– Good morning. I hope you aren’t too inconvenienced by the snow and wind. Nothing stuck in the urban core, but maybe where you are?
– If Joe Kent wants to waste his doner’s money on a recount, more power to him, I guess. It would have to be a much greater swing than the governor’s race in 2004, but with fewer voters.
– Bring them grizzly bears back to Washington.
Wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Yep…even tonight.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be getting together. Please join us for an evening of political discussions over a beverage or two.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm out on the back patio.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another nearby chapter for you.
Good morning. I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving, or if you don’t celebrate, long weekend, or if you had to work, a good time at work.
– It is bad to have dinner with a violent white supremacist, right?
– Ranked choice is coming to Seattle…eventually.
– Wash your hands right now. And I can’t believe it if aren’t vaccinated or boosted, but the good news is you can make an appointment today.
John Oliver: Qatar World Cup
Liberal Redneck: The results of rhetoric
Vox: How FIFA corrupted the World Cup
Jimmy Kimmel: Kanye West’s new board game
Electoral Dysfunction:
Michael Kosta: New Yorkers to fill him in on the news
Joy Reid: We are a country that chooses violence over and over again
Robert Reich: Does Elon Musk have a right to destroy Twitter?
Lawrence O’Donnell: Cherokee Nation calls on Congress to fulfill 187-year-old promise
The KKKrazy Klan of The Dotard Трамп:
NowThis: Biden Gives U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team a pep talk for World Cup match
Adam Conover: Elon Musk is an idiot (and so are Zuck and SBF)
LegalEagle: Elon bought himself a bunch of lawsuits
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
– Seattle has a budget.
– My commute has changed a bit since late October. I now take the bus with a bunch of rowdy high school students. Man, I wish I had the free bus when I was a kid. How fabulous, great job everyone who made it happen.
– Hey, you. Wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for an evening of politics, conversation, and good cheer over a drink.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm out on the back patio (under an awning). The cold weather may entice some folks to hang out in the back room of the pub as well.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another nearby chapter for you.
I saw Macbeth at Seattle Shakespeare over the weekend. Fantastic performances and staging. It was the final weekend, so this isn’t a review or anything like that.
It is me saying that I was very impressed with their mask policy. Obviously, get vaccinated or boosted is the thing that helps the most in saving lives from COVID-19. But with people in close quarters for a couple hours, masks are also important. And it was mandatory, and at the introduction, they said they would kick people out or stop the show if people weren’t masked.
They aren’t killing the little old ladies who make up their core audience. Don’t be absurd.
Roy Wood, Jr.: Black superhero history
The New York Times: Empty classrooms, abandoned kids—Inside The Great Teacher Resignation
Desi Lydic: Twitter’s Head of Communications speaks out
Electile (Dys)Function:
Stephen: Family meeting with Michelle Obama
Amber Ruffin: How Native American kids were forced to become whiter
Mehdi Hasan: The most defining moments of Nancy Pelosi’s legacy
The Dotard Трамп and Other Dishonorable Liars and Grifters:
WaPo: How Nancy Pelosi became the most powerful woman in Congress
Stephen chats with Michelle Obama (full interview)
Desi Lydic: Black Friday—Why?
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
New Coleman Dock, baby! I have walked or biked by it quite regularly, and it doesn’t look ready from the outside. But it’s very exciting. Maybe I can pop into it on my way home from work and take a look. It’s very exciting when new infrastructure opens up.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
I am not sure how much credit to give a proposal in a politician’s press release. So maybe I am missing something. But I like the idea of continuing to bypass the design review process for affordable housing in Seattle. I don’t know how much we need the process in general, but certainly for low income housing in the middle of a homelessness crisis, extending it seems like a no brainer.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Please join us on Tuesday as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for an evening of post-election celebration. Please note the meeting time and venue change.
This week we will meet at the Duchess Tavern (2827 NE 55th St, Seattle WA 98105) starting at 7pm out on the patio.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another nearby chapter for you.
– Congratulations to Congresswoman elect Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez! I am sure that there will be a lot of times when I’m frustrated with her, but man what a gap between her and the other possibility.
– King County’s budget passed committee last week. There are so many exceptions, I don’t know how much the body cameras for deputies will make a difference, but it’s probably better than not.
– Go wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Jimmy Kimmel: Dana Carvey’s Dotard Трамп, Barack Obama & Joe Biden Impressions
Drunk History: Unbelievable moments in US political history
Electoral Dysfunction:
Roy Wood, Jr.: CP Time—The history of Black governors
Трамп and His Imbeciles:
Ronny Chieng teaches you about Asian veterans
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
I am writing this on Tuesday night. It’s still too early to tell who is going to control Congress. But! It’s safe to say that Patty Murray is going to win reelection pretty easily.
And far be it from me to give advice to Republicans, who I hope lose every election, but I don’t understand why they keep running on hating Seattle in statewide races. Like what was the last time it was successful, Slade Gorton in the 1990’s? They won Secretary of State and AG, when they aren’t tempted to go full fuck Seattle, more recently.
But part of the reason that we’ve only had Democrats as Governor and Senator for decades is that Seattle people aren’t going to vote for fuck Seattle and it isn’t salient to the rest of the state. Like find a message that doesn’t demonize a large group of people who you want to represent.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
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