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Was It Really That Bad? - Salem Witch Trials

Season 3 • 02/08/2007

Stephen looks back at a time when the defendant was innocent until proven amphibious.

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Stephen finds out if America is ready for a black president and if the Scooter Libby trial is actually a witch hunt. Then, Chris Hedges talks about the bad kind of fascism.
02/08/2007
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Was It Really That Bad? - Salem Witch Trials
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Stephen compares the trial of Lewis "Scooter" Libby to the Salem witch trials and shows why it really wasn't that bad.
02/08/2007
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Tip/Wag - John Howard
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Stephen tips the hat from the gays to eleven feet of snow and to John Howard, then wags his finger at a talking urinal cake and John Howard.
02/12/2007
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Intro - 2/12/07
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The pentagon may get a second chance to manipulate intelligence, identical snowflakes fall in upstate New York, and the forecast is sunny with a chance of nailing.
02/12/2007
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Dr. Michael Oppenheimer says Stephen can help address the climate crisis with only minor sacrifices. Stephen says he's got the wrong guy.
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Alpha Dog of the Week - Amitabh Bachchan
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This week's Alpha Dog is Bollywood film star Amitabh Bachchan, who survived a camel kick to the head due to an indestructible turban.
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The Word - Inappropriate
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An investigator called Douglas Feith's manipulation of intelligence "inappropriate." Stephen thinks that's a compliment.
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Stephen takes ordinary Americans' questions about Chinese outsourcing, aphrodisiacs, games, families and bootleg DVDs.
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