There’s something perverse about boys-will-be-boysing of Kavanaugh. I mean many of us managed to be shitty teenage boys without attempting to rape anyone. Seems like the minimum standard.
And I believe that people can change. And they deserve second chances (although they don’t deserve lifetime appointments). If that isn’t him today today, he could at least take some effort to make amends.
Please stop by tonight’s edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for an evening of political pontification over a pint.
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.
So, last week New York had state primaries. I think that most of the people who I follow online were pretty disappointed. I make it a policy to assume that people in other states have it. So I didn’t take a side. But after the election, come the fuck on, my dudes.
2/3 of Democratic voters in New York are sellouts and corrupt? Maybe they like that Cuomo was the first (only?) governor to support the fight for a $15 minimum wage. Or they think the fracking ban is great.
My point isn’t Cuomo qua Cuomo. My point is that Democratic primary voters in New York are some of the most liberal voters in the country. You can be upset about the results without shitting on the voters.
Ari Melber: First amendment doesn’t protect Alex Jones defamation.
The Atlantic: What is “normal”, what is “different”?
Real Engineering: Can we terraform the Sahara to stop climate change?
Bill Maher: I don’t know it for a fact…I just know it’s true
The Tremendously Big and Tremendously Wet Dotard Трамп And Friends:
Rachel Maddow: Judge more annoyed than charmed by Maria Butina boyfriend duet video.
Stephen: To boldly advertise where no one has advertised before.
Minute Earth: Why malaria isn’t just a tropical disease.
Supremely Fucked:
WaPo: Ben Folds writes a song about Rod Rosenstein:
Chris Hayes: Who is being held accountable for poisoning the people of flint?.
Jimmy Dore: Vince Vaughn burns his Nike’s in protest of Kaepernick commercial.
The Atlantic: America has always been a tribal society.
The life of Bryan.
Just Neil deGrasse Tyson:
New Yorker: Do personality tests like Myers-Briggs actually work?
Michael Che demands more political speeches at the 70th Emmy awards.
Is Colin Jost fit to host the 70th Emmy awards?
Michael Che wants musical numbers over jokes at the 70th Emmy awards.
Jim Jefferies: Has Jim found God?
Vox: Why we say okay.
The Atlantic: The problem with parents, kids, and social media.
Mid-Terms Are Coming:
James Cordon with Professor Robert Winston: Science tricks.
Bill Maher: New rule—scary socialism!
Wendover: How fighting wildfires works.
Stephen: Porn wars with Tucker Carlson and Michael Avenatti.
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Still kind of under the weather. But at least I’m back to work. Hope there isn’t too much backlog.
I am feeling a bit blah, so this is all from me today.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for an evening of political discussions over a drink. There are 56 days until the November mid-term election.
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.
I would like to apologize. In Friday’s Open Thread, I said that Republican Supreme Court nominees had been lying to Congress since Thomas. That was before John Dean’s testimony. It was at least since William Rehnquist. I apologize for any undue benefit of the doubt that I gave to GOP nominees and the Presidents who nominated them.
Vox: Why protected bike lanes are more valuable than parking spaces.
The Atlantic: Inside the trauma of family separation:
Rachel Maddow’s show turns 10!
Dotard Трамп—The Amoral Dolt With A 5th Grade Understanding of the World, and Friends:
Rachel Maddow with Steve Kornacki: Ayanna Pressley poised to make history with historic House seat.
Ali Velshi: Can Beto O’Rourke and Dems turn Texas blue?
Mental Floss: The surprising history of school
Supremely Fucked:
The Atlantic: Why is America obsessed with lawns.
WaPo: Obama’s rallying cry for the midterms:
Largest prison strike in U.S. history.
Burning Their Foot-bras To “Own The Libs”:
Stephen: A Twitter bill to swallow.
Physics Girl: What size magnet will erase a credit card.
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Since Justice Thomas, there has been an expectation that Republican nominees for the Supreme Court lie during their confirmation hearings. Thomas pretending that he wasn’t sexually harassing Anita Hill. George W. Bush’s nominees pretending that they didn’t have an opinion on roe. That kept going under Trump.
But yeah. Kavanaugh is worse. Just brazenly lying about who he talked to about the Muller investigation. Knowable facts. At this point, not only should the Senate not support him, the House should probably impeach him.
You get what you pay for. Except teachers. Obviously we should nickle and dime the people who spend hours teaching children. That’s why we should oppose the teacher strikes: Because who needs children, what have they ever done for me?
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets on Tuesday night for an evening of political conversation over cocktails. Massachusetts is the only state with a primary election tonight. There are 63 days until the November general election.
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 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.
Matthew 5:31-32
“It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Discuss.
Roe v. Wade saved my daughter’s life.
Winlar: Hey! America!:
Minute Physics: How to stop structures from SHAKING.
Funny or Die: When u a Congressman and things get awkward AF at the outdoor festival.
The Atlantic: “Man-killing jobs” and environmental racism.
Young Turks: Fan to Alex Jones, “What about the trans porn on your phone?”
Trevor with Dahlia Lithwick: The politicization of Neil Gorsuch’s SCOTUS confirmation.
Egosurfer Dotard Трамп and His Associates in Crime:
WaPo: What is salmonella?
Trevor with Rep. Jim Himes (D CT-04): Why gun deaths are a uniquely American problem.
John Oliver: Retractions.
Sam Seder: Republicans say the darndest things on C-SPAN.
Minute Earth: Why do some animals eat poop?
David Pakman: Transphobe Alex Jones caught looking at transgender porn on live stream.
Midterms On The Horizon:
SuperDeluxe: Elon Musk as an Indie synth-pop song.
Sky News: Can people give up social media for 30 days?
Daily Show: DiscrimiNATION
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Oh man! Rain now clearing out the remaining smoke, and a forecast of a good long weekend. What a time to celebrate labor.
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