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Saturday Night Live mocks congressional cowardice on gun laws
Saturday Night Live this weekend mocked the unwillingness of federal lawmakers to seriously address gun laws following the tragic elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. The skit began with President Barack Obama hailing the Senate for agreeing to consider debate on a gun control bill. “Good evening my fellow Americans,”…
Maher: U.S. needs to give up war addiction and define ‘peace as strength’
On this week’s edition of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” host Bill Maher told Americans who are so eager to go to war with North Korea that the U.S. has been addicted to war for too long and needs to start defining “peace as strength.” In the last part of…
‘Star Wars’ parody puts Disney characters in a galaxy far, far away
If you weren’t happy to hear about Disney’s acquisition of the studio behind the Star Wars franchise, the parody “Return of the Empire” probably won’t put your mind at ease. But everybody else will probably get a few laughs out of it. Director Sam Macaroni’s seven-minute-plus fanfilm takes the company’s…
Colbert warns: Americans are going to start gay-marrying their weed
Thursday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert lamented the decline in our national moral character, as evinced by the fact that a majority of Americans now support same sex marriage and marijuana legalization, which can only end one way. People are going to start marrying their weed. A…
Jon Stewart rips apart Rand Paul’s attempted outreach to black students
On The Daily Show Thursday night, host Jon Stewart and correspondent Larry Wilmore mocked Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) recent speech to black students at Howard University. Stewart observed that Paul portrayed himself as courageous and heroic for appearing before the highly prestigious students, which was not a particularly dangerous situation.…
Colbert: Guns are good because Hitler used one to kill himself
Wednesday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert presented a special “gun edition” of “Tip of the Hat/Wag of the Finger,” in which he took stock of the ongoing gun safety debate in the U.S. and discussed the country’s refusal to sign on to an international U.N. weapons treaty.…
Jon Stewart obliterates Senate GOP’s opposition to U.N. arms treaty
On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart blasted Senate Republicans for joining with North Korea, Iran and Syria to oppose the United Nation’s arms treaty. The treaty seeks to prevent countries from selling military weapons — including tanks, aircraft, artillery, missiles, warships, and small arms —…
Jon Stewart lampoons anti-sodomy, anti-abortion, anti-welfare Republicans
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Tuesday night ripped into Republican across the country amid a game show he dubbed, “Sodomy, zygotes, and welfare.” Stewart began by noting that Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli had fought to revive the state’s anti-sodomy laws. The laws, rendered obsolete by the Supreme…
Colbert to Clinton: Team up with Ted Talks for ‘Bill and Ted’s Excellent Initiative’
In a wide-ranging conversation Monday night at the Clinton Global Initiative University in St. Louis, Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert jokingly suggested that the former president should team up with Ted Talks and form “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Initiative.” The quip came after President Bill Clinton explained his views on…
Jon Stewart: It takes a brain injury for Republicans to support marriage equality
On his show Monday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart lampooned the nation’s current debate over allowing gay and lesbian couples to wed. After taking some time to poke fun at some of the Obamas recent gaffes, Stewart turned his attention to same sex marriage. He noted Democrats frequently…
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