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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Now This: Kirsten Gillibrand on sexual assault in the military

Stephen interviews Michelle Obama Part I

Stephen interviews Michelle Obama Part II

Stephen interviews Michelle Obama Part III

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Grif-ters, Трампs, and Thieves (and Other Types of Republicans):

John Oliver: Black hair

Trevor: Caitlyn Jenner takes on Gavin Newsom in the California recall election

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Andre Antunes: ♫ Bitconnect goes METAL! ♬

The Week in ТрампPlague:

Lewis Black’s rantcast: Mother Earth

Roll Calls: How redistricting will shape the fight for House seats

Robert Reich: Democrats are running out of time

Samantha Bee: Gun violence is a public health crisis (extended edition)

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

Friday, Friday Open Thread

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Got my second shot on Wednesday. Since a lot of people are talking about side effects, I should mention that mine were pretty mild. I felt like I needed a nap all day. Then I took one, and felt fine. My arm wasn’t even sore. I think mild or no side effects is probably more common than you might think based (understandably) on how people report on them, especially on social media.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.

Happy 17th Blogiversary to HA

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Seventeen years ago today I clicked “Publish” on the very first post here at HA, with obviously no fucking idea how blogging would soon take over my life. Had I to do the past 17 years over again, I wouldn’t, even if I wanted to, because how could anyone even hope to retrace the bizarre path I followed from accidental activist to foul-mouthed blogger to talk radio host to foul-mouthed Stranger writer to mysterious behind-the-scenes benevolent-plutocrat-funded progressive propaganda king?

That said, how’d the past 17 years turn out? Well, on May 10, 2004, I wrote this:

I have serious political goals, and I intend to pursue them. I intend to help educate the public and the media about an astonishingly regressive tax system that gives billions of dollars of tax breaks to wealthy special interests while placing an almost unbearable burden on the backs of middle- and low-income families. I intend to work for real, progressive, tax reforms that provide meaningful relief to those who need it most, assure adequate funding for essential public services, and create the kind of positive, rational business environment that all citizens want. And I intend to continue my efforts to expose Tim Eyman as the lying, thieving, blowhard even many of his most ardent supporters admit he really is. (Did I mention Tim Eyman is a lying, thieving, blowhard?)

But I also intend to have a little fun.

Well, progress report: this year the state legislature passed and the governor signed into law a modest capital gains tax—Washington state’s first bit of progressive tax reform in forever. Meanwhile, after losing a long drawn out civil suit brought by the state Attorney General, Tim Eyman is in the process of paying something like $5 million in fines and legal fees for at least some of the many crimes he’s committed over the course of his lying, thieving career. I can’t say exactly what I had to do with the outcomes, but it was something. Also, I did indeed have a little fun along the way. So progress!

Anyway, a big thanks to all the loyal readers and vicious trolls who helped make HA more than just a narcissistic exercise, and an especially big thanks to Darryl and Carl for keeping it going these past few years. Don’t know if I’ll ever come back to regular blogging, but if you miss me, I do spit out the occasional foul-mouthed tweet.

 

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Parody Project: ♫ Environmentally Resigned (a parody of “Gentle on My Mind”) ♬

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ First 100 Days ♬

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Race in America:

Winlar: ♫ You got the right to love ♬

WaPo: How Kamala Harris is approaching her historic vice presidency

Lauren Mayer: ♫ I’m Fine (With an Asterisk) ♬

Liars, Grifters, Incompetents, and Other Types of Republicans:

Legal Eagle: Do students have First Amendment rights?

The Remix Bros: ♫ JOE.I.AM’s Americans Always Get Up ♬

AJ+: How to end homelessness in the U.S

This Week in ТрампPlague:

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Doing nothing is not an option ♬

VICE News: The surprising contenders in California’s recall race

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

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

Open Thread 5-7

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Good morning to everyone but Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier. Seriously, it’s a couple months. Just let the grocery workers have hazard pay for a while. It’ll be over and you won’t have been the asshole. If you wanted a broader plan, you could have negotiated it. Gah.

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

Wednesday Open Thread

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Well, if my email and Twitter feed are correct, the deadline for Give Big is midnight tonight. If you have a local charity that you like, your donation will go further today. I gave to a local food bank, but there are a lot of good causes.

And also, wash your hands and get vaccinated if you are eligible.

Open Thread (Monday)

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It looks like King County (among others) will kick down to phase 2 of the reopening plan. Restaurants have been flouting the 50% capacity rules, and we’re going in the wrong direction. Eventually, the vaccine use should catch up, but in the meantime, I don’t mind a bit of caution.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Trevor: 2020 Census results—Low population growth and a House seat shuffle

Stephen: Biden’s speech promises “Jobs, jobs, jobs”

Amber Ruffin: ♫ A White Guy Musical Recap of President Biden’s First 100 Days ♬

Now This: Biden’s first 100 days

Bill Maher: Crypto mania!

Race in America:

Stephen: Tracking President Biden’s progress after 100 days in office

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Samantha Bee: President Biden needs to end Трамп-Era immigration policies, pt. 1

Samantha Bee: President Biden needs to end Трамп-Era immigration policies, pt. 2

Trevor: Biden’s big speech

Liars, Grifters, Seditionists, Child Traffickers and Other Republicans:

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

The Daily Show: The ProbleMagic Kingdom!

Stephen: “If you have ideas, we want to hear them”—Sen. Sanders to GOP on climate change

Samantha Bee: Why Washington D. C. should be a state

Bill Maher: Old Malarkey

VICE News: Space Force is totally serious, stop laughing

This Week in ТрампPlague:

The Late Show: ♫ Grandpa Joe Has A Biden Ticket ♬

Winlar: Five Little Monkeys

Bill Maher: Ben Sheehan on “court packing”

Vox: Why the US has two different highway fonts

The Daily Show: America’s foot problem

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

Open Thread Thread Thread.

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Hey people from Tacoma (What’s the official nomenclature? Tacomaians? Tacomaites? Tacomegians? Tacoma Tuesdays?) do you qualify for GRIT. $500 a month for a year could go a long way. It also seems like it will help the community writ large to have people a bit further from the edge.

Anyway, wash your hands right now, and schedule a vaccination appointment if you haven’t.

Open Thread Monday!

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Good morning. I hope that you are signed up for a vaccine. It seems like pretty soon the supply will be good everywhere. So please sign up if you haven’t already started the process.

And so now part of the issue in Washington is to get it to people who are reluctant, or who have trouble getting to a location. If you are reluctant, my only advice is that you just have to do it. It’s a chore, but one that has great benefits in the long term. For you and for the rest of the community.

If you are unable to get to an injection location, the Washington State Department of Health is doing home based vaccinations.

And everyone please wash your hands right now.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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The Daily Show: What the fuck is happening with climate change?

Samantha Bee: Washington D.C. needs to (puff puff) pass marijuana legalization pt. 1

Samantha Bee: Washington D.C. needs to (puff puff) pass marijuana legalization pt. 2

Race in America:

WaPo: New urgency in Congress to push forward with gun reform after increase in mass shootings

The Late Show: Texas, here’s why you need to make Matthew McConaughey your next Governor

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Racists, Liars, Insurrectionists, Child Sex Offenders, and Even Worse Republicans:

Now This: VP Harris on environment and climate crisis

John Oliver: Bankruptcy

WaPo: House passes bill that would grant D.C. statehood

Winlar: The safest gun….

This Week in ТрампPlague:

Bill Maher: New Rule–OK Boomer

LegalEagle: Things your parents said were illegal…

Samantha Bee gives full frontal the presidential treatment

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

Open Thread Friday!

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Shot number one is officially in the rear view mirror. Everyone at Lumen Field was fantastic. Go there, go there, show me your number, go there, get a shot, wait 15 minutes, done. I was in and out rather quickly. My only side effect was that when I had my hands over my head, it was a bit sore. Not painful, but noticeable. That’s done now. In a few weeks, I can do it again.

Anyway, please wash your hands right now.

Wednesday Open Thread

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Hey! Heeeey. I’m getting my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine this afternoon. I am so excited.

I believe that the benefits of me getting the vaccine are more for the society than for me; One less potential vector. But it also feels very personal. I am excited about not getting sick. I will be glad to be able to do things and see people, and that there is a timeline for it.

Anyway, wash your hands right now.

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