Archives for December 2024

– So much AI garbage pretending to be news. Wow.

– South Seattle getting shit on by the rest of the city.

– Man, who knew the requirements for how many stairs in a building could be so interesting.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for an evening of good cheer, conversation and drinks. Stop by if you can.

We meet tonight and 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 start at 8:00pm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

– Bremerton fast ferry riders, test out the bike rack.

– Look at the sexy new trains for the Amtrak Cascades route.

– The Emerald talking about COVID-19 just because it’s still a threat.

Michael Kosta meets the Number 1 book banner in Florida

Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler phones Biden

Electile Dysfunction 2024:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Von Shitzenpantz’s Pick Hegseth embroiled in scandal
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп—Immortal, Immutable (Incontinent, Incompetent) ♬
• Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: The Snake
• Lauren Mayer: ♫ Why Are You Surprised When a Snake Hisses? ♬
• Tommy Campbell: Трамп’s NEW fragrances DESTROYED in hilarious commercial dub
• Steve Shives: Right-wing reporter hustles for job in Трамп administration:

• Stephen: Biden pardon upsets Dems & return to Notre-Dame & The Dotard to annex Canada?
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A song about naming Трамп’s Cabinet ♬
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп heading to Notre Dame in Paris, GOP’s pretend outrage over Hunter & California Трамп-proofs
• The Five 8: ♫ America the Stupidful ♬
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Hegseth says he “won’t back down,” but he will as soon as Von Shitzenpantz names his replacement
• Dixon White: Back from the future of MAGA 2025!
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Mister Трамп, Won’t You Make Me Ambassador to France? ♬:

• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard says Kash Patel is the next J Edgar Hoover
• Robert Reich: Why The Dotard won
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп hawks new cologne, DeSantis eyed for defense secretary & more anger over Hunter pardon
• Steve Shives: Трамп’s cabinet is already a freak show of failure
• The Late Show: CBS premieres a new “FBI” crime drama
• Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Wicked—Popular Dictator ♬:

• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Pete Hegseth—A Horrible Man (but a beautiful song) ♬
• Stephen: Трамп considers DeSantis over Hegseth & Zuckerberg dines at Mar-A-Lago
• Tommy Campbell: Pete Hegseth sent his mom on TV over her scathing letter and it backfired
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The GOP—Marching to the Gaetz of Hell ♬
• J-L Cauvin: The Dotard announces his ambassador to France
• Stephen: Hegseth doesn’t have a problem
• Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ No Man WAS Above the Law (’til Трамп) ♬

Stella Magz: I promise I’ll do better

Roll Call: Congressional Hits and Misses of the week

Pardon Me?:

• Stephen: Pres. Biden should pardon everybody & Трамп picks Kash Patel to run FBI & Hegseth’s drunk history
• Jimmy Kimmel: Republicans OUTRAGED over Hunter Biden pardon, & Трамп & Elon’s Thanksgiving & wacky pick to lead FBI
• Liberal Redneck: Joe Biden pardons Hunter Biden
• Stella Magz: Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter
• Christopher Titus: Biden’s shocking lie exposed!:

• Lawrence: Трамп’s family pardon pushes Hunter Biden pardon out of top story slot
• Steve Shives: Why I’m not mad about the Hunter Biden pardon
• The Late Show: Who will President Biden pardon next?
• Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler is informed Biden has pardoned his son
• Jon Stewart: Трамп nominates Kash Patel for head of FBI & Hunter Biden’s last minute pardon

ONN: Study finds more Americans buying firearms to defend selves from toddlers who found their guns

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

– More density in Belltown, please.

– Bringing civility back to the Seattle City Council.

– Ann Davison is still the worst.

– Last Open Thread I mentioned the light rail reduction over the weekend. No more. It will happen later.

– The backlash to the backlash in Seattle? Maybe. Or maybe it’s one election.

– Or maybe there can only be one good Council member at a time?

– Make sure to plan on having a little extra time if you’re taking the 1 Line over the weekend.

– Still working on a sign-off, this is me, signing off.

Please join us tonight as the Please join us tonight as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together for an evening of politics and good cheer over a drink.

We meet tonight and 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 start at 8:00pm.

Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

– The race for King County Executive is shaping up nicely. One note, the longer you struggle with Girmay Zahilay’s name, the greater the side eye.

– I had no idea about Spokane’s Community-Oriented Policing Services but it seems like they have done some questionable things.

– SAM security deserve a fair contract.

– These open threads are often a bullet list, but maybe that’s not the way to go for a city’s legislative agenda.