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Stephen Colbert and Rick Larsen

Colbert to Congressman: ‘Are You High Right Now?’

“Your state is one of the few that has a medical marijuana program,” Stephen Colbert said to Congressman Rick Larsen of Washington.
Larsen: Uh-huh, that’s right.
Colbert: Are you high right now?

Posted on Jul 12, 2006 24 COMMENTS


Jon Stewart on Ted Stevens

Jon Stewart Lampoons Sen. Stevens’ Net Nonsense

“The Daily Shows” host tees off on Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens’ instantly infamous speech about Net Neutrality--which Stewart likened to “something you’d hear from a crazy old man in an airport bar at 3 a.m.”

Posted on Jul 12, 2006 20 COMMENTS


Steve Bradbury

Bush, Infallible to His Sycophants

Testifying before Congress yesterday, the Justice Department’s top lawyer had a succinct answer to a question posed by a senator about whether Bush was wrong or right in his interpretation of the Supreme Court’s Hamdan case: “The President is always right.”

Posted on Jul 12, 2006 4 COMMENTS


Stephen Colbert

Colbert Sounds Off on the Feminine Ideal

Stephen Colbert has some thoughtful advice on the female quest for beauty.

Posted on Jul 11, 2006


Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart Mocks Bush’s Claims on Diplomacy

“The Daily Show” host uses a montage of video clips of Bush alternately dismissing and praising the use of diplomacy in dealing with WMD-bent dictators like Saddam Hussein and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il.

Posted on Jul 11, 2006 9 COMMENTS


Ted Steven'

Sen. Stevens’ Internet Ignorance Goes Viral

Check out a glorious techno mash-up song of Sen. Ted Stevens’ instantly infamous speech last week on Internet technologies, in which the 85-year-old chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee--which is debating Net Neutrality--betrayed his woefully inadequate grasp of Net fundamentals.
(h/t: Crooks and Liars)

Posted on Jul 11, 2006


Rep. Barney Frank

Rep. Barney Frank Rails Against Anti-Gambling Bill

The Democratic congressman from Massachusetts slams the GOP for its attempt to legislate morality in the realm of online poker (while Republicans hypocritically protect other forms of gambling). Money quote: “If we were to outlaw for adults everything that college students abuse we would all just sit at home and do nothing!”

Posted on Jul 11, 2006 1 COMMENT


Colbert and Flag Freezing

Colbert’s Method of Flag Disposal

The “Colbert Report” host has a novel method for getting rid of unserviceable U.S. flags…

  • Watch it.
  • Posted on Jul 10, 2006 1 COMMENT


    Bush the robot

    Bush’s Mysterious Bulge, Explained

    Remember the unexplained shape visible under Bush’s jacket during the 2004 debates? A German TV station has solved the mystery: It’s Bush’s gas tank. Check out this very funny satirical riff on “Bush, the puppet.”

    Posted on Jul 10, 2006 2 COMMENTS


    Bikini slideshow

    An Illustrated History of the Bikini

    Sure, the FCC may be cracking down on indecency, but if you want to see how far society has come in that department, check out this Victorian-era “bathing machine,” a hut on wheels that protected bathers from public scrutiny until they were far enough from shore to avoid being observed.

    Posted on Jul 10, 2006


    Caroll and Coulter

    Carolla Hangs Up on Coulter

    The radio talk show host hung up on the right-wing hatemonger when she called in to his show late. Carolla: “I don’t have time for bitches.”
    Amen, brother. Hopefully radio and TV hosts will extend this by not inviting her on their shows in the first place....

    Posted on Jul 9, 2006 7 COMMENTS


    Ned to Joe

    Lamont Fends Off Lieberman With Fox News Sword

    Cute moment in Thursday’s debate in Connecticut’s Dem. Senate primary race: Sen. Lieberman tried to interrupt challenger Ned Lamont and Lamont silenced him by saying “...this isn’t Fox News, sir.”

    Posted on Jul 7, 2006 5 COMMENTS


    Who Killed the Electric Car

    The Next Must-See Documentary

    Check out the new movie that The New York Times calls “a prosecutorial examination of the role of oil companies, the automobile industry and the Bush administration (them again) in stymieing the development of emission-free electric vehicles.”

    Posted on Jul 6, 2006


    Ann Coulter and Keith Olbermann

    Olbermann Talks to Coulter Plagiarism Spotter

    The guy who used special computer software to catch Coulter’s pilfering said there were so many instances of misappropriations that he had to quit before his “eyes start to bleed.”

    Posted on Jul 6, 2006


    Seymour Hersh

    Sy Hersh: War Planners Have No Hard Targets in Iran

    The investigative journalist par excellence tells CNN that many higher-ups in the Pentagon have grave concerns about the White House’s military designs in Iran.

    Posted on Jul 4, 2006 5 COMMENTS


    AOL account guy

    AOL Said, ‘If You Leave Me I’ll Do Something Crazy’

    Watch the hilarious “Today Show” appearance of a guy who nearly had to sacrifice his firstborn child to get an AOL customer service representative to cancel his account.

  • Times article on him

  • Posted on Jul 3, 2006 7 COMMENTS


    Dana Priest Smacks Down Bill Bennett

    Dana Priest Smacks Down Bill Bennett

    Washington Post reporter Dana Priest threw Bill Bennett’s gambling history back in his face when the conservative pundit attempted to lecture Priest on ethics.

    Posted on Jul 2, 2006 10 COMMENTS


    Gitmo Interrogation Room

    Behind the Scenes at Gitmo

    ABC News gets an extremely rare (maybe unprecedented) look at the inside of Guantanamo Bay. Watch it.

  • The head interrogator denies all use of torture, and even refers to his interrogations as “custodial interviews.”
  • The room pictured above--which has a plush lazy chair--is supposedly one of the interrogation rooms.
  • This sugar-coated look at Gitmo feels sort of like the tours of North Korea that Westerners sometimes get.
  • Posted on Jun 30, 2006 3 COMMENTS


    Stephen Colbert and Brit Hume

    Colbert: The N.Y. Times Wants Your Family Dead

    Colbert sums up the N.Y. Times bank records issue. This clip also contains the not-to-be-missed zinger about Brit Hume and Superman.

    Posted on Jun 30, 2006


    Jon Stewart and Al Gore

    Jon Stewart Schools Al Gore in Profit Mongering

    On “The Daily Show,” Al Gore says he is giving away 100% of the profits of his book and movie to causes related to global warming. But Jon Stewart has a better idea....

    Posted on Jun 30, 2006


    Barney Frank

    Dem Rep. Barney Frank Smacks Down GOP Rep. Renzi

    The Democratic congressman from Massachusetts puts the GOP representative from Arizona in his place while debating the N.Y. Times censure issue.

    Posted on Jun 30, 2006 8 COMMENTS


    Helen Thomas and Jon Stewart

    Helen Thomas Chides Tony Snow on ‘Daily Show’

    The first lady of White House correspondents tells Jon Stewart that Tony Snow yelled at her because she called him “a Johnny-come-lately.” (via Huff Po)

    Posted on Jun 28, 2006 4 COMMENTS


    Aussie TV skit

    Aussies Reveal Racial Profiling at Its Funniest

    In this skit from Australian TV, we see that justice is indeed not blind.

    Posted on Jun 28, 2006


    Jon Stewart

    Stewart Skewers Gonzales Over Sears Tower Plot

    The “Daily Show” host wonders how seven evildoers could wage what the attorney general termed a “full ground war against the United States.”

    Posted on Jun 28, 2006


    Stephen Colbert

    Colbert Rocks the Minimum Wage

    The “Colbert Report” host is very understanding when it comes to the minimum wage.

    Posted on Jun 28, 2006


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