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How far do you feel you have to go in a book before you abandon it. I say unless you’ve been told it starts slow, if you didn’t like chapter 1, stop reading. I don’t have time for this shit.

But now, I’m reading a book on the July Crisis (between Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand being assassinated and the outbreak of World War One). It’s good, but slow going. I am well over 200 pages in. There’s a lot of interesting stuff about Balkan nationalist movements and great power politics. But so far, the Arch Duke remains sadly still alive.

I think I might give it up even though it is interesting, because it’s taking forever.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Stephen: R.I.P. The Internet.

Young Turks: Five years after Sandy Hook massacre, less than nothing done on guns.

WaPo: Fact checker’s list of the biggest Pinocchios of 2017

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Going at the movies.

The Dotard Трамп and His Band of Predators, Thieves and Reality Stars:

How you can help Puerto Rico.

Young Turks: Robots hassling homeless people.

Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Farron Cousins: Republican Congressman who mocked sick people as immoral announces he has cancer

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The Alabama of the solar system.

Sweet Home Alabama:

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The 12 Wars on Christmas.

Young Turks: The world’s creepiest Congressman resigns amid sexual harassment scandal.

Stephen: Tuck Buckford grills his CIA-Loving Google Home.

VOX: How the end of net neutrality could change the internet.

The G.O.P. Tax Scam on America:

Jokes Seth can’t tell: Starbucks’ gay agenda, the lowest point in U.S. history.

VOX: The diet that helps fight climate change

James Cordon breaks down an insane 2017.

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

Open Thread 12-13

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I was at the library the other day, so this is one of those posts.

There’s a remodel going on, and they’ve taken out the pay phones. I don’t want to write a post bemoaning progresses: It’s better that most people don’t need to use them. But! There is still a population that needs them.

Alabama Election Thread

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Will you be singing Sweet Home Alabama? Or will Alabama Get Away? Either way this is the place to discuss tonight’s Yellowhammer special election. If it ain’t (broadly) about this election, take that crap to the previous open thread.

I’ll be (*ahem*) Mobile on my way to Roanoke Park Place Tavern, and may post random observations and whatnot as the spirit moves me.

Here’s one for the geeks among us:

5:56: AP has Moore leading for the first time, 7% reporting….

6:02: I wish Washington election results would trickle in like this. This “one ballot dump a night” business sucks!

6:05: With 16% precincts reporting, Moore’s lead has shrunk to +2%.

6:10: Now 21% reporting, Moore’s lead is up to +5%

6:20: 33% in, Moore up by 5%.

6:26: Now 40% in and Moore is still up by 5%.

6:33: Yep…with 50% of precincts reporting, Moore’s lead over Jones has shrunk to 3%. Remember, bigger and more urban precincts usually report later….

6:40: Moore’s lead is back up +7% with 62% in.

6:57: Now 75% reporting and Moore’s lead has shrunk to +3% (51% to 48%).

7:03: Now 77% and Moore’s lead shrinks to +2%.

7:06: And at 81%, Jones is down by -1%.

7:09: And with 85%, Jones is almost even with Moore at 49% each. Jones is still down about 5,000 votes out of a million and some votes.

7:13: NYT still has Jones winning with a 73% probability by a margin of 2.1%

7:15: And as I typed that, the NYT “needle” jumped giving Jones a probability of 84% and a final 2.7% margin.

7:19: AP has 86% of precincts and Moore’s lead is about 500 votes.

7:22: Now we have 88% reporting and Jones is up by 8,000 votes. The NYT web site has Jones probability of winning >95%.

7:37: I love the fact that Jones’ margin of victory is LESS THAN the number of write-in votes. In so many ways, this qualifies as a STRANGE election!

7:52: If you are an Alabamian, child molestation is worse than being a Democrat. VERY SLIGHTLY WORSE!

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleJoin us this Tuesday evening for a Special Election edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. Stop by and cheer your team. In one coner is a man accused of molesting children. In the other corner is a man accused of molesting the KKK church bombers.

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, but the polls close at 5pm, so some of us will be there early. We expect election returns to trickle in all evening.





Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 242 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.

12/11 Open Thread

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Men knew: The Matt Manweller edition.

I’m glad that KUOW and other mainstream news outlets are reporting on Manweller. Still, they must have known earlier. I knew much of it when Goldy reported on it several years ago. But OK new info has come out, and the interview with his ex wife is sold reporting.

Still, what concerns me is that KUOW had him on the air, on the news roundup show, and acted like nothing was wrong with him. Didn’t question him on the air. It may have been a prerequisite to getting him. But maybe it’s not worth having him.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Gay man who was denied marriage license by Kim Davis is now running against her.

New Scientist: Interstellar probe Voyager 1 is alive and well

Roy Moore Molested a Middle School Girl and Other Tales of Political Perversion:

Mental Floss: 21 things that turned 21 in 2017.

VOX: The US medical system is still haunted by slavery.

Jimmy Kimmel: Unnecessary Censorship, Star Wars edition.

The Dotard Трамп and His Merry Band of Colluders, Thieves, and Political Prostitutes:

Seth Meyers chats with Samantha Bee.

PsychoSuperMom: If There’s A War On Christmas (Christmas Started It!)

Trevor: https://youtu.be/gLLi6tO60LM

The GOP Tax Scam on America:

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Conservative affirmative action and taking down big college

VOX: NASA’s plan to save Earth from a giant asteroid.

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

openthread

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There is a problem going around Seattle. I have seen it a few times now, but I suspect that bus drivers and regular bus commuters see it more than me. I refer, of course, to men — always men — who put their ORCA Card in their front pocket and then hump the card reader when they get on the bus.

What is? But. Why? Just don’t.

Open Thread 12-6

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I have been perplexed by seeing men who read about sexual assault and workplace harassment and whose takeaway is that you can’t even flirt anymore. The AP decided to add to the genera here. (h/t)

I don’t know, dudes. If you read the dozens of Weinstein stories, and your take away is I can’t ask about your weekend or compliment your haircut, maybe you shouldn’t. If you can’t tell the difference between a friendly hug and a creepy one, yeah, no hugs at work. Sorry, you don’t seem to know what harmless flirting is, so maybe don’t try it out at work.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will meet on Tuesday night for an evening of political conversation 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 small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.





Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 242 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.

Open thread, 12-4

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At what point does Hillary Clinton have the right to sue Donald Trump for slander? I think making up lies about her lying to the FBI must cross a line. She’s a private citizen now. She isn’t running for anything.

There are protections for some presidential actions that would end up in court if they weren’t President. High crimes and misdemeanors are handled by Congress, for example. But this sort of slander is civil, so perhaps it can proceed.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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VOX: Why cities are full of uncomfortable benches.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The round-earth theory is Satan’s greatest lie.

Sam Seder: Sean Hannity freaks out over angry photos he had taken of himself.

The Dotard Трамп and His Co-Conspirators:

President Obama on the fight against AIDS.

VOX: The real reason American health care is so expensive.

The Opposition With Jordan Klepper: The globalist attack on Christmas.

Ben and Jerry’s cofounder: What the GOP tax scam sounds like:

Conan: Vir Das presents news from the rest of the world.

VOX: How Technicolor changed movies.

Roy Moore and Other Perpetrators of Sex Crimes:

Jimmy Kimmel’s epic takedowns.

VOX: Building a border at 4,600 meters.

Samantha Bee: Full Frontal’s undercover sting:

Minute Physics: The black hole tipping point.

Late Show’s alter egos V.

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

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