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Obama Publishes Health Care Op-Ed

Season 5 • 08/17/2009

President Obama publishes an op-ed in the New York Times on health care reform out of desperation.

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Mark Devlin sends giant weather balloons into space to learn about galaxies that are billions of light years away.
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Sheila Jackson-Lee Takes a Phone Call
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Sheila Jackson-Lee interrupting a cancer survivor to answer her phone looks bad, but it was a very important call.
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Glenn-Harried Glenn-Lost
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Glenn Beck didn't call President Obama a racist, and he didn't compare his health care plan to Hitler's eugenics program.
08/13/2009
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Intro - 8/13/09
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Glenn Beck loses his sponsors, and Mark Devlin uses giant balloons to life telescopes to the edge of space.
08/13/2009
06:49

Cheating Death - Blue M&Ms, Vitamin D & Hormones
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Blue M&Ms heal spinal injuries in rats, kids spend too much time indoors, and all women need hormones.
08/13/2009
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Even Better-er Know a District - Colorado's 2nd - Jared Polis
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Jared Polis didn't announce that he was gay as a political ploy to get elected in a liberal district.
08/17/2009
00:03

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen will see you tomorrow.
08/17/2009
04:33

Bill McKibben
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Bill McKibben urges international leaders to take steps to lower the world's carbon dioxide levels through his 350.org movement.
08/17/2009
00:35

Intro - 8/17/09
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Reporters get so desperate they'll even work for a newspaper, and Bill McKibben lowers carbon dioxide levels by not exhaling when he talks.
08/17/2009
06:31

The Word - Must-Be TV
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If pundits want to save America, they have to do what's wrong to prove they're right.
08/17/2009
01:47

Obama Publishes Health Care Op-Ed
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President Obama publishing an op-ed in the New York Times on health care reform is a textbook sign of surrender.
08/17/2009
06:10

Tip/Wag - German Campaign, Russian Dogs & Flying Rabbis
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Vera Lengsfeld uses sex to campaign in Germany, Russian dogs take the subway, and flying rabbis ward off swine flu.
08/18/2009
05:11

Robert Wright
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Robert Wright believes that the three major religions can help God move toward a level of tolerance and compassion.
08/18/2009
01:41

Hamid Karzai Endorsement
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Hamid Karzai locks up the key human rights abusers demographic with an endorsement from warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum.
08/18/2009
00:34

Intro - 8/18/09
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The German parliamentary election holds a surprise twist, and Robert Wright discusses religion's evolution.
08/18/2009
00:06

Sign Off -Shofar
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Stephen says goodnight and tries to blow his shofar.
08/18/2009
06:06

The Word - Arch Enemies
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Without Archie to focus on, Betty will have to do something sad like rediscover her own dreams and devote her life to making the world a better place.
08/18/2009
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Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight.
08/19/2009
05:03

Colbert Platinum - Urbane Nomads, Gigayacht & Michael Jackson Diamond
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Urbane Nomads offers lavish hunting expeditions, Everest Gigayacht costs $500 million, and LifeGem makes a diamond from Michael Jackson's hair.
08/19/2009
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Marion Nestle confirms Stephen's fear that there is a sugar shortage in America, despite the fact that it's baseless.
08/19/2009
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Barney Frank Refuses to Talk to a Dining Room Table
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Barney Frank has no interest in arguing with a dining room table, but he can't stifle the voice of American furniture on Stephen's watch.
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