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Quick glance at US and Canadian news media

TheCuriosity — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:33:04 +0000

I watch a lot of news. As I live in Canada, I get not only Canadian News Channels, but also have access to CNN, FOX NEWS, MSNBC, HLN, those business news channels etc, as well as BBC World and Al Jazeera. It baffles me on how different the US news stations are to the Canadian …

Restoring Truthiness morphs into two official competing rallies

TheCuriosity — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:00:39 +0000

So which is it Nation? Are you going to support the Rally to Restore Sanity or a March to Keep Fear Alive? Last night Jon Stewart’s and Stephen Colbert’s tortuous teasing finally came to an end with the epic announcement of their respective rallies. Both will be held in Washington DC at the Washington Monument …

Colbert Nation raises over $225,000 for truthiness in classrooms

TheCuriosity — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:31:21 +0000

Colbert’s personal army The Colbert Nation is a strong united front. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that when the call went out on Reddit, Colbert Rally Official Site and the Official Facebook page (which has moved, so be sure to ‘like’ the new page) to start a campaign to raise $101,010 for donorschoose.org by October …

Restoring Truthiness to the Classroom

TheCuriosity — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:03:54 +0000

At 1 am yesterday morning a call went out to “Restoring Truthiness to the Classroom” to show support for the Restoring Truthiness rally. As noted on Reddit: The drive to organize a Stephen Colbert rally continues to snowball. Over 5,000 people have subscribed to /r/ColbertRally. It’s gotten a stunning redesign. And now, the community wants …

The clues to Jon Stewart’s announcement

TheCuriosity — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 01:18:43 +0000

On Sept 7th, Jon Stewart announced that in the near-but-not-so-near future he will be making an epic announcement. He also noted that he will be providing clues to said announcement in the Moment of Zen segments at the end of the show. There was been much debate as to what Stewart’s announcement will be about, …

What would be required to make “Restoring Truthiness” a reality?

TheCuriosity — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:27:46 +0000

On the return of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report on September 7th, both hosts teased the audience and viewers with an announcement of a huge announcement – Stewart speaking more generally about something ‘unknown’ but of epic proportions and Colbert actually referencing the online movement; both toying with our hearts and minds. This …

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are big teases

TheCuriosity — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:03:07 +0000

Canada was giving a gift today: we are able to watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report one hour earlier than the USA. Canadians can thank CTV for purchasing Conan to air at 11 pm on Comedy network, and by the same logic that Conan, Colbert and Stewart used for their famous “Who made …

Restoring Truthiness Colbert Rally – Will it happen?

TheCuriosity — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:42:56 +0000

Stephen Colbert needs to start giving the Colbert Nation projects to do whilst on holiday because as we have learned, the Nation will move on its own for its great leader, in his absence. What started a week ago from a post has turned into a mammoth Internet affair. The post in question, from Reddit: …

How Goldline Works and Why it is Seen as a Scam

TheCuriosity — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:05:38 +0000

If you’ve watched Glenn Beck you know about Goldline. Goldline is one of Glenn Beck’s sponsors. They make money when you buy their product (as most companies, of course). Glenn Beck pushes you to buy gold through his attempts to scare you and imply that gold is the only way to ensure your money is …

Marcia White Ruins Dexter Finale for Millions

TheCuriosity — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:23:28 +0000

Dear Marcia White, Thank you for posting the ‘game-changing’, jaw-dropping ending in the title of your blog article thus ruining the surprise ending for millions of viewers across the world (yes, there are people outside of your timezone that watches Dexter AND uses the internets.) What a cunt. Seriously. When she posted her blog at …