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I'd forgotten that Blip.fm automatically feeds here until I noticed it pop up on my Twitter feed from here. I don't remember setting that up for LiveJournal or Twitter. But then, it's been a while since I've touched Blip.fm either. Oops.

Considering that my last entry for this journal was way the hell back in March ( Read more... )

From Thursday:

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The delayed announcements to announce announcements was a fun gimmick and it generated a toss between The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, but I didn't actually believe Jon or Stephen would bother to hold a rally. Well, it's really happening. The Rally to Restore Sanity:

The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cRally to Restore Sanity ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was thinking of (and then went in search of) Thomas Paine's The Crisis. It's a collection of articles from the 18th Century written to stir the colonies to rise up against the British. Setting that notion aside, I always appreciated its general message of taking responsibility, doing what needs to be done so that the next generation ( Read more... )

There was a dry spell for a while, but Stephen has been churning out the Word segments lately. Last night's lampoons Arizona's new laws that promote racial profiling and Fourth Amendment violations.

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cThe Word - Docu-Dramawww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorFox News"Everyone ( Read more... )

I've been following John Fugelsang's running commentary about this lately, too.

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I don't know. Don't we have enough immediate problems (the economy, health care, climate ( Read more... )

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I'm used to seeing his short parodies, but for him to carry on like that for more than half the show's running time ... Well done. And a little scary.

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I'd like John Oliver to do protest (or even fake-protest) coverage at least once a week. It never fails to have fun results.


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Watched the old PBS Frost/Nixon interview. Very much admire the incredible patience that Frost must possess. Also now understand where the "I don't recall/remember" defense really found its niche.

Valentino: The Last Emperor ... pretty clothes, snippy (albeit brilliant) old Italian men, weird eccentricities of old Italian men, and puppies. The ( Read more... )