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Open Thread

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I keep writing limericks about how awful President Trump is. But now a cinquain.

Obstructs

Justice. Does not

Turn over documents,

Or let his people testify.

Impeach.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottlePlease join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally meets for drinks, discussion and dancing. Only two of those things are actually true.

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!

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses.

Now This: Why grown men are afraid of Greta Thunberg.

John Oliver: Compounding pharmacies.

Real Engineering: Should we fear the next big solar storm?

Wired: Astronomer explains how SETI searches for aliens.

The Dotard Трамп And His Crooked Clown Posse:

Matt Lieb (Newsbroke): Why a universal basic income (UBI) isn’t progressive

Stephen: Rachel Maddow—Russia uses oil and gas as a weapon.

Mark Fiore: The billion ant mega colony and the biggest war on earth.

The Atlantic: Why your phone isn’t safe.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

Now This: Why Jay Inslee vows to keep fighting the climate crisis.

Jim Jefferies: What socialism really looks like

Vox: No, vitamin C won’t cure your cold

Stephen: Sec. Hillary Clinton—Greta Thunberg spoke truth to power at the U.N.

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

Open Thread?!!!!??

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It’s right in the open, his criming.

Asking Ukraine, China for sliming

Of a former VP

Or any Dem nominee.

A year or more out, what timing.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleHey folks, the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally meets tonight for an unimpeachably great time! Hard to know what we’ll chat about, however.

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 265 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 9-30

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Since my Twitter thread about this didn’t get any traction, I am going to ask here (rather than the more logical assumption that it’s just not that interesting to most people). I have a hummingbird that comes to my window for some nectar and has been for a while. For most of summer, I have left all of my windows open, but now that it’s getting chilly I only have the window with the flowers it likes open. Anyway, long story short, it got trapped in my apartment, and I couldn’t just scoot it out. So I grabbed some Tupperware and caught it then took it to an open window.

So this morning for the first time in months, I kept the window closed when I went to work. Am I doing the right thing, or should I have risked having it trapped all day?

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Trevor: Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey on “She Said” and breaking the Harvey Weinstein story.

Stephens: Sen. Bernie Sanders details his climate change legislation.

The Atlantic: Tree poaching.

Now This: Student fights back at McDonald when a customer told her to “Speak English”.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Today I Found Out: What’s up with the all seeing eye on the dollar bill?.

The Dotard Трамп and Other Impeachable Assholes:

Minute Physics: When it’s OK to violate privacy.

Bill Maher: Former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy on our climate tipping point.

AJ+: How oil-loving Texas is making America green again

Samantha Bee: Greta Thunberg—The GOP’s teenage climate nemesis:

Weird History: Things you may not have known about Nikola Tesla.

Matt Lieb: Why criticism of Israel isn’t antisemitism.

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

Open Thread Friday September 27, 2019 AD

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It’s a shame that we’ll never see King Felix in the playoffs. No Felix on the mound facing off against a Yankee ace. No late playoff beard. We had some decent teams that just missed the playoffs. Maybe in another universe. Maybes and what could have beens are all that’s left.

Zopen Threaz

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So. Impeachment. That’s good. On the one hand, I appreciate that Democrats are getting on the same page, on the other, the Judiciary Committee was already doing impeachment hearings, and everyone kind of ignored it. But still, it’s good to see this step. All of the state’s Democratic members of Congress support impeachment, but if you’re Representative is undecided or opposed, it’s probably a good time to give them a call.

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleTuesday is Drinking Liberally night in Seattle. Please join us for an evening of politics under the influence 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 265 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 September 23

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Over the weekend, I watched the new Molly Ivins documentary. It was as funny and as sad as you think it would be. It’s worth the price of the ticket just for the gang pluck story. It looks like the only place in the Seattle area where it’s playing is the SIFF Uptown theater. But I assume that it will be on the streaming services soon enough.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Today I Found Out: How did the ancient Romans manage to build perfectly straight, ultra durable roads?

Daily Show: Microchipped employees in Wisconsin.

WaPo: Espresso stand featuring shirtless men turns heads in Seattle

Kurzgesagt: What’s hiding at the most solitary place on earth? The deep sea.

Mark Fiore: How to get the US to care about the war in Yemen.

The Dotard Трамп and His Squad of Quacks, Liars, and Grifters:

Weird History: What was it like to be a Civil War soldier?

Jim Jefferies: Debunking myths about trans athletes.

Mental Floss: 30 Harry Potter spells and word origins.

WaPo: GM workers go on strike.

Vice News: The fight to save the dying languages of Alaska.

Samantha Bee: The Founding Fathers were not gods

Sky News: School children sue US government over climate change.

Twenty-Twenty Vision:

Today I Found Out: In which Teddy Roosevelt makes men everywhere feel a little less manly.

FOD: The Mooer Report press conference:

Adam ruins eating.

Samantha Bee: Meet the rich—The Koch brothers.

Chris Hayes: Exxon knew about climate change long ago.

NY Times: How to disagree better.

Robert Reich: The real political battle in America.

Seth Meyers with some political news.

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

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