Ecclesiastes 5:12
Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.
Discuss.
by Goldy — ,
Ecclesiastes 5:12
Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.
Discuss.
by Darryl — ,
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: FAUX News gets a new slogan
WaPo: Phillis Wheatley’s existence was dangerous to an idea the U.S. was founded on.
Mental Floss: Everything you need to know about English and other languages!.
Joy Reid, Amber Ruffin, and Jenny Hagel: Diversity in Late Night at SXSW.
Vox: The guide book that helped black Americans travel during segregation.
Daily Show: Is facial recognition software racist?.
Samantha Bee: Cy Vance—Technically legal, Part 1.
Samantha Bee: Cy Vance—Technically legal, Part 2.
Rachel Maddow: New sanctions reveal Russian hacking of US energy infrastructure
Paradigms—How we know what we know: The science of seeing.
The Dotard Трамп And His White House Shit Show:
WaPo: These students are getting organized to fight gun violence.
John Oliver: Cryptocurrencies.
Vox: The ketogenic diet explained.
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Who says conservatives can’t do comedy?7
Why the #MeToo moment is especially distressing for Muslim women.
WaPo: Why and how the U.S. is involved in the conflict in Yemen.
Daily Show: Disrupting the legal system with robots.
Bill Maher chats with Rep. Beto O’Rourke.
Seth Meyers: Political monologue.
Vox: Why we imagine aliens the way we do.
Trevor: Students walk out to protest gun violence
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
by Carl Ballard — ,
I was recently cleaning out my closet, and I came across a pin I was given in October/ November 2001, when I was protesting the war in Afghanistan. On the one hand, it feels fucking futile. We’re still there, and people like John Fucking Bolton are still around along with team torture. On the other hand, it may be the protest I’m most proud of participating in. Just me and a couple Quakers on the street corner holding signs when the world had gone mad.
by Carl Ballard — ,
Come the hell on, Microsoft (h/t).
When we talk about the worst in the nation gender pay gap in Seattle, often Boeing, Microsoft, and Amazon come up. As if manufacturing and tech just have to favor men. It doesn’t. It’s choices we make. It’s systematic discrimination in our largest companies, and down the line. It’s seeing 238 internal complaints and not doing anything.
by Darryl — ,
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally meets this evening. Please join us for some good conversations over a drink.
We meet 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 beginning about 8pm.
Can’t make it to Seattle? Ok…then check out one of the 244 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.
by Carl Ballard — ,
I feel like I’m more tickled by KEXP doing every Sub Pop release than I should be. I was a teenager in Seattle at a time when they were huge. I guess that may be true of any time in the last 30 or so years.
by Goldy — ,
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Discuss.
by Darryl — ,
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Liberals are politicizing online dating
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week.
Francesca Fiorentini: Why do Republican women love a party that hates them?
Young Turks: Inside Sinclair’s local news propaganda machine.
Vox: How politicians troll the media.
Samantha Bee: Doug Bruce ruined Colorado.
The Dotard Трамп And His Crooked Cronies:
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Christian Picciolini—rebuilding life after hate.
Stephen chats with Chelsea Clinton.
Women around the world march for equality.
Bill Maher: Third rails.
Lauren Mayer: Inclusion Rider:
What a campaign ad mocking Texas native Beto O’Rourke says about former Canadian citizen Rafael Ted Cruz.
The Daily Show: Robots want our jobs… and our genitals .
America Confronts Its Gun Violence Problem:
WaPo: What are the Obamas and Netflix up to?
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The gay who would be clerk
Stephen: Ted Cruz SUCKS!
WaPo: Here is what rabies does to the body.
Daily Show: CP Time–Forgotten Black women of history.
Stephen: McDonald’s and Barbie honor International Women’s Day.
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
by Carl Ballard — ,
I think Netflix and Amazon (and similar subscription based companies) should start giving spots in corporate governance to members. I think there are many Prime members who would like some representation in corporate HQ. I know, they don’t need some asshole blogger telling them how to run their bidness, but I do think companies in the US ought to become more democratic.
by Carl Ballard — ,
Another day, another Seattle head tax proposal. I have supported these probably since the 1990’s. The homelessness crisis is so bad at this point we need to build more, and if this helps, great. We’re woefully behind.
by Darryl — ,
It’s Tuesday! Please join us tonight for an evening of politics under the influence at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally.
We meet 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 beginning about 8pm.
Can’t make it to Seattle? Ok…then check out one of the 244 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.
by Carl Ballard — ,
The legislature banned licensed therapists from trying to torture gay kids straight. Great! It’s about time. I was glad to see a number of Republicans support the measure, although I will note that it took Democrats controlling both houses of the legislature to make it happen.
by Goldy — ,
Ephesians 5:22-24
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Discuss.
by Darryl — ,
Daily Show: Australian students stick it to Martin Shkreli.
A tribute to James Baldwin
Bill Maher: Notes to self.
Stephen: Utah lawmakers made the worst rap ever
VOX: Why ships used this camouflage in World War I.
Trevor: Looking ahead to the 2018 elections.
John Oliver: Italian election.
The Dotard Трамп and the Very White White House:
Vox: I am a Salvadoran immigrant fighting to stay in the US.
Madam C.J. Walker: The first female African American self-made millionaire in America.
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Alex Jones’s deep state enemy, “Jordan Keppler”
Minute Physics: Spacetime diagrams (special relativity Ch. 2)
Joy Reid: Woman booed at CPAC highlights GOP’s gender problem
Richard Fowler: PA Supreme court redraws PA districts.
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.
Make America Gunz Again:
Francesca Fiorentini: Don’t drink the toxic masculinity.
Daily Show: CP Time—Black innovators.
Our Cartoon President: Just two friends
Young Turks: Alex Jones’ Anti-Semitic meltdown.
VOX: How Pennsylvania rigged its electoral map.
Joy Reid: Michael Steele, “Yes, the Republican Party has a racism problem”
Stephen’s profiles in discourage: Arthur Jones, the GOP’s actual Nazi.
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
by Carl Ballard — ,