The late comedian was a wonderful raconteur who was born into an Irish Catholic family but became an atheist. On his show he was fond of telling jokes about religion, especially Catholicism. Here is a collection.
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Conan O’Brien takes a moment to pay tribute to all 16 Republican candidates who fell under the Trump juggernaut. He gives us the date when they decided to call it quits as well as the reason for doing so. It is interesting that five of them (Rick Perry, Scott Walker, Bobby Jindal, Lindsey Graham, and George Pataki) dropped out even before the first actual contest, the Iowa caucuses, took place on February 1. Carl Bialik gives the full chronology of when each entered and left the race.
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Jimmy Kimmel takes to task all those who ignore the scientific consensus and deny that global warming is occurring and that it is largely caused by human activity. The compilation of scientists at the end speaking about the issue is great.
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Stephen Colbert comments on the curious fact that from the time that Ted Cruz started campaigning heavily in Indiana and became more familiar to the voters there, his poll numbers started tanking in a major way.
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Jon Stewart was a master at political satire and when he retired last year it was by no means because he was losing his touch. Here is a clip from 2014, just a year before he stepped down, that shows the range of comedic skills that he could bring to what he did best, and that was deliver an epic rant excoriating the hypocrisy of politicians and their media enablers.
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The broadcast TV networks each have morning shows that run for several hours and mix bits of news, so-called ‘lifestyle’ items, and lots and lots of commercials. I never watch them but was curious about people who do. Do people actually sit down and watch them or are their TVs just kept on and they catch snippets as they go about doing their chores?
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Singing in public is a high-risk proposition unless you are a professional singer. Much as I dislike Carly Fiorina, I cannot help but cringe when I see the clip of her singing because I hate to see people make fools of themselves in public. I wonder who thought that singing a lullaby to Ted Cruz’s daughters was a good idea since even putting her with a roomful of puppies failed to make her seem more human.
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If you had asked me which person’s face was on which US currency note, I would have been stumped. The only thing I was sure of was that it was some white guy from the distant past. Like most people, I am more concerned about the number that denotes the value rather than the ornamentation. But some people are sure upset about the decision to replace Andrew Jackson with abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill, seeing it as yet another sign of that dreaded ‘political correctness’ that is ruining America.
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Seth Meyers looks at the claim that Donald Trump is going to reinvent himself now that the nomination seems within his grasp and that the things that he has said so far that have alienated so many people were just an act to win the nomination.
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