Archives for July 2018

Bill Maher: Mitt Romney for a million

Vox: Why seeking asylum in America is so difficult

Late Show: Americans should “keep a low profile’ in London:

Minute Earth: Why earth has two levels

The Atlantic: How the trade war with China will affect the U.S..

The Dotard Трамп And His Reign Of Error:

• Stephen: The hungry to leave power games—Scott Pruitt edition
• Late Show: Kim Jong Un found out about Трамп’s other dictator
• Stephen: Трамп’s brain instrument is on the fritz again
• Sam Seder: As predicted, Трамп makes a total ass of himself during Britain visit
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Sen. Reed on the Dotard Трамп doing Vladimir Putin’s work with NATO attacks
• Our Cartoon President: “Little progress made at the NATO summit”
• Stephen Colbert and Lawrence O’Donnell on Strzok’s hearing and the Dotard’s trip.
• Sky News: Winners vs losers—Трамп’s language analysed:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Republicans lose their minds during Strzok testimony
• Stephen: Migrant babies are making appearances in court
• Mark Fiore: Pablo—A family separation theme song.
• Ari Melber: Трамп baby blimp backstory
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Senate rebukes The Dotard with vote on NATO
• Trevor: Angela Rye—rebutting Трамп
• Stephen: White House welcomes a disgraced FAUX News boss and his racist wife
• Bill Maher: Aggressively stupid
• Deputy Attorney General announces 12 Russian spies indicted in Mueller investigation
• Stephen: Who needs allies when you’ve got foes like Vladimir?
• Lauren Mayer: Трамп baby:

• Conan: British people want Dotard Трамп immediately deported
• Late Show: The even more disgraceful Трамп balloon
• Sam Seder: Louie Gohmert transforms into blabbering idiot during hearing
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп’s not-so-welcome welcome to the U.K.
• Stephen: The Трамп administration threatens Ecuador over…breastfeeding?
• Our Cartoon President: “You sure are a chatterbox”
• Peter Stzok’s epic take-down of Trey Gowdy over anti-Трамп text messages
• Jimmy Kimmel: The Dotard Трамп lied about Jimmy Kimmel:

• Jim Jefferies: Scott Pruitt resigns, but we’re still screwed
• Stephen: Man controlled by Russia says Germany is controlled by Russia
• Chris Hayes: The Dotard Трамп loves asbestos so much his face is being used to sell it
• Late Show: How German news covered Трамп’s NATO visit
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Are Republicans finally showing sanity on Трамп’s trade war?
• Stephen: Kim Jong Un chose a potato farm over Mike Pompeo

Rachel Maddow: GOP stunt to smear counter-intel expert Peter Strzok ripe for backfire

Stephen: Red Hot Congressional Strzok-fest, 2018

Minute Physics: Not EVERYTHING is relative

Supremely Fucked:

• Stephen: Why The Dotard likes Brett Kavanaugh so much
• Heads of State: Трамп brags about Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh
• Stephen: Brett Kavanaugh had the most “dad” scandal ever
• Jim Jefferies: Supreme Court justices don’t age well
• Rachel Maddow: Brett Kavanaugh in for a long, hard fight for Supreme Court spot
• Michelle Wolf: The break with Michelle Wolf
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп’s shocking Supreme Court nominee

The Atlantic: A tourist attraction and a dying ancient culture.

Chris Hayes: Nazi and white nationalist are running for office as Republicans.

Real Engineering: The physics of racing games.

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

Seattle, we have to figure out how to line up for the bus. A bus comes to the crowded stop and there’s a scrum for the door. And it more or less works out until some asshole comes in from the side and they’re always let in.

I don’t know how we fix that. Maybe just social stigma.

I’m glad to see the opening of the all women tiny house village in the city. It will be a much better place for the residents than on the street. Longer term we need a lot more housing and more programs to get people off the street.

For well over a decade, the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally has served as a gathering place for people to talk politics. So please join us this evening for conversations over a drink.

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.

I hope that the next Supreme Court nominee gets questioned about how racist Donald Trump is. It seems to me that only 5 people think Donald Trump’s Muslim ban might not have been a Muslim ban. Unfortunately, they made up a bare minimum of the Court majority. How we figure out how racist Donald Trump is going forward will determine how many acts of collective punishment the United States takes under his Presidency.

Genesis 2:25
Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

Discuss.

Jim Jefferies: Racism and homophobia at the World Cup.

Plastic Polution: How humans are turning the world into plastic

How a multiracial populism can build a 21st century economy.

Now This World: What countries have tried universal basic income?.

Trevor: Surprisingly good news for Pride Month.

Mental Floss: Everything you need to know about modern day marvels.

The Dotard Трамп:

• Ari Melber: The Трамп baby blimp to troll Трамп.
• Mark Fiore: Independence Dotard
• Lawrence O’Donnell: GOP may turn on the Dotard over tariffs
• Montana’s Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) doesn’t mind pissing off Трамп
• Young Turks: Jeff Sessions’ cruelty continues
• Chris Hayes: President Dotard Трамп: “I guess I speak well”
• Trevor: Duterte’s “stupid God” remark and Трамп’s travel ban
• Ari Melber: Betsy DeVos’s record of dismantling student protections
• Heads of State: Трамп celebrates the 4th by trying to cut Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid:

• Ari Melber: EPA chief resigns as The Dotard Трамп finally surrenders to scandal outrage
• Jimmy Dore: Rick Perry asks “Do I always sound this dumb?”
• Sam Seder reads Scott Pruitt’s resignation letter
• Chris Hayes: All of Scott Pruitt’s scandals, from the beginning
• Jonathan Mann: Abolish ICE
• MoJo: ICE appears to be using a new tactic to keep migrant families apart
• This deported mom is desperate to get her children back from the U.S.
• Rachel Maddow: Republicans on board with Трамп in odd deference to Russian goals
• Ayman Mohyeldin: Teacher who confronted Pruitt responds to calls for civility
• Ari Melber: President Трамп baby war escalates with “world tour”.
• Young Turks: Трамп’s trade war backfires BIGLY
• Slate: Kids at anti-separation protests explain how they’ve processed Трамп’s policy
• Chris Hayes: EPA whistleblower on Scott Pruitt, “A bigger swamp creature”
• WaPo: Migrant child—“Never let them take me away from you again”
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Senate Intel Committee confirms that Russia meddled to help the Dotard
• Rachel Maddow: Michael Cohen’s new legal strategy
• Late Night: Dotard Трамп’s salute to American independence:

• WaPo: Трамп’s bet on Pruitt backfires
• The Atlantic: Migrant kids describe fear of separation from parents
• Is the U.S. paying for Mexico’s border security?
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Volunteer shares gruesome story from detention facilities
• Chris Hayes interviews Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA): The Dotard Трамп does not intend to reunite families
• Trevor: Mike Pence’s ice-cold immigration speech
• WaPo: Protesters march nationwide against Трамп immigration policies

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Nova: Jurassic World is wrong—DNA has an expiration date

How the U.S. territory of Guam became an American colony.

Mother Jones: Faith and fatigue—Surviving at the border

The Atlantic: How aristocracies work.

Elections Have Consequences:

• Rachel Maddow: History’s echo heard in current concerns about Supreme Court fate
• Lawrence O’Donnell: The Dotard Трамп meets 4 potential SCOTUS nominees
• Rachel Maddow: Senate intel report confirms Russian intrusion in 2016 election

Jimmy Dore: Jeb Bush has a meltdown after appearance on CNBC

Young Turks: Alex Jones’ conspiracy theory BACKFIRES

NASA: Fighting cancer from space.

The Atlantic: The Mayor of a ghost town:

Michelle Wolf: Workplace safety—Gun edition.

John Oliver: Gene editing.

Lawrence O’Donnell: Police use of deadly force changed by video.

Vox: Why the US national anthem is terrible—and perfect.

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

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for drinks and political conversation. Please stop by!

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.

This administration is still depressing as all hell. But! For the first time in a long time, I see maybe something. Being with 10000 people who oppose kidnapping children. I would probably feel better if my country wasn’t stealing children from their families, but I saw a little something.

1 Kings 11:1-3
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.

Discuss.