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‘True Blood’ Actress: ‘I Did Have Fun’ Making Sarah Palin Angr
July 28th, 2014 2:52 PM
Editor’s note: This story contains strong language.
HBO certainly isn’t subtle in their disdain for conservatives. Last week, HBO’s “True Blood” mocked conservatives at a fictional Ted Cruz fundraiser, as “Republic**ts” and this weekend’s cast panel at Comic-Con brought up the episode again.
The actress who uttered the derogatory term, Kristin Bauer van Straten was asked about the…

HBO’s ‘True Blood’ Mocks Ted Cruz, ‘Republic**ts’, 'A**holes
July 21st, 2014 2:08 PM
Editor’s note: this article contains objectionable language.
The Democrat party is the pro-woman party right? Well on Sunday night’s episode of HBO's "True Blood," the left-leaning characters inadvertently reveal their hateful attitudes towards women, all the while mocking conservatives.
In the July 20 episode, vampires Eric and Pam are looking for the parents of their enemy, who happen to…

HBO's Left-Wing John Oliver Blasts Privatization of Prisons
July 21st, 2014 12:30 PM
John Oliver used the Sunday July 20 edition of HBO’s Last Week Tonight as a platform to condemn the privatization of the American prison system. Rather than describing both sides of the issue, Oliver told horror stories from prisons that outsource healthcare and food provision without mentioning similar stories from publicly run prisons. According to Oliver, the verdict is straightforward: “…

Bill Maher's Trickle-Down Wealth Is No 'Zombie Lie
July 19th, 2014 2:04 PM
“Their entire economic philosophy — cut taxes for the rich and it trickles down — is a zombie lie.” (Video below)
Bill Maher is a funny guy, so say his fans. If money is a measure, he’s very good at being funny. How good? Over here at Celebrity Net Worth it says ole Bill is so funny that over the years he has amassed a fortune of $23 million.

HBO’s Oliver: ‘America is a System Where Wealth is Dispersed as a
July 14th, 2014 5:15 PM
In an extended screed against the horrors of income inequality, HBO’s John Oliver ripped into his adopted home country for its inaction on this supposedly devastating issue. The British-born Last Week Tonight host showed clip after clip dedicated to furthering his point, stating with sarcasm that the “roaring 20s were famously the party that never ended,” in reference to the looming depression…

Glenn Greenwald Calls 'Bulls***' On Snowden Doubters on 'Real Time
June 23rd, 2014 3:30 PM
Glenn Greenwald, Edward Snowden abetter and columnist of The Guardian, appeared on the June 20 edition of Real Time With Bill Maher determined to defend Snowden as a patriotic whistle blower. The agitated liberal journalist called “total bulls***” on Real Time panelist Paul Rieckhoff, veteran and founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, for questioning Snowden’s true motives in…

Bill Maher Praises PETA, Tells Liam Neeson to 'Just Shut Up' Over Trea
June 18th, 2014 7:52 PM
It's not hard to tell where the host of Real Time With Bill Maher stands on the issue of “animal rights.” As with most topics, the comedian hasn't held anything back since before 2003, when he received the Celebrity Animal Advocate of the Year Award at the Animal Rights National Conference in Los Angeles.
During the past week, however, the HBO host set his sights on two interesting targets:…

HBO’s Bill Maher: ‘The Only Way The Republicans Win Is They Cheat
June 16th, 2014 5:15 PM
Bill Maher and his guest MSNBC’s Krystal Ball spent the June 13 edition of Real Time With Bill Maher whining that conservatives and liberals are physically and culturally separating themselves in deep red pockets of the country while these “polarizing extremes” lead to political “gridlock” that keep moderates from voting. If they voted, the liberal talk show hosts – who live in the vaunted…

HBO Pseudo-News Anchor John Oliver Gets Net Neutrality Fundamentally W
June 16th, 2014 9:09 AM
So it turns out there that something doesn't have to be true to be funny.
Many a thinking American - who knows media bias - finds the following perversely appropriate.
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Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, Dan Rather ... and Jon Stewart?
Readers over 30 might scoff at Stewart's inclusion - assuming they know who he is. For many under 30, the host of Comedy…

Bill Maher Unable to Defend Obama on Liberal Immigration Reform
May 27th, 2014 2:43 PM
What happens when you get a Hollywood liberal who’s chiefly interested in boosting President Obama and attacking Republicans interviewing a single-issue liberal activist who thinks President Obama is not liberal enough?
Viewers of the May 23 edition of Real Time with Bill Maher got to see that as the HBO comedian interviewed illegal immigrant and former Washington Post staff writer Jose…
Hateful Bill Maher Calls Bulls*** on the Pope and Catholic Church
May 19th, 2014 3:21 PM
On his May 16 program, liberal comedian and avowed atheist Bill Maher insulted a holy sacrament of the faith of billions of people worldwide in a disturbingly crude joke involving, essentially, sexually predatory extraterrestrial alien priests [See video below. MP3 audio here].
The occasion for the so-called joke was news that Pope Francis said that in the hypothetical situation that life…

On MSNBC, Bill Maher Says Rush Limbaugh Is Worse Than Donald Sterling
April 29th, 2014 11:31 PM
Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's All In on MSNBC to discuss the controversy over Donald Sterling's racist comments, HBO comedian Bill Maher managed to make a crack about Rush Limbaugh.
He answered a question from host Chris Hayes about whether there would be an increase in the number of people defending Sterling in the aftermath of his punishment. Maher said Limbaugh will "find a way to say…
John Oliver Ridicules Inane and Costly Obamacare Ad in Oregon
April 28th, 2014 8:27 PM
Former "Daily Show" comedian John Oliver launched his new program on HBO last night and hilariously eviscerated a commercial that once touted Cover Oregon, the state's now-defunct health insurance exchange.
The ad was such insipid treacle that many people seeing it for the first time are certain to wonder if it's a parody. (Video after the jump, vulgarity alert)

Bryant Gumbel: Sterling Comments 'Tip of the Iceberg' of Racism in Ame
April 28th, 2014 10:06 AM
Appearing on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, HBO Real Sports host and former Today show co-host Bryant Gumbel argued that alleged racist comments by NBA Clippers owner Donald Sterling were an indication of broader racism in America: "We historically, whether it's Donald Sterling or Cliven Bundy or Trayvon Martin, we look at a tip of the iceberg and we ignore the mass underneath it. And really,…