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Rhiannon12866

(205,784 posts)
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 02:38 AM Jan 2018

The Daily Show: Iranians Take to the Streets & Kim Jong-un Makes Nice with South Korea



Anti-government protests erupt in Iran as economic inequality grows, and Kim Jong-un touts his readily-available nuclear button and claims he's open to talks with South Korea.



In Memoriam: Trump Administration Officials: The Daily Show



The Daily Show remembers the many, many, many Donald Trump appointees who didn't last a year in their jobs.
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Love the Daily Show! Wwcd Jan 2018 #1
Trevor is finally back with new shows this week - well, starting tonight... Rhiannon12866 Jan 2018 #2
Ya its been kinda boring without him. Wwcd Jan 2018 #3
I agree that he's really been excellent, he totally gets the political issues Rhiannon12866 Jan 2018 #4
Really smart, really funny cp Jan 2018 #5
 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
3. Ya its been kinda boring without him.
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 03:07 AM
Jan 2018

When he first took on the Daily Show I thought he would never last.

Boy am I glad he did.
He is bright & definately relates to our racial issues today because of his background.

And he's really funny.


I am getting his book this week.

https://www.npr.org/2016/11/11/501679293/daily-show-host-writes-about-growing-up-in-biracial-south-africa


In his new memoir, Born a Crime, Noah finds humor even in the toughest times in Johannesburg. And he details the peculiar and charged racial world he had to navigate as a little boy who was not quite black and not quite white.


Interview Highlights
On what his mixed-race status meant within his own family


"As crazy as it sounds, in my own family I would have been given more privileges than my own mother and half of my family, and I would have been given fewer privileges than my father and the other half of my family ... yeah, the white half".
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Great article & can't wait to read his book.
I do ppreciate his humor.

Rhiannon12866

(205,784 posts)
4. I agree that he's really been excellent, he totally gets the political issues
Wed Jan 3, 2018, 03:15 AM
Jan 2018

Despite not having grown up here. He's also multi talented, caught one of his stand up specials and he's brilliant with impersonations and voices!

And he certainly has a unique background, he's obviously experienced more than we can imagine. Thanks for the tip about his book! It sounds like a fascinating read!

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