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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleWe’re living in extraordinary times of peril and destiny. And that calls for a drink! Please join us this evening for our weekly meeting of the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally. It’ll be memorable.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.




Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 266 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Open Thread Monday

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Somewhat inexplicable to me, some far left critics of Pete Buttigieg have decided that he was working for the CIA. And while he is not my candidate by a long shot, I kind of have to defend him.

There are 2 parts to this. First he worked for a consulting firm that had an NDA. I don’t know enough about the specific firm, but in general NDA’s are bad, but they’re the company, not the employee, who impose them.

The second thing is that he went to Somalia once: A thing that we only know about because he literally wrote about it in the New York Times. Now, I am also not an expert on CIA procedures but it strikes me that this is probably not how they operate:

1) Send a couple people into a country for one (1) day.

2) Meet with officials publicly.

3) Go to the marketplace.

4) Unspecified crimes.

5) Go check out ancient caves.

6) Write about it in an article that’s very critical of US foreign policy including quoting people calling it corrupt.

7) Run for President the first election it’s Constitutionally possible.

Seems like he would keep a lower profile.

But the serious thing I want to say is this: If you see someone promoting this nonsense uncritically, they are a bad source of information; Not just on this specific thing, but going forward.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Solana Rice: How America created its shameful wealth gap

Physics Girl: How the edge of our galaxy defies known physics

Full Frontal Rewind: American greed.

Chris Hayes: GOP Congressman still in Congress despite guilty plea!

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week.

Mental Floss: 26 facts about fossils.

The Atlantic: : The hidden crisis in rural America.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Impeachable Characters:

Wendover: Amtrak’s grand plan for profitability.

Jim Jefferies: The most invasive species of all.

Vice News: Greta Thunberg—It would be “absurd” for everyone to cross the ocean by sailboat.

Vox: How online ratings make good schools look bad.

Today I Found Out: How did the cold war start and end?

The Atlantic: The climate hellscape is coming, and capitalism can’t save us

Roy Wood, Jr.: Cutting-edge meat alternatives for carnivores who want to save the world.

Minute Physics: Why do mirrors flip left & right (but not up & down)?

Twenty-twenty Vision:

Roll Call: Drug CEOs are being taken to task for the opioid crisis. Here’s how.

Minute Earth: The great acceleration.

Chris Hayes: Rep. Denny Heck gives first interview after announcing retirement from Congress:

Jim Jefferies: The rules for appropriating from other cultures.

Vox: This goofy bird vs. the fossil fuel industry.

Rachel Maddow: Russian transgressions met with increasingly weak US response

WaPo: Did Devin Nunes just file a halfway-decent defamation suit?

Now This: 2019 was the year the youth climate movement stood up.

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

Open Thread Wednesday.

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I had not picked a Presidential candidate, but Harris was in my top tier. And she was my first top tier candidate to drop out. I was surprised by how much it stinks that she’s out. She has been an amazing Senator, and it will be good to see her back there full time.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gathers for pre-holiday celebrations and libations. You probably won’t regret it.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.




Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 267 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Now This: How solving hunger can trickle down to other U.S. problems .

Wired: Former Secret Service agent explains how to protect a President

The Dotard Трамп And Other Unpardonable Turkeys:

Jim Jefferies: The only way to keep your data private.

Now This: How this Congresswoman is fighting the rising cost of medication

Stephen: Unhideable edition of “Whose Boat Is This Boat?” arrives at Coeur D’Alene library.

Vox: How America fails its whistleblowers.

Twenty-twenty Vision:

Mental Floss: Everything you need to know about online shopping.

Samantha Bee and Tarana Burke talk past, present, & future of #MeToo, Part 1.

Samantha Bee and Tarana Burke talk past, present, & future of #MeToo, Part 2.

AJ+: Why this $300 clam is so important to Native Americans and China:

Now This: How human activity is causing sea levels to rise.

Trevor: Alicia Menendez—“The Likeability Trap” and the challenges female politicians face.

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

Nice Thanksgiving you got there…it’d be a shame if something happened to it….

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Howz your Thanksgiving going? Did Uncle Jake come over and ruin it by spewing MAGA bullshit? Or did your entire family celebrate in thanks that RBG is still alive and an election draws nigh? Let us know in the comments. And enjoy a few bonus videos:

Judge blocks I-976, as Eyman finds another way to vandalize our ballots

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Tim “Biggest Lie of My Life” Eyman as been dealt another blow today by King County Superior Court Judge Marshall Ferguson. Ferguson blocked I-976, Eyman’s most recent $30 car tab initiative, from taking effect.

King County Superior Court Judge Marshall Ferguson expressed concern during a hearing Tuesday that [the ballot measure’s] language was misleading, and in his order Wednesday he said the plaintiffs were likely to win their case. He ordered Washington state to cease efforts to implement the initiative on Dec. 5, when it was due to take effect, pending further orders.

Just given Eyman’s record of repeated failures on ballot measures, I-976 is likely to be struck down. In general, Eyman has a robust pattern of failure, dishonesty, and fiscal mismanagement in his life, that has recently resulted in civil suit, bankruptcy, a divorce, and a even a very public episode of shop lifting.

In his latest move, Eyman is running for Governor. But he can’t even do that honestly, with campaign material saying “Governor Eyman for Washington” and “Governor Tim Eyman for Washington.”

So, unless he has even more difficulties in filing to run, we will see Eyman’s name on the ballot for the August 4th primary. That will be just one more way for Tim Eyman to engage in ballot vandalism.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us this evening for a feast of politics…and a beer at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. Look for us in the back room of the pub beginning about 8pm.





Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 268 chapters of Living Liberally, including 22 in Washington state, seven in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find a chapter near you. Or start a new chapter for your community!

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Seth Meyers: : Al Gore calls climate change the most serious challenge humanity has ever faced.

Vox: The destruction of the Amazon, explained.

Samantha Bee: A #MeToo Thanksgiving.

The Dotard Трамп:

Jim Jefferies: This crazily expensive soup is also incredibly cruel.

Jimmy Kimmel: This week in unnecessary censorship.

Trevor: Steve Ballmer—Providing government data without partisanship with USAFacts.

Roll Call: “Impeachapalooza 2019”—Congressional Hits and Misses

Twenty-twenty Vision:

Robert Reich: The real deal with medicare for all.

Stephen: Regarding #Fartgate, whomever dealt it has nothing to be ashamed of

The Daily Show: Eric Swalwell—Fartgate 2019.

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

Friday Open Thread

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Dear HA Readers,

This is just a note to let you know that I don’t think that I will be posting open threads, or anything else, next week. Thanksgiving week is going to be a lot, so probably nothing from me. I usually write these posts on my commute, and I won’t be commuting most of the week. So here’s an early happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it, and strange Thursday off or thanks for reading from outside the US to the rest of you.

XOXO,

Carl Ballard

Open Thread November 20

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Dear Representative Jayapal,

I am writing to thank you for your support of the MORE Act. I am glad that it is getting a markup today. While reading about the legislation, I was glad to see your name on the list of cosponsors.

I hope that it will remain a piece of legislation that not only legalizes marijuana, but also brings some justice to the people who have been harmed by the prohibition.

Thanks,

Carl Ballard

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