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Chris Waugh

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:13:35 +1300

Enjoy these:

The website doesn't work well on my connection. Not blocked, just a bit too slow to fully come through. But those two pictures you posted are cool. Cheers.

DexterX

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:12:34 +1300

Enjoy these:
http://theobamadiary.com/tag/impressed/

Chris Waugh

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:21:31 +1300

After Obama Victory, Shrieking White-Hot Sphere Of Pure Rage Early GOP Front-Runner For 2016
http://www.theonion.com/video/after-obama-victory-shrieking-whitehot-sphere-of-p,30284/

Ah, brilliant, thanks. After yesterday’s lunch with my ex-USMC colleague, that was precisely what was needed to get me back on an even keel.

DexterX

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 12:18:29 +1300

Via Life Journal as posted on live journal via 'fizzyland".

After Obama Victory, Shrieking White-Hot Sphere Of Pure Rage Early GOP Front-Runner For 2016

http://www.theonion.com/video/after-obama-victory-shrieking-whitehot-sphere-of-p,30284/

Matthew Littlewood

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:48:42 +1300

yeah I did on page one along with the maddow link…what do people have me blocked or something?

Of course not :) I guess my rhetorical phrasing of the "did anyone else notice" was a little on the nose. :)

On another note, I suspect the next few months of…

Vince McLeod

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:01:01 +1300

What disturbs me the most about all this is the growing idea that seeing reality accurately shows disloyalty to the party. I expected the "Obama is a socialist UN agent" business but the belief that he wasn't born in the USA – and that neither the FBI nor the CIA…

Graham Hughes

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:30:46 +1300

I really enjoyed media3 last night (sunday) however I saw something alarming.
There were two panel people ( not panel beaters ) discussing the election in USA. One obviously a gentle and thinking democrat………….and a guy called Carl…….both americans…………..there was good banter but Carl really dissapointed me by among some…

Tristan

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:07:30 +1300

Yeah, that Daily Show episode was great, but has anyone else noticed how different Stewart’s tone has been towards Fox over the last few years

yeah I did on page one along with the maddow link…what do people have me blocked or something?

andin

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:25:14 +1300

The US election just passed me by, glad I missed the hoopla this time, and glad Romney & co didn't get in.

Kyle Matthews

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:40:31 +1300

Roger, Daily show has never been geo-blocked that I'm aware of – at least to NZ. I've been watching it online for about 7 years now and have never had trouble. I find the full episode watcher somewhat useless, I just watch each clip at www.dailyshow.com/videos day by day.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:38:45 +1300

These are the full episodes Roger. I have no problem getting to it either.I just google it.

Chris Waugh

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:22:27 +1300

the Daily Show website is geo-blocked. For someone who is not tech savvy, how do you get round it?

You could try using a VPN to get yourself a US IP address.

David Hood

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:18:38 +1300

but today the links to them from here are broken

As of now, midday Sunday, the embedded clips in the main post are working fine from Dunedin (with no special setup).

Roger Lacey

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:53:35 +1300

I watched a couple of segments of Jon Stewart the other night but today the links to them from here are broken and it seems the Daily Show website is geo-blocked. For someone who is not tech savvy, how do you get round it?

DexterX

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 09:48:51 +1300

Obama’s “success” as President begins with his mother – the measure of success will be what can be achieved in the next four years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/opinion/11dove.html

Running through Dr. Soetoro’s doctoral research, as through all her work, was a challenge to popular perceptions regarding economically and politically marginalized groups; she showed…

Kyle Matthews

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 09:33:58 +1300

Something else y’all might notice about Stewart is he’s a tool of the Democrats just as much as Fox is for the Republicans. Like Mr Littlewood says there, he spent eight years talking shit about Bush, now he’s talking shit about the people who criticise Obama for doing almost exactly…

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:20:35 +1300

countability...
math you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better!!
Not mathperturbation then?
(he spat playfully)
What's a few deviations between friends...

Myles Thomas

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:45:09 +1300

math you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better!!

tussock

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:00:05 +1300

Something else y'all might notice about Stewart is he's a tool of the Democrats just as much as Fox is for the Republicans. Like Mr Littlewood says there, he spent eight years talking shit about Bush, now he's talking shit about the people who criticise Obama for doing almost exactly…

Kyle Matthews

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:26:06 +1300

During the GWB years, he focused on the failings of the administration and the Fox clips were used as comedy gravy, but now there’s a clear sense of outright contempt for how Fox operates. Simply put, I don’t know how “funny” he finds them anymore. And yet somehow, he’s funniest…

Matthew Littlewood

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:14:55 +1300

Yeah, that Daily Show episode was great, but has anyone else noticed how different Stewart's tone has been towards Fox over the last few years. During the GWB years, he focused on the failings of the administration and the Fox clips were used as comedy gravy, but now there's a…

Sacha

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:44:03 +1300

I'm relaxed about it.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:44:00 +1300

Note that you can also watch the whole episode
I do . Daily Show is always there. Maybe not all but there is 23 episodes and 3 up for the past weeks Election lead up to, Election, and of course the one RB links to. So if it ain't on…

Matthew Poole

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:34:36 +1300

he orates as he thinks

Unlike some aspiring leaders closer to home who unfortunately do the reverse.

Or some leaders closer to home, who do only the former because the latter is apparently outside their remit.

Sacha

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:31:44 +1300

Obama thanking his campaign staff.

Beautiful. Let's help make more leaders like that, not the whiny selfish boys we seem to specialise in here right now.

BenWilson

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:42:29 +1300

Vast swathes of them are perfectly all right. Really.

Indeed, a significant number are O for awesome!

Sacha

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:41:03 +1300

The bit about getting the best ideas from the competition between the sides needs to be hammered into a lot of tribal voters who are unwilling to countenance the possibility of any valid idea originating from a party other than "their" party.

Word

Sacha

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:40:13 +1300

he orates as he thinks

Unlike some aspiring leaders closer to home who unfortunately do the reverse.

Danielle

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:09:02 +1300

basically a libertarian

Blah.

gives me hope in Americans

Vast swathes of them are perfectly all right. Really.

BenWilson

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:05:18 +1300

Hey Mr Savidge thanks for that link. Its wonderful , great to see the man off the stage, not a orator, unrehearsed but very very real , authentic and with tears of pride for those who helped.
"ripples of hope"

Word, that was moving. I think that may be why…

Lew Stoddart

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:44:48 +1300

[David] Well, Nate Silver has described himself as basically a libertarian/ Mitt Romney kind of guy personally (though choosing not to vote because of his profession), it is just he is primary a quantitative analysis kind of guy

[Russell] And yet I’ve seen him characterised as a “liberal commentator” more…

DexterX

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 06:54:19 +1300

The GOP lost the election in the primaries; in a nation divided the Republicans were unable to field a Presidential Candidate who could project that they were capable of doing the right thing. On the political freeway the Republicans have taken the last exit to irrelevance; the rhetoric indicates they…

Matthew Poole

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:34:14 +1300

watch the whole episode

I love the auto-captioner. "Legalised" became "legal ides". And I'm only three minutes in.

Matthew Poole

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:27:58 +1300

Wow. That's some serious fucked-up kind of crazy. Total lack of perspective.

That said, there's something special about libertarian types. I know someone who stood as a candidate for the Libz last year, and we got into a debate on FB the other day about tax. He said tax is…

andrew r

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:26:44 +1300

Nice one Russell. Sometimes Jon Stewart does actually hold back, but you get the feeling he found the feakish right wingnut response to Obama's victory almost disturbing. He's like – I know I should no longer be surprised but really, these folks live in my country ? There seemed quite…

Matthew Poole

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:22:52 +1300

There's also this beautiful piece from Rachel Maddow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVwXA7sHUlE

The bit about getting the best ideas from the competition between the sides needs to be hammered into a lot of tribal voters who are unwilling to countenance the possibility of any valid idea originating from a party other than "their"…

anth

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:07:10 +1300

Romney's transition website went live for a while

Richard Aston

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:18:52 +1300

Russell thanks for the Jon Stewart links – very very funny – loved it . I'm with Mark we need to see him free to air in NZ , gives me hope in Americans.

Richard Aston

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:16:42 +1300

Alan Perrott

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:34:20 +1300

oh, the humanity...

http://whitepeoplemourningromney.tumblr.com/

Michael Savidge

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:28:50 +1300

He's a good man Charlie Brown.

Obama thanking his campaign staff.

Russell Brown

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:01:30 +1300

Well, Nate Silver has described himself as basically a libertarian/ Mitt Romney kind of guy personally (though choosing not to vote because of his profession), it is just he is primary a quantitative analysis kind of guy

And yet I've seen him characterised as a "liberal commentator" more than once.…

David Hood

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:04:58 +1300

Nate Silver before Nate finished telling the Republican strategists the list of things they needed to change to win the next election

Well, Nate Silver has described himself as basically a libertarian/ Mitt Romney kind of guy personally (though choosing not to vote because of his profession), it is just…

Mark Graham

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:04:42 +1300

genius.
perhaps a time to flog my facebook page – Bring Back the Daily News with Jon Stewart to Free to Air Television.

Might need help on that title.

Tristan

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:01:07 +1300

The disbelief from fox about the numbers was interesting.

They seemed to try and apply the global warming style spin around polls. That is to say it doesn't matter what the science says (ie Silver and co) as long as we parrot to each other what we think is real…

steve black

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:56:52 +1300

Thank you Russell, what a great laugh.

Thankfully Jon Stewart jumped in and wrapped up the interview with Nate Silver before Nate finished telling the Republican strategists the list of things they needed to change to win the next election. Not that they would necessarily listen, but hey, let's not…

Lucy Stewart

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:45:39 +1300

Yes, the idea that some Republicans are taking away that their problem this election was not being right-wing enough is certainly alarming. C.f. several anti-abortion groups, who argued today that Mitt Romney had not demonstrated his commitment to banning abortion fervently enough. There's a deep-seated belief there that not only…

Moz

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:11:48 +1300

"buried in a mudslide"... "that's not mud". Gold! Thanks for the link.

Lilith __

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:47:37 +1300

Oh very good. Thanks Russell.

Tristan

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:38:09 +1300

it was certainly one for the ages..It's interesting as the election season dragged on you could see the change from Jon Stewart...he was so over the fox news talking heads he became genuinely angry to go along with funny.

I wonder if this will continue or he will settle back…

cindy baxter

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:36:06 +1300

Serious belly laughs. I don't think Karl Rove will ever live this down.

On the really ugly side, this blog is quite something – a taste of libertarian hatred. http://www.libertarianrepublican.net/2012/11/the-end-of-liberty-in-america-only.html

Russell Brown

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:26:00 +1300

I didn't? Damn. Let me fix that.

Kyle Matthews

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:11:51 +1300

Russell didn't link to the Karl Rove video segment, which is possibly the best:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-november-7-2012/post-democalypse-2012---america-takes-a-shower---karl-rove-s-math

Tristan

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:42:35 +1300

i watched the whole thing last night...fuck it its Friday ill watch em all again!

Public Address

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:42:35 +1300

Discussion from blog post.