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Archives for February 2019

Op’n T’d

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Finally, we’re going to get to the most important post imaginable! Why are people yanking the stop cord on the bus when it has already been pulled? I get if you’re absent minded or something, but then when it doesn’t make a sound, instead of looking up to see the lights show a stop has been requested, just pulling the cord more and more aggressively. Maybe it’s just new bus riders in the cold snap.

“State of the Union” Open Thread

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6:05: Here we go!

6:06: Prepare for an onslaught of lies, lies, lies, lieslies.

6:07: There is a small crowd here at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern for Drinking Liberally.

6:08: Why is Melanie wearing pajamas.

6:10: He has said absolutely nothing so far.

6:11: Wait…”The Great Crusade” wasn’t the liberation of Europe! He is basically feeding his base with anti-Islamic dog whistles.

6:19: The economy is good. That’s because Trump inherited the Obama recovery, and he hasn’t totally fucked it up. Yet.

6:22: What companies have come back to the U.S. as a result of the G.O.P. tax scam?

6:23: The U.S. is a net exporter of energy. But that was achieved under Obama. “Thanks Obama!”

6:29: I hate these fucking anecdotes. For every Alice there is a Joe Arpaio, so fuck off, Drumpf.

6:32: Here comes the bullshit “dangerous southern border” part of the speech.

6:33: “Caravans of refugees are coming!!!!!11!1!!1!” When, exactly, did Republicans become such fucking cowards?

6:37: Human traffickers, MS 13, and caravans, OH MY!

6:42: Let’s see…Drumpf says 300 girls rescued from 1000 pimps!?! That is a very large pimp to girl ratio!

6:45: Drumpf describes his wonderful “barrier”. Did he get some funding from Mexico yet?

6:46: “Walls work and walls save lives”. That should convince the Mexicans.

6:48: “More women serving in Congress than anytime before.” Drumpf does get sine credit for that, but not how he thinks!

6:50: “First ever program focusing on economic empowerment for women in developing countries.” Bullshit. Obama and Clinton had such programs. Hell, Shrub probably did as well.

6:52: USMCS is pretty much a slightly modernized NAFTA.

6:56: Drumpf declares a war on “global freeloading”.

7:01: Drumpf is all about paid family leave. We’ll see how long that lasts.

7:06: Yay for more nuclear weapons! “Mush Room Cloud! Mush Room Cloud!”

7:16: Drumpf says “radical regime of Iran” as if he is trying to convince people (and himself) it is true.

7:23: The State of Our Union is 75 years ago.

7:29: Drumpf gives a stirring speech asking us to chose greatness. Tomorrow he will Tweet something about “Cryin’ Chuck”.

7:40: Ummm…happy lunar new year?

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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A cold front will grip the ENTIRE nation Tuesday night, as the President* takes to the stage and delivers a postponed state of the union address. Please join us as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally debriefs, and fact checks the tsunami of effluvial matter likely to ensue. The “big chill” starts at 6pm, so stop by then if you care to watch it. Or, if you are participating in the boycott, stop by later.

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




Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 264 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter in your community!

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Jim Jefferies: Oh no, it turns out infrastructure is crumbling everywhere.

Samantha Bee: Deaf lives matter with Nyle DiMarco.

Chris Hayes: In opposing voting access, Mitch McConnell shows his hand.

Vox: El Chapo’s drug tunnels, explained.

Rachel Maddow: Pipelines, power grid vulnerable to cyber attack by China and Russia

Bill Maher: Climate emergency

The Dotard Трамп and Others Owned by Pelosi:

Rachel Maddow: Blue wave Democrats bring new productivity to House committees

The Atlantic: Inside the struggle of the U.S. government shutdown

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

Lauren Mayer: Yet another song explaining cold weather doesn’t disprove climate change:

Vox: The DeLorean paradox—how it failed and became a legend.

Chris Hayes: NC House race is still undecided.

Jim Jefferies: How toxic masculinity screws men up

Samantha Bee: Military spending

Rachel Maddow: Russia accused of disinformation campaign in disinformation case

The 2020 Season Fucking Starts!

New Yorker: Witness a mother’s call with her daughter in government custody.

Daily Show: That’s fracked—Can a Colorado school combat environmental racism?.

Nova: What does the polar vortex have to do with climate change?

Rachel Maddow: Fading NRA panics over exposed ties to Russia

Adam Ruins Mount Everest tourism.

WaPo: Is extreme weather related to climate change?

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

Open Thread Friday.

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Hey, Seattle and anywhere that has levies on the ballot, vote for your damb levies. The way we fund education in Washington is better than a lot of states, but it still relies too heavily on local funding. Still, it is how we fund education. So if you want structural change statewide, call your legislators. But fund education in the mean time.

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