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Not just debate moderators, G.O.P. candidates cannot handle kids with strong language

by Darryl — Saturday, 11/7/15, 2:14 pm

Last week, Obama made a laughingstock of the Republican Candidates. He pointed out their words about how they would be so “tough” dealing with Putin, and then chided them for their insufferable whining over uncivil debate moderators.

Now they are whining about children expressing anger over Trump’s ugly racism in this ad:

The Donald doesn’t like it one bit.:

“I think it’s terrible, I think it’s just terrible,” the Republican presidential candidate said on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria Bartiromo.”

Young kids speaking that way “is a disgrace,” he added….

…a disgrace to The Donald because, typically, when little brown kids talk to him that way, he fires their parents.

Marco Rubio is also outraged,

“People are looking at it and say, these people are grotesque. I mean these are little children. What kind of parent allows their children to go on a video like that and use that kind of profanity and what kind of parents allow a kid to do that?”

Rubio, born to two non-U.S. Citizen immigrant parents, might qualify as a non-citizen “Anchor Baby” in Donald Trump’s world.

So…apparently, children using four letter words is more threatening than an opponent who would strip him of his citizenship.

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 11/6/15, 11:48 pm

Congressional Hits and Misses: The essential John Boehner.

Stephen: Farewell whoever you were.

VSauce: Juvenoia.

Thom: Here’s what Democratic Socialism is:

Ending gun violence.

How to FOIA the NSA for data about you.

White House: West Wing Week.

Ryan Eyes:

  • Members weigh in on Ryan’s first week.
  • Pap: Teabaggers go after Paul Ryan.
  • WaPo: Who is Paul Ryan
  • Maddow: Why Ryan won’t pass 9/11 first responders’ bill.
  • Young Turks: Paul Ryan’s sellout to the banks.
  • Farron Cousins: Paul Ryan’s first act is to screw over the poor.

Maddow: The Teabagger scandal that won’t die.

David Pakman: Teabaggers are at a record low.

Trevor Noah: My first American Health Care experience.

Mental Floss: Why does daylight saving time vary by country.

Thom: Un-Koch my campus.

Redskins vs. Reformed Whores: Let’s get it on!

Was MSNBC too easy on the Koch brothers?

Ann Telnes: More proof that SCOTUS is behind the times.

Chris Cillizza: Why Joe not running matters.

Congressional Hits and Misses of the week.

The 2016 Festival of Clowns:

  • Obama smacks G.O.P. whimps for whining about CNBC moderators
  • Young Turks: Obama mocks the wingnut whiners.
  • Sam Seder: Obama mocks whiney GOP candidates.
  • Seth Meyers: A closer look at Republican debate demands
  • Mark Fiore: The Real Republican Debate.
  • Trevor Noah: Republicans call for babyproofed debates
  • Sam Seder: Even FAUX News is laughing at the G.O.P. candidates.
  • Seth Meyers with Donny Deutsch: Trump vs. Hillary is the reality show we want to see.
  • Latino groups say Donald Trump’s racism has no place in the White House.
  • Maddow: Anti-Trump protests reach Saturday Night Live
  • Mexican Donald Trump hosts Mexican Saturday Night Live
  • Songify: The Donald sings and dances:

  • Donald responds with the Trump rap ad
  • Sam Seder: Trump dismisses Jeb! and talks of riding off into the sunset
  • Stephen: Trump and Jeb! books out.
  • Young Turks: New low for Bush as Jindal passes him in Iowa.
  • PsychoSuperMom: Jeb Can Fix It!
  • Ann Telnaes: Jeb Bush and the divine right of political families.
  • Young Turks: Jeb!’s friends are leaving him.
  • Young Turks: Christie and Huckabee get demoted to the kids table.
  • Matthew Filipowicz: Ted Cruz says climate change is not science. It’s religion.
  • Young Turks: Ted Cruz just cannot still whining about the CNBC debate.
  • “Holy Lunatic Asylum, Batman”: Ben Carson’s unbelievably NUTZ-O theory about the pyramids.
  • Sam Seder: Genius Ben Carson solves the pyramid mystery.
  • Ben Carson thinks the pyramids were built to store grain
  • Hey GOP candidates, no more hating.
  • Richard Fowler: Carson compares rape victims who want abortions to slave owners.
  • David Pakman: Carson and pyramid schemes
  • Farron Cousins: Dr. Malpractice says pyramids were for grain storage
  • Young Turks: Ben Carson’s pyramid scheme.
  • Sam Seder: Ben Carson tells some classic archaeologist jokes
  • Matthew Filipowicz: Rand Paul compares tuition free college to heroin.
  • Trevor Noah: Iowa Republicans are afraid of The Daily Show

Anonymous KKK Hack.

Sam Seder: FAUX News infotainters have difficulty understanding jobs numbers.

Thom: Will ObamaCare survive in Kentucky?

Obama on Keystone XL.

Nancy Pelosi: “The Republican Committee to Attack Women’s Health”.

Seven mistakes in Bill-O-The-Clown’s book about Ronald Reagan.

Simone Sebastian: If you oppose Black Lives Matter, you would’ve abhorred Martin Luther King.

Mental Floss: Misconceptions about famous composers.

David Hawkings’ Whiteboard: Wealth of Congress:

Red State Update: RIP Fred Thompson.

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

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Fuck You Up the Fucking Fuckhole, You Fucked-Up Fucking Fucktards

by Goldy — Thursday, 11/5/15, 1:02 pm

Because, this:

Seattle Times, fucking idiots

THE most expensive race in state history for a seat in the state House might be tilting a politically divided Legislature even more toward the middle.

In the race to represent Federal Way’s 30th Legislative District, Republican Teri Hickel held an eight-point lead over Democratic Rep. Carol Gregory in Tuesday voting returns. If that lead holds in future vote counts, a win by Hickel would skinny the once-mighty Democratic majority in the House down to a 50-48 margin.

The consequences of this shift should be welcome to Washington voters seeking moderation in Olympia.

Right. Because it’s the Democrats who are immoderate and obstructionist, rather than the Republicans who have pledged not to ever raise taxes ever, for any reason, under any circumstance, no matter what. You know, the Republicans who also oppose marriage equality, reproductive rights, gun responsibility, reducing carbon emissions, teaching evolution, and just about everything else the editors claim to endorse. A Republican Party that is so bereft of ideas or intellect (or, let’s be honest, morality) that it has elevated trickle-down-regurgitating student-harassing child-bride-marrying Matt Manweller to the status of rising fucking star.

That is the party to which the wise editorial board members of our state’s paper of record look to bring “moderation” to Olympia.

Sigh. I try not to wish for the day the Seattle Times shuts down its presses. But honestly—fuck you.

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Open Thread 11/4/2015

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 11/4/15, 8:02 am

– Hunger Strike at Texas Detention Center Swells Into the Hundreds

– Why I don’t encourage my patients to report sexual assault

– Well, the rest of the country had not so liberal an election night.

– Good old self-reliance

I mentioned on Monday, I’m going to be taking a bit of a break from writing. Probably just a couple weeks. I’ll still put up open threads, but they’ll be shorter than even this nonsense. See you in a few.

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Open Thread.?.

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 10/30/15, 8:02 am

– I haven’t turned in my ballot in yet, so I sort of feel like Seattlish is yelling at me. I was going to vote Goodspaceguy to protest how Gregoire has been bad in the position. But now that the Seattle GOP endorsed him (and also he has terrible positions as opposed to blah blah space), I don’t want to send the wrong message. Should I leave it blank? Also, I usually just blindly support the tax advisory votes, because it’s dumb that they’re there, but I’m opposed to the marijuana one because it seems like it took a mess and made it messier in an attempt to clean it up. Also, Port of Seattle and Seattle School Board always feel like they’re close to turning a corner, but it never seems to actually get there. Also, why do we vote on judges? That’s kind of dumb.

– This is creationism, or crime-fighting on a hunch. But creationism is a respected tradition in America, extending from “draeptomania” to “they’re raping our women” to “negro cocaine fiends,” to “crack babies,” to “super-predators,” to “wilding,” to “the knock-out game” and now to “the Ferguson Effect.” There is something of a trend here—the creationist-style of crime control takes a special and discriminating interest in black communities. This is our heritage.

– It’s really pretty striking how much the ACA has helped states that are willing to accept that help.

– Ben Carson Is Saying Stupid Things About Abortion—Again

– What do you do with those uneasy feelings?

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GOP Debate Open Thread

by Darryl — Wednesday, 10/28/15, 5:35 pm

Well…I got a late start at it, but here is your open thread for the GOP debate…

I’ll add some snark and tweetery as the mood strikes.

So…one of the reasons I am so late is that I didn’t realize there was no livestream from CNBC. I ended up on some live-feed that includes a panel of wingnut pundits. Google infowars.com and livestream or something.

One pundit dude refers to “Paul Rino” and later says he doesn’t think Rubio is unqualified.

That Rubio-Jeb(!) exchange is like when your kid whips your ass in one-on-one for the 1st time.

— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) October 29, 2015

5:43: Issues? Issues anyone?

5:47: I agree with Cruz…let’s put some substance into this debate!

5:48: Of course, Cruz dodged a debt ceiling question in the process.

I don't know if anybody else has noticed, but Carly Fiorina consistently comes of as a tad unlikeable. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) October 29, 2015

5:49: Awwwwww…that’s adorable. They let Rand talk.

5:50: Christie gets a turn. Christie claims the govt. lies to you about Social Security, and then goes on to make the amateurish mistake of calling it “an entitlement”. It isn’t. You paid in.

I don't know if anybody else has noticed, but Carly Fiorina consistently comes of as a tad unlikeable. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) October 29, 2015

Mike Huckabee to Ted Cruz: Keep your Big Government hands off my Social Security.

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 29, 2015

Remember how the RNC was going to keep GOP debates all civil and orderly this time?

— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) October 29, 2015

By the way, how come Rubio gets counted down for his youth and inexperience while Cruz, the same age and experience, gets a pass?

— David Horsey (@davidhorsey) October 29, 2015

Good question!

Are we at the "I was a poor kid and now I'm rich" part of the debate? #WheresTheFastForwardButton? #GOPDebate #CNBCGOPDebate

— Left Out Loud (@LeftOutLoud) October 29, 2015

Cruz, "My dad was a single mom…."

— Darryl Holman (@hominidviews) October 29, 2015

So far, the moderators are doing the most damaging thing possible to @realDonaldTrump: ignoring him

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) October 29, 2015

6:18: Carson is ALL for equal rights for same sex couples…but NO MARRIAGE!

Actually, Ben Carson, believing that LGBT People should have fewer rights than straight people DOES in fact make you a homophobe #GOPDebate

— Will McLeod (@WillMcLeod99) October 29, 2015

Guys, I think Jeb Bush has to make out with Obama: https://t.co/gfDGjXHcJP pic.twitter.com/2c3xUD2QkJ

— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) October 29, 2015

6:27: The Donald goes after SuperPacs…is he running for Bernie’s VP?

All night candidates have smelled blood, unfortunately for the moderators it's their own

— Joe St. George (@JoeStGeorge) October 29, 2015

6:30: Cruz, “Loose money”. For some reason David Vitter jumps to mind….

I’m still blown away that CNBC couldn’t cite the source on the Trump question. IT’S ON HIS WEBSITE. https://t.co/1cgzqASUYR

— daveweigel (@daveweigel) October 29, 2015

6:34: Mr. Huckabee, I’ve known gas bags and you are one gas bag.

The CNBC moderators seem like substitute teachers: not particularly competent and bullied by smart-alleck students

— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) October 29, 2015

Incompetent questioning yes, but this was the most important debate to date: it finished off the Bush campaign.

— David Frum (@davidfrum) October 29, 2015

Kasich: "Income inequality is driven by a lack of skills." Not true. Income inequality is driven by rules that are rigged in favor of the 1%

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) October 29, 2015

My guess: After this debate gets factored in only R’s over 5% in national poll average will be Trump, Carson, Rubio and Cruz.

— Samuel Minter (@abulsme) October 29, 2015

Trump clearly doesn't understand what somebody wrote in his immigration plan about H1-B visas. #CNBCGOPDebate

— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) October 29, 2015

Trump Once Said Of Guns: “Nothing I Like Better Than Nobody Has Them” https://t.co/sEx6df62bl

— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) October 29, 2015

So far, I think every candidate has had a moment worth touting or YouTubing… except Bush. #NBC2016

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) October 29, 2015

6:52: Christie, “When I’m president, police will know it!” Yep. Overtime traffic jam duty pay.

Fiorina makes call for return to Lochner era, saying that there's no constitutional authority for the government to set min wage. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) October 29, 2015

Clearly, somebody is doing well in his fantasy football league (amirite, Gov Christie?) #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) October 29, 2015

Christie just ate Bush's lunch! And probably others. Now this is the inning we have to get some runs!!

— Bill Maher (@billmaher) October 29, 2015

Were this an actual horse race, I'm pretty sure the entire field would be shot. #GOPDebate https://t.co/lD5KIbSCwq

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) October 29, 2015

Winners: Rubio Cruz Christie Losers: Paul Trump CNBC

— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) October 29, 2015

Huckabee thinks it's easy to eradicate diseases because he knows they don't evolve. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) October 29, 2015

Fiorina: "The federal government should not be in a lot of things. The only things they should be in are marriages & women's private areas."

— Craig Rozniecki (@CraigRozniecki) October 29, 2015

7:10: Chris Christie’s run-on, repeated rant is the second “runaway blimp” story of the day!

Chris Christie using that "keep your hands on your wallet line again." (Though to be fair, whenever I'm in NJ I keep my hands on my wallet.)

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) October 29, 2015

7:15: Christie repeatedly said he was “deadly serious” about changing things. Did he mean “dead serious”? In any case, brings to mind that bridge traffic jam….

Rand Paul wants a government so small he can't see it. Like a GOP penis. #GOPDebate

— Wonkette (@Wonkette) October 29, 2015

Trump promises America a lifetime of shorter debates. pic.twitter.com/I7OGMHAICl

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) October 29, 2015

#CNBCGOPDebate Shut up #MikeHuckabee You're there to sell your book.

— esd2000 (@esd2000) October 29, 2015

"I will change the culture in Washington," says the son and brother of two of the last four presidents. #GOPDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) October 29, 2015

That concludes tonight's debate. We return to ongoing blimp coverage underway in Pennsylvania pic.twitter.com/L1eDPf1nph

— Tim Mak (@timkmak) October 29, 2015

@srjones66 I thought tonight's GOP debate was won by @BernieSanders and @HlLLARY split evenly

— ChuckTv (@Chucktv2) October 29, 2015

Well…that was “a thing.” It was my first GOP debate this cycle (and I was mostly listening to the audio), and it was pretty much the vacuous puffery that I expected. The only surprise to me was Trump’s strong statements against PACs. Other than that, Trump was just a meaningless braggart. Rand Paul morphed into Ron Paul, and came off more fringy than ever. Christie spewed pre-prepared platitudes. Rubio sounded angry and whiny. The Huckster is still a nut. Carson said things, but I don’t really remember them. And there were some other people talking, too. The debate moderators were TERRIBLE (and I am sure that is a bipartisan sentiment).

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Open Thread!

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 10/28/15, 8:01 am

– Martian Law: Is Mark Watney Really a Space Pirate?

– Baby orcas you guys.

– if it’s shouting about yeast infections that makes anti-choicers as uncomfortable as they make those seeking abortions, so be it.

– Abby Wambach is retiring.

– Do conservatives have a different Constitution than the rest of us?

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openthread10262015ad

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 10/26/15, 7:56 am

– Seattle Bike Blog has endorsements.

– That’s important to remember as you’re filling out your ballot; even if you can’t vote in 3, you CAN vote in District 8 (where Burgess is running against Jon Grant, who does support Kshama/is not taking money from Republican PACs). You may also, depending on where you live, be able to vote for Tammy Morales, who spoke before Sawant at a rally on Monday about housing affordability.

– Over and over, members of the Republican elite express shock at the true nature of their party, as if they didn’t cultivate it to be precisely so, and Jeb Bush’s mystified temper tantrums about Donald Trump are just the latest iteration in this same tired tale.

– The process for selecting the next Federal judge from Idaho is strange [h/t].

– The Day the GOP Turned the Benghazi Tragedy Into a Farce

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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

by Darryl — Friday, 10/23/15, 11:26 pm

Trevor Noah calls Wolf Blitzer a mean girl bully.

Larry Wilmore: Will the NRA suggest arming every toddler?

How gun advocates sound to normal people:

Young Turks: Lincoln Chafee drops out.

The 2016 Festival of Clowns:

  • Spooky Republican candidates theme song
  • Young Turks: Most Americans hate Republican foreign policy.
  • Chris Hayes: Ben Carson is totally confused about Iraq, Afghanistan, 9/11, Osama bin Laden, and Saddaam Hussein
  • David Pakman: Ben Carson claims God is behind his campaign.
  • Sam Seder: Jeb Bush aims for studly…lands on creepy.
  • Farron Cousins: Jeb Bush is in denial over his brother’s many failures
  • Sam Seder’s Does Jeb! even know who was President on 11-Sept-2001?
  • Trevor Noah: Jeb Bush and the age of Superheros
  • George W. Bush has had enough of Ted Cruz.
  • David Pakman: George doesn’t like Ted
  • Farron Cousins: Sen. Ted Cruz puts his racism on full display.
  • Chris Hayes: Trump attacks Bush for 9/11
  • Maddow: Trump’s dominance makes him a GOP target.
  • Farron Cousins: The Donald has a man-child hissy-fit because he has no secret service protection.
  • Chris Hayes: Trump in new BACK to the FUTURE
  • Trevor Noah admits Trump is right about something.
  • Kimmel mocks Trump for cancelling
  • Young Turks: FAUX News says Trump is a “Truther”.
  • Ann Telnaes: The Elephants in the room are crying over Trump.
  • Young Turks: Trump cannot believe that Carson is beating him in Iowa.
  • Jonathan Mann: Donald Trump Sex Doll

White House: West Wing Week.

Red State Update: Political news of the week

BENGHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaZZZZZIIII!!!!!1!!11!!!

  • Thom: The Benghazi hoax.
  • Maddow: Benghazi committee is a “partisan carnival”.
  • Young Turks: Republicans attack Hillary at Benghazi hearings.
  • Priorities USA: 11 Hours.
  • Jonathan Mann: Taco Emoji—Clinton Benghazi
  • Thom: The prosecution of Hillary Clinton.
  • David Pakman: Hillary Clinton destroys loser Republicans in bogus Benghazi hearing
  • Maddow: What new did they learn at Benghazi witchhunt?
  • Trevor Noah: The never ending investigation.
  • Young Turks: Wrap-up of Clinton’s Benghazi testimony.
  • Chris Hayes: Democrats demand RNC pay for Benghazi disinfomercial.
  • David Pakman: Republicans caught red handed editing Hillary’s emails to smear her
  • What you missed: Hillary at the Benghazi hearing.
  • Young Turks: Trey Gowdy’s epic Benghazi fail.
  • Priorities USA: Games

Thom: The Good, The Bad, and The Very, Very Lutulently Ugly!

Farron Cousins: Republicans are paid to be stupid.

Texas Blues:

  • Young Turks: Texas won’t give citizen children of immigrants birth certificates.
  • Matthew Filipowicz: Texas violating 14th Amendment by denying birth certificates to immigrant children:

  • Farron Cousins: Texas ends funding for Planned Parenthood

Mental Floss: Misconceptions about the Greek and Roman myths.

Farron Cousins: Nutjobber House Republicans are talking about impeaching Clinton when they lose

Trevor Noah: Canada’s hot new Prime Minister.

Ryan Eyes:

  • Ann Telnaes: Does the GOP have Paul Ryan’s Back?
  • Sam Seder: Paul Ryan’s heartfelt list of demands.
  • Young Turks: House laughs at Ryan’s demands…Ryan runs anyway.
  • Your chance to totally agree with Paul Ryan.
  • Reid supports Ryan
  • Trevor Noah: The Daily Show show uncovers more of Paul Ryan’s demands.
  • Chris Hayes to Rep. Michael Burgess: “Why is this not a terrible idea?”

Ole Miss students want Mississippi state flag off campus.

Farron Cousins: Sen. David “DiaperBoy” Vitter got prostitute pregnant and told her to have an aborition.

Congressional hits and misses of the week.

Biden His Time:

  • Biden closes the door
  • Larry Wilmore to CNN: You don’t need to predict the news.
  • Young Turks: Joe passes on a Presidental bid.

Jon and Tracey Stewart on life after the Daily Show.

Mental Floss: 41 fascinating sports facts.

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

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Fuck Dori

by Carl Ballard — Tuesday, 10/20/15, 7:24 pm

I know, what can you expect? Gigantic asshole gonna gigantic asshole (I saw this on Facebook over the weekend, but I can’t find who linked to it now).

During his October 7 show on KIRO-FM, Dori myopically focused on a part of POC Yoga’s class description which put forth “white friends, allies, and partners are respectfully asked not to attend.” Despite on-air claims that he had “zero problems” with POC Yoga, was “perfectly fine” with the practice, and believed POC Yoga “should be free”—he also openly accused POC Yoga of being “racist,” “exclusionary,” and more than once (instead of calling the collective by its self-chosen name) referred to it as “no whites yoga class.” Dori gave no historical context, did not acknowledge whites disproportionate privilege in a white-dominated culture, and made no mention of the ongoing microaggressive to extreme racism people of color have faced in America for centuries.

Jesus. When I hear his show, he isn’t typically interested in, for example, making sure that Black kids aren’t gunned down by the police. Maybe I missed it. He’s on the air for like 500 hours a day. And, inexplicably, halftime in the Seahawks’ radio broadcast.

I guess, if he wanted to make a perfectly race neutral type argument, he would naturally spend time trying to figure out why there’s still a wage gap between the races. Again I haven’t seen it. You’d certainly think someone who wants to call out racism so much he’s worried about a yoga class wouldn’t be so quick to call George Zimmerman “a hero” and “a superhero” in the clip (not in the context of murdering a Black child, but still: Holy shit).

Anyway, that’s the argument qua the argument. But were there any consequences to his dumbassness?

Directly following Dori’s heated criticism, Teresa said hate calls and death threats started pouring in every five minutes. There were all together over 200 phone calls, and hundreds and hundreds of emails filled with hostility and hate. What had just been anger generated out of a Nextdoor post spiraled into a violent, racist fervor that swept the country and made its way onto inflammatory websites like Infowars and Drudge Report. She rushed out that day to get a security system for her home though she stayed with a friend that night for safety. From that point through the weekend POC Yoga and Rainier Beach Yoga (the studio where class was held) filed several police reports. On Monday they filed an FBI report.

“Those death threats alone illustrate exactly why people of color need safe spaces,” said Joe R. Feagin, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M. Feagin is author of over 200 research articles and over 60 books on race, class, and gender. He has been studying patterns of white discrimination against people of color in the United States for 50 years and has reviewed hundreds of empirical studies. Feagin says the empirical data is clear. “Racism is still extraordinarily widespread in this country and does great harm to people of color,” he explained. “Therefore it is not only logical but necessary that people of color create safe spaces away from whites in which to deal with the stresses of racism and build up strategies to resist.”

Now Dori isn’t responsible for all the dumbassness that his dumbass listeners do. But maybe he’ll think a little next time.

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Open Thread 10/19

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 10/19/15, 8:01 am

– What is Future Responsibilities and why did they give $10k to Tim Eyman’s latest initiative?

– Endorsements from Geov Parrish

– Endorsement from Seattle Transit Blog for Seattle and the suburbs.

– Worst startup ever

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Open Thread 10.16

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 10/16/15, 7:59 am

– You may have heard of the Mother Jones – Frank VanderSloot lawsuit. Well, even though Mother Jones won, they could use your money.

– The gender-swapped Twilight sounds like it doesn’t do what it set out to do.

– I know Banks wants to win this election, but “you’re not from here” is so not OK.

– The GOP staffers on the Benghazi committee buying guns on taxpayer’s time is the most GOP story imaginable.

– I think there ware some 13th amendment issues.

– Lamar Odom is not a punchline. He’s someone who has lived in a state of self-medication as a means of self-preservation. Now he’s fighting just to live. Unless you are sending out prayers for his survival, please just shut the hell up. That goes for everyone from the bottom-feeding Piers Morgan to the random Twitter egg. Too many people are too destroyed by this to have to sense your bile. Be better than that for them. Be better than that for Lamar Odom. Be better than that for everyone who carries the weight of tragedy yet still makes others happy to be alive.

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First Democratic Debate Open Thread

by Darryl — Tuesday, 10/13/15, 5:53 pm

Have at it!

5:54: I’ll throw in some random stuff like…

Martin O'Malley looks as much like a Democratic president as Mitt Romney looked like a Republican president.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) October 14, 2015

It was hard for him, but Jim Webb remembered all his daughter’s names. That will get the women’s vote.

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) October 14, 2015

I like Bernie but he makes want to throw spitballs and make fart noises in the back of class.

— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) October 14, 2015

Quick fact: Jim Webb and Hillary are the only candidates this cycle who have personally killed people

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) October 14, 2015


You know…Vincent Foster.

6:00: Anderson is to Hillary as Megyn was to Donald?

6:06: Republican Debate: “Raise your hand if you believe in Evolution.
Democratic Debate: “Raise your hand if you believe in Capitalism.

Chafee wants Democrats to become the Party of Lincoln

— Darryl Holman (@hominidviews) October 14, 2015

Seattle's Roanoke Park Place Tavern is filled with folks paying rapt attention to the #DemDebate. Is it like that at bars nationwide?

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) October 14, 2015

Jim Webb should offer to place ads on his forehead. Might sustain the campaign for a little while.

— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) October 14, 2015

TFW you've convinced your opponents to attack each other while you sit back and watch: pic.twitter.com/xc2le2JbS9

— Scott Bixby (@scottbix) October 14, 2015

Will someone please ask Chafee about the metric system?

— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) October 14, 2015

"I know guns. Guns are friends of mine. You, sir, are no gun." — Jim Webb, basically. #DemDebate

— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) October 14, 2015

6:25: Goldy: “She is better than anyone else in the room.”

Does Webb's head actually pivot on his neck? Serious question. #DemDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) October 14, 2015

I will vote for anyone who answers a yes or no question with "yes" or "no."

— Dave King (@DaveKingThing) October 14, 2015

Jim Webb and Herbert Hoover: Separated at birth? #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/JXa2MOL1q7

— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) October 14, 2015

Seriously… has anybody seen Jim Webb's head pivot? This is really distracting. #DemDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) October 14, 2015

This is a terrible answer from Sanders. This is a candidate who was not prepped on foreign policy. Clinton is way out in front, here…

— JeffreyFeldman (@JeffreyFeldman) October 14, 2015

IALL GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN. MT @jbarro: Sanders is here to make Hillary look like a moderate; Webb to make Sanders look like a non-crank.

— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) October 14, 2015

This #DemDebate is like being speed-interrogated by an inquisitor on meth.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) October 14, 2015

Cyberwarfare? Really?

6:46 Back from intermission. Time for some emails.

Clinton: "This [Benghazi] committee is basically an arm of the Republican National Committee."

— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) October 14, 2015

6:48: “The American people are sick and tired of hearing about the damn emails!” An that was not Clinton…

6:49: Bernie just earned himself an Ambassadorship.

6:50: “Secretary Clinton, do you want to respond?” “No.” We have ourselves a WINNER!

6:52: ‘Black lives matter” question interrupted by a “Child Abduction Emergency”.

6:54: Where do the get the Atari computers to run those Amber Alert notices?!?

LITERALLY NOBODY HAS CARED ABOUT A CHILD LESS THAN THE PEOPLE IN THIS BAR

— Alithea (@alithea) October 14, 2015

If all lives actually mattered we wouldn't need #blacklivesmatter #DemDebate

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) October 14, 2015

#DemDebate I would love to hear Bernie order a meal. "1st of all, let's understand that I want cheese on my burger."

— Paula Poundstone (@paulapoundstone) October 14, 2015

O'Malley: Reinstate Glass-Steagall. (Thanks to Cooper for explaining to stoopid American public what that means.) #DemDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) October 14, 2015

The fact that the #DemDebate had to tell us what Glass-Steagall is kinda shows why the crash happened in the 1st place.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) October 14, 2015

Between "five point plan" and Glass-Stiegel, I think a bunch of folks just fled to @Mets and @Dodgers. #DemDebate

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) October 14, 2015

7:08: Chafee just had a slow motion “oops” moment trying to explain his vote.

Linc Chaffee just about pulled a Stockdale with that answer "Who was I, what was I doing there?" #DemDebate #DebateDebateLA

— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) October 14, 2015

IT WAS HIS FIRST DAY https://t.co/YCZEMWIquE

— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) October 14, 2015

Why the hell haven't any of these people tried to scare me over Mexicans yet. #DemDebate

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) October 14, 2015

RNC Rapid Response email count: 8 #nprdebate

— Scott Detrow (@scottdetrow) October 14, 2015

If Don Lemon can only ask about black people and Juan Carlos Lopez can only ask about Hispanics, Wolf Blitzer only gets to ask about wolves.

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) October 14, 2015

Shorter Hillary: any of us is better than those assholes on the other side!

— Michael Maddux (@michaeljmaddux) October 14, 2015

Gonna go ahead and predict that Chafee/Webb/O'Malley all stay below 1% after this debate.

— Conn Carroll (@conncarroll) October 14, 2015

Gonna go ahead and predict that Chafee/Webb/O'Malley all stay below 1% after this debate.

— Conn Carroll (@conncarroll) October 14, 2015

Sorry, watching cartoons with a 3-year-old, but did they really ask candidates if they've *used* pot, but not an actual policy question?

— Lee Rosenberg (@Lee_Rosenberg) October 14, 2015

Whenever I start feeling sleepy, I realize Jim Webb is speaking. #DemDebate

— Dominic Holden (@dominicholden) October 14, 2015

Talking time (so far): Clinton 21:40 Sanders 21:16 Webb 12:29 O'Malley 11:47 Chafee 7:44 (via @meridithmcgraw)

— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) October 14, 2015

Webb and his views serve as reminder that the older Democratic Party is not gone, only eclipsed. #nprdebate

— Ron Elving (@NPRrelving) October 14, 2015

Enemy question: Does Jim Webb still suffer from PTSD?!?

— Darryl Holman (@hominidviews) October 14, 2015

Chaffee Bumper Sticker: No scandals and only two mulligans!

— Sam Seder (@SamSeder) October 14, 2015

The debate had many highlights but Jim Webb’s slow grin at the mention of killing a man will *haunt my dreams.*

— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) October 14, 2015

Chafee: "I did my homework… except for that first vote I took. I winged that one." #DemDebate

— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) October 14, 2015

"The enemy soldier that threw that grenade that wounded me, but he's not around anymore." So, Jim Webb, gonna whack Congress members?

— Daniel Robinson (@daguro) October 14, 2015

Enemy you're most proud of making? Chafee: Coal lobby O'Malley: NRA Clinton: GOP Sanders: Wall St, Pharma Webb: An enemy soldier #DemDebate

— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) October 14, 2015

I'm hoping for his closing, Jim Webb will loosen his tie, and his head will fall off. #DemDebate

— Goldy (@GoldyHA) October 14, 2015

A solid A- for Cooper tonight. Tough questions and, even more surprising, tough follow-ups… 1/2

— Brent Bozell (@BrentBozell) October 14, 2015

I think Clinton’s numbers are gonna jump after tonight. She balanced being warm and fierce — what holdouts were waiting to see. #DemDebate

— Dominic Holden (@dominicholden) October 14, 2015

If Jim Webb had played the I-Killed-A-Guy card earlier, he might have had more success getting Anderson to give him more time.

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 14, 2015

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New York Alki

by Goldy — Tuesday, 10/13/15, 9:43 am

So, first there was this. And now, this:

Seattle City Council candidate Jon Grant claims the developer of a project across from City Hall tried to shake him down, and a text message sent to former Mayor Mike McGinn reveals some of what went on.

Grant says Brett Allen, a senior vice president at Triad Capital Partners, approached him at a Saturday campaign event and asked for help settling a lawsuit brought by Grant’s former employer.

Grant says he was told the payoff could be that a new political committee gearing up to spend heavily against him would go away.

On the one hand, I appreciate the way Seattle’s political establishment is attempting to make me—an expatriate of Philadelphia and New York’s corrupt political machines—feel right at home. But on the other hand, what the fuck?

It’s one thing to use the threat of a big independent expenditure campaign to intimidate a council candidate, but it’s another thing to preserve the details of that threat in a goddamn text message. That’s just incompetent. I mean, if Seattle’s cabal of downtown developers can’t even shake down a politician correctly, how can we trust them to properly develop downtown Seattle?

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Open Thread 10-12

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 10/12/15, 8:02 am

– Had a more interesting conversation about Mara Willaford and Marissa Johnson with my Real Change vendor than with like 90% of Bernie Sanders supporters.

– At a certain time, the GOP are going to have to find a new fake Clinton scandal. Maybe they can go back to crack pipe Christmastreegate.

– Yet, because the party has leaped so far to the right, they have been unable to perform basic functions of government, and have to end up relying on Democrats to keep them propped up, requiring that the fantasies they’ve promised base voters have to stay off the table to keep those votes.

– It’s too bad that Disability Rights Washington is suing Seattle, but sometimes those sorts of suits are necessary.

– Seattle radio gets a mention in Obama’s press pool report. Oh, also the President was in town.

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