– Sara Nelson got pretty close to the drug law she wanted passed. So every overdose while the law is in effect must be her fault, by her logic (item 2).
– Twitter doesn’t drive much traffic.
– 3 cheers for projects coming in ahead of time.
– I don’t know the best use of the land the Black Lives Memorial Garden is on, but I do enjoy walking through it. I’ll miss it when it’s gone.
– Wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
I was walking down the waterfront recently and saw a ferry docking. The whole front of the ferry was oddly colored. I didn’t realize for a moment, but eventually I saw that it was an ad for a soda company. My goodness, it was so ugly.
I don’t know why seeing it on a ferry produced such a yuck reaction in a way that it never does on the bus. Still, it made me sad that I don’t drink their disgusting sugar concoction, so I can’t give it up. Maybe I should be madder when it’s on the bus: Those wraps make the view out worse, so the whole ride isn’t as good.
Anyway, for goodness sake, wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
It’s Tuesday. Oh…and look at the time. The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is meeting soon for an evening of politics over a pint. Stop by if you can.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the back patio.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
Legal Eagle: Staggering corruption of Senator Bob Menendez
Jordan Klepper challenges anti-vax, Canadian truckers
More Perfect Union: No President has done this before
Steve Shives: If Republicans said the quiet parts loud to workers
The Pathetic Party of Трамп:
Lauren Mayer: ♫ She Belongs With Us ♬
Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler interviews Biden
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
Lewis Black Rantcast: U.S. Supreme Court unethical?
The Daily Show: 16 minutes of Mitt Romney being roasted
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
– AI of any quality is longer away from us than people promoting it or worried about it think. Still, if you train it unethically people will be upset.
– Seattle is dying is famous.
– Who could have predicted that Idaho wouldn’t rush to do the sort of material health and child care etc. that they already could have now that abortion is illegal?
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Probably best to go with medical people and not people who thought it would turn you into a zombie.
No Speaker, no laws. Go commit crimes, or what would be crimes if there were laws. Oh, am I doing a graffiti? Well the Constitution says the House “shall chuse their Speaker” and they haven’t done that.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Please stop by tonight’s edition of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for an evening of political pontification over a pint. (And, um…maybe a bit of gloating!)
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the back patio.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
Happy Week Without Driving to all who celebrate. I have spent since earlier this year without a car, and usually not driving in that time. It is nice to be able to do in Seattle, but trickier and trickier the further out of the city you go. Bike infrastructure isn’t great anywhere, and there are some good suburban trails, but there are a lot of places that just are tough to get to without a car.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
NowThis: Dianne Feinstein passes at 90, leaving behind 3 decades of work in the Senate
More Perfect Union: This new deal jobs program is coming back
Darrin Bell: Rupert Murdoch retires—an animation of the creation of an editorial cartoon
NowThis: Sen. Menendez faces several federal corruption charges
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
Robert Reich: Inequality for All turns 10. Has the movie’s warning come true?
Gropey. Old. Pervs. and Other MAGA Rubbish:
The Daily Show: Life on Dick Street
Vox: How to fight climate change with parking lots
Bloomberg Law: Why Congress so rarely passes government funding bills on time
NowThis: Why Illinois abolishing cash bail is important
More Perfect Union: The REAL reason EpiPens & inhalers are so expensive
Electile Dysfunction:
Vox: The anti-racist town in the American South, explained
Michael Kosta blows the lid off three conspiracies
WaPo: Remembering the life and career of Dianne Feinstein
NowThis: The Koch brothers and Clarence Thomas’ corruption
Bill Maher: “I need a drink”
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
– Look, if I had my way the iconic Seattle building would be the Smith Tower, not the Space Needle. It’s better located as part of the city and just looks better. But recognizing that that ship has sailed, the new Sounds crest is pretty rad.
– Green Jacket Lady 2025.
– You don’t have to stop biking just because it’s raining.
– Starbucks’s anti labor bullshit was anti labor and bullshit, judge finds.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Good morning to everyone except for Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison who can eat a doo doo pie. The incredibly low bar for sweeping homeless people isn’t low enough for her. It’s incredibly frustrating, and in the meantime, things aren’t improving. So cruel.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. 1
Looking for something fun to do tonight? How about joining like-minded individuals at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. We’re getting together this evening to chat about politics, have a beer, and unwind.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the back patio.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
I have been walking through SoDo and the waterfront when Beyoncé and Coldplay had their recent shows. I love the crowds and the chaos. Also, the bikes that take people around were all blasting whoever was playing that night. Delightful.
I feel like they could probably coordinate themes other times. I don’t know, that’s probably a lot of work for people doing a hard job for not a lot of money as is.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. And hey, new tests are available. Order a few if you’re in the US.
More Perfect Union: Skyrocketing CEO pay is fueling a historic auto strike
Hitler Rants Parodies: Hitler phones Kamala Harris
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week of the week
Vox: It’s time to replace urban delivery vans
Electoral Dysfunction:
Alex Wagner: Flipping Kavanaugh—What’s really behind Alabama’s gerrymandering gambit
Pres. Joe Biden: A new White House office for gun violence prevention is created
Robert Reich: Say goodbye to lousy, low-paying jobs. The benefits of a jobs guarantee
Mark Fiore: Death subsidies
WaPo: What happens during a government shutdown
Трампestuous Traitors:
Trae Crowder: Pride or prejudice (of the South)?
Vox: How Republicans conquered Florida
More Perfect Union: Why the auto strike matters for all of us
Desi Lydic Womansplains: The wage gap, female representation, and the E.R.A.
Lawrence O’Donnell: Biden gave the country a lesson in hope
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
The new Seattle drug law has a lot of whereases. They do not have the force of law behind them, but they generally seem like good things. But of course the proof of the pudding is in the eating. And as budgets get proposed and passed, and as the law is implemented and enforced, we will know how valuable those whereases are.
The law is better than when it was first proposed. But I fear that people who were concerned about getting people to treatment will be disappointed.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
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