On March 4, 2010, Stephen Colbert sat down with Sean Hannity, who joined him “live” from “stuff we could edit together." Using some crafty splicing, Colbert proceeded to turn Hannity into an aspiring prostitute.
Colbert was determined to get Ha ...
Posted Saturday, March 6th 2010 at 11:09AM
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THE BOROWITZ REPORT HAS OBTAINED THE MANUSCRIPT OF FORMER ALASKA GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN’S FORTHCOMING BOOK ON AMERICAN VALUES. THE FOLLOWING IS CHAPTER ONE, TITLED “QUITTING”.
As far as American values are going, there is nothing more American in t ...
Posted Saturday, March 6th 2010 at 10:01AM
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Former Gov. and VP Candidate Sarah Palin appeared with Jay Leno. She wasn't there only to talk politics. She was there to launch her new new career as a stand-up comic. Jon Stewart was impressed. "I don't usally say this to comics. but if she had ...
Posted Thursday, March 4th 2010 at 4:09PM
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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA RETIRES FOR THE EVENING WITH FIRST LADY MICHELLE. “I’M JUST TIRED OF GETTING MY BUTT KICKED FROM BOTH SIDES,” HE SAYS. ONCE IN DREAMLAND, HE IS VISTED BY A CAST OF COMEDIANS REPRISING THEIR “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” ROLES AS PRES ...
Posted Thursday, March 4th 2010 at 8:02AM
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IF DEMOCRATS DECIDE TO USE THE PROCEDURAL MOVE THAT CONGRESS CALLS “RECONCILIATION” TO PASS HEALTH CARE REFORM, GET READY FOR A WAR OF WORDS. WHAT’S TRUE WON’T MATTER. WHAT’S LOUDEST, WHAT’S CATCHIEST WILL. THAT’S DEOMCRACY IN THE AGE OF NEWSERTAI ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 5:55PM
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I’D LIKE TO HEAR LESS ABOUT GOV. PATERSON’S TRAVAILS AND MORE ABOUT THE BRONX MOM WHOSE DESPERATE ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAVE EXPOSED HIDEOUS FLAWS IN LAWS DESIGNED TO PROTECT CRIME VICTIMS.
There's no doubt Paterson is increasingl ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 5:46PM
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SEE DR. MADDOW CALL THEM OUT FOR THEIR BLATANT LIES. SEE DR. MADDOW SUPPORT HER CONTENTIONS WITH EVIDENCE OF THEIR OWN WORDS AND PAST VOTES. SEE DR. MADDOW POINT OUT HOW THESE REPULBICAN SENATORS ARE REALLY ARGUING WITH THEMSELVES AND THEIR OWN PAS ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 2:56PM
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Physicist and director of New York's Hayden Planetarium discusses extraterrestrial life and what happened to Pluto with Jon Stewart ...
Posted Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 at 10:17PM
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Courtesy of Sister Irma. This is the kind of health care every family may need at one point or other. This is what the Health Care legislation will guarantee for all Americans. If the bill fails, Insurance companies will not be required to provid ...
Posted Monday, March 1st 2010 at 9:52PM
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"I FELT MY EYES SWELLING AS IF THEY WOULD BURST FROM THEIR SOCKETS AND THE VEINS ON MY TEMPLES WERE DREADFULLY DISTENDED. I FELT A COLD SWEAT COMING OVER ME WHICH SEEMED TO BE A WARNING THAT DEATH WAS ABOUT TO TERMINATE MY EARTHLY MISERIES. BUT AS ...
Posted Monday, March 1st 2010 at 9:32PM
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“PEOPLE THINK IF WE DO NOTHING WE WILL HAVE WHAT WE HAVE NOW. IN FACT, WHAT WE WILL HAVE IS A SUBSTANTIAL DETERIORATION.” HEALTH POLICY ANALYSTS AND ECONOMISTS AGREE: UNRELENTING RISE IN MEDICAL COSTS WILL WREAK HAVOC.
By REED ABELSON
“Hands ...
Posted Sunday, February 28th 2010 at 12:16PM
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ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION RANKING, THE UNITED STATES HAS THE 37th BEST HEALTH CARE IN THE WORLD, BEHIND COSTA RICA, COLUMBIA, BELGIUM AND MALTA. NUMBER ONE? FRANCE.
Rank Country
1. France
2 Italy
3 ...
Posted Sunday, February 28th 2010 at 12:12PM
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RIGHT-WING MEDIA FIGURES MOCKED DEMOCRATS DESCRIPTIONS OF HARDSHIPS FACED BY CONSTITUENTS WHO LACK HEALTH INSURANCE, INCLUDING A STORY BY REP. LOUISE SLAUGHTER WHO TOLD ABOUT A WOMAN WHO WORE DENTURES THAT PREVIOUSLY BELONGED TO HER DEAD SISTER. SAI ...
Posted Saturday, February 27th 2010 at 8:27PM
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REP. TRENT FRANKS, A REPUBLICAN FROM ARIZONA SAID ON FRIDAY THAT BECAUSE OF U.S. ABORTION POLICY, “FAR MORE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS BEING DEVASTATED BY THE POLICIES OF TODAY THAN WERE BEING DEVASTATED BY THE POLICIES OF SLAVERY.”
Fr ...
Posted Saturday, February 27th 2010 at 8:19PM
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WHEN YOU ARE THE FIRST BLACK GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK AND BLACK ELECTED OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY ARE GATHERING TO LIGHT THE PATH TO YOUR EXIT, YOU ARE IN DEEP, DEEP TROUBLE. THE BOTTOM HAD COMPLETELY FALLEN OUT OF HIS ELECTION BID AND THE QUE ...
Posted Saturday, February 27th 2010 at 12:22PM
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“HE CAME TO ME ON SATURDAY MORNING IN A BOX TIGHTLY HOOPED MARKED ‘THIS SIDE UP’ FROM THE CITY OF RICHMOND!” MR. McKIM WROTE. “DID YOU EVER HEAR OF ANYTHING TO BEAT THAT?”
By ALISON LEIGH COWAN, NY Times, Feb. 27, 2010
The box that arrived in ...
Posted Saturday, February 27th 2010 at 12:06PM
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“MY COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE TRAVELED TWO DAYS INTO THE FUTURE AND LISTENED TO EVERYTHING THE PRESIDENT WILL SAY,” REP. JOHN BOEHNER TOLD REPORTERS AT THE CAPITAL. “AND IT WILL ALL SUCK.”
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - In a plot twist worthy of ...
Posted Wednesday, February 24th 2010 at 11:24AM
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Keith Olbermann discusses Rush Limbaugh's analysis of pending Health Care Reform legilsation. Rushbo claimed that the Health Care Bill as written was another "Civil Rights Bill" and constituted "Reparations" for Black folks. What??? ...
Posted Wednesday, February 24th 2010 at 8:56AM
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RAchel Maddow discusses President Obama's Health Care Reform proposal sand assesses it's chances for passage. ...
Posted Tuesday, February 23rd 2010 at 10:32PM
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Republican rising star, Virginia Gov. McDonnell signed an executive order allowing discrimination against Gay people. Yale Professor of African-American Studies Mellissa Harris Lacewell responds. ...
Posted Tuesday, February 23rd 2010 at 10:29PM
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“I HAD FIVE CORE THINGS IN MIND FOR MY KIDS AND FOR OUR STUDENTS. I WANTED THEM TO BE WHOLESOME IN CHARACTER, COMPASSIONATE, TO GIVE SOMETHING TO THE WORLD, TO HAVE A SOPHISTICATED INTELLECT AND TO BE INDEPENDENT THINKERS AND LEAD REFLECTIVE AND ME ...
Posted Tuesday, February 23rd 2010 at 4:40PM
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FEW OF A PARTICULAR POLITICAL PERSUASION ARE AS ENTERTAINING OR INSIGHTFUL AS RACHEL MADDOW. WHAT MAKES THE MSNBC HOST UNIQUE IS THAT WHILE SHE SURELY SEEKS INFLUENCE SHE PREFERS IT ON HER OWN TERMS—DEEPLY INFORMED AND SATURATED WITH A SENSE OF FUN. ...
Posted Monday, February 22nd 2010 at 11:38AM
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IT’S BLACK HISTORY MONTH YET AGAIN. WITH SEVERAL YEARS OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING UNDER MY BELT, I’VE BEGUN TO WONDER WHAT BLACK HISTORY MY STUDENTS HAVE ACTUALLY LEARNED DURING THIS MONTH OR ANY MONTH BEFORE ENTERING COLLEGE.
By Tara Bynum, THE ROO ...
Posted Sunday, February 21st 2010 at 10:31AM
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