TONIGHT

Policy wonk Micah Zenko (and Council on Foreign Relations fellow) will try to assess whether limited military interventions work. He’s talking about the sort of “little” wars that give middle-aged white men like Bill Clinton, Michael Ignatieff, and Bernard Kouchner death-boners. This is why he says you should care: the U.S. has been involved in 36 of them—including shit like the Black Hawk Down debacle in Somalia—in just the past twenty years. Remind me again how ours is not an imperialist state? (Town Hall Seattle, doors open at 7:30 p.m., tickets $5 here or at the door)

THURSDAY

Federal, state, and local bureaucrats are holding a public hearing on the Billionaires’ Tunnel Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement. They are even taking public comments on the project’s controversial EIS. Endorse the EIS and there are rumors circulating that Richard Conlin might preemptively sign for your tab at the bar later. (Plymouth Church, 1217 Sixth Ave, 5 to 7 p.m., free)

FRIDAY

Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams will be keynoting a World Affairs Council awards ceremony and celebrating his organization’s fight against a realist, Hobbesian dystopia—filled with cannibalism, incest, and Ayn Rand disciples. “Nasty, brutish, and short” lives are no fun. So give these guys your support for giving a damn about the next guy. (Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Avenue, 7 to 9 p.m., tickets here )

SATURDAY

Mudede bait: the Amanda Knox Defense Fund is hosting a benefit dinner at an outpost of privilege on Vashon Island. Are they serving spaghetti by coincidence or as some sort of coded message directed at Foxy Knoxy’s Italian jailers? (Vashon Sportsmen’s Club, 19720 Singer Rd. SW, 6 to 10 p.m., $20 individual/$40 family)

SUNDAY

The Seahawks better lose to the Saints. I am getting tired of this inconsistent team costing me a pick each week. (1:15 p.m., they should pay to you to watch this bullshit)

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  5. yeah, plymouth church has a bar. it’s called camp in-sid-sen. church members were growing a bit concerned about the role/effects of alcohol at church camp (adults/church youth) getting fucked up. no, not together. so they took it to a vote. alcohol won. yay! i’m goin’ to camp!

  9. @ treacle — Oh yes, for certain. Good luck convincing most Americans of that.

    @ Fox — Nice, you want to come to New Hampshire, too? Haha. But actually, you’d be surprised to know that Seattle has a wonderful and lively little market anarchist community, which complements the left anarchists in Tacoma nicely. There’s more market anarchists here than any place I’ve ever lived before.

  10. #9: Bless you for showing awareness of Michael Ignatieff. Is Ignatieff’s view about “little wars” why Dan Savage (“Yes, we should go to war with Iraq”) won’t acknowledge or post a link to Ignatieff’s “It Gets Better Project?”

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