The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets tonight for drinks and chats. If you’re not busy fleeing to Venezuela or something, please drop by and say “hi.”
We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
Having my morning coffee and cracking open the newspaper….
Hacked!. Let’s see…I am trying to remember how it goes—something like, “Iran, if you are listening….”
Oh…and then there’s this—Swifties are organizing for Kamala:
…Swifties are figuring out voter registration requirements in every state where there’s a swift concert, making QR codes with voter registration and donation links so people can do both at her concerts….”
Yeah…don’t panic, Трампistas. Just give them a healthy dose of your usual insults and denigration.
Speaking of insults and denigration, a couple of headlines from today: “Donald Trump Privately Rants That Kamala Harris Is a ‘B***h’ as His Polls Plunge” and Vibes matter: Трамп can hardly restrain his jealousy over the Harris campaign’s joy. SAD!
A writer puts things into a British perspective in his description of Трамп.
NPR fact-checked Трамп’s emergency news conference from last Thursday. They found “at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes.” And, yes, the article enumerates and factually debunks all 162 statements.
Last week Elon Musk filed an anti-trust lawsuit against a marketing trade body and the advertisers who were “boycotting” Xitter. Apparently, Musk’s strategy has consequences: more advertisers are fleeing the ailing platform. I’m no lawyer, but if “corporations are people, my friends,” aren’t they fully entitled to First Amendment protections of freedom to assemble and freedoms on matters of conscience? Also, Musk did tell advertisers unhappy with Xitter to “not advertise” and instead “go fuck yourselves,” so this is really just performative litigation that is backfiring on Musk. So sad.
Electile Dysfunction 2024:
Michael Kosta: Barbara McQuade on The Disinformation Problem in America & “attack from within”
The Cult of the Felon Von Shitzenpantz:
Vice News: How US nuclear testing continues to haunt the Marshall Islands
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
It is election night in Washington State. Drop off your ballot off and then swing by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for drinks and celebrations.
We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
I suppose I can do some of these Open Thread things while Carl Ballard is on hiatus. Here is stuff from the news for your consideration.
Трамп is one week deep into a national poll losing streak. One poll showed a seven point swing in favor of Harris. The Orange Authoritarian appears to be taking it NOT well—he is glitchy, if not broken, and spewing more nonsense than usual. Meanwhile, the Hospitality Worker’s Union has rejected the only candidate suffering the trifecta of malignant narcissism, sociopathy, and cerebral syphilis by giving Kamala Harris their endorsement. This, despite a bullshit campaign promise from Spanky, himself, of tax-free tips should he be elected again. Also, The Felon Von Shitzenpantz might be suffering from a bad case of emoluments. Meanwhile, Трамп puts his common sense, great temperament, and loyalty on display by first complaining about the international prisoner swap, and then pivoting to publicly praising Putin over the deal.
Finally, a decade-old mystery has been solved. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confesses he left that dead bear cub in Central Park. Some say its the brain worm talking….
Robert Reich: Is economic growth always good?
Electile Dysfunction 2024:
Lewis Black heats up over the hottest summer in history
The Cult of the Felon Von Shitzenpantz:
Roll Call: Congressional Hits and Misses of the Week
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
I am going on vacation for a few weeks. I have sometimes done open threads from vacation in the past, but this year is even more remote for much of the trip, so probably none from me.
Still, wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
This would be a good time to fill out your ballot and drop it off at a drop box or a mailbox. Then swing by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally to raise a toast in celebration of life!
We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
It’s been over a week since President Joe Biden withdrew from reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. And what a week it has been! The Harris campaign has snowballed into a formidable challenge to the felonious former guy.
I couldn’t be more pleased. You see, in 2020, during the Democratic primary season, I engaged in debates with my friends at Drinking Liberally about who the Democrats should nominate. My first choice was Joe Biden. I felt he had the best chance of defeating an incumbent old guy. Joe Biden was a highly experienced, stable, thoughtful, elder statesman, who was best equipped to defeat an incompetent, sociopathic, narcissistic, sexist, racist, agent of chaos.
My second choice was Kamala Harris. I thought she had both excellent policy positions and great charisma. I was pretty pleased when the ticket was Biden—Harris.
Now, having Harris at the top of the ticket is like a breath of fresh air. It has an energy not unlike Obama’s 2008 campaign. The response has been overwhelming:
A week since announcing her bid for president, Vice President Kamala Harris has raised more than $200 million dollars, according to her campaign.
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The Harris campaign said 66% of the donations came from first-time donors. Along with fresh dollars, the campaign has signed up over 170,000 new volunteers since president Biden announced he would step down and endorsed her to be the Democratic nominee last Sunday.
I’ve got a good feeling about this…
The Washington Democratic delegation is totally on board and ready to roll in support of Harris at the Democratic National Convention.
Every four years we hear it: “this is the most important election of our lives.” But sometimes that trite expression is reality! A second Трамп term will be about 2025 times worse than the first Трамп term….
Wanna keep the Harris momentum going? Activate yourself and do something! Donate to the Harris campaign. It’s easy. Even if you can only donate a few buck, your contribution adds to the snowballing movement in the best way—as another small donor. Volunteer for the Harris campaign. Make a plan to vote, and help other’s prepare to vote. Get involved.
Don’t just live history…help make it!
(Note: THIS IS NOT AN OPEN THREAD. If you comment on anything unrelated to this post IT WILL BE DELETED. So go to an open thread with unrelated comments.)
You should have received your ballot. Go make sure you have it. If you haven’t got it yet, go ahead and contact your county elections office.
And, hey. Wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Bill Maher: Future headlines—Summer 2024
Electile Dysfunction 2024:
Robert Reich: You’ve been lied to about inflation
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
The Cult of the Felon Von Shitzenpantz:
Jonathan Mann: ♫ Everyday Is the Hottest Day ♬
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
– Matt Driscoll will be missed.
– Chief Rahr just out here making up nonsense. You can really tell the so called reformers are serious when they believe any bullshit.
– Claudia Balducci pushing road safety like a champ.
– Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
You don’t hear much about Patty Murray in the role as president pro tem of the Senate. I suppose it’s mostly ceremonial. Still the ceremony of not standing behind Benjamin Netanyahu when he addresses Congress is pretty big.
Ah, yes…here we are amid the sleepy dog days of summer when not much is happening. Somehow, we’ll find stuff to talk about tonight when the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together for conversations and drinks. Please stop by, if you can.
We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
Man big political news: Washington’s primary ballot dropped this week. You should have it in your hands this week. If you’re paying attention, you probably know how you’re voting on some big ticket races. But what about further down the ballot? Good news! Other people have put in the work.
– Fuse does great work statewide.
– The Stranger has Seattle area endorsements.
– The Sierra Club has endorsements for environmentally minded people.
If you have any other voters guides, feel free to leave them in the comments. And while you’re waiting for that ballot, maybe go wash your hands. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
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