Stephen Colbert captures the problem for the Republican party with the recent revelations of government violations of people’s privacy. They would normally enjoy anything that embarrasses the Obama administration but since they also love the national security state and indeed expanded and exploited its powers shamelessly during the Bush administration, they are caught in a bind. [Read more…]
Stephen Colbert bids a sad farewell to Michele Bachmann.
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As The Daily Show reports, the government goes vigorously after breakers of the law who are small fry while letting the big-moneyed violators go free.
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The actor seems to be deeply interested in science.
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Stephen Colbert carefully walks us through the Authorized Use of Military Force (AUMF) legislation that enabled presidents Bush and Obama to take all the actions they have taken in the so-called war on terror and has given us torture, indefinite detention, drone murders, and the like. I had not realized that the operational part of this legislation, passed just one week after the events of 9/11, was so brief, consisting of just 60 words. Here is the relevant part: [Read more…]
Jason Jones of The Daily Show looks at the remarkable lack of self-awareness of those who are complaining so loudly that the IRS is profiling and targeting Tea Party groups. [Read more…]
As a Pat Robertson watcher (well, somebody has to keep an eye on him), I have noticed a subtle change in the way he reasons. He used to blame natural disasters as god’s punishments for the sins of people, especially those sins that he himself disliked, but I am beginning to think that there has been a subtle change. [Read more…]
Although I had never watched his show, I knew that Dylan Ratigan was one of those blustering talk show hosts who seemed to be in a state of perpetual outrage. He left his show on MSNBC to pursue a new direction in life working on an organic hydroponic farm. Al Madrigal of The Daily Show looks at his transformation, using the same techniques that these vapid cable news talk shows use: phony outrage, manufactured ‘balance’, and pointless panels. All these are staples of such shows, necessary in order to hide the lack of real news and to fill up the air time. [Read more…]