Don’t forget to get your ballot postmarked or dropped off by tomorrow. If you live in King County, please vote yes. If you don’t like voting on levies regularly, you can take an Office chair from Tim Eyman.
Anyway, please vote yes on the King County crisis center levy. I have been told that the Vashon parks levy is a good one.
Anyway, Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
SNL Weekend Update: Some political news of the week
Roll Call: Congressional hits and misses of the week
Rachel Maddow: OK local paper records county officials in violent and racist discussion
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Those KKKrazy Folks Flirting with Fascism:
Symone D. Sanders-Townsend: Governor Inslee on why he’s stockpiling the abortion pill that could be in jeopardy
Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Shoot first, ask questions later ♬
Jordan Klepper: Andrew Tate & re-examining masculinity
John Oliver: Farming
Stephen: Some political news of the week
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
After the Tacoma boat fire, I have been thinking about why it got so much less attention than East Palestine. It got plenty of attention locally, and it wasn’t ignored nationally. But national media and activists just haven’t run with it the same.
The visuals are as compelling, and the toxicity is probably worse. It will effect more people, because it’s in a city.
It might be as simple as it is in a city, and people have pretty fucked up notions about cities are dirty already. It might be Tacoma specific: A very diverse place, with a certain reputation plays different from a heartland town. There are also some left activists who are obsessed with blaming everything bad on Pete Buttigieg, and maybe a fishing boat isn’t an excuse to complain about him winning the Iowa Caucasus. Maybe I am too cynical.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Good morning. Yes, SPD should apologize for how it handled the 2020 protests. But as noted in the article, Chief Diaz has already apologized. The department should apologize and apologize and apologize. It was really bad. But absent real reform, or more, does anyone believe it wouldn’t happen again?
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together this evening for some politics, chat, and good cheer over a drink. Stop by if you can.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the back patio.
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.
I got rid of my car recently. I didn’t use it during the pandemic. And then I hardly ever used it outside of commuting. So I finally ditched it. I don’t really miss it.
So I am glad to live in a city where you can (usually) get around without a car. In more cases than a lot of people realize, it’s easier than driving. I’m lucky enough to have an employer who pays for my ORCA Card, so it’s much cheaper.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Stephen: Top-secret Pentagon docs leak & Clarence Thomas didn’t report gifts & Tennessee GOP denies racism
Vox: How solar energy got so cheap
Robert Reich: You’re not alone…everybody hates junk fees
Stephen: Political news of the week
NowThis: Biden visits Northern Ireland for 25th anniversary of Good Friday agreement
The Indicted, Co-conspirators and Their Enablers:
Stephen: Some political news of the week
John Oliver: Homeowners associations
Titus & Bradley: Press Conference vs. Press Conference
Stephen: Our Irish President & Big Pharma pushes back on abortion pill ban
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
More than you might ever want to know about Seattle street trees? Impossible! The map! The pictures! The personal stories! The tree ordinance! What a great read.
Anyway, for gosh sake, wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
– We just passed the missing middle bill. Very, very exciting.
– Still, I am uncomfortable with property rights arguments from lefties. I like the idea of a strong tree ordinance and it seems like it’s not in conflict with the city planting more trees.
– Gosh, Republican appointed judges doing what they were appointed to do. You would think that they would celebrate it.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Please join us tonight as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together for politics, discussion, and good cheer over a drink.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm. You’ll find us on the patio off the back of the pub.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another chapter near you.
If you’re in King County, you should be getting a ballot if you haven’t yet. It’s for the crisis centers. I hope that you will vote yes. The need is there. I would prefer we pay for these things through the normal government process, voting no won’t make the County Council take it up.
And for goodness sake, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
SNL Weekend Update: Michelangelo’s David defends art
Rachel Maddow: Ohio neo-Nazi arrested; admits trying to firebomb church over drag story event
Fuck You, Tennessee:
John Oliver: Solitary confinement
WaPo: How to rig an election—The racist history of the 1876 vote
Roy Wood, Jr. with Sen. Cory Booker: Criminal justice reform & the farm bill
The Cult Of The Indicted:
Alex Wagner: Clarence Thomas has accepted unreported gifts from GOP billionaire for decades
Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship
Vox: Welp, we gotta start pulling CO2 out of the air
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
We’re stocking up on mifepristone in Washington. It’s important to have local leadership who are prepared in case of a bad outcome in the Texas case. Honestly, it’s awful that it might come to this. People who need abortions should be able to get them.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
Big political news today. You know, the Wisconsin elections. We should be able to find stuff to talk about tonight when the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together for political discussions and good cheer over drinks.
The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern (2409 10th Ave E, Seattle) starting at 8pm either in the back room of the pub.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, there is probably another nearby chapter near you.
We’re entering the final weeks of this year’s legislature. I hope the legislature doesn’t weaken the police pursuit law. Let’s avoid car chases in our neighborhoods if possible. I encourage you to see what’s important to you in those stories and write your legislator.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted if you’re eligible.
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