Salon.com > Must see morning clip http://www.salon.com Tue, 02 Jul 2013 04:30:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart calls into “The Daily Show” http://www.salon.com/2013/06/28/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_calls_into_the_daily_show/ http://www.salon.com/2013/06/28/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_calls_into_the_daily_show/#comments Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:01:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13339766 In an earnest moment on "The Daily Show," host Jon Stewart, currently on hiatus to direct "Rosewater," his first feature film, dialed into the show via Skype from the Middle East. "I don't watch it all the time because it's too weird," said Stewart, donning a full beard. "It's like watching someone have sex with your wife's desk. But I miss you guys like crazy, I love you guys, I can't wait to see you, this has been exciting and invigorating but weird as hell."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/06/28/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_calls_into_the_daily_show/feed/ 3 Must-see morning clip: Stephen Colbert’s advice for straight married couples http://www.salon.com/2013/06/27/must_see_morning_clip_stephen_colberts_advice_for_straight_married_couples/ http://www.salon.com/2013/06/27/must_see_morning_clip_stephen_colberts_advice_for_straight_married_couples/#comments Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:00:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13338698 Stephen Colbert feigned outrage over the Supreme Court's ruling that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional on "The Colbert Report" last night. "It was passed in 1996 to guarantee that traditional marriage was between one man and one woman for the sacred purpose of getting Bill Clinton reelected," he said.

Colbert's advice for those who feel that the institution of marriage is now threatened: "Traditional marriage is as defenseless as a freshman frat pledge about to go through the spanking machine. So straight people listen up: If a gay charges your marriage, you're gonna want to puff yourself up -- make yourself seem bigger -- try to frighten 'it' off by talking in a firm loud voice about pleated denim or Jimmy Buffett."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/06/27/must_see_morning_clip_stephen_colberts_advice_for_straight_married_couples/feed/ 0 Must-see morning clip: SCOTUS strikes down key section in Voting Rights Act http://www.salon.com/2013/06/26/must_see_morning_clip_scotus_strikes_down_key_section_in_voting_rights_act/ http://www.salon.com/2013/06/26/must_see_morning_clip_scotus_strikes_down_key_section_in_voting_rights_act/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13337351 Chief Justice John Roberts defended the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Section 4 of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965, explaining on Tuesday that "Nearly 50 years later, things have changed dramatically" in the states that comprised the Jim Crow south.

"Yes, for some reason, since the Voting Rights Act was passed, things have changed dramatically!" said Colbert. "Therefore, we can get rid of it now. It's like those outdated labor laws that prohibit children from threading bobbins and a loom. A kid hasn't been sucked into one of those machines in years!" he joked.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/06/26/must_see_morning_clip_scotus_strikes_down_key_section_in_voting_rights_act/feed/ 2 Must-see morning clip: Where is Edward Snowden? http://www.salon.com/2013/06/25/must_see_morning_clip_where_is_edward_snowden/ http://www.salon.com/2013/06/25/must_see_morning_clip_where_is_edward_snowden/#comments Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13336257 The whereabouts of Edward Snowden, the "NSA contractor/hero/villain/revealer of all our nation's secrets," as "The Daily Show" interim host John Oliver aptly notes, are unknown.

Snowden left Hong Kong earlier this week, where he had been staying in "a safe place" when he was charged with espionage by the US government. Snowden then reportedly flew to Moscow, and from Moscow to Havana, Cuba. But when journalists boarded a flight they suspected that he was on, there was no Snowden. The media then reported on the fact that Snowden was nowhere to be seen. "They were literally reporting on nothing," joked Oliver.

"Stop guessing," where he is, exclaims Oliver. "News is not a game show!"

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/06/25/must_see_morning_clip_where_is_edward_snowden/feed/ 0 Must-see morning clip: Paula Deen suffers from Type I or Type 2 racism http://www.salon.com/2013/06/21/must_see_morning_clip_paula_deen_suffers_from_type_i_or_type_2_racism/ http://www.salon.com/2013/06/21/must_see_morning_clip_paula_deen_suffers_from_type_i_or_type_2_racism/#comments Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:19:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13332891 "The Daily Show" correspondent Jessica Williams reveals that celebrity chef Paula Deen suffers not only from diabetes, but also from Type I or Type II racism. "Type I racism is inherent, it runs in families," said Williams. Type II is adult-onset racism, which you only develop "after years of clogging your brain veins with pure, saturated Dixie nostalgia."

"But don't worry," explains Williams. "These days, racism is rarely fatal depending on who you express it in front of."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/06/21/must_see_morning_clip_paula_deen_suffers_from_type_i_or_type_2_racism/feed/ 7 Must-see morning clip: Why are Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama so unfriendly? http://www.salon.com/2013/06/20/must_see_morning_clip_why_are_vladimir_putin_and_barack_obama_so_unfriendly/ http://www.salon.com/2013/06/20/must_see_morning_clip_why_are_vladimir_putin_and_barack_obama_so_unfriendly/#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:24:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13331798 Contrasting Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin with Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin, John Oliver wonders why the relationships between the two current world leaders is so much colder. Perhaps it is because the current Russian president is a jewel thief. A particularly lazy jewel thief, at that:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/06/20/must_see_morning_clip_why_are_vladimir_putin_and_barack_obama_so_unfriendly/feed/ 1 Must-see morning clip: “The Daily Show” on the return of Sarah Palin http://www.salon.com/2013/06/18/must_see_morning_clip_the_daily_show_on_the_return_of_sarah_palin/ http://www.salon.com/2013/06/18/must_see_morning_clip_the_daily_show_on_the_return_of_sarah_palin/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:32:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13329525 Human poptart Sarah Palin is getting major airtime on Fox News again, but that doesn't mean we have to pay attention to her, says "The Daily Show" interim host John Oliver. His bold proposal: "We can just [bleep] ignore her. I promise America, it will feel so good. It'll be like we give our brains an enema together."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/06/18/must_see_morning_clip_the_daily_show_on_the_return_of_sarah_palin/feed/ 3 Must-see morning clip: The Boy Scouts of America makes progress…sort of http://www.salon.com/2013/06/14/must_see_morning_clip_the_boy_scouts_of_america_makes_progress_sort_of/ http://www.salon.com/2013/06/14/must_see_morning_clip_the_boy_scouts_of_america_makes_progress_sort_of/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13326306 The Boy Scouts of America recently lifted a ban on homosexuality, allowing troop members to be openly gay -- but maintains that scout leaders cannot be gay. "They're happy to welcome anyone with homosexual thoughts up until the age when they're old enough to act on them," joked John Oliver on "The Daily Show."

The decision, still discriminatory, obviously needs work. But even so, conservative television host Pat Robertson is not pleased: "To rip apart an organization that has done so much good for young people, the Boy Scouts -- to see that torn up -- in order to accommodate, you know, young kids that want to do sex with each other [shakes head]."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/06/14/must_see_morning_clip_the_boy_scouts_of_america_makes_progress_sort_of/feed/ 0 “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves”: Growing up primate http://www.salon.com/2013/06/13/we_are_all_completely_beside_ourselves_growing_up_primate/ http://www.salon.com/2013/06/13/we_are_all_completely_beside_ourselves_growing_up_primate/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13325067 If Rosemary Cooke happened to be telling you a story about stories, instead of a story about the relationships between human beings and animals (and other human beings), she'd probably pause to inform you of a recent study -- Rosemary likes to refer to studies. The one I'm thinking of reveals that spoilers are not spoilers after all. Turns out that knowing how a story ends, let alone learning in advance about some mid-plot reveal, does not ruin most readers' experience of a tale; to the contrary, the results of the study showed that people enjoy stories even more when the plot twists have been "spoiled."

Anyway, by now you probably already know that Rosemary, the narrator of Karen Joy Fowler's marvelous and justly celebrated new novel, "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves," was raised, until the age of 5, with a chimpanzee "sister" named Fern. Rosemary begins her story in the middle, recalling the course of a few months in 1996 when she was as an undergraduate at the University of California at Davis. During this period, Rosemary made and lost a new friend; saw her brother, a fugitive from the law, for the first time in 10 years; was arrested twice and finally learned to face the truth about what happened to Fern. Fern's non-human nature isn't explicitly spelled out until a third of the way through the novel, but knowing about it in advance only makes the complexities of Rosemary's relationship to her feel richer from the very start.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/06/13/we_are_all_completely_beside_ourselves_growing_up_primate/feed/ 1 Must-see morning clip: Paul McCartney on recording “Band on the Run” http://www.salon.com/2013/06/13/must_see_morning_clip_paul_mccartney_on_recording_band_on_the_run/ http://www.salon.com/2013/06/13/must_see_morning_clip_paul_mccartney_on_recording_band_on_the_run/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:23:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13325164 Celebrating the reissue of his 1976 post-Beatles album, "Wings Over America," Sir Paul McCartney stopped by "The Colbert Report" and talked about his days recording "Band on the Run" with Wings. On starting a new band after The Beatles, McCartney said,"You know, I wanted to try and do it all again -- only, you know, different."

"We decided to do it from the ground up, rather than some super group sort of thing, so we knew nothing and just had to learn it all again. How to be a band, and there were times when I was begrimed."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/06/13/must_see_morning_clip_paul_mccartney_on_recording_band_on_the_run/feed/ 3 Must-see morning clip: Daniel Bergner explains what women want on “Colbert” http://www.salon.com/2013/06/12/must_see_morning_clip_daniel_bergner_explains_what_women_want_on_colbert/ http://www.salon.com/2013/06/12/must_see_morning_clip_daniel_bergner_explains_what_women_want_on_colbert/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:18:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13324100 Last night, "What Do Women Want?" author Daniel Bergner appeared on "The Colbert Report" to dispel one of the greatest modern myths of human sexuality: That women are less promiscuous than men. "Science is trying now to sort of pull back that societal veil," said Bergner. "When it comes to sex, monogamy may be much more of a problem for women than for men."

"Isn't that theory -- that women are better suited to monogamy than men -- struck you as a little too convenient and comforting for men?" Bergner asked a skeptical Colbert. "Science is telling us something very different."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/06/12/must_see_morning_clip_daniel_bergner_explains_what_women_want_on_colbert/feed/ 7 Must-see morning clip: Gary Busey’s commencement speech http://www.salon.com/2013/06/07/must_see_morning_clip_gary_buseys_commencement_speech/ http://www.salon.com/2013/06/07/must_see_morning_clip_gary_buseys_commencement_speech/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:34:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13319730 Jimmy Kimmel called on actor Gary Busey to deliver a catch-all commencement speech for any college student whose own was lackluster.

Surely, college students facing a bleak job market will find inspiration in Busey's advice: "How do you find your passion? With your left hand."

Classy.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/06/07/must_see_morning_clip_gary_buseys_commencement_speech/feed/ 2 Must-see morning clip: John Mellencamp performs Stephen King collaboration http://www.salon.com/2013/06/06/must_see_morning_clip_john_mellencamp_performs_stephen_king_collaboration/ http://www.salon.com/2013/06/06/must_see_morning_clip_john_mellencamp_performs_stephen_king_collaboration/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:26:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13318718 This week, singer John Mellencamp released his long-awaited "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County," an unusual collaboration that uses the gripping writing of Stephen King and masterful music production of T Bone Burnett to tell a supernatural story that LA Times describes as "a macabre tale brimming with sibling rivalry, jealousy, unresolved hatred and supernatural forces of evil":

In the work that was inspired by the real-life incident, the ghosts of brothers Jack and Andy, girlfriend Jenna and a caretaker haunt the cabin 40 years down the line when the youngest brother, Joe (voiced on the recording by Kris Kristofferson) returns as an adult with his wife and two sons.

Joe wants to face haunting childhood memories of the tragedy that resulted in the deaths of his beloved brothers and their girlfriend, hoping that in doing so he can stave off similar feuding between his own sons, Frank and Drake, voiced by country star Ryan Bingham and singer-songwriter Will Dailey. Sheryl Crow sings the part of Jenna.

One of the tracks, "Truth," has been premiered exclusively on "The Colbert Report." Give it a listen, below:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/06/06/must_see_morning_clip_john_mellencamp_performs_stephen_king_collaboration/feed/ 3 Must-see morning clip: Your summer “do not read” book list http://www.salon.com/2013/06/04/must_see_morning_clip_your_summer_do_not_read_book_list/ http://www.salon.com/2013/06/04/must_see_morning_clip_your_summer_do_not_read_book_list/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:27:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13316766 Jimmy Fallon prepares you for summer reading by recommending what not to read, including "How to Dissappear Completely and Never Be Found" (yes, misspelled in the title) and "Dating for Under a Dollar," which suggests date ideas like a "double date with your parents" and a "visit to a friendly stranger's house":

For a more helpful list of great summer reads, check out Laura Miller's recommendations here.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/06/04/must_see_morning_clip_your_summer_do_not_read_book_list/feed/ 0 Must-see morning clip: Russian daredevil sets new base jump world record off Mount Everest http://www.salon.com/2013/05/29/must_see_morning_clip_russian_daredevil_sets_new_base_jump_world_record_off_of_mount_everest/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/29/must_see_morning_clip_russian_daredevil_sets_new_base_jump_world_record_off_of_mount_everest/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13311744 Celebrating the sixty year anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953, Russian daredevil Valery Rozov set another record on the mountain: the world's highest base jump.

Rozov spent more than two years preparing for the 7,220 meter jump, including the creation of a special wing suit. The 48 year-old made the jump "despite adverse weather conditions" and flew for nearly a full minute at more than 120 miles an hour before landing safely:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/29/must_see_morning_clip_russian_daredevil_sets_new_base_jump_world_record_off_of_mount_everest/feed/ 1 Must-see morning clip: Disguises on “60 Minutes” http://www.salon.com/2013/05/28/must_see_morning_clip_disguises_on_60_minutes/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/28/must_see_morning_clip_disguises_on_60_minutes/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 13:22:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13310772 Former Navy SEAL Team 6 member Mark Owen agreed to appear on "60 Minutes" to tell his first-hand account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden on the condition that he'd be in full disguise (Even "Mark Owen" is a pseudonym). In "60 Minutes Overtime," the show goes behind-the-scenes to show the various methods the program uses to disguise interviewees whose identities need protection:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/28/must_see_morning_clip_disguises_on_60_minutes/feed/ 0 Must-see morning clip: Bill O’Reilly visits “The Daily Show” http://www.salon.com/2013/05/23/must_see_morning_clip_bill_oreilly_visits_the_daily_show/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/23/must_see_morning_clip_bill_oreilly_visits_the_daily_show/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 13:24:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13306729 Jon Stewart's frenemy, Fox News anchor and prolific book writer Bill O'Reilly, stopped by "The Daily Show" on Wednesday to plug his "fifth book this month," "Keep it Pithy: Useful Observations in a Tough World" and discuss the current scandals brewing around the White House.

"So for five years, you're always on DEFCON 1, red alert" said Stewart of "The O'Reilly Factor's" historically sensationalist coverage of President Obama. "You finally have a few things that really look worth investigating," said Stewart. "Is it joy, is it sexual arousal? What is the feeling over there?"

O'Reilly then offered up some "educated speculation" on why the IRS profiled Tea Partiers as Stewart continued to gently mock Fox News, the "organization of Sauron."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/23/must_see_morning_clip_bill_oreilly_visits_the_daily_show/feed/ 3 Must-see morning clip: Toronto’s eccentric and allegedly crack-smoking mayor http://www.salon.com/2013/05/22/must_see_morning_clip_torontos_eccentric_and_allegedly_crack_smoking_mayor/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/22/must_see_morning_clip_torontos_eccentric_and_allegedly_crack_smoking_mayor/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 13:42:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13305498 Jon Stewart profiles eccentric Rob "Taco Mayor" Ford, the Toronto mayor who has allegedly been videotaped smoking a crack pipe and has a propensity for referring to Toronto's Asian population as "those oriental people":

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/22/must_see_morning_clip_torontos_eccentric_and_allegedly_crack_smoking_mayor/feed/ 2 Must-see morning clip: Barackalypse Now http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/must_see_morning_clip_barackalypse_now/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/must_see_morning_clip_barackalypse_now/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 13:36:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13304419 On Sunday, the White House sent out "whoever this guy is" (senior advisor to the president, Dan Pfeiffer) for damage control to address the various scandals plaguing the Obama administration. Jon Stewart was not impressed:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/must_see_morning_clip_barackalypse_now/feed/ 0 Must-see morning clip: Facial recognition software identifies “faceprints” http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/must_see_morning_clip_facial_recognition_software_identifies_faceprints/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/20/must_see_morning_clip_facial_recognition_software_identifies_faceprints/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 13:15:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13303304 Law enforcement agencies are exploring facial recognition software, which can identify even a partially hidden face in a crowd, with technology that can maps a face and create something as unique as a fingerprint: a faceprint.

But "while government has all kinds of restrictions," on this type of software, says facial recognition software pioneer Joseph Atick, "big business is free to do this kind of surveillance."

There are "no rules for commercial companies," he says.

From CBS:

"What's unique about face recognition is the fact that you can do it surreptitiously, from a distance, and continually," explains Joseph Atick, one of the pioneers in developing facial recognition. Two decades ago, as a young scientist, he helped make the technology work. Now it gives him pause. "Big Brother is no longer big government; Big Brother is big business."

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