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Tensions rise as representatives from across the galaxy gather to confront the threat of the Dark Matter Anomaly. Zora's new sentience raises difficult questions. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Dec 30, 2021 - 24 comments

This week:

• Trump prepares for the (then) upcoming North Korea summit, of course, by not preparing.
• Philippine President and strongman Rodrigo Duterte very uncomfortably kisses a young woman before a crowd.
• And Now: Julie Chen Has A Few Questions For The Audience of "The Talk."
• Main Story: More on Stupid Watergate, this time about Fox News' efforts to normalize the idea that the Mueller investigation is a "witch hunt" by calling that through every channel available to them, in an desperate (yet somewhat effective) effort to get ordinary Americans thinking it must be one, despite the fact that they've already charged 20 people and three companies, and gotten five guilty pleas. Watch it on YouTube (18m).
• And Now: The Entire Seventeen-Minute Piece You Just Saw, Boiled Down To Eight Seconds.
• Finally, a bit about the UK. Last week's episode had a segment about the putdowns of House of Commons speaker John Bercow that could not air in the UK, because of a stupid law saying footage of the chamber could not be used in "light entertainment" or "political satire." Because they used such footage this week and thus UK viewers again cannot be shown the whole program, LWT offers five minutes of replacement content: Gilbert Gottfried reading Yelp reviews.

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posted by JHarris on Jun 16, 2018 - 1 comment