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(56,996 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)"...and then they get their toys back."
The tag line is utterly brilliant.
(As is John Oliver.)
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Brigid
(17,621 posts)he kept hitting other kids with it, would you not take it away?
daleanime
(17,796 posts)Give it to some one who will take better care of it.
KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)eom
yuiyoshida
(41,818 posts)He is so dead on, totally agree!
Baitball Blogger
(46,676 posts)Well done, well done.
sarge43
(28,940 posts)An APC in Keene NH - Mother of God on a rocket sled.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Didn't know who he was until he got his own show, since I don't watch The Daily Show or Stephen Colbert, but he's really good.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)This nation is a laughing stock. And it's mostly because of the far right wing ignorant ass Republican dumb fucks®.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)Which only makes it funnier.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)We need more recommendations here.
valerief
(53,235 posts)violence. Divide and conquer. Keep racial tensions high while the rulings class shits in our rivers and raids our Treasury.
Also, Jon Oliver is a god.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)But I rather hope not. He is too good for us.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)Among the highlights of his ensuing career at The Daily Show, probably the most memorable for him was covering the 2008 Republican Convention in St. Paul. As his usual obnoxious correspondent, he was at risk because he could not afford to get arrested for anything deportation loomed. So when he wandered into a restricted area and was pursued by security, he sought refuge among some veterans invited by pro-military politicians. The one who helped Mr. Oliver hide out was a female vet, Kate Norley. He was grateful, took down her email and married her three years later.
He is still a British citizen, though now his resident status is secure as the spouse of an American. His life has been such a whirlwind, the clothes and other personal items he stowed away in 2006 remain exactly where they were, in a storage unit in London. Its either there or its been robbed or theres been a fire, he said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/arts/television/john-oliver-launches-last-week-tonight-on-hbo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=nytimesarts&_r=1
freshwest
(53,661 posts)JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)zeemike
(18,998 posts)I have not seen a better commentary than that one.
onecent
(6,096 posts)ReRe
(10,597 posts)"You can't even see him!"
Nothing but a bunch of Keystone Cops with tanks!
John Oliver wins the contest this week (my side hurts from laughing so hard.) Thanks RF!
Paper Roses
(7,471 posts)johnlucas
(1,250 posts)The Confederates have just told on themselves again.
It's just like 1963 when they bombed that church.
That religion of White Supremacy is poisoning them.
When you plant bad seeds, bad crops will grow.
If only IF ONLY they didn't make that 3/5 compromise & considered the Africans as people instead, we wouldn't be here right now.
Because of that error, this White Dominion mentality has become Pavlovian.
And the sickness must be dealt with for this country to EVER make real progress.
One good thing about the racism that has come to surface since the emergence of the 1st Black President is that it gives us a chance to detoxify from that White Supremacy poison.
We have a chance to heal that ancient sickness.
Are Blacks people or aren't they? Are ANY non-Whites people or aren't they?
Are we all equals or aren't we?
The poisoned ones are playing their part & eventually that mentality will be purged from the American consciousness.
All they had to do was be themselves & all we had to do is capture it on camera.
Now the whole world can see the sickness for themselves.
And they will provide the tools that will quarantine it.
Thank you John Oliver for breaking it down EXACTLY as it is.
John Lucas
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Champ50
(10 posts)SunSeeker
(51,504 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)John has been a breath of fresh air indeed!!!!
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)Hearty K & R. He really nailed it.
Initech
(100,029 posts)PoutrageFatigue
(416 posts)Really brilliant observations and excellent writing too...
DrewFlorida
(1,096 posts)LloydS of New London
(355 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,272 posts)Thanks for the thread, RockaFowler.
ybbor
(1,554 posts)When our comedy shows are where the real hard hitting news comes from. These guys and gals do investigative journalism so much better than the so-called journalists.
Thank you Comedy Central for churning out the next great news people!
nirvana555
(448 posts)tavalon
(27,985 posts)I've gotten used to topsy turvy world.
scmoore120
(45 posts)Cha
(296,778 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,046 posts)No. Make that super-duper rec.
me b zola
(19,053 posts)tavalon
(27,985 posts)(Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and now John Oliver) actually read DU or at least their writers do.
There was a thread last night that urged us to stay on point, disregard the distraction attempts and repeat like a broken record the exact phrase that John Oliver opened this piece with.
Don't yell at me if I get the statement a little wrong but basically, an unarmed teenager was killed by a Ferguson police officer. And then he went on to use the DVD extra comment which I read here last night almost verbatim.
Now, I'm not about to get bothered if they plagiarize the good stuff at DU and many have been able to stay on topic.
That was an awesome 15 minutes that I don't mind giving up.
flamingdem
(39,308 posts)must see viewing for all 'mericans
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)2banon
(7,321 posts)thanks for posting.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)when comedians do the work Journalists should be doing?
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)tblue37
(65,215 posts)Especially when he calls dingo.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Why are so many people scared of being "political"? Does it hurt too much if we don't add a laugh?