Archives for October 2017

Ugh. Just, do fucking better, male legislators and lobbyists. I don’t know who the Democratic legislator mentioned is, but he should resign. Lobby shops have a chance to clean house; They shouldn’t waste it.

Stop by the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally this evening for some boos and freighteningly good fun.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 240 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, five in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

I don’t know how much joy I should take from the Paul Manafort indictment. On the one hand, fuck that guy. He must have known what he was doing was wrong. I really don’t have any sympathy. On the other hand, it can’t end here.

I don’t know if it will. But just Manafort and his business associate is hardly enough for the crimes that have been committed.

Leviticus 20:13
If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

Discuss.

Jim Jefferies: Drugs—Fun, but not always.

VOX: How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history.

Republican tax plan: How the Koch brothers are robbing America.

Jimmy Kimmel: Pat Robertson hates Halloween

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Americanist vs. Globalist—Going toe-to-toe with Richard Branson

Samantha Bee: (Hot As) Hell House.

The Dotard Трамп and His Flock of Clowns:

• Stephen does a fake interview with the Dotard Трамп
• WaPo: The twists and turns of the Трамп–Corker feud
• Keith Olbermann: How Трамп manipulates America with Twitter
• James Corden: Dotard Трамп loves rice & a “standing O”
• The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Scott Pruitt, the manager the environment needs
• Seth Meyers: FAUX News showers Трамп with praise, and obsesses over Hillary
• Roy Zimmerman: “He’s Got Bone Spurs”:

• The President Show: The President Zone
• Young Turks: Трамп tax “reform” is coming for your 401(k)
• Stephen: Трамп feuds with Corker and Flake
• Trevor: General Kelly owes Representative Wilson an apology
• Maddow: Committee splits as President Dotard Трамп warrants scrutiny
• The Daily Show: Verified survivor—Seth Meyers
• WaPo: Six D.C. protests that have trolled Dotard Трамп
• David Pakman: Trump goes on golf junket as 5 Presidents raise money for hurricane victims
• Late Show: Halloween-themed Трамп merchandise
• Samantha Bee: Scott Pruitt vs. The World
• Sam Seder: Ben Carson is HUMILIATED & clueless about how many families his cuts will harm
• Seth Meyers: Checking in with Трамп superdonors Robert and Rebekah Mercer
• James Corden: We’ve found Melania Трамп’s body double
• Stephen: The Dotard takes credit for releasing the JFK files
• Keith Olbermann: Is Dotard Трамп paying hush money?
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп thinks Republican Senators love him
• Rachel Maddow with Rep. Adam Schiff: Sometimes opposition research is true
• The President Show: The Muellerman
• The Daily Show: Verified survivor—Debbie Wasserman Schultz
• Stephen: Our President is an old man yelling on his lawn
• WaPo: Kelly lied about Wilson’s 2015 comments
• Seth Meyers: Трамп, Corker, Flake and the GOP civil war
• Conan: Трамп’s Senate “Love Fest”
• Stephen’s interview of Lou Dobb’s interview of Трамп
• Melania Трамп is an avid gardener:

• Stephen: Ivanka Трамп doesn’t understand words
• WaPo fact checks Scott Pruitt bullshit about the U.S. leading the world in C02 footprint reductions.
• A tale of two asshats: A brief history of Трамп and Cuban’s rivalry
• Trevor: The battle for the Republican party
• James Cordon: Dotard Трамп and Bob Corker’s “liddle'” feud.
• Late Show: No one says “stranger things” than Dotard Трамп
• David Pakman: Трамп won’t implement Russia sanctions as required by law
• WaPo: Fact checking the Dotard Трамп’s claims about fighting ISIS
• Farron Cousins: Dotard Трамп claims to be a smart person.
• Stephen: Skeletons in the closet—Scott Pruitt
• Mark Fiore: Presidential condolence line
• Jimmy Kimmel: Dotard Трамп treated unfairly by FAUX News
• The Late Show fixes CNN’s apple ad
• Trevor: How Трамп is mishandling the the opioid crisis
• The Daily Show: Verified survivor—Kenya Barris
• Jimmy Kimmel interviews Melania Трамп’s body double
• Stephen: Трамп can’t get a deferment from McCain’s ‘bone spur’ burn

Stephen: What did President Bush whisper to President Obama?.

Minute Physics: Time travel in fiction rundown.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: You’re welcome, NRA.

Why did the NAACP issue a travel warning for American Airlines?

Minute Physics: Simpson’s paradox.

Creeps:

• Young Turks: Megyn Kelly complained to FAUX about Bill O’Reilly’s sexual harassment
• Stephen: The “harasser of the day” is George H. W. Bush
• Trevor: Mr. “Personal Responsibility” Bill O’Reilly plays the blame game
• Chris Hayes: Time for Bill O’Reilly to take some personal responsibility?
• Young Turks: O’Reilly blaming God now
• Stephen: God responds to Bill O’Reilly
• Seth Meyers: Megyn Kelly explains why she spoke out about Bill O’Reilly’s harassment
• Francesca Fiorentini: How absolute power makes men absolute creeps.
• Sam Seder: New Zealand ambassador Scott Brown admits he is a total creep.
• VOX: Nine facts about violence against women everyone should know
• Trevor: …wherever there are men
• Stephen: Gretchen Carlson sees a cultural shift on sexual harassment

Adam ruins moon landing conspiracy theories.

Obama’s baaack.

Samantha Bee: Natural disasters—The greatening:

VOX: It’s time to draw borders on the Arctic Ocean.

The Opposition: An inside look at Antifa.

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

In a previous post, I noted that men should have some idea that something is up with sexual harassment at work. I got some pushback on that. Now I’m reading about George H. W. Bush groping multiple women while making a joke about it. How many Secret Service agents heard his David-cop-a-feel joke and said nothing? How many other people were at those photo ops and didn’t say anything? The women’s colleagues, Bush’s people, photographers, other people in the area.

He said it out loud, in public, multiple time. People knew.

I got my ballot. I filled out all the easy stuff first. Mayor. City Council. The pointless tax advisory measures. But I can’t care about Port or School Board; I know they’re important, but they seem to be perpetually almost where they might be good, but never seem to get there.

And then there are the positions I don’t think should be elected. The possible rapist versus the racist for Sheriff. Judges who I’ll just support whoever NARAL endorses even though I don’t think that judges should be single issue people.

It’s Tuesday…and that’s Drinking Liberally night in Seattle. Please join us for an evening of political conversation over a drink at the Seattle Chapter of Drinking liberally.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 240 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, five in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

Sorry I forgot to put an Open Thread up this morning. I’m trying to finish a library book that I’m not really digging. But if I don’t finish it soon, I’m going to have to either return it or incur late fees. And there are other people who have it on hold, so I don’t want to keep them waiting. But don’t want to return it until either finish it or have something else ready.

Mark 11:20
The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.

Discuss.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The enemy is Amazon

Mental Floss: 29 facts about European royalty.

Robert Reich: Why I stand with the Dreamers:

VOX: What do the names of bodies of water mean?

Young Turks: Protesters drown out Nazi Richard Spencer.

Sam Seder: The one word argument against GOP tax cuts—“Kansas”.

Bill Maher: ShitStarter.

Sarah Silverman interviews an ex-Member of the Westboro Baptist Church

Adam Ruins Everything: Why taxes suck.

Immigrant prisons.

John Oliver: Equifax.

Fucking Moron Dotard Трамп (and Friends):

• ONN: How fake news led President Трамп to believe ‘Semi-Charmed Life’ was by Matchbox 20
• Trevor: Трамп offends the families of fallen troops
• Republican Tax Plan Game Show:How much does Jared Kushner get?
• Ari Melber: General John Kelly is now part of the White House fact problem
• Sam Seder: John Kelly disgraced himself so that Трамп can attack Gold Star mother
• Keith Olbermann: Why did Paul Manafort really need to get to Dotard Трамп?
• The President Show: The President’s fitness test
• Young Turks: John Kelly Lies To Cover For Трамп
• David Pakman: Voter suppression gave Wisconsin to Трамп
• Former Presidents denounce divisive, Trump-era politics
• Bill Maher: Salt in the wound
• Music remixing tutorial: Eminem vs. Трамп + National Anthem:

• Is Dotard Трамп a secret time traveler?
• Here is what we know about what happened in Niger
• Disaster victims can’t get enough of Dotard Трамп, says Dotard Трамп
• Young Turks: Shrub attacks Dotard Трамп
• Rachael Maddow: Dotard Трамп’s travel ban decision preceded US Niger exposure
• Sam Seder: Trolling Трамп–A mashup by Vic Berger
• SNL flashback: The apprentice halloween promo
• Keith Olbermann: Dotard Трамп is fucking crazy
• Fact Check: Have insurance companies gotten rich off of ObamaCare?
• Trevor: Dotard Трамп & Mitch McConnell’s public break-up
• The President Show: Friends wanted.
• Jim Jefferies: Congressman Ted Lieu , trolling the President

VOX: YouTube’s messy fight with its most extreme creators.

Now some good news on voting rights.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: The Bunk-Her.

Jimmy Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

PsychoSuperMom: Voodoo economics

Neutron star smash-up witnessed with light and gravitational waves.

Sarah Silverman: Sarah goes to Mineola, TX.

Conan chats with Sen. Al Franken (D-MN).

Jimmy Dore: Bill-O The Clown is outraged over LA ending Columbus Day.

The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Bipartisanship is an evil conspiracy

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

Emmett has a piece on how Cascadia would have done in World Cup qualifying if we were a country. One thing that surprised me was our per capita wealth. I would have thought that it beat out the US, or at least come close. Oh well, at least the unis look pretty neat.

In the last open thread, I suggested that if you vote for the Republican in a partisan race, you are on team there are some good Nazis. I was taken to task in the comments for the grammar. I suspect that they wanted it to be team there-are-some-good-Nazis. But I think those extra hyphens don’t add anything. You could do all caps, I suppose team There Are Some Good Nazis. I guess the bottom line is don’t vote Republican: They think that there are good Nazis.

The Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets this evening. Please stop by for political conversation over a drink.

We meet every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us in the small room at the back of the tavern beginning about 8pm.

Can’t make it to Seattle? Check out one of the 240 chapters of Living Liberally, including 23 in Washington state, five in Oregon and three in Idaho. Find, or go out and start, a chapter near you.

Ballots are dropping soon. I feel fine for whoever wins Seattle mayor and city council. As far as partisan races go: If you vote for any Republicans, you’re on team there are some good Nazis.