So, Tim Burgess. Are you excited? This guy? (Seattle Times link, and he has changed some positions since then) The guy who wrote an excessive panhandling law so broad that it probably would have covered The Girl Scouts selling cookies on the street?

Sure…it seems like the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets way to frequently. But, since our last meeting, Seattle is on its third mayor. And we’ve discovered rain again. And health insurance for ~30 million Americans is on the chopping block…again. And our President has threatened to “destroy” a nation of 25 million people. So drop by tonight and we’ll all catch up on all the local, regional, national and international politics.

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 238 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.

New, new mayor day, Seattle. I say we just have a new mayor every week. This year we’ll have a gay mayor, a person of color mayor, a Republican mayor (probably), and a woman mayor. What a shitty political year.

Luke 14:26

If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.

Discuss.

Kimmel: The week in unnecessary censorship.

Jimmy Dore: Alt-right protester cries about being pepper sprayed by Antifa

Samantha Bee: Life after hate.

Bill Maher: Liberal states’ rights.

Seth Meyers: Ezra Klein explains the importance of shame to discipline politicians.

Трамп Suffering From Malignant Narcissism and Friends:

• Keith Olbermann: It’s now dawned on Трамп that people hate him
• Jimmy Dore: Трамп appoints science denying moron to head NASA
• Seth Meyers: Mueller goes for the kill, Трамп pushes tax cuts
• Trevor: Трамп supporters sour over a bipartisan DACA deal
• Stephen: Don Jr. knows how to make an entrance (without being seen)
• Sam Seder: Alex Jones claims Трамп’s Diet Coke is being poisoned!
• Keith Olbermann: Robert Mueller is zeroing in on Трамп’s cover up
• Daily Show: President Трамп is America’s shittiest Miss America contestant
• Seth Meyers: Трамп responds to hurricane Irma, Bannon speaks out
• Jimmy Dore chats with Rick Perry about Texas and FEMA Money:

• Clinton calls Трамп a creep in her new book, “What Happened”
• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп joins presidential hurricane PSA
• Samantha Bee: A dreamer is a wish your Трамп takes
• Bill Maher: 25 things you don’t know about Melania Трамп
• Jimmy Fallon: Comedian Julio Torres responds to DACA deal
• Trevor: Ivanka and Don Jr.’s daddy excuse (between the scenes).
• Stephen: Трамп’s pick to head NASA has no background in science
• Keith Olbermann: The media doesn’t understand what Трамп is doing
• Seth Meyers: Vox founder Ezra Klein’s hierarchy of how we judge President Трамп
• Sam Seder: Conservative tears are flowing after Трамп’s DACA deal
• James Corden: Donald Трамп Jr. denies Russian collusion…again
• Former Obama speechwriter on Трамп
• Bill Maher: Amnesty Don
• Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert on Donald Трамп jokes
• The reason why nobody can control Donald Трамп
• Jimmy Dore: Mitt Romney worries if Трамп is angry with him
• Seth Meyers: Трамп and Democrats discuss a DACA deal

Fact Check: Has the House passed more bills than it did during any recent president’s first year?

Samantha Bee: What we missed on vacation—Tuggin’ Ted, hurricanes & humanity:

What Hillary Clinton really thinks (long interview).

Mark Fiore: The climate science cash cow.

Daily Show: Violent Buddhists target Muslims in Myanmar.

Honest college tour.

Jimmy Fallon: Dr. Jane Goodall’s guide to getting started in community with conservation and activism.

A “Staff Issue” Causes Ted Cruz to Pull His Own Weiner:

• Jonathan Mann: Ted Cruz looking at porn
• Sam Seder: Ted Cruz ruins his whole day by liking a porn Tweet
• James Corden: We know what you like, Ted Cruz
• Conan: Ted Cruz’s Twitter scandal overshadowed the Apple keynote
• Three times politicians made mistakes on Twitter
• Porn stars hate Ted Cruz
• Jimmy Kimmel: Ted Cruz likes stepmom porn.

Minute Physics: Bell’s Theorem and the quantum Venn diagram paradox.

Jimmy Dore chats with Jeb Bush about hurricanes and stuff

Francesca Fiorentini: Why the media isn’t linking hurricanes to climate change.

Seth Meyers checks in with HUD, Ben Carson, and Hurricanes

Young Turks: Motel 6, “Sorry we ratted you out to ICE!”

Samantha Bee’s racist tattoo removal business is booming.

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

On the bus this morning, I realized I’m in all dark business attire while most people are in Seahawks colors. For the first quarter of the season or so every year, I forget. It’s a shame, since when else am I going to wear bright green to work?

New Seattle mayor. It’s a crappy gig, and I don’t know who on the Council would want it. Maybe Tim Burgess who is retiring anyway?

Then somewhat less bad is temporarily replacing that Council Member. The City Council can pick anyone for that. It seems like they’d elevate a staff member or find some city notable.

Please join us for an evening of political toasts and roasts at tonight’s gathering of 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 238 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.

Where are people donating for hurricane relief? I gave some money to Save The Children but I don’t know if there’s something better. I’d rather be in a position where I thought taxes would cover it.

Jeremiah 25:32
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

Discuss.

The wall of eyes trained on the US – Mexico border.

Mitch McConnell calls into the Majority Report!

Sam Seder: “Boy genius” Rush Limbaugh thinks hurricane Irma is a fake news hoax.

ONN: How to survive a nuclear attack.

Late Show: Back-to-school time for Congress.

The colleges where the American dream is still alive.

Stephen: “North Korea is in the news” is never a good thing.

ONN: Climate change researcher describes challenge of pulling off worldwide global warming conspiracy.

Jimmy Kimmel: If your barista was a congressman.

What does the debt ceiling have to do with a free-running fail?

Racist-asshole-in-chief Трамп (and Company):

• Keith Olbermann: Трамп’s DACA decision is a grim turning point.
• Трамп’s DACA decision has dreamers unsure of their futures.
• David Pakman: CEOs & lobbyists paying millions to Трамп golf courses to access Трамп
• Young Turks: Трамп council member resigns LIVE on TV
• WaPo: President Трамп has made more than 1,000 false or misleading statements
• Sam Seder: Paul Ryan heartbroken after Трамп sides with Dems on debt ceiling
• Jimmy Kimmel: Donald Трамп is still selling merchandise
• Farron Cousins: Трамп to deport children just to appease his Breitbart base
• Stephen: Hey POTUS! Cutting DACA won’t MAGA:

• Трамп prays about DACA on National Prayer Day
• David Pakman: Трамп didn’t know what scrapping DACA meant before scrapping it
• Jimmy Dore: Herman Cain defends Трамп and Charlottesville racists
• WaPo Fact Check: Has President Трамп influenced companies to bring more jobs to the U.S.?
• Bill Maher: Трамп in the Wind
• Jimmy Kimmel: Drunk Donald Трамп, Ivanka edition
• Seth Meyers: Трамп ends DACA, responds to hurricane Harvey
• Francesca Fiorentini: Deport assholes!
• Ali Velshi: Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation targets Donald Трамп inner circle
• Trevor: Трамп has no idea how to handle North Korea
• James Corden: Трамп ranks drought better than hurricane.
• Sam Seder: Трамп makes a fool out of Paul Ryan in deal with Democrats
• Maddow: New Russia contact Revelations in Donald Trump Jr. Senate interview
• Stephen: Трамп’s first disaster response was a disaster
• Keith Olbermann: Why we must talk about Трамп’s mental health.
• Young Turks: The deplorable reason Трамп killed DACA
• David Pakman: Трамп’s “idea” about North Korea/China confirms he’s totally clueless.
• Vicente Fox is running for President…because no one is worse than Donald Трамп:

• Farron Cousins: DOJ investigation concludes that Трамп LIED about Obama wiretapping him
• Trevor: Thanks to hurricane Harvey, the “dealmaker President” finally makes a deal
• Jonathan Mann: Cruelty has a face.
• Ending DACA is Трамп’s most evil act.
• David Pakman: Uh-Oh…Manafort notes from Russian meeting mention “contributions”
• Young Turks: Donnie Tiny Hands struggling to load a truck in Houston
• PsychoSuperMom: Dreamer Believer
• Farron Cousins: White House admits Трамп will use immigrant children as bargaining chips for border wall funding
• James Corden: Трамп hands DACA dreamers a nightmare
• DACA recipients are HERE TO STAY!
• Jimmy Dore: Jeff Sessions calls to explain his weird mouth noises
• Randy Rainbow: DACA Shame:

• Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп Kids come out in support of DACA
• James Corden: Donald Трамп plays nice with Democrats
• Late Show: There is a Трамп protest for everything!
• Seth Meyers: Fundamentally unfit Трамп waffles on DACA and responds to hurricane Irma
• Keith Olbermann: Трамп Will Soon Be the Ex-POTUS
• Stephen: The worst part of Steve Bannon’s first interview
• David Pakman: Mike Pence is now implicated in Russia scandal lies
• Stephen: The note Obama left for Трамп

Roy Zimmerman: Joel Osteen.

Young Turks: Infowar’s youth outreach isn’t going so well.

Mental Floss: 26 facts about Lego bricks.

DACA explained.

Late Show: North Korea’s most-trusted (and only) news network.

Mark Fiore: Chemical liberty.

VOX: Why these all-white paintings are in museums and mine aren’t.

Majority Report: Mr. Alex Jones’ Neighborhood.

Young Turks: The fight to save Kentucky’s last abortion clinic.

Mean Boys: Dancing on the debt ceiling.

They came from THE ALT-LEFT!!!!

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

The WordPress app ate my last post, and now I’m almost at work.

Smoke? We’re dealing with smoke? With ash. With damn masks. Is this our future as a region every summer?

After the holiday weekend you might just need a drink! Please join us on Tuesday for our weekly meeting of 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 238 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.

2 Kings 2:23-24

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

So he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the name of the LORD. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.

Discuss.