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--Elie Wiesel, author, in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech
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Jon Stewart Explains To Conservative Pundits Why He Doesn’t Like Sarah Palin
via NewsPolitics: via mediaite
From the beloved Daily Show, Jon Stewart interviews the author of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, William Kamkwamba. This autobiographical book is about William’s quest to build a windmill while his home country of Malawi is suffering through a crippling famine. Watch the video to see how William totally MacGyver-ed the windmill, it’s pretty incredible.
Check out William’s blog.
Not surprising in the least. From the Huffington Post, excerpt:
Well, in a result that he will probably accept as downright apocalyptic for America, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart has been selected, in an online poll conducted by Time Magazine, as America’s Most Trusted Newscaster, post-Cronkite. Matched up against Brian Williams, Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson, Stewart prevailed with 44 percent of the vote. Now, if we’re being honest, he probably managed to prevail as the winner precisely because he was the odd man out in a field of network news anchors. Nevertheless, I think Jim Cramer should feel free to SNACK ON THAT.
I <3 Jon Stewart.
You have to remember one thing about the will of the people: it wasn’t that long ago that we were swept away by the Macarena.
Iranian Rebellion 2009 - The Daily Show
Ebrahim Yazdi’s son talks about his imprisoned father and what we can do to help.
It’s a few months old, but I adore Jon Stewart so I’m posting this anyway. Jon vs. Mike Huckabee on gay marriage.
“At what age did you choose to not be gay?”
Seriously, I <3 this man.