pardonees:

• Stephen: Can a president pardon himself?
• Trevor: Are we in an alternate universe?
• WaPoТрамп did not dictate the Трамп Tower response. Until he did.
• Chris Hayes: Scott Pruitt tried to get his wife a Chick-Fil-A franchise
• Ari Melber: Watergate prosecutor says that Paul Manafort is “toast”
• The Late Show: This is how we Pruitt—The corruption story
• Trevor: North Korea gets back on Трамп’s good side
• Lawrence O’Donnell: In the Robert Mueller’s probe, “It’s the money, stupid”
• Stephen: Kim Jong-Un had a big message for Трамп
• WaPo fact check: Can President Трамп (or any president) be subpoenaed or indicted?
• Conan: Sports figures willing to visit the White House
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп administration struggles to find space for seized immigrant kids
• Chris Hayes: Dotard Трамп and water just don’t mix
• Late Show: Meet the real Commander-of-Cheese:

• Heads of State: Can Трамп shoot someone and pardon himself?
• Chris Hayes: “Mattress-lotion Scott” somehow still has a job at EPA
• Samantha Bee: Missing migrant children update
• Ari Melber: Bob Mueller indicts a Russian known as “Paul Manafort’s Manafort”
• Stephen: Scott Pruitt is hungry for Chick-fil-A
• Trevor: Team Трамп’s above-the-law legal arguments
• Rachel Maddow: Light of Russia investigation sends Трамп affiliates scattering
• Young Turks: The Dotard scolds Trudeau for Canada burning down White House (they didn’t)
• Conan: Putin calls Трамп to talk about “The Americans” finale
• Farron Cousins: Creepy Scott Pruitt wanted to buy used Трамп Hotel mattress
• Vox: Трамп invented a fake spy scandal and people will still believe it.
• Stephen: Трамп makes the G7 summit awkwaaaard
• Bill Maher: Turd in the punchbowl
• James Corden: Apparently Трамп knows numerous legal scholars?
• WaPo: What Трамп (and you) need to know about pardons
• Late Show: The big words in Kim Jong Un’s big letter
• Young Turks: Guess how the Dotard is prepping for North Korea summit
• Chris Hayes: EPA imploding under weight of Scott Pruitt scandals
• Trevor: Scott Pruitt’s petty side hustles
• Stephen: Have you seen this first lady?
• Ari Melber: Kardashian winning Трамп pardon shows “terribly wrong” process
• Lawrence O’Donnell: “Thanks Pal”—Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer was cozy with Dotard’s lawyer
• Randy Rainbow: Commander of cheese!:

• Late Show: In search of the First Lady
• Conan: Трамп releases an album of patriotic songs
• Ari Melber: People who obstruct justice usually have something to hide
• Stephen speaks Kellyanne Conway’s language
• Rachel Maddow: Трамп and GOP keep Scott Pruitt on despite flagrant abuse of office
• WaPo: Does the Dotard even know the lyrics?
• Trevor: Scott Pruitt’s spending gets weirder
• Chris Hayes: Sen. Jeff Merkley describes immigrants held in cages “like dog kennels”
• Stephen: Paul Manafort is bad at being sneaky
• Jimmy Kimmel: Melania Трамп finally makes public appearance
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Rudy Giuliani speaks, causes trouble for the Dotard Трамп
• Late Show: Under the table with Трамп and Pence
• Conan: Трамп the historian
• Farron Cousins: The Dotard fails basic history and embarrasses U.S. again
• Ari Melber: Melber on Трамп’s self-pardon claim—Pardons are for criminals
• Stephen: Rudy Giuliani says, “I don’t even really look at porn”
• Chris Hayes: Family separation is “barbaric,” a “National Shame”
• Jimmy Kimmel wishes Трамп happy 500 days
• Trevor: Трамп gets snubbed by the Philadelphia Eagles
• Stephen: Трамп disinvites the Eagles for… never kneeling?

• Conan: The one Трамп business that made money
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп administration is violating human rights according to U.N.
• Stephen: Трамп, Sanders, and Sekulow got caught in a lie
• WaPo: The lawsuit against Ben Carson that was 50 years in the making
• Ari Melber: Michael Cohen plotted with Stormy Daniels’ lawyer to push lies
• Trevor and Hasan: Трамп changes his tune on celebrating Ramadan
• Mark Fiore: Presidential Pardon Power Supplement
• Young Turks: Putin OWNS Трамп
• Chris Hayes: President Dotard Трамп history, like drunk history, only not as smart
• Michael Brooks: Hannity goes full crazy on live TV, tells Трамп’s friends to destroy evidence
• Stephen: Трамп is turning pardon power into reality TV
• Rachel Maddow: Mueller puts Трамп in desperate position; pardon spree a bad idea

Daily Show: Facebook cashes in on conflict.

The Atlantic: Hawaii’s Kilaeuea volcanic eruption—A stunning time-lapse

The Onion: How to increase your cognitive ability by reading a fucking book for once.

Vox: How noise pollution is ruining your hearing.

Stephen: The FBI’s Breakdancing Training VIdeo

Elections and Stuff:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: GOP gets wiped out in California Senate race
• WaPo: Winners and losers from 2018’s biggest primary night
• Sam Seder with Dave Weigel: Republicans should be TERRIFIED of California primary results
• Young Turks: Judge RECALLED after slap-on-the-wrist rape sentence
• Samantha Bee: The Texas conscience
• Trevor does New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon.
• WaPo: Is 2018 really the “year of the woman”?

Jim Jefferies: Abstinence-only education makes no sense:

The Atlantic: Tangier Island—The first U.S. climate refugees?

New Scientist: Can sleeping pills make you racist?

Stephen: China’s sonic attacks reach the Late Show.

Vox: Trade wars, explained.

WaPo: The Supreme Court punted on the Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling.

Late Show: Straight Cakes—The all-hetero cakeshop

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

Tuesday is a big election day with primary elections in Alabama, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota, and a handfull of special elections. Stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for election gawking and analysis over a pint.

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.

A surprisingly good unexpected joy in Seattle comes when you pick up a Lime Bike off the ground. Strangers will thank you. When there are several bikes, other people will often help. It’s great. There are a few seconds of community and then back to whatever we were doing. I know, it’s free labor for a private company, but still, can’t beat it.

Chronicles 15:13
All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

Discuss.

Vox: Scientists are remaking mosquitoes to fight malaria.

Conan: Obama also asked James Comey to make a promise….

Trevor: A Mali migrant rescues a child in France

Jimmy Kimmel accepts Ted Cruz’s challenge.

Minute Physics: Length contraction and time dilation.

The Dotard Трамп and His Gang of Criminals:

• Rachel Maddow: Dotard Трамп ends signal with pardons, could face rude awakening
• Conan: James Comey says Трамп’s “spygate” claims are made up
• Lawrence O’Donnell: What you’re really worried about tonight if you’re Dotard Трамп
• Ari Melber: How a Трамп pardon in collusion case could be a crime
• Late Show: Трамп and Xi’s high stakes poker game
• Rachel Maddow: FBI assembling contents of Michael Cohen’s shredder machine:

• Chris Hayes: Backlash grows against separation of migrant families
• Trevor: Where is Melania?
• Ari Melber: How Dotard Трамп uses trolling as political warfare
• Lawrence O’Donnell: WhatDotard Трамп’s pardons really do
• Samantha Bee’s has some words for Ivanka Трамп
• WaPo: What the Dotard has said about pardons
• Trevor: Kim Kardashian goes to the White House and Трамп pardons Dinesh D’Souza
• Conan: James Comey is like a breakup Трамп can’t get over
• Ari Melber: Listen to the tape of Michael Cohen making threats for the Dotard
• Rachel Maddow: Paul Manafort gets contender for world’s sketchiest legal defense fund
• Jimmy Dore: Sean Spicer desperately trying to stay relevant
• Chris Hayes: Dotard Трамп falsely blames Democrats for family separation
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Michael Cohen tape.
• WaPo: What’s the hurry Sarah Sanders?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Hammered Dotard Трамп gives commencement speech
• Ari Melber: Трамп’s problem with lying
• Bill Maher: Tweet sorrow:

• Lawrence O’Donnell: Jeff Sessions is key witness in Robert Mueller obstruction probe
• Chris Hayes and friends: How Dotard Трамп paved the way for Roseanne

Trevor: France’s migrant hero.

Minute Earth: How long can we live?.

Bill Maher: New Rule—Conspiracy theories.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

The most valuable airspace in the world.

Racists SUCK!

• Trevor: Even the anti-PC brigade condemns Roseanne Barr
• Jimmy Kimmel on Roseanne cancellation
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп doesn’t denounce Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet
• WaPo: Roseanne Barr’s offensive comments got her canceled
• Chris Hayes: Roseanne Barr reflects a chunk of the Dotard Трамп base
• Full Frontal: Ask your doctor about Ambien
• Trevor and Roy: Starbucks shuts down for racial bias training.
• Hallie Jackson and Morgan Radford: White nationalists running for office in record numbers
• Starbucks’ racial bias training went great, according to Starbucks
• Jonathan Mann: When Трамп tells a lie, when Rossanne says something racist

Vox: The culture war between doctors and midwives, explained.

Seth Meyers sits down with The Washington Post.

Jonathan Mann: 4,645 Americans died in Puerto Rico:

Best of Newsbroke (farewell).

How scientists discovered dark matter.

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

I’m looking forward to the employment numbers this morning. I may have been briefed on them yesterday, but today I’ll really delve deeper. I’ll be sure to keep Tweeting if I find something interesting.

Prime rate held steady at 79.2%. That’s a number.

They slightly revised the April numbers too. Did you know they could do that?