John Oliver's Last Week Tonight

I would be very surprised if Letterman doesn't win.

LWT/Colbert/Daily Show are also nominated for their writers *reads emmy lists*

And LWT is nominated for "Outstanding Interactive Program"

Does that mean for John to rally the fury of the internet against the Dingo :D?

And another one for the picture editing of the Snowden Interview.

edited 16th Jul '15 1:23:49 PM by 3of4

This weeks main story: The food that goes to waste while others waste away...

edited 19th Jul '15 11:39:19 PM by TwilightFalchion

Holy shit, I knew food wastage was a thing, and farmers disposing of unappealing fruit and vegetables was also a thing, but holy shit, I didn't realize the problem was THAT BAD. The complete re-writing of a bill for the sake of something completely unrelated was the most jaw-dropping thing in that segment, how the hell did the senate get away with that shit? I'm highly tempted just to fly over to the US just to punch the people who did that in the face.

That sort of shit happens all the time in Congress due to the amendment system.

It's really weird that the Senate has the right to amend bills. It makes sense that the House of Representatives has that right, but if the Renate can change bills, it means they can create laws that have not been approved by the House, as long as the House passes a bill for the Senate to change and approve. If the Senate has the right to amend bills, the House is pretty much at their mercy.

Edit: never mind, amended bills are required to pass both chambers, so the system is not quite as insane as I thought it was for a minute.

edited 20th Jul '15 8:09:39 AM by JOZeldenrust

That's not entirely correct. Both houses can create bills, which are sent to the other house for a vote once passed by the initiating house. If either house changes the text of the bill from what the other one passed, the bill goes to a conference committee to be reconciled. Once that is complete, both houses must pass the amended bill.

edited 20th Jul '15 8:10:09 AM by Fighteer

I've had three food service jobs. The school kitchen would send leftovers to a homeless shelter, I think. The pizza place would often leave unclaimed pizzas outside for the homeless people wandering around the streets. But Target had to throw away anything that was no longer at peak freshness because they didn't want the liability.

I would often sneak just-expired food into my mouth.

This weeks main story: The Malicious Misappropriation of Mandatory Minimums..

(may not actually be malicious)

Washington DC, and how it gets shafted by Congress on a regular basis.

....Holy shit the thing with the gun control was a dick move o.O I mean seriously?

I'm surprised Congress tried that. Giving a lot of angry people guns right outside your office... That's asking for an uprising.

Tonight's Main Story: The many positions (or at least standards of Quality) of schools on Sex Ed

edited 10th Aug '15 12:21:23 AM by TwilightFalchion

This week's main story: Televangelists.....and how they definitely don't practice what they preach.

Does anyone want to send Oliver literal seeds now?

I do, sort of. I'm actually curious about what would happen if I sent him real money, although I halfway expect he'd just keep it to make a point.

Hey, we could set up the Church of the Happy Troper and collect tax-free donations for the wiki...

Apparently it's actually donated to Doctos without Borders

Anyone tried ringing the number?

1-800-THIS-IS-LEGAL

Why does it say at the end that residents of certain states can't donate?

Probably because those four states caught on to how fraudulent these kinds of pastors are and thus outlawed these scams.

So, by the checklist, I technically could start a temple of Dionysus and become tax exempt! If I funnel money through the temple, or just use it's accounts as a tax-free bar tab.

Considering which states those are, unlikely. Someone on Reddit said it was likely some technicality to do with the registering for fundraising process and they probably just missed a deadline or something.

edited 18th Aug '15 6:09:10 AM by TheAirman

This week's main story: LGBT Discrimination

The show will be taking the next 2 weeks off too.

edited 24th Aug '15 2:23:44 AM by TwilightFalchion

@Mark: Yup. US laws are hilariously lax on what counts. I believe there are legit chapters of the flying spaghetti monster out there and the (New york branch, anyway) of the satanists is totally a real tax exempt church. Hell, Dionysus being a real god would make it even easier.

@twilight: It's always interesting when conservatives bring out the "well liberals are the real bigots!" card and yet for some reason republicans never vote to extend civil rights protections.