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Open Thread, Monday Morning

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I don’t know about the rest of you, but since the city cleared out Cal Anderson Park, it seems like there are more tents popping up in the rest of Seattle’s urban core. Not getting people the help they need — starting, but very much not ending with housing — is just shuffling them around. Shame on us, in the shadow of Amazon and other large companies, we can’t find the resources to help.

The Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Vice News: How defunding the police is working out in Seattle

Trevor: President Obama—Inspiring future leaders & “A Promised Land”

Really American: Traitor Ron Johnson tries to accuse Democrats of his own crimes

Present-elect Joe Biden and VP-elect Kamala Harris and Other Election Stuff:

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian: Satan’s busy year of sneaky tricks

Trevor: President Obama on police reform & the impact of slogans

BuzzFeed: Why the Electoral College is useless in 8 minutes

The Dotard Трамп and His Fellow Delusional Imbeciles:

Trevor: Obama on roasting people

WaPo: The biggest Pinocchios of 2020

Mother Jones: Here’s what $1.7 trillion in student debt looks like

Roy Wood, Jr.: North Pole diversification

ТрампPlague:

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Now This: Your bank could be funding private prisons

Desi Lydic spends Christmas with her FAUZ News fam

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

Open Thread December 18

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Seattle Police are taking public comments on use of force and crowd control policies. They have decided to make it difficult, so there are several links to PDF’s at the bottom. You can comment at the bottom of those. Nonetheless, it’s worth commenting on.

For me the issue starts with a massive provocation every time the police show up. Namely that they are armed at all. The average beat cop having a gun, bringing long guns to protests, it really makes the police antagonistic.

Then when they deploy tear gas or rubber bullets, they get labeled as “less lethal” as if they are the gentle alternative to firing indiscriminately into a crowd, rather than a last resort. But it shouldn’t be an option!

In much of the world, most police don’t carry guns. There are still problems with policing, but there’s one less.

Anyway, wash your hands right now.

Open Thread, My Open Thread

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We’re less than a month away from the new legislature meeting. It’s going to be less liberal than we thought on election night, but still pretty solid Democratic majorities.

So, what should we push for?

I think it’s going to be COVID-19 related. We are going to have to figure out how to make sure that there isn’t an eviction crisis once the moratorium is lifted. That probably means at a minimum making sure that unemployment stays funded no matter what the Federal government does.

It would also be nice if we could figure out ways to not blow up the budget. Generally, the more progressive the taxation, the better. I can understand if legislators don’t want a fight over the income tax to delay getting the money. But I hope funding wouldn’t just be more sales or sin taxes.

And please wash your hands right now.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Bruce W. Nelson: “Turtle in the toilet”, a Mitch McConnell song

The Daily Show: FAUX News—Staten Island protests vs. BLM protests

Robert Reich: Who will hold the power in the Biden administration?

Conan invites political song parodist Tip Rivers to perform.

President-elect Joe Biden, VP-elect Kamala Harris and Other Electiony Things:

The Daily Show: How to pretend 2020 never happened

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Vice News: ICE is deporting multiple witnesses in gynecologic surgery scandal

The Deplorable Dotard Трамп and His Cohort of Criminals:

The Daily Show: 2020 in review—The year in protests

Amer4D: This is our House

The Late Show: Immigrants praise Kelly Loeffler’s corrupt American dream.

  • Missy Modell: Mitchie baby (Santa baby parody):

    • Trevor: Facebook sued by the Federal Trade Commission and 46 U.S. states

    Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

    The Week in ТрампPlague:

    Now This: Greta Thunberg on understanding the climate crisis gravity

    Samantha Bee: America’s New Year resolution—Making housing a human right, part 1

    Samantha Bee: America’s New Year resolution—Making housing a human right, part 2

    Trevor: Rachel Maddow—“Bag Man” & decoding right-wing media

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

    Friday Open Thread

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    We have Democratic members of the redistricting commission. It’s the guy who is maybe most well known because he ran against Pramila Jayapal and a woman I had not heard of but sounds like she has done good work at the Labor Council.

    If Washington gets another seat, hopefully they’ll make sure it is a Democratic seat.

    If Washington doesn’t get that seat, I hope they can figure out how to make the Southwest Washington seat competitive. Also, for the last decade, the map of Washington Congressional Districts has featured a corgi standing on its front paws; The commission should commit to making at least one district that adorable.

    And you should commit to washing your hands right now.

    Wednesday Morning Open Thread!

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    Jenny Durkan isn’t going to run for reelection. It’s not something I am going to shed a tear about.

    One thing that strikes me, generally, is how many mayors are not good at mayoring. In Seattle every mayor since Rice has either lost the election or left at or before the end of their first term.

    Nationally, I was struck during the Presidential primary how many of the candidates had been mayors and not a lot of successful ones. Other than Booker, they all seemed like either they were forgettable or bad mayors. Even people who did well in other jobs. Maybe there are different standards we hold mayors to, or maybe it’s the job.

    Anyway, wash your hands right now.

    Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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    Stephen: President Obama reflects on the drone program and “the illusion that it is not war”

    New York Times: Why Is the U.S. Allowing Migrant Children to Die of the Flu?

    Sky New: Is 2020 the hottest year on record?

    President Elect Joe Biden and VP Elect Kamala Harris and Other Election Stuff:

    The Daily Show: Never forget—White people who called the cops on Black people for no reason

    Stephen: President Obama’s mother-in-law helped keep the first family down to earth

    The Dotard Трамп and His Delusional Simpleton Friends, Family, and Lawyers:

    Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

    Stephen: More time with Barack Obama

    The New York Times: How Prince wrote a political anthem that’s still relevant today

    The Week in ТрампPlague:

    The Daily Show: What is the monetary cost of climate change?

    Stephen: President Obama answers “questions we’re pretty sure Barack Obama has never been asked before”

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

    Open Thread, Wednesday, December 2, 2020

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    Good morning to everyone but the Mossyrock City Council. Imagine gathering together in this difficult time to make sure that your community gets more COVID-19. What a bunch of jackasses.

    I hope that they get $0 in relief money. Relief money should go to people who weren’t actively making the pandemic worse. I am sorry for the residents and businesses that are not dipshits.

    Anyway, you are not a dipshit or a jackass, so please wash your hands right now.

    Monday Open Thread!

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    I’m more of a tea person than coffee. But the other day, I needed a bigger jolt of caffeine so I made myself a big, strong pot of coffee. Then I masked up and went out.

    Let me tell you folks, I cracked a code. It turns out that the anti mask folks just have stink breath. It was annoying for one day, but imagine living with it every time you leave the house. Not worth killing your neighbors and spreading a disease, but still. Yuck.

    It also explains the people who keep taking their mask off, and then putting it back on when people approach. Gotta loose some of that stink.

    Still, no matter how stinky your breath, you have to wear a mask. And wash your hands right now.

    Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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    Seth Meyers: John Oliver blew up 2020.

    The Daily Show: Why are Americans going to the dentist in Mexico?

    Vice News: The military’s #MeToo moment

    President Elect Joe Biden, VP Elect Kamala Harris and Other Election Things

    Trevor: How QAnon is taking over the GOP

    Stephen: Stephen challenges President Barack Obama to a game of “wastepaper basketball”

    The Dotard Трамп and Other Delusional Conspiracy Theorists:

    Stephen: When Barack Obama first asked Michelle about running for president, she said no

    Bruce W. Nelson: Heroes of the Senate

    ТрампPlague:

    Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

    Trevor: So you think you know what militias are?

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

    Really? Thanksgiving? In 2020?!?

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    Happy Thanksgiving y’all!

    Here are some links for frittering away your time this Thanksgiving day….

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