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Open Thread?

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Men, and not a few women, knew about the accusations against Joe Fain when they gave him a standing ovation. Some of them were Democrats. Just like they knew when they confirmed Kavanaugh, or stuck with Ed Murray long past the point where they should have cut him off.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for some politics-inspired conversation and cocktails. Only three more weeks until the midterm elections!

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? No prob…there are 255 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.

October 5 Open Thread!

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A few open threads ago, I mentioned several places in Washington where you can donate or volunteer. I mentioned the state Democratic Party, but here is a better link. There are only a few weeks left, and you can still make the difference.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Vox: Why the US celebrates Columbus Day.

Robert Reich with Mayor Michael Tubbs: New approaches to fighting inequality.

The Atlantic: The search for murdered and missing American Indian women.

Appalachian great-grandma calls out the GOP.

The Dotard Трамп and His Ilk:

Vox: Watch the US stall on climate change for 12 years.

Brave New Films: Locking up migrant children is government sanctioned child abuse

John Oliver on Brazilian elections.

Bill Maher: New Rule—The fault in our stars.

Supremely Boofed:

WaPo: Video claims to show chain of events in Istanbul on day of Khashoggi’s disappearance.

Bill Maher: This week in stupid.

Mental Floss: Everything you didn’t know about paper!

Midterms!

Physics Girl: How to make fluid “climb” up!

Vox: How racism shapes jury selection.

Trevor: Kanye West and Taylor Swift pick political sides

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

10/10 Open Thread

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Yesterday night, One Bus Away, as is sometimes its wont, lied to me. So I left Drinking Liberally and instead of waiting for a couple minutes, I waited for the better part of a half hour. It wasn’t rainy or cold.

So the first few minutes are saying that the bus was coming. Then that it had arrived, but, obviously, I hadn’t seen it. Then by the time I was sure it wasn’t coming, it said that the next bus was 10 minutes away (turned out to be a bit longer). So, is it rude to go back in the bar after saying your goodbyes, and then leave again in 5 minutes?

I should also say that One Bus Away is basically magic, but I only write about it when it doesn’t work as well as I would like.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleThe Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening for a bit of conversation over a cocktail. And, you know…we’ll all receive our “angry mob” checks from George Soros. Hey…there are just 28 days until the midterm elections!

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? No prob…there are 254 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.

Open Thread

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With the Kavanaugh horror, I can understand anyone’s frustration. But if you want to vent that frustration, there are some great Federal campaigns here in Washington that could use your time or money. Maria Cantwell, Lisa Brown,Carolyn Long, and Kim Schrier are all much better than the people they’re running against. They could use you making calls, doing data entry, walking a neighborhood, standing on the corner waving signs, or whatever your talents are. If you want to get involved with the local party, the WA Democrats can help. If you want to work with an organization that has been organizing against Kavanaugh, let me recommend Washing NARAL. Finally, if you aren’t in Washington, or just need help figuring out a specific plan, I would recommend Crushthemidterms.org.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Stephen: Steve Kornacki looks into his midterms crystal ball.

Minute Earth: The secret weapon that could help save bees.

Lauren Mayer: Oh, Beto!:

Real Engineering: How we will colonise the moon.

Bill Maher: New Rule—Power begets power.

The Dotard Трамп and His Band of Rape Deniers:

Kurzgesagt: Why meat is the best worst thing in the world.

James Corden and Eric Idle: “We are probably all going to die’:

Now This World: The problem with the UN veto power

Supremely Boofed!

Jim Jefferies: All America wants is the most entertaining candidate.

Wendover: Why the world is running out of pilots.

Late Show conspiracy theories with Damon Wayans Jr..

The Atlantic: Can women’s anger save America?

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

Open Thread October 5

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I said this after the Montana special election, but it bears repeating. Republicans don’t support people in spite of crimes. They support them in part because of their criminality. They supported Trump more after grab them by the pussy. They rallied around Kavanaugh because there were multiple sexual assaults.

There is a criminal class in America. We let them get away with sexual assault, with punching reporters, with financial crimes. Even many people who wouldn’t get away with those things, who in many cases are its victims, still support letting a criminal class exist. Just as many poor people consider themselves temporarily embarrassed millionaires, so to do people complaining about lying bitches want their own chance to rape women without consequences.

Open Thread 10-3

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Congratulations to Amazon workers on your future raises. I still think that Amazon half owned by the workers and half owned by Prime members makes more sense than owned by shareholders. But still, it is undeniably good. For the workers. For the locations where people got more spending money. Ultimately for the company itself.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us Tuesday evening for our weekly gathering of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. We’ll drink beer. Boys and girls both. Yes, we’ll drink beer. We liked beer. We still like beer. We’ll drink beer. We’re old enough. Yeah…we’ll drink beer. We like beer….

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? There are 254 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.

Open Thread 10-1

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Finally, the permadrizzle returns to Western Washington. The leaves are changing, but it’s still nice out. The best time of the year.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Seth Meyers wants you to vote.

John Oliver: Facebook (overseas).

Vox: Why America needs automatic voter registration.

Samantha Bee: Revenge of the cheerleaders.

The Atlantic: The chimp who thought she was human.

FOD: Non-voters anonymous.

The Dotard Трамп And His Fellow Comedians:

Trevor: 911 in South Africa.

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Stephen with Hillary Clinton: It’s a “fair request” to ask FBI to investigate Kavanaugh allegations

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Supremely Boffed:

Jimmy Kimmel: Six siblings run attack ad against Congressman Brother.

Stephen: The state that’s removing Hillary Clinton from textbooks

Jimmy Dore: https://youtu.be/IWYvxPry9bM?t=42s

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

Friday Open Thread

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I am very glad to live in a country with the presumption of innocence. It is a foundation of our criminal justice system.

The part of the Constitution that deals with giving people lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court is not that. The presumption of innocence also is coupled with trials and investigations, not whatever sham we saw yesterday.

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