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Return of Comic Morality

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

World War II and especially the following Cold War saw a dramatic rise in the popularity of comic book heroes like Superman, Batman, Captain America and dozens of others. It was a time of tension and uncertainty, so it was comforting to have heroes who were on our side, even looking out for us, and doing the right thing even when we weren’t sure what the right thing to do might be. Superheroes gave us hope, and the comics gave us simple morality tales about good and evil.

So it is somewhat interesting to watch the huge number of movies now being created based on these same superheroes. The superheroes may be the same, but the enemies are now terrorists rather than communists or Nazis. I guess we need our superheroes again in this time of tension and uncertainty.

But it is instructive to look at these movies:

Some movies, like the popular Transformers series, present a jaw-droppingly clear and simple morality. There is never any doubt who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. I mean, what kind of creatures (even bad guys) would name themselves the Decepticons? And human collaborators with the bad guys never have even the slightest regrets, nor do they redeem themselves at the end. They just die (and presumably burn in hell). Is this a reflection of how we have dehumanized terrorists (and Islamists)?

The same thing could be said of movies like the Lord of the Rings (another franchise returning from the same period of history). There may be arguments between the good guys, but they are all good guys, and we instantly know who the bad guys are. Like, does anyone feel sorry for the orcs?

In both of these examples – Transformers, LotR, and in others like Spider-man – the hero is a bit of an “everyman”, flawed but manages to save the day despite his weakness. Does that represent us?

I also noticed something fascinating about the new Star Trek reboot. The second (recent) installment eliminated the first installment’s conflict between the heroes (Kirk and Spock). But in an interesting twist, the person who started out as the terrorist at the beginning of the movie was not the main bad guy after all. Instead, it was the Admiral — someone who was supposedly a good guy, the government representative who had awoken the terrorist and used him. Sound familiar? Even so, once the evil Admiral was exposed, he never had any regrets. He was unblinkingly willing to kill our heroes just to cover up his mistakes. And the real good guys (Kirk and Spock) discover the real bad guy (the Admiral) … by disobeying orders! Sound even more familiar?

This is taken a step further in movies like Serenity (yeah, I know, that was a few years ago, but it was the most recent example I could think of). In Serenity (and Firefly) the good guys are … actually bad guys. In case you haven’t seen that movie, they really are good guys, but they constantly act like bad guys. Breaking the law and doing things that they shouldn’t do, like exposing government lies and corruption. Are these our whistleblowers?

What are other ways current movies reflect our politics?

UPDATE: Really good article in The Atlantic about movies reflecting our politics. But the enemy in these films (Iron Man 3, White House Down, and The Lone Ranger) is corporate greed and war profiteering.

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Late Night Political Humor

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

“It’s been a rough week for Anthony Weiner. His campaign manager in the race for mayor just quit because of Weiner’s newest scandal. And it’s tough finding a replacement because every time he emails someone, they’re like, ‘I’m not opening that’.” – Jimmy Fallon

“Anthony Weiner’s campaign manager quit. He says he’s applying for a much less stressful job that has a better chance of success. He is trying to get Paula Deen elected president of BET.” – Craig Ferguson

“Since his latest sexting scandal, things keep getting worse and worse for New York mayor candidate Anthony Weiner. Yesterday his campaign manager quit. Weiner didn’t give him any severance, but he did offer him a package.” – Conan O’Brien

“This new sexting scandal was too much, so his campaign manager called it quits. Weiner was like, ‘What kind of person quits because of something like that?’ Then voters said, ‘Ideally? You’.” – Jimmy Fallon

“Bill Clinton is reportedly very upset that Anthony Weiner is comparing his sexting scandal to Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsy. Today Bill Clinton said, ‘Real men cheat in person’.” – Conan O’Brien

“The French Riviera, over the weekend, had a $53 million jewel heist, and the police went into action. They’ve rounded up Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Lindsay Lohan, and the mastermind of the jewel heist — Carlos Danger, gaucho of love.” – David Letterman

“Republicans have accused Carlos Danger of being in the United States illegally.” – David Letterman

“Pope Francis said something surprising today. Pope Francis says he’s going to start fighting in MMA events.” – Jimmy Kimmel

“Actually the Pope said he has no problem with priests who are gay. He said if someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge? It’s the same reason he turned down the vacant judge job on ‘Project Runway’.” – Jimmy Kimmel

“Pope Francis went to Rio in South America and announced that he would not judge anyone who is gay. That’s what Pope Francis said. That must have been some trip to Rio.” – David Letterman

“Pope Francis today said he will not judge priests who are gay. In response, gay priests said they will not judge Pope Francis for wearing that robe with those shoes.” – Conan O’Brien

“Pope Francis still does not support the idea of female priests. He said women cannot be priests because Jesus chose male apostles. And also because letting women in there would ruin all the fun. I mean, let’s be honest.” – Jimmy Kimmel

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Whiners

Monday, August 5, 2013

Last month, NBC announced it will show a four-hour miniseries about Hillary Clinton and CNN Films announced plans for a documentary about her. Today, RNC chair Reince Priebus threatened to freeze those two networks out of any primary or presidential debates if they don’t pull the plug on their Clinton plans.

What’s ironic about this is that Priebus compared what NBC and CNN are doing to what conservative group Citizens United did in 2008, when it tried to show a pay-per-view documentary critical of Hillary Clinton. Priebus complaining that Democrats were up in arms about it back then, but are silent now.

What he doesn’t mention is that back then, what Citizens United was doing was illegal. The McCain-Feingold Act specifically prohibited broadcasts that mention a candidate within 30 days of a primary election, and Citizens United was planning on showing it the night before the primary, thus eliminating any chance for a rebuttal. That case famously went all the way to the Supreme Court, who overturned the law.

So now, the Republicans are complaining about NBC and CNN are doing something that is not illegal. In fact, it would not have been illegal even under the old law (since we are a long way away from any elections, primary or otherwise). And even if it had been illegal, the law was overturned, opening up the floodgates for such broadcasts under the guise of “free speech”. So is the GOP against free speech?

Also, if they freeze out NBC and CNN, where are they going to have their debates? On Fox News, that paragon of impartiality?

UPDATE: Think Progress has an interesting theory about this:

I also wonder if Priebus might have motivations of his own for getting some RNC debates off networks. Given that the Republican Party seems no closer than it was in 2012 to reaching a decisive break between its radical and moderate wings, if I were Priebus, I might want to keep that debate between them as far away from mass audiences as possible. Given how far moderate Republicans like Mitt Romney have had to run to the right during their primary campaigns, one of the things that debates do is generate a vast trove of high-quality clips of things that the eventual nominee will eventually have to try to explain away in a shortened general election season. If I were Priebus, I’d want as few of those debates as possible, and I’d want them to happen further from the public eye so my eventual candidate has less baggage that can eventually be hung around her or his neck.

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Keep Digging

Monday, August 5, 2013

The funny thing about Obamacare is that even though quite a few people will say they are opposed to it, if you ask them about all the individual elements that together make up Obamacare, they are almost unanimously in favor of them. The GOP has done an amazing job of getting people to oppose something they are actually in favor of. But their big problem is that they cannot propose something to replace it, since Obamacare is already based on their ideas. But that hasn’t stopped them from trying to kill it. So I think (and hope) their opposition will backfire when it finally goes into effect. Then the Republicans will have to find something else to complain about.

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Late Night Political Humor

Sunday, August 4, 2013

“New Rule: Stop asking if the new royal baby is more like William or more like Kate. He’s more like Uncle Harry – naked and unable to stand.” – Bill Maher

“England is overjoyed! They got their first look at the new Prince George. Big deal. America got another look at Anthony Weiner’s dick.” – Bill Maher

“The New York Times says Weiner should pull out. The Daily News, the New York Post, they’ve all said drop out. USA Today wants to know how he put that hole in their pie chart.” – Bill Maher

“Poor Anthony Wiener. His campaign has hit a snag. The first survey since his recent scandal found he is now second place in the race for New York City mayor. He said it’s a minor setback, while the guy in third said, ‘Are you kidding me? What do I gotta do?'” – Jimmy Fallon

“This guy has sent so many dick pics, yesterday he was at the Apple store and the guy said to him, ‘You know you can also make calls on this thing.'” – Bill Maher

“New Rule: If Anthony Weiner can come up with a totally badass name like ‘Carlos Danger’ just to masturbate, how come the best Tom Cruise could do was ‘Jack Reacher’? The guy in the action movie should be ‘Carlos Danger’. The guy touching himself should be Jack Reacher.” – Bill Maher

“Weiner is in second place. He is no longer in the lead. And it gets worse when you hear the guy in first place is Carlos Danger.” – Jimmy Fallon

“New Rule: This one goes out to Huma: When your husband Anthony says, ‘I Feel Like a Different Person’, it doesn’t mean what you think.” – Bill Maher

“The Lincoln Memorial was vandalized last night. Somebody snuck in the Lincoln Memorial and threw green paint all over Lincoln. How is that even possible? I mean, 148 years later this guy still can’t get any security? Come on.” – Jay Leno

“Some jackass vandalized the Lincoln Memorial. Who hates the Lincoln Memorial? Democrats love it because it honors the man who freed the slaves. And Republicans love it because it just sits there and does nothing. If it could cry and chain smoke, it would be John Boehner.” – Bill Maher

“Neural scientists at M.I.T. say they can plant false memories in your brain. No, that is not new. Politicians have been doing that for years. They’re called campaign promises.” – Jay Leno

“Bill O’Reilly said, ‘I am dealing with reality. I am like Paul Revere.’ Here’s how Bill O’Reilly is like Paul Revere: when he rides past you, you see a horse’s ass.” – Bill Maher

“In a speech about the economy, President Obama said we’ve all been distracted by phony scandals. It’s time we started getting distracted by the phony recovery.” – Jay Leno

“President Obama’s got a big retreat coming up. He invited all his Cabinet members to Camp David. Unfortunately, Joe Biden couldn’t make the retreat because he’s in Asia. That’s because Obama told him the retreat was in Asia.” – Jimmy Fallon

“The head of the TSA said beginning later this year people can pay an $85 fee that will allow them to go through the airport line very quickly with minimal checking. Or as terrorists call that, money well spent.” – Jay Leno

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Late Night Political Humor – Weiner Time

Saturday, August 3, 2013

“Anthony Weiner has been on the Internet having obscene chats, and he uses the name Carlos Danger. When Donald Trump heard about it, Trump demanded to see Carlos Danger’s birth certificate.” – David Letterman

“Another tough day for New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner. Or as we know him now, ‘Carlos Danger’. I’m no prude, but I think texting obscene pictures crosses the line. Even Geraldo Rivera was like, ‘Dude, put some clothes on’.” – Craig Ferguson

“Today, Anthony Weiner volunteered at a soup kitchen. And trust me – you don’t want to know how he stirred the soup.” – Conan O’Brien

“Two years ago when Weiner resigned, he said more embarrassing pictures may come out in the future. Do you know how he knew that? Because he went home after that and started texting them. That’s how he knew.” – Jay Leno

“I’m conflicted about Anthony Weiner. On one hand, after the pain he caused his family I think he should drop out of the race. On the other hand, his staying makes my job even easier.” – Craig Ferguson

“President Obama gave a big speech yesterday on the economy. It was actually longer than his last State of the Union address – though it should be noted that he opened with 20 minutes of Anthony Weiner jokes.” – Jimmy Fallon

“I have been learning more about this NSA spying scandal. What are the odds that the only person they weren’t monitoring was Anthony Weiner?” – Jay Leno

“The Vatican announced that the late Pope John Paul II will become a saint after they approve a miracle where he cured a woman of severe brain injury, which is pretty impressive. Not as impressive, though, as the miracle of Anthony Weiner still being married, but that’s impressive.” – Jay Leno

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Game Changer

Friday, August 2, 2013

Russia has granted asylum to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden for one year. Ironically, Russia is a strange bedfellow for Snowden. Indeed, if a Russian did the same thing to Russia that Snowden did to the US, they would probably be dead by now. But Russia has managed to make the US look like a bully who is throwing a hissy fit because they didn’t get their way.

UPDATE: Time magazine puts together some Russian sights for Snowden to visit, in an article dripping with sarcasm and irony.

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Late Night Political Humor

Friday, August 2, 2013

“There’s a new Anthony Weiner scandal. Weiner is running for mayor of New York City. He confirmed yesterday that some new sexually explicit messages have been leaked. He sent them to a woman on Facebook using the code name ‘Carlos Danger’. Which is still easier to believe than that other name: Mayor Weiner.” – Jimmy Fallon

“Anthony Weiner has been caught in yet another sexting scandal. At the beginning of this campaign he said that other texts and photos were likely to come out. Well, they have. Finally, a politician who keeps his promises!” – Jay Leno

“The show tonight may run a little longer than usual, and I’ll tell you why. We have about 300 Anthony Weiner jokes to get through.” – David Letterman

“Before we begin the show, I want to ask everyone to turn off their cellphones. It has nothing to do with our program. We just want to protect you from Anthony Weiner. He may try to send you a text.” – Jay Leno

“Let me just say this: You know that your campaign is not going well when you open a press conference by saying ‘I told you there would be more lewd photos.'” – David Letterman

“It was revealed that Anthony Weiner sent nude pictures of himself to this woman using a ‘Carlos Danger’ Yahoo email address. His wife was shocked. She said, ‘You still use Yahoo?'” – Jimmy Fallon

“Weiner says he won’t drop out of the race so that means by day he’ll be Mr. Mayor, and by night he’ll be ‘Carlos Danger, Gaucho of Love’.” – David Letterman

“Carlos Danger — isn’t that the guy from the Dos Equis commercials?” – David Letterman

“Anthony Weiner’s alter ego is a Bolivian action hero slash porn star. ‘Danger… is my user name’.” – John Oliver

“Yes, even after the sexting scandal that ended his congressional career. It turns out he learned nothing. Has this man never heard of SnapChat? Your dong shots disappear seconds after you send them… I have been told.” – Stephen Colbert

“Anthony Weiner said yesterday that he wants closure. If he wants closure he should start with his zipper.” – Jay Leno

“Taylor Swift canceled a radio contest to meet her biggest fan when it turned out her biggest fan was a man nearly twice her age. Nothing’s working out for Anthony Weiner these days.” – Conan O’Brien

“The royal baby finally has a name. It took a few days but they named him Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge. The parents said they wanted a name that reflects his country’s great history and gets him beaten up at school every day.” – Conan O’Brien

“The royal baby has a name now: George Alexander Louis. George is not the king yet. So for now, we just address him as ‘Boy George’.” – Craig Ferguson

“The past 24 hours have been so exciting for my wife and I, and we haven’t had a chance to respond to everyone’s calls and messages, but let me just say, ‘Yes, William and Kate, we’ll definitely set up a play date.'” – Jimmy Fallon

“Everybody is still talking about the other baby, the royal baby. In fact, I saw that President Obama released a statement congratulating Prince William and Kate Middleton on the birth of their son. Then he said, ‘And whatever you do – hang on to that birth certificate’.” – Jimmy Fallon

“Queen Elizabeth met the royal baby yesterday. The baby cried, so Queen Elizabeth explained, ‘You’ll never have to work a day in your life.'” – Conan O’Brien

“The Obama administration has admitted that under Obamacare, you might not be able to keep your doctor. At first the president guaranteed you’d be able to keep your doctor, and now they’re saying you ‘might’ be able to. Today Obama changed his slogan from ‘Yes we can’ to ‘Perhaps we could try. Can’t promise anything.'” – Jay Leno

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Late Night Political Humor

Thursday, August 1, 2013

“Anthony Weiner the peter tweeter is at is again. He admitted in a press conference to having more online sexting episodes well after he resigned from Congress. This time Anthony Weiner used the name Carlos Danger. He was sexting women under the name Carlos Danger. See, this is Weiner’s way of getting more Latino support.” – Jay Leno

“Anthony Weiner released a statement today saying this behavior is behind me. Then he added, if you want to see more of what’s behind me, I’ll text you a photograph.” – Craig Ferguson

“So, Anthony Weiner has apologized for this new scandal. He also apologized for the next one. And the next one after that.” – David Letterman

“At the press conference today, Anthony Weiner’s wife said she will stand by her husband. Especially when he goes on the computer.” – Conan O’Brien

“Mayoral candidate Anthony Wiener had more photographs released from his sexting scandal. New Yorkers were so shocked that Eliot Spitzer fell off his hooker.” – Craig Ferguson

“New Yorkers were so shocked that the thing on Trump’s head fainted.” – Craig Ferguson

“As a comedian, I am pleading with the voters of New York: please elect this man.” – Jay Leno

“Today we got our first look at the royal baby. Hurray for Kate and William. That little guy has only the tiniest tuft of hair on his head. And the baby’s got some hair too.” – Craig Ferguson

“The royal baby has been born. The royal baby was officially welcomed with a 62-gun salute. Because if there’s one thing babies love, it’s the sound of repeated artillery fire.” – Conan O’Brien

“William and Kate spent the morning thanking the hospital staff for all their care. And the other patients spent the morning trying to find the hospital staff. ‘My wife is having a baby too. Hello! Anybody?'” – Jay Leno

“Buckingham Palace announced the child’s gender. I wish they’d do the same with Camilla.” – David Letterman

“The royal baby has left the hospital. He will now go to one of the royal estates, where he will rest comfortably … for the next 80 years.” – Jay Leno

“The crowd outside the hospital was very respectful. You could actually hear the baby say, ‘Fetch me some milk’ and ‘I will be king, Father’.” – Craig Ferguson

“The royal baby is set to inherit $1 billion. In fact, he’s so rich that he’s already dating a girl half his age.” – Conan O’Brien

“This royal baby is third in line for the throne. To which Prince Charles said, ‘It’s a really slow-moving line’.” – Jay Leno

“Experts are predicting that the royal baby could pump $380 million into the British economy. So the question is: How do we get this kid to move to Detroit?” – Conan O’Brien

“President Obama has issued a statement about the royal baby. He told him to hang on to the birth certificate. Those things come in handy.” – Conan O’Brien

“NASA released pictures of earth taken from 900 million miles away. From 900 miles away, you can make out the Great Wall of China. In Newark, you can make out the governor of New Jersey.” – David Letterman

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Equal Opportunity Profiling

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Profiling, not just for blacks and hispanics any more.

UPDATE: Hat tip to a reader for pointing out this article in Gawker. Be sure to read the comments. It just keeps getting funnier and scarier, all at the same time:

Many people don’t want to hear this kind of tough love, of course. They’d like to bury their heads in the sand and pretend that all white children are as sweet and harmless as Taylor Swift. But the reality is that the statistics tell a different story. For instance, according to research from the Department of Justice, 84 percent of white murder victims are killed by other white people. Similarly, white rape victims tend to be raped by other whites. White-on-white violence is a menace to white communities across the country, and yet you never hear white leaders like Pastor Joel Osteen, Bill O’Reilly, or Hillary Clinton take a firm stance against the scourge.

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Late Night Political Humor

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

“It finally happened. Kate Middleton gave birth to a baby boy today. The baby weighed about eight pounds. Americans were like, ‘How much is that in dollars?'” – Jimmy Fallon

“Kate Middleton had her baby. The royal baby is eight pounds. Then again, you can’t really put a price on a child.” – Conan O’Brien

“They named the boy Festus.” – David Letterman

“Bookies say the odds are 11-2 that the royal baby will be named George, after his great-great-grandfather, King George VI. And the odds are 100-1 he’ll be named George after the George Foreman Grill.” – Conan O’Brien

“It’s a great day for our friends in the U.K. There’s a new royal baby. The royal family is delighted. Prince Harry popped some champagne and danced naked around the palace. Then he heard about the baby.” – Craig Ferguson

“The prince said what any proud family member would say: ‘Back of the line, junior’.” – Craig Ferguson

“The baby will be third in line to the pretend crown.” – David Letterman

“They kept saying on the news, ‘the royal couple welcomes a baby boy’. Well, I hope so. Do people sometimes give a kid the cold shoulder?” – Jay Leno

“Kate Middleton went into labor this morning in London. When the rest of the royal family heard, they were like, ‘Oh my God. What’s labor?'” – Jimmy Fallon

“I understand there’s a lot of celebrating going on at Buckingham Palace right now. I just hope they’re able to get up for work tomorrow.” – Jay Leno

“The royal baby was born today. But don’t worry, America, we still have Honey Boo Boo.” – Conan O’Brien

“I’m sure you all heard the news about the royal baby. William and Kate are the proud parents of a baby boy. Can you believe the media coverage? You’d think it was Kim Kardashian and Kanye West having a kid.” – Jay Leno

“Congratulations to Kate Middleton and Prince William. They’re the proud parents of a brand-new baby boy. This really is big news — I mean, if the year was 1250 then it would be big news.” – David Letterman

“We have former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer on the show tonight. He’ll be here only for about five minutes, but we’re charging him for the full hour.” – Jimmy Fallon

“Eliot Spitzer is on the show. When he got here, I said, ‘Do you need someone to escort, er, show you to your dressing room?'” – Jimmy Fallon

“In a GQ interview, VP Joe Biden says he can die a happy man never having been president. You know what? So can we!” – Jay Leno

“Detroit has become the largest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy. What happened was Detroit’s population dropped something like 70 percent, but the government got bigger. The tax base got smaller, but the government got bigger. Thank God that kind of thing could never happen in Washington.” – Jay Leno

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Late Night Political Humor

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

“Al Qaeda’s number two man in Yemen was killed this week by a drone strike. He was doing a cover shoot for Rolling Stone and they were able to pinpoint him.” – Jay Leno

“Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has been in Gitmo for 10 years. They turned him lose on the computer and this guy is some sort of evil genius. He designed a brand-new vacuum cleaner. It keeps the fleas out of his beard. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has declared jihad on dirt. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a shoo-in for the Gitmo science fair.” – David Letterman

“It has come out that when Moammar Gadhafi’s Libyan compound was raided back in 2011, someone stole his gold toilet brush. Police describe the suspect as pretty much anyone with a gold toilet brush.” – Conan O’Brien

“Joe Biden said this week that he still dreams of being president. To which Hillary said, ‘Keep dreaming’.” – Jay Leno

“In an interview about the New York elections, Eliot Spitzer, who you remember was caught frequenting prostitutes, described himself as a feminist. And Anthony Weiner described himself as a photographer.” – Conan O’Brien

“A Utah senator proposed a bill that would no longer require kids to go to school. But then someone noticed that the senator was just three boys in a trench coat standing on top of each other’s shoulders.” – Conan O’Brien

“The royal baby is now past due. It was supposed to be born two days ago. So ladies and gentlemen, once again a member of the British royal family is avoiding labor.” – Conan O’Brien

“Edward Snowden still living in the Moscow Airport. Workers there are treating him well. Every night they leave a mint on his neck pillow.” – David Letterman

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Turnabout

Monday, July 29, 2013

After a Korean airplane crashed during landing at SFO, a San Francisco TV station screwed up royally by reporting fake racist names for the pilots (Sum Ting Wong, Wi To Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, …).

I have no idea if this is true or not, but after a Southwest Airlines flight crashed recently in New York during landing, an image is running around the innertubes, attributed to a Korean news service:

So the American pilots are “Captain Kent Parker Wright” and “Co-captain Wyatt Wooden Workman”. And they also added names like “Flight instructor Haywood U. Flye-Moore” and a disgruntled passenger “Macy Lawyers”.

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Late Night Political Humor

Monday, July 29, 2013

“Britain’s parliament has passed a bill that would allow gay marriage. How about that? For the first time they are allowing gay marriage. If you thought royal weddings were big, just wait until the first gay royal wedding. Oh, my God. How fabulous will that be?” – Jay Leno

“Here’s some big news out of England. Today, Queen Elizabeth officially legalized gay marriage in Britain. Or as she put it, ‘You know, it doesn’t always have to be tea and crumpets. Sometimes it can just be two crumpets.'” – Jimmy Fallon

“Gay marriage is legal in the U.K. Which is why today, Camilla asked Prince Charles, ‘So I can take off this dress now?” – Jimmy Fallon

“Today the Queen said that she would like the royal baby to be born before she goes on vacation. Then someone reminded her she’s more or less been on vacation since 1952.” – Conan O’Brien

“NSA leaker Edward Snowden is living at the Moscow airport. He’s been there for about a month. He’s scorned with no home to call his own. No safe harbor. It’s like being an old George Clooney girlfriend.” – David Letterman

“Edward Snowden’s been at the airport close to two months. And here’s how he stays in shape. He goes jogging every day on the baggage carousel.” – David Letterman

“NSA leaker Edward Snowden has filed for temporary asylum in Russia. Apparently, he didn’t want anyone to know, but somehow the story leaked out.” – Jay Leno

“Today, the headquarters of the EPA was renamed in honor of Bill Clinton because of his dedication to protecting the environment. Or as Al Gore put it, ‘Are you kidding me? The environment? That’s my thing.'” – Jimmy Fallon

“The Pope said something crazy. The Pope is offering time off from purgatory for anyone who follows him on Twitter. He also said it’s cool for Catholics to have premarital sex as long as they like his Facebook page.” – Conan O’Brien

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Ongoing Conversation?

Sunday, July 28, 2013

But is the conversation going anywhere? In the immortal words of Rodney King, can we all get along?

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