Good morning to everyone except for the 64,115 people who signed the Compassionate Seattle initiative. I understand the impulse. The City and County have been dithering for far too long. And it does provide much needed housing (although not enough, more than now).
But that ban on encampments is just too much. There won’t be enough housing, and so it will be cruel. Now is cruel, but this would make that permanent.
Anyway, please get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
The Seattle chapter of Drinking Liberally meets on Tuesday for an evening of chilled drinks and cool chat. It is the…er…hottest event of the evening. Won’t you join us?
We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You will most likely find us on the patio off the back of the pub. The kitchen isn’t open quite yet, but will be soon. Carry-in food is cool when the kitchen is closed. Occupancy limits are still in place, so admission will be first come-first serve. Thus far, we have not had occupancy issues.
Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.
I hope you all survived the weekend. Today is going to be the worst of the heat. So grab a large cup of water. Nice and full of ice. Keep drinking past when you think you need it. Keep drinking water until your pee is clear.
We’ll get through this, but dammit, it’s horrible. My apartment is East facing, so it doesn’t get the worst of the afternoon heat. But it was still rather unpleasant.
Anyway, the pandemic is still going on, so please wash your hands too, and get vaccinated as soon as you can.
Samantha Bee: New York’s feeling the consequences of the 2020 census
LegalEagle: George Floyd videographer receives Pulitzer prize
Robert Reich: The bill Jeff Bezos doesn’t want you to know about
Amber Ruffin: Now that Juneteenth is a national holiday, let’s do more
Bill Maher: Freedom!
Now This: Senator Chris Murphy on filibuster tradition
Lauren Mayer: ♫ It Matters ♬
The Liars, Traitors and Child Molesters of Today’s G.O.P.:
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
John Oliver: PACE
The Late Show: Chuck Schumer fails to convince little girl
Al Franken: Al Explains Why We Need to Tax the Rich (and the very wealthy!):
Robert Reich: When you realize the economy is rigged
Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: American history story time
Vice News: Poisoning America—The US’ lead pipe problem
The week in ТрампPlague:
Mother Jones: How the Supreme Court green-lit Republican attacks on voting rights
LegalEagle: Google is a monopoly (bad legal takes)
Amber Ruffin: Beyond Tulsa—The secret history of flooding Black towns to make lakes
Now This: Supreme Court rules in favor of “fuck”
Seth Meyers: Bill Clinton on the filibuster
Bill Maher: Future headlines
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
I have had to wake up early all week, and I am zonked. So nothing to write, but please try to survive the heat.
It must stink to be on Point Roberts during the pandemic. Already so isolated with the border closed. And now potentially losing their grocery store. I hope they can figure something out.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
It’s Tuesday. And that means that the Seattle chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for drinks, fellowship, and political discussion. Please stop by!
We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You will most likely find us on the patio at the back of the pub. The kitchen isn’t currently open but will be soon. Carry-in food is cool when the kitchen is closed. Occupancy limits are still in place, so admission will be first come-first serve. Thus far, we have not had occupancy issues.
Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.
I am excited to see things opening up. I am not sure when I will start going to the movies, or eating indoors. But It’s coming.
So if you haven’t yet, please get vaccinated, and wash your hands right now.
Robert Reich: Do you pay more taxes than Musk and Bezos?
Samantha Bee: We can’t rely on the Supreme Court to protect LGBTQ+ rights, Pt. 1
Samantha Bee: We can’t rely on the Supreme Court to protect LGBTQ+ rights, Pt. 2
Amber Ruffin: Minimum wage is not a living wage; Americans make more money on unemployment
President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris:
Ronny Chieng: Americans have a rage problem
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Bill Maher: News of the week
act.tv: Author pushes back on the GOP’s version of slavery
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
The Liars, Grifters, Child Rapists, and Nutburgers of the Modern G.O.P.:
Trevor: Black farmers
Al Franken: The John Lewis Voting Rights Act & the history of preclearance
Bill Maher: Parch Madness
Rocky Mountain Mike: ♫ Life With Barack (Right Wing Radio Told Me) ♬:
The Week in ТрампPlague:
Vice News: How New York could kill the NRA
Robert Reich: The truth about the U.S. border-industrial complex
Samantha Bee: Juneteenth dos and don’ts for (White) people
John Oliver: Prison heat
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Oh, yeah, I put those up on this website sometimes.
Good morning to the 70% of King County residents 16 years old and above who are vaccinated with either the Johnson and Johnson shot or the second of the 2-shot vaccines. It means that in 2 weeks we’ll have 70% of people with full immunity. So things like mask mandates can ease off.
I am proud to live in a county that was able to do that relatively quickly. It has been a real drag, this past year. But of course there remains a lot of work.
So, please, everyone else, get vaccinated if you can.
Seattle’s Drinking Liberally will meet in person on Tuesday! Please join us for an evening of politics over a pint.
We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. The kitchen isn’t currently open but will be soon. Carry-in food is cool when the kitchen is closed. Occupancy limits are still in place, so admission will be first come-first serve.
Good morning to the new terminal cranes only. It was too rainy to go out and have a look myself, but I love seeing the pictures. I hope it’s a boon to shipping in the region.
Also, probably unrelated, but has it seemed to anyone else that there are a lot of cargo ships hanging out in the Puget Sound? Is this actually happening, or just my imagination? The last time I can recall so many ships was the West Coast Longshoremen striking.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t already.
Stephen: Biden preps for Putin
John Oliver: Asian Americans
Amber Ruffin: ♫ What gender are potatoes? ♬
Samantha Bee: We need to talk about the intersex experience
Mark Fiore: History for White people
The Liars, Thieves, Child Molesters, and Grifters of Today’s GOP:
Amber Ruffin: ♫ Everything wrong with the living wage in America ♬
Legal Eagle: Florida law violates First Amendment?
Stephen: Biden Battles cicadas en route to Europe while VP Harris swats away border questions
Amber Ruffin: Since Joe Biden became president…
Jonathan Mann: ♫ Abolish The Filibuster ♬
Bloomberg Law: The long fight for environmental justice continues
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
The Week in ТрампPlague:
Samantha Bee: How “no promo homo” laws target sex ed in Arizona
Now This: Inside the fight for D.C. statehood
Amber Ruffin: On “critical race theory”
Michael Kosta: The end of democracy, explained
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
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