Toke up, eh? Canada became both the second, and the largest country to legalize cannabis for recreational use at 12 a.m. today. They will also be pardoning anyone with prior pot possession records. That’s a great excuse to throw a big pot party, just don’t bring it over the border.
Gates throws down for carbon tax: Yes! Calling all decent billionaires. I know you all read Slog! Once-richest-man-in-the-world Bill Gates made a $1 million donation to support the carbon-tax initiative. So Bezos, and whoever else is inevitably reading Slog AM right now, it’s your move. For every $1 million dollar donation I will not only give you a shout-out in blurb-form, I won’t say one negative thing about billionaires or list ways in which their hoarding of wealth is disgusting.
#BOYCOTT T.I. Melania Trump’s spokesperson is calling for a #boycott of rapper T.I. after he used a “look-a-like Melania” as a stripper in a strange Twitter video he posted, where the fake Melania is clearly wearing the “I Really Don’t Care, Do U?” that the real Melania made famous not long ago. Without further ado here is said video!
Dear 45,
I ain’t Kanye. 😳 pic.twitter.com/BCS8nkbn1M
— T.I. (@Tip) October 13, 2018
It’s interesting to note that the same people who claim libtard-cuck-snowflakes are destroying free speech when speech upsets them still reserve the right to #boycott when the shoe is on the other foot.
Beto pulls a “Lyin’ Ted:” Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke and incumbent Ted Cruz participated in a debate Tuesday in San Antonio. During the debate Beto said of Cruz, “He’s dishonest. It’s why the president called him ‘Lyin’ Ted,’ and why the nickname stuck.” This is a smart play, strategically speaking, as all of his supporters will agree Ted Cruz is dishonest, and invoking a Trumpism will additionally pander to wildcard Trumpers. But even though it was a strategically smart play, encoding Trump’s language further into the communal vocabulary is not without consequences. It’s probably too late to worry about that though, right?
HBO pimp found dead: And Ron Jeremy—you know, the porn star—was one of the two people to find his body. Dennis Hof, who was celebrating his 72nd birthday when he died, was a Nevada brothel owner and had risen to obscure fame for the show on HBO about his brothel, Bunny Ranch. The show is called Cathouse. He apparently also ran for state legislature as a “Donald Trump-style Republican candidate.” Having seen his show many times, I can say it is both illuminating and freaky.
Dems crushing Repubs on the ca-ching: As an anonymous Republican consultant puts it, “we’re getting our asses kicked.” That’s right, ninety-two democratic house candidates have out raised their Republican opponents. One might consider it a possibility that Trump share some of that$100 million he’s already raised for the 2020 election with some of his comrades. But this is Trump we’re talking about—his inherent greed makes that highly unlikely.
Still the same detention, now twice as long! From The New Yorker, “detained children now spend an average of seventy-four days in federal custody, more than double what it was at the start of 2016.” It’s getting worse, people, not better.
Faking an election hack is way worse than faking an orgasm: That’s subjective of course, but apparently experts are saying that even the rumor of an election hack can be as damaging as a real election hack. Also, they say, the cost of faking an election hack is far lower than the cost of actually hacking an election. While experts are seemingly just figuring this out, haven’t Republicans been using this basic strategy to prop up bullshit voter ID laws and other rules to suppress votes?
Having a mental health crisis is even more dangerous if you’re not white: Former Stranger writer Sydney Brownstone covered a case for KUOW about a 21-year-old in Federal Way who was shot by police, they say he “moved toward the officers.” He was having a mental health crisis, according to his family. This piece of reporting is definitely worth a read.
Don’t worry y’all, KOMO is on the job: When I saw this tweet all I could think about was the episode of The Office where Dwight takes it upon himself to test the durability of Jan’s baby-carrier.
Consumer Reports: 4 car seats broke during our rigorous tests — https://t.co/TpU5R96te8 pic.twitter.com/bQwhN4CRuP
— KOMO News (@komonews) October 17, 2018
Not married? Have a baby! Because that’s becoming the new normal, according to this AXIOS article. Does that mean you should run out and have a baby willy-nilly as it’s clearly the new trend? Maybe! I don’t know much about trends, but, I mean, you do want to be cool, right?
Tonight’s best Seattle entertainment options include: A jazz show with saxophone maestro Kamasi Washington, a play about a Yayoi Kusama-inspired, demon-obsessed artist, Night Parade, and a reading with My Sister’s Keeper author Jodi Picoult.
Wednesday Breakfasts:
From Jim, “Not sure you’re still doing the Wednesday breakfast thing but I make a nice fried egg meal every morning anyway, rotating in different spices. Here we have rice with red bell peppers and onions, egg with harissa spice, ham, cheddar cheese, avocado.” We are, Jim, and thank you for your submission.
Slogger Lissa is feeling feisty this morning, and I don’t blame her! “Molasses ginger stout cupcake. Because I am an adult and I can have a molasses ginger stout cupcakes for breakfast IF I WANT.”
And finally, Mr. Strawberry from Fremont sent me this: “Nothing fancy today, just yogurt and granola and coffee. At least my mug looks festive…” That is does, Mr. Strawberry . . .
