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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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Darryl neglected to put up his usual Drinking Liberally post — perhaps he’s drunk or something — so I guess it falls to me. Anyway, please join us (but not Darryl) for an evening of electoral politics under the influence at the Seattle chapter of Drinking Liberally. We meet at the Montlake Ale House, 2307 24th Avenue E. beginning at about 8:00 pm. Stop by even earlier and enjoy some dinner.

Not in Seattle? There is a good chance you live near one of the 325 other chapters of Drinking Liberally.

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    I’m busy doing spring cleaning. You’d be amazed how much dust collects in a rabbit hole over 20 winters.

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    So, what’s everybody reading? I just started Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History Of The Great Depression by Morris Dickstein. Named for a Bing Crosby song, btw.

    So far it’s really interesting, but I’m only about 20 pages in.

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    Michael,
    Time eludes me, and I haven’t been reading enough lately, other than periodicals. On my desk sits this book my 77 year-old, leftist, retired minister father gave me as a three-month early birthday present. I guess he really thinks I should read it. It’s called, “The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.” The author is Jeff Sharlet. Has anybody out there read this?

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    4 – Never read “The Family” but I’ve been following Jeff Sharlet for quite a while.

    His writing about religious subcultures in America are among the best of their kind.

    See his Wikipedia entry and the Harper’s Magazine website for more of his stuff.

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    YLB,
    Thanks. I pretty much trust my dad now, now that I’m knocking on 50’s door and recognize that youth does not provide all the answers. So, I figured the book is worth reading. But, damn, including footnotes, we’re looking at over 400 pages. A daunting task. I’d best get started.

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    6 – First interesting thing you’ll find out is that Abraham Vereide, the founder of the Fellowship or “The Family” was a Methodist Pastor here in Seattle of all places.

    And I believe he founded Goodwill Industries here in Seattle as well.

    This was around 1910, 1915 – something like that.

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    I hadn’t looked for a bit, seems we’ve had two more police officers shot and killed since the shootings in West Memphis. The AP story is old, there are two people in custody for that shooting.

    http://www.odmp.org/officer/20.....-p.-murphy
    Officer Travis P. Murphy was shot and killed when he confronted a suspect who had fled the scene of a shots fired call earlier in the night.

    Officers in a neighboring precinct responded to a report of shots fired. When they arrived, the perpetrator had fled, but they transmitted a description of the suspect’s vehicle over their department radio. Several minutes later, dispatchers received reports that a man was seen attempting to hide a vehicle under a tarp at a vacant home. Officer Murphy, along with several officers, responded to the scene and started searching for the man on foot.

    Police: Off-duty Md. trooper shot, killed
    By NAFEESA SYEED (AP) – 4 days ago
    FORESTVILLE, Md. — Police are searching for the person who shot and killed an off-duty Maryland state trooper Friday soon after the officer escorted an unruly customer from a restaurant over a disputed bill.
    Trooper 1st Class Wesley W. Brown, 24, escorted the customer Thursday evening from an Applebee’s, and when Brown left the restaurant around 12:40 a.m. Friday, someone shot him, Prince George’s County Police spokesman Maj. Andy Ellis said.
    Ellis said police had not identified a suspect. State Police Superintendent Col. Terrence Sheridan said earlier that the disorderly customer, who eventually fled, was the shooter, but Ellis said investigators had not been able to confirm that. Ellis called that customer a person of interest and said police were trying to determine if other people were involved. Investigators found multiple shell casings, but there was no indication more than one weapon was used.

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