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applegrove

(118,685 posts)
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 11:53 PM Jun 2018

Friday on Real Time with Bill Maher:

The Interview:

Colion Noir is the host of NRA TV's "Noir" and a reviewer of all things gun. He recently explored “the real story” behind Chicago’s gun violence epidemic.

Twitter: @MrColionNoir




The Panel:

Michael Smerconish is a SiriusXM Radio host and author of "Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right: American Life in Columns." He recently wrote about how the Trump Administration’s “elevator pitch” video to Kim Jong-un on the future of North Korea may have been more clever than he originally thought.

Twitter: @smerconish

Neera Tanden is the President and CEO of the nonprofit organization Center for American Progress. She was an advisor to Hillary Clinton during her 2008 and 2016 campaigns for President and served as senior advisor to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services in the Obama Administration, helping to pass the Affordable Care Act.

Twitter: @neeratanden

Josh Barro is a Senior Editor at Business Insider and host of KCRW's "All the President's Lawyers" and "Left, Right & Center" Podcasts. He recently wrote about how Donald Trump’s negotiating strategies are not serving him well as President.

Twitter: @jbarro



Mid-Show Interview:

Michael Pollan is the author of "How to Change Your Mind: What The New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence." He is also a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and is a Lecturer and Professor of the Practice of NonFiction at Harvard University.

Twitter: @michaelpollan

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Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)
4. I don't see why. The older this guy gets. The more right wing ass he seems to kiss in
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 12:35 AM
Jun 2018

order to have access to these right wing pricks. Last time professional scumbag Roger Stone was there I thought they'd end up holding hands.

applegrove

(118,685 posts)
6. The attention Yannoupolous got after being on Real Time ended his career.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 01:41 AM
Jun 2018

Jordan Peterson was on and proved to be a political lightweight on overtime. Articles were written in the man in the weeks and months after that made it clear. Maher does engage with the right and fight them but sometimes sunlight is the best disinfectant. He gets lots of guests in the interviews who would otherwise never hit the mainstream. Sometimes on the left. Sometimes on the right. The right wingers could fester in darkness forever. But they have to pass the enlightenment once they've been on something as mainstream as Maher. And that innoculates us against the bullshit.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)
8. That British idiot flamed out because of what he said on Rogan. Calling him the "new" or "next
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 07:33 AM
Jun 2018

Hitchens" was no attempt to disinfect anything. It was pure ass kissery because that just happened to be the "hot" douche du jour and like the media he used to criticize. He wants those ratings, bad.

That Kermit s ok sounding fool Peterson got the head nod from Maher pretty much on everything he said because he agreed with him. He even failed miserably when the guy gave him the biggest opening. Totally contradicting himself about the "left's oversensitive feelings" out of one side of his mouth. Then with the other whined about the poor Trumpanzees' feelings.

Seeing unzip that idiot George Will's pants on stage and plant a firm one was almost too nauseating for words. Yeah he thinks Dump is "crude". So fucking what? The guy's been wrong about everything else in his entire career. Still is bullshitting about climate change and is very much into both siderism. He's just an overpaid dick with a thesaurus.

I could keep babbling on and on. But the point is. Like someone said below. He's entertaining. I actually like his monologue better than I did before and occasionally makes good points. But he's lost a lot of his edge. These days is mostly about how "brave"he and his right wing guests are. I still catch some of the clips on YouTube in the diminishing hope he'll humiliate some of these clowns the way they deserve. But......

applegrove

(118,685 posts)
9. Yes and it was a week after Maher. Maher digs up these people, you
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 01:51 PM
Jun 2018

have to admit they are not mainstream known, and then shoves them into the enlightenment which has at them in the weeks after. I don't expect Maher to be an investigative journalist. I expect him to take some shots at right wing characters and serve them up to the MSM to deal with.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)
10. ABC and other corporate news outlets had already done profiles on this prick. The fact
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 02:17 PM
Jun 2018

that he flamed out not long after his appearance seems like mere coincidence. And no. I don't need these worms to become more famous with his help. I'd rather they wither in obscurity. Same goes for Coulter and Kelly-Gollum whatever the fuck her name is.

And yes, it's clear he's not a journalist. nor do I need him to be one. But I would expect some consistency from a guy who used to trash talk the media endlessly (and for good reason). To me, he jumped the shark when he teamed up with, all of all people, Chris "We're all necons now" Matthews to berate Jorge Ramos. Over his totally accurate and non controversial comment about how the press in this country was complicit with the Iraq fiasco. Maher even had the balls to say something along the lines about "we had Michael Moore" or some such stupid shit. Yeah, like the fat guy in the chicken suit could be able to take on the lying administration and the compliant press all by himself.

Like I said. I appreciate when he's funny. And some times makes good points. But there's a whole lot of meh... in between. And just like with Joe Rogan. Someone needs to explain to these guys that a few kids in college campuses acting like idiots and overreacting at times. Doesn't mean the left wants the "muslim hordes" to bust in here and convert all of us. Because we're some censoring anti free speech "pussies".

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