Please join us this evening for some 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 other 222 chapters of Living Liberally, including nineteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.
It’s pretty amazing how unified we were as a society on Japanese Interment. Sure, if you’d sampled the Japanese population, you could get some very different results than the general population. And there were deserters among the general population. Individuals, and sometimes whole towns. Still, I was surprised to learn that there was only one newspaper paper that opposed the camps. I hope it’s a call for all of us to do better going forward.
Matthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Discuss.
Conan investigates the mysterious deaths of Russian diplomats.
Jimmy Dore: Anti-Planned Parenthood filmmaker charged with 15 felonies.
Mental Floss: 29 interesting archaeological finds.
Samantha Bee: Government Worked! Rape Kit Backlog Part 2.
Young Turks: Anti-abortion activists charged with felonies
The Трамп Crime Organization:
VOX: How a case gets to the US Supreme Court.
Farron Cousins: Let’s just say it—Republicans hate America
Sean Hannity is bad for America.
Stephen: North Carolina’s ‘bathroom bill’ gets dumped.
Amber’s Minute of Fury: Bill-O-The-Clown
Young Turks: Porn site protects you more than Republicans.
Sam Seder: Dumbass Rep. Ted Yoho Thinks Congresscritters work for the President.
ObamaCare is the Law of the Land:
VOX: Why knights fought snails in medieval art.
Stephen: The scrapping of internet privacy—Something we can all hate together.
Farron Cousins: Pres. Bannon won’t be charged with voter fraud…despite evidence.
Samantha Bee: Someone run against Johnnie Caldwell!!!
Minute Physics: Should you walk or run when it is cold?
Conan: United Airline’s double standard dress code.
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
No, I don’t plan to blog about this (too busy working on important stuff), but, well, it wouldn’t be right to let the day go by here without at least a little mention:
AG Ferguson joined by PDC Chair Anne Levinson announces $2mm lawsuit against Tim Eyman and associates for concealment pic.twitter.com/4eSgsNHAqF
— WA Attorney General (@AGOWA) March 31, 2017
So, our old friend Tim Eyman (this blog’s namesake) faces a $2 million civil penalty. Which is great and all that. But I must admit to being disappointed that he isn’t facing felony charges. And no, I’m not afraid to publicly assert that I think he committed multiple felonies.
FYI, for those keeping track, I first broke the story that ultimately led to this lawsuit almost five years ago in The Stranger. As for the notion that Timmy was getting kickbacks from signature gatherers, I suggested that back in 2006. So, you know, I told you so.
I’m really psyched about Councilmember González’ announcement of a legal defense fund for people facing deportation. It’s important that people have the right to defend themselves. I hope that we can make this a long-term thing to outlast the current news cycle, or even the current administration.
Cell service in the Bus Tunnel* is here for T-Mobile users and will be here for everybody soon. And if you need to call 9-1-1, you can no matter what carrier you have.
It’s an overall good, but there are downsides. I will be sad to see the end of people being too loud getting cut off by a tunnel. What a joy that always is, gone because technology is amazing.
It’s Tuesday, and that means the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets for conversation and drinks.
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 other 222 chapters of Living Liberally, including nineteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.
Today’s entry in the Miloscia is the worst category: Seriously, what the fuck? “We want to make sure Washington State has adequate voting rights” “Are you a Christian? Lady in a hijab, are you a Christian?” I mean.
Matthew 10:8-10
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
Discuss.
Bad typography has ruined more than just the Oscars.
Stephen: A week older.
Трамп’s Pussy-grabbing Plutocracy:
Trevor with So much news, so little time.
What life is like near the border wall.
This is your brain on terrorism.
Трампcare Phaylez:
Bill Maher: Overtime.
Seth Meyers: Mostly political monologue.
Steve Bannon’s Bathtub Musings.
The Garland Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing:
Why the rehabilitation of George W. Bush needs to stop!
China’s Panda diplomacy explained..
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
I have great admiration for Seattlish following who is filing for mayor. Actually trying to figure out the stances of the various cranks. It’s important work. Who knows what the non-voter paid the same filing fee as everyone else, why not inform the voters a tiny bit about them. In our democracy, well, none of them are as bad as the President.
Also, not to get too meta but “they also seems to be a little green when it comes to Seattle politics (they says Mayor Ed Murray “seems like a really nice guy” which made me snort-laugh)” legit made me snort-laugh.
Oh man. I missed Bus Driver Appreciation Day. But I definitely appreciate my bus drivers. For making my commute possible. For making the city run smoothly. Thanks. I’ll try to live every day with appreciation for bus drivers.
Please join us this evening for some judicial conversation over a beer 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 other 221 chapters of Living Liberally, including nineteen in Washington state, three in Oregon and one in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.
I’ve recently become enthralled with Frank Blethen’s Twitter feed recently. It’s so ridiculous that if it didn’t have a check mark next to it, I would assume it was a parody account. The man is a newspaper publisher. And while I have a lot of problems with it, the paper is fine for news (when it’s not making up sources).
But holy shit. It looks like he just got a new phone and couldn’t figure out typing on it so he just said, “Siri, tweet something incoherent about a recent Seattle Times article, but make sure the capitalization and spaces are off.” Look, anyone who reads this blog knows I’m a typo generating machine. If the powers that be in this state didn’t insist that we let him set the agenda, maybe I could just ignore it.
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