You might remember President Obama pledged to accept at least 10,000 over the next year. OK, thats pretty extreme, but its also pretty meaningless for two reasons, Oliver said. One, governors dont have the legal authority to ban legal refugees. Credit: HBO And two, even if they could, Syrians can just walk between states like anyone else. The lines on maps are not crocodile-filled moats. I think you’re able to prove it....
The HBO host has a message for France. So John Oliver has a warning for the French people: Dont f up, too. She is the main reason you should be invested in this election, warned Oliver during his segment. Beneath her slick presentation, Le Pens message is vicious. She also plans on banning any sign of religious belief, including hijabs, yarmulkes, and turbans. Brutalizing your wife and stealing your wallet I get....
John Oliver closed the finalLast Week Tonightepisode of the year with a message for the previous 11 months: F 2016. Even though this year still has seven years left, Im calling it early: 2016 was the fing worst, Oliver said at the end of Sundays episode, before launching into a pre-taped package that included real citizens and some famous faces (Amy Schumer, Larry David, Larry Wilmore, Megan Mullally, and Nick Offerman) flipping off the year and calling it out for being truly terrible....
‘What kind of f–ing idiot would not immediately distance himself from them?’ Its been going on for a long time in our country. Its been going on for a very long time. Credit: HBO Wait, on many sides? Oliver said in response to Trumps statement. This was a white nationalist rally, you have to call that out by name. Its like a reverse Godwins Law: If you fail to mention Nazism, you lose the argument....
And luckily, there are a great many third party options out there. The point is: Joe Exotic, make America exotic again. So lets vet these candidates, not as spoilers or as protest votes, but as legitimate potential presidents. Credit: HBO That is absolutely wrong, said Oliver. The president does not have that authority, only the Federal Reserve does. And it does not take marching orders from the White House because that would be extremely dangerous....
Who better to tell Trump what this bill will do than someone who stands to be hurt by it? Oliver said of Catheter Cowboy. Someone in his 60s, in rural America, with an unspecified medical problem that requires constant treatment. Earlier in the show, Oliver picked apart the legislation. Yes, its finally here: the AHCA, he said. You may not have wanted it. But its here anyway. Ok, so the older you get, the more money you get....
Here are the best hits from Oliver’s 2016 coverage of the formerCelebrity Apprenticehost. He even made a limited run of parody Make Donald Drumpf Again hats so hoteven Jay Zwanted one. It’s the douche bag’s apology." Eric Liebowitz/HBO Where there are two people, one who always lies and one who always tells the truth? Donald Trump is both of those at once." In response, Oliver told his viewersto look up in the sky: “See that?...
After sharing his research on multi-level marketing companies, Oliver said he wanted to do something about the problem. What can we do? Because good, hard-working people are going to keep getting caught up in these companies. Credit: HBO There has to be a way to tell the world about the dangers about MLMs, he said. And I think I know the perfect distribution internet. And that is why tonight we are starting our own pyramid scheme, #thisisapyramidscheme....
Its exhausting, Oliver reflected. It feels like Inauguration Day was 114 years ago. We have a long way to go, its going to be hard. Credit: Michele Crowe/CBS Because words dont mean anything anymore (so why not numbers? ), he half-seriously joked that perhaps Trump could remain president for 12 years. This same wit was also on display during his chat about Trumps immigration order. I am slightly concerned, Oliver told Colbert....
He then shifted the segment back to Trumps actual words. But perhaps most ominously of all. Many political experts warned me this campaign would be a journey to hell. Credit: Eric Liebowitz/HBO It would be a journey to heaven. You heard right, Oliver responded. The only real difference being, with Christ we think, What would Jesus do? and with Trump its more, Jesus, what the f did you just do!?'...
John Oliver isnt convinced very much will change now that Steve Bannon has left the White House. Only Vice President Mike Pence remains employed by the White House. The truly depressing thing about Bannons departure is just how utterly unsatisfying it actually is. Because, yes, one panderer to white nationalists has left the White House. I dont know why shes there. But Malala sucks, thats the only conclusion you might draw....
The first series was set before my time, says Ridley, 50. Now I feel like Im moving into territory that was very impactful to me as a young person. The first set of comics tracked a group of super-heroes created by the U.S. Part of what I want to examine are things that havent changed in the last decade. Credit: Art by Georges Jeanty, colors by Nick Filardi We talk all the time about American exceptionalism....
If you punch links we provide, we may receive compensation. (Trust us, this is no Quidditch.) Chris Shane is an FBI agent with Hadens, assigned to cases involving those with the syndrome. Credit: Athena Scalzi Excerpt fromHead On,by John Scalzi Duane Campbells head was ripped clean off. A roar went up from the stands. I hate when that happens. Tor Books She pointed to the field, where Duane Campbells headless threep now sprawled....
