Colbert

Tags: Colbert, religion

Quote from show on 26 Nov 12 (guest Jake Tapper): [Regarding the pope's
recent declaration that there were no animals in the manger when Jesus was
born because it isn't in the bible] "You know what else wasn't mentioned in
the bible? The pope."

Fwd: Delicious "REPARTEES"

Tag humor, pics

 

   

Subject: Delicious "REPARTEES"

 

1. Thomas Reed vs. Henry Clay g   2. Winston Churchill vs. Lady Astor   3. NYC Mayor Ed Koch vs. Andrew Kirtzman, after the reporter insisted on pressing a point about an inconsistent statement Koch had made   4. Groucho Marx vs. a contestant on "You Bet Your Life," after the contestant revealed that he was a father of 10   5. Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen Douglas, after Douglas called him "two-faced" during a debate   6. Pierre Trudeau vs. Richard Nixon, upon hearing that Nixon had called him an asshole 8. Oscar Wilde vs. Lewis Morris… Morris had just been passed over for the Poet Laureateship   9. Miriam Hopkins vs. an anonymous singer   10. James McNeill Whistler vs. Oscar Wilde, after Whistler had made a particularly witty observation 11. Senator Fritz Hollings vs. Henry McMastor, when challenged by his Republican opponent during a televised debate to take a drug test 12. Bill Clinton vs. Dan Quayle, after Quayle revealed that he planned to be "a pit bull" in the 1992 campaign against Clinton and Gore 13. Reverend Edward Everett Hale vs. the U.S. Senate, when asked if he prayed for the Senators.   14. Edna Ferber vs. Noel Coward… Coward was remarking upon the fact that Ferber was wearing a tailored suit   15. Henry Clay vs. Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster after seeing a pack of mules walk by 16. Winston Churchill vs. a Member of Parliament 17. Calvin Coolidge vs. some random lady at a White House dinner   18. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart vs. an admirer

 

 

The Swiss

"The average teacher salary in Switzerland in 2010 was $112000 per year"


I haven't personally verified this statement, but that doesn't matter for the purpose of my argument, which is:  A high salary like that would probably motivate a bunch of smart and hardworking people to compete for such a job.

(Image stolen from Facebook.)

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Had some time...





http://www.payscale.com/research/CH/Job=Middle_School_Teacher/Salary

http://www.payscale.com/teacher-salaries-by-state

http://www.forbes.com/2010/05/21/best-states-for-teachers-personal-finance-teachers.html

http://www.teacherportal.com/teacher-salaries-by-state/

People who think rape can't cause pregnancy

"The traumatic experience of rape causes a woman to 'secrete a certain secretion' that tends to kill sperm. - State Rep. Stephen Freind, R - Pennsylvania

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Update Oct 2012, see also Todd Akin.

Regina Spektor on Colbert

Regina Spektor on Colbert
7 Jun 12
Her name means Queen Ghost, good interview, immigrated from USSR in 1989 at
age 9

Humor: assassins

Tags: Humor, pics

Good morning. I see the assassins have failed.

Humor: Space, the final frontier (pic)

Tags: humor, pic

Humor: Space, the final frontier (pic)

F-22 pilot interview

Two F-22 pilots with the Virginia Guard.

Note short clips of MGen Lyon, Gen Schwartz, Gen Hostage speaking.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7407680n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBo
x

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-57428204-10391709/the-f-22-pilots-who
-talked-why-they-did-it/?tag=segementExtraScroller;housing

"Two military pilots won't fly the F-22 Raptor, the Air Force's most
sophisticated fighter plane, because they say a lack of oxygen during flight
is causing disorientation and worse. Lesley Stahl reports.

Military officers rarely speak out against their services, but in our lead
story you'll hear from two elite pilots who question the safety of Air
Force's most sophisticated, stealthy, and expensive fighter jet, the F-22
Raptor. Maj. Jeremy Gordon and Capt. Joshua Wilson have chosen to stop
flying the F-22 because they say during some flights they and other pilots
have experienced oxygen deprivation, disorientation, and worse. They are
concerned about their safety in the air, as well as the long-term health
consequences. The Air Force says it is doing all it can to investigate and
solve the problem, and are keeping the jets in the air with careful
supervision of the pilots."

Colbert and Daily Show

Colbert and Daily Show both did extensive coverage of the war on women on 16
Apr 12

Fwd: Colbert 30 jan 12

> Words on superpac, Jon Stewart appeared

Fwd: Daily show 30 jan 12

Lou dobbs, Colbert made an appearance

Fwd: Daily show 24 jan 12

> Daily show 24 jan 12
>
> Romneys company hired lobbyists to oppose 35% income tax on hedge fund income in 2007. Would have raised it from 15%.
>
> Romney made $43mil over 2010-2011, paid 6 mil in taxes for an effective rate of 13%
>
>

Fwd: Bruce bueno prediction:

> Bruce bueno prediction:
> Gingrich wins the nomination but loses the election (that was his opinion, not computer modeled)
>

Colbert report, 23 jan 12

> Colbert report, 23 jan 12
>
> Bruce bueno de mesquita
>
> Book: the dictators handbook
>