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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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The Atlantic: China is surveilling and threatening Uighurs in the U.S..

Ilhan Omar: Diversity in Congress leads to better policy

Wendover: The deadly logistics of climbing Everest.

Stephen looks back at America’s epic fall.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Disarticulating Collusioners:

The Atlantic: The chaos of the universe is contained in a watch.

Veronica Escobar sees unity between left and right.

Jim Jefferies throws a party for fellow soon-to-be U.S. citizens.

Kurzgesagt: End of space—Creating a prison for humanity.

The Atlantic: Your brain perceives reality by hallucinating.

Jon Stewart does Stephen Colbert:

Antonio Delgado is for a public option, renewable energy and restoring people’s faith in democracy.

Nova: Fireproofing our future through better design.

The Atlantic: Sex and the 1960s college girl.

Adam ruins guns:

Vox: FAUX News keeps breaking its own rules.

Real Engineering: Vinyl versus digital.

Trevor: Al Gore weighs in on ManBearPig.

Rashida Tlaib can’t stand bullies and is keenly aware her district is third-poorest in nation

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

HorsesAss Files for Bankruptcy

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Over the years, this blog has not been immune to legal controversy. Ignoring the toothless comment thread threats, we occasionally receive take-down demands, cease and desist letters and the like. Indeed, this blog was born out of a lawsuit. It began with Goldy’s Horse’s Ass initiative catalyzing a lawsuit brought against him by Washington’s then state Attorney General, Christine Gregoire. Goldy fought the AG and the AG won:

Siding with the state attorney general, Thurston County Superior Court Judge Gary Tabor ruled yesterday that a proposed statewide initiative declaring Eyman to be a horse’s ass isn’t a proper subject for an initiative. It isn’t legislative in nature, he said, and therefore is “outside the power given to the people.”

An initiative, the judge added, must be “for a purpose other than expressing a sentiment.”

Besides providing the seed for this blog, the only other positive outcome of the whole fiasco was giving the Seattle PI’s Neil Modie the type of multi-layered pun that a lesser journalist would kill for in the headline “A Bum Rap?”

Of course, for Goldy, the start of this blog launched him into a decade of impoverished muckrakery, living off of small donations, double digit blog advertisement revenue, and an occasional ghost-writing gig. Those were hard, if fun, years; Goldy took some scalps along the way.

Times have changed. We all have troubles, it seems. Just today we learned that farm bankrupcies are way up in the midwest.

And legal problems have finally brought down Horsesass. Fines, legal fees, court orders, high voltage! (done dirt cheap).

When I say “Horsesass”, perhaps I should say, the Horse’s Ass. Yes…the anti-government agitator, the perpetual purveyor of defective initiatives, Mr. self-identified lying liar, this blog’s namesake himself, Tim “Biggest-Lie-Of-My-Life” Eyman has filed for bankruptcy:

Attorney General Bob Ferguson has accused Eyman of secretly moving funds between two initiative campaigns in 2012 and receiving $308,000 in kickbacks from the firm that collected signatures for both measures.
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Ferguson filed a lawsuit in March 2017 seeking $1.8 million in penalties, plus reimbursement of the funds Eyman received from the firm.
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In documents filed Wednesday, Eyman reported assets of more than $2 million and liabilities of $3.2 million. He owes $77,000 in legal fees and a disputed $3.1 million to the Office of the Attorney General, according to the reports.

It’s an “own goal.” Eyman blatantly violated campaign finance laws, and thwarted court orders. And, apparently, he’s fresh out of sugar daddies.

Eyman claims the legal actions against him have caused his wife to divorce him. Yeah…I’m guessing it’s the lies! (Or maybe the embarrassing costumes?)

No word yet on whether his dog has run away.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleThe Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for some politics and conversation over a pint. 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? Check out one of the 260 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or you might consider starting your own chapter!

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Farron Cousins: Motel 6 agrees to massive settlement for turning guest info over to ICE

Seth Meyers: Minority voter suppression.

Roll Call: Lame duck Congressional hits and misses.

Rachel Maddow: GOP gerrymandering—Democratic votes not matched by seats gained:

Chris Hayes: Cindy Hyde-Smith stumbles in senate debate.

Mental Floss: Cooking facts and life hacks!

The Atlantic: The most extreme railway in the world.

WaPo: Cindy Hyde-Smith’s controversial comments, a timeline.

Lauren Mayer: Thanks for rich liberals!

Louis Black: Flat Earth International conference.

Mother Jones: Lockdown!

The Dotard Трамп and His Band of White Nationalist:

Trevor: Kristen Gillibrand is fighting for New Yorkers and celebrating the “Bold & Brave”.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Vox: The roots of America’s democracy problem.

Ari Melber: New Blue Congress breaks diversity records, plummets average age.

Jim Jefferies: Why immigrants should be celebrated, not feared

Trevor: Khizr Khan paying tribute to Democratic values in “An American Family”:

The Atlantic: A dangerous job at the highest point on Earth.

Chris Hayes: A humanitarian crisis unfolds in California

Real Engineering: Britain’s most daring WW2 raid

Stephen: Justice Sonia Sotomayor allows Stephen to approach the bench

Trevor: Pete Souza on being the eyes of the White House in “Obama: An Intimate Portrait”.

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us for an evening of politics over a pint at this evening’s Thanksgiving warm-up edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

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? Check out one of the 260 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or you might consider starting your own chapter!

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Trevor and Jaboukie Young-White discuss Amazon’s move to NYC.

Minute Physics: Impossible muons.

Lynzy Lab: Subtract the Divide.

Bill Maher: Just don’t go there.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Soulless Grifters:

Robert Reich: How blue states help red states.

WaPo: From Chicago to the White House—The life of Michelle Obama’s mother.

Jimmy Kimmel: A chat with Michelle Obama.

Mind Warehouse: The most protected Presidents in the world.

Wendover: Why China is so good at building railways.

Post-Midterm Madness:

Roy Wood, Jr.: CP Time—Contributions of the black soldier.

Vox: The Kamasutra is not (just) about sex.

The New Yorker: How doomsday preppers get ready for the apocalypse.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle

Please join us Tuesday evening for the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. We’ll be raising a toast or two to some fine election results.

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? Check out one of the 260 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or you might consider starting your own chapter!

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Jimmy Kimmel: Americans aren’t that divided!

New Yorker: A hundred years of American protest, then and now.

Physics Girl: How to make a square vortex ring.

Midterm Madness:

Mental Floss: Beer facts and life hacks.

Trevor with Cory Booker: Bending the arc of the moral universe toward justice in America

Robert Reich: It’s time for Medicare for all.

Jimmy Kimmel: We must protect Ruth Bader Ginsburg at all costs.

Stephen: Protect Ruth Bader Ginsburg at all costs.

John Oliver: Immigration, invasions, and family separation.

The Dotard Трамп And Other Losers:

NowThisWorld: Violent extremism in the U.S..

The Atlantic: What if you controlled the budget? An experiment in Democracy.

Stephen: Republicans and Democrats have different sexy thoughts.

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

2018 Midterm Election Thread

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Game on, boys and girls! It’s election day, and the polls have closed in half the states.

Kindly note that this is an election thread. Keep on topic or kindly shuttle your ass to the open thread below.

I’m headed to Drinking Liberally now, so surprise me with your insights in the comment thread.

6:01: Well…at least Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) has won!

6:04: Beto still leads by a hair. And Klobuchar (D-MN) has won.

6:05: Looks like Felons in Florida are going to be able to help elect the next President!

6:07: Cool…I am just getting caught up here after arriving at DL. Hey…a D is leading in NE for Gov? Interesting.

6:16: My early assessment is that this is not really a blue wave. More like a blue splash. There are some very pleasing results, like Ted Cruz trailing a punk rocker–Ted Cruz is a weasely punk. But many races are going, more or less, as expected.

6:32: Oh…cool.

Many of you hear “Donna Shalala” and think, “Oh yeah, Clinton’s HSS secretary.” But Donna Shalala was the Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin—Madison when I earned two degrees. She signed my diplomas. I’ve chatted with her. So…cool.

6:59: WOW! Kansas! Gov!

7:21: MSNBC is now calling the House for Democrats.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleIt’s been a wild couple of years feeling like our democracy has been held together with spit and bailing wire. Today, we’ve wheeled ‘er into the pits to clean off the grunge, replace some nuts and a few bolts, do some serious alignment and, perhaps, a rebuilt the top end. Please join us Tuesday evening for an Election Day rally at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

But, before you stop by, if you haven’t done so please be sure to return your ballot in a drop-box. Here’s how you can find a ballot drop box near you.

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 for our usual 8pm starting time. For election night, some of us will show up much earlier.

The Roanoke will have TVs tuned to election coverage. They have free WiFi. And you can buy drinks! If you insist on hearing every word of coverage, bring headphones and a device to stream audio. What can I say? Bars can be noisy.

We’ll be live-blogging the election right here.





Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 259 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Samantha Bee: Larry Krasner—Finally a good DA?.

Robert Reich: The American social contract

Nancy Pelosi: Chocolate taste test.

Vox: NAFTA, explained with a toy car.

The Orange Nationalist, Dotard Трамп, and Other Sociopaths:

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Jim Jefferies: Staying healthy is actually killing us.

Wendover: The magic economics of gambling.

Comics discuss the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.

VOTE!

WaPo: How social media is changing the presidency

The Atlantic: Holocaust survivors remember Kristallnacht.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Stephen: Leader Nancy Pelosi makes a midterm prediction.

The Altlantic: You should be worried about your DNA privacy.

Racists Suck:

TED: How I climbed a 3,000-foot vertical cliff.

WaPo: The life of the first woman Supreme Court justice.

Roy Wood, Jr.: Black Floridians who made history.

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleHave you voted yet? If not, do not delay! Fill out that ballot and drop it in a mailbox on your way to the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

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? Check out one of the 256 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Vox: The biggest corruption scandal in Latin America’s history.

Stephen: Nebraska’s painfully honest new state slogan.

Seth Meyers: Wrong take.

WaPo: U.S. hunters stir controversy with overseas kills.

Second Thoughts: Why the IPCC report is so scary.

Robert Reich: Message to millennials:

Mental Floss: Spooky Halloween facts!

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Stephen: Florida’s Senate debate hs some mic drops.

Vox: The quest for the perfect apple.

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

WaPo: Megyn Kelly’s rocky tenure at NBC.

The Atlantic: Don’t blame social media for violence

Stephen reveals a sketch of the serial bomber.

Kurzgesagt: Why beautiful things make us happy.

Nationalist Dotard Трамп and other Pre-existing Conditions:

Real Engineering: Can we block the sun to stop climate change.

Late Show: One question with Hillary Clinton.

The Daily Show: Black girl midterm magic.

Bill Maher: Peak Florida .

WaPo: How preexisting conditions became a central issue ahead of the 2018 midterm elections

Comics take on Megyn Kelly’s black face comment.

Late Show: Tuesday The 6th: Voting Day:

The Atlantic: Men are socialized to “act inhumanely”.

Amber Ruffin addresses Megyn Kelly asking if blackface is racist.

Jimmy Dore: Utah voters “values” are “shocking” as Mitt Romney reveals.

New Yorker: Andy Borowitz & Adam Schiff on how Democrats can win.

WaPo: Here’s what Florida’s demographic changes mean for the midterm elections.

Robert Reich: The next crash.

Jimmy Kimmel: Utah Senator tries marijuana for the first time.

WaPo Opinion: Political ads want you to be afraid. Very afraid.

Vox: Apollo 11’s journey to the moon, annotated.

Minute Physics: Legitimate cold fusion exists.

Lauren Mayer: Doin’ The Deficit Side Step:

Rachel Maddow: New data shows why NC Republicans want to end Sunday voting.

Full Frontal: The rainbow wave is coming.

Late Show: How Saudi Arabia is reporting the news

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle

The ballots have dropped and there are only two weeks to the midterm elections. Let’s chat about it at this week’s meeting of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

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? Check out one of the 256 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.

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