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The Cheshire Cat posted:The problem in Venezuela is that as an oil rich nation it was able to grow on imports, without the agricultural base to sustain itself if the oil dried up or (as mentioned in the segment) if the value suddenly dropped. If they had built up a surplus or diversified their economy they would have been able to weather it better, but another issue with having a single strong export is that it's very easy to succumb to corruption. When you're rich on oil it doesn't actually take a lot of people to extract the wealth that drives your nation so the thinking eventually becomes "well what do I need all these OTHER people for?" This is why so many oil rich countries have such a poor standard of living except for the very top people - the only infrastructure they've built is what is necessary for the oil to be extracted and exported; everything else goes to the military or their own extravagant lifestyles. Chavez may have genuinely wanted to help his nation, but he also probably liked "being loved by the people" more than he liked responsible economic policy. Maduro isn't even well liked so there's no reason for him to even keep up the pretense of caring what people think.
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I know that Stewart’s Daily Show innovated the practice of DVRing all the cable and network news, then searching the Closed Captioning to mine material. I wouldn’t be surprised that Oliver’s adopted a similar workflow at LWT. As for how they obtain local news, I have no clue. A lot of stations stream their newscasts online; maybe they’re using that? Or they have watchers set up in key markets around the country?  Edit: Actually, I don’t know how well the CC searching method would work. A lot of local news is captioned by way of simply feeding the TelePrompTer script; as such, ad-libs in crosstalk often isn’t reflected in the CC. Since much of And Now is taken from that kind of filler...
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Jun 5, 2018 00:09
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I hope they upload the entire alternate ending to Youtube.
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Jun 11, 2018 10:32
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Soothing Vapors posted:My god, a link was posted twice in the same thread. Think of the wasted pixels Colonial Air Force posted:No. It's a nice strawman though.
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Jun 22, 2018 00:54
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None of it was censored in the version I saw. I know they used to censor the clips on YouTube, is that what you saw?
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Jun 26, 2018 23:24
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“The Ken Bone of 9/11” is such a remarkably on-point description for Giuliani.
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Aug 21, 2018 07:19
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There’s usually something in each episode that’s great, something that’s weak, a filler, and some average content All 7 episodes are valid to exist on the strength of the NPR guy mosque bit alone. quote:He’s saying there’s black people in Kingman who aren’t welcome here either but we tolerate ‘em!
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Aug 28, 2018 11:25
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swickles posted:Yes, never forget that Rick Scott settled the largest Medicare fraud case in US history. The guy should literally be in prison.
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Sep 18, 2018 22:46
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tarlibone posted:I saw that it said "Repeat" on my DVR's guide, but I recorded it anyway, just in case. It's been marking new premieres of The Venture Bros. as repeats for the better part of the season for some reason, so I never really know. The show started with new content, but then it was just a framing device to set up the repeat. So, my DVR guide was right after all.
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Sep 19, 2018 23:20
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I liked the stealth Olson Twins callback in the FB ad.
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Sep 24, 2018 12:21
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In some SNL podcasts recorded last year, the hosts sometimes use boof in the context of, “this episode really boofs it.” Sounds like a synonym for beefing it, wiping out, eating poo poo. It isn’t unbelievable that, 35 years prior, in high school (wherein - and science proves this - everyone says stupid poo poo,) it could have had scatalogical implications It’s also not unbelievable that kavanaugh did sex no-nos
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Oct 11, 2018 05:24
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On the subject of replies: Why does this thread seem to have a day or so delay? The show is on Sundays at 11/10c, right? Yet there is usually just one or sometimes two replies the night of broadcast, and then the usual TV IV-esque discussion starting 24-36 hours later. Like, virtually every week. It’s so unlike any other TV IV thread I’ve seen. So does no-one here watch it live? Are we all watching it on HBO Go or what have you the next day? Are we all truly the impoverished proletariat, unable to afford HBO, using  or a friend’s HBO Go password to watch?Myself, I never see it until Monday night. I haven’t had access to an HBO subscription since the last century.
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Phenotype posted:Yep, this sure had a tangible effect.
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Nov 15, 2018 19:10
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Sunday is the last episode of the season, so you whiny bitches will have a few months without hearing about Trump or bad jokes or whatever.
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Nov 16, 2018 05:27
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I used to listen to Democracy Now! every day, religiously. I stopped because of unrelated reasons, but boy, sometimes I reflect on all the real news I’m no longer hearing every morning, and breathe a sigh of relief. It’s really dark. Enjoy the comedy.
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Nov 18, 2018 00:28
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The Authoritarianism segment was thoroughly depressing.
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Nov 19, 2018 10:11
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Orange Devil posted:Conservatives watched Colbert because they thought his character was what he actually believed and he was only pretending it was comedy in order to get liberals to watch him.
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Nov 24, 2018 23:48
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I still have that really nice OG deluxe DVD set of Master and Commander. I’ve only actually sat down and watched the whole movie a few times in the 14 years I’ve had it. It’s always The Release I think of when I reflect on the glory days of DVD, when movies still came with booklets, cases didn’t have holes, and you didn’t have to import from Korea for a real collector’s edition (Not my photo) I should get that on blu-ray. Thanks for reminding me of this underrated gem.
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Nov 26, 2018 21:31
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It’s very possible to have seen something many years ago, and then, because you grew up in the subsequent decades, reject those old trappings of youth while still remembering that was a thing you once knew. C’mon.
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Nov 27, 2018 17:49
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The Radical Center-Left 
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Nov 28, 2018 19:42
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Or, ignore it until there’s new episodes and let people carry on.
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And in that spirit, i would like to address the poor souls who just can’t even with all these posts, and would rather shut it down until the show returns: Go ahead and un-bookmark this thread, and then go into your phone and set a reminder for February 3 2019 to re-bookmark it. While we don’t know exactly when in February the show returns, not reading the thread for the next two months should limit your exposure to discussions that don’t interest you.
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