Tag: Rant of the Week

Rant of the Week: Stephen Colbert: Thrift Justice

The Word – Thrift Justice

A ban on a lethal injection drug has state officials thinking outside of the box for new ways to put people in a box

Rant of the Week: Jon Stewart: State of the Union

Jon Stewart: State of the Union

President Obama uses lessons learned from passive-aggressive Jewish mothers in his 2014 State of the Union address.

The 2014 State of the Union – Republicans Respond

Joe Biden does his thing, and Republican politicians react to President Obama’s State of the Union talking points.  

Band of Blockers

Republicans uninterested in bipartisanship decry President Obama’s lack of bipartisanship, and one Congressman gives a NY1 reporter the traditional Staten Island goodbye.

Rant of the Week: Larry Wilmore

The 1st Annual Wilmore Awards

Larry Wilmore recognizes outstanding achievement in breaking down racial barriers that nobody was asked to break.

Rant of the Week: Stephen Colbert: Alpha Dog of the Week – Francois Hollande

Alpha Dog of the Week – Francois Hollande


A sex scandal engulfs France’s Francois Hollande when he is caught cheating on one mistress with another mistress

Vive La France! Vive La Différence!

Rant of the Week: Jon Stewart: Email Chains, Lanes and Automobiles

Email Chains, Lanes and Automobiles  – Chris Christie Bridge Scandal

The Chris Christie administration allegedly closes a lane on the George Washington Bridge as a means of political retribution.

Did probable Republican presidential favorite Chris Christie personally order a controversial traffic hit on Fort Lee, New Jersey?

Rant of the Week: Greenwald v Marcus

Glenn Greenwald vs. Obama “Loyalist” Ruth Marcus On Clemency For Snowden



Full transcript can be read here h/t RealClearPolitics

Glenn Greenwald went head-to-head with The Washington Post‘s Ruth Marcus on Thursday during a debate about whether Edward Snowden should be granted clemency.

The New York Times and the Guardian recently made headlines after arguing that Snowden – who leaked revelations about the NSA’s secret domestic security programs to former Guardian columnist Greenwald, as well as The Washington Postshould be granted some form of clemency.

On Thursday, Marcus told CNN’s Jake Tapper that she disagreed.

Rant of the Week: Stephen Colbert: The Word – Channel Serfing

The Word – Channel Serfing

As the middle class declines, Bloomberg columnist Virginia Postrel suggests that television eliminates the need for higher wages.

Rant of the Week: Farewell John Oliver

A John Oliver Retrospective

The Daily Show celebrates John Oliver’s final night as a correspondent

Rant of the Week: Lewis Black – The Disappointing Future

Back in Black – The Disappointing Future

Lewis Black feels let down by a future that several doctors told him he would not live to see.

Rant of the Week: John Hodgeman: Bill de Blasio & Billionaire Flight

Bill de Blasio & Billionaire Flight

Deranged millionaire John Hodgman describes the dilapidated liberal wasteland New York City will become under Mayor Bill de Blasio.

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