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On the bus this morning, I realized I’m in all dark business attire while most people are in Seahawks colors. For the first quarter of the season or so every year, I forget. It’s a shame, since when else am I going to wear bright green to work?

New Seattle mayor. It’s a crappy gig, and I don’t know who on the Council would want it. Maybe Tim Burgess who is retiring anyway?

Then somewhat less bad is temporarily replacing that Council Member. The City Council can pick anyone for that. It seems like they’d elevate a staff member or find some city notable.

Please join us for an evening of political toasts and roasts at tonight’s gathering of 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? Check out one of the 238 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, five in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

Where are people donating for hurricane relief? I gave some money to Save The Children but I don’t know if there’s something better. I’d rather be in a position where I thought taxes would cover it.

Jeremiah 25:32
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

Discuss.

The wall of eyes trained on the US – Mexico border.

Mitch McConnell calls into the Majority Report!

Sam Seder: “Boy genius” Rush Limbaugh thinks hurricane Irma is a fake news hoax.

ONN: How to survive a nuclear attack.

Late Show: Back-to-school time for Congress.

The colleges where the American dream is still alive.

Stephen: “North Korea is in the news” is never a good thing.

ONN: Climate change researcher describes challenge of pulling off worldwide global warming conspiracy.

Jimmy Kimmel: If your barista was a congressman.

What does the debt ceiling have to do with a free-running fail?

Racist-asshole-in-chief Трамп (and Company):

• Keith Olbermann: Трамп’s DACA decision is a grim turning point.
• Трамп’s DACA decision has dreamers unsure of their futures.
• David Pakman: CEOs & lobbyists paying millions to Трамп golf courses to access Трамп
• Young Turks: Трамп council member resigns LIVE on TV
• WaPo: President Трамп has made more than 1,000 false or misleading statements
• Sam Seder: Paul Ryan heartbroken after Трамп sides with Dems on debt ceiling
• Jimmy Kimmel: Donald Трамп is still selling merchandise
• Farron Cousins: Трамп to deport children just to appease his Breitbart base
• Stephen: Hey POTUS! Cutting DACA won’t MAGA:

• Трамп prays about DACA on National Prayer Day
• David Pakman: Трамп didn’t know what scrapping DACA meant before scrapping it
• Jimmy Dore: Herman Cain defends Трамп and Charlottesville racists
• WaPo Fact Check: Has President Трамп influenced companies to bring more jobs to the U.S.?
• Bill Maher: Трамп in the Wind
• Jimmy Kimmel: Drunk Donald Трамп, Ivanka edition
• Seth Meyers: Трамп ends DACA, responds to hurricane Harvey
• Francesca Fiorentini: Deport assholes!
• Ali Velshi: Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation targets Donald Трамп inner circle
• Trevor: Трамп has no idea how to handle North Korea
• James Corden: Трамп ranks drought better than hurricane.
• Sam Seder: Трамп makes a fool out of Paul Ryan in deal with Democrats
• Maddow: New Russia contact Revelations in Donald Trump Jr. Senate interview
• Stephen: Трамп’s first disaster response was a disaster
• Keith Olbermann: Why we must talk about Трамп’s mental health.
• Young Turks: The deplorable reason Трамп killed DACA
• David Pakman: Трамп’s “idea” about North Korea/China confirms he’s totally clueless.
• Vicente Fox is running for President…because no one is worse than Donald Трамп:

• Farron Cousins: DOJ investigation concludes that Трамп LIED about Obama wiretapping him
• Trevor: Thanks to hurricane Harvey, the “dealmaker President” finally makes a deal
• Jonathan Mann: Cruelty has a face.
• Ending DACA is Трамп’s most evil act.
• David Pakman: Uh-Oh…Manafort notes from Russian meeting mention “contributions”
• Young Turks: Donnie Tiny Hands struggling to load a truck in Houston
• PsychoSuperMom: Dreamer Believer
• Farron Cousins: White House admits Трамп will use immigrant children as bargaining chips for border wall funding
• James Corden: Трамп hands DACA dreamers a nightmare
• DACA recipients are HERE TO STAY!
• Jimmy Dore: Jeff Sessions calls to explain his weird mouth noises
• Randy Rainbow: DACA Shame:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп Kids come out in support of DACA
• James Corden: Donald Трамп plays nice with Democrats
• Late Show: There is a Трамп protest for everything!
• Seth Meyers: Fundamentally unfit Трамп waffles on DACA and responds to hurricane Irma
• Keith Olbermann: Трамп Will Soon Be the Ex-POTUS
• Stephen: The worst part of Steve Bannon’s first interview
• David Pakman: Mike Pence is now implicated in Russia scandal lies
• Stephen: The note Obama left for Трамп

Roy Zimmerman: Joel Osteen.

Young Turks: Infowar’s youth outreach isn’t going so well.

Mental Floss: 26 facts about Lego bricks.

DACA explained.

Late Show: North Korea’s most-trusted (and only) news network.

Mark Fiore: Chemical liberty.

VOX: Why these all-white paintings are in museums and mine aren’t.

Majority Report: Mr. Alex Jones’ Neighborhood.

Young Turks: The fight to save Kentucky’s last abortion clinic.

Mean Boys: Dancing on the debt ceiling.

They came from THE ALT-LEFT!!!!

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

The WordPress app ate my last post, and now I’m almost at work.

Smoke? We’re dealing with smoke? With ash. With damn masks. Is this our future as a region every summer?

After the holiday weekend you might just need a drink! Please join us on Tuesday for our weekly meeting of 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? Check out one of the 238 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, five in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

2 Kings 2:23-24

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

So he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the name of the LORD. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.

Discuss.

How climate change makes hurricanes worse

Why America still uses Fahrenheit.

Adam Ruins Everything corrects itself.

David Hawkings’ Whiteboard: What’s the Debt Ceiling?

Toddler-in-chief Трамп:

• Farron Cousins: Трамп Tweets nonsense as Texas drowns.
• Lawrence O’Donnell: President Donald Трамп’s Teleprompter speech trouble
• Keith Olbermann: Could Трамп try to pardon…everyone?
• Jonathan Mann: All I Want To Do Is Maga
• The President Show: Disaster relief:

• WaPo: Fact checking Трамп’s speech on tax reform.
• Keith Olbermann: What Трамп’s trip to Texas revealed
• David Pakman: Uh-Oh, Russian bragged about “getting Donald elected” with Putin’s help
• Trevor: Profiles in Tremendousness—Sheriff Joe Arpaio pardon edition
• Why fact checking can’t stop Трамп
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Potential bombshell in Paul Manafort notes on Donald Трамп Jr. meeting
• The President Show: The President is a great American
• Sam Seder with Digby: Трамп going to war with Mitch McConnell
• WaPo: The fight for control over the special counsel’s Russia investigation
• Keith Olbermann: For whom has Трамп made America great?
• WaPo: Inside the plan to develop a Trump Tower in Moscow
• Daily Show: Questions Sean Spicer never answered.
• Young Turks: Трамп pardoned Joe Arpaio during hurricane Harvey because ratings
• Comedians solve world problems: Donald Трамп
• Farron Cousins: Pardon Of Joe Arpaio proves Трамп is on the side of hate
• Trevor: Did team Трамп reveal their middle man to Moscow?
• Jonathan Mann: Buddy our boy can become President:

• Young Turks: After a tiny rally, Трамп needs to fire someone….
• Francesca Fiorentini: Трамп was right when he wanted less war in Afghanistan
• Stephen: Late Show’s alter egos III—Трамп World
• Fact Check: Is there a ‘surge’ in violent crime as Jeff Sessions claims?
• The President Show: Charm school for manners and diplomacy
• Daily Show: Confederate statues—Some see culture, some see racism
• Keith Olbermann: Would impeaching Трамп truly lead to civil war?
• WaPo: Трамп’s pardon of Arpaio is morally empty. And totally legal.
• David Pakman: Трамп pardons racist Sheriff Arpaio

Sam Seder: Hypocrisy is a term Republicans just can’t understand.

Mark Fiore: The Punch-a-Nazi-kit.

ONN: Silicon Valley CEO explains how the future of Tech is him being wealthy and having a blast.

Minute Physics: Myths and facts about superintelligent AI.

Stephen: Late Show’s alter egos IV—The Swamp

Jonathan Mann: The whole world is going crazy.

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

Any grand plans for Labor Day weekend? I don’t know when the switch from being excited about Bumbershoot to wanting to avoid the area happened. But it certainly has happened. I don’t know as many of the bands, but I know plenty. Just getting old.

Also, I will avoid the hell out of PAX.

What Michael says here. The Democratic Party needs to do a better job policing ourselves enabling rape culture. We fucked up big time in that instance. And it’s hardly a one -off.

This isn’t to say we’re as bad as or worse than the Republicans — they literally voted for a sexual assailant with a dozen known victims because he’s a sexual assailant. But we have to be a lot better.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets on Tuesday. Please join us for an evening of politics and conversation over a pint.

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? Check out one of the 236 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, five in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

When I unpacked after my vacation, I realized that I have 4 half-used travel size toothpaste tubes. I always buy a new one for my vacation. It feels wasteful, but I don’t want to run out on my trip. And I can’t really judge how much is left. So I think I ‘m going to just use them not on vacation.

Anyway, most Republicans hate you and want you to die for want of healthcare.