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Maher: Liberals are too scared to say ‘the 2nd Amendment is bullsh-t’

Real Time host Bill Maher castigated liberals on Friday for not standing up for themselves in what he called the constant “center-right” debate on gun safety issues. “Everyone on the left is so afraid to say what should be said,” Maher told his panel. “Which is, the Second Amendment is…

Bill Maher on Ayn Rand: ‘It’s all stuff that seems very deep when you’re 19 years old’

Bill Maher delivered a blistering critique of modern libertarianism on Friday’s episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, slamming adherents for developing a “creepy obsession” with author Ayn Rand. “It’s all stuff that seems very deep when you’re 19 years old,” he said, before making a quick exemption for one…

Maher to Kimmel: Christian Bible is ‘insane, bronze age malarkey’

“Real Time with Bill Maher” host Bill Maher appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Tuesday night, where he proceded to tear into some of his favorite topics, including religion, religious holidays like Easter, the Pope and marriage equality. “Are you excited about the new Pope?” Kimmel asked. “I love the new…

Catholic league attack demands Time Warner have ‘serious talk’ with Bill Maher

The president of the Catholic League has had enough of HBO’s Bill Maher mocking his religion. Earlier this week, Catholic League President Bill Donohue sent a letter asking Time Warner to have a “serious talk” with the atheist comedian. “There is no other entertainer in the nation who has repeatedly…

Maher: ‘Religion, it’s like Wikipedia. Anyone can write something in.’

In the “New Rules” segment of “Real Time With Bill Maher” on Friday night, host Bill Maher begged the media to stop with their fawning coverage of the new Pope, who he dubbed “the virgin bachelor.” He said, “I have just about had it with the press squealing in delight…

Maher: ‘Sh*t-kicker’ conservatives don’t know ‘America has moved on without them’

Friday night on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” host Bill Maher dedicated part of his weekly “New Rules” segment to asking why such a tiny number of angry, out-of-touch conservatives can wield such a disproportionate amount of power of the Republican Party and over national policy. From the NRA to…

Nugent claims to have killed 455 pigs with machine gun ‘for Bill Maher’

Gun rights activist and musician Ted Nugent claimed in a radio interview on Monday that he killed more than 450 pigs with a machine gun while shooting from a helicopter. According to the website RumorFix, Nugent made the claim in an interview with Brett Winterble on Sirius XM Radio and…

Maher on drones: ‘Some people do need killing’

On Friday night’s edition of “Ream Time with Bill Maher,” host Bill Maher sparred with members of his panel about the utility of armed predator drones and whether or not Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was right to filibuster the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. Maher gave Paul…

Bill Maher: Americans ‘will elect a president who eats c-ck before tofurkey’

The news that a Republican senator who recently had dinner with President Barack Obama ordered a vegetarian meal briefly shocked Bill Maher on Friday night. The unidentified senator, Huffington Post publisher Ariana Huffington suggested, might be in danger in a primary election, to which Maher said, “Absolutely.” “In America, that’s…

Bill Maher: GOP ‘has always been an uneasy marriage between the Jesus freaks and the plutocrats’

On tonight’s episode of Real Time, host Bill Maher chatted with panelists Donna Brazile, Jon Meacham, and Jamie Weinstein about recent attempts by some in the GOP — most notably Karl Rove — to “reign in the wild out-there batshit part of the Republican Party and get it back to…