h/t Whiskey FireEarlier this spring, when there were widespread protests against … something or other … and the elite shock troops of our national media corps learned, and then snickered over, the word "teabagger," there was some concern about an organized campaign to disrupt those august proceedings that strangely never materialized. Now it's ( Read more... )

The rent I pay is stupidly high, compared to anywhere else I've ever lived. When work was eight walkable blocks away, moving here, and then renewing the lease, seemed like a good idea ( Read more... )

h/t ms_daisy_cutter:


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I've been reading more about the Tiller assassination today in a variety of places. As usual, perennial link-fodder Driftglass has written more on the subject that I find cogent and compelling.

Recent American history has seen enough violent, rage-drunk years punctuated with enough bombings and assassinations to prove to anyone who has not had ( Read more... )

In discussing the Tiller assassination with a close friend, here is what I learned:

• Obama is wrong for speaking out on the issue.


• Obama speaking out on the issue will make it "partisan."


• Making the issue "partisan" will give the Republicans/Right-Wing another opportunity to dominate the news cycle with their bullshit.


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My employer of precisely two years and one month laid me off today. I am now free to spend all of that time I used to spend working … hitting the bricks in search of a new job ( Read more... )

In response to the several "Dude, where you been?" messages I've gotten:

I am currently on vacation. I forgot to tell a lot of people, you included. I will be back after the 20th. I didn't die on the table during surgery.

I am enjoying the weather here in Hawaii.

"Gee, it's been snow and ice for a couple days now. Let's take three loaded tour buses down this steep-as-hell, untraveled side street. What could possibly go wrong?"

Well, it depends. What's at the bottom? Maybe a HUNDRED FOOT DROP TO AN INTERSTATE FREEWAY?


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On election night, I and about a dozen friends watched the returns and the speeches at a co-worker's house. Eventually, things wound down and we all made our goodbyes, and drove home. We'd seen something about spontaneous demonstrations on the streets of a couple cities, including Seattle, but I didn't give it much thought until we spotted hovering ( Read more... )

Apparently the guy behind GYWO is going to hang it up after Inauguration Day next year. I'm gonna miss him. I can understand how an effort like that could leave someone exhausted, but it's not like it's the End of History or anything. There's still gonna be wierd, heinous shit going down. Some of it might even come from the folks that just got ( Read more... )