US politics (5 Viewers)

[7 - No tomorrow]

Generally comes across as "I gots mine, fuck the rest of yis".
America.

Yes. A nation of Grizzly Adamses.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

@Theodore Kaczynski

Rand Paul Is Running for President. Here's What You Need to Know About Him. | Mother Jones

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

@Theodore Kaczynski

Rand Paul Is Running for President. Here's What You Need to Know About Him. | Mother Jones

Thanks, I'll have to read those over the next couple of days.
He had a pop at Hillary Clinton/Saudi Arabia last week, that's worth something

Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee for 2016, should not be taking money from governments that abuse the rights of women, Paul said in his speech. “In countries that stone people to death for adultery and imprison people for adultery,” commented Paul, “this is the kind of thing you would think someone for women’s rights would be standing up against, instead of accepting thinly veiled bribes.”

Rand Paul Slams Saudi Arabia | The National Interest

 

[pete]

The data on American political apathy is rather consistent, and stunning. Begin with the fact that even in presidential election years, 40 to 50 percent of the voting-age public simply chooses not participate in the voting process at all, while two-thirds chooses not to vote in midterm elections.

Even more striking is what they do and do not know. An Annenberg Public Policy Center poll from last September found that only 36 percent of Americans can name the three branches of government, and only 38 percent know the GOP controls the House. The Center’s 2011 poll “found just 15 percent of Americans could correctly identify the chief justice of the United States, John Roberts, while 27 percent knew Randy Jackson was a judge on American Idol.”

Why John Oliver Can't Find Americans Who Know Edward Snowden's Name (It's Not About Snowden) - The Intercept

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

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Why John Oliver Can't Find Americans Who Know Edward Snowden's Name (It's Not About Snowden) - The Intercept

Informative and WTF.
As an aside, is it only me that finds Oliver as funny as a kick in the balls?

 

[nooleen]

i haven't watched him much but he seems annoying

 

[Lili Marlene]

Informative and WTF.
As an aside, is it only me that finds Oliver as funny as a kick in the balls?

no, a lot of people complain about him alright. I like him though

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Informative and WTF.
As an aside, is it only me that finds Oliver as funny as a kick in the balls?

I don't particularly find him funny. They love him here though.

He covers great topics though, that no one else bothers with.

 

[Unicron]

Informative and WTF.
As an aside, is it only me that finds Oliver as funny as a kick in the balls?

I think he's a bit hit and miss but some of his stuff is very good. His recent tobacco episode was great, as well as the gun controll in Australia piece he did when he was at the Daily Show.

I hate that "scolding an imaginary thing" but he does 2-3 times and episode though.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Phew, thank God for that, everyone I've come across sings his praises, I was beginning to worry.

He covers great topics though, that no one else bothers with.

I feel that's why he's so popular, he's 'sticking it to the man', or at least as much as can be expected of him.

 

[nooleen]

I hate that "scolding an imaginary thing" but he does 2-3 times and episode though.

eastwooding

 

[Unicron]

Hilary to announce on Sunday apparently.

Also saw that Bernie Sanders (who seems to be one of the good ones) say that if he could raise enough money to give it a decent go he'd run.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I hate that "scolding an imaginary thing" but he does 2-3 times and episode though.

Spot on.
With a double-tap punch line at the end. It's grating.

I feel that's why he's so popular, he's 'sticking it to the man', or at least as much as can be expected of him.

Not quite. Plenty of people bitching about Wall St and climate change.
He highlights stuff like civil forfeiture and for-profit colleges that no one else does.

The Daily Show is the news. JO's show is the weekend magazine.
If that makes sense.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Also, I can't stand the English. So there's that.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Not quite. Plenty of people bitching about Wall St and climate change.
He highlights stuff like civil forfeiture and for-profit colleges that no one else does.

The Daily Show is the news. JO's show is the weekend magazine.
If that makes sense.

I thought he had replaced The Daily Show. But given the names of the shows that was an extremely stupid thing to think. Embarrassed Emoji.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I thought he had replaced The Daily Show. But given the names of the shows that was an extremely stupid thing to think. Embarrassed Emoji.

Oliver jumped ship to HBO

The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore took over from Colbert

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

And some South African dude is replacing Jon Stewart?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

And some South African dude is replacing Jon Stewart?

Yup.
A (on first blush) massively unfunny South African dude.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

They didn't learn from the Ferguson Moyes disaster and let Stewart pick his own replacement.