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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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WaPo: Brexit explained for confused Americans.

Trevor: A year after the Parkland shooting, the fight for sensible gun control continues

Samantha Bee: Thicc, not sick.

Late Show: NYC returns its Amazon purchase.

SNL: Meet The Press

Minute Earth: Why earthquakes are so hard to predict

Roll Call: The week in Congressional hits and misses.

Trevor: 21 Savage gets arrested for overstaying his visa.

Vox: The 70% top tax rate, explained with potatoes.

The Dotard Трамп and Other National Emergencies:

The Daily Show: The Green New Deal

Stephen with John Oliver: Brexit and whatnot.

WaPo: What’s the deal with the Green New Deal?.

Bill Maher chats with Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Stephen: Jeff Bezos invents a new euphemism for penis

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

BuzzFeed: I want you to stop being oily.

Seth Meyers with Stacey Abrams: Voter fraud is a myth.

Stephen: Russia is attempting to hack our brains.

Yes, Virginia, There is a Racism:

Robert Reich: Inequality of place.

Stephen: Bill & Melinda Gates talk taxing the wealthy.

Full Frontal: Valentines for billionaires

SNL: Black history month presentation.

Bill Maher: New Rule—You can’t always get what you want:

Samantha Bee: Green new deal

Trevor: Kamala Harris wants to legalize weed and Amy Klobuchar’s temper is questioned.

WaPo: A play-by-play of Kamala Harris admitting she smoked weed.

Roy Wood, Jr.: CP Time—The history of civil rights marches

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

Admitted Liar, Tim Eyman, is Accused of Shoplifting

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Tim “Biggest lie of my life” Eyman has been accused of shoplifting. It appears he stole a chair, valued at $70, from an Office Depot in Lacey. Have a look for yourself:

Via KOMO News:

When [officers] responded, one of the employees told officers he had noticed an office chair near the entrance was missing, checked surveillance video and saw a man wearing a shirt with the words “Let the voter decide” emblazoned across the front, the police report said.

Surveillance video from the store showed Eyman walking from a service desk where one employee said he was helping him sort out an issue with his printer, the police report said. Eyman then can be seen walking into the foyer, sitting on a displayed office chair, spinning in it and wheeling it out the front door.
The employee said he did not pay for the chair.

Eyman then walked back into the store to exchange a printer for two other ones. An employee helped him out to his vehicle but was stopped just short of it and told by Eyman, “I’ve got it from here,” the report said.

The officers investigating the theft have “forwarded a recommended charge of third-degree theft to the City Attorney.”

Of course, Eyman owes the State a boatload of money after being held in contempt of court following his refusal to turn over court-ordered documents. He is also being sued by WA AG Bob Ferguson for pilfering and misusing initiative campaign funds.

The lawsuit and fines have, apparently, led to a divorce, and to Eyman declaring bankruptcy late last year.

So…I suppose he was just trying to furnish his new bachelor pad?

The list of shading behaviors that Tim Eyman has been accused of and, in some cases, has confessed to is long: lying and stealing donor’s money for his own personal gain, campaign finance violations, misappropriating campaign money, and contempt of court.

Alas, it appears we can add shoplifter to the list.

It’s like the guy is building his resume for a 2024 GOP Presidential nomination.

Open Thread

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You would think that if I was snowed in that I would at least be able to stay on top of Open Threads. But since I often write them on my commute, I guess not. Anyway, Seattle passed its levies, so yay.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleThe Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will meet tonight, despite the snow, the sleet, the cold. We will not be denied our weekly forum for engaging in civic discourse, debating political philosophy and examining the democratic ideals bequeathed to us by the Founding Fathers. Some of us just need a drink.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub. We usually start at about 8pm.




Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 264 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Roll Call: The evolution of the SOTU.

Minute Physics: Shells of cosmic time.

Amazon Pecker Pix:

Bill Maher: New Rule—The Republicans are the problem:

Jonathan Mann: Billionaires are bad.

Trevor: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5)—Getting down to business with the congressional freshman class.

The Dotard Трамп And Other Co-conspirators:

Real Engineering: Why SpaceX built a stainless steel starship.

Roy Wood, Jr.: The State of Black Shit

Bill Maher: The state of our union

Mental Floss: 19 common things science hasn’t figured out.

Trevor: About Liam Neeson’s racist confession.

Election Vente-Vente

Vox: America’s cocaine habit fueled its migrant crisis.

Samantha Bee: Real Black history (abridged)

Amber Ruffin’s drunk history: The Little Rock nine take on segregation in schools.

Kurzgesagt: Building a Marsbase is a horrible idea—Let’s do it!

The Atlantic: How should Americans tackle anti-Semitism?

Troubles in Old Dominion:

Daily Show: Worst scandals in Presidential history—Obama’s Jacketgate.

Wendover: Living underwater—How submarines work.

Jonathan Mann: Ban billionaires.

Roll Call: The week in Congressional hits and misses.

Jim Jefferies has some words for the NFL.

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

Op’n T’d

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Finally, we’re going to get to the most important post imaginable! Why are people yanking the stop cord on the bus when it has already been pulled? I get if you’re absent minded or something, but then when it doesn’t make a sound, instead of looking up to see the lights show a stop has been requested, just pulling the cord more and more aggressively. Maybe it’s just new bus riders in the cold snap.

“State of the Union” Open Thread

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6:05: Here we go!

6:06: Prepare for an onslaught of lies, lies, lies, lieslies.

6:07: There is a small crowd here at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern for Drinking Liberally.

6:08: Why is Melanie wearing pajamas.

6:10: He has said absolutely nothing so far.

6:11: Wait…”The Great Crusade” wasn’t the liberation of Europe! He is basically feeding his base with anti-Islamic dog whistles.

6:19: The economy is good. That’s because Trump inherited the Obama recovery, and he hasn’t totally fucked it up. Yet.

6:22: What companies have come back to the U.S. as a result of the G.O.P. tax scam?

6:23: The U.S. is a net exporter of energy. But that was achieved under Obama. “Thanks Obama!”

6:29: I hate these fucking anecdotes. For every Alice there is a Joe Arpaio, so fuck off, Drumpf.

6:32: Here comes the bullshit “dangerous southern border” part of the speech.

6:33: “Caravans of refugees are coming!!!!!11!1!!1!” When, exactly, did Republicans become such fucking cowards?

6:37: Human traffickers, MS 13, and caravans, OH MY!

6:42: Let’s see…Drumpf says 300 girls rescued from 1000 pimps!?! That is a very large pimp to girl ratio!

6:45: Drumpf describes his wonderful “barrier”. Did he get some funding from Mexico yet?

6:46: “Walls work and walls save lives”. That should convince the Mexicans.

6:48: “More women serving in Congress than anytime before.” Drumpf does get sine credit for that, but not how he thinks!

6:50: “First ever program focusing on economic empowerment for women in developing countries.” Bullshit. Obama and Clinton had such programs. Hell, Shrub probably did as well.

6:52: USMCS is pretty much a slightly modernized NAFTA.

6:56: Drumpf declares a war on “global freeloading”.

7:01: Drumpf is all about paid family leave. We’ll see how long that lasts.

7:06: Yay for more nuclear weapons! “Mush Room Cloud! Mush Room Cloud!”

7:16: Drumpf says “radical regime of Iran” as if he is trying to convince people (and himself) it is true.

7:23: The State of Our Union is 75 years ago.

7:29: Drumpf gives a stirring speech asking us to chose greatness. Tomorrow he will Tweet something about “Cryin’ Chuck”.

7:40: Ummm…happy lunar new year?

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle

A cold front will grip the ENTIRE nation Tuesday night, as the President* takes to the stage and delivers a postponed state of the union address. Please join us as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally debriefs, and fact checks the tsunami of effluvial matter likely to ensue. The “big chill” starts at 6pm, so stop by then if you care to watch it. Or, if you are participating in the boycott, stop by later.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub. We usually start at about 8pm.




Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 264 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter in your community!

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Jim Jefferies: Oh no, it turns out infrastructure is crumbling everywhere.

Samantha Bee: Deaf lives matter with Nyle DiMarco.

Chris Hayes: In opposing voting access, Mitch McConnell shows his hand.

Vox: El Chapo’s drug tunnels, explained.

Rachel Maddow: Pipelines, power grid vulnerable to cyber attack by China and Russia

Bill Maher: Climate emergency

The Dotard Трамп and Others Owned by Pelosi:

Rachel Maddow: Blue wave Democrats bring new productivity to House committees

The Atlantic: Inside the struggle of the U.S. government shutdown

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

Lauren Mayer: Yet another song explaining cold weather doesn’t disprove climate change:

Vox: The DeLorean paradox—how it failed and became a legend.

Chris Hayes: NC House race is still undecided.

Jim Jefferies: How toxic masculinity screws men up

Samantha Bee: Military spending

Rachel Maddow: Russia accused of disinformation campaign in disinformation case

The 2020 Season Fucking Starts!

New Yorker: Witness a mother’s call with her daughter in government custody.

Daily Show: That’s fracked—Can a Colorado school combat environmental racism?.

Nova: What does the polar vortex have to do with climate change?

Rachel Maddow: Fading NRA panics over exposed ties to Russia

Adam Ruins Mount Everest tourism.

WaPo: Is extreme weather related to climate change?

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

Open Thread Friday.

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Hey, Seattle and anywhere that has levies on the ballot, vote for your damb levies. The way we fund education in Washington is better than a lot of states, but it still relies too heavily on local funding. Still, it is how we fund education. So if you want structural change statewide, call your legislators. But fund education in the mean time.

O.p.e.n…t.h.r.e.a.D

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On the bus home from Drinking Liberally last night, there was a homeless man with a keyboard. He was hitting the keys, but it wasn’t making any sound. At some point he started singing under his breath. In many ways Metro buses are homeless shelters, especially later at night. The louder version of that is something that happens at many homes.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleThe Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for an evening of political conversations over drinks. Please stop by!

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.





Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 263 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, eight in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter in your community!

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