It is rather depressing how difficult it is to discipline Seattle police officers. The Office of Police Accountability really needs to do a better job of holding officers accountable. It’s not the office it’s fine to throw blast balls at people causing cardiac arrest, or drive into a crowded sidewalk. Jeez.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
Please join us tonight for drinks, conversation, and, perhaps, ping pong at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.
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 okay when the kitchen is closed.
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 was unaware of the police officers on the University of Washington being different from Seattle Police. I don’t know if disbanding them would lead to SPD just taking over their role.
But disarming them seems like a good step, and I hope that happens. Also that the lawsuit gets resolved fairly, and the explicit racism isn’t ignored or swept up under the guise of training.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
Dulce Sloan: What July 4th means to Black folks
Jonathan Mann: ♫ The Ocean is On Fire ♬
The Late Show: What ya’ readin’? with Sec. Pete Buttigieg
Vice News: America’s oldest Black neighborhood is fighting racist infrastructure
Mark Fiore: Bipartisanship in the apocalypse
Rachel Maddow: Democrats get creative in effort to stem gun violence
The Thugs, Thieves, Traitors, and Tyrants of Today’s G.O.P.:
Robert Reich: What does patriotism really mean
Now This: 50 years of the war on drugs
Wanda Sykes helps White people find Black friends
Vox: How the rich avoid paying taxes
Lawrence O’Donnell: TX GOP remove controversial election provisions ahead of special session
The Daily Show: The struggles of African-American journalists
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
Two of six cops in D.C.
Said “insurrection, that’s me!”
And so in due course,
We should kick them off of the force.
But SPD abhors accountability
The COVID-19 related moratorium on utility payments has been extended once again. I keep saying these are going to end at some point. But so far, they keep going. And it’s important to keep people able to have utilities. So, hopefully, when the landing comes, we can make it a soft one.
Anyway, please get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
What are you up to this evening? If you can, stop by the Seattle chapter of Drinking Liberally for some recreational political conversation over a drink.
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.
Chapters of Drinking Liberally are re-opening all over the place. If you can’t make the Seattle chapter, find a chapter near you.
Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
WaPo: Here’s how Biden’s July 4 vaccination goals turned out
Jaboukie Young-White: Corporations capitalize on Pride Month
The Remix Bros: ♫ Joe Biden Whisper Remix (Ying Yang Twins Parody) ♬
John Oliver: Health care sharing ministries
The New York Times: Searching for The hidden graves of Louisiana’s enslaved people
WaPo: How Southern California became the epicenter for right-wing activism against vaccine mandates
Liars, Thieves, Seditionists, and Other Types of Republicans
Lewis Black: Should Justice Stephen Breyer retire?
Robert Reich: Why your Chipotle burrito costs more
The Daily Show: The worst Joe Biden scandals of all-time this month (June)
Stephen: Sec. Pete Buttigieg on his move to D.C.
Vice News: Arizona’s “recount” changes nothing about 2020 election results
Roll Call: Previewing the 2022 battle for the Senate
Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ To those volunteering to ride in the hearse ♬
The Daily Show: Biden ASMR
Lauren Mayer: ♫ Bridge And A Babysitter ♬:
Amber Ruffin Show: ♫ Properly mourning Joe Biden’s dog Champ in song ♬
The Remix Bros: ♫ Joe Biden x Vladimir Putin REMIX ♬
Stephen: Sec. Buttigieg has big plans for America’s infrastructure
Desi Lydic: An apology from the NYC Board of Elections
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
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.
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