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Colbert: Summer blockbuster movies are ‘destroying America’
Thursday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert warned that certain summer blockbuster movies could be harboring secret anti-American themes. The new “Superman” film stars an Englishman and parts of “Iron Man 3″ were edited for a special Chinese-only edition. Colbert began the segment by confessing his love of…
Jon Stewart: Veterans Affairs is the Guantanamo Bay of benefit claims
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart again ripped the Veterans Affairs on Thursday night over its massive benefits backlog. He joked the federal agency had declared paper to be an “enemy combatant” and therefore had detained it indefinitely. Stewart called Veterans Affairs “a kind of paper Gitmo.” Watch video, via…
Megyn Kelly’s first experience with Google Glass is an awkward one
Fox News host Megyn Kelly ran into a bit of trouble when attempting to demonstrate Google’s new Internet-connected eyewear on Thursday afternoon. The conservative host encountered an awkward problem after attempting to search for the German word for hot dog. The Google glasses included some of her earlier phrases in…
Colbert: Rand Paul’s feelings are the real victims of Newtown
Wednesday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert presented a new edition of his recurring segment “The Word.” Wednesday night’s word was “N.R.A.-vana,” the blissful state of peace and acceptance that comes to a politician after they sell their soul to the gun lobby. “On the very first episode…
Jon Stewart mocks Ted Cruz: He is nothing but a dirty syrup-guzzler
On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart savagely mocked “wacko-bird” Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. Noting Cruz was now considered the most hated legislator in the Senate, Stewart joked “that’s like being the lowest rated show on NBC.” “He’s American as apple pie that the…
Chinese animators rip NYPD with video of cop crawling up a black man’s rear
If the racial disparities of New York City’s arrest statistics don’t shock you, maybe this will: Chinese animators known for creating bizarre parodies of U.S. news have released a new video ripping the NYPD’s “stop and frisk” policy that shows a cop literally crawling up a black man’s rear end.…
Colbert: ‘Let’s end poverty by flying the poor to sub-Saharan Africa’
Hearing about the practice of “medical repatriation” — hospitals shipping undocumented patients back to their countries of origin, often while unconscious — didn’t bother Stephen Colbert. Since, unbeknownst to him, immigrants get sick “just like normal people” (and it’s hard to buy lottery tickets while dealing with a catheter) this…
Jon Stewart: Republicans think ‘freedom magic’ is key to U.S. adventure in Syria
On his show Tuesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart slammed Republicans for offering a convoluted plan to intervene in the two-year-old Syrian civil war. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) has insisted the United States needs to intervene because the country had never sat back and allowed innocent civilians to…
Willie Nelson plays ‘Stoned Gandalf’ in Conan’s ‘Hobbit’ spoof
Singer and songwriter Willie Nelson made a surprise appearance on Monday night’s episode of “Conan” for a quick spoof of “The Hobbit,” featuring Nelson as “Stoned Gandalf” in a hilarious audition tape for the film’s upcoming sequel. “Hey, Peter Jackson!” the 80-year-old music legand began. “My name’s Willie Nelson, and…
Colbert shares Yelp prison reviews for benefit of ‘violent criminals’ in his audience
Stephen Colbert shared some stories from the review site on Yelp Monday, he said, because he was looking out for his audience. “I know that a large segment of my audience is violent criminals,” he explained, before advising viewers on how to use his show’s new phone app while leading…
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