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After a disagreement on Morning Joe of January 18, 2008, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and David Shuster "hug it out."

It's Friday which means another episode of our comedy webcast "NewsBusted!" Topics in this show include rumors of Mike Bloomberg entering the presidential race, insane allegations about Halliburton assassinating Barack Obama, and Hannah Montana's body double.

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It's Friday which means another episode of our comedy show "NewsBusted!" Topics in this show: Dennis Kucinich's campaign strategies, a new pill for women's libidos, and political division in Jesse Jackson's family. Click the "Play" icon to the right on the video to watch.

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As a long-time occasional reader of the satirical newspaper The Onion, I couldn't help but notice a leftward drift to its humor. Now I see why:

Lots of people on the right think that the liberal group MoveOn.org is a joke. Well, now they’ll have a bit more ammo in their argument.

The powerful liberal activist group has wooed Peter Koechley away from the satirical newspaper The Onion, where he was managing editor.

In an e-mail blast that went out on Thursday, Koechley refers to “MoveOn, where I now work.”

Former "The View" co-host, 9/11 conspiracy theorist and left-wing warrior-poet Rosie O'Donnell set to verse her thoughts on Hillary's now-infamous tearing-up incident:

From the January 8 Late Show with David Letterman, the “Top Ten Signs You're Watching Bad Election Coverage.” Video of Letterman reading this list.

10. TV reporters seem to be using the word "dude" a lot

9. Because of the writers strike, they show reruns of the Reagan-Mondale election

8. Exit polling question: "Did you have trouble finding the exit?"

7. Three candidates each received 50% of the votes

6. Top half of screen shows election coverage, bottom half is "American Gladiators"

5. Pundit says it's looking unlikely Bush will be re-elected

4. It's 3 hours of Dog the Bounty Hunter yelling racial slurs

From the January 4 Late Show with David Letterman, the “Top Ten Signs Your Presidential Campaign is in Trouble.”

10. When asked what you'd do about Iraq, you say, "Do I Rock?"

9. You're often described as "John Kerry without Charisma"

8. Many of your supporters have been hospitalized because you ordered your campaign buttons from China

7. You've been running negative ads about yourself

6. Only Endorsement you've received was from "Burrito Afficionado" magazine

5. When reporting caucus results, media refers to you as "Other"

4. Meet the Press appearance turns ugly when you put Tim Russert in a headlock

3. Budget director blew most of your campaign funds betting on the Knicks

If things don't work out for Hillary with this presidential thing, she can always do stand-up out in LA. Or not. If you didn't catch her side-splitter on last night's Letterman, you can view it here, as rebroadcast on MSNBC this morning.

For those taking nitrates who might not want to risk a sudden drop in blood pressure by watching the clip, here's the text of Hillary's rib tickler:

Dave has been off the air for eight long weeks because of the writers' strike. Tonight he's back. Oh well. All good things come to an end.

Hillary, stop. You're killing me here.

 

Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) admires a snowman made in her honor during a campaign stop at Muscatine West Middle School in Muscatine, Iowa December 31, 2007.

The PC guy finally wins one! No, we're not cheering for political correctness here. I'm talking about those ads for Macintosh computers where the cool Mac guy always gets the better of the frumpy PC fellow.

When two college political leaders out in Iowa appeared on the Good Morning America screen today, I immediately suspected a set-up. I couldn't help but think that ABC had intentionally staged the political equivalent of the Mac ads, with the Dem as the Apple dude and the Republican cast as PC guy.

In the screencap, that's Atul Nakhasi, head of the U. of Iowa Dems, on the left and Greg Baker, Chairman of the U. of Iowa Republicans, on the right. Now, Nakhasi acquitted himself perfectly well, but as the segment unfolded it soon became clear that Baker was the star of this show.

View the video here, and enjoy Baker's good-humor and easy articulation.

Is America ready to be led by a New Age pundit? There's been much scrutiny of the respective religions of Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. But do we need to reconsider Maureen Dowd's fitness for op-ed office in light of her revelation that she has apparently embraced New Age spirituality, even undergoing a New Age "exorcism" complete with swinging crystal?

I kept waiting for Dowd to say it was all a joke -- but she never did. Her column of today, "Am I a Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon?", describes her experience, conducted by one Faith Green: "a pretty, curvy 31-year-old green-eyed blonde, [who] says she has studied tribal shamanism, rolfing, Pilates, tango, movement and stretching."

How quiet is it Chez Finkelstein on Christmas morning? Quiet enough that I actually resorted to my HBO on Demand re-run channel and decided to check out a two-minute Def Comedy short. I wasn't looking for trouble, let alone grist for the NB mill. But here's what turned up. A comedian named Patrice O'Neal. And these were the very first words out of his mouth:

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Hillary Clinton's varying facial expressions during a Morning Joe interview of December 17, 2007 from a diner in Des Moines, Iowa.

It's Friday which means another episode of our twice-weekly comedy show "NewsBusted" has arrived! Topics in this show: the media on Iraq, Valerie Plame, and Britney Spears as the Bible's Mary?

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As Chief White House correspondent for NBC, there is no doubt David Gregory has danced his way through a lot of fast breaking stories in Washington, DC. Little did we know just how much practice Gregory had been getting of late.

On December 19, Gregory danced around the economy's "Naughty and Nice" list with Jim ‘Cramer Claus.' But while filling in for ‘Today' host Matt Lauer on December 20, Gregory pulled out all the stops. Demonstrating what looked like an audition for ABC's ‘Dancing with the Stars,' Gregory expressed his enjoyment of guest Mary J. Blige's performance by dancing along.

In a stunning announcement Wednesday, Time magazine has named Russian President Vladimir Putin its Person of the Year for 2007.

Obviously, this must have come as a great shock to Nobel Laureate Al Gore who was the odds on favorite to win another dubious honor for becoming a multi-millionaire selling the gullible on the manmade global warming myth.

With that in mind, Pat Sajak penned the following satirical piece depicting how Gore – ever the sore-loser – might respond to this announcement (emphasis added):

Quoth Wes Craven: NevermoreMessage for Chris Matthews: Hollywood 1984 called, and it wants its sweater back.

On location today in Hanover, New Hampshire, Matthews climbed out of the Wardrobe Wayback Machine - Slasher Flick Edition sporting a Halloween-shaded version of Freddy Krueger's trademark "A Nightmare on Elm Street" pull-over.

It's Tuesday which means another episode of our comedy show NewsBusted! Topics in this show include Hillary Clinton's mom, Bob Schieffer, Ron Paul and New Hampshire, and Alex Trebek in the hospital. Click the video over at the top right to watch.

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Worst job in America this morning: Clinton campaign staffer assigned to inform Hillary of her treatment at the hands of ABC's "This Week" panel.

From moderator George Stephanopoulos to former Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile, to the husband-wife tandem of Jay Carney of Time and Claire Shipman of ABC, to conservative sage George Will, it was a decidedly downbeat take on Hillary's fortunes.

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It's Friday which means another episode of our comedy show NewsBusted! Topics in this show include Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani, Dennish Kucinich, and paintball for terrorists. Click the "Play" icon to the right on the video to watch or visit the YouTube version here.

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Topics in this episode: the NIE controversy, Oprah's stadium rally for Obama, Brent Bozell's book "Whitewash," and Mitt Romney's landscapers. Click the "play" icon at the top right of the sidebar to watch or visit the YouTube page for this show.

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What do you know? Time magazine ran a list of the Top Ten Editorial Cartoons of 2007, and the only American political figures coming in for lampooning were . . . conservatives.

Four of the cartoons were not explicitly political [sex habits of the elderly, contaminated products from China, VA Tech shootings, Barry Bonds steroids scandal].

But of those that satirized political figures, all were Republicans or conservatives:

Topics in this episode: Hugo Chavez, Osama bin Laden, Oprah Winfrey, and more! Click the "play" icon at the top right of the sidebar to watch or visit the YouTube page for this show.

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It's Friday which means another episode of our political comedy show "NewsBusted" has arrived! Topics in this show: the United Nations, NASA debunking global warming, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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On his Daily Nightly blog, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams sent his happy-birthday wishes to liberal comedian Jon Stewart. In a Wednesday blog post playfully titled "Where Have You Gone, Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz?", Williams mourned how the writers' strike has taken Stewart away from his "vital comedic work" trashing Bush. Just like Tom Brokaw, Brian Williams thinks Stewart is an American treasure:

The serious fact is that Jon Stewart and his colleagues in comedy -- along with the writers who support them -- serve an invaluable purpose by skewering the pompous and deflating the egos of the high and mighty. They function almost as a separate branch of government. We need them, and we miss them.

Topics in this episode: CNN's hosting of the Democratic presidential debates, Joe and Valerie Wilson, leftist bridge players, and more! Click the "play" icon at the top right of the sidebar to watch.

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