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Colbert Report

Scorched Earth movie review: there’s still room for feminism at the end of the world

Tue, Feb 06, 2018
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Gina Carano roams a mild yet tedious postapocalyptic wasteland as a bounty hunter, and either you are here for this lady badass of our feminazi dreams, or you are not.

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how to shame the American news media, Daily Show style

Sat, May 24, 2014
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I am blown away by the segments in which Jason Jones travels to India to cover their recent election.

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Stephen Colbert to replace David Letterman on Late Show: I haz a sad

Fri, Apr 11, 2014
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The terror at change that characterizes what passes for American entertainment has finally overstayed the welcome it never had.

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NYC as Middle Earth — welcome to the Mines of Astoria (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, Dec 08, 2012
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Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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question of the day: Why is Tom Hanks so awesome?

Mon, Oct 29, 2012
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He makes fun of himself on The Colbert Report. He drops an F-bomb on morning TV and everyone thinks it’s adorable. How is this man so cool?

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David Tennant as Buckaroo Banzai (in my head) (and other adventures in social networking)

Mon, Feb 20, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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irony for ya

Fri, Jan 20, 2012
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Because I visited from a UK IP address, Viacom doesn’t want me to be able to see a Colbert clip…

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“God hates nags”: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert bring it…

Sat, Oct 30, 2010
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…in a nice, nonconfrontational way. I confess that I wasn’t sure whether more than a handful of rabid Daily Show/Colbert Report fans would turn up for the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, but the Mall sure looked really packed on TV this afternoon.

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question of the day: Was Stephen Colbert’s in-character testimony before Congress last week inappropriate?

Mon, Sep 27, 2010
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Did Colbert’s right-wing gasbag routine have a greater impact than it otherwise would have if Colbert had testified as himself?

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question of the day: On October 30, will you attend Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity or Stephen Colbert’s March to Keep Fear Alive?

Fri, Sep 17, 2010
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As Colbert often says, We’re at war: pick a side. I hope the DC police are ready for this.

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