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Oct 7, 2014 12:08
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Chamberk posted:The more I hear these days, the more I think The Shield may have been one of the more accurate cop shows. The civil forfeiture segment on LWT made me immediately think of The Shield where it was a major plot point for a season. Great show.
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Oct 7, 2014 17:10
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I've spent the past 48 hours chuckling in public thinking about "Tenny Mucho Mucho DeNiro In Su Trucky-Trailer?"
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Oct 7, 2014 18:48
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Gonz posted:Detective Jeff Goldblum interrogating $2,500 worth of cash was magnificent. My video reaction to that segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2YgZX9Thm0
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Oct 7, 2014 19:28
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Kull the Conqueror posted:I've spent the past 48 hours chuckling in public thinking about "Tenny Mucho Mucho DeNiro In Su Trucky-Trailer?" It's good to know I'm not alone in that, only adding another day, at this point. It has managed to add a little levity to everything since Sunday night.
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Oct 8, 2014 18:26
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I know I'm a little tardy to the party on this one, but my wife works in development for a private high school and she told me about the scholarship exaggeration that Miss America does months ago. According to her it's a pretty common practice in the industry, and whenever a college says they "offered" X amount of dollars in scholarships to students, the figure they actually paid out somewhere between 5 and 25% of X due to several of those perspective students declining the offer in favor of other schools or opportunities. And I agree this show has definitely surpassed TDS and Colbert Report. I still watch and enjoy both, but LWT has really made me like TDS a lot less. I've grown tired of some Jon's repeat offenders like his semi-weekly Mitch McConnell turtle impressions and laughing at [insert republican here] for [dumb thing they said this week that has no effect on policy] . Yes they're good for a cheap laugh but it really feels like low hanging fruit and ultimately accomplishes nothing. TDS segments usually do the best job of bringing new issues to light, but the entire show is hampered by having only 22 minutes to work with. Out of those 22 minutes, figure about 3 for open/close and transistions and another 7 for interviews, often from someone I'd rather watch on the tonight show. LWT however seems to transcend party lines (he hits Philly and Texas in his civil forfeiture bit, 2 places that couldn't have less in common politically) and has been hitting hard on things I didn't even know were an issue. The main story really delves into a particular issue, explains it well and still manages to be hilarious.
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Oct 9, 2014 04:59
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It helps that he has a week to produce a half-hour, instead of doing 22 minutes every day.
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Oct 9, 2014 05:48
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LividLiquid posted:It helps that he has a week to produce a half-hour, instead of doing 22 minutes every day. And doesn't have to do interviews.
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Oct 9, 2014 06:01
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Oliver may be refreshingly more forceful, but let's not overstate the impact of the show. Miss America will still be around for years. Telecom companies still have the upper hand with lobbyists and access to the government. People are still buying snake oil vitamins. And those geckos are dead. There's room for more than one current events comedy show, and Stewart's McConnell impression still makes me laugh without making me imagine the image of an old man's penis.
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Oct 9, 2014 06:05
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Echo Chamber posted:Oliver may be refreshingly more forceful, but let's not overstate the impact of the show. Miss America will still be around for years. Telecom companies still have the upper hand with lobbyists and access to the government. People are still buying snake oil vitamins. And those geckos are dead. Yeah I don't think anyone's saying John Oliver will bring these vile institutions to their knees, it's just cool to get something different and interesting.
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Oct 9, 2014 06:36
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Scholarships and grants are hilariously and infuriatingly corrupt - with more strings attached than a new credit card. I went to an "elite" east coast non-religious private university, and they gave me a juicy aid package. They force all incoming first years to live in the dorms, no exceptions. Which would be fine, except the meal plans were hideously overpriced, along with a jacked up room and board pricing that was nowhere near fair. My second year I planned tomoved off-campus and was promptly notified that over $6,000 of my grant money was contingent on me staying in the dorms. Fine print is a bitch. I moved off-campus anyway. Instead of sharing a cramped room with a roommate, I had my own space and a small ten minute walk to campus. And one day, my parents and I sat down and priced out how much I spent on food and rent and all the rest - even by losing $6,000 in grant money we STILL saved a substantial chunk of money. Never forget that every university, not just the "For profit" universities, are a business at the end of the day. Or at least, that's the way the industry has moved.
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Oct 9, 2014 06:39
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Narcissus1916 posted:Never forget that every university, not just the "For profit" universities, are a business at the end of the day. Or at least, that's the way the industry has moved. gently caress neoliberalism. "Universities are the Critical Consciences of Society" my rear end. Edit: I'm just sad that I'll probably never pay off my mounting student debt. 
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Oct 9, 2014 10:41
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It's amazing that, so far, it seems like the Miss America segment created the most disagreement. No one is defending FIFA, drones, or police militarization the way MRAs and eugenicists are defending beauty pageants.
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Oct 9, 2014 12:58
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For MRAs and eugenicists, the belief that women are little more than decorative objects is a crucial feature of their existential makeup (whereas no one has founded their entire identity on being anti-drone or whatever). Anyone demanding that women be respected as people shakes them to their core, and then it's knives out.
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Oct 9, 2014 13:17
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Read John Oliver's cover story for RS. They're planning an episode called "Our Friend Israel".
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Oct 9, 2014 19:49
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Read John Oliver's cover story for RS. They're planning an episode called "Our Friend Israel". Knowing how Last Week Tonight handles things, this is gonna be... touchy.
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Oct 9, 2014 19:51
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Please use the words apartheid and genocide, please use the words apartheid and genocide.
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Oct 9, 2014 20:34
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Orange Devil posted:Please use the words apartheid and genocide, please use the words apartheid and genocide.
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Oct 9, 2014 20:46
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JT Jag posted:He's going to have to be careful. Last Week Tonight has a broad viewing base, many which might have different opinions on Israel. Now if he decides to go in that direction and be aggressively informative of the situation on the ground in Israel and Palestine, good for him, too few journalists do today, but he's going to have to approach it gradually, so people don't just tune him out. I have faith he can make it work.
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Oct 9, 2014 20:49
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Read John Oliver's cover story for RS. They're planning an episode called "Our Friend Israel". Can't wait.
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Oct 10, 2014 00:47
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JT Jag posted:He's going to have to be careful. Last Week Tonight has a broad viewing base, many which might have different opinions on Israel. Now if he decides to go in that direction and be aggressively informative of the situation on the ground in Israel and Palestine, good for him, too few journalists do today, but he's going to have to approach it gradually, so people don't just tune him out.
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Oct 11, 2014 05:39
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VagueRant posted:He probably won't take sides on the main issues but criticise Israel for...you know, the things they've said (particularly about America) and done. I doubt he'd go any harder than Jon Stewart would.
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Oct 11, 2014 09:14
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Echo Chamber posted:Oliver may be refreshingly more forceful, but let's not overstate the impact of the show. Miss America will still be around for years. Telecom companies still have the upper hand with lobbyists and access to the government. People are still buying snake oil vitamins. And those geckos are dead. And that rear end in a top hat is still Christian.
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Oct 11, 2014 18:47
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SpookyLizard posted:And that rear end in a top hat is still Christian.
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Oct 11, 2014 20:24
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The Jeanette Rankin Women's Scholarship Fund (one of the three groups that John Oliver mentioned towards the end of the Miss America segment) has taken the time to send out personal, physical thank-you cards to everyone who donated in the wake of the episode.
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Oct 12, 2014 09:14
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Read John Oliver's cover story for RS. They're planning an episode called "Our Friend Israel". That's surprising considering the way he tiptoed around it during Protective Edge. Ideally he'll explore how batshit the country's become since the assassination of Rabin, but going into how much US money is sent there in return for gently caress all or how all criticism of Israel in US media is tramped down (which is more likely) would be refreshing too
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Oct 12, 2014 10:43
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Exclamation Marx posted:That's surprising considering the way he tiptoed around it during Protective Edge. Ideally he'll explore how batshit the country's become since the assassination of Rabin, but going into how much US money is sent there in return for gently caress all or how all criticism of Israel in US media is tramped down (which is more likely) would be refreshing too Someone doesn't want to experience the second coming of Jesus, what kind of Christian American Patriot are you?
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Oct 14, 2014 03:20
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Oh so there wasn't a new episode last night. That's why I was confused when I turned on demand on and couldn't find anything since last week. (I bet they took off for Columbus Day, didn't they?)
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Oct 14, 2014 04:23
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uublog posted:Oh so there wasn't a new episode last night. That's why I was confused when I turned on demand on and couldn't find anything since last week. (I bet they took off for Columbus Day, didn't they?) They have a web piece up on the YouTube channel where Oliver pisses all over Pumpkin Spice Lattes.
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Oct 14, 2014 04:40
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DivisionPost posted:They have a web piece up on the YouTube channel where Oliver pisses all over Pumpkin Spice Lattes. "Eggnog for morning people" is just tremendous 
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Oct 15, 2014 01:42
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Here's something to whet your appetite before the next new episode. Comedian John Oliver Has Actually Produced Investigative Journalism
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Oct 19, 2014 06:50
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Y-Hat posted:Here's something to whet your appetite before the next new episode.
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Oct 19, 2014 06:58
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I didn't know that he has people who used to work for the NY Times Magazine and ProPublica. That's enlightening, at least, and shows that he's trying harder than most other media outlets.
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Oct 19, 2014 07:32
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Really this show is just what The Bugle would be with an actual research staff.
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Oct 19, 2014 07:37
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SlothfulCobra posted:Really this show is just what The Bugle would be with an actual research staff.
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Oct 19, 2014 09:05
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Oliver is ripshit pissed tonight.
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Oct 20, 2014 04:16
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DivisionPost posted:Oliver is ripshit pissed tonight. Seriously- you can tell, he talks faster the more angry he gets. Honestly, this has been a really good episode. That interview was heart breaking, but it really drove the point home.
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Oct 20, 2014 04:24
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God I love this show. He, rightfully, ripped the loving poo poo out of the stupid bureaucracy for screwing those translators.
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Oct 20, 2014 04:24
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Animal court!
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