Category Archives: Editorial

Malcontentment Happy Hour: January 14, 2021

Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

The show from January 14, 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith.

  • Black Coffee Northwest of Shoreline, Washington, releases security video of the September 30 – October 1 firebombing – forced to close for at least two days due to racism, vandalism, and ongoing threats against employees
  • Behind the Pole – a special interview with Nate Gowdy, Seattle area photographer who was in Washington D.C. for the January 6, 2021, insurrection
  • Who is John Sullivan – a household name among conspiracy theory circles for the Washington D.C. insurrection, we analyze the story and history behind the polarizing figure
  • Five Fast Facts about COVID -19 – our COVID update
  • Insurrection update – Donald Trump is impeached for the second time, more arrests, and Parler videos scraped form the security breach show what was going on inside the Capitol during the attempted coup

WARNING – tonight’s show contains graphic content that some people may find disturbing

Malcontentment Happy Hour: January 7, 2021

Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

The show from January 7, 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith.

  • Seattle Police admits there was no extortion in CHOP, seven months after the fact
  • Latest news from the attempted coup in the United States on January 6, 2021
  • Review of the events of January 6, 2021
  • Washington State Patrols failed response to protect Governor Jay Inslee – and how Black Lives Matter was treated in August 2020
  • Debunking the conspiracy theories around the attempted coup
  • Editorial – Seattle, stop being so – Seattle

WARNING – tonight’s show contains graphic content that some people may find disturbing

Malcontentment Happy Hour: January 4, 2021

Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

The show from January 4, 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith.

  • Proud Boy Leader Enrique “Henry” Tarrio arrested in Washington, D.C. on property destruction with hate crime and weapons charges
  • The Trump Tapes and revolt against democracy in the U.S. Senate
  • COVID-19 is out of control
    • 350,000 Americans have died
    • 77,500 Americans died in December 2020
    • 150,000 Americans projected to die in January 2021
    • U.K. and Scotland go on Level IV lockdown as the variant spreads unabated and the South African variant arrives in the nation
    • Sir John Bell expresses concern that current vaccinations will not work against the South African COVID-19 mutation
    • A pharmacist in Wisconsin allegedly destroyed doses fo vaccine because he is a conspiracy theory follower and believes the vaccine will alter human DNA
  • King County is buying up to a dozen hotels to address homelessness
  • ILEETA police training manual is full of falsehoods and propaganda
  • Seattle police arrest 6 over chalk art, Bledsoe vs Ferry County raises questions on the Constitutionality of the arrest

Malcontentment Happy Hour: December 31, 2020

Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

The show from December 31, 2020, featured guest host, Jennifer Smith. This special edition of Malcontentment Happy Hour was a countdown of the top five stories we covered in 2020.

  • COVID-19 predictions from March 2020
  • May 30, 2020, George Floyd protests in Seattle
  • Seattle CHOP – May 30 to July 4
  • Seattle Labor Day March and our CCO gets doxxed
  • Political fallout in Seattle from 2020

We also had four runner-ups.

  • Life is stranger than fiction – Yakkity Yak and the Portland Police Department
  • Matthew, the religious protester who was everywhere in 2020
  • Tabitha Poppins has got the moves in Portland
  • Peter Diaz and American Wolf interview

Indigenous peoples race time and COVID to save their languages

From Malcontentment Happy Hour, December 28, 2020

Tribal nations fight fear and distrust to immunize native language speakers and elders from COVID

Hundreds of indigenous dialects are at risk of disappearing forever as the number of native speakers dwindles. COVID has placed a special urgency to protect native speakers and tribal elders to keep traditions, and language, alive.

Driver screams racial slurs as he drives through Seattle protesters

From Malcontentment Happy Hour, December 28, 2020

Seattle police fail to take action as driver threatens pedestrians on December 27

On December 27 a driver cuts through Seattle Police and protesters, utters racial insults, and after almost hitting several pedestrians drives off. Despite Seattle Police assuring multiple people they would, “take care of it,” officers let the driver speed off unsafely and take no action.

WARNING: Violent actions and racial slurs.

Delays in stimulus package create unemployment chaos

From Malcontentment Happy Hour, December 28, 2020

President Donald Trump signs the COVID Relief bill and Omnibus spending bill, but the delay has created chaos

After almost a week of delays, and allowing the December 26, 2020 unemployment deadline to pass, President Donald Trump signed the COVID Relief and Omnibus Spending bill on Sunday evening. The delay in signing pushed over 12 million Americans over an unemployment cliff and has caused chaos for employment security.

In Washington state, Governor Jay Inslee and Employment Security is providing a one-time payment of $550 for PUA recipients as a bridge to coming federal assistance.

Malcontentment Happy Hour: December 28, 2020

Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

The show from December 28, 2020, featured guest host, Jennifer Smith.

  • Federal stimulus package follies and how it impacts Washington state unemployment
  • Red truck racist incident at protest march in Seattle
  • Saving indigenous language speakers from COVID-19
  • Nashville body cam video from December 25, 2020, and Andrew Q Warner
  • Behind the Pole – December 27, 2020 protest march

Malcontentment Happy Hour: December 24, 2020

Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

The show from December 24, 2020, featured guest host, Jennifer Smith.

  • The police shooting of Andre Hill in Columbus, Ohio
  • Donald Trump puts 5M into poverty by refusing to sign the COVID Relief package and Omnibus bills
  • December is the deadliest month for COVID, and the IHME increases its projections
  • The incredible journey of Deb Haaland

Malcontentment Happy Hour: December 21, 2020

Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

The show from December 17, 2020, featured guest host, Jennifer Smith.

  • Record high, record rain, and snow?
  • Uneven enforcement of Cal Anderson Park closure results in 7 arrests with one injury at Cal Anderson Park
  • Two new strains of COVID-19 in U.K. and South Africa, U.S. holds off on a travel ban, and vaccination delays
  • Seattle Police Department destroys Mutual Aid supplies including food, clothing, and bedding during Cal Anderson Park homeless sweep
  • A $900B stimulus deal is signed by the House and Senate and goes to Trump’s desk
  • The name of the team Atlanta Braves becomes a political issue
  • “Behind the Pole,” Cal Anderson Park homeless sweep