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Monday Morning Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 12/12/22, 8:10 am

– What happens to salmon also happens to people.

– Fuck that algorithm. Rent is too high.

– Anyone going back to masks (first item)? I still wear a mask on public transportation.

– But it’s more important that you get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Get that shot before you see grandma over Christmas.

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 12/9/22, 7:12 pm

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Stephanie Ruhle: January 6 Committee eyes final report release date

Electoral (Dys)Function:

  • Seth Meyers: GOP turn on The Dotard—and each other—after Walker’s loss in Georgia
  • MSNBC: Voters teach GOP the lessons they won’t learn on their own
  • Stephen: The Warnock v. Walker runoff ends here
  • Bloomberg Law: Control of democratic elections hinges on U.S. Supreme Court
  • Lauren Mayers: ♫ Werewolves in the Senate ♬:

  • The Late Show: A compilation of Herschel Walker being honest and transparent
  • Tooning Out the News: Herschel Walker defeated & MAGA movement rebuke
  • Liberal Redneck: Georgia runoff round 2
  • Stephen: Dems secure Senate majority
  • MSNBCWalker loss extends list of Трамп-backed candidate failures
  • Seth Meyers: Republicans wonder if Georgia is the final nail in Трамп’s political coffin
  • Steve Kornacki: Changing demographics in Atlanta area helped Warnock’s campaign

SNL Weekend Update: Kanye West praises Hitler and Biden averts rail strike

NowThis: Inclusive capitalism, how it could help strengthen democracy

The Dotard Трамп and His Mob of Lying, Racist Assholes:

  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп org GUILTY of tax fraud, Herschel’s wild campaign ends & Kanye asks Jews to forgive Hitler
  • WaPo: Трамп’s ever-shifting relationship with the Constitution
  • J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Трамп Org guilty verdict
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп is TIME’s “Conman of the Year” ♬
  • Jonathan Mann: ♫ They Want To Plunge Us Into Darkness ♬:

  • Alex Wagner: Team Трамп accepts defeat on Special Master stall tactic and more documents found
  • Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ The Har Mar Mall Song ♬
  • Seth Meyers: Трамп calls for Constitution to be terminated after “Twitter files” dud
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Time(s) Трамп Lied ♬
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Jury finds Трамп’s businesses guilty. Seventeen times
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп hoards classified documents & Herschel loses in Georgia
  • J-L Cauvin: Mitch McConnell congratulates Kyrsten Sinema for leaving the Democrats
  • Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell thinks the media is making him look crazy
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп and the Avalanche ♬
  • Alex Wagner: Requisite For DeSantis’ “War on woke”—NOT BEING AWAKE!
  • The Late Show: Storage Wars—West Palm Beach edition:

  • NowThis: How Трамп’s extreme rhetoric could be shifting our Political discourse
  • J-L Cauvin: The Dotard demands Twitter release Hunter Biden pics
  • Katie Phang: DOJ is “playing Трамп a little bit,” says former federal prosecutor
  • The Late Show: ♫ Kayne. Elon. Трамп. ♬
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ In So Many Ways, Трамп is KING! ♬
  • Seth Meyers: Chris Hayes on why Трамп’s power over the GOP is weakening
  • Tommy Campbell: Mitch McConnell snubbed at medal ceremony is pure gold
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп wants to terminate the Constitution, Kanye’s swastika tweet & Herschel’s idea to arm the IRS
  • LegalEagle: The new Special Counsel is bad news for Трамп:

  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп could face insurrection criminal referral, GOPers vote nay on gay
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Clarence Thomas violated law “in plain view,” Tribe says
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A Song for a (Horrid) Man Трамп Truly Admires ♬
  • NowThis: The danger behind Трамп’s call to “terminate” the Constitution

Vice News: Families of trans kids are seeking sanctuary

WaPo: House passes Respect for Marriage Act

Dulcé Sloan: Drag vs. Conservatives

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

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Friday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 12/9/22, 8:03 am

It’s inconvenient, but it’s better that Metro take defective busses off the road than to risk an accident. Maybe I would think something else if it was one of my routes. I hope it gets resolved quickly.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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Wednesday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 12/7/22, 8:13 am

Does anyone else feel like One Bus Away is less accurate lately? I don’t know. It seems like it has been giving me weird information lately. I got to a stop 5 minutes early the other day, and it just never came. I understand that will happen sometimes, but I would hope One Bus Away would tell me.

It’s still good most of the time. But I have been noticing more minor weirdness. It’s obviously easier to notice problems than to fix them.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And for goodness sake, for goodness sake, for goodness sake, get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Tuesday, 12/6/22, 4:13 pm

DLBottle DLBottle It’s election day…in Georgia. The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally will be getting together to discuss the Georgia election results and other things political and liberal. Please join us if you will.

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. Some folks may meet in the back room of the pub.

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.

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Monday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 12/5/22, 8:14 am

– 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.

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 12/2/22, 11:09 pm

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:

  • Chris Hayes: Obama campaigns in Georgia and weighs in—Vampires or Werewolves?
  • Joy Reid: I genuinely want to know what the case is for Herschel Walker
  • Ali Velshi: Why reordering the Democratic primaries is a big deal
  • NowThis: Georgia sees record numbers for early voting in Senate runoff race
  • Chris Hayes: Election loser Blake Masters recruited to figure out why GOP lost big
  • The Late Show: Herschel Walker found someone who appreciates his speeches
  • Desi Lydic: How harassed election officials impact elections
  • Chris Hayes: ♫ Rusty Bowers on AZ voters rejecting election deniers ♬

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:

  • Stephen: Presidents know who is coming to dinner and a hot new Herschel Walker scandal
  • J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Hakeem Jeffries being minority leader
  • Bruce Nelson: ♫ Mangy Fetlocks agrees with The Dotard Трамп (sort of) ♬
  • Alex Wagner: Трамп-supporting Oath Keeper leader guilty on rare seditious conspiracy charge
  • Chris Hayes: The growing influence of yhe MAGA Troll Caucus
  • Tommy Campbell: Oath Keepers sedition verdict shakes Трамп’s bone spurs
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп compares poorly with Jeffrey Dahmer ♬
  • Rocky Mountain Mike: Elon:

  • Liberal Redneck: Kanye, Nazis, etc
  • J-L Cauvin: Mitch McConnell reaction to Трамп and the Nick Fuentes dinner
  • Alex Wagner: Appeals Court tears apart review of seized Mar-a-Lago documents
  • The Late Show: ♫ Stew Rhodes Couppants ♬
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs (cut off at the legs) ♬
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Capitol rioter’s sentencing memo perfectly describes Трамп
  • The Daily Show: Трамп dinner guest Nick Fuentes vs. FAUX News
  • Mehdi Hasan: The hypocrisy of the GOP’s obsession with “groomers”
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп admits stealing documents, Lindsey loves Herschel & MyPillow Mike’s craziest idea yet
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The walls are closing in ♬
  • Ari Melber: Трамп-Ye-supremacist dinner shredded
  • Rachel Maddow: Republican leader Трамп’s dinner with racist forces reckoning for normal Americans
  • J-L Cauvin: Hidden camera EXPOSES The Dotard Трамп-Nick Fuentes meeting
  • Bruce Nelson: ♫ Madison Cawthorn’s Last Clueless Speech ♬
  • Ali Velshi: Is there room in the GOP for White supremacy and antisemitism?
  • Rachel Maddow: Arizona GOP election rejecting zeal could boomerang on party’s candidates
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп’s tax returns FINALLY handed over and Mara-a-Lago beefs up security
  • Lauren Mayer: ♫ That’s Angertainment ♬:

  • Ari Melber: Трамп’s “toxic” wing causes chaos in House
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ A short dramatic musical play in one disgusting act ♬
  • Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow on Oath Keepers convictions make it harder to whitewash Jan. 6
  • J-L Cauvin: The Dotard defends Kanye West & his new DJ Hittlurr
  • Good Liars: Трамп supporters who don’t mind antisemitism
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Appeals Court tells Трамп something he never hears
  • Chris Hayes: Трамп embraces worst parts of base in bid to claw his way back power
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп & Kanye’s Mar-a-Lago dinner with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes & Herschel’s erection slip up
  • Stephen: Stewart Rhodes convicted of seditious conspiracy
  • GZERO Media: Putin’s kompromat on Трамп:

  • Lawrence O’Donnell: West is the worst person Трамп has ever had at his dinner table
  • J-L Cauvin: Трамп reacts to Melania Трамп’s Thanksgiving meal
  • Chris Hayes: Трамп defends Jan. 6 rioters after pressure from Kanye and Fuentes
  • Stephen: Marjorie Taylor Greene is back on Twitter and Mike Lindell thinks he has a shot at RNC Chair
  • Alex Wagner: Seditious conspiracy verdict deals rebuke to GOP gaslighting on Jan. 6 riot
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s Hosting Nazis for Dinner ♬

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.

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Changes to This Shitty Blog Archive

by Goldy — Friday, 12/2/22, 3:41 pm

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?

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Friday Open Thread.

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 12/2/22, 8:08 am

– 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.

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Wednesday Morning Open Thread…

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 11/30/22, 8:12 am

– 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.

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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

by Darryl — Tuesday, 11/29/22, 5:44 pm

DLBottle DLBottle 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.

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Monday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 11/28/22, 9:02 am

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?

– Firmageddon

– 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.

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 11/25/22, 8:20 pm

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:

  • Chris Hayes: Herschel Walker claims Texas as his primary residence on taxes
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Sarah Palin’s Lost Again ♬
  • NowThis: What causes voter suppression, and how Congress can stop it
  • Robert Reich: 2022 was the most expensive midterm in history
  • Chris Hayes: Rep. Mary Peltola reelected to Alaska House seat, defeats Sarah Palin
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ About Трамп’s low-energy announcement ♬

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:

  • J-L Cauvin: Трамп just got reinstated to Twitter by Elon Musk
  • Katie Phang: Trump braces as his tax returns go to Congress and Pence mulls DOJ interview
  • Tommy Campbell: Supreme Court laughs at Трамп and Herschel Walker flubs
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ If Jesus Shows Up Here Again ♬
  • Stephen: Трамп allowed back on Twitter and he won’t “partake” in Special Counsel
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Elon lets The Dotard & Kanye back on Twitter and Donny screams about Turkey
  • Seth Meyers: The Dotard whines after Garland appoints Special Counsel to investigate him
  • Red State Update: ♫ Songs From the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol ♬:

  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Jack Smith, a Special Counsel indeed! ♬
  • Katie Phang: MAGA allies freak out as new prosecutor eyes Трамп crimes
  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп’s big loss in the Supreme Court today was just the beginning
  • J-L Cauvin: Трамп DESTROYS Ron DeSantis as “Fake woke destroyer”
  • Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Dotard Трамп had a BAD day today ♬
  • Jimmy Kimmel: Trump livid over tax return ruling, Herschel Walker lashes out & FOX has an imaginary axe to grind
  • Tommy Campbell: Mike Lindell’s terminator versus Herschel Walker’s werewolf
  • Seth Meyers: Mike Lindell pleads for his Twitter back, wants to meet with Elon Musk

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.

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Political Turkey

by Darryl — Thursday, 11/24/22, 9:48 am

  • Jalopnik: How to change the subject to cars when Thanksgiving talk gets political
  • Ruben the Bulldog: Thanksgiving law
  • WaPo: Biden pardons turkeys ‘Chocolate’ & ‘Chip’ for Thanksgiving
  • A Thanksgiving Classic: Sarah Palin’s Thanksgiving massacre!:

  • Roy Wood, Jr.: CP Time—Thanksgiving edition
  • Now This: How to honor indigenous people on Thanksgiving
  • Lewis Black’s Rantcast: The Holidays
  • Bill Mahar: Scorn of Plenty:

  • Mark Fiore: Thanksgiving for billionaires
  • How to Drink: The REAL story of Thanksgiving
  • ABC News: The importance of understanding the true history of Thanksgiving
  • The Late Show: Joe Biden is soft on poultry and soft on crime:

  • Puppet Regime: The price of a Thanksgiving pardon
  • Comedy Central: “Do I look like I have dietary restrictions?”—Comedians on Thanksgiving
  • Jonathan Mann: ♫ Zombie Turkey ♬

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Wednesday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 11/23/22, 8:08 am

– 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.

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