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Wednesday Open Thread

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I guess I got out of the habit of making these things. Anyway, thanks to Washington being one of the West Coast vaccine states I was able to get my flu shot and COVID booster yesterday. I have got those shots at the same pharmacy, last year so maybe my insurance is on record with them. But! Nobody asked if it was up to date or anything like that. Go make an appointment of you aren’t vaccinated or boosted this year.

Monday Open Thread

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Look who’s back. Anyway…

Before the Viaduct was closed, there was an off ramp that I always said was the place I would die. Cars would not slow down enough for city traffic, let alone pedestrians. But in the shadow of the former Viaduct, there is a new place where I think I am going to die.

Specifically people taking an illegal right turn to the Coleman Dock. Between infrastructure clearly meant to indicate don’t turn and 2 signs, you have to be the worst kind of asshole driver to do it. And yet, all the damn time. I have seen so many close calls.

I don’t know if there’s a fix with infrastructure keeping people better separated from cars. Or cameras. Or emphasis patrols. But damn, it needs something.

And just to be clear: This isn’t a cars versus bikes and pedestrians thing. Most cars follow the signs and get there with the lights. People making the illegal right turn are cutting in line in front of them, as well as being dangerous.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

Vox: Why Nevada has so many ghost towns

Total Shutshow:

The Late Show: The hottest military in the world

Late Night Host Commingle:

John D. Cundle: ♫ Punch a Higher Floor ♬

Dipshits, Dullards, and Deplorables:

Lauren Mayer: ♫ Marching Through Portland ♬

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally is getting together this evening for some great conversation, civil exchange of ideas, and probably some venting & ranting. You can be part of the fun…all while drink beer! Stop by if you can.

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.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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John D. Cundle: ♫ MAGA Man ♬

Ross Childs: I was very nearly raptured!

Champnella: New Tylenol ad just dropped

How Jimmy Kimmel Almost Single-handedly Killed Saved Free Speech:

Rachel Maddow: Rachel Maddow’s full interview with Kamala Harris

ScaredKetchup: ♫ Eve of Obstruction—A Protest Song ♬:

Ross Childs: JD Vance hosts late night!!

The Ugly Reign of Jeffrey Epstein’s Former Best Friend, The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

Stephen: We put a mirror up to the absurdity of The Dotard—How Gov. Newsom got under Трамп’s skin

Matthew Cooke: Is MAGA really a fascist movement?

Aftermath of Another School Shooting:

Knotheadusc: ♫ (Vainly Waiting for The) Rapture ♬

Jordan Klepper: John Fugelsang on “Separation of Church and Hate”

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottleDrinking Liberally has not, apparently, been deemed a terrorist group yet. So, join us this evening, whilst you can, as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally engages in subversive banter enhanced by frolicsome drinking. You’ll be happy you did.

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.

Boycott KOMO-4 Open Thread

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Carl has been having trouble posting from his phone app since I updated the site’s software (as if he doesn’t have a fucking computer), so until we get that fixed I thought I’d fill in and post an open thread.

No Kimmel in Seattle or Portland.

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— Essex J. Porter (@essexjp.bsky.social) September 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM

Sinclair-owned KOMO-4 has long been the champion of the hateful, derogatory, and deceitful “Seattle Is Dying” meme. They hate Seattle, hate our people, disrespect their viewers, and despise the First Amendment. They are a fascist propaganda mill. Their so-called “journalists” should be shunned and their advertisers boycotted. Local elected officials should refuse to grant them interviews and local candidates should deny the station political advertising dollars.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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LegalEagle: DC Juries refuse to indict protestors

Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

Robert Reich: The Supreme Court’s “Shadow Docket,” explained

ANOTHER Fucking School Shooting:

Jonathan Mann: ♫ Heavy Black Boots ♬

The Fucking Fascist Snowflakes That Fully Embrace Cancel Culture:

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Deplorable Boys and Girls:

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle

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DLBottle

Hey everyone, “General” Pam Bondi says she is outlawing free speech! So please join us this evening for some liberal conversation (before it is criminalized) over a pint (before it is prohibited) at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally (before we are all rounded up and sent to Gitmo, the Florence Supermax, or Florida).

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 (at least, for now)…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Robert Reich: The secret behind high gas prices

Stephen Colbert: A note about Charlie Kirk & Europe on the brink of war & Трамп goes out to dinner & MAHA for kids

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship

Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Science in health, wealth, & war:

Piedmont Raging Grannies: ♫ My Country, Tears for Thee ♬

Steve Shives: I thought I’d never be sad for Charlie Kirk

Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ https://youtu.be/fDBio5JsQyw ♬

Deplorables, Sycophants and Liars:

Ross Childs: Welcome to Chicago

J-L Cauvin: The Dotard reacts to Bolsonaro conviction in Brazil

Stephen: A message of unity & aliens are here & ambassador fired over Epstein book & RFK Jr. is “different”

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

Drinking Liberally — Seattle!

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DLBottleToday is Tuesday. And for Seattle that means “Drinking Liberally night.” So please join us this evening for conversations over a pint at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally.

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.

Deferred Maintenance

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If you noticed that this shitty old blog had gotten even shittier recently (really slow or not responding at all), it’s because I hadn’t updated the server it was running on for over 11 years, and had totally forgotten how to do anything at the Linux command line. Well… I think (hope) that’s been fixed. I still don’t know much about Linux, but I’ve managed to migrate the site to a spanking new server. Yay me!

Anyways, chances are you may have lost a few comments over the past couple days and I’ve disabled unsupported plugins so some functionality might be gone. Maybe permanently. Thems the breaks. But I think (hope) this shitty old site should be responsive again. So enjoy doing whatever it is you still do in the comment threads.

UPDATE:
So, the upgrade seemed to fix the original issues. Yay! But it broke my aged, hand-coded, customized theme. Fortunately, Darryl helped talk me through Linux, and after a little trouble-shooting we found a single line of bad code, which means, alas, for the moment, no comment numbers.

UPDATE, UPDATE:
Okay, things are not going so great. Doing further maintenance.

UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE:
Okay, things got really fucked, the comment database got corrupted (you know, just like the commenters), and I had to reinstall. The result is that we lost the last couple days of comments. Oops. Can’t guarantee it won’t happen again, so use at your own risk.

UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE:
Well, whaddya know… I got comment numbering back on. You’re welcome.

Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week

Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The SUPREME-ly rotten COURT ♬

Reign of The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:

Steve Shives: Concerned Principal talks with parent of trans student

Cult of the Felon:

Jonathan Mann: ♫ It’s A Psyop ♬

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

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