NotTheGuyYouKill
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Anyone remember when Josh Gad was a correspondent?
Me neither.
Me neither.
Jon Stewart and Abe Lincoln curbstomp Andrew Napolitano on last night's Daily Show
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DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Truth. Although I do find Al slightly cringy sometimes too.
Mmmhmm.
Great segment, too.
daaaamn
i love how they sort of disarmed this guy with humour, forced him into a comical corner where there could be no hard feelings but you had to sort of admit... you was wrong tho
Also bee does usually suck, but when they put her on a woman's right issues, she usually shines.
Aaron Strife
Banned
That's about where their critical thinking skill level is at.
Bee ftw
Mmmhmm.
yum.
You're
goddamn
wrong!
That's what I say every time someone mentions Olivia Munn was a correspondent.
Since when?
Yup.
I don't really feel there is a shortage of synonyms for "bests someone in something."
Destroys
Wipes the floor with
Creams
Demolishes
Decimates
Just off the top of my head, of course. All of these convey the same vague, "wow he totally owned him" message. If you wish to be more specific to the situation, phrases like "outwits" are appropriate.
Well given the fact that it's unconstitutional to sucede from the Union, Lincoln didn't have to recognize the secession movement and could lawfully keep his bases.
That was such an awesome segment, is there an extended version or did we see it all?
Also Jessica Williams is fantastic, she started a bit rocky but now I love her. Never thought to google pics of her tho, hotdamn at that pic above.
Also I'm not sure if the Munn haters actually saw any episodes with her in it? She was fantastic right from her first episode, I don't think people could get past their preconceptions of her and I wasn't surprised when she didn't stick around but seriously, her tiger mum episode was really good.
Also Jessica Williams is fantastic, she started a bit rocky but now I love her. Never thought to google pics of her tho, hotdamn at that pic above.
Also I'm not sure if the Munn haters actually saw any episodes with her in it? She was fantastic right from her first episode, I don't think people could get past their preconceptions of her and I wasn't surprised when she didn't stick around but seriously, her tiger mum episode was really good.
Escape Goat
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Everyone go to Politico.com and vote for Abe Lincoln on the poll.
Her stuff kinda sounded like it was read from a script (which, they all ARE, but the trick is delivering it like it isn't).
I think she was simply intimidated. I found her much better on AOTS.
I'll be honest, I don't hear this term used often. And the word itself is pretty self explanatory. But I had to actually look up why it's offensive (more specifically the history of the word). I appreciate you bringing this up. Learned something new.
What are you referring to here? The Confederacy's total population was around 9 million, and 3.5 million of them were slaves. Almost certainly a majority of people in Confederate territory would not have chosen to secede.
Technically that is "reduced by 1/10th." Not quite the same connotation as the others.
PhoenixDark
Banned
Replace curbstomp with ether.
Great segment. Definitely need to look up the federal marshals point; I also thought Lincoln had them round up runaway slaves.
Can't trust anyone who doesn't believe the Civil War was a just war. If ending slavery wasn't a just cause worth blood and treasure, I don't know what is.
Great segment. Definitely need to look up the federal marshals point; I also thought Lincoln had them round up runaway slaves.
Can't trust anyone who doesn't believe the Civil War was a just war. If ending slavery wasn't a just cause worth blood and treasure, I don't know what is.
Well technically the slaves only counted as 3/5ths of a person, so that's more like 2.1 million slaves /s
speculawyer
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That guy needs to prioritize his morals. He basically said that a war over taxes was necessary and justified but a war over humans forced to be slaves? .. . well we should have just waited that one out, no urgency there.
Hasn't he already demonstrated his priorities? Protecting the interests of wealthy (and mostly white) people.
Hell, those so called taxes ended up being lower then they were before. The problem was that no body was paying the taxes before. To the Americans it seemed like a tax hike because before they got away with not paying those taxes. With those new taxes the British actually enforced them.
Lincoln's first inaugural address is interesting reading. He was anti-slavery, but he was even more pro-Union, and explicitly in favor of returning fugitive slaves to slave states and explicitly against abolishing slavery in slave states (via federal action).
What makes Napolitano's position so weird is that Lincoln basically tried all the things that Napolitano says he ought to have done. Lincoln's Plan A was compensated emancipation. His fallback was to just let slavery slowly die out while preventing it from expanding into new territories. The problem, from his perspective, is that the South either didn't trust him or thought that any end to slavery was unacceptable and that they had to strike while they were still strong.
Oh my.Mmmhmm.
I agree and that segment was not funny. I had to mute the TV during that portion. When Stewart dismantled Napolitano in the interview portion, that was good stuff. The second part was cringe-worthy.
That is true, the word has romantic etymological origins. But All of these have slightly different technical definitions; if we want to be technical, then obviously the OP doesn't technically mean that Andrew Napolitano was forced to bite a roadside curb and then had his head smashed in by Jon Stewart.
All of these are colloquial definitions, and colloquially, all of these vaguely mean "totally owned." If you want to be more precise, as suggested, then decimate wouldn't be appropriate, I agree. But neither would "curbstomp."
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Wait, did he really say that slavery was on the decline in the south anyway?
Battersea Power Station
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Heh, it's funny that's what I feel about the SNL crew as well (but on a longer time-scale). The classics like Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, etc. are now legends. I mean, they're some of the hugest stars, and many of them are great actors as well. After them, no one has reached that kind of popularity, or skill.
HamPster PamPster
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Such a terrible segment. Lincoln would never sink to comedy to send a message, What a way to disgrace his legacy. Bill knows what I'm talking about
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Let's change 'curbstomp' to 'ether' then.
hodayathink
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The true cringeworthy thing is how half the thread is now dedicated to how attractive Williams is.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I think we all expected it would at some point.
MisterNugNug
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Mmmhmm.
Great segment, too.
I'm torn between the Michael Fassbender "Perfection" gif or the Yung Humma Smang it one.
NullPointer
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Maybe tresquinquated would be most appropriate here? Or would that be better as sexagintamated?
reduced by 3/5 or 60%
Mmmhmm.
Great segment, too.
That is 6 feet of sexy right there.
Math is hard.
GuitarAtomik
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It's funny. I was at a bar not too long ago and happened to be wearing a t-shirt with Lincoln on it. So the meat head bartender who we had been waiting to get a drink from for like 20 minutes finally comes over and basically decides he's going to educate me with a lot of these same Lincoln talking points (Lincoln was racist/Only freed the salves so he could tax them and get more money) I assume because I'm not white. I was so confused that all I could really say was "Alright." while giving my GF a look of confusion. He then proceeded to take our drink orders and then completely forget to ever actually get them. I might go back and wear the same shirt just to fuck with him.
Extra Sauce
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NotTheGuyYouKill, thanks for taking the time to post the Canadian link. You're a gentleman.
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