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I took the Sounder train for the first time, even though I have lived in the region since before there was a Sound Transit. I suppose it’s different for people on a packed train, but Tacoma to Seattle was rather pleasant in the afternoon, even with a delay. I don’t really know how much of my car tabs went to it over the years, but I am glad that it was there.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleThese days, the air is filled with the smell of conspiracy and the stench of corruption. Add ‘er all up, the nose sure brings out the craziness! The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight to ponder the political mystery and intrigue of our crazy times…all over a drink, of course.

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!

Open Thread!

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Sometimes when a predator gets metooed, certain segments of the Internet lament the loss of art from those assholes. Oh no, what will we do without another season of Louie, or with a Kevin Spacey free House Of Cards?????!? Obviously that is pretty gross.

But man, keeping those fuckers around is losing a lot of great art. If you make the argument you are also OK losing art from the harrassed people. I mean Cybill Shepherd. Cybill Goddmn Shepherd.

Even if you ignore that it’s gross, siding with predators isn’t a fair trade art for art.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Full Frontal: This American trash—Voter suppression in Georgia.

Stephen chats with Joaquin and Julián Castro.

Tiny Fingers Resistance: White “Power”:

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Vox: Why advertisers are tracking your emojis

The Dotard Трамп and His Various Criminal Organizations:

Jim Jefferies: Examining Holland’s extremely racist Christmas character, “Black Pete”.

Knowing Better: Buying happiness

Nick Hanauer and Goldy: Why do we call it “pitchfork economics”

WaPo: Tracing the trail of anti-Soros content at Radio and Television Martí (I’m looking forward to my big-ass Soros paycheck for this one).

Samantha Bee: Democracy—A retrospective:

Wired: How to create a crossword puzzle.

Late Show: Pop Quiz with Joaquin and Julián Castro.

Tragedy On the Border:

The Late Show: Frosty The Snowman doubts climate change.

Adam ruins cool technology.

Vox: What we get wrong about affirmative action

Jimmy Dore: Jeb Bush’s weird reaction to his dad’s death.

Roll Call: More Congressional hits and misses.

Full Frontal: Frost Bee the Snow Woman.

The Threeway—GOP, NRA and Russia:

Robert Reich: The truth about privatization

Daily Show: Switzerland—So many guns, no mass shootings.

Vox: How the Saudis ended up with so many American weapons.

WaPo: “Truth isn’t truth”—Rudy Giuliani tops 2018’s quotes of the year list

Mark Fiore: Undo-ocracy.

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

‘pen thread

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I was listening to a podcast set in medieval France, and it quoted one of the sources saying that donkeys would fly before a siege was lifted. I don’t remember having heard of any land animals other than pigs flying. I took French in high school, and I don’t remember that coming up. Is there a zoo of flying animals in other languages?

Open-Thread

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Is Lisa Brown running for Congress again? I only see her on Twitter. So maybe I am missing something. Still, her Tweets are very much against McMorris Rodgers. I don’t know the district well enough to know if there’s someone else who might run next time, but I like Lisa.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleThe Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for an evening of political conversation over drinks and dinner.

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!

Op’n Thread

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Right now Twitter is all atwitter about a typo in a tweet of President Trump’s. I think it’s definitely one I could make, so I have refrained from joining the pile up.

I mean it has only been a few days since the whole Individual-1 thing. So much crime. So, so much.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Trevor chats with his Grandma about apartheid and tours her home.

Stephen remembers George H.W. Bush.

Vox: The problems with rebuilding beaches.

Chris Hayes: Every vote counts.

Trevor with Al Gore: The Climate Reality Project and “24 Hours of Reality”

Late Show: Planet Earth’s climate change episode.

The Dotard Трамп and His band of Co-Collusioners and Embezzlers:

Daily Show: Meet District Attorney Mark Gonzalez, criminal justice reformer.

Adam ruins mattresses.

Stephen: PETA forgot to correct these anti-animal phrases

Full Frontal: GLUE—Gorgeous ladies unionizing everywhere!

Minute Earth: These names can kill animals.

Jimmy Kimmel: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders or Beto O’Rourke for President?

WaPo: What you need to know about the possible government shutdown

Daily Show: Bill Gates wants to reinvent the toilet

The G.O.P. and Related Election Crime Organizations:

Mental Floss: Everything you need to know about space.

Roll Call: What is a continuing resolution? Decoding this jargon as Congress averts a shutdown.

Trevor hosts the Global Citizen Festival to Honor Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday:

The Atlantic: The last chess shop in New York City.

Stephen with Michelle Obama: It is hard to hate up-close.

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

Open Threadddd

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It’s cold y’all. I am regretting not wearing a hat this morning. I also am disappointed with the Internet that fedoras have become not just unfashionable, but looked down on. They’re more useful than a cap, but less silly than like a ski hat.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for an evening of free speech, with no obstruction but plenty of collusion in using the words “resistance” and “impeachment” in prose, song, chants, and slam poetry.

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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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.

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