Good morning to the Weyerhaeuser workers whose strike just ended. It looks like a mixed bag in terms of gains, but hopefully the fixed costs instead of percentages will be meaningfully better health care.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And you better get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Stephen: Sec. Pete Buttigieg on why fixing America’s infrastructure is fun and exciting
LeagleEagle: Ghosts are legally real
Electile Dysfunction:
Jon Stewart: Why are states undercutting their own workers?
Now This: How young people are leading the way on gun reform
The Lying, Cheating and Scheming Cult of The Dotard Трамп:
Desi Lydic: Halloween—Why do we celebrate this?
Jon Stewart and friends: When states compete to win jobs, residents pay the price
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Geez. I am a bit wary of ascribing motives to people ahead of actually knowing. And random events do happen, so grain of salt here.
But it seems like the most likely explanation of someone attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their home is related to her politics. Awful awful stuff. Here’s hoping for a speedy recovery.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Get the bivalent, it’s great.
I would prefer actual facts to random speculation. But with Joe Kent and his campaign refusing to give any actual information about his previous employer, bad speculation is going to replace it. So, he probably wasn’t in the CIA. He maybe was given a bullshit make work job, or was just lying. I wish we had better information.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Hey…it’s the Tuesday after ballots dropped (in King County, anyway). Stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally and we can discuss it.
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. The cold weather may entice some folks to stay 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 don’t know the law well enough to guess how the judge will rule on allowing the Seattle Police Department to be added as a defendant in a sex trafficking case. But damn. There should be mechanisms to hold SPD accountable, even if a lawsuit isn’t it.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Spitting Image: Best of Biden
John Oliver: Transgender Rights, Part II
Electoral Dysfunction:
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Alex Wagner with Trevor Noah: American racism vs. overt racism in South Africa
Chris Hayes: What abortion ban with exception for “life of the mother” really means
WaPo: How SNL’s January 6 committee hearing compared to reality
The Cult of The Dotard Трамп:
Jon Stewart: Why Americans hate paying taxes
Alex Wagner: Peril of abortion bans to women’s health becomes dreaded reality
Jonathan Mann: ♫ Debt Forgivness 4eva ♬
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
A little drizzle and wind, and you can breathe again in Downtown Seattle. It’s maybe a bit hazy, but it’s nice. Greater rain will get the rest of it.
Going forward, we’ll have to figure out how to not make this a yearly thing. Better forestry practices and fixing — or realisticly preventing the worst of — global warming are obviously priorities. Also, maybe building code updates so less smoke gets inside.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Seriously, the bivalent booster is a miracle.
Ballots are being mailed out today. It’s getting close. Are you excited?! Wooooooo, ballots. You should get them this week or early next.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Bivalent booster, baby!
Neither snow nor rain nor cold nor gloom of smoky nights stays these liberals from the swift consumption of their fermented rounds….or from rounds of vigorous discussion. That’s right, the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight! Stop by if you fancy.
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 prefer to stay 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.
Hey, you know what would be great? If there wasn’t so damn much smoke everywhere. And maybe if we we don’t break records in October. Give us a good, hard rainy day. Just a day to get this shit done with. I know, in February, I’ll be done with it, but the fires need putting out. No smoking, Seattle. I don’t want to wear a mask just to go on a walk.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. The bivalent booster is great, and you protect yourself and your community by getting it.
Ali Velshi: The viral political ad women have been waiting for
Seth Meyers: Vice President Harris talks Biden’s marijuana pardons, 2022 midterms and abortion rights
Seth Meyers: Vice President Kamala Harris discusses the next steps for pardoning marijuana possession
Desi Lydic investigates paper shortages affecting upcoming elections
Трамп and His Band of Lying Seditionists:
John Oliver: Crime reporting
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Seth Meyers: FAUX News’ Halloween fearmongering—Hot Tamales, Sugar Daddies
SNL Weekend Update: Political news of the week
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Hey, people with marijuana convictions in King County: The county is still making efforts to clear those convictions from before it was legal. And their budget includes outreach to some of the toughest people to find. It’s good, and it is still producing results a decade on.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. I got boosted and a flu shot at the same time, and my only symptom is that my arm is a bit sore.
SPD behaved so poorly during CHOP that sometimes you forget whole ass portions of it. Reading about the report by the Inspector General, I completely forgot about SPD making up armed checkpoints out of whole cloth. Wild that they want more offers and 0 accountability after that mess.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible. Vaccination rates are low for the bivalent booster, so make an appointment soon.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight. Please join us for a freewheeling discussion of politics and life over a beverage.
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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