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Dr Christmas posted:Even worse, they had already tried and lost using that strategy in 2010. And things now are way better than they were in 2010. But yet, Obama continues to be black...
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Jonas Albrecht posted:Seriously. That law is loving disgusting. "loving Florida" is something you can say without a specific subject in mind.
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I always hated how professional pundits get paid to say meaningless drivel on TV like "Republicans/Democrats will be doing some soul-searching" every two years after an election. They said it for Republicans in '06, '08 and '12; and Dems in '04 and '10. I still have no clue what that "soul searching" amounted to because it didn't happen. Glad Stewart finally pointed out it's bullshit. (I also have flashbacks or how the media turned the '10 midterms from an anti-incumbency narrative to a women's night narrative because of the lack of other interesting ways to spin it.) I don't know if I want to continue the Reince Priebus discussion. Oddly, I didn't mind it too much; it was a "Republican night". Yeah, I called bullshit too when Priebus said it was Obama who refused to negotiate with the Republicans, but I'm not sure what good it would have done had Stewart called him out on it when people already voted (or didn't) and the Democrats have shown to be willfully spineless. I guess I'm weird. I can, to a limited extent, sit through Stewart letting people like Bill O'Reilly or Priebus use TDS as a platform; but I skip interviews with Ben Affleck or Lena Dunham altogether because seeing Jon suck up to them will infuriate me more.
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I'd love to see Kay Hagan one of those other Democrats interviewed and asked point blank about their strategy of running away from Obama. Unfortunately it might not be on TDS if they keep throwing softballs in their interviews. Regardless at some point someone needs to be held accountable for their ridiculous decisions.
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Knucklebear posted:Regardless at some point someone needs to be held accountable for their ridiculous decisions. No one in Washington is ever held accountable except for two things: a perceived betrayal of their base, or a sex scandel (and the latter is only sometimes). Hell, no one was held accountable for the loving Iraq War. You might as well be waiting for the rapture.
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Paper Kaiju posted:No one in Washington is ever held accountable except for two things: a perceived betrayal of their base, or a sex scandel (and the latter is only sometimes). Hell, no one was held accountable for the loving Iraq War. You might as well be waiting for the rapture. Don't worry, I'm sure any part of the next two years that isn't spent trying to repeal Obamacare will be spent getting to the bottom of Benghazi!
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Barely a week out and a correspondent comes back to Austin already.  I think the APD came off pretty well in the segment. I have zero problem believing that there's more a reaction to police shooting a dog than a person. 
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37%? Jesus Christ, that's appalling. Thanks, America. 
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I wonder if Jon thinks the soldiers we sent to Africa are just blasting Ebola victims. He seemed to legit not grasp what advisors and their aides are.
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Paper Kaiju posted:No one in Washington is ever held accountable except for two things: a perceived betrayal of their base, or a sex scandel (and the latter is only sometimes). David Vitter pretty much proved that the latter is no longer a factor.
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I know one of the guys in Jordan Klepper's panel; one of the white guys that Klepper called a cop. He's local reporter Charlie Kratovil. He's... an interesting character to say the least. Small world. Not sure why Klepper needed a New Jersey panel. Echo Chamber fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Nov 11, 2014 |
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Tatum Girlparts posted:I wonder if Jon thinks the soldiers we sent to Africa are just blasting Ebola victims. He seemed to legit not grasp what advisors and their aides are. Seriously, you could probably name a dozen legit things wrong with getting involved in Iraq again and he managed to find the most bad-faith argument of all. I mean I guess it would be understandable to think that if you're not familiar with military bureaucracy, but he should know better. 404GoonNotFound posted:David Vitter pretty much proved that the latter is no longer a factor. Also Mark Sanford, although it's not entirely clear whether that is just a matter of South Carolina being full of fuckups. raditts fucked around with this message at 21:39 on Nov 11, 2014 |
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I know I just said this ITT but Jon literally doesn't understand what advisers are and it's kinda crazy. Like, he's made zero effort to research what he's mad at. "3000 advisers? So, what, 1000 are advisers and...yea the other 2000 are troops right?" "Well...no..."
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Nov 12, 2014 05:26
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Nov 12, 2014 16:35
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Tatum Girlparts posted:I know I just said this ITT but Jon literally doesn't understand what advisers are and it's kinda crazy. Like, he's made zero effort to research what he's mad at. I hope this doesn't become the new "cup of soda / cup of weed" thing for him.
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Oh right, Pointergate. Best conservative facepalm since TERRORIST FIST JAB. Oh, and the mayor was in the middle of a major police corruption investigation when the officer "leaked" that gang sign to the news.
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So are the police being mocked mercilessly over this bullshit, or is everyone buying that pointing is now a notorious gang sign?
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Nothing says "Journalism is dead" quite like a picture of a black person pointing making it to the loving news as "IS IT A GANG SIGN?!?!" with absolutely nobody along the way saying "gosh, this sounds like it might be completely loving retarded and not at all grounded in reality." Post-racial society, everyone.
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loving veterans. I would love to wear a Yabba Dabba Doo Hat every day, and they ruined it
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I'm not sure if anyone's ever left a job and remained on as good terms with their former employer as Oliver apparently has.
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Spoonsy posted:I'm not sure if anyone's ever left a job and remained on as good terms with their former employer as Oliver apparently has. Stephen Colbert and Steve Carrel
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Yea it's fairly easy to remain on good terms when you're friends with your ex boss and he genuinely seems happy to see you succeed in your own ways. Like, I'll give Jon poo poo for a lot of stuff but he's always seemed to be a pretty stand up guy when it comes to relations and all.
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Nov 14, 2014 05:18
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The best way to fix the 40-hour work week is for employers to stop being spiteful assholes and pay their employees full time.
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Dr Christmas posted:The best way to fix the 40-hour work week is for employers to stop being spiteful assholes and pay their employees full time. Yeah, it seems weird that they're blaming the ACA for business owners and insurance providers being lovely people.
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Dr Christmas posted:The best way to fix the 40-hour work week is for employers to stop being spiteful assholes and pay their employees full time.
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achillesforever6 posted:Isn't Costco good at this and wouldn't you know it they ain't doing that bad; of course GOP assholes keep trying to say that raising the min wage would cause businesses to collapse and jobs to disappear.
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InequalityGodzilla posted:Yeah, Costco is pretty much the best example of a big name company in the US that treats its workers like actual people and does extremely well. And you an easily tell any time you walk in a store. Everyone there genuinely seems like they want to be there.
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bull3964 posted:And you an easily tell any time you walk in a store. Everyone there genuinely seems like they want to be there.
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achillesforever6 posted:Isn't Costco good at this and wouldn't you know it they ain't doing that bad; of course GOP assholes keep trying to say that raising the min wage would cause businesses to collapse and jobs to disappear. Yep, they are utterly ruthless to other companies but treat people like human loving beings, paying like 20 bucks an hour for normal low skill work.
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I'm so sick of Chris Hardwick. All he does is leach off the popularity of more popular shows like a parasite. I have to race to turn off my DVR before I see his smug loving face pop up on my TV screen during the credits begging for someone to give him attention "Hey Colbert fans please don't change the channel my show is next just give it a chance." He does the same thing with The Walking Dead, before the show is even over, completely taking me out of the moment. Does anyone like this douche
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speshl guy posted:I'm so sick of Chris Hardwick. All he does is leach off the popularity of more popular shows like a parasite. I have to race to turn off my DVR before I see his smug loving face pop up on my TV screen during the credits begging for someone to give him attention "Hey Colbert fans please don't change the channel my show is next just give it a chance." Midnight is pretty funny.
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speshl guy posted:I'll be honest I've never given it a chance because of the pandering But a bunch of shows do that. They show a commercial for what is coming up next.
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Did Chris Hardwick kill your puppy or something? That bit is about three seconds long.
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An add is one thing but having to plead directly to the audience to not change the channel is another. If your show is good it should gain popularity naturally. He takes up the whole spot to beg, and the casual viewer ends up clueless as to what the show is even about.
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speshl guy posted:I'll be honest I've never given it a chance because of the pandering @Midnight is good because of the actual funny people that are the contestants on the show, mind you, not Chris Hardwick.
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speshl guy posted:An add is one thing but having to plead directly to the audience to not change the channel is another. If your show is good it should gain popularity naturally. He takes up the whole spot to beg, and the casual viewer ends up clueless as to what the show is even about. You know its not like the Daily show ever did anything similar, with having Jon talk to Stephen Colbert. Once again its like a second, and if you watch it you would know it really does not have a subject as its an improv show.
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I get that there's similarities but Stewart and Colbert have had 15 and 9 years respectively to build their particular brands into public awareness, hell Stewart is the most trusted man in America right now. Hardwick is shamelessly riding that wave. I'm okay with being manipulated into watching something, when watching television that pretty much goes with the territory, but goddamn son be a little more subtle about it. No one likes to be assaulted before the previous host is done saying goodbye.
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