Showing posts with label Jon Stewart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jon Stewart. Show all posts
Saturday, August 08, 2015
Saturday, April 04, 2015
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Jon Stewart vs. IRS "Lost Emails" Nonsense
Friday, February 14, 2014
Friday, May 24, 2013
Thursday, March 07, 2013
LOL: Jon Stewart on Rand Paul's Filibuster
Take a look. A bit of it: “I can’t say I agree with Rand Paul about everything, but as issues go, drone oversight is one certainly worth kicking up a fuss for.”
UPDATE: Video embedded. There's an ad first. Sorry.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Obama's Choice of Words on Benghazi "Not Optimal"
When Jon Stewart asked the President about the debacle in Libya, the president replied that "if four Americans get killed, it's not optimal." Seriously? Seriously? "Not optimal"? Add this "bumps in the road," yeah? Ugh.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
A Study in Contrasts: Campaign Priorities
A thought in passing as I rush around with research deadlines. After that first presidential debate, the Romney campaign gave us a major foreign policy speech. The Obama campaign gave us an ad featuring a character from a children's TV program. One of these campaigns is proving itself to be fundamentally and irremediably unserious.
Speaking of striking contrasts ... Tomorrow is the VP debate, and I CAN'T WAIT.
UPDATE: Heh.
Speaking of striking contrasts ... Tomorrow is the VP debate, and I CAN'T WAIT.
UPDATE: Heh.
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
Saturday, April 07, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Jon Stewart and Occupy Wall Street
No comment needed. Just listen to these people talk when Samantha Bee interviews them.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Jon Stewart Makes More Sense Than Many a Political Pundit
Heh. Well, I don't disagree about Obamacare!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Ten Years Later
It doesn't seem like ten years have passed. But I remember a sunny late summer day much like today, with blue skies and bright air, when I was thinking about school and making coffee before idly deciding to turn on the morning news as I often did (and do) during a bit of breakfast. Things were never the same again.
Today you'll read and hear all sorts of comments and retrospectives and analyses (and "analyses"). Some will be good, some bad, some foolish, some infuriating, some optimistic, some pessimistic; some will cover themselves with quiet humane dignity and others with cheap vulgar shame. I'll leave you instead with some that remind us what courage looks like and who the real heroes were. See this profile of a remarkable individual. (Note too this sobering assessment by a professor of history.) I'll say this, though: in the aftermath, everyone -- everyone -- showed their true colors.
UPDATE 1: See what Jon Stewart said right after the attacks. I've never loved Jon as much as I did when he said this, and regardless what you might think of him as a rather lefty comedian, you'll want to take a look.
Today you'll read and hear all sorts of comments and retrospectives and analyses (and "analyses"). Some will be good, some bad, some foolish, some infuriating, some optimistic, some pessimistic; some will cover themselves with quiet humane dignity and others with cheap vulgar shame. I'll leave you instead with some that remind us what courage looks like and who the real heroes were. See this profile of a remarkable individual. (Note too this sobering assessment by a professor of history.) I'll say this, though: in the aftermath, everyone -- everyone -- showed their true colors.
UPDATE 1: See what Jon Stewart said right after the attacks. I've never loved Jon as much as I did when he said this, and regardless what you might think of him as a rather lefty comedian, you'll want to take a look.
"I wanted to tell you why I grieve, but why I don't despair."
UPDATE 2: See Gary Sinise's personal perspective.
UPDATE 2: See Gary Sinise's personal perspective.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Jon Stewart on Osama's End: "A Good Night For Human People"
I am pretty much in love with Jon after this. I've embedded three pieces of Jon's show from yesterday (after the fold). The clips are hilarious (some content warning), and he manages to combine both humor and a moment of serious and personal perspective in the second clip: "Last night was a good night for me, and not just for New York or DC or America, but for human people." He also makes a piquant point about Al Qaeda being left behind even if it is still dangerous.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Jon Stewart on Obama's Deficit Speech
I already took my potshot here, but Jon is just hilarious as he disassembles the rhetorical nonsense. You get bonus points, Jon, sweetie, for including a shout-out to Orwell. (Slight content warning at the end of the video, though.)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Jon Stewart on the Libya Speech: "Is the United States the Rebels' Air Force Forever?"
I was none too impressed with the president's Libya speech. Apparently neither was Jon Stewart:
RELATED POST: Jon on Libya previously here.
RELATED POST: Jon on Libya previously here.
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