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I’m tired of people using the race card to say their view is of course the only view. Bill, I am disappointed to watch you doing just that. I don’t think the college kids, or anyone else, who thinks we should not be supporting Israel are fueled by racism or anti-semitism. C’mon.

Regarding the phone thing….my oldest was 13 in 2010. We gave her her first phone in 2007, making her 10. And while we didn’t buy the latest and greatest, we also didn’t give her hand me downs. We were not in the minority by any means. I have a memory of phones with cameras not being allowed in classrooms. I am sure that rule has gone out the window. I also remember MySpace, where the kids would message each other, and even then it was used to spread gossip and negativity. I do not envy these kids growing up with all this technology. Bill mentioned kids being disrespectful to their parents. I think that exists only on TV and movies. I agree with him in that I don’t know why that is becoming the norm even on that medium. It’s annoying to say the least.

So Bill thinks the people disagreeing with his view of the war in Gaza/Israel should be silenced? And he uses absurd examples to justify this silencing? And he wants everyone who disagrees with him identified? Wow. He must be so right.

Just started, but I’m not getting Christian as Selena. Where’s J Lo when you need her? but what a sad, sad wasteful ending to her life.

I live in Florida and did during the Covid days. When so many were saying it’s a shitshow in Florida, Florida is hiding numbers (they must be, everyone there is not dead), it was in reality no different than in any other state, except we had less rules. IMO, Trump has no chance in hell of getting elected. Absolutely None. DeSantis’s chances have been effectively wiped out by the media and then his own missteps with Disney and abortion. I did like DeSantis bringing up how accusing Trump of colluding with Russia to influence an election is on par with every other election where the losing side cries, “It was rigged!” Maybe I need a new TV, but I couldn’t understand a word Ham was saying. I gave up rewinding to hear it over. I think Bill is very relevant. He is the voice of the many, many (some former) Democrats who got disillusioned with the party the past couple of elections. No, I will continue to watch.

Oops, sorry. ☺️

That may not be true. The South lagged behind the North, which did not have slavery. The North opted for Industrialism, which was more effective and better all around than slavery. That’s why the South lost the Civil War…it just wasn’t as advanced and never could be, because slavery is wrong on many, many levels.

I missed this show when it was on. Perel was very interesting. I did not find that panel boring at all. I thought Bill was almost afraid to ask the questions he was asking because of the current political climate, but I’m glad he did. I thought they both gave interesting perspectives on the issues. I thought their insights on the media were spot on. The media is everywhere, and understanding the motives of the media is interesting to me.

Good show. Elon Musk is real and his views were interesting for me. I love how he comfortably said he ignores the haters on Twitter. I would be more like Bill and have to get off it. I thought the panel was very good and everyone spoke earnestly, very refreshing after the people who just repeat talking points. Very good show.

Noa is full of shit. I raised my family in Rockland County, NY, and every Jewish person announced they were Jewish within 5 minutes of meeting them. And that was over 30 years ago. No one was ashamed of who they were, whether it be Jewish or anything else. I could not agree more with Andrew Yang in that we need a viable third party in this country, Elissa’s opinion on that — that she’s afraid we would be turning the country over to, I can’t even describe what she was saying, is absurd. The Dems and Repubs are destroying this country. 😀

Agree wholeheartedly. John Wayne, Charleston Heston, Bob Hope were old relics in the early 70’s. Nixon may have been using a bully pulpit, but there was no Internet, no cesspool of ignorance that is Twitter, no mass viralness that exists today. Marlon Brando’s standing up for Indians and how they were portrayed in the movies was accepted for what is was worth back then.

This I will agree with wholeheartedly. Polls, in general, are usually nothing more than “ torture numbers long enough and they will admit to anything.” This poll, in particular, seems to be even more meaningless than most. This isn’t money they are “getting”, it’s money they are not paying. So the responses would seem to be more wistful dreaming. I think this is exactly what Brand was saying, that the news is bought and paid for, and presented with ulterior motives. I miss the days when CNN was a trusted news source. They all learned from Fox that inciting people delivers ratings, which delivers money. Too bad. MSNBC is no better. The news outlets learned, before Covid taught a lot of us, that people will believe what they want to believe. The news outlets capitalize on that.

Funny, I thought just the opposite. Ari just kept bringing everything back to Trumpism, and how great and honest MSNBC is, not really in the conversation, but just putting out talking points. I thought Sarah was spot on saying the news stations are about making money, and the business model is no longer advertising, but catering to one side or the other. Absolutely spot on. Waffle House. My husband always would want to get breakfast there while we were traveling over the years. I always said I’m not eating in one of those hideous-looking boxes of a restaurant. One day, after dropping off someone at the airport for an early morning flight, I was starving and gave in, as it was the only thing open. I LOVED my eggs, hash browns, cinnamon toast, and bacon. Cooked just the way I like it. Color me surprised as hell.

I googled Bill and found a very interesting article in the Jewish Journal called “Bill Maher is Sticking to His Beliefs—Whether You Like It or Not.”

Wait a minute. Bill is half-Jewish, half-Catholic? I have heard him ridicule the Catholic religion over and over. I have never heard him ridicule the Jewish religion. Does he believe in it? Just wondering.

What on earth? There is no quality here. Sometimes I think they write garbage and try to pass it off as very intellectual, high-level stuff. Ridiculous writing, filled with nothing but gratuitous violence and imagery.

Bill was talking about how people say he has changed. He has not changed, it’s just that if he disagrees with the liberal viewpoint, it is sometimes misunderstood.

Just started watching. I actually like Fallon. Granted, Pamela Sue Martin had that “je ne sais quoi”, but the new Fallon is interesting. For some reason, I don’t like the new Crystal. She annoys me and I wish they would let Fallon win some of their run-ins. it’s pretty funny Heather Locklear’s old character, Sammy Jo, is now a gay male.

Maybe Bill was just saying, “Why is the media, in this case TV media, portraying kids as know-it-all, arrogant, spoiled morons.

I’m sorry, I misread this comment. I thought it was referring to Christie (reading through too quickly 😔) Actually, I agree with Bill on the kids on TV thing, and I’ve said it myself more than once. It’s not reality, IMO. And Katy Kay WAS mean. She probably thought she was channeling Christie, but it was uncalled for.

It was cruel. He seemed hurt and caught off guard. I didn’t see it that way. First off, Bill seemed off with Wallace. Wallace was quick and smart, and the points Bill were trying to make got lost. Then comes Christie with his Northeastern rudeness, and Bill was a little more lost. Christie impressed me with his wit and quickness. I don’t care who he votes for. Bill’s opinion on TV shows and how kids act was meaningless. He has no kids. Katy Kay shot one off to Bill on that, too. Sting, sting, sting.

The FBI has been known to eat its young. They absolutely should be defunded.

Bill has not changed….he is the man he always has been. A man I have found witty and intelligent when I agree with him, and whom I’ve found infuriating when I disagree with him. But never, never someone who will bow down to other’s opinions. He has always, and still is, not afraid to give a big fuck you to those who try to quiet his opinion.

What I find hypocritical in Bill is the whole Trump won’t believe he lost the election. He conveniently forgets the years of Democrats and special counsels spending taxpayer dollars trying to prove Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election. And the parade of Democrats who publicly stated Bush stole the 2000 and 2004 elections. It goes both ways, Bill. Don’t pull out your fake outrage on Trump for doing what politicians do. Oh, but this is different….no, it’s not. This is not the forum to go point by point, but it’s the dirty side of politics. So, Bill, let it go or at least face the hypocrisy you’re wearing.

First, I had no idea what West was saying most of the time. I think every he gave a little “speech”, everyone clapped thinking, ‘I don’t know what the hell he just said, but it must have been special, so I’ll clap.’ I thought Conway WAS called out every time she used gas to sidestep. I felt like it was The View at times, with everyone talking over each other.