– Drought in most of the state.
– From the other side of the state, it looks like Lisa Brown is hitting the ground running.
– Speaking of mayors, Mayor Harrell, why?
– Leah Sottile and Sydney Brownstone are two of the best local reporters, so this is a delight.
– It’s the year of our Lordi 2024 and Washington State politicians think overturning marriage equity is a winner. Jeez, Dave Reichert.
– Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for some politics over drinks. Please stop by! I mean, if you aren’t stuck in a courtroom somewhere….
We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the small room at the back of the tavern. We start at 8:00pm.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
Gosh, I don’t know. Maybe lowering the standard for hiring police from whatever this is is a bad idea. I know it’s tough to find recruits right now. But maybe, just maybe, there’s a way to hire better people.
Of course, I am referring to one of my bugbears, disarm most police. Think of the pool of people who might want to be a cop but who don’t want to carry. Maybe some of them are security guards now and don’t want to make that leap.
It would also probably make policing better. Fewer deadly interactions. Probably make some civilians less nervous around the police.
Liberal Redneck: Why didn’t the rapture happen during the eclipse?
John Oliver: Executions
Electile Dysfunction:
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
The Daily Show: Eye on Arizona—Why is it so fucking weird?
Трамп And Other Paste Eaters And Glue Sniffers:
Lewis Black discusses Tennessee chemtrails
Robert Reich: Is it inflation? Or is it greedflation?
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
– Man, close the market to cars. It’s so past time.
– And hey, let’s make the transition levy better for trips that aren’t by car.
– Given what she wants to do with it,, it’s probably a blessing that Ann Davison is bad at her job (second item).
– New parks, new parks, new parks.
– Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible
Is this an experiment, or was I working from home because of an early meeting and forgot about it? Who can say?
Annnnnnyway.
I mentioned a while back, that Washington is one of the states in a pilot program to be able to file your taxes online if you take the standard deduction. I finally filed mine yesterday. I have to say it was easier than Turbo Tax, where I have used the free version in the past, but I did spend more time proving my identity. And it still asked more questions that are presumably in an IRS database somewhere already.
I will probably use it again next year if it’s still being offered.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for our weekly fix of political chat and beer. Please join us!
We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the small room at the back of the tavern. We start at 8:00pm.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
Are you excited? For the eclipse? Did you travel for it? Are you disappointed that it’s cloudy in Western Washington so you won’t even get the cool shadows? Where are my shadows?
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Lauren Mayers: ♫ The Pronouns Song ♬
Electile Dysfunction:
Robert Reich: This is why rich people hate the IRS
Jon Stewart: Jon Stewart on the false promises of AI
Cult Of The Guy Out On Bail:
John Oliver: Food delivery apps
Mother Jones: An incomplete list of earth’s 2024 climate disasters
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Listen, everything that gets in the way of salmon recovery is a problem. And nobody likes a crash. But for some reason, salmon falling into the wrong river is funny to me. Like, we spend all this time and money and then woopsadoo. Any sorry if you are a fish in the wrong tributary.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
– Very interesting article about the closing of Northern State mental hospital in the 70’s and the consequences going forward.
– But crisis care is still a way off in King County.
– SPD officers harassing bus drivers. Man, fuck. All the discipline. Imagine being a commuter and the driver gets pulled over for honking at a bad driver who happens to be a cop. I would be so pissed if it was my commute. Not to mention the bus driver.
– Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers this evening for a drink and to chat politics. I hope you can stop by!
We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the small room at the back of the tavern. We start at 8:00pm.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
It’s April Fools Day, and I for one don’t like it. So no thanks to pranks from massive wanks. No jokes or hoax from the worst folks. No fools from ghouls or massive tools. No fake story to bore me or deplore me.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
The New York Times: The Deep State is kind of awesome
Alex Wagner: Right-wing Supreme Court “dripping contempt for federal regulation”
Lauren Mayer: ♫ Scotus, Scotus (Where Did Your Soul Go?) ♬
Electile Dysfunction 2024:
Robert Reich vs. Big Tobacco
Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: The Bible’s biggest secret
The MAGA Cult Of The Insane:
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Alex Wagner: Judge shopping scheme backfires on anti-abortion activists with “embarrassing” case in Supreme Court
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Late, but still ahead of the Multimedia Extravaganza.
– The misconduct by the Portland Police is really astounding.
– Republicans will conspiracy theory anything.
– Fuck Idaho racists, but thank goodness for the people who cover them.
– Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
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