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Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleToday is Election Day in Washington, so get that ballot in! Best to drop it off before 8pm in a drop box near you or swing by a post office and hand it to a clerk.

And then swing by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally for a drink over some lively discussion.

We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us out 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.

Comments

  1. Virginia Governors race called. Looks like Governor Spamberger won the race to be an elected Lame Duck..

  3. 2)Heard it was a MD-11, which makes it a Boeing problem. Unless they did what Bombardier did with former De Haviland Canada products.

  4. @3 The last MD-11 was built in 2000, so the plane was at least 25 years old. Huge fireball because it hit a petroleum recycling plant. The crew, of course, are dead; but there likely are ground casualties, too.

  5. Democrats have flipped two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission in special elections seen as bellwethers ahead of next year’s midterm elections. … While the elections are for relatively low-profile roles, the elections were viewed as key as they were taking place in a battleground state.

    https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5586863-live-updates-trump-election-virginia-nyc-nj-california-shutdown/

    When your party’s incumbents can’t even hold onto Public Service Commission seats, your party is in trouble.

  6. Turning out to be a good night for democrats

    Kamala, Kamala, Kamala, check!

    Plane crash in Kentucky, real word DEI hire is a shithead. A gay guy could do the job better ten times over. Sean Duffy could never be President nor a nominee or the job. For one thee is a King in his way – fascism is cock blocking him. The only thing he’ll ever be is a bootlicker.

    Who did I pardon?

  12. Looks like they couldn’t even pick off the guy who said he wanted to bust a cap in yo ass.

  14. @ 5

    When your party’s incumbents can’t even hold onto Public Service Commission seats, your party is in trouble.

    I see that somebody has already forgotten the downballot consequences of the Obama years.

  15. @ 3

    … which makes it a Boeing problem.

    One vote for cargo tiedown failure, not a Boeing problem.

    Someone tell the clown @ 4 that fireballs result from full plane fuel tanks, no ground combustion necessary.

  17. OK, not a cargo shift. There’s video of the plane on fire as it left the ground. Like, 20 feet off the ground, which was about as high as it got.

  18. Someone tell the clown @15 that every plane crash has its own cause, the 2013 crash at Bagram has nothing to do with today’s crash, and the fireball from the UPS crash in Kentucky today resulted in part from the plane plowing into a petroleum recycling plant.

  19. Clown @ 16

    Voters everywhere are rejecting fascism.

    All three justices faced an up-or-down vote on whether they should remain on the bench.

    None of the judges faced opponents. This was no “rejection of fascism”. It was a vote to maintain the status quo. The same electorate chose Donald Trump over Boxcheck Momala, and chose John Fetterman, who currently is siding with the GOP over the Schumer Shutdown.

  20. @17 You mean this video? Yeah, looks like maybe an engine exploded on the 34-year old plane. From Wikipedia:

    According to Flightradar24, the plane was on the ground in San Antonio from September 3 to October 18, suggesting it underwent maintenance during that time.

  21. Clown @ 18

    Yeah, a plane that large loaded with enough flammable fuel – 38,000 gallons – to take it to Hawaii had nothing to do with it.

    Recycled motor oil is not flammable. Combustible, yes. But not flammable. It’s why oil lamps can be used for illumination without blowing up a residence.

  25. Breaking news: Bob chooses the wrong narrative.

    A handful of incidents at polling places have been seized on by Trump-aligned influencers, politicians and prominent conspiracy theorists to baselessly claim that the 2025 elections are rife with fraud orchestrated by Democrats.

    Early this morning, at least seven New Jersey counties closed temporarily after receiving emails that authorities later described as “hoax” bomb threats. Polling sites reopened after law enforcement officials secured the area and a juvenile allegedly connected to at least one of the threats was arrested.

    But on the far right, the threats were framed as something grander. “Always remember, Democrats can’t win unless they cheat,” posted Phillip Buchanan, the popular internet troll known as Catturd, to his nearly 4 million followers on X.

  27. Vance endorsed Bowman in the spring, writing on X: “He’s a good guy with a heart for serving his community. Get out there and vote for him!”

    Wonder if he was a great pedo man.

  28. @21 “a plane that large loaded with enough flammable fuel – 38,000 gallons – to take it to Hawaii had nothing to do with it”

    Nobody said the onboard fuel didn’t contribute to the fireball.

    @21 “Recycled motor oil is not flammable. Combustible, yes. But not flammable.”

    It combusted.

    @21 “It’s why oil lamps can be used for illumination without blowing up a residence.”

    And white gas (i.e. Coleman fuel) lanterns can be used for illumination without blowing up a tent or camper.

    Honestly, the dumbfuck troll is growing stupider by the minute.

  29. Now that Dems have “held tough” through the election, it’s time to cave to the GOP:

    Burgess Everett
    @burgessev

    Senate Dems having a heck of a family discussion about the shutdown: Press is still waiting for Schumer to make his post-Tuesday lunch appearance

    12:39 PM · Nov 4, 2025

  30. You know the funniest move would be to break ground on a community center near millennium Tower

  31. Weak clowns @ 5 cheer Democrat wins in Public Service Commission races in the hope that low-information liberals won’t realize that the Democrats are about to cave to the GOP on the Obamacare subsidies:

    House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday signaled he is willing to walk back his pre-shutdown demand for an “ironclad” deal on Affordable Care Act subsidies in exchange for funding the government. …

    • Jeffries said at a press conference in September, ahead of the shutdown, that “any agreement related to protecting the health care of the American people has to be ironclad and in legislation.”

    • The Democratic leader said at that time that there was “no trust” between House Democrats and Republicans, and that, as a result, he couldn’t rely on the mere promise of a vote or negotiations.

    • But any Senate deal is likely to only involve the promise of a vote on extending ACA subsidies — which may or may not even pass.

    Enjoy tonight, libbies. The Big Cave coming right quick is going to be hard to ignore.

  32. Former GOP governor of New Jersey praises Democratic victory.

    Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, who served as a Republican, told NBC News’ Kristen Welker that Sherrill’s election win is “terrific” for the state. … “It means we’re going to have a governor who’s going to care about New Jersey, not care about what the president wants, and that’s what people want,” she added.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/live-blog/election-day-2025-nyc-mayor-governor-race-live-updates-rcna241592

  34. @31 If the Democrats do extract ACA subsidies from Republicans, every Republican running for re-election in 2026 will try to take credit for it.

  37. @35 If socialism won in NYC, it’s because capitalism offered nothing better, so maybe you should worry about fixing capitalism.

  38. @36 You mean complaints, not compliments. Yeah, that tells you something about red state voters, doesn’t it?

  39. Vance endorsed Bowman

    Vance IS Bowman..

    Or rather Bowman is phony Vance.

    Well, phony Vance doesn’t need risers and doesn’t do something weird with his tongue. Not that I’ve ever noticed, the dork is such a bore.

  43. 37

    Capitalism is a poor system, but it is better – by far – than socialism/capitalism/fascism or any other authoritarian form of organizing a society and its government.

    You often “crow” about your market returns. It’s capitalism that brings prosperity.

  44. Bad night for the bigot @31.

    Not only is his MAGA-NAZI party being roasted, but he’s already working on his spin for restoring the advance premium tax credits.

    Pathetic.

  45. @43,

    Why do presume that socialism is necessarily any more coercive than capitalism?

    Do you even understand what you talk about?

  48. @43 Capitalism works better for some people and rabbits than others. I didn’t create the system, I just suck its teat.

  50. 49)In Arizona, Border Patrol don’t have to worry about Raccoons as long as they have El Jefe and his fellow big cats on their side.

  52. It’s capitalism that brings prosperity.

    And it can bring corruption, fraud and poverty to many.

  53. Mr. speaker do all those double digit losses for your party last night in Governors races the lieutenant governors races, Attorney General races and all throughout the country mayoral races indicate problems for your party?

    Well, I really haven’t heard anything about that yet. I haven’t read anything. I’ll have to look into it.

  54. Term limits.

    There can never be any prosperity for all, in any system. The idea would be to balance proserpity, and which system would be better at bringing prosperity to most. And it’s not Capitalism that contains greedy fucking people that want to keep and amass fortunes.

  55. Whelp, it’s already begun.

    Even before our new “socialist” mayor is sworn in the crazed zombie proletariat have begun breaking into our secure compounds, looting our furniture, raping our children, and dragging us out into the streets to be whipped and spit on by dirty mobs

    Fortunately some of us had the good foresight to slip away to The Hamptons early. And the dirty poor get disoriented and loose their bearings around Hicksville. So we should be safe out here.

    Meanwhile bonfires are springing up throughout Central Park, cars are being overturned, and naked people are bathing in the fountains in Columbus Circle. An ugly rumor has begun to circulate that Rao’s may cancel our standing tables tomorrow night and accept reservations to appease the mobs.

  59. For Seattle mayor, Bruce Harrell is ahead of Katie Wilson, 53% to 46%, after the first ballot drop. Ann Davison is losing the city attorney race. For King County executive, Gilmay leads Balducci 50% to 48%.

  62. In Minnesota, Republicans came up empty; Democrats held onto their 1-seat state senate majority; and in Minneapolis, progressives held onto their 1-seat city council majority.

  63. Not just disappointing but he must have been too tired and was unable to
    Muster much in support of the Pedo Party.

  66. So, now Virginia can redistrict.

    That’s um, some “lame duck”.

  67. Under Fat Hitler’s “emergency declarations”, the United States government has coerced controlling ownership in a number of major, powerful industries.

    Something, something, “socialism”.

    Yeah, no Sweden, like must Americans when it comes to socialism, the dip shit at 47 is a clueless baby.

  68. Heading to a runoff, Democrat Taylor Rhemet secured 47% in a contest for an open Texas state Senate race where Fat Hitler won by 18% one year ago.

    And it looks like the Republican plans to suppress Hispanic voters in Texas may have fallen well short, even as federal judges now begin to reign in the violent excesses of the MAGASTAPO. Exit polling showing big swings toward Democrats among Hispanic voters may spell trouble in Texas.

    That’s the problem with white power racial gerrymanders. In a highly diverse electorate the bigots wind up playing whack-a-mole.

  69. One thing is for sure about these election results.

    Many truisms adopted by pundits and media elites to explain last year’s election results have died last night. The electorate remains highly polarized. No lasting realignment took place in 2024. Republicans under Fat Hitler have not built a robust multiracial, multi-generational coalition. Young white men have not become committed Republican voters.

    It’s an off year. So these turnout numbers and composition are not highly predictive of future elections. But they do demonstrate that the tidal change claimed to have produced last year’s results is not real or could not be sustained.

  70. Couple more random tidbits.

    Mississippi GOP losses break House Supermajority.

    Swingy Bucks County PA dropped every Republican from local school boards.

  72. It’s the morning after now and the city is a smoking ruin of hot ash and disappointment. Having destroyed the engines of their own prosperity, the mongrel hoards of proletariat now languish idle and listless. Everything that could be looted has been. And bands of heavily armed, drugged out thugs, faces painted with soot and blood, as if from some post-apocalyptic nightmare, are roaming the streets of Manhattan in modified up-armored trucks consolidating the loot. People have begun roasting pets in the park over open fires. The deserted streets are silent but for the occasional sounds of sobbing infants.

    But all three major Wall Street indexes opened up on better than expected ADP jobs numbers! Which means Teddy has approved our plans for skiing with the kids in Gstaad this Christmas! And the big, big surprise is..
    we are finally getting our own jet!

  73. MAGA Bros. “No one wants to date me as son as I say I’m a conservative.”

    81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger. (exits)

    Yeah, we’re not interested in being your trad wife and submitting to you and forgiving rapists and domestic violence and losing our right to vote and forced birth and cooking for you and doing all the ladies’ work and no doctors visits…

  74. Yeah, we’re not interested in being your trad wife and submitting to you

    Submit to him Taylor!

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