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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Colbert Report - Mike Krzyzewski



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Mike Krzyzewski differentiates between teamwork and socialism.


Colbert Report - The Word - Stressed Position



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Americans will get justice for torture without making any of the good guys pay the price.


Colbert Report - George Will's Demon Denim



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George Will is the only one brave enough to shine a light on demon denim.


Daily Show - Moment of Zen - Ignoramus



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Hugo Chavez calls Barack Obama an ignorant lawyer.


Daily Show - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf



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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf discusses her triumphant victory, and makes Jon a chief.


Daily Show - The Stockholm Syndrome



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Wyatt Cenac travels to Sweden to wake them up from their socialist nightmare.


Daily Show - This Week in Demagogues - Ahmadinejad & Chavez



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A clown heckler interrupts Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Barack Obama endures an awkward meeting with Hugo Chavez.


Clinton Questions Cheney's Credibility



Hillary Clinton questioned former Vice President Dick Cheney's credibility on the torture memos recently released by the Obama administration. "Well, it won't surprise you, I don't consider him a particularly reliable source of information," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Rep. Dana Rohrbacher (R.-Calif.) at a hearing.


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Shiny On, Nude Swedish Crispbread Dancers



Four young men from Sweden's industrial heartland have captured the imagination of a large international audience with their synchronized nude crispbread dance.


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Torture Used to Seek Saddam/Al Qaeda Link



The Bush administration put relentless pressure on interrogators to use harsh methods on detainees in part to find evidence of cooperation between al Qaida and the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime, according to a former senior U.S. intelligence official and a former Army psychiatrist. Such information would've provided a foundation for one of former President George W. Bush's main arguments for invading Iraq in 2003. No evidence has ever been found of operational ties between Osama bin Laden's terrorist network and Saddam's regime.


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Supremes Hear Reverse Racism Case



The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a Connecticut firefighters' civil rights case that has the potential to change hiring practices nationwide. The court will weigh whether the city of New Haven's decision to scrap a promotion exam because too few minorities passed violates the civil rights of top-scoring white applicants.


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Minuteman Founder Challenging McCain



Chris Simcox, the founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and a prominent figure in the movement to clamp down on illegal immigration, will be announcing tomorrow at an event on the Mexican border that he's resigned from the group to run in the 2010 Senate primary against Sen. John McCain.


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Freddie Mac CFO Found Dead



David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, was found dead at his home Wednesday morning in what broadcast reports said was an apparent suicide. The 41-year-old has been Freddie Mac's chief financial officer since September.


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San Fran Mayor Running for Governor



San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, 41, is running to become California's next governor, seeking the Democratic nomination to succeed Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Newsom could face 71-year-old Attorney General Jerry Brown and 64-year-old Lt. Gov. John Garamendi in next year's Democratic primary.


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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

McMaken: Tax Protests Were Weak Tea



Ryan McMaken: The Tea Party movement is clearly a "Conservative" movement in its membership and core philosophy, and therefore it is not surprising that many of the very same people who now loudly claim to oppose government spending and taxation, were the very same people who, for the last eight years, had been cheerleaders for one of the most profligate administrations in American history. And yet, here they were at the Tea Party, pretending to be principled opponents of government power.


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World's Rivers Losing Flow



The flow of water in the world's largest rivers has declined over the past half-century, with significant changes found in about a third of the big rivers. An analysis of 925 major rivers from 1948 to 2004 showed an overall decline in total discharge. The reduction in inflow to the Pacific Ocean alone was equal to shutting off the Mississippi River, according to a study appearing in the American Meteorological Society's Journal of Climate.


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Niman: Pirates, Bankers and Libertarians



Michael I. Niman: For Ron Paul's growing legion of dope-addled contradictarian libertarians, Somalia is like nirvana. There are no taxes. No public education. No national healthcare. No national debt. No labor laws. No environmental laws. No business regulations. No unions. No import or export restrictions. No meddlesome big governmentor small government for that matter. And everyone smokes khat, which is a leafy plant that temporarily deludes its users into feeling as if their problems are gone. Somalia, a country that hasn't had an operating central government since 1991, is a libertarian Republican's wet dream, where entrepreneurs can grow their businesses unfettered by laws and regulations.


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Brothels Feeling Squeezed



In Germany and other places where prostitution is legal, the economic downturn has led some brothels to cut prices, add free promotions or even a flat rate. Free shuttle buses, discounts for seniors and taxi drivers, as well as "day passes" are among marketing strategies designed to keep business going. Berlin's Pussy Club offers a 70-Euro package from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: "You can eat as much as you want, drink as much as you want and have as much sex as you want," said the club manager.


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Miss California: 'God Was Testing My Faith'



Carrie Prejean, who as Miss California was runner-up at the Miss USA beauty pagaent, said that she "dreaded" the prospect of being asked about gay marriage -- which happened when she randomly picked judge Perez Hilton's question. "I had a gut feeling. I knew he was controversial, and so was the question. Out of all the topics I studied up on, I dreaded that one, I prayed I would not be asked about gay marriage. If I had any other question, I know I would have won."


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Colbert Report - Regrets



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Stephen's only regret is all the great stuff that was cut out because the audience wouldn't stop cheering.


Colbert Report - Joe Arpaio



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Sheriff Joe Arpaio denies that he focuses too much on illegal immigration.


Colbert Report - Texas Secession & MACA



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Texas Governor Rick Perry wants to secede, and MACA urges the Obamas to use pesticides in their organic garden.


Colbert Report -Maersk Alabama - Ken Quinn



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Second Mate Ken Quinn and Stephen are going back out to sea to hunt pirates in a two-man paddleboat.


Colbert Report - Anger's Aweigh



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Granting vigilantes the right to shoot pirates on the high seas is the free market at its best.


Colbert Report - Castro Death Wish List



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Stephen wants to force feed Castro hot dogs and make him watch "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."


Daily Show - Moment of Zen - Elmo's Green



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Elmo turns green for Earth Day.


Daily Show - Reza Aslan



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Osama bin Laden achieving his goal of recreating the globe is as likely as Reza Aslan becoming Angelina Jolie's boy toy.


Daily Show - Back in Black - Kids' Earth Day



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Kids need to start pooping in a solar-powered bucket so Wilmer Valderrama doesn't have to give up his Escalade.


Daily Show - We Don't Torture



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No one is upset about the fact that America tortures, they're just upset that they now know about it.


Obama Tells Cabinet to Make $100 Million in Cuts






Iran's Leader Sparks Western Walkout






Obama Thanks CIA for Work Against America's Foes






Newt Gingrich Slams Obama On Chavez Handshake






Animal-Rights Activist 'Most Wanted Terrorist'



The FBI for the first time has placed an animal rights activist on the bureau's "Most Wanted Terrorists" list. Daniel Andreas San Diego, 31, is a "strict vegan" charged with bombing two corporate offices in California in 2003. The blasts caused extensive property damage but no deaths.


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Rudy Guiliani, Defender of Marriage



Rudy Giuliani is declaring war on gay marriage -- vowing to use his strong opposition of it against the Democrats if he runs for governor next year. "Marriage, I believe, both traditionally and legally, has always been between a man and a woman and should remain between a man and woman," said Giuliani.


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Watchdog: Bank Bailout Vulnerable to Fraud



Taxpayers are increasingly exposed to losses and the government is more vulnerable to fraud under Obama administration initiatives that have created a federal bank bailout program of "unprecedented scope," a government report finds.


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Pesticides Linked to Parkinson's



Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have provided strong new evidence linking at least some cases of Parkinson's disease to exposure to pesticides. Researchers have suspected for some time that pesticides may cause the neurodegenerative disorder, and experiments in animals have shown that the chemicals, particularly the fungicide maneb and the herbicide paraquat, can cause Parkinson's-like symptoms in animals. But proving it in humans has been difficult because of problems in assessing exposure to the agents. Parkinson's is a disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer's motor skills, speech and other functions. It is not fatal of itself, but complications often are. As many as 180 of every 100,000 Americans develop it.


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Dow Drops 290 on Bank Worries



Long-present unease about soured loans bubbled over on Monday after Bank of America said it set aside $13.4 billion to cover lending losses, even as it posted a profit for the first quarter, and as anxiety grew about the results of the government's "stress tests" to determine if banks will need more government bailout money. While Bank of America and other big banks like Citigroup have fared better so far this year than many believed they would, nervousness is growing now over the massive losses from defaulting loans that are yet to come. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 290 points, or 3.6%, to 7,841.73 -- the biggest Dow drop since early March.


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Astronaut Believes UFO Crashed at Roswell



Former astronaut Edgar, who was part of the 1971 Apollo 14 moon mission, asserted Monday that extraterrestrial life exists and that the truth is being concealed by the U.S. and other governments. Mitchell, who grew up in Roswell, N.M., said that after a UFO crashed there in 1947, residents were "hushed and told not to talk about their experience by military authorities" and warned of "dire consequences" if they did so.


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Sun at Coolest Temperature in a Century



The Sun is the dimmest it has been for nearly a century. There are no sunspots, very few solar flares -- and our nearest star is the quietest it has been for a very long time.


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Obese Create More Greenhouse Gas



A population of heavier people contributes more harmful gases to the planet than a population of thin people, according to a study by Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. "The main message is staying thin. It's good for you, and it's good for the planet," said school lecturer Phil Edwards.


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21 Horses Die at Florida Polo Event



Twenty-one Venezuelan polo horses died after becoming sick before a Florida polo tournament. The horses from the Lechuza Caracas team were being unloaded from trailers Sunday when two collapsed and others acted dizzy and disoriented. Seven died at the scene and another 14 died overnight. "Clearly there's some sort of a poison," Dr. James Belden told NBC.


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