O.G. mic drop. Ronny Chieng of The Daily Show rips apart Bill O'Reilly and Jesse Watters for an offensive skit about Chinese Americans.
Got to give it up to the folks over at The Daily Show, they see "bullshit" and their pointing it out!
Trevor Noah and Ronny Chieng lay into Bill O'Reilly and Jesse Watters for doing an offensive segment on The O'Reilly Factor. Watters who regularly ambushes people on the street once again had an opportunity to head to New York City's Chinatown to do a man on the street with older citizens who weren't following the U.S. Presidential Election.
Watters also did a handful of racial stereotypes of Asians.
"Is it the year of the dragon? Rabbit?"
"Do they call Chinese food in China just 'food?'"
"Do you know karate?"
Watch the video here.
The skit fell flat. Now Watters and his producer somewhat apologized for the skit.
But the apology wasn't sincere and it was up to Noah and Chieng to set the record straight.
"Everyone's been wondering who'd be the target for the year’s worst racism," Chieng said. "I didn't even know Asians were in the running."
Fool one.
Chieng, a comedian of Chinese descent raised in Malaysia, said he's especially angry that Watters relied on references to Pat Morita's "Miyagi" character from the original "Karate Kid" movie for laughs.
"That's like me making fun of America for "Saturday Night Fever and Mr. T.," Chieng said. "Real topical stuff, buddy."
Chieng isn't saying Asians can't be the targets of humor, but he wants to raise the bar.
"If you want to come at Chinese people, make fun of China's high pollution or the fact they censor most of the internet which, in this case, is a good thing, since no person in China will have to watch your garbage attempt at comedy."
Chieng also pointed out that karate isn't Chinese. Watters was doing a routine spar with a martial arts trainer.
Chieng actually went to New York's Chinatown to meet with the citizens. He shows the video and asked them questions about Watters and O'Reilly's attempt at interviewing.
It was brutal.
For his part, Watters was promoted to host his own show on the weekend.
Watters was involved in a spat with The Huffington Post this year. At the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, HuffPost chief Ryan Grim and reporter Amanda Terkel confronted Watters at a party. Watters ambushed Terkel on her vacation with her family and she wanted him to apologize for it. Grim records him on his iPhone and Watters got angry. Watters snatched his phone and then they get into a shoving matching. Grim's phone was damaged and Watters refused to apologize for the encounter.
The entertainment world lost a very talented artist in comedy. The legendary Gene Wilder passed away today in Connecticut at the age of 83. Born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee,
It was reported that he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He kept his conditions secret and retired from acting in 2003.
If you haven't heard of him, you better get to know him. He is most famous for playing Willy Wonka in the movie Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. It's based off the novel Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. The movie has a strong cult following and it spawned the Willy Wonka Candy Company soon after. Nestle owns the company.
Gene was also in the cult classics The Producers,Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles. These critically acclaimed movies were produced by legendary comedian/writer Mel Brooks.
Gene teamed up with Richard Pryor to make Silver Streak, Stir Crazy and See No Evil Hear No Evil.
He was married to famed comedian Gilda Radner. Radner a fellow comedian fell in love with him the moment she saw him on the movie set. They were married briefly.
Radner had suffered from stage IV ovarian cancer. Her doctors would not be able to save her and she died in 1989.
Gene was heartbroken and dedicated his life to charity. He would marry his acting coach who trained him to read lips. Gene played the role of a hearing impaired man in the See No Evil, Hear No Evil movie.
He would later marry Karen Boyer and the two would settle in Connecticut.
Gene was a talented actor, writer, painter and community activist.
In a surprising move, Comedy Central has put the breaks on Larry Wilmore's The Nightly Show.
Sources reporting for Variety have said that the two year run for the satirically Black comedy show is ending at 100 episodes. The sources cite the weak lead in from the departure of Jon Stewart as a contributing factor to the show being cancelled.
It also makes it troubling for Trevor Noah who took over for Stewart a year back.
He was the hand picked successor of Jon. The South African comedian and writer has been somewhat struggling with ratings as well. Noah and Wilmore weren't nominated for any Emmys this year.
Wilmore is unapologetically Black and brutality honest. He is very passionate about issues with Black America. He often is annoyed by the showboating antics of conservatives like "Softball" Hannity and Wisconsin sheriff David Clarke, Jr.
He was the host of President Barack last White House Correspondent Dinner this year.
This is some devastating news.
Also it seems like CBS is hoping to pick up steam with James Corden. The Late Late Show is on the rise. Its fueling rumors that Stephen Colbert isn't pleased about his follow up getting all the glory.
Wilmore was then the senior Black Correspondent for The Daily Show before he was promoted to host his own show.
Wilmore is co-executive producer of the Kenya Burris and Anthony Anderson comedy black-ish on ABC.
Softball Hannity angry at Jon Stewart for calling him out on his bullshit.
Sean "Softball" Hannity (known now as Lumpy) is angry at a comedian. He's really pissed that retired Daily Show host Jon Stewart pointed out bullshit.
He came to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to do a commentary about Donald Trump being the nominee of the Republican Party. Stewart pointed out the hypocrisy of the conservative agitators. He decoded Softball Hannity's relentless attacks on the president. The agitator said that President Barack Obama is.............whatever. Lumpy praised Donald Trump for the very things he hated Obama doing, so Stewart called him out on it.
Jon Stewart acknowledged the situation.
Stewart has a bone to pick with the most annoying conservative agitator to ever host a radio and television show. He believes Softball Hannity is probably one of the reasons to why the country is still stuck in the repetitive circle of stupidity.
Hey it's my old friend...what's his name! Well for the sake of time, he's known as Lumpy.
“Either Lumpy and his friends,” Stewart said, “are lying about being bothered by thin-skinned authoritarian less-than-Christian readers of prompter being president, or they don’t care, as long as it’s their thin-skinned prompter authoritarian tyrant narcissist.”
Softball Hannity got livid.
The conservative agitator went into an epic rant about it.
He told Stewart he’s had his head “so far up Obama’s ass… I’ve never seen anybody kiss an ass like you kiss his.”
“I know you’re a rich liberal. Are you donating money to those families, the 46 million American families on food stamps, Jon? Hey, Jon, are you helping out the 50 million Americans in poverty? Hey, Jon, are you going to help use your wealth from all your comedy writers that lay out the material for you, are you going to help pay down the debt that Obama’s accumulated?”
This goes back to the great feud of 2014. When Stewart called Softball Hannity out for his blind support for White extremist Cliven Bundy, the conservative agitator was going off on him.
Now that Donald Trump has became the face of the Republican Party, The Late Show's Stephen Colbert invites an old friend back to discuss the nomination.
Matter of fact, he let him take over the show for a moment to address not only Trump, but Roger Ailes, the former CEO of Fox News and his "obsession".
Jon Stewart reminds the audience that the feud between him and Sean "Softball" Hannity isn't over.
He let him have it.
"So let's just say for real, here's where we are. Either [Sean Hannity aka Lumpy] and his friends are lying about being bothered by thin-skinned, authoritarian, less-than-Christian readers-of-prompter-authoritarian-tyrant-narcissist. You just want that person to give you your country back. Because you fell that you're this country's rightful owners. There's only one problem with that. This country isn't yours. You don't own it. It never was. There is no real America. You don't won it. You don't own patriotism. You don't own Christianity. You sure as hell don't own respect for the bravery and sacrifice of military, police, and firefighters."
Jon Stewart told audience to point out bullshit. He mentioned Softball Hannity as an example of it.
"Trust me, I saw a lot of people on the convention floor in Cleveland with their 'blue lives matter' rhetoric, who either remained silent or actively fought against the 9/11 first responders' bill reauthorization. I see you and I see "bullshit".....I see it!"
Stewart called out the annoying conservative agitator for ass kissing Donald Trump. He knocked him for his selective moral outrage over things he's decried about President Barack Obama.
He lastly noted that this brand of conservatism from folks like Sean "Softball Lumpy" Hannity, that creepy internet troll Matt Drudge and old fart Rush Limbaugh.
"So, Lumpy, you and your friends have embraced Donald Trump. Clearly, the "c" next to your names don't stand for "constitutional" or "conservative." But "cravenly". "convenient", "cunts"..."
Matter of fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Softball Hannity responds back.
Eric Wemple fired a shot at Softball Hannity after he ignored the Melania Trump plagiarism scandal.
Actress Leslie Jones was harassed by some internet troll with a vendetta.
Comedian and actress Leslie Jones who is a featured player on SNL has an opportunity to address the nonsense of the internet. She was hit by this gay conservative jackass who writes for Breitbart.
He and his loyal band of bandwidth warriors trashed her and the movie that she was starring in.
Leslie is the star of the Sony comedy Ghostbusters. The movie is out in theaters and it's a success. It's a female version and it's attracted some controversy. Many die hard fans and conservatives are going nuts about the movie. They are trashing the movie online and singling out Leslie and her castmates for allegedly "ruining" the movie.
Many of the trolls have referred Leslie as an "ape" and one big "ugly woman".
Milo Yiannopoulos is dangerous individual on social media. He is a part of the GamerGate group that advocates spamming and trolling of people they deem liberal.
It did blow the spirit of the actress. Leslie who stands at 6 feet tall. Many of these asshats compared her to the gorilla shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo.
It almost drove her from social media. The social media website where all this nonsense came from was Twitter.
Twitter takes all these issues seriously. When Twitter was bombarded with complaints about this asshole, they finally ended his account. Yiannopoulos is banned from Twitter for LIFE.
He and Charles Johnson (of GotNews) are notorious internet trolls.
Leslie got the last laugh. She got an opportunity to address this troll and the support from her fans.
Back up again and I am guessing Americans will shelve a little bit of money for a chance at being a billionaire.
It's happened again! The lottery is back up again.
The Multi-State Lottery Association is happy to announce that the Mega Millions jackpot is over half a billion. The $1 game is played on Tuesday and Fridays.
The matrix is 1:75 with the Mega Ball 1:15. Out of 75 numbers and 15 Mega Balls, you can become an instant millionaire (or billionaire).
You can also have an opportunity to make the amount bigger if you chose the Multiplier. The Multiplier can be an "X" amount ball you can win up to 5 times the amount for a ticket if you select the Multiplier option.
A Mega Million matrix chart (courtesy of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission).
I won't tell you what the current jackpot is. It will go up without notice and based on ticket sales, it will probably reach $1 billion by draw time. It will bring attention to stores where lines are long, the purchase of ticket sales could be over $500 and people predicting what they'll do with that amount of money.
Check it, if you are playing remember the rules of the game. You must be 18 years old or older to play in the state that offer lottery games. Some states may require you to be 21 years old or older.
You are responsible for your Multi-State Lottery Game purchase. Mega Millions, Powerball and MUSL games cannot be canceled. So if the cashier or you make a mistake in the purchase, you are responsible for paying for it.
You must write your name on the back of the lottery game. I always recommend you take a picture of the ticket(s) purchased. If you happen to win the ticket, you can go to the regional lottery commission to acknowledge that you're in possession of the winning ticket. The state lottery commission can determine where you purchased your ticket. The lottery retailer identification number is printed on any ticket sold at a participating location.
If you lose your ticket at least you have evidence in case a thief would cash in your winnings. Some states classify a stolen ticket as a felony grand theft that could be punishable up to no less than 10 years.
If you purchase a ticket in a neighboring state, you must return to the state you purchased the ticket.
Example: I went into an Ohio retailer to purchase a Mega Millions ticket and headed home. I found out that I won $500 dollars. I went into my local gas station in Kansas to cash my ticket and the clerk said that he can't do it because it's not the Kansas Lottery approved ticket. Now I have to either mail the ticket or head back to Ohio to claim my prize.
If you win the Mega Millions, make sure you have a clear head. The rush will get you. This will change your life. You can be rich in one minute, poor in less than 10 years. You must confirm that you have the ticket by going to your state lottery's website or the official Mega Millions website.
You can also get a smart app from the Apple App Store or Google Play. Your state's lottery offers a way to beat the long lines. You can plug your numbers on the app and get the code to print the game through either a terminal or a vending machine.
It also gives you options on how to check a winning ticket.
Cancel your social media and limit your phone and email intakes. Don't post on Facebook you hit the lottery because it's a giveaway for a person to find your location and rob you of your properties.
In some states you can be anonymous when claiming a huge prize.
You must also hire a qualified lottery attorney who specializes in handling large sums, will in testament, power of attorney and financial handling of assets.
Do not get eager to spend on stupid trends or expensive items. Use the winnings to pay off debts, child support, spousal support, college loans, car loans, home loans, apartment bills, credit cards, and fines issued by a state. Keep your own savings in tact just in case you might lose a majority of your winnings due to a debt.
Understand that the lottery will change you. You will become more cautious about the people around you. You might win new friends or requests for marriage (if you're single).
Have fun and play responsibly. If you have a gambling problem, there are agencies sponsored by the state's lottery commission that could help you find ways to curb the need to win!
Read my honest opinions on the lottery here. If you have any ideas or solutions post them in the comments section.
Looks like Gretchen Carlson is no longer on the right leaning network. Fox News let her go over the past two weeks. It seems to be some bad blood on her way out.
Carlson filed a federal lawsuit against Fox News and FOX Entertainment CEO Roger Ailes alleging wrongful termination, hostile work environment and sexual harassment.
The news is a bombshell. After all, the Fox News Channel is obsessed with Bill Clinton's alleged affairs and it's no surprise that Roger Ailes has a thing for blonde women.
Jon Stewart called it right. Carlson was playing dumb to keep her job.
Carlson who was the host of The Real Story at 2pm was absent for the last few weeks and it started to grab the attention of the junk food media. I mean she held that spot for two years after leaving the couch.
She was the co-host of Fox & Friends from 2006 to 2013 with those two pinheads Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade. She got the gig after E.D. Hill was booted off the couch. Carlson was soon replaced with Elisabeth Hasselbeck who took over in 2013 and left the network in 2015.
Ainsley Earhardt is the current blonde on the couch.
In the lawsuit, Carlson says that her 11 years on the network were miserable. She was getting condescending treatment from Ailes after she complained about the antics behind the camera.
She says that Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade just couldn't keep their mouths closed when they saw a female anchor walking around in a tight mini skirt. They basically were treating female guests and co-hosts like sluts.
Ailes basically shrugged it off and offered a night on him. She said that Ailes wanted to have a sexaul relationship with her after she complained about them pinheads.
I've noticed this sometime ago when I did have cable. Doocy did act like an ass around Carlson.
In the lawsuit, she said that Doocy engaged in a "pattern and practice of severe and pervasive sexual harassment" that included "mocking her during commercial breaks, shunning off air, refusing to engage with her on air, belittling her contributions to the show."
Damn, it's getting ugly over at The Avenue of Americas.
It might also be noted that Alisyn Camerota left the network to join CNN. It might also be noted that Elisabeth Hasselbeck said that she rather spend time with her family. Did they feel some type of way too?
Wondering how Megyn Kelly got her primetime gig?
Did she have to do something to get something?
Oh, the gossip around the tree is Roger Ailes. It was said that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is sitting on a bombshell story about Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly. He bailed on Fox News during his feud with Kelly. Trump had talked to Ailes and Rupert Murdoch in the past and they seem to be making nice for the time being.
It's also noted that Ed Henry is probably off Fox News too. He was caught in his own sexual harassment scandal. Henry was dogging on Hillary Clinton about them goddamn emails.
Fox is running this narrative that Hillary Clinton got away with murder.....by not being indicted on misuse of emails. Republicans have now called for investigations into the FBI and their handling of the case.
It's been a great four years on The Daily Show but the time is now for Jessica Williams to move forward. She announced on social media that she will leave The Daily Show and focus on her comedy podcast 2 Dope Queens.
Jessica is the youngest contributor to The Daily Show. Her announcement was reported by EW.
“I feel so many emotions,” Williams tells EW in an exclusive interview, which you can read in full below. “I feel like I’m growing up and graduating.”
Daily Show host Trevor Noah was similarly bittersweet about the news. “The sadness I have for Jessica leaving is only eclipsed by the joy I have for her starting her new show,” he said in an email. “If her podcast is anything to go by, it’s going to be an exciting show!”
Like a lot of Daily Show talent, Williams was a relative unknown when she joined the show in January 2012. Her debut quickly changed that: At 22, she was not only the youngest correspondent to work on the series but also the first black woman to hold the position. Now 26, she’ll be the first correspondent to step down since Noah took the reins from Jon Stewart nearly a year ago.
The folks over at Comedy Central bid farewell to Jessica.
On Thursday, Trevor Noah and the crew will give Jessica a special tribute to her work on The Daily Show.
Throughout her time at The Daily Show, Jessica laid some impressive and informative satire towards the issues facing Black America.
She boldly took on the issues such as the treatment of unarmed suspects by police, the Fox News Channel, interracial dating and how to deal with professional women in the workplace.
When Jon Stewart retired from The Daily Show, there was speculation that Jessica was going to be the next host. In the movie Hot Tub Time Machine, they had Jessica hosting The Daily Show.
One of the best moments is when Jessica, Wyatt Cynac and Larry Wilmore tore into Softball Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Matt Drudge for deliberately race-baiting in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.
World News Today wishes Jessica Williams well on her journey.
Jon Stewart was legendary host of The Daily Show. For 16 years, he hosted the nightly satire show on Comedy Central. He announced his retirement last year and he passed the baton to Trevor Noah.
When Jon heard that Donald J. Trump was running for president, he almost didn't want to leave. He was so hoping that he could get a couple of digs at the controversial billionaire. When Trump entered the race, everyone thought that Trump would fizzle out.
It didn't happen.
Trump is now the Republican presumptive nominee.
The Republicans are divided over how to deal with this.
Jon Stewart on The Late Show dressed as The Donald.
Jon offered a little bit of advice for the Republicans. He also took a jab at Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee.
In a taping of David Axelrod's Axe Files podcast, Stewart wondered if thin-skinned "man-baby" Donald Trump was even eligible to be president, CNN reports. "Are you eligible to run if you are a man-baby or a baby-man? I don't know," he said. "He has the physical countenance of a man and a baby's temperament and hands." Politico notes that Stewart also mocked Trump's campaign slogan, saying, "When was America great? What is this time that he speaks of? '81 to '82? Like what are we talking about?"
In true Daily Show style, Stewart was also scathing about the Democrats. "The door is open to an asshole like Donald Trump because the Democrats haven't done enough to show people that government, that can be effective for people, can be efficient for people," he said. "And if you can't do that, then you've lost the right to make that change and someone's going to come in and demagogue you." He described Hillary Clinton as a "very bright woman without the courage of her convictions"—but "that is not to say that she is not preferable to Donald Trump because, at this point, I would vote for Mr. T over Donald Trump."
For all that are interested in the events of tonight, you may see the White House Correspondents' Dinner tonight. Most of the cable news agitators will cover tonight's event.
This will be President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama's last appearance at the annual ball of journalists, celebrities and lawmakers.
Larry Wilmore of The Nightly Show will be the host of tonight's event.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the Democratic candidate for president will be there in attendance. The others declined attending.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and his running mate Carly Fiorina declined attendance.
Wilmore who is the senior Black host and commentator on The Nightly Show and The Daily Show will be skerring Trump.
In 2011, Trump attended the event at the peak of his feud with the president over his birth certificate.
Obama will likely go after Donald Trump, Fox News, The Drudge Report and CNN.
Obama hammered Trump for that one. Seth Meyers was mocking Trump, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and father Ron Paul for their stupid ambitions of running for president. The president was laughing and having a good time. He also was being fed information about a major break in the fight against terrorism.
To add insult to Trump, on the season finale of Celebrity Apprentice, NBC News interrupted the program to announce that U.S. forces caught Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. This will be fifth anniversary of the successful raid that lead to the capture of the al Qaeda leader.
The cast of black-ish, Modern Family, Scandal, House of Cards, The Daily Show, and Empire will be in attendance.
I will give you the livestream if you're interested in watching the event. You can visit the official White House live feed for all events that features the Obamas, Vice President Joe Biden and Press Secretary Josh Ernest.
The good folks over at The Daily Show took on online dating. The websites OKCupid, POF.com, Badoo, Tinder, and MeetMe are popular websites for singles.
I've told you before that I've dated women who have checkered past. I've vented through World News Today. Some of the women I've dating in the past were Black, White and Hispanic. Age doesn't matter to me. Interesting conversation and a good heart is the only thing I ask for.
Trevor Noah and his crack team of investigators make the case for why it's so hard for certain singles to find love. Jessica Williams and Ronny Chieng brought attention to social media and online dating.
"There is kind of a systemic racial bias pretty much in every dating site I've ever looked at," said Christian Rudder, co-founder of OkCupid. He tells Williams and Chieng that "dataclysm" is primarily a factor to the unprecedented bias and often ignored requests.
"We found that 82 percent of non-Black men have some bias against Black women... And Asian men get the fewest messages and the worst ratings of any group of guys."
Jessica Williams and Ronny Chieng take on social media and the bigots online looking for love.
Isn't it OK to have preferences when it comes to finding a partner?
As "The Daily Show" segment explained, the discriminatory behavior exhibited by many online daters appeared to stem not from "preferences" at all, but from deep-rooted stereotypes evident in statements like, "[you're] pretty for a black girl" or in outrageous assumptions such as all Asian men having small penises.
In an outtake posted to social media, Williams and Chieng shared other offensive comments made on online dating profiles with writer Zach Stafford.
"Vanilla or spice, no chocolate or rice," read one, with "chocolate" being a reference to black people and "rice" being a reference to Asians.
"People really like using food to talk about their racism," Stafford quipped.
Romeo Rose faced scrutiny after he placed on his dating profile he will not date Black women. He said that Black women look like monkeys and if he was ever in a relationship with any women who dated a Black person, he would dump the beast.
Remember Romeo Rose. He still looking for the right woman who is willing to date him. The hapless idiot from Austin is still trolling online dating websites. This was the guy who is looking for a woman who is Blonde, height 5'3" to 5'9", under 120lbs, conservative-minded and talented. He won't date any woman who has slept with Black men or have male friends that are Black. He will not date any Black women. He believes that Black women are monkeys and women who slept with Black men are fucking animals.
A real winner, ladies.
The idiot insulted host Caitlyn Becker on her looks on HuffPost Live. Since then, he has gained infamy for being one of the most disgusting human beings to ever exist. He gets a fair share of death threats and swipes to the left on Tinder.
Word of advice for the singles who's looking for the special someone: DON'T ACT LIKE A RACIST!
Bill O'Reilly is totally clueless when it comes to Black America. Obviously, O'Reilly doesn't understand the plight of Black America. He actually believes that Black unemployment is contributed to tattoos on foreheads.
O'Reilly had an interview with Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. O'Reilly said that in a previous interview Tavis Smiley, the liberal agitator called Trump a "racial arsonist". Trump relentlessly brings up the Black unemployment rate under President Barack Obama. Like a blowhard, Trump promises to win the Black vote in huge margins. He says that Obama's policies were a disaster and whatever word vomit he concocted.
O'Reilly went ahead and gave his opinion about the unemployment in the Black community.
I guess he didn't have ass tatted on his head.
"Many of them are ill-educated and have tattoos on their foreheads, and I hate to be generalized about it — but it’s true. If you look at all the educational statistics, how are you going to give jobs to people who aren’t qualified for jobs?"
That comment right there lit a shit storm of anger from the Black community. O'Reilly's latest remark goes into a long and quite frequent record of racially agitating issues that plague him and that network.
To make such utter generalizations of a group you have no connection to is basically one of the reasons to why many in the Black community believe that O'Reilly is a dick. More of a racist dick.
Larry Wilmore wanted to give O'Reilly a shout out! Larry wanted to show some love to Bill and his distaste for ill-educated Blacks with tattoos on their foreheads.
American Samoa is an unincorporated U.S. territory in the South Pacific Ocean. The territory is a chain of eight islands/atolls with the neighboring independent nation of Samoa to the northwest.
The capital of the territory is the town of Pago Pago.
The U.S. territory's governor is Lolo Matalasi Moliga who is an independent but aligns himself with the Democratic Party.
The U.S. territory is demanding American citizenship, voting rights and recognition. There are residents taking the matter into the Supreme Court.
Pago Pago is the capital of the United States territory of American Samoa.
Tuaua v. United States is being heard in the Court. What is being argued among the justices is the granted legal status of people born on U.S. soil. Those who are born in American Samoa are U.S. nationals, not citizens. They are denied voting rights, opportunities to apply for state and federal jobs if they choose to move to the mainland.
The Citizenship Clause of the U.S. Constitution provides that “All persons born . . . in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.” Federal laws and policies that deny citizenship to people born in American Samoa violate this Clause and are unconstitutional.
I was interested in the matter when comedian/satirist John Oliver of HBO's Last Week Tonight brought attention to voting rights not being established in the U.S. territories.
Lene Tuaua is fighting for the right to be recognized as an American citizen.
We The People's Project has invested heavily in this matter. Lene Tuaua was born in American Samoa. He served in the military and gave his life to the country.
Tuaua v. United States is a court case that originated when a group of American Samoans sued the State Department and the Obama administration. They sued to force the government to award American Samoans birthright citizenship, arguing that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees that anyone born in the United States is automatically granted citizenship.
The case originated as a complaint filed in 2012 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and the case was docketed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 2013. Briefs were filed in 2014, and an oral argument was made last year.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled 3-0 to deny birthright citizenship to American Samoans, ruling that the guarantee of such citizenship to citizens in the Fourteenth Amendment does not apply to U.S. island territories.
Republican congresswoman Amata Coleman Radewagen is the non-voting delegate from the U.S. territory of American Samoa. She became the first woman and Republican to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Attorneys filed a petition requesting that the Supreme Court of the United States review the Appeals Court's decision.
They are pressuring lawmakers in Washington to full grant citizenship to those living in American Samoa. They are pressuring Congress to grant full voting rights to all residents of the U.S. territories.
The residents on these territories aren't allow to vote for the President of the United States.
Did you know that 4.7 Americans live in the occupied territories administrated by the United States?
The District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands have U.S. Representatives who are non-voting delegates to Congress.
Sofia Vergara joins entertainers in a public service announcement demanding Congress pass reasonable gun control laws. I can imagine Republicans are going to ignore them. I can see conservative agitators call them "limousine liberals".
Amy Schumer, Julliane Moore, Jennifer Anniston, Sarah Silverman, Sofia Vergara, Sarah Silverman, Nathan Lane, Debra Messing, Kevin Bacon, Michael J. Fox, Olivia Munn, and Kristen Schaal joined the president in a PSA. The entertainers plea to Congress do something about gun violence.
The PSA is called "We Can End Gun Violence".
"This new video sends a clear message that we will rally together to help end gun violence. The gun safety movement has grown tremendously over the past few years and what’s more: we’re winning. We’re defeating the gun lobby in statehouses across the country and making it clear that we won’t sit idly by while 88 Americans are killed by gun violence every day and hundreds more are injured," President Barack Obama said.
The recent San Bernardino shootings are now being morphed into an Islamic State themed terrorist attack. The terrorists murdered 14 people and injured 31. They were killed in a hail of gunfire.
The one before that was Colorado Springs. The terrorists was shooting at law enforcement and residents fleeing from the Planned Parenthood location. The terrorist murdered 3 people and injured 12. The law managed to apprehend the terrorist. He will face a jury on capital murder.
The one that didn't catch too much attention was in Colorado Springs. The terrorist went on to murder 4 people and injure many before the law put him down quickly.
The one before that was Umpqua Community College. The terrorist went on to murder 10 people and injure many before he would take his own life.
And we can go on and on and on and on....
The #NotOneMore campaign is launched by the Organizing for America campaign. The president is pressing for reasonable gun control laws.
Now Americans are starting to notice that gun violence is the number one threat in the United States.
#BlackLivesMatter, the Council on American Islam Relations (CAIR), Planned Parenthood, and other organizations are rallying people to demand change. They are demanding for Congress to change course or face an usurping.
Amy Schumer.
It's starting to work in a slow, painful and yes frustrating way.
People in the city of Chicago are calling for the firing of Rahm Emmanuel. The embattled mayor has seen his city seen mass murder on a daily basis. Even the police force is committing mass murder.
The people of Baltimore managed to get Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to fire herself out the cannon. Baltimore has seen many mass murders within this year. That doesn't include the death of Freddie Gray.
Jon Stewart of Comedy Central came to The Daily Show recently to slam House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate leader Mitch McConnell for failing to pass a simple law. He demands Congress pass the 9/11 Responders Health bill. Stewart was frustrated with lawmakers inserting partisan pork into bipartisan bills so they can blame the president for a government shutdown.
Stewart retired from the show and passed it to Trevor Noah.
These latest actions are starting to get attention by the junk food media. The junk food media is also getting tired of being labeled "liberal" by the agitators and presidential candidates. The junk food media gave the Republicans 3:1 television coverage.
And yet, the conservative concern trolls ignore all the pleas.
I've seen it in the comment section. I've seen it in the social media pages. I've heard it on radio, teleivsion, print, and internet websites. All I hear from conservatives is tongue and nothing more.
Republicans are so freaking inept. The Republican candidates running for president, the Congress and the conservative agitators spent more time pissing off Blacks, Hispanics, Muslims and women.
Liberalism (or perhaps progressive views) are on the rise in the United States. Conservatives are trying to delay and/or deny the inevitable.
They don't see that their policies are out of touch with the United States. The rise of Donald Trump is possibly one of the recent surges in conservatism.
I can imagine that annoying conservative agitator calling them limousine liberals.
The country's most funniest lady has taken a passionate stance against gun violence.
Comedy Central's Amy Schumer takes on the gun lobby. As an invited guest on SNL, Amy decides to mock the right wing's obsession with guns.
When a terrorist murdered two inside a Lafayette, Louisiana movie theater at the showing of Amy Schumer's Trainwreck, she went to Congress to tell lawmakers that the time is now for reasonable gun control.
Since this tragedy, we had over 200 gun related homicides a day.
Gun crime is the biggest threat in the United States. It's a damn shame that those who support the life of fetuses never concerned about those who are murdered by firearms.
Amy turned to her cousin Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to get at least some attention to ongoing mass shootings in America.
As you know the Republicans are not interested in stopping mass shootings. They're interested in defunding Planned Parenthood, bringing Hillary Clinton to Congress to shout at her over Benghazi, derailing the Iranian nuclear deal, and repealing Obamacare for the 70th time.
Republicans are so inept. The thought of compromise and bipartisanship is weakness according to the agitators in the conservative media and lawmakers like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).
Amy Schumer doesn't shy from controversy. SNL released her monologue and her skit.
Trevor Noah announces his lineup for The Daily Show.
The anticipated return of The Daily Show comes Sept. 28.
Trevor Noah will take the helm of Comedy Central's primetime political satire show. The South African comedian and writer was chosen after Jon Stewart retired from the program. Stewart host the program for over 15 years. Stewart recently won an Emmy for The Daily Show.
The program was an anchor to liberals who enjoyed Stewart's hard hitting satire towards Washington lawmakers and media agitators. Noah came to The Daily Show in 2014. His memorable segment "Spot The Africa" was an instant hit.
The Nightly Show begins Season 2. Larry Wilmore is the host.
When Stewart announced his retirement from The Daily Show, Comedy Central confirmed that Noah will take the helm. Stewart ended his reign in July.
Noah is mum on the new set and what's expected from his reign. He admits that he's got a lot to fill, but he's willing to make it happen.
He confirms that Kevin Hart, Whitney Wolfe, Republican contender Chris Christie, Ryan Adams and surprises.
The Daily Show will premiere on Monday. The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore is already in Season 2. Wilmore was picked as Stephen Colbert's successor. Colbert had went to CBS to become the host of The Late Show.
Arby's made a worker and his manager shake with curly fries. They got fired out the cannon for denying a cop service.
Florida police officer was refused service by an Arby's worker. This managed to get a little bit of junk food media attention.
Huffington Post reports that Pembroke Pines Police Sgt. Jennifer Martin wrote in an incident report that she went to Arby's on Tuesday night and ordered at the drive-thru. Clerk Kenneth Davenport, 19, took her credit card, but it was restaurant manager Angel Mirabal who returned, saying, "[Davenport] doesn't want to serve you because you are a police officer," Local 10 reports.
Martin said she was uncomfortable, but went inside to get a refund and asked for the employees' contact information. Mirabal, 22, reportedly laughed, and said Davenport was allowed to refuse her service. He gave her back her money and his contact info, but Davenport refused to give his name.
I was just joking. Kenneth Davenport was put on ice pending a cannon firing for cop snub.
Davenport was put on ice pending a cannon fire. He was the alleged agitator. His boss was fired out the cannon.
Mirabal told Miami's Local 10 News that he was fired as shift manager at the Arby's restaurant, but he declined a request for an interview.
Still, the incident outraged law enforcement officials and others in the South Florida community and around the nation.
Some held a protest outside the restaurant Wednesday, while the Broward County Police Benevolent Association president called for a national boycott of the fast-food chain.
Jennifer Martin told the junk food media that she was denied service because she worked for law enforcement.
"Don't eat here. They hate cops," one protester told a customer who pulled into the drive-through.
The restaurant released the following statement Thursday: "We take this isolated matter very seriously as we respect and support police officers in our local communities. As soon as the issue was brought to our attention, our CEO spoke with the Police Chief who expressed his gratitude for our quick action and indicated the case is closed. We will be following up with our team members to be sure that our policy of inclusion is understood and adhered to. Further, we will be following through with disciplinary action up to and including termination of the employees involved, as appropriate."
"This was a complex and difficult decision, but as a company that highly values trust and fairness, we ultimately found that the crew member was not involved other than to attempt to remedy the situation," the statement said.
Davenport's grandfather told Local 10 that the whole thing was a joke and that the teen's words were "taken out of context and blown into something much bigger than what it should be."
The Arby's spokesman said that Pembroke police consider the case closed and that Brown will travel to the area today to visit restaurants and hand out free meals to officers.
The end of the road for Jon Stewart. The Daily Show finished second to the Republican debate.
Thanks to Jon Stewart for 16 great years hosting The Daily Show on Comedy Central.
He ends his bid as the host of the political satire show. I mean the left is so disappointed he didn't want to stay through the 2016 U.S. Presidential Elections. Especially with Donald Trump running.
Trevor Noah will take the helm in late September. He will bring his A game to an already skeptical audience.
But as with the Stephen Colbert departure, it's going to be hard to accept but we'll move forward.
John Oliver went to host Last Week Tonight on HBO. He made an appearance.
Wyatt Cenac, Samantha Bee, Steve Carell, Jessica Williams, Jason Jones, Kristen Schaal, Larry Wilmore, Aasif Mandvi, Michael Che, Mo Rocca and Craig Kilborn made appearances on the show.
The best of the show was the appearance of Stephen Colbert. Colbert ended the Colbert Report this year to join CBS as the host of The Late Show. He got a big spot to fill now that David Letterman retired. Same standard. Colbert will bring his A game to an audience used to see Dave run the show.
His departure came around the Republican debate. Stewart would have found a whole lot of zen in this debate. Especially with the hosts of that network he called Bullshit Mountain.
Chief Roger said in a parting shot that Jon's efforts didn't stop his network. Matter of fact, Roger said that his impact helped bring more to the network.
Don't worry too much, I am guessing that Jon will turn up somewhere. Don't think retirement is the end of a career.
Instead of calling it terrorism, the junk food media and agitators think of this as a mental illness. Instead of thinking this event was motivated by race, they believe it's an attack on the Christian faith. When they said that Obama politicizes tragedies, we wait for the next mass shooting to occur.
Who's fault for the mass shootings in America?
A. Barack Obama
B. The Republican Party
C. The Democratic Party
D. The Junk Food Media (i.e. cable news, talk radio, the bloggers, the agitators etc.)
E. The Shooter
F. All Of These Above
Okay, easy answer it's the shooter. But if you answer A, B, C, then you're right in some way.
President Barack Obama has spoken many times on the wake of tragedies in the United States.
He's called upon Congress to do something about it. The Congress has failed in the wake of numerous mass shootings in America. They can't pass a simple background check law because they fear the National Rifle Association.
Concern trolls like Matt Drudge focus on Black crime.
The NRA believes that any law that involves gun control is impeding on the owner's right to sale a firearm to a terrorist.
The most recent shootings of nine at a Charleston, SC church to the morning incident in Cincinnati where a police officer was gunned down, has got the nation talking.
The concern trolls are often trigger happy when it comes to the blame game. They finger someone other than the perpetrator for these tragedies.
Yeah, the rhetoric is overheated by those on the left and the right. Yeah, I've singled out mostly our conservative agitators in the media of creating the racial divide. I believe the liberal agitator exploit the racial divide.
For every shooting in America, there's talk about what the shooter's motives were. Witness said that Charleston shooter Dylann Storm Roof told a woman that he wanted to shoot because in his mind, Blacks are raping our White women, taking over the government and ruining the country.
That seems pretty racially motivated. Despite the conservative agitators trying to make it less than what it seems, Black America has seen it one too many times.
And of course, the verb crew. The would have, should have, could have, may have crowd.
These old farts are concern trolls too. When an event that occurs in America involving Black men, these agitators find some way to change the subject. They often focus on Barack Obama as the reasons for racial unrest. Their audience could be inspired to carry out a terrorist attack.
Again, a person who is motivated to shot will not care who gets hits. A concealed carry shooter will likely be the first person gunned down. Cause a shooter isn't going talk to you. He's gonna shot you.
Let's blame Obama, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Black America, Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives and whoever we can type in our social media comment section.
You have a right to point the finger at everyone but the shooter. Given the polarizing media coverage of shootings and the racial divide, it's expected that someone will find some issue with it.
Black right wing troll Kevin Jackson.
There's no difference between a 21 year old who killed nine to a 21 year old who killed a member of law enforcement. But to the concern trolls, it's a matter of that racial skin color.
So tell me what event happened in America that involved guns?
I mean there's probably over 100 incidents within the minute I've typed.
Concern trolls are pathetic. They often find some tangent to a situation. Check it. If there were six major events where the police used brutal or deadly force on Black Americans, the concern troll will find some reason to discredit the need for better policing.
The concern troll will bitch about Black crime in America. They will say that without cops, armed vigilantes, stop-and-frisk tactics, Blacks wouldn't cause so much crime.
They say that Blacks, Hispanics, Muslims shouldn't own firearms. They believe that Obama doesn't talk about criminal behavior by Black America. They believe that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are not concerned.
Oh course, they're concerned. Sharpton has done many events in which he's discussed the gun violence in Chicago and many other cities.
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Kevin Jackson, Bill O'Reilly, Fox News The Drudge Report, Colin Flaherty and Charles C. Johnson are notorious concern trolls. They have no shame in what they do. They are considered enemies of the Black community. Those who associate around them are often extremists.
These agitators say in one breath the need for gun control. This need only applies for non-White citizens. They can't go a day without dragging President Barack Obama's name into a controversy.
How many more times?
Mass shootings in America is almost like a daily occurrence.
Words by Jon Stewart. The comedian may end his season with these powerful words. Retirement is one thing he's looking forward too. But in the meanwhile, he continues on with his style of taking on the news. In this video, he didn't joke much about the tragedy. He basically went right on it.
