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I hope so. It was one of the best sets I've ever heard. Sadly, I was probably the only person in the room who knew about Finding Your Roots.
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Saw Seth Myers do standup tonight and he does a bit about his experience of doing the show. Mocked the whole "how do you feel about it?", especially finding out a relative did a school play, and said he wasn't an interesting guest. He talked about turning the page and finding out his relative committed suicide and Dr Gates said "sorry, we'll edit that out. Turn the next page".
Was really interesting seeing his experience turned into comedy.
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I didn't know about the book and the other stuff so thanks for sharing!
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Finally got around to watching and I had said everything John said about Uber just this afternoon!
Really glad he talked about the whole fetal personhood bullshit and the Comstock Act. I've known about this for a long time as I read Jessica Valenti's Abortion Every Day (highly recommend) but most people have no idea.
I run a Blue Jays fansite and had heard nothing about these pants. Granted, I don't read everything. Wonder why they made the switch?
The main story is horrifying. Wish I had anything more constructive to say, but nope.
ETA: Update on the pants from CNN:
QuoteIn a press release, Nike said that it worked with more than 300 players to design a jersey that was more breathable, lightweight and stretchy.
Players also wore them during last season’s All-Star Game, and Nike and MLB said they were well received at the time.
“They’re designed to be performance wear as opposed to what’s been traditionally worn, so they are going to be different,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said about the uniforms.
“I think after people wear them a little bit, they’re going to be really popular.”
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And of course I see "Video unavailable. The uploader has not made this video available in your country." Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose..
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It's always been a 3 week wait in Canada so I don't have a lot of sympathy. Lucky for me I got a deal for a year subscription to Crave so I can now happily watch the entire episode the next day.
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I loved that episode so much. It almost took the bad taste of Heroes out of my mouth. Devane is brilliant as usual and it was great to get another glimpse of the political side of things. I always enjoyed those episodes.
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On 2/13/2024 at 5:44 PM, iMonrey said:
What happened with Apple?
Nothing official but the story is that the reason The Problem was cancelled was because Jon wanted to do stories on China and AI, Apple told him not to, and he refused. Now does his first joke make sense?
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Thanks for answering my question about Dulce. I hope she gets her time.
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On 1/28/2024 at 11:06 PM, possibilities said:
Did he hire any women?
Yes, and POC were in the room too.
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Also found this interview from 10 months ago, before things went south with Apple. He's very reflective here.
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For those who didn't see The Problem with Jon Stewart, I really encourage you to check out the YouTube channel to watch the clips and/or listen to the podcast. He made a point on that show to have a diverse room and to promote his writers to share their perspectives so it seems he took the diversity criticism to heart. This makes me very excite to see what happens now.
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Since the previous thread was closed and the one person who responded repeated what I already knew, I'll ask again. When the show came back after the writers strike, did Dulce every get to finish out her week that was cut short by the strike? I hope that short time gets taken into account here and they make sure her and the other correspondents who didn't get their week get more time.
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I stopped being able to find the show in Canada in the fall so I lost track of the hosts but did Dulce ever get a chance to finish her week? I was really impressed with her.
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11 hours ago, auntjess said:
What's exciting for me is the episode that is going to feature non-celebrities. I'm interested in who they chose.
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I remember when the Lac-Mégantic derailment happened but I had no idea that much was wiped out. After that I know there were calls for tighter regulations in Canada but I don't know how far that got. Anyone know?
Answered my own question. A mini series was done this year. There was more tragedy. At least one of the first responders later took their life.
And they're still trying to build a bypass of the town.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ottawa-moves-to-acquire-lac-magantic-rail-bypass-1.6747432
And some regulations were tightened up but there's still a lot that the railroad companies are hiding from municipalities.
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I am so damned tired of The Daily Show being gepblocked in Canada yet it's not airing anywhere. 🥵
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I appreciated that despite what some people seem to have taken from this episode, he repeated again and again that what Hamas did was terrible. I've saw people say he was minimizing what Hamas did but I don't see it at all.
For me, I've never understood why terrorist attacks are considered justification for wars. Isn't Mossad considered one of the best intelligence and special operation forces in the world? Why aren't small task forces being talked about? Why does the response always seem to to kill 3 times the amount of innocent people the terror attack killed?
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So happy that John won the bird contest. He had way too much fun spending corporate daddy's money on that one.
Same old story. Ask people to do what there should be twice the amount of staff to do. Dollar stores here in Canada aren't usually that bad and a lot of the ones here in Toronto have security guards. Granted though, we generally don't have that many food deserts thanks to our grocery cartel. They all have discount grocery stores that compete with dollar stores.
Dollar Tree has tried to make a dent here but our big gorilla is Dollarama. I decided to see what they made last quarter:
QuoteSales increased by 19.6% to $1,455.9 million • Comparable store sales increased by 15.5% over and above a 13.2% growth the previous year
Bad times seem to be good for them too.
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Does anyone know what has happened to the show in Canada? It's no longer on the Comedy Network/CTV.
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On 10/9/2023 at 9:10 AM, JustHereForFood said:
Also, this will probably not be popular, but that woman who was for homeschooling because to her the curriculum was too whitewashed looked like the same type of fanatic to me as parents who don't want their children to learn about slavery or LGBT+ people. She still supports the flawed system that is against people like her, just from the other end. I get that she's probably right about the curriculum, but the correct way IMO would be to try to change it for all schools, not to create one for her own children. Plus, you know, parents can still let their children go to school AND teach them the other stuff they want them to know in their free time.
What free time? If she is responsible for dinner, laundry and getting children to bed, or even driving kids around to extra curricular activities, there may not be the time to counteract the messages they are getting that their history is not worth mentioning and that they are less than the white kids. She mentioned how it was making the environment uncomfortable for the child and you are branding her a fanatic for wanting to shield her child from in-your-face racism?
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On 9/8/2023 at 6:41 AM, phlebas said:
All of this may change in my mind if I hear that Melissa Navia or Melanie Scrofano is unhappy with her lack of screen time. Or are traumatized by having to sing.
Can't speak to Scrofano but Navia is a musical theatre vet and may be more unhappy she didn't get to sing more.
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3 hours ago, Tachi Rocinante said:
For those of you who do, is it just me, or do they do something to Tawny Newsome's voice for the cartoon? There were some scenes where she didn't sound like Mariner at all.
She was speaking slower?
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On 3/26/2023 at 11:12 AM, Lantern7 said:
The “M’Wanda” or “muh Wanda” thing . . . is that derived from televangelists, back when John and Rachel were goofing on them? It’s just weird.
Yes, it started with the televangelist bit and has just carried over.
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I know Tim French! What a great fit.