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Open Thread Friday The 13th

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There was a store on one of my walks that I have no idea what it does. I have never been inside it, but it looks like it sold a random selection of dream catchers and potted plants. It’s not in the most expensive neighborhood, but it’s still urban Seattle. My best guess is that it’s either some sort of front operation, or a bored trust fund kid needed something to do.

Anyway, I walked past it the other day and it was gone. I think I’m sad about that. I’m sure the space will be put to better use, but I will miss walking by it and wondering what the hell was going on in there.

Open Thread 10-11

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There is a special place in hell for the men who didn’t know something was up at work with other men. I can’t help but read it as “I made myself untrustworthy to all the women I work with.” If you never heard any rumors, it’s not because they weren’t going around. If you weren’t ever asked to stay late so a woman didn’t have to be alone with so-and-so, it doesn’t mean that so-and-so wasn’t giving off a vibe, or had a history, or whatever. If nobody has said “you’re a man, you go talk to him” or something similar, it doesn’t mean that those conversations didn’t need to happen.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets for an evening of friends, fellowship, fine arts, and…mocking the hell out of the lunatic fringe that the right wing has self-lobotomized itself into. Oh…and the fragrant beverage of your choice.

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 239 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.

Ohpen Thread

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Here’s the thing about Pence’s dumbass stunt that’s pissing me off: Nobody invited him. He bigfooted his way into a game just to leave. But nobody invited him.

Nobody was clamoring for the asshole who privatized a bunch of state assets and fought with the only Democratic statewide elected official because he wanted to fuck education over. Nobody demanded his mix of creepy and crooked show up at the game. The Colts did him a favor by letting him in, accommodating him and his security, and this is how he responded.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Jimmy Dore: Bill-O-The-Clown says, “I was not fired!”

Trevor: How Russia is dividing America with real “fake news”

ONN: The 2020 Election Could Only Go These 500 Ways

Minute Physics: How to build a teleporter with aliens

John Oliver: Forensic science.

His Own Katrina, and Other Adventures of Dotard Трамп:

Fleshlette sculptures.

VOX: Why we still need courtroom sketch artists.

Young Turks: Hypocrite pro-lifer gets BUSTED

Jordan Klepper: Defending a man’s right to choose.

Jimmy Dore: Pro-life Republican caught urging mistress to have an abortion.

Trevor: “Pro-life” Congressman Tim Murphy aborts his career.

Rich Uncle Pennybags trolls Equifax hearing:

Mental Floss: Origins of alcohol brand names.

Ari Berman: Egregious gerrymandering.

Gunz in America:

Samantha Bee: Health care—How to make a jacked up American quilt.

Young Turks: Buzzfeed exposes Breitbart’s Neo-Nazi roots.

Adam ruins the suburbs.

Jimmy Dore chats with Sen. Lindsey Graham about repeal.

Never stop.

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

Open Thread

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Woke up this morning: Another day without nuclear war. If there was a mass shooting, it was small enough that it didn’t make the news. These are the sorts of things we can think of as victories in the Trump era.

10-4: Open Thread

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Another Open Thread written on the bus home from Drinking Liberally. The seat in front of me has a nondescript to go box in it. It’s past 11:00, so it’s not crowded; Nobody has to stand.

I both feel like I should do something, but also, nobody pays me to pick up trash. It seems pretty extreme to alert the driver. So, just write about it, I guess.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleThe Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets Tuesday evening for our weekly dose of politics, pondered 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 239 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

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Another day, another mass shooting. Another round of meaningless expressions of thoughts and prayers. Another set of it’s-too-soons when anyone discusses solutions. Another rush to ignore a history of domestic violence (speculative at this point, but given the history). Another until the next.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Seth Meyers: Jordan Klepper riled his alt-right inspiration Alex Jones with The Opposition

Jordan Klepper: Meet the citizen journalists.

David Hawkings’ Whiteboard: What’s a filibuster?

Take a mental vacation by ignoring Puerto Rico.

Трамп and His Band of Dotards:

VOX: Why 23 million Americans don’t have fast internet

Trevor bumps into President Obama.

The Opposition: Reviewing reviews with Kobi Libii.

The GOP’s Latest Attempt to Kill Americans:

Roy Zimmerman: Dreamer:

Seth Meyers: Josh Earnest reflects on his tenure as President Obama’s press secretary.

The one big problem the GOP cannot shake.

Knee Shoes: The perfect solution to the NFL kneeling controversy

Francesca Fiorentini: Why corporations LOVE Puerto Rico’s tragedy.

VOX: How QWERTY conquered keyboards

Crazy-ass Shit in Alabama:

Jordan Klepper: Which numbers can be trusted?.

Trevor: It’s time to pay back Puerto Rico

Why trying to steal an ATM machine is a terrible idea.

Full Frontal: Wake up to Gabe Fleisher.

WaPo: Obama’s other speechwriter.

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

9-29 Open Thread

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Get your flu shot. Yes, you. Herd immunity is vitally important. And even if you think you’ll be fine, you never know who you’re passing it along to on the bus, out shopping, at work, etc. So for God’s sake, get a flu shot.

O— —–d

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Do y’all use diacritical marks when writing in English? I only use the umlaut to indicate that you pronounce both vowels in words like reärrange. Because I am an idiot, when I write for work, I vary when I use them. So if I’m emailing someone in the office next to me, it’s äëïöü, but if it’s to a client or whatever outside, I just use unädorned vowels.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us this evening for political conversation over a drink at tonight’s 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.

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