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Rupert Buttermilk posted:A trending topic on Facebook right now is something like "John Oliver's Last Week Tonight says some televangelists are scams". I have faith in Our Lady Of Perpetual Exemption
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bobkatt013 posted:I have faith in Our Lady Of Perpetual Exemption Praise be.
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Aug 17, 2015 16:46
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Mo0 posted:I'm curious why Mississippi, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Nevada are exempt. Do they have stricter definitions of what a church is that preclude it from being valid there? He clearly just thinks those three states are useless and aren't worthy.
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Aug 17, 2015 18:47
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I just signed Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption up for a free subscription of Maxim, praise be.
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Aug 17, 2015 18:56
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If you enjoyed alternating between seething and laughing throughout this episode, check out "An Honest Liar" on Netflix. A decent portion is devoted to James Randi's takedown of one of the bigger televangelists in the 80s.
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Aug 17, 2015 19:10
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Jesus loving christ. This is hilarious but also really 
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Aug 17, 2015 19:35
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I've known about this bullshit for years, it's nice to see it brought to light on HBO. It is absolutely disgusting and the fact that it is legal in this country just makes me loving sick. That being said, I am sending $20 to Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption in the hopes that it will cure my Devil Lupus. #notmychristian
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Aug 17, 2015 19:46
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It's never lupus.
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Aug 17, 2015 20:02
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TurboFlamingChicken posted:I've known about this bullshit for years, it's nice to see it brought to light on HBO. It is absolutely disgusting and the fact that it is legal in this country just makes me loving sick. Watch John Oliver accidentally found the new Church of Scientology.
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Aug 17, 2015 20:12
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Demiurge4 posted:Watch John Oliver accidentally found the new Church of Scientology. All glory to the pun bell. - gently caress You Chris.
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Aug 17, 2015 20:16
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I've seen some glimpses of televangelists while messing around with the TV and assumed they'd be at least a bit off-kilter, but I never knew they were that blatantly exploitative. All that "seed" poo poo is just amazingly transparent in how scummy it is, especially when they go out of their way to make it absolutely clear that their aim is to target the financially downtrodden.
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Aug 17, 2015 20:19
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I kind of want to send him money just to see what happens Don't actually have any to send though
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Aug 17, 2015 20:26
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Toplowtech posted:I realized that last friday and next sunday, John Oliver tells me to TOUCH THE SCREEN. Definitively a miracle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA21kAovan0
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Aug 17, 2015 20:36
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Larry Wilmore did do a few bits a few weeks back mocking the Dollar guy. I'm also getting a Colbert SuperPAC vibe from this. Nonetheless, this was in a few months making and Oliver is the best guy to pull off a "let's start a mock church" without coming off as a punchable  atheist.
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Aug 17, 2015 21:02
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Freaquency posted:If you enjoyed alternating between seething and laughing throughout this episode, check out "An Honest Liar" on Netflix. A decent portion is devoted to James Randi's takedown of one of the bigger televangelists in the 80s. Peter Popoff might be the most famous case of televangelist fraud exposure ever, and he's still operating a scam church.
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Aug 17, 2015 21:16
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Jonas Albrecht posted:Peter Popoff might be the most famous case of televangelist fraud exposure ever, and he's still operating a scam church. I can't remember the guy's name off the top of my head but there was the one who took things too far and said that if people didn't donate god would literally kill him.
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Aug 17, 2015 21:34
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muscles like this? posted:I can't remember the guy's name off the top of my head but there was the one who took things too far and said that if people didn't donate god would literally kill him. Oral Roberts: http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1677098,00.html  Time to tithe. Since it is going to Doctors Without Borders it seems worthy enough.
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Aug 17, 2015 22:12
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I thought the actual post-establishment church bit fell a bit flat, but the correspondence with Mr Tilton and the checklist of becoming a church made up for it. 
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Aug 17, 2015 22:18
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TurboFlamingChicken posted:Oral Roberts: http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1677098,00.html Actually, because of the tax laws I bet he'll let the church run for a couple months before dissolving it entirely, the stated rules saying that upon the dissolution of the church all assets will be released to MSF so legally there's no grounds for the IRS to dick with them. quote:The church is now open to the public and has its own site. On it, Oliver encourages people to send cash, check or money orders to a New York PO box. The fine print states that should the church choose to wind down and dissolve in the future, “any assets belonging to the Church at that time will be distributed to Doctors Without Borders, a non-profit charitable organization that is tax-exempt under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (EIN: 13-3433452) and which provides emergency medical aid in places where it is needed most”.
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Aug 17, 2015 23:10
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hubris.height posted:Mr. Show also had a church of Satan episode that is oddly reminiscent of Televangelists. "I eaaaaaaat, I sleeeeeeeep, I take a baaaaaath, I watch....pornographiiiieees."
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Aug 17, 2015 23:13
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I hope John Oliver buys a jet before giving the remainder to charity.
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Aug 17, 2015 23:23
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TurboFlamingChicken posted:Oral Roberts: http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1677098,00.html Oral Roberts sounds like a sex act. Not one as exotic as a Rusty Venture (or as mundane as one, depending on who you ask), but it's definitely a blowjob thing.
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Aug 17, 2015 23:37
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GreyjoyBastard posted:I thought the actual post-establishment church bit fell a bit flat, but the correspondence with Mr Tilton and the checklist of becoming a church made up for it. I was at the taping and they filmed that whole bit twice, and the second time wasn't as funny as the first time - the back and forth between John and his "wife" was a lot funnier the first time, but it seems like the used the second go-round in the actual airing.
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Aug 18, 2015 01:42
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I really wish it could have been John's real wife. She seems cool. Fake wife didn't really feel right.
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Aug 18, 2015 02:23
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M_Gargantua posted:I really wish it could have been John's real wife. She seems cool. Fake wife didn't really feel right. John's real wife is so much hotter than John that nobody would have found it believable that they got married.
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Aug 18, 2015 02:31
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M_Gargantua posted:I really wish it could have been John's real wife. She seems cool. Fake wife didn't really feel right. I don't know if he'd be comfortable having his actual wife beg viewers to plant their seeds deep inside. Also: Soylentbits posted:John's real wife is so much hotter than John that nobody would have found it believable that they got married.
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Aug 18, 2015 02:51
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Keyser S0ze posted:
My brain is having a hard time interpreting this as anything but a photoshop.
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Aug 18, 2015 02:53
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Motto posted:My brain is having a hard time interpreting this as anything but a photoshop. John Oliver is a funny, successful British dude. If he can do it so can you!
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Aug 18, 2015 03:12
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M_Gargantua posted:I really wish it could have been John's real wife. She seems cool. Fake wife didn't really feel right. As for Oliver's real wife, I assume most of you are familiar with the story with how they met up so I'm not not even going to bother digging up a link. I remember it being a sweet story. The Daily Show not only gave John his current and last job, but his marriage too.
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Echo Chamber posted:As for Oliver's real wife, I assume most of you are familiar with the story with how they met up so I'm not not even going to bother digging up a link. I remember it being a sweet story. The Daily Show not only gave John his current and last job, but his marriage too. I am not, so I have to assume it's the accent. Because an Irish chick could do that to me, if I were in any way remotely attractive, funny, or successful like Oliver for that to be a thing.
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Motto posted:My brain is having a hard time interpreting this as anything but a photoshop. Women care about whether their potential mate is a good and kind person.
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Pick posted:Women care about whether their potential mate is a good and kind person. I know, it's just that Oliver's expression there makes him look like one of Colbert's old "I'm with ___" standees.
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IRQ posted:I am not, so I have to assume it's the accent. Because an Irish chick could do that to me, if I were in any way remotely attractive, funny, or successful like Oliver for that to be a thing. quote:Among the highlights of his ensuing career at "The Daily Show", probably the most memorable for him was covering the 2008 Republican Convention in St. Paul. As his usual obnoxious correspondent, he was at risk because he could not afford to get arrested for anything — deportation loomed. So when he wandered into a restricted area and was pursued by security, he sought refuge among some veterans invited by pro-military politicians. The one who helped Mr. Oliver hide out was a female vet, Kate Norley. He was grateful, took down her email and married her three years later.
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mik posted:I was at the taping and they filmed that whole bit twice, and the second time wasn't as funny as the first time - the back and forth between John and his "wife" was a lot funnier the first time, but it seems like the used the second go-round in the actual airing.
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Aug 18, 2015 04:23
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Good Lord that story makes it sound like she didn't even have a choice.
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IRQ posted:I am not, so I have to assume it's the accent. Because an Irish chick could do that to me, if I were in any way remotely attractive, funny, or successful like Oliver for that to be a thing. Let me see if I remember this correctly off the top of my head (don't take it as gospel, wait for someone to confirm): Kate was a...combat medic, I think? Anyway, she was an Army vet, and the GOP asked her and some other members of her unit to speak at the 2008 RNC as part of their SUPPORT ARE TROOPS routine. Oliver happens to be there doing a remote, and when the organizers get wind of this, they order security to physically escort him and his crew out. At one point, they have a close call that sends Oliver and his team booking through the upper floors of the hotel, knocking on doors, looking for a place to hide. One of the doors they knocked on was Kate's room, and the rest was history. Interestingly enough, John once told David Letterman that Kate doesn't find him all that funny. Must've married him for his looks. EDIT: Looks like I was beaten...but mostly right, at least! DivisionPost fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Aug 18, 2015 |
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Aug 18, 2015 04:32
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I knew Reverend Tilton looked familiar... (this is so old that posting it borders on being en vogue again) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtW5upD5oW4
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Mo0 posted:I'm curious why Mississippi, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Nevada are exempt. Do they have stricter definitions of what a church is that preclude it from being valid there? You can't solicit for donations from those states without registering as a nonprofit or church there.
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Exclamation Marx posted:The whole site is a giant donate button, I love it. When this segment came on I got really excited and was hoping they'd show the one I'd made, then I remembered my friend told me it'd been flat-out rejected from the website. (I'm American but submitted it using the name/email address of a Kiwi mate of mine to mess with him.) I wish I'd tried a little harder to justify it in the description so it might have slipped through and been put up publicly, might have had a brief moment in the sun of goon-fame.  
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