Numbers 15:32-36
While the Israelites were in the desert, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him. Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.” So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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Trevor’s solution to unnecessary 911 calls.
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: “Dangerous minds”-ing the Colorado teachers’ strike
The Atlantic: The 99% is a myth—here’s how it really breaks down.
Physics Girl: The most mysterious object in the universe.
Young Turks: Tomi Lahren gets owned on immigration.
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.
Grifter Dotard Трамп and Company:
John Oliver: Venezuela
Jimmy Dore: Rick Perry gives Dennis Miller mean jokes to use on female comedian.
Ronny Chieng: “Pawfficer Donut” becomes Michigan’s first police cat.
Young Turks: Republican breaks stupid meter with “scientific” theory
Kurzgesagt: The deadliest being on planet earth.
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.
The Atlantic: A visual history of light.
Hate’n and Shoot’n In ‘Merica:
Francesca Fiorentini: The biggest myths about socialism.
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The unimpressive royal wedding
Big Tobacco saying sorry (because they legally have to).
Jim Jefferies with Curtis Cook: Is Kanye West the mythical Black Republican?
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
There’s a small part of me that hopes there is an initiative to repeal the head tax. I haven’t seen any polls, but I can’t imagine team regressive taxes and do nothing about homelessness is popular among Seattle voters. Still, I hope you don’t sign if you see a petition. It’s past time to deal with homelessness in Seattle.
So, obvi, all private server email scandals aren’t the same. Hillary Clinton deleting emails after her lawyer says it’s fine isn’t nearly as bad as the Republican Party losing State Department emails on their server. But if you’re going to say what about email servers, at the very least, don’t do it when you get in power. Honestly get your shit together.
It’s another election Tuesday with primaries in Idaho, Nebraska, Oregon and Pennsylvania. Additionally, there are some special election in state house or senate districts in Pennsylvania and Alabama. Stop by tonight’s edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally and join the conversations about national, state, or local politics. Or just decompress over a drink.
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 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.
Later this month is the 400th anniversary of the Defenestration of Prague. I have trouble wrapping my head around the 30 Years’ War, let alone the Holy Roman Empire. It’s tough to imagine the religious fervor. I don’t think anyone who participated could understand the horror they were unleashing.
The world seems very very different from ours. And yet 400 years seems like not much time at all.
Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
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Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.
Guam: Why America’s most isolated territory exists.
Sam Seder: FAUX guest stuns everyone after saying torture worked on McCain.
Jimmy Fallon with Trevor Noah: Helping train teachers and educate South African orphans.
The Dotard Трамп and His Stormy Mofia:
Mental Floss: TV moms, animal kingdom moms, and Mother’s Day!.
Chris Hayes: Sheldon Adelson cuts $30M check to GOP-aligned super PAC.
Late Show: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s “Political confessions”.
Vox: The “duck curve” is solar’s greatest challenge.
Misbehaving Men:
Seth Meyers: Michelle Wolf talks about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Late Show tolerance tips.
WaPo: She rented an apartment owned by Sean Hannity…Then came the bedbugs, late rent and eviction..
Trevor: Slavery scenarios infect U.S. schools.
Primary Season:
Minute Earth: When trees go nuts.
Ari Melber: Extremists and worse slip through as GOP rushes to pack courts.
Andy Richter and friends: A lesson in implicit bias.
Stephen: Everyone in China is getting a “Social credit score”.
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Huh…I just turned on KUOW (94.9 MHz) to listen to the Week in Review, and it turns out Goldy is one of the panelists.
Check it out now (from noon to 1pm) or listen to the rerun this evening (7pm to 8pm).
Look, we can’t have a head tax, because then there will be fewer heads. It’s Econ 101. Just like how the so called death tax causes there to be fewer so called deaths. What, do you want more not dead headless people? Vote no to prevent Seattle from becoming the new Sleepy Hollow. Econ 101.
As Darryl reminded me at Drinking Liberally this week, today is the 14th blogiversary of HA. Reflecting back on my very first post, I obviously had no idea how this blog would quickly take over my life.
I don’t much blog here at the moment (or anywhere for that matter), but a big thank you to all my loyal readers and trolls for helping to make the past 14 years, well, something.
There are a lot of things more important about the Cohen bribery scandals. But Essential Consultants? That’s the name of your evil scheme. I know that the goal was to fly under the RADAR. But so much else was designed to get caught. Seriously has there been a more boringly named GOP effort to destroy the Republic since the Enterprise?
It’s Tuesday! And that means the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will meet. Besides chatting politics over drinks, we’ll be watching the primaries in Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, and West Virginia. Especially West Virginia. Stop by if you can.
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 253 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, six in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or consider starting your own chapter.
It’s weird that people who spent 8 years looking for Obama’s Katrina aren’t saying the same for Trump. I mean Puerto Rico is still suffering from Trump’s actions. The continued suffering of our fellow citizens is a choice. The same people who thought that everything Obama did was as bad as Katrina sure are missing their chance.
John 15:6
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
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