– Did you all enjoy the snow over the weekend? We had very little Downtown, but it looked like quite a bit in Suburbia and in the South Sound.
– Congratulations to WSU on getting to the historic Jimmy Kimmel L.A. Bowl. Who could forget its storied past?
– I am get vaccinated guy, but also get vaccinated for the flu.
Trevor: Herschel Walker’s wild plan, Twitter’s new covid policy, and police robots
NowThis: Hakeem Jeffries to make history as first Black party leader in Congress
Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ On the awful secularization of Groundhog Day ♬
Electoral Dysfunction:
Robert Reich: The Fed’s inflation mistake continues
VICE News: The poetry of thriving with HIV
Jonathan Jensen: ♫ A parody tribute to Randy Rainbow ♬
The Party of White Supremacists and Holocaust Denial:
LegalEagle: FTX was (and is) a complete mess
Alex Wagner: Congress demands answers on Supreme Court Justice access scandal and accountability problem
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
After spending a few hours yesterday fixing some server issues, I’ve started looking into how I might modestly update this shitty old blog. First thing you’ll notice is that I’ve removed the ads. They’ve only been generating a few bucks a month in revenue anyway, so why bother? I don’t really need the money, but if you want to help offset my $28/month in server costs, donations are always appreciated. That said, you’d probably do more good contributing to an ongoing journalistic concern than this shitty old blog archive. Up to you.
As for other updates, well, I hardly visit HA much anymore let alone post to it. So if you have ideas, please feel free to offer them in the comment thread, and who knows, maybe I’ll read them?
– Tax them capital gains. Collect the heck out of them.
– If you’re a woman, trans man, or NB who can get pregnant and you’re under 45, King County is recommending that you get screened for syphilis.
– Councilmember Sawant can call cops murderers to her heart’s content.
– Wash your damn hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted with the fucking miracle before you see your family at Christmas.
– Good morning. I hope you aren’t too inconvenienced by the snow and wind. Nothing stuck in the urban core, but maybe where you are?
– If Joe Kent wants to waste his doner’s money on a recount, more power to him, I guess. It would have to be a much greater swing than the governor’s race in 2004, but with fewer voters.
– Bring them grizzly bears back to Washington.
Wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Yep…even tonight.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be getting together. Please join us for an evening of political discussions over a beverage or two.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm out on the back patio.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another nearby chapter for you.
Good morning. I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving, or if you don’t celebrate, long weekend, or if you had to work, a good time at work.
– It is bad to have dinner with a violent white supremacist, right?
– Ranked choice is coming to Seattle…eventually.
– Wash your hands right now. And I can’t believe it if aren’t vaccinated or boosted, but the good news is you can make an appointment today.
John Oliver: Qatar World Cup
Liberal Redneck: The results of rhetoric
Vox: How FIFA corrupted the World Cup
Jimmy Kimmel: Kanye West’s new board game
Electoral Dysfunction:
Michael Kosta: New Yorkers to fill him in on the news
Joy Reid: We are a country that chooses violence over and over again
Robert Reich: Does Elon Musk have a right to destroy Twitter?
Lawrence O’Donnell: Cherokee Nation calls on Congress to fulfill 187-year-old promise
The KKKrazy Klan of The Dotard Трамп:
NowThis: Biden Gives U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team a pep talk for World Cup match
Adam Conover: Elon Musk is an idiot (and so are Zuck and SBF)
LegalEagle: Elon bought himself a bunch of lawsuits
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
– Seattle has a budget.
– My commute has changed a bit since late October. I now take the bus with a bunch of rowdy high school students. Man, I wish I had the free bus when I was a kid. How fabulous, great job everyone who made it happen.
– Hey, you. Wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Please join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for an evening of politics, conversation, and good cheer over a drink.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm out on the back patio (under an awning). The cold weather may entice some folks to hang out in the back room of the pub as well.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another nearby chapter for you.
I saw Macbeth at Seattle Shakespeare over the weekend. Fantastic performances and staging. It was the final weekend, so this isn’t a review or anything like that.
It is me saying that I was very impressed with their mask policy. Obviously, get vaccinated or boosted is the thing that helps the most in saving lives from COVID-19. But with people in close quarters for a couple hours, masks are also important. And it was mandatory, and at the introduction, they said they would kick people out or stop the show if people weren’t masked.
They aren’t killing the little old ladies who make up their core audience. Don’t be absurd.
Roy Wood, Jr.: Black superhero history
The New York Times: Empty classrooms, abandoned kids—Inside The Great Teacher Resignation
Desi Lydic: Twitter’s Head of Communications speaks out
Electile (Dys)Function:
Stephen: Family meeting with Michelle Obama
Amber Ruffin: How Native American kids were forced to become whiter
Mehdi Hasan: The most defining moments of Nancy Pelosi’s legacy
The Dotard Трамп and Other Dishonorable Liars and Grifters:
WaPo: How Nancy Pelosi became the most powerful woman in Congress
Stephen chats with Michelle Obama (full interview)
Desi Lydic: Black Friday—Why?
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
New Coleman Dock, baby! I have walked or biked by it quite regularly, and it doesn’t look ready from the outside. But it’s very exciting. Maybe I can pop into it on my way home from work and take a look. It’s very exciting when new infrastructure opens up.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
I am not sure how much credit to give a proposal in a politician’s press release. So maybe I am missing something. But I like the idea of continuing to bypass the design review process for affordable housing in Seattle. I don’t know how much we need the process in general, but certainly for low income housing in the middle of a homelessness crisis, extending it seems like a no brainer.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
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