I don’t know how much joy I should take from the Paul Manafort indictment. On the one hand, fuck that guy. He must have known what he was doing was wrong. I really don’t have any sympathy. On the other hand, it can’t end here.
I don’t know if it will. But just Manafort and his business associate is hardly enough for the crimes that have been committed.
Leviticus 20:13
If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Discuss.
Jim Jefferies: Drugs—Fun, but not always.
VOX: How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history.
Republican tax plan: How the Koch brothers are robbing America.
Jimmy Kimmel: Pat Robertson hates Halloween
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Americanist vs. Globalist—Going toe-to-toe with Richard Branson
Samantha Bee: (Hot As) Hell House.
The Dotard Трамп and His Flock of Clowns:
Stephen: What did President Bush whisper to President Obama?.
Minute Physics: Time travel in fiction rundown.
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: You’re welcome, NRA.
Why did the NAACP issue a travel warning for American Airlines?
Minute Physics: Simpson’s paradox.
Creeps:
Adam ruins moon landing conspiracy theories.
Obama’s baaack.
Samantha Bee: Natural disasters—The greatening:
VOX: It’s time to draw borders on the Arctic Ocean.
The Opposition: An inside look at Antifa.
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
In a previous post, I noted that men should have some idea that something is up with sexual harassment at work. I got some pushback on that. Now I’m reading about George H. W. Bush groping multiple women while making a joke about it. How many Secret Service agents heard his David-cop-a-feel joke and said nothing? How many other people were at those photo ops and didn’t say anything? The women’s colleagues, Bush’s people, photographers, other people in the area.
He said it out loud, in public, multiple time. People knew.
I got my ballot. I filled out all the easy stuff first. Mayor. City Council. The pointless tax advisory measures. But I can’t care about Port or School Board; I know they’re important, but they seem to be perpetually almost where they might be good, but never seem to get there.
And then there are the positions I don’t think should be elected. The possible rapist versus the racist for Sheriff. Judges who I’ll just support whoever NARAL endorses even though I don’t think that judges should be single issue people.
It’s Tuesday…and that’s Drinking Liberally night in Seattle. Please join us for an evening of political conversation over a drink 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? Check out one of the 240 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.
Sorry I forgot to put an Open Thread up this morning. I’m trying to finish a library book that I’m not really digging. But if I don’t finish it soon, I’m going to have to either return it or incur late fees. And there are other people who have it on hold, so I don’t want to keep them waiting. But don’t want to return it until either finish it or have something else ready.
Mark 11:20
The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.
Discuss.
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The enemy is Amazon
Mental Floss: 29 facts about European royalty.
Robert Reich: Why I stand with the Dreamers:
VOX: What do the names of bodies of water mean?
Young Turks: Protesters drown out Nazi Richard Spencer.
Sam Seder: The one word argument against GOP tax cuts—“Kansas”.
Bill Maher: ShitStarter.
Sarah Silverman interviews an ex-Member of the Westboro Baptist Church
Adam Ruins Everything: Why taxes suck.
Immigrant prisons.
John Oliver: Equifax.
Fucking Moron Dotard Трамп (and Friends):
VOX: YouTube’s messy fight with its most extreme creators.
Now some good news on voting rights.
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The Bunk-Her.
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.
PsychoSuperMom: Voodoo economics
Neutron star smash-up witnessed with light and gravitational waves.
Sarah Silverman: Sarah goes to Mineola, TX.
Conan chats with Sen. Al Franken (D-MN).
Jimmy Dore: Bill-O The Clown is outraged over LA ending Columbus Day.
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Bipartisanship is an evil conspiracy
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Emmett has a piece on how Cascadia would have done in World Cup qualifying if we were a country. One thing that surprised me was our per capita wealth. I would have thought that it beat out the US, or at least come close. Oh well, at least the unis look pretty neat.
In the last open thread, I suggested that if you vote for the Republican in a partisan race, you are on team there are some good Nazis. I was taken to task in the comments for the grammar. I suspect that they wanted it to be team there-are-some-good-Nazis. But I think those extra hyphens don’t add anything. You could do all caps, I suppose team There Are Some Good Nazis. I guess the bottom line is don’t vote Republican: They think that there are good Nazis.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening. Please stop by for political conversation 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? Check out one of the 240 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.
Ballots are dropping soon. I feel fine for whoever wins Seattle mayor and city council. As far as partisan races go: If you vote for any Republicans, you’re on team there are some good Nazis.
Deuteronomy 25:11-12
If two men fight together, and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one attacking him, and puts out her hand and seizes him by the genitals, then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity her.
Discuss.
FOD: What your political bubble looks like from the other side.
Samantha Bee: Abortion, birth control & other unnecessary things
Jim Jefferies: The Hawaiian GOP’s civil war.
Sexual-Predator-and-Narcissist-in-Chief Dotard Трамп (and His Co-conspirators):
SNL Weekend Update: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Neil Gorsuch
Full Frontal: Finnish fake news.
Late Night: Amber responds to Mike Ditka
Slate: FAUX News claimed a “Sharia law court” is enforcing Islamic law in TX; I went to see it.
This is Jemele Hill
How granite counters took over American kitchens.
Gunz Fer ‘Merica:
Incredible pumpkin carving.
Samantha Bee: A penis PSA.
The Daily Show takes on Chicago.
VOX: How tax breaks help the rich.
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
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